Senate eyes third week of civil rights bill debate
Washington reports a third week of Senate debate on the administration civil rights bill with supporters insisting on keeping the right to vote provisions. Key figures Knowland and Humphrey proposed amending to repeal the old troop authority, while parties weigh Part 3's power to obtain federal injunctions for civil rights violations.
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Washington
Senate
Knowling
R-Calif
Humphrey
D-Minn
House
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Anderson
Aiken
Knowland
White House
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Russell
D-Ga
Watermelon Loving Dog Delights Leavenworth Family
Dawn the four year old cocker spaniel owned by Mrs. Edna May Walker of Leavenworth enjoys a juicy slice of watermelon in the heat near 100 degrees. Dawn also reportedly favors corn on the cob, photographed for the UW Wirephoto.
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Leavenworth
Kus
Dawn
Edna May Walker
Arguments Given to Jury at Knoxville
Final arguments are heard in the Clinton civil rights case as Judge Taylor prepares to instruct a white jury of 10 men and two women. The eleven defendants, led by Kasper, face conspiracy and contempt charges tied to enforcing school desegregation. Deliberations likely start Tuesday with a six month jail and $1000 fine potential.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton
U. S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Ohne
John Kasper
U. S
Kaspers
Taylor
Kasper
John T. Reynolds
Bank Leler
Herbert F. Hartman
John C. Crawford Jr
Joyride Ends Fatally as Rail Crossing Crash Kills Eight
Somerset Ky eight youths in a 1941 rattletrap car died after a Southern Railway freight train struck the vehicle. Charles Allen 13 Frances 14 Josephine 15 Betty Bray 15 James Richards 16 James Calhoun 12 Charles Simmons 16 Ronald Davis 17 all Somerset residents. One boy 15 left the car moments before impact after fearing reckless driving. Sheriff Gilmore Phelps quoted Donald Hawk 15 describing the scare and attempted wrestling for survival.
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Somerset
Southern Railway
Charles Allen
Frances
Josephine
Betty Bray
James Richards
James Calhoun
Charles Simmons
Ronald Davis
Gilmore Phelps
Donald Hawk
Mystery SOS Signal Sparks Coast Guard Search
A Coast Guard cutter and rescue plane searched Atlantic waters off Cape Hatteras after multiple ships heard a distress call claiming a sinking vessel with call letters CLFH. Cuban registry could not be verified and Havana denied any vessel with that designation. The 500 kilocycle distress channel was temporarily restricted then reopened as a search continued from Elizabeth City and Morehead City. The tanker Esso Everett reported strongest signal near 30 miles southeast of Hatteras.
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Washington Um
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Hatteras
Havana
Elizabeth City
N. C
Chilula
Morehead City
Esso Everett
WMH
Baltimore
Everett
Hatteras
Car Hits Bridge Near Ashley Kills One Nine Hurt
Frank Jackson 31 of Decatur Illinois died and nine people were injured when a car struck a bridge on U S Route 460 about a half mile west of Ashley at 2 00 pm Sunday. The seven Gunnison Missouri family members and two other Decatur residents were hospitalized. all ten occupants were in the same car. The injured are described as colored.
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Frank Jackson
Decatur
Ashley
Gunnison
Miss
Good Samaritan Hospital
Abraham Davis
Minnie
Lucinda
Liza
Fannie Mae
Grace
Ida Mae
Ivory Hood
Ivory Bracr
Chaos in Beauty Contest as 17 Year Old Keeps Miss Universe Title
Miss Peru Gladys Zender, 17, remains Miss Universe amid rules violations by two contestants. Miss U.S.A. Mary Leona Gage Ennis, married twice with a child, draws publicity. Zender’s father first resisted promotional trips but relented with chaperone. Ennis receives TV offers. her first marriage ended in annulment at 14.
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Long Beach
Calif. U
U.S.A
Gladys Zender
Eduardo Zender
Lima
Zender
Remodeling at Security Bank finishes $50,000 overhaul
Security Bank of Mt. Vernon opened its remodeled facility after a six month $50,000 project featuring walnut formica walls, verdi green marble, new check desks, two drive in windows, rebuilt teller cages, music, comfortable lounges, new draperies, an enhanced lobby and a new I B M proof machine. Bank president J Marvin Powers noted a three hour drive in period with a customer every 20 seconds. A Golden Eagle emblem will be installed over the front door bearing the year 1910.
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Tiinois
Security Bank of
Mt. Vernon
Ibrtmd
Ilock
Cicht
J. Marvin Powers
Woman Who Killed Her 3 Tots Is Freed
British born Eunice Brillhart, 31, released after almost three years of a life sentence by an Army court martial for deaths of three of her four children in Eritrea. She leaves a federal reform school with husband Sgt. Robert Brillhart, plans visits to Columbus and Sandia Base, and weighs naturalization and possible return to Britain.
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Alderson
W. Va
Eunice
Sally) Brillhart
Brownette
Federal Reformatory For Women
Pentagon
Supreme Court
Brillhart
Asmara
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Robert W. Brillhart
Brilhart
The
Immigration Services
Great Britain
Mt Vernon State Fair Opens With Night Thrills under Lights
The 51st Mt Vernon State Fair begins tonight at 8:00 with Trans-World Daredevils in front of the grandstand. A week of day and night horse and mule racing, shows, and contests follows, including two $800 purses on Tuesday and a schedule of harness, running, and mule races through Saturday with additional events like tractor pulling and square dancing.
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Mt. Vernon State Fair
Mt. Vernon
Fairy Association
King City
Girl Survives 40 Hours After Plane Crash Killing Family and Friend
Alliance Nebraska report says 17 year old Judy Diehl survived a plane crash 25 miles south of Bennsham after being trapped for 40 hours with the bodies of her father Merritt Diehl and pilot Milo German in the front seat and her mother Carolyn Diehl in the rear. Doctors expect full recovery. she sustained leg fractures and multiple injuries. Judy survived by using a belt buckle to open a can and by catching rainwater while awaiting rescue.
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Neb
Don Christiansen
Alliance Neb
Times-Herald
Christiansen
Judy
Merritt Diehl
Milo German
Cozad Plastics Plant
Carolyn
Illinois Legion Convention Planned for August First
The 39th annual Illinois American Legion convention will be in Chicago from August 1 through August 4. Nearly 50,000 members are expected. The American Legion Auxiliary will meet on the same dates and elect officers and delegates to the auxiliary's National in Atlantic City in September.
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Chicago
Illinois American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Atlantic City
N. J
Christmas Sunday in Little Michigan Town
In Vicksburg Michigan five Protestant churches celebrated Christmas Sunday despite a 90 degree heat. Churches including Methodist Evangelical United Brethren Assembly of God and Free Methodist displayed trees and symbols. No gifts or Santa. carols rang out as Rev. George P. Stanford noted Christmas in July began as a protest against December commercialism.
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Vicksburg
Mich
Michigan
Methodist
Evangelical
United Brethren
Assembly of God
Free Methodist
George P. Stanford
Rule Brehm Smoot stay on airport board
Mt Vernon Airport Authority board ruled Saturday afternoon that Frank Smoot and C E Brehm may continue as members of the Board of Commissioners. The July 10 hearing followed charges by Mayor Virgil Bailey. The board found no misconduct or malfeasance and noted Bailey did not charge fraud. The ruling cites state aeronautics directives and limits its action to disqualification or misconduct under applicable statutes.
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Mt. Vernon
Smoot
Brehm
Bailey
Board of Commissioners
Dulles Speaks On Air Tonight to Nation
Secretary of State Dulles will deliver a 30 minute national address detailing the U S position on world disarmament. The speech will be broadcast nationwide on ABC radio and television networks beginning at 7 00 p m EDT.
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Washington
Dulles
Nation
U. S
ABC
Ohio governor bars lie detector for Sheppard case
Ohio Gov. C Willian O Neill said Sam Sheppard will not undergo a lie detector test until the Florida prisoner Donald Wedler's confession is proved true. The Court of Last Resort led by Erle Stanley Gardner cast doubt on Wedler's confession as details of the 1954 Cleveland murder remained unresolved. Gardner urged caution while asserting a growing conviction Wedler may have killed Marilyn Sheppard, but emphasized not to rely on Wedler without conclusive proof.
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Columbus
Ohio
Willian O'Neilll
Sam Sheppard
Florida
Court of Last Resort
Erle Stanley Gardner
Donald Wedler
Soem Wedler
Sam
Marilytiy
Cleveland
Urban
Sheppard
New York
Gardner
Union
Wedler
Ardner
Rope
Coumbus
O'Neill
Martyn Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Nine American Airmen Die in Italian Crash Witnessed by Climbers
In Treviso Italy an American Navy P2V search plane crashed in 5200 foot mountains near Sestriere while locating a missing sister aircraft. Eight bodies recovered by Italian climbers and a ninth victim died later. The sole survivor remained in serious condition in Turin hospital. No identifications available yet.
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Treviso
Italy
Mt. Prasseetdac
Turin
Mt. Pra
Sestriere
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