Federal School Aid Bill Killed By House Vote
In a 208 to 203 roll call the House struck the enacting clause of a 150 billion school aid bill, killing it amid party and presidential blame. Key supporters cited Eisenhower’s stance as decisive. Ohio and other Republicans split on the measure. The plan would have funded 300 million dollars annually for five years to states with mixed population and need criteria.
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Washington
Augustine B. Kelly
D-Pa
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Frelinghuysen
R-Nj
McConnell
R-Pa
GOP
Congress
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Ohio
Feighan
Baumhart
Betts
Bow
Brown
Clevenger
Dennison
Henderson
Hess
Jenkings
McCulloch
McGregor
Minshall
Schenck
Scherer
Vorys
Ashley
Kirwan
Hays
Polk
Vanik
Ayers
Bolton
Supreme Court
Kelley
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Japan storm on Kyushu leaves hundreds dead and missing
A violent storm drenched southern Japan's Kyushu island with 29 inches of rain causing at least 280 dead and 281 missing with thousands evacuated. Isahaya and Omura suffered severe floods as railways and highways were washed out and relief crews mobilized from Japanese Navy, coast guard, U S forces, and air support.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyushu
Isahaya
Nagasaki
Omura
Yoko Komori
Japanese Navy
Coast Guard
U. S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
Ceylon Seeks Russian Help to Develop Industry
Colombo reports that Ceylon has requested Russia send experts to help build its industrial sector. The move aims to accelerate development and bolster technical capabilities with foreign assistance.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Russia
County School Board Seeks New Member To Fill Vacancy
The Hocking County board of education met in special session to appoint a new member to the board. Previous appointees Bumgardner and Thorne were considered after Floyd Brown and Loren Schorr left to join Logan city schools. Bumgardner declined due to holding dual roles on county and Starr-Washington boards. Several candidates were discussed for the vacancy.
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County School Board
Hocking
Board Deliberates Appointment as New Member Is Sworn In
The Hocking County Board of Education met to discuss an appointment but reached no decision. Thorne was sworn in as a new board member by Prosecuting Attorney Hubert Lappen. A state audit of the county board records found no findings, while an East Hocking district audit described the district as practically bankrupt but was not discussed.
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Thorne
Hubert Lappen
Hocking County
County Board of Education
East Hocking
James Frey
Libya
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Nasser
Bourguiba
Sultan Mohammed V
France
Idriss
Bourgiba
Bey
Binstock
Convair
Las Vegas
Moorhead
Union Furnace Rd
ONG
Fairgrounds
National Guard
Hocking Hills
J. F. Parkinson
Washington D. H
Higginbotham
George Vermillion
Campbell
Clear Creek Bridge
Lake Logan Dam
Strategy Conferences Called In Senate Civil Rights Fuss
In Washington Republicans and Southern Democrats hold rival strategy meetings over adding a jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill. Senate opposition to weakening voting rights drives discussions on limiting or broadening jury trials in contempt cases under the act.
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Senate
Washington
Russell
Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
O’mahoney
Tunisian Cabinet Resigns As Bourguiba Takes Reins
The Tunisian cabinet quit to allow newly named President Habib Bourguiba wide leeway after the Constituent Assembly ousted Bey Sidei Mohammed Al-Amin and proclaimed Tunisia a republic. Bourguiba retained the premiership and invited diplomats to a palace reception.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Bey Sidei Mohammed al - Amin
Tunisia
Bourguiba
Little Inch Pipeline Blast Shakes Crooksville Area
A break in the Little Inch pipeline northwest of Crooksville late Thursday released a loud blast and sent dust 500 feet high. Authorities trace the explosion to high pressure in Texas Eastern Pipeline Co line that carries natural gas eastward. No fire reported.
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Crooksville
Little Inch
Here
Texas Eastern Pipeline Co
Russians Restrict TOKYO diplomats in Japan row
The Japanese government limits travel for Soviet diplomats in Japan in retaliation for Moscow curbs on Japanese in the Soviet Union.
Five Convicted In Pennsylvania Turnpike Fraud
Five men were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission of about 19 million dollars by drilling unnecessary holes to fill abandoned mines along the right of way. Several executives including former Turnpike Chairman Thomas J. Evans and Charles W. Stickler Jr. were named among the defendants.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Turnpike Commission
Thomas J. Evans
Coaldale
Charles W. Stickler Jr
Reading
Dauphin County
Harvey Pennell
Williamsport
Evans
James F. Torrance Export
Stickler
Clayton A. Landside
Mann-Mine Research and Development Co
Paul J. McNeill
Pennsylvania
Manu-Mine
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Labor Racketeer Declared Guilty in Union Shakedown Case
Johnny Dio was found guilty of a $30,000 labor racketeering conspiracy in New York. An all male blue ribbon jury convicted Dio and two union leaders after 23 hours of deliberation over two days. Samuel Goldstein and Max Chester were also convicted in the scheme to extort labor peace from two electroplating firms.
