Solons OK Mail Rate and Pay Hikes
The Senate backs a 4 cent permanent rate on all first class letters and raises for other mail classes including an 8 cent firmail stamp. Pay raises average 7.4 percent with cost of living bonuses for lower grades, retroactive to Jan 1, three year bonuses. President’s veto threats loom as Democrats push for passage over a veto.
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H-Kans
Sen. Monroney
D-Oha
Summerfield
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
Senate Post Office Committee
Isenhower
Congress
28 Die in School Bus Plunge
Rescue attempts followed a crash on Route 23 near Prestonsburg as a bus carrying district children plunged 50 feet into the Levisa Fork. Driver Donald Horn and a pedestrian helped children escape while a student girl was seen clinging to trees before the water rose.
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Levisa
Donald Horn
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10hina Dolls to Be Featured at Festival
A chaotic river accident near the Virginia border involved a bus carrying 93 trained children. Rescue workers, led by Vanderpool and drivers Derossett and Horn, pulled students from the water as two boys remained missing. Eyewitness accounts described screams and frantic efforts to reach the bank while the bus lodged in the river.
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Lykins
Horn
Aci
Vanderpool
Horm
Welbus
Derossett
Claude Kendrick
Buffalo
Turner
John
Janis
Blackburn
Logan
Ray
Virginia
Teen Hero Rescues Bus Driver After Minnesota Crash
In Montevideo Minnesota a high school senior Mark Anderson pulled a semi conscious driver Virgil Baldwin from a burning school bus after a collision with another vehicle. The bus tipped into a ditch and burst into flames as rescue efforts followed, with Baldwin seriously injured.
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Nikkeil
Fujin-kai
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Kikuys Oddma
Mark Anderson
Young Anderson
Virgil Baldwin
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Baldwin
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Catholic Church urges national unity government in Cuba
Cuban Roman Catholic leaders called for a national unity government to end Fidel Castro's rebellion and restore peace. Archbishops from Havana and other dioceses urged opponents to abandon violence and seek peaceful political solutions, signaling the church's rare involvement in Cuba's crisis.
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Cuba
Government of National Union
Fidel Castro
Fuldawata Detinger
Batista
Chessman Loses Round in Court in Death Row Case
In a death penalty case, Chessman challenged a 1949 transcript settlement after Supreme Court finding due process was denied due to his absence. The hearing explored the 1948 trial record, the role of reporter Fraser, and alleged bias by Judge Fricke and local officials. Legal arguments centered on transcript accuracy and possible prejudice, with a decision pending about new trial or bail.
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San Quentin
Transcript
U.S. Supreme Court
Ernest Perry
Charles W. Fricke
Stanley Fraser
Fraser
J. Miller Leavy
Leavy
Dep. Dist
Clifford Crail
We Ub Chessman
Fricke
Ghusshi
California
Leary
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Butler Brothers
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Sunbeam
Big Discount Savings
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