What Next On Housing
Democrats weigh two edged political effects of dropping housing legislation amid vetoes. Republicans push for a new bill as Sen. Sparkman favors no further action this session. Bush led the veto, while Humphrey says it will anger voters. Sparkman warns stalled urban renewal and housing programs. The panel eyes adjournment next Saturday.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Senate Banking Committee
Robertson
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Prescott Bush
R . Conn
Bush
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Sen
Homer ‘Capehart
Indiana
Last Yet Defended By Texans
Walter Williams, claimed last surviving Confederate veteran, will keep his $300 monthly state pension until proof locally verifies his status. Governor Price Daniel leads official rejection of Washington’s claim Williams is not a veteran, citing Confederate records and state archives as definitive. Williams, aged 116, says he served five months with Hood’s Brigade and six with Quantrill’s raiders, entering at Blue Mountain Tennessee.
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Austin
Tex
Walter Wiliams
Price Daniel
Washington
Houston
Walter Williams
Daniel
Bryan
Hood's Brigade
Williams
Katie Daffan
Hood's Brigade Reunion Assn
Wiliams
Robertson County
Joe Y. McNutt
Hood's
Quantrill
Blue Mountain
Tenn
Pedestrian Killed in Geneva Traffic Death
Mrs Jessie Finson of Rt 2 Geneva was struck and killed on Main Street when she walked or ran into a moving truck. It is the first traffic fatality in Geneva in 12 years.
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Geneva
Ohio
Jessie Finson
Rt. 2
Wife makes husband eat out of her hand
A lighthearted quip notes the wife keeps order at home by making her husband do the dishes, joking that she hates the chore herself.
Draft Dodger Is Sentenced
INDIANAPOLIS AP At Kenton Ohio farmer was sentenced Friday to two years in prison on a draft evasion charge. Joe S Bonntraeger 23 member of an Amish sect that opposes military service failed to report for non military duty at an Indianapolis veterans hospital. The LaGrange County Ind draft board had sent him a notice to report. He was arrested Aug 25. Bonntraeger told authorities it was against his sects religious principles to work in cities. He was taken to jail after the sentence until an implied prison location is arranged. His parents and wife attended the hearing. The father is president of the Amish school board in Hardin County.
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Indianapolis
Kenton
Ohio
Farmer
Joe S. Bonntraeger
LaGrange County
U. S
William E. Steckler
Bonntraeger
U. S. Marshal's Office
Samuel Bonntraeger
Ann
Hardin County
John Doe
Kansas City
Carlisle
Red Veto Seen On Aid To Laos
Dag Hammarskjold returns from South America to address Laos appeal for a U N task force to halt potential aggression by North Viet Nam. Expect UN Security Council emergency session. Soviet veto anticipated. Laos seeks immediate force, while SEATO backing is limited. US accelerates military aid. first C47 delivered.
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Laos
United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
South America
U.N
Viet Nam
Security Council
Soviet Union
General Assembly
SEATO
United States
Hammarskiold
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Moscow Exposition Closing Draws 140000 Final Day
Tass calls the U S exhibition a success as about 140000 Muscovites attended the final day in Sokolniki Park. The event closed amid ceremonies including flag lowering and heightened security with guides noting minimal heckling and many leaving for tours of the Soviet Union.
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Tass
Sh Ow
USS
United States
Sokolniki Park
Man Dates White Girl. Gets Fined
Savannah reporting master sergeant George Agard a man of alleged Negro blood paid a 100 dollar fine for being in the company of a white woman at a bar and a white drive in theater Norma Rikeman. The judge overruled defense motions and Delfined 60 days or 100 dollars.
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Savannah
Air Force
Norma K. Rikeman
Board of Health
Julius Fine
Miss Rikeman
Eugene Cook
Georgia
Lawrence J. Dwyer
J. Emory Findley
Agard
Five children found dead in Wisconsin cottage
A Milwaukee family vacationing in Townsend Wisconsin suffered a tragedy as five children were found dead in their cottage late Friday night and their mother died this morning. Authorities believe they all died from 92s poisoning after Thursday night.
Miss England Anne Thelwell Chosen for Miss World
Anne Thelwell a 22 year old laboratory technician from England has been chosen as Miss United Kingdom and will represent England in the Miss World contest in London in November. The blue eyed blonde stands 36 24 37.
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Anne Thelwell
Blackpool
England
United Kingdom
London
Long Weekend Toll Soars On Ohio Highways
Six people are dead as Labor Day weekend begins in Ohio with safety officials warning deaths could total 27 before midnight Monday. Early incidents include Byron D. Petering 22 of Brookville and a Defiance County auto collision that killed John L. Davis 33 of Kokomo Ind William ONeil 32 of Toledo and Joseph L Perkins 41 of Ft Wayne Ind. Additional fatalities include Clark Ellinwood 23 of Findlay and George Woodworth 43 of Saylor Park Ohio along with Donald Soudrette 36 who survived with injuries.
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Ohio
Byron D. Petering
Brookville
Dayton
Ohio 2
Hocksville
Defiance County
Indiana Line
John L. Davis
Kokomo
Ind
William O'Neil
Toledo
Joseph L. Perkins
Ft. Wayne
Clark J. Ellinwood
van Buren
Wood County
George Woodworth
Saylor Park
Cincinnati
Donald Soudrette
Quake Shakes Yellowstone Center During Labor Day Travel
A strong early morning quake near Yellowstone National Park was felt at Canyon near Yellowstone Lake. The tremor, described as the strongest since an August quake, rattled dishes in a cafeteria and woke Labor Day weekend visitors. General Manager Col. Joseph E. Primeau said it topped recent quakes in the region. Earlier shocks occurred at 3 and 4 a.m. with the main event at about 5 a.m. local time.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Canyon
Yellowstone Lake
Joseph E. Primeau
Air Force
Montana
President Is Worried About Laos
In Turnberry Scotland AP President Eisenhower expresses concern over Laos where Communists threaten the pro Western royal government. He declines to comment on UN troops to counter the Red threat while vacationing and receiving regular Laos updates. Hagerty says the President is in close touch and concerned.
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Turnberry
Scotland
Eisenhower
Laos
United Nations
Eisenhower Praises Labor Reform Bill Approval
President Eisenhower, vacationing after his Western Europe tour, said to Hagerty he is very pleased by congressional action on the labor reform bill. The measure, passed by the House, aims to enforce democratic procedures and financial honesty in unions and curb abuses of union power. It would ban certain convicted individuals from office for up to five years.
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Turnberry
Scotland
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Europe
United States
House
Laos Appeals to UN for Emergency Force
Hagerty refused to discuss the reports to the President or the request for military support. Laos accuses North Viet Nam of aiding rebels and asks the UN to send an emergency force to halt aggression. Dag Hammarskjold rushes back from Brazil to weigh a Security Council emergency meeting. Eisenhower rests in Scotland and plans to return to Washington Monday.
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Laos
Viet Nam
United Nations
U.N
Dag Hammarksjold
Brazil
Security Council
Eisenhower
Scotland
Europe
Washington
Ex Con Won't Talk in Missing Trooper Case
Ex convict Alvin Knight refused a lie detector test as state police search for missing trooper Albert Louden. Louden disappeared after questioning Knight near Howell, Michigan. Louden's gun was found on his belt and papers were recovered from a waterhole. Investigators probe blood traces as authorities untangle sequence from Knight’s cabin arrest and a blue Cadillac chase.
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East Lansing
Mich
Thomas Grant
State Police
Albert Louden
Grant
Souden
Alvin W. Knight
Woodland
Michigan
Downstate
Howell
Knight
Louden
Livingston County
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Sam Neua
William N. Oatis
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Laothian
Egypt - Israel
U.S
A. J. Goldberg
Moscow
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Harold C. McClellan
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