Civil Rights Bill Faces Quick Passage After Bipartisan Deal
Congress plans to pass the civil rights bill next week after lengthy battles ending in a bipartisan compromise acceptable to President Eisenhower. House and Senate leaders expect swift action with committee moves Monday or Tuesday and final votes soon after, as judges may allow jury trials in criminal contempt cases with specified limits. The bill also clarifies press protections regarding evidence from closed sessions and imposes penalties for improper disclosures.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House Rules Committee
Howard Smith
D-Va
House
Civil Rights Investigating Commission
Hollywood scandal boss testifies in libel trial
Fred Meade testified that Hollywood Research paid $150 000 to supply scandal material from July 1955 to February 1956. Meade and his wife Marjorie ran Hollywood Research. she is related to publisher Robert Harrison. The day highlighted informers paid up to $1 000 each, Meade’s accusations against studios, differing times for Maureen O Hara being labeled a necker, and publisher Harrison pressuring Huie to drop obscene material. Meade will resume on Monday.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Confidential
Whisper
Fred Meade
Hollywood Research, Inc
Meade
Marjorie
Hollywood Research
Robert Harrison
Hollywood Studios
Maureen O'Hara
Necker
William Bradford Huie
Harrison
Huie
New Trial Ordered For Seven Convicted Reds
The 10th Circuit reversed the 1955 convictions of seven alleged Communists in Colorado, ordering a new trial. The court voided the organizational conspiracy under the Smith Act due to statute of limitations, while preserving the conspiracy to overthrow the government charge. The case now awaits a DOJ decision in Washington.
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Denver
U.S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Herbert M. Boyle
United States
Justice Department
Washington
Colorado
Supreme Court
Boyle
Circuit Court
Henderson Heads To Mideast
In Washington veteran diplomat Lou Henderson heads to the Middle East to address how the United States and allies can counter the Communist threat in Syria. Officials say Syria is not yet a Soviet satellite though pro Soviet officers hold power. Henderson will visit Ankara and likely other nations to consult with Adnan Menderes King Hussein and King Faisal on the Syrian issue.
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Washington
Lou Henderson
Middle East
United States
Syria
State Department
Moscow
Henderson
Turkey
Ankara
Adnan Menderes
Hussein
Jordan
Faisal
Iraq
Alabama Senate approves plan to split Macon County
The Alabama Senate approved a constitutional amendment to abolish Macon County by dividing its land and population among five neighboring counties. Sponsored by Sen. Sam Englehardt, the measure targets breaking up a county with a 7 to 1 Negro to white population ratio. If the House approves, the proposal would go to voters in the statewide primary next May, taking effect four years later.
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Montgomery Ala
Alabama Senate
Macon County
Sam Englehardt
House
Girard to be handed to Japanese for trial Monday
Maebashi Japan two U S majors will escort 22 year old William S Girard to the Maebashi district courthouse Monday for trial on charges he fatally shot a Japanese shell picker. An Army notice says he will be in U S custody until delivery to the court at about 9 a m and again at the end of the first session around 4 p m custody transfer to Japanese authorities marks first time.
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Maebashi
Japan
William S. Girard
Girard
Ottawa
Ill
U.S
Reuther Presses Inflation Fight After Auto Makers Rebuff
Detroit AP Walter Reuther of the UAW vows to press a joint union management plan to curb inflation despite Chrysler and General Motors rejecting his $100 price cut for 1958 cars in exchange for concessions. Ford has not yet replied.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
Reuther
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
UAW
L. L. Colbert
China Fails To Provide Passports For American Journalists
Thirty six hours after authorization to enter Red China eligible American correspondents had neither Chinese visas nor renewed passports. The China Travel Service said the foreign minister in Peiping knew 24 reporters were approved by the United States to visit Red China for the first time in eight years. The ministry had issued no instructions yet, and the American consulate general said passports could not be extended for seven months of mainland travel due to confusion from multiple media representations. A State Department list of designated media representatives was still awaited.
