Democrats Confident On Congress Retention In 1956
Democratic campaign experts say they will keep control of both Senate and House next year regardless of Eisenhower. Republicans concede an uphill fight but hope to win Congress back if he runs. In the House Democrats hold 232 of 435 seats. Republicans 203. Senate currently 49–47 in Democrats’ favor.
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Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
GOP
Oregon
Sen
Morse
New York
Lehman
Magnuson
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Ariz
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Bible
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Bush
Conn
Welker
Idaho
Dirksen
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Iowa
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Bender
Ohio
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Utah
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Pennsylvania
South Atlantic
Ex Con Wounded In Police Chase
Tulsa police wounded 21 year old ex convict Melvin William Ross after he allegedly pointed a pistol at officers while fleeing a robbery. Ross was found in critical condition at Hillcrest Medical Center. officers said he fired and threatened during the incident at his apartment building.
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Tulsa
Melvin William Ross
West First St
Hillcrest Medical Center
Ross
Homer Hildreth
Roy Loften
Hildreth
John White
Funds Allocated for Two Oklahoma Water Projects
Army engineers allocate 175000 dollars for Keystone reservoir and Enid floodway planning as part of 5.5 million nationwide civil works funds for the current fiscal year. Keystone receives 150000 and Enid 25000. Authorized by recent Congress.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Oklahoma
Keystone
Enid
Congress
Light year distance defined as six million million miles
A light year is explained as the distance light travels in one year, approximately six million million miles, highlighting the vast scale used in astronomy.
Marilyn Monroe Eyes Trip to Russia With Arts Chief
New York report says Marilyn Monroe may travel to the Soviet Union with Carleton Smith, chairman of the National Arts Foundation, to discuss a U S Russian art exchange. Monroe hopes to study conditions behind the Iron Curtain and to possibly portray Grushenko in a Dostoyevsky adaptation.
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Marilyn Monroe
Russia
New York
Soviet Union
Carleton Smith
National Arts Foundation
Marilyn
Smith
U.S
Grushenko
Feodor Dostoyevsky
Karamazov
American Midwest
Non-Swimmer Walks To Land In Arkansas River
In Rock, Arkansas, 51 year old laborer Lormie Walker, unable to swim, fell into the Arkansas River from a dredge boat when a loose cable yanked him overboard. He sank 18 feet but walked 25 feet underwater to reach the bank, resurfacing after about two minutes. He was winded but unharmed and returned to work after a brief rest.
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Scott Wilson
Wilson
Walker
Ater
Newly Designed Atomic Plants At Talks In Geneva
At the atoms for peace conference in Geneva on August 13 two American scientists outlined planned large scale atomic power plants. Clark Williams of Brookhaven described a liquid metal fuel reactor aiming for 210,000 kilowatts at about 7.8 mills per kilowatt hour. P F Gast of General Electric Hanford detailed a graphite moderated nuclear plant of 223,000 kilowatts with potential to undercut seven mills per kilowatt hour. Soviet scientists noted similarities to GE’s design.
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Geneva
Clark Williams
Brookhaven National Laboratory
N. Y
United States
Williams
P. F. Gast
Engineering Department
General Electric
Hanford, Wash
Gast
Oklahoma tax collections rise boost local funding
Rising state tax collections increased funds returned to local units by 2 million to 81.71 million for the year ended June 30. Counties received 26.27 million for roads, towns 3.33 million for streets, and common school payments reached 52.11 million, funded by various taxes and the general fund.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Rural Electric Co-Operative
School Land Commission
Rites For Noted Author Are Set
Thomas Mann, Nobel laureate and towering German novelist, died at 80 in Kilchberg near Zurich after a thrombosis. Funeral services were planned for Tuesday in Kilchberg with survivors including his wife Katja and children Erika Angelus Monika Elizabeth Michael, as well as the late Klaus. Mann’s work such as Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain shaped modern literature and his anti Nazi stance was well known.
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Kilchberg
Lake Zurich
Mann
United States
Katja
Erika
Emil Landolt
Zurich
Angelus
Monika
Elizabeth
Michael
Klaus
Thomas Mann
Goethe
Heine
Adolf Hitler
Two Million Workers To Get Pay Hike Under New Law
Washington reports that about two million workers, mainly in Southern industries, will receive raises as the federal minimum wage bill signed by President Eisenhower increases the rate from seventy five cents to one dollar per hour.
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Washington
South
Eisenhower
Radio And Watch Stolen In Lawton Thefts
Thefts of a portable radio from Raulston Furniture Store and a wrist watch from Melford Shannon were reported to city police. The radio, valued at about $40, was taken Friday from 521 C Street. Shannon said his 17 jewel gold plated watch with a black face and no numerals was stolen about three weeks ago while at a local barbecue restaurant.
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Lawton
Raulston
Melford Shannon
Ferris
City Man Denies Drunken Driving
Raymond Richard Ebisch a 24 year old Lawton man pleaded innocent at arraignment Saturday before City Judge Ralph Cline. Trial set September 7. Ebisch charged by County Attorney Manville Redman on a complaint signed by Highway Patrol Trooper H D Morgan. In other action Haskell Lee Robinson 47 of 316 E Lee was fined 5 dollars and costs by Peace Justice Marvin Cameron on a charge of driving left of the center line in a marked zone. Trooper John Duke signed the complaint.
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Raymond Richard Ebisch
Lawton
Ralph Cline
Ebisch
Manville Redman
Highway Patrol
H. D. Morgan
Haskell Lee Robinson
E. Lee
Marvin Cameron
John Duke
Elmer Hale Sr Dies in McAlester at 67
Elmer Hale Sr president of Hale-Hassell Wholesale Grocery Co from 1914 till last month died of leukemia at his McAlester home Friday night. He was 67, born in Honey Grove Texas, educated in Durant and at Grayson College. His firm operated wholesale outlets in McAlester Tulsa Ada Hugo Durant and Muskogee.
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Mcalester
Okla
Elmer Hale
Hale-Hassell Wholesale Grocery Co
Hale
Honey Grove
Tex
Durant
Grayson College
Whitewright
Texas
Tulsa
Ada
Hugo
Muskogee
Woodrow Wilson Buried at National Cathedral Ceremony
The former president Woodrow Wilson was buried in Washington D C within the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul following a formal service attended by national leaders. The interment marks the close of his public life and honors his contributions to the nation.
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Woodrow Wilson
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
Washington, D.C
Eisenhower Visit Sparks Colorado Welcome Plan
Denver and Fraser prepare for President Eisenhower on a late Sunday arrival for a summer vacation. White House staff will set up offices at Lowry Air Force Base while Fraser offers water from the city system and a new cabin for his use. John Sprague says Lowry ready, and Mrs. Eisenhower remains away due to fatigue with plans to join Denver later.
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Colorado
Fraser
Eisenhower
Secret Service
White House
A. Wayne Hawks
Washington
Lowry Air Force Base
Chuck Clayton
Aksel Nielsen
Nielsen
Ralph
Rip) Arnold
Cherry Hills Country Club
Robert S. Lutz
Corona Presbyterian Church
Lafayette St
Elvira Doud
John T. Sprague
Lowry
Air Force Base
American Bar Association
Philadelphia
French Tourists Killed In Bus Crash in Switzerland
A bus carrying French tourists plunged off a road on the Great St Bernard Pass near Bourg St Pierre, killing at least 25. Police reported five survivors from the wreck, with all others including the driver dead. The bus was en route from Chamonix to the monastery at the pass top where the kennels attract holidaymakers.
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Bourg ST. Pierre
Switzerland
St. Bernard Pass
Chamonix
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