Senate Civil Rights Fight Heats Up In Incoming Debate
The Senate prepares for a lengthy clash over Eisenhower civil rights legislation as Southern opponents plan a filibuster. leaders expect weeks of debate with action on the motion possible this week. Senators Ervin Watkins and others discuss the bill’s broad powers and potential enforcement via federal courts and injunctions without jury trials.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Knowland
California
Len Knowland
Sen—Russell-top- Ga
Russell
Gener Eisenhower
Ervin
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Brownell
Spreme Court
Watkins
Ohio Toll Among Top In Nation
An Associated Press survey shows Ohio's holiday weekend traffic toll among the nation’s highest with 26 deaths on highways and streets, four drowning, eight from other causes, totaling 38. Gov ONeill and safety officials urged enforcement. police and sheriffs pledged full duty over the weekend amid a slow start and a late surge in fatalities. Read continued on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Ohio
William O'Neill
Betty Ann Smith
Valley Fork
W. Va
Johnston
Trumbull County
David Ludwig
Miamisburg
German Army Rising From Nazi Wehrmacht
In Mittenwald Germany a new German army forms from the Nazi era Wehrmacht with West German leadership and American training. Brig Gen Hans Buchner commands the 1st Mountain Division as veterans urge a so called old type soldier ethos. Gen William Ruffner oversees about 300 American trainers in Bonn with plans to reduce by 1958 as Germans assume full training duties.
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Warren Rogers JR
Mittenwald
Germany
1St Mountain Division
Bavarian Alps
Austria
Hans Buchner
William L. Ruffner
U.S. Army
Bonn
West Germany
Long Weekend Toll Hits 725 With 422 Highway Deaths
The Associated Press tally records 725 total deaths over a 102 hour Independence Day period, including 422 highway fatalities and 205 drownings. The report notes comparisons to prior holidays and cites two fatal crashes near Oxford Mississippi and Saugus California as among the worst incidents.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Oxford
Miss
Saugus
Calif
End Surveys At Tachikawa Base In Japan
Japanese government surveyors finished work at Tachikawa air base as over 1,000 police restrained demonstrators against base expansion. No American air police were present. A spokesman said renewal leases will not require further surveys and talks will seek about two acres for runway expansion, with condemnation possible if agreements fail.
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Tachikawa
Japan
U.S
Tachikawa Air Base
Ior
Foster parents’ bid for Hildy McCoy adoption barred by religious law
The case centers on whether 6 year old Hildy McCoy should be raised Catholic per her birth mother and Massachusetts law. The Ellises, Jewish foster parents Melvin and wife, face a circuit court ruling amid religion debate with the Florida Welfare Board backing adoption, while the natural mother and state may join proceedings.
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Miami
Fla
Hildy McCoy
Melvin Ellis
Hildy
Massachusetts
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Hingham
Mass
Ellises
Jane
Florida Tate Welfare Board
Kishi to reshuffle cabinet this week in Japan
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi plans a cabinet reshuffle this week. He will announce new appointments Thursday after keeping most of the Ishibashi ministry except for a few changes.
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Hakone
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Tanzan Ishibashi
Ishibashi
All Star Game Selected Pitching Lists Revealed
Bulletin states Jim Bunning of the American League and Curt Simmons of the National League will start in the midseason classic. Casey Stengel names Billy Lees as second pitcher with Billy Pierce slated for later duty. Walter Alston withholds second and third pitchers for the National League.
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ST. Louis
Jim Bunning
Detroit
Curt Simmons
Philadelphia
Casey Stengel
Billy Lees
Baltimore
Billy Pierce
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Walter Alston
West Seeks Shifts in Soviet Disarmament Stance
Western diplomats monitor London disarmament talks for signs of a policy shift after Kremlin upheaval. Moscow radio warns against expecting concessions while US and Soviet proposals for partial nuclear disarmament and inspection continue to be discussed amid proxy negotiations and the U.N. subcommittee talks.
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London
Kremlin
Moscow
U.S.R
U.S.S.R
Washington
V. M. Molotov
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Georgi Malenkov
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow Radio
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
U.N. Disarmament
Valerian Zorin
Stassen
Time To End Strife Here Nehru Says
Indian Prime Minister Nehru urges a friendly approach and disarmament progress to ease world tensions. He speaks in a telecast recorded July 1 in London during the British Commonwealth conference and cites five power talks as key to avoiding new complications.
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New York
Nehru
London
Loni
Ora
Divorce Grounds Quip Sparks Lawyer’s Wry Answer
A humorous gag unfolds as a young woman asks for divorce grounds in a lawyer’s office. The lawyer confirms marriage exists, prompting a witty reminder that marriage itself provides grounds. The exchange captures a light, period-appropriate tone.
Purge-era Charges Hit Malenkov Molotov and Kaganovich
In Moscow a new wave of accusations ties ex Premier Georgi Malenkov and V M Molotov and Lazar Kaganovich to Stalin's mass repressions of 1937 38. Nikolai Shvernik denounces their alleged plots to seize power and purge the party while Khrushchev pushes ouster of his former allies.
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Malenkov & Co
Stalin
ROY Essoyan Moscow
Nikolai Shvernik
Communist Party
Georgi Malenkov
V. M. Molotov
Lazar Ka
Ranovici
Leningrad
Shvernik
L. P. Beria
Malenkov
Molotov
Kaganovich
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Presidium
Soviet Union
Belgrade
Tito
Clinton 15 Trial Opens In Tension
The Clinton 15 case opens in Knoxville amid civil rights turmoil. The trial tests federal power to enforce school desegregation and raises questions about white juror convictions in civil rights cases, with Kasper and 22 others charged with criminal contempt facing a high‑profile courtroom clash.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton
John Kasper
Supreme Court
Congress
U.S. District Court
Ross Barnett
Jackson, Miss
Barnett
Mississippi
George Washington Williams
Baltimore
Ope
Iis
Kasper
New Jersey
Robert L. Taylor
Taylor
Tennessee National Guardsmen
Weather Bureau Monitors Gulf Storm Near Florida
The Weather Bureau tracks a showery area in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico with a low chance of becoming a hurricane. A watch is held to detect development if conditions stay favorable. Planes and ships reported numerous thunderstorms 300 to 400 miles south of New Orleans.
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Miami
Fla. W
U.S
New Orleans
Weather Outlook Calls for Heat Showers and Storms
Warm humid conditions persist with hot weather and thundery showers across much of the region. Thunderstorms broke during the night pushing northward into the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes, with severe storms reported and hail and heavy rain in portions of Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Government seeks Supreme Court aid in Girard case
The government asks the Supreme Court to allow a Japanese court to try GI William S. Girard for fatally wounding a Japanese woman on a firing range in Japan. His lawyers urge release from Army custody, arguing no military charge has been filed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William S. Girard
Japan
Paul M. Yost Washington
GI Williams
Girard
U.S
Rnment
Ottawa
Camp Whittington
Tokyo
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
Mrsaka Sakai
Rep
Burleston
D-Tex
House Foreign Affairs
Sakai
Murray Snyder
Dore
Brownell
McGarraghy
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge Dies at Northampton
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge aged 78, widow of the 30th U S president, died today in Northampton Massachusetts after a long illness. Her quiet life in public view contrasted with her husband’s formal bearing and she supported him from the background, never engaging in state affairs or speeches.
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Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Alice Longworth
Coolidge
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