Marine Seaman to Face Murder Charge in Hawaii Case
In Honolulu a Marine private, James A. Hedges, 21 from Muncie Indiana, will be charged with murder after a Waikiki bar visit with Helen Melvina Peoples precedes her nude strangling in an alley. Police found panties in his Pearl Harbor locker and traced him by a drinking-check. Peoples, 53, a Cameron Texas war widow, was killed with her own pink panties.
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Senate Advances 281 Billion Debt Limit Amid Budget Flows
Senate moved to set a permanent 281 billion debt limit with a 5 billion temporary rise through June 30, 1960, as Eisenhower forecasts a fiscal 1959 surplus then shifts to a deficit of 12 billion. Lawmakers push a 1.2 billion housing and education bill amid parliamentary delays and adjournment pressures.
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Two Queens Agree On Pacific Treaty With London Backing
The British Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Salote of Tonga will sign a new friendship treaty next week. It grants the Pacific monarch greater local power under British protection. Salote, prominent at Elizabeth's London coronation, rules 146 islands.
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NAACP Plea to Kill Ban Reaches Top Court
Washington dispatch reports the NAACP petition to end the Little Rock Central High School segregation ban. The group urged the Supreme Court to overrule the Eighth Circuit’s prior order, delaying the legality of Negro students attending the high school.
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NAACP Petition Seeks Stay on Little Rock Desegregation
The NAACP asks the Supreme Court to set aside a federal stay delaying Little Rock desegregation until 1961. Thurgood Marshall filed the double petition, directing it to Justice Whittaker who may act on Eighth Circuit appeals during recess.
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