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Hong Kong
Red China
China Travel Service
Peiping
United States
China
State Department
Hoffa Returns to Teamsters After Senate Denunciation
James R Hoffa is back at Teamsters duties after Senate Rackets Committee chair McClellan denounced him as a disgrace to trade unionism and outlined 48 alleged misdeeds. Hoffa dismissed, joins Detroit labor talks that ended a six day newspaper strike.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Hoffa
Teamsters
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Detroit
Senate Committee
New York
Johnny Dio
Dio
Midwest
Dave Beck
Teamsters Organization
Robert Kennedy
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Teamster
Secord
Chuckle on Getting Even with the Joneses
A light note about plans to settle scores with the Joneses turning into a joke about their finances and efforts to balance books.
Faith Bars Transfusions To Critically Ill Wife
A 40 year old mother of four in East Patchogue New York remains in critical condition after post operative shock following a hysterectomy. Jehovah s Witness beliefs prevent blood transfusions, and husband George Bohnke says he cannot consent to such a transfusion without his wife s approval. Doctors say she needs at least two transfusions to save her life while hormones and IV fluids are used to stabilize her.
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Mary Bohnke
George
Jehovah's Witnesses
Bohnke
John and
Paul
Patricia
Mother Battles Atlantic To Get Aid For Family
Martha Cole of Scarborough Maine recounted a four hour struggle with tides and winds after a 15 foot outboard boat sank off Stratton Island. Her 22 month old son Jeffery died. her husband Thomas fought to keep the baby above water as Coast Guard crews aided survivors. The family, including relatives from Springfield Massachusetts, was flown to safety after the wreck.
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Thomas O. Cole
Martha
Scarborough
Maine
Martha Cole
Jenkinstone Pa
Jeffery
Thomas O
Stratton Island
Cole
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Stratton
Eagle Islands
Old Orchard Beach
Walter D. Mazzacane
Eagle Island
Theodore Chase
Springfield
Mass
E. T. Man
Girl Knows Who Struck Her During Florida Vacation
In Tampa Florida a Columbus Ohio schoolgirl Hope LaVerne Brown aged 14 says she knows who fractured her skull during a late August incident. Det. Sgt. Babe Littleton reports she told a boyfriend she was beaten while walking back from a drive-in. The boyfriend says the assailant was a man who asked to give her a ride and waited inside a house where she stayed with her sister.
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Tampa
Fla
Columbus, Ohio
Babe Littleton
Hope LaVerne Brown
Littleton
Sentence Mastermind In 250000 Thefts
Dayton police labeled Ben Lett a 66 year old mastermind in a string of robberies totaling about 250000 dollars. He received a 10 to 25 year sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary for the 86000 dollar armed robbery of the La Dayton grill in 1954.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ben Lett
Ohio Penitentiary
la Dayton Grill
More Cuts Proposed In Spending
Washington. The Army plans further reductions to meet an 38 billion dollar defense cap for the current fiscal year. The service will deactivate a division, abolish 18 anti aircraft battalions, cut 15 000 civilian jobs, and close 14 depots and facilities. Civilian hiring is frozen as the defense budget trims nearly 2 800 000 authorized troops and about 53 000 civilian positions.
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Washington
Wilson
Three Gurnsey Sisters Found Buried in Quarry
Police say the bodies of Nancy ten Ruth nine and Theresa eight Gurnsey were located about 35 feet below the quarry rim after hours of digging. Shoes identified as theirs were found the night before. The girls disappeared from their Dixon Illinois trailer home a few miles away on Wednesday.
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Dixon, Ill
Fred Hoffman
Lee County
Hoffman
John Gurnsey
Dixon
Nancy
Ruth
Theresa
Seaman
Gurnseys
Boscobel
Wis
Medusa Cement Co
Colonel Is Innocent Of Negligent Homicide
Lt Colonel Walter P. Berger of Philadelphia was acquitted by a general court martial at Fort Sill Oklahoma of four counts of negligent homicide and one of dereliction of duty. The eight member panel found him not guilty after a two day trial over a mock infantry attack that killed four soldiers and wounded 13 on June 22. Berger spoke of his innocence and phoned his wife and two daughters after the verdict.
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FT. Sill Okla
Walter P. Berger
Philadelphia
Berger
Col. Berger
Daugh
Ters
John F. Taylor
Taylor
Walter D. Short
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