Benson Corn Policy Sparks Senate Talk on Price Supports
Washington Senators signaled openness to Secretary Benson’s plan to cut corn from price supports and remove controls. Mundt urged parity bands from 60 to 140 percent, while Ellender and Aiken favored reducing corn controls though wary of impacts on other staples. Benson argues the change would free farmers, shift supplies, and cut billions in government outlays.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
GOP
Mundt
R-Sd
Congress
Fifteen Beauties Remain in U. S. Elimination
Fifteen contestants survive the first night in Long Beach California as judges prepare for another round to select Miss U.S.A. Kathryn Gabriel of Cleveland Ohio is among the finalists for the national title and a spot in the Miss Universe competition.
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Long Beach
Calif
America
United States
U.S.A
Kathryn Gabriel
Cleveland
20 More Slot Machines Found Near Horn's Mill
The mystery of outlawed gambling devices grows as 20 more slot machines are found east of Horn's Mill. Earlier finds included 33 machines in Rush Creek Hocking County 30 in the Hocking River near Sugar Grove and two in the F Hi Brewer gravel pit. Two swimmers found the latest device under Pin Bridge Fairfield County Sheriff Dale George led the investigation.
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Horn’s Mill
Rush Creek
Hocking County
Hocking River
Sugar Grove
F. Hi. Brewer Co
Foreign Aid Bill Vote Near In Congress
House debate opens on a three year foreign aid plan with Eisenhower backers confident to defeat deeper cuts. The Foreign Affairs Committee backs a 3.24 billion ceiling about 600 million below the President’s request.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Bow
House
16 Aboard Lost Air Force Plane
Taipei reports an intensive air sea and ground search fails to locate a U S Air Force C47 missing with 16 aboard all military personnel Radio contact broke Tuesday night near the end of a flight from Clark Field Philippines US headquarters denies Chinese crash reports on Formosa
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Taipei
U. S. Air Force
Clark Field
Thehilippines
Formosa
Final Federal Testimony In Racial Trial At Clinton
Federal attorneys call last key witnesses in the Clinton Tennessee school integration case as 15 defendants including segregationist John Kasper face trial. Rev. Paul Turner testified how he escorted Negro students to the all white school last Dec 4 amid a hostile crowd. Turner recalled a shout of Nigger lover and quoted defendant Alonzo Bullock remarks. The jury, weighing federal injunction violations, could impact future civil rights cases.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton
Paul Turner
John Kasper
Turner
Bulgaria Joins Red Parade Of Purges In Warsaw Pact Shakeup
Bulgaria's press and radio denounce three top Communists expelled from party posts as part of a new So viet bloc purge. First Deputy Premier Georgi Tsankov and ex-Deputy Premiers Dobri Terpetshev and Nako Panov lose key posts. Tsankov ousted from Central Committee and Politburo. others from Central Committee. Romanian purge signals ongoing campaign to unmask enemies.
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Vienna
Bulgaria
Radio Today
Romania
Georgi Tsankov
Dobri Terpetshev
Nako Panov
Tsankov
Radio Bucharest
Lie Detector Expert To Test Wedler Confession In Florida
A lie detector expert from California travels to Deland Florida to test Donald Wedler’s confession in a case mirroring the 1954 Sheppard killing. The nine criminologists from the Gardner group may review Wedler’s account while Cleveland authorities await a full transcription and other details.
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Florida
Alex Gregory
Wedler
Referee Finds Dr H E Stone Hid Assets in Sister Estate
Franklin County Probate Court referee ruled Dr Harley E Stone Columbus dentist guilty of concealing 37994 dollars in assets of his late sister Woods estate. The finding followed Woods administrator’s suit alleging Stone ran off with cash and bonds buried in a jar. The case began last October and remains unresolved.
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Franklin County
Logan Rt. 3
Lawrence Ramey
Harley E. Stone
Columbus
Dr. Stone
Woods
Saigon attack on restaurant leaves 18 dead
Reports from Saigon say a band attacked a restaurant near Thanh Dam on the Cambodian border killing 18 and wounding three. Attacks reportedly occurred July 11 with 20 attackers said to be from Cambodia. No motive given.
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Saigon
Thanh Dam
Erote
Cambodia
Eisenhower Opposes Troop-Enforced School Desegregation
President Eisenhower said he cannot imagine using troops to enforce school desegregation and endorsed a civil rights bill with four goals. He pressed emphasis on voting rights and outlined enforcement, civil rights investigations, and a new Justice Department civil rights division, while opposing mandatory injunctive action used to enforce civil rights generally. The Senate moved to debate the measure as Republicans met privately to strategize, with Southern Dixie opposition intensifying efforts to modify the bill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Civil Rights Investigating Commission
Justice Department
Esenhower
Sens. Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
RVI
White House
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Judge Meyer Sentences Man To Ohio Pen
Charles Harper, 44, of South Bloomingville, was sentenced to an indeterminate term in Ohio Penitentiary by Judge Harley Meyer on Tuesday. He had been indicted in 1953 for failure to provide for minor children with a suspended sentence, and later pled guilty in a separate 1953 burglary case at Ray's tavern, leading to the Ohio Penitentiary sentence.
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Charles Harper
South Bloomingville
Ohio
Harley Meyer
Harper
Hocking County
Meyer
Gerald Morrison
Dennis Wilkes
Common Pleas Court
Ray
Ohio Navigation and Flood Projects in House Bill
The House Public Works Committee included Ohio projects in a measure authorizing future navigation and flood control works. Key items include the Ohio River at Gallipolis 66000. Cleveland harbor 14927000. Toledo harbor 859000. West branch Mahoning River survey 12585000.
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Washington
Ohio
House Public Works Committee
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Cleveland Harbor
Toledo
West Branch Mahoning River
Inquisitive Boy Hurt By Firecracker
An eight year old Maysville Road boy, Bobby Bateman, suffered burns to his hands face and right eye after an unidentified person threw a firecracker. He was treated by a Logan physician and sent to Lancaster for specialist care. Sheriff Waldron warned that anyone found with firecrackers or firing them will be prosecuted.
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Maysville
A. J. Waldron
Hocking County
Bobby Bateman
Robert Bateman
Logan
Lancaster
Waldron
Batemans
Hoffa Says He Hired Attorney Cheasty for Legal Work
James R. Hoffa testifies he employed John Dye Cheasty as a lawyer and paid him, not as a spy. The Teamsters vice president faces bribery charges linked to feeding secrets from the Senate Rackets Committee to Cheasty. Cheasty, a key government witness, has testified he supplied Hoffa with committee information after revealing his role to the committee and FBI.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
John Dye Cheasty
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Cheasty
Senate
Senators Propose Inquiry Into 100000-Man Defense Cut
Senate Armed Services members demand details on the Pentagon order reducing the armed forces to about 2.79 million by year end 1957. Defense Secretary Wilson and President Eisenhower approve the plan, saying it saves 2 million without harming overseas deployments.
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Rep
Selden
Dala
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Martin
R-Mass
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Wilson
Europe
Russell
Senate Committee
Eisenhower cites Zhukov talks and NATO stockpile idea
President Eisenhower said a Zhukov Wilson meeting might be useful to bridge defense ministers after Kremlin changes. He endorsed NATO access to atomic weapons and defended status of forces treaties while noting manpower cuts andGirard case attention.
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Russell
Cannon
Mahon
House
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Marshal Zhukov
Defense Wilson
Kremlin
Zhukov
Berlin
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Wilson
United States
Congress
William S. Girard
Girard
Baseball Boss Taking Whole Town To Game
Mount Sterling residents are invited by John W. Galbreath president of the Pittsburgh Pirates to attend a Pirates vs St. Louis doubleheader in Pittsburgh. About 900 townspeople from Madison County will ride 25 chartered buses to the 6 am departure, with Galbreath paying transport and game tickets while guests provide their own lunches.
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Mount Sterling
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
John W. Galbreath
Columbus
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Madison County
Galbreath
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