Upswing in Religious Interest From Graham Crusade
New York City reports sharp rise in religious interest from Billy Graham crusade. Protestant Council of New York says 1,700 churches will act to capitalize on momentum. Madison Square Garden service drew 17 500, with nearly 88 793 attendances to date. 529 last night accepted Christ. The council names Rev. Dr. Louis F. Suedmeyer as first full time evangelism director to coordinate follow up. Graham urged reverence for God’s name during sermons on the Ten Commandments.
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New York
New York City
Billy Graham
Protestant Church Council
Phillips P. Elliott
Protestant Council of
Graham
Madison Square Garden
God
Christ
Church Council
Louis F. Suedmeyer
Dan M. Potter
Council
Suedmeyer
Kansas City
Connecticut House Debates Bus Service for Private Schools
Connecticut's House opens final debate on a bill allowing each of 169 communities to referendum whether to provide bus transport for non public school pupils. The measure, backed by Catholic officials and opposed by Protestants, faces a split legislature and potential constitutional questions.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Meade Alcorn
GOP
John L. Bracken
State Board of Education
Denture Powder FASTEETH Offers Comfort and Odor Control
An ad describes FASTEETH powder for upper and lower plates to improve comfort and reduce plate odor. It claims the powder keeps dentures from slipping and prevents sour taste, with availability at drug counters.
Youth Fined For Reckless Riding At Bottomless Lakes Park
In Roswell New Mexico a 19 year old, after drinking, rode a rented bay mare at Bottomless Lakes State Park. A woman said the horse nearly struck her. The rider was charged with disorderly conduct and paid a 30 dollar fine.
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Roswell
N. M
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Additional Revenue Of $12 Million Seen
Madison officials report a revised Wisconsin revenue forecast for the current biennium and 1957 59. Total new taxes needed drop from 36 million to 24 million. About eight million from individual and corporate taxes, three million from inheritance and gift taxes, with miscellaneous collections filling the rest.
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Madison
Department of Budget and Accounts
Wisconsin
Joint Committee On Finance
Honeck Criticizes Supreme Court Over State Judiciary Powers
Wisconsin Attorney General Stew art Honeck condemned a Supreme Court decision as an unprecedented invasion of state judiciary power. He will join California officials in seeking a rehearing, challenging the court's ruling on bar membership and trustworthiness. He cites a 1951 argument tying Communist allegiance to citizenship status.
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Madison
Stewart Honeck
U. S. Supreme Court
Honeck
California
Supreme Court
Edmund G. Brown
High Court
Communist Party
Attor
Ney
Vernon Thomson
Wisconsin
Moscow
Thomson
Japanese students march on American Embassy in Tokyo
Nearly 100 Japanese university students carry banners demanding Stop Nevada tests and march on the American Embassy in Tokyo. Police guard the embassy driveway with no violence reported. Five leaders enter the building with a petition urging the US to halt all future nuclear test blasts.
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Tokyo
Nevada
America
Squirrel Attack Prompts $15,000 City Claim
Myrtle A. Ward, a retired teacher in Oakland California, seeks $15,000 from the city after a squirrel leaped from behind a tree and bit her four times on the right leg and twice on the left in Lakeside Park. She says she was hospitalized 12 days. An autopsy found the animal not rabid.
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Oakland
Calif
Lakeside Park
Myrtle A. Ward
Miss Ward
Man made moon to wear a hat on space mission
Article describes a planned third group of artificial moon experiments. Each satellite in a three car train will include a magnetometer and a inflatable balloon. Balloons and the rocket stage will observe air drag and Earth shape. The launch is set for IGY timing in 1958 with Vanguard rocket details revealed.
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Moon
Earth
Baltimore
The
Navy
Martin Co
First Earth
Vanguard
IGY
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