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New York
Johnny Dio
Dio
Samuel Goldstein
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Max Chester
Retail Clerks International Assn
Soft Coal Production Reported Ahead of '56
Bituminous coal production in the United States totaled 10,075,000 net tons for the week ended July 20, the National Coal Assay estimated to day on the basis of incomplete car loading reports. This compared with 9,047,000 tons for the corresponding period of last year and brought 1957 production to 270,134,000 tons, compared with 271,569,000 through July 21 of 1956.
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Washington
United States
National Coal Assay
Desert May Hold Real Key To Airliner Blast Mystery
Investigators search the Mojave Desert for fragments of a Western Airlines Convair after a loud blast and disappearance of S F Binstock, 62, a Los Angeles jeweler insured for 125000. CAB and FBI probe possible explosive decompression or structural failure as theories.
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S. F. Binstock
North Hollywood
Calif
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Binstock
Western Airlines
Convair
California Desert
British Jets Press Attack in Oman for Third Day
RAF Venom fighter-bombers pressed the revolt in Oman for a third day firing rockets and cannon at a Tanuf fort near Nizwa after a 48 hour warning. Officials deny civilian target claims and say planes attacked at the Sultan of Muscat and Oman’s request amid Gulf oil interests.
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London
Royal Air Force
Oman
Tanuf
Nizwa
Britain
Foreign Office
Cairo
Imam Ghaleb bin Ali
Arabian Peninsula
Muscat
Bahrain
Bernard Burrows
Persian Gulf
Sultan Said bin Taimur
Burrows
Two Doctors Doubt Cancer Weed Link
Yale University medical school pathologist Dr. Harry S. N. Greene and USC surgery professor Dr. Ian G. MacDonald told a House Government Operations subcommittee there is no proof of a smoking cancer link. They testified on smoking effects to lawmakers.
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Washington
University
Harry S. N. Greene
Department of Pathology
Yale University Medical School
Ian G. MacDonald
University of Southern California
House
Hacking Petitions Filed by 23 Candidacy Hopefuls
Twenty-three candidates filed petitions for township village and county offices. Aug. 7 is the filing deadline. Names include Chauncey Mills and Raymond Amos among trustees and constables across Green Perry Falls Laurel and other townships, plus Walter Lauriskey for Murray City village council and D. W. Tucker for county judge.
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Dean Collison
Board of Education
East Hocking
Laurelville
Murray City
Board of Public Affairs
Chauncey Mills
Benton Twp
McKinley Hansen
Laurel
Cecil L. Burke
Green Two
William Barringer
Laurel Two
Pearl William Mitchell
Ward
Russell Andersen
Perry Two
George Hartshorn
John H. Dicken
Carl W. Engle
Falls Two
Shell Hardgrove
Ernest Shull
Herman Bumgardner
Starr Two
Oliver Bainter
Benton Two
Owen McNichols
Salt Creek Two
Hubert Thompson
Charles Robinson
Porter Heigle
Washington Two
Raymond Amos
James Mohler
Grover Carpenter
Good Hope Two
Charles H. Stephenson
Sheriff says two convicts planned to kill him after Amish farmer slaying
Holmes County Sheriff Harry Weiss disclosed that Cleo E. Peters and Michael Dumoulin admitted plans to kill the sheriff to gain headlines. They are jailed on first degree murder charges for the July 18 shooting of Paul M. Coblentz, 25, near Millersburg. )
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Millersburg
Holmes County
Cleo E. Peters
Muscatine
Iowa
Michael Dumoulin
Wooster
Paul M. Coblentz
Harry Weiss
Dumoulin
FTC Targets Cigarette Advertising Claims
The Federal Trade Commission pledges a tougher stance on cigarette advertising amid links between smoking and lung cancer. Acting Chairman Robert T. Secrest stated a Public Health Service statement calls for a fresh policing approach and priority survey to gauge how smokers interpret ad claims.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Robert T. Secrest
House
Public Health Service
Secrest
Commission
Surgeon General
County court seeks two mill levy for operating costs
Hocking County commissioners moved to place a two mill general operating levy before voters this November. The board asked Prosecutor Lappen to file the required resolution by August 7, and rejected Judge Rhea Bangert Brown’s request for $1,100 more for juvenile court travel and a second probation officer. Judge Brown warned lack of funds may halt home visits and new records for traffic offenders, and she may seek a writ to obtain funds.
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Hocking
Rhea Bangert Brown
Brown
Ralph Moorhead
Fairgrounds
Ohio National Guard
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