Congress Highlights End of Week Legislative Roundup
The summary lists actions across Congress including the Senate shelving a Taft-Hartley bill and House actions on appropriations totaling about 42 billion dollars. It notes tax revisions, trade extension measures, social security proposals, constitutional amendments, postal rate talk, pay raises, and foreign and defense funding, plus statehood and housing debates. It highlights presidential signings on the St Lawrence Seaway and a mutual defense pact with South Korea.
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Washington
Senate
House Labor Committee
House
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court
House Post Office Committee
Rules Committee
Judiciary and
Post Office
ST. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
St. Lawrecene Seaway
South Korea
House Appropriations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Agriculture
Hawaii
Alaska
Phony Las Vegas Chips Found in Theft Case
Los Angeles police arrested James F. Woods Cleo Cantrell and Douglas R. Anderson on grand theft charges after seizing bogus Las Vegas poker chips and the equipment used to make them Detectives said $2500 of the counterfeit chips had already been cashed in Las Vegas and another batch valued at 160000 was being crafted in a Burbank garage Bona fide Las Vegas chips remain negotiable in the city.
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Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Burbank
Puzzle Theme Answers Across and Down
A list of crossword clues with across and down entries including violin accessory, orchestra, score, and names for 1 9 12 56 across plus related clues like Mon, Tue, and biblical terms. The grid includes terms for instruments, anatomy, and common nouns.
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Lincoln
Legislative
Word Fragments and Clues From a Puzzle Page
A collage of partial entries includes Off, Indigo, Severe, Prophesy, Mrs Osi, Rhythm, Containe, Distribut, Spite, Revises, Visitor, Gaelic, Check, Norway's capital, Somewhere the Rainbow, Go By boat, Playing card, and Kind of dancer as scattered puzzle hints.
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Norway's
Capital
Nixon urges U S aid to Asia to curb Communist tactics
Vice President Richard Nixon told Whittier College graduates that the United States must support Asian causes to defeat new Soviet backed revolutionary techniques. He warned that Communists win local leaders and use natives to fight for them while praising peace without surrender and UN cooperation. A car crash involving Nixon's motorcade caused no injuries.
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Whittier
Calif
United States
Indochina
Richard Nixon
Whittier College
Nixon
Los Angeles
Washington
Soviet Union
United Nations
Los Angeles International
Secret Service
Harold Belfry
Siamese Twins Separate After 70 Minute Operation
In Leeuwarden Netherlands 7 month old Folkie and Tjitska were separated after a 70 minute surgery. They were conjoined at the abdomen with shared organs but separate bodies. Doctors report the girls may live apart. In St Boniface Manitoba Siamese twin boys died after sharing a pelvis and vital organs in a triple birth. The surviving third baby was born healthy to Yvonne Mousseau, 29.
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Leeuwarden
Holland
Folkie
Tjitska
ST. Boniface
Man
Yvonne Mousseau
Bird rescued sparrow returns for breakfast at Babich home
In Riverdale suburb Chicago a police lieutenant and his wife fed a baby sparrow named Birdie after it fell into their yard five weeks ago. Now fully feathered, Birdie perches in a tree each evening and flies to the Babich window for breakfast each morning.
Hayward Barker Divorce Becomes Courtroom Battle
In Burbank California actress Susan Hayward and actor Jess Barker wrap up a lengthy divorce trial over property and child custody. Hayward seeks control of earnings and assets claiming community property status should not apply. Barker is accused of mental cruelty and not working.
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Burbank
Calif.p
Susan Hayward
Jess Barker
Gregory
Timothy
Miss Hayward
St. George
Utah
Barker
Martin Gang
Government Big Brother vs Retail Grocers
Vincent L. Browner of Des Moines warns the federal government acts like a big brother who sometimes overreaches. He told the National Assn. of Retail Grocers convention that government runs 162 ice cream plants and that halting premature tax cuts is wise to protect national defense. He calls for prudent economies to trim socialistic tentacles without rushing cuts.
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Washington
National Assn. of
Vincent L. Browner
Des Moines
Iowa
Browner
Atom Sub Engine Crosses Ocean In Desert Tank
The fore runner of the first atomic submarine, tested in an Idaho desert tank, completed a simulated Atlantic voyage while submerged at full power. Rear Adm. Lewis M. Strauss described the voyage in Hartford on May 25. The actual submarine launched at Groton Jan 21 and is undergoing shake down tests with its atomic reactor.
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New York
Idaho Desert
Atlantic Ocean
New York Times
Lewis M. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Hartford
Groton
Conn
Danny Kaye Arrives Ill in New Delhi
Hollywood comedian Danny Kaye landed in New Delhi with a bad cold after a flight from Bombay and said the illness would not delay his plan to film Indian waifs for the U.N. Children’s Emergency Fund.
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New Delhi
India
Danny Kaye
Bombay
Hollywood Star
U.N. Children’s Emergency Fund
Idaho Tank Tests Sink Fuel in Sea Water Engine
An article notes a land based engine housed in a 30 foot long tank of sea water at the AEC reactor testing station in Arco Idaho. The description highlights the facility's scale with a tank nearly 400 feet high and the unusual underwater testing setup.
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Idaho Laboratory
AEC
Arco
Idaho
Ducks Quack Rescue Saves Little Rock Baby
A 1 month old girl, Beth Cook, fell into a private lake in Little Rock. Ducks began quacking an alarm, drawing the mother to the spot. Fire department crew used artificial respiration and a resuscitator to revive the child.
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Little Rock
Ark
Beth Cook
Wheeton Cook
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