Senate approves eight billion debt limit increase
Washington AP reports the Senate voted 57 20 to raise the national debt limit to 253 billion dollars in a move to hasten adjournment. Senator Byrd claimed no choice due to a potential 12 billion deficit, while Malone criticized the expansion as supporting the world. The bill returns to the House for concurrence before going to President Eisenhower.
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Senate
George W. Malone
R-New
Harry F. Byrd Deal
Finance Committee
Byrd
Treasury
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Broken Dream Replaced Congress Aids LB Immigrant
Eisenhower signed a bill allowing Holda Weisbauer to immigrate without quota delay, enabling Long Beach resident Walter Weisbauer to reunite with his sister and pursue a life in the United States after a tragic crash that claimed his wife and son. The story follows Weisbauer and his family’s decades long pursuit to immigrate, the sponsorship by Congressman Hosmer, and renewed hope as the sister may join them immediately.
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Warren Waiters
Eisenhower
Long Beach
United States
San Bernardino Mountains
Walter F. Weisbauer
Doris
Weisbauer
Craig Hosmer
Frieda
Austria
Weishaver
Nerse
Holda
Hosmer
Gov Ribicoff Collapses at High School Grid Game
Connecticut Governor Abraham Ribicoff fainted Friday night while watching a football game featuring high school stars at Hedges Stadium in Bridgeport. He recovered within minutes, left by his own car, and a doctor deemed him all right. He later said he had been pushing himself hard and was very tired, with no hospital transfer.
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Bridgeport
New London
Gov- House
WM's Down Anybody for 19th Hole
The fragment shows a wooden dialogue with a WM character. It mentions a question about the dumps and a reply explaining a personal financial tale. The line ends mid thought, referencing lending savings to a brother in law.
New Orleans Hospital Reports Mysterious Mass Illness
In New Orleans scores of people sought treatment at Charity Hospital with asthma like symptoms amid unclear causes. Doctors treated 77 patients as authorities investigate a mysterious outbreak linked to a downtown stretch and a store opening. Hospitals remain vigilant as tests continue.
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New Orleans
Nautilus on way to New York after Arctic crossing
The nuclear submarine Nautilus neared New York after a Arctic Sea crossing, expected to arrive next Monday. It previously crossed the Arctic, the first sea vessel to do so, making more than 20 knots toward a hero’s welcome.
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Senate
Navy
Arctic Sea
New York
Portland
England
Royal Naval Base
Across the Nation Plane Falls in Bay Four Die
A light plane crashed in San Francisco Bay killing three men and a boy on a fishing trip to Canada. The victims were Gunnar Abramson 38 of San Rafael pilot owner. Leonard H Reeves 37 of Santa Venetia. his 12 year old son Ronnie. and George B Yates 38 of Oakland. A witness said the craft plummeted from fog with engine running. Skin divers recovered the bodies.
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Canada
San Francisco Bay
Gunnar Abramson
Leonard H. Reeves
Santa Venetia
Ronnie
George B. Yates
Oakland
Louis Ricci
Ricci
Army to Give No Notice on Moon Rocket
Maj. Gen. J. B. Medaris in Los Angeles said the Army will fire its moon rocket without advance publicity to improve success odds. He explained the effort mirrors Jupiter C heritage and will use the Jupiter IRBM booster, avoiding prior dates or details.
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Los Angeles
J. B. Medaris
Army Ordnance Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Ambassador Hotel
Air Force
Gen. Medaris
Defense Department
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Inglewood
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Naval Ordnance Test Station
Inyokern
Medaris
U S and Britain offer Russ a test ban
Washington reports the United States and Britain propose a one year moratorium on nuclear tests starting October 31 if Soviet negotiators agree to an international control network. Eisenhower calls the move meaningful only if it curbs hydrogen bomb manufacturing and broader disarmament steps, with Macmillan saying Britain will proceed with tests in the Pacific as scheduled. McCone of the AEC backs the administration's position.
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United States
Britain
Russia
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Pacific
John A. McCone
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress session record praised by Lyndon Johnson
D T ex Senate Leader Lyndon Johnson receives acclaims from a Weel Independent review of a Congress session. Long Beach engineer develops an automatic radio distress signal lall, featured on page A-1.
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Congress
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Long Beach
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