Ike's Veto Of Security Bill Looms
Washington AP report on a Social Security bill advancing toward passage in Congress with broad benefits for women and disabled workers. Key provisions include a 2 percent payroll tax rise to fund new disability benefits and an age 62 retirement option for women, plus modest increases for needy elderly by state aid.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Senate House
Rep
Cooper
D-Tenn
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Williams
R-Del
He’s The Exception Detroit
Detroit police report CPL Walter Early objected to short sleeve shirts for summer in Lincoln Park. He sought and received special permission to wear long sleeves due to sunburn susceptibility.
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Detroit
Lincoln Park
Sumner
Cpl
Walter Early
New Police Plan If Enemy Strikes Is Given Tryout
The Eisenhower administration unveiled a civilian military control plan during Operation Alert testing aimed at preserving local government amid a simulated atomic attack. The exercise, involving 10000 officials and 1600 Pentagon personnel, spanned 34 states plus Canada and ran 36 hours. President Eisenhower attended a Security Council briefing before leaving for Panama.
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Eisenhower
Ueerson
Washington
Peterson
Defense Mobility
Arthur S. Flemming
Hemisphere
U.S
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canada
Pentagon
Defense Wilson
Department
Defense
Strategic Air Command
United States
Navy
Air Force
National Security Council
Panama
Bandits Disappointed After Wallet Only Twenty Five
New York police report two bandits cuffed a supermarket clerk to his car steering wheel after finding a $25 wallet. Ray Gantz, 30, recalled the incident and was released when police removed the cuffs after he drove to a station. He said the bandits left the wallet intact with a single comment: "Phoose."
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New York
Ray Gantz
Phoose
Gantz
Protection From Police Demanded By Phone Man
MARION Ohio The president of Consolidated Telephone Co says suspended service will be restored once supervisory staff have police protection. Williams notes emergency service already resumed in Brilliant and expects similar assurances from other communities as mayors warned that reintroducing supervisors could trigger grave civil unrest.
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Marion
Ohio
Struck Consolidated Telephone Co
Frank J. Lausche
Cadiz
Consolidated
C. E. Williams
Brilliant
Williams
Adena
Mount Pleasant
Dillonvale
Dayton Test Is Pitiful Civil Defense Drill Reported
Ohio officials conducted a large scale civil defense exercise with thousands simulated deaths and make believe bombings. Governor Lausche urged action while leaders evacuated to a secret retreat to demonstrate government continuity amid a supposed catastrophe across Steubenville Canton Youngstown Dayton and Hamilton.
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Ohio
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Steubenville
Canton
Youngstown
Dayton
Hamilton
Civil Rights Bill Heads For Quick House Passage
Washington July 21 The civil rights bill appeared certain to pass the House by Monday with a comfortable majority but faced likely death in the Senate as Congress nears adjournment next week. Rep Willis of Louisiana said the battle was won, while Rep Keating of New York urged delaying adjournment until the Senate acts. The House finished four days of debate and tentatively approved the bill amid reduced filibustering by Southern opponents.
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Washington
Co Ae CE
Rep
Willis
D-La
House
Senate
Congress
Keating
New York
Prosecution Set Against Hodge and Aides in State Fund Scandal
Springfield state authorities obtained arrest warrants for former State Auditor Orville E. Hodge and two aides, Edward A. Epping and Edward A. Hintz, charging embezzlement of about 650000 from 1955 to Hodge's July resignation. Indictments planned cover 46 warrants cashed by others, with forgery, conspiracy, and other counts possible.
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Springfield
Ill
George P. Coutralion
Orville E. Hodge
Hodge
Chicago
Edward A. Epping
Edward A. Hintz
Sangamon County
Joseph Lohman
Cook County
Hintz
Coutralion
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Contralion
Epping
Southmoor Bank
Republican Party
US conducts eighth nuclear blast at Bikini Atoll
Tokyo reports the United States fired its eighth nuclear test in the southwest Pacific. The Japan weather bureau says the Bikini Atoll explosion was stronger than the May 21 test but weaker than the July 11 detonation.
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Tokyo
Japanese Weather Bureau
United States
Southwest Pacific
U.S
Bikini Atoll
Lausche Predicts New Ohio Gas Tax By Legislature
Gov Frank J. Lausche states another penny-a-gallon gasoline tax will be added by the next Legislature. He told his Cabinet Friday that the increase is needed to meet the cost of matching federal highway program spending.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Iowa Girl Wins Miss Universe Title in California
Carol Morris of Ottumwa Iowa won Miss Universe 1957 in Long Beach California. She had earlier been named Miss United States and Miss Popular in the parade. Judges placed Germany's Marina Orschel second and Sweden's Ingrid Goude third. Morris's father emphasized her goal of finishing college and pursuing teaching, not a movie career.
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John Beckler
Long Beach
Calif
Iowa
Carol Morris
United States
Middle West
Germany
Marina Orschel
Ingrid Goude
Sweden
Iris Waller
LaVerne Morris
Ottumwa
Carol Seea
Morris
Carol
Junoe Poe
Bee
Ben Soones
Neces
Mysterious Defense Trip Delays McKeon Court Martial Hearing
Parris Island, S C The court martial of Marine Sgt Matthew C McKeon was recessed after defense attorney Emile Berman cancelled today’s session citing a mysterious flying trip connected to the case Six recruits died in the April 8 night march and testimony from Pvt Earl Grabowski described alcohol on McKeon’s breath During the trial McKeon faces involuntary manslaughter oppression of recruits and drinking on duty with possible maximum six years and dishonorable discharge if convicted The defense seeks to introduce marine training methods as evidence of discipline in the past
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Parris Island
S.C
Emile Berman
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Berman
Earl Grabowski
Kearney
N.J
Grabowski
Counterfeiter Turns Himself In After Printing $80,000 Bills
Andrew T. Post, 33, father of three, surrendered at the U S Secret Service office in Cleveland after revealing a stash of counterfeit $5 and $10 notes totaling $80 000. He borrowed a printing press, worked with Willard Van Treese, and produced the bills with a costly $4 000 investment before deciding to confess. Both men faced counterfeiting charges with possible 15 year prison terms and bail set at $7 500.
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Cleveland
U. S
Secret Service Office
Andrew T. Post
Post
Michael P. Burger
Cleveland Secret Service Office
Willard VanTreese
Secret Service
van Treese
H. A. Horn
Baby’s Body Found Not Weinberger In Autopsy
New York City officials confirmed a newborn’s body recovered from the East River is not the kidnapped Weinberger infant. The unidentified infant was said to be three to seven hours old at death, found by a barge captain. The Weinberger child had vanished July 4 from Westbury, Long Island. Mrs. Morris Weinberger expressed strong belief her son remains alive.
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New York
Kidmece
Peter Weinberger
East River
Milton Halpern
Weinberger
Westbury
Long Island
Morris Weinberger
Steel Parley To Continue Over Weekend
PITTSBURGH United Steelworkers president David J McDonald and industry negotiator John A Stephens planned another bargaining session over the weekend to push toward a contract settlement. Neither leader commented on yesterday's one hour and 20 minute meeting.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
Six Are Injured As Cloudburst Strikes Reno Area
A Nevada cloudburst and mountain flash flood left six injured and four missing after Galena Creek washed cars from Mt. Rose road between Reno and Lake Tahoe. Floods shut U S Highway 395 and flooded downtown Reno areas while rescues battled near freezing, muddy conditions. Elsewhere in the region storms caused floods and one death in Charlottesville Virginia as another California pass, Sonora, was flooded by a separate downpour.
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Reno, Nev
Galena Creek
Reno
Nevada
California High Sierra
Mt. Rose
Here
Lake Tahoe
California
Maryland
West Virginia
Charlottesville
Matt Wachwoicz
Sacramento
Calif
Washoe Medical Center
Charles
W. J. Barbash
Sierra
Peavine Mountain
Sonora Pass
Division of Highways
Eisenhower Joins Pan American Summit in Panama
President Eisenhower travels from Washington to Panama to join 19 Pan American republics in a conference themed on Pan American friendship. The gathering, marked by ceremonies and diplomacy, aims to issue a Declaration of Panama promoting cooperation on economic issues and world peace amid political tensions. Accompanying him are Milton Eisenhower, Maj. John Eisenhower, and aides.
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Panama
Eisenhower
Washington
Simon Bolivar
U.S
White House
Milton Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Surf Board Cop Proposes Surf Ban to Ease Waikiki Jams
Honolulu official Herman Lemke of the Board of Supervisors says 80 surfboards skim the waves at crowded Waikiki Beach and advocates banning them in certain sections to alleviate traffic.
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Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Herman Lemke
Board of Supervisors
Lemke
Mercy Asked For Slayer Mercy Asked For Slayer
State Pardon and Parole Commission considers mercy for Joseph Allen a 60 year old vagrant awaiting execution for first degree murder Allen was convicted for the 1951 shotgun slayings of Berry Joiner 35 and Willie Arnold 41 in Cleveland arrests followed in 1954 in Baltimore Attorneys for Allen cite age as reason for clemency seeking before his Sept 20 execution date.
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Columbus
Ohio
State
Joseph Allen
Allen
Berry Joiner
Willie Arnold
Cleveland
Baltimore
Chicago Hopes To Stop Polio With Salk Shots
Chicago fights a polio outbreak with mass Salk vaccinations as health officials push to inoculate hundreds of thousands. Dr. Bundesen urges half a million children vaccinated while 19 new cases raise Chicago’s yearly total to 245 with five deaths.
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Chicago
Salk
Herman N. Bundesen
Board of Health
West Side
Bundesen
National Foundation For
American Hospital Supply Co
Nashville
Tenn
Peoria
Rock Island
Ill
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Beloit
Anderson
LaFayette
Indianapolis
South Bend
Ind
Nassau
N. Y
Alex Langmuir
United States Public Health Service
Lagae Wa
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