Medical Aid Bill Faces House Approval Amid Debate
Washington reports a limited subsidy plan to aid 50 000 to one million needy seniors over 65 with medical bills, though in flux with labor and Eisenhower administration support. The bill proposