Senate Moves to Send Large Jobs Bill to Ike
The Senate prepared to send to President Eisenhower a 251 million dollar package aimed at distressed industrial areas. House provisions would raise or alter the funding. Republicans and some Southern Democrats worry about delays. The bill would authorize loans and grants for industrial plants, rural areas, and public facilities, with emphasis on retraining and technical aid.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Senate
Low bid to move 161 graves from eight cemeteries
The apparent low bid of 16 485 by Julius A Schwerin Jr of Aiken SC was among five bids for a project to remove 161 bodies from eight area cemeteries near the Dillon Reservoir on the Licking River in Muskingum County Ohio The government estimate was 22 550 and the remains will be reinterred at Timer Run Cemetery in Hopewell Township and Irville Cemetery in Licking Township
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Huntington
W. Va
Julius A. Schwerin Jr
Aiken
S. C
Dillion Reservoir
Licking River
Muskingum County
Ohio
U. S. Army
Timer Run
Hopewell
Irville
Licking
President urges own bill while opposing broader measures
The President, in messages to Congress on his legislative program, urged his own low income spirits areas bill and opposed the broader measures under consideration. GOP leaders hint at another veto of a bill as large as 251 million dollars. The House passed 201-184, far short of the two thirds needed to override.
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Congress
GOP
House
United States Buys Virgin Islands From Denmark in 1917
The United States acquired the 50 islands of the Virgin Islands in the West Indies from Denmark in 1917 for 25 million dollars, establishing U S sovereignty over the archipelago.
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Virgin Islands
West Indies
United States
Denmark
Rockefeller Still In Running for GOP Nomination
Niagara Falls NY AP says Assembly Speaker Joseph F. Carlino reported Gov. Nelson Rockefeller is still in the running for the Republican presidential nomination. He noted the convention could reconsider and nominate someone other than Nixon, arguing Rockefeller could attract independent voters. The Long Island GOP leader spoke at a testimonial dinner.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixos
Carlino
Long Island
GOP
Rockefeller
Nixon
Mother's Day Services Set at Seventhday Adventist Church
Mother's Day will be observed at the Seventhday Adventist Church with Rev Ben F Mowry speaking on Privileges and Responsibilities of Today's Mother during the 9:20 a.m. worship. Sabbath School begins at 10:39 a.m. The 6:30 p.m. youth vesper will feature a program for mothers by the children’s division of Sabbath School honoring a Niagara Falls assemblyman.
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Seventhday Adventist Church
Ben F. Mowry
Sabath School
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