Civil rights bill standoff blocks House Senate compromise
Congress efforts to bridge House Senate differences over civil rights legislation failed as Rep. Keating moved to send the bill to conference and was met with immediate opposition. House and Senate leaders debated tying the bill to foreign aid, with Eisenhower firmly against any trade. A showdown was expected on how to proceed with the stalled measure tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
House
Rep
Keating
Rayburn
Texas
Walter
Eisenhower
Celler
D-Ny
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Sen
Knowland
California
White House
House Rules Committee
D-Tex
GOP
Martin
Mass
Senate House
City to Install 1000 Street Markers in Monroe
City Council opened seven bids for porcelain enamel street intersection signs at 6.50 dollars each and baked enamel at 6.65 dollars. Frieshon and Belsom of New Orleans led with 1,000 signs and 11 foot steel posts bid at 3.35 dollars, with the contract to May or W. L. Jack Howard. A separate protest over downtown bus stopping prompted a plan for central bus stops to ease traffic, which officials said could be impractical.
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Monroe
Frieshon and Belsom
New Orleans
John B. Brewster
Shreveport
W. L
Jack” Howard
H. M. James
H. W. McSherry
Finance and Utilities
James
Fere's How To Park And Shop In Monroe Plan
The Monroe Park and Shop program begins Saturday August 17. Drivers visit 12 downtown lots or garages, pick up a parking ticket, shop at 36 participating firms, get the ticket stamped for a qualifying purchase, and return to the lot to retrieve their car with no charge. Merchants cover the parking cost.
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Monroe
This Month 1 Million Rise In Trade For Monroe
Retail merchants in Monroe expect about a 1 000 000 rise in trade this month versus August 1956. Total retail business could exceed 10 500 000 for the month, up from 8 300 000 in July. Back to school shopping and fuller school enrollments drive volume. Retailers push efficiency and service at better prices across the city.
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Monroe
Doria Testifies No Accounting Of Union Funds Spent
Former AIW secretary Anthony Doria testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that thousands of dollars were kept in a strong box at AIW headquarters in Milwaukee and that he never gave rank and file members a full accounting of union funds. He denied personal use but acknowledged possible missing records while contesting investigators’ cash asset estimates and detailing a bond proceeds investment inquiry.
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Washington
Anthony Doria
The
Allied Industrial Workers
AIW
Milwaukee
Doria
Senate
Leuk photo slides of Louisiana courthouses by Breedlove
W. A. Breedlove manager of the Louisiana Police Jury Association and Parochial Employee's Retirement System moved his office to Monroe from Natchitoches and began collecting color transparency slides of all state courthouses using a 35 mm camera. He photographed courthouses in Jackson Winn Natchitoches Webster Ouachita and Richland parishes and also shot the state capitol. St and Mrs Sam Edmiston announce the birth of daughter Kim Dianne on July 26. Mrs Edmiston is the former Martha Nell Chappell. Mrs Louis Smith celebrated her 89th birthday at 2805 South Grand Street with a cake orchid and gifts. she is mother of Mrs Tom L Frienberg. Colvin family members plan their annual reunion on Wednesday.
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W. A. Breedlove
Louisiana Police Jury Association
Parochial Employee's Retirement System
Monroe
Natchitoches
Jackson
Winn
Webster
Ouachita
Richland
State Capitol
Louis Smith
South Grand Street
Tom L. Frienberg
Meany Opposes Hoffa on Fifth Amendment stance in Teamsters row
AFL-CIO Executive Council moves to act on corruption charges against the Teamsters before their convention. George Meany insists on cooperation with congressional committees and upholding the Fifth Amendment stance against protecting officials. Hoffa leads a faction opposing AFL CIO policy, arguing it threatens union liberty.
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Chicago
Afl-Cio
Ptay
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
George Meany
Ethical Practices Committee
George Meaney
James R. Hoffa
Meany
Hoffa
Midwest
Executive Council
Fear Boy 7 Missing in Indiana After Foul Play Suspected
In Brazil Indiana a thousand volunteers search woods mine strips and a haunted area for 7 year old Billy Earl Martin missing since Saturday. Police probe four fronts including aunt Elizabeth Martin and minstrel Harry Higgins amid uneasy lie detector results and family defense.
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Brazil
Ind
Billy Earl Martin
Billy
Joseph Russell
Elizabeth Martin
Carbon
Harry Allen Higgins
Martin
William Martin
Higgins
Lightning bolt may be cause of plane crash report
ISSOUDUN Quebec a chartered DC4 of Maritime Central Airways crashed Sunday afternoon killing 79 aboard 73 passengers and six crew. Investigators cite lightning as possible cause but experts favor severe turbulence or pilot fatigue for the worst Canadian air disaster.
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Issoudun
Que
Canada
Maritime Central Airways
Quebec City
Toronto
British Isles
Long Defends State Economics In Baton Rouge News Conference
Governor Earl Long dismissed calls for rapid spending cuts while defending Louisiana's tax burden and services. He contrasted school taxes with Texas and urged data-driven budget review led by Budget Officer J. Harvey Rester and Revenue Collector James Reily. He denied grand jury contact on a Baton Rouge probe of permits for a loan firm.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Long
Monroe
Lether Frazar
Frazar
J. Harvey Rester
James Reily
East Baton Rouge Parish
Grand Jury
Violation Warning on Red China Trips Targeting U.S. Youth
Washington reports a diplomatic warning from Undersecretary Herter that visiting Red China would label youths as tools of Communist propaganda. The State Department warned passport risks and possible regulatory violations for Americans planning the trip, with letters delivered to hopeful travelers in Moscow.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Red China
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Moscow
China
Peiping
Khrushchev Warns West of Aggressive War Fear in East Berlin
In a speech before 100000 in Marx Engels Square Khrushchev accused the West of stalling on disarmament and preparing for aggressive war. He said the Soviet Union would push for a nuclear ban and end to nuclear tests while signaling forthcoming East German East bloc cooperation. Anastas Mikoyan and Walter Ulbricht joined in signing declarations with Grotewohl. Mikoyan hinted at a peace offensive including turning the Baltic into a sea of peace.
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Berlin
Russia
Nikita Khrushche
East Berlin
Marx Engels
Khrushchev
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Otto Grotewohl
ADN
Whch
Ulbricht
International Workers Movement
Mikoyan
Baltic
Heat and Humidity Smother Area With 96 Degree Day
Area residents face another hot day as temperatures climb around 96 with morning lows near 73 to 82. Tonight and tomorrow mirror yesterday's pattern with partly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon storms. Highs reach 90 to 95 and overnight lows dip to 74 to 78.
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Haffa
Fear Boy
Lions
Murfreesboro, Tenn
Wolfe
U.S
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U. S
East Germany
Morris Greenberg
Monique Strand
France
Garden City
Long Island
William Alden Gardner
American Field Service
Pirkko Junnila
Finland
Wakefield
Monica Johansson
Sweden
Gloria Matiello
Italy
Minnesota
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