Senate Expected To OK Gold Backing For Bills
The Senate was poised to pass a bill ending silver backing for $1 and $2 notes, replacing them with 23 percent gold backed federal reserve notes. It would halt silver purchases and utilize 1.6 billion ounces from Treasury vaults to coin production, lasting up to 18 years. Other topics covered include women equal pay, parcel post rates, education funding, and unemployment critique by Walter Reuther.
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Senate Criticizes Board Over Slayers’ Commutation Plea
Oklahoma Senate urged resignations from Pardon and Parole Board members after the board recommended commuting the death sentences of two killers, Gerald Pate and Richard Henry Dare. Gov. Bellmon would decide on any commuting action after reviewing the board’s report. Dare faces execution May 31 for the 1960 murder of Ted Albert. Pate awaits July 1 for the 1959 murder of 15-year-old Mary Jane Haygood.
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Cornell Opens First American Architecture Teaching Department
Cornell University established the United States' first department dedicated to teaching architecture signaling a pioneering step in American higher education. The move positions Cornell as a leader in professional training and academic architecture study.
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