Senate Civil Rights Debate Opens Amid Divided Senate
The Senate opens a polarized civil rights debate with three camps: Southern opposition hoping to stall, liberal and moderate wings seeking meaningful gains in minority voting rights, and leaders like Lyndon B. Johnson steering toward modest protections. Across factions, a House bill and potential Senate amendments loom as a two thirds majority may be sought to limit debate and push passage. Presidential contenders spar with Eisenhower aides over federally aided minority suffrage efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Record Producer Testifies on Payola Ties to Distributor Change
Jack Gold of New York testified that KYW disc jockey Joseph Finan refused to play his Paris label records unless he changed distributors. Gold said Finan threatened to report to the FCC and KYW fired Finan after the incident. The subcommittee resumed its payola hearings with Gold as the first witness.
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Washington
Cleveland
Joseph Finan
Jack Gold
New York
Paris
Finan
Federal Communications Commission
KYW
Gold
Tufts University
House Legislative Oversight
Billie Boy
Charles Young
$1000 Stolen From Echo Bowling Lanes Burglary
Echo Bowling Lanes on Bedford road operated by Charles Butterfield were burglarized early today with an estimated $1000 to $1200 taken. Police inspect tracks from the building toward a car on George street, noting no prints and possible use of gloves. Chief Arthur Olson and Officer B O Neal Enger responded after Chuck Stutzki found the damage around 8 am. Doors to a fire proof safe were peeled off and money removed from vending machines and a small table bowling game.
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Echo
Bedford Road
Charles Butterfield
George Street
Arthur Olson
Olson
B. O’neal Enger
Chuck’’ Stutzki
Indict Bunt For Reckless Homicide
Richard Raymond Bunt, 24, of 14094 Division St., was indicted by the Grun dy County Grand Jury on reckless homicide. He drove the car that struck a vehicle driven by M. E. Tascher on Route 47 south of Morris, Jan 30, killing Tascher. Bond set at 10000. arraignment scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday.
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Richard Raymond Bunt
Division St
Grundy County
Court House
August B. Black
Bunt
M. E. Tascher
Rte
Morris
Tascher
James L. Peacock
Weather outlook Mostly cloudy with light snow likely
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with light snow possible late today. Temperatures should rise to the mid 30s Tuesday after a tonight low near 20. Sunday's high reached 26 and low 11 at Collins Weather Station with minor day to day changes through Saturday.
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Weather Bureau
Collins
Thieves Break Into Car Take Portable TV in Huntington
Thieves smashed into T. V. Pennington’s car and stole a portable television set that was on the brink of repair. Police quickly arrested the thieves and Pennington recovered the set, which was found to be undamaged and working.
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Huntington
W. Va
T. V. Pennington
Pennington
Demand Daley Quit as Mayor of Demo Head
Chicago politicians urged Mayor Richard J. Daley to resign from either his mayoral post or as Cook County Democratic chairman. Stephen A. Mitchell and Joseph D. Lohman pushed a reform platform linking party leadership to police oversight, criticizing Daley’s dual roles and alleged conflicts of interest.
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Demand Daley
Demo Head
Chicago
Democratic
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Cook County
Democratic Central Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Joseph D. Lohman
Mitchell
Lohman
Daley
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Edward J. Barrett
Chicago Democratic
Democratic Party
Rushmore Visitors Reach Over One Million In 1959
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills saw 1 045 698 visitors in 1959. There were 39 days with more than 10 000 visitors to view the likenesses of Washington Lincoln Jefferson and Roosevelt. The peak single day total was 15 276 visitors.
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Rapid City
S. D
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
South Dakota Black Hills
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Paar Leaves Home With Wife and Luggage for Vacation
New York entertainer Jack Paar left his home with his wife and luggage en route to an undisclosed destination. Associates offered no details, but a TV agency vice president indicated Paar had already departed New York by plane. Close friend Jose Melis noted Paar’s 10-year-old daughter, Randy, remains with the couple at Bronxville residence.
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New York
Jack Paar
South America
Paar
Martin Kummer
Jose Melis
Randy
Bronxville, N. Y
Lawn care rule from Illinois turf expert
Urbana notes turf specialist C. E. Ackerman of the University of Illinois advises home lawns to mow at two inches every 7 to 10 days from June 10 to Sept 10. This height balances top and root growth for bluegrass upright fescues and upright bents.
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Urbana
C. E. Ackerman
University of Illinois
Compact Car Boom Signals Auto Industry Revolution
In January compact cars led by Falcon Corvair Rambler Lark and Valiant sold about 101 500 units, about 25 percent of domestic sales as supply conditions loosened. Ford GM and Romney see continued shifts with new compacts like Comet and Dart entering, and predictions of half of all U.S. sales by 1963.
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Detroit
Falcon
Corvair
Valiant
Rambler
Lark
Ben Mills
Ford
George Romney
U. S
Romney
Dart
Lincoln-Mercury
Mercury
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Dodge
Bulk of Wrongdoers Out Phelan Says
Chicago acting police commissioner Kyran Phelan said the bulk of wrongdoers on the scandal plagued police force have been weeded out as he orders massive lie and drug testing in Summerdale district. He is seen as a strong candidate to become permanent commissioner amid interim reforms.
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Chicago
Kyran Phelan
Phelan
Timothy J. O’connor
Summerdale
North Side
Richard Morrison
O’connor
Richard Daley
Daley
Skokie
Bernard March
Arthur Hennig
Hennig
Wift
Marsh
Sigmund Wroblewski
Evanston
They Meet Again
In 1935 Joseph Friebert, a Milwaukee pharmacist turned artist, joined the Businessmen's Sketch Club and later taught at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He held a recent one man show at the Milwaukee Art Center with Robert Von Neumann praising his work.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Friebert
Businessmen’s Sketch Club
Robert von Neumann
Friebert
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee Art Center
Khrushchev Sees Western Aid as Colonial Policy in India
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Calcutta on a four nation tour and denounced Western aid as colonialism. He spoke at a steel plant under Soviet help and urged that aid foster independence while accusing Western powers of using assistance as a weapon.
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Calcutta
India
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Dum Dum
New Delhi
Khrushchev
Admaja Naidu
West Bengal
Rangoon
Burma
Indonesia
Afghanistan
Bhilai
Soviet Union
West
Belief grows trapped sub may have escaped
Buenos Aires reports limited signs that a mysterious submarine the Argentine Navy said was trapped in Golfo Nuevo may have escaped. Defense Minister Justo Villar said he did not know if it got away as the hunt reached its 17th day with no official navy communique.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Golfo Nuevo
Justo Villar
Navy Department
Villar
U. S
Navy
Gaston Clement
United States
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Sahara Desert
France
Raggane Oasis
Rushmore Visitors
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Charles Ailleret
Paul Couture
Piere Guillaumat
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Brasilia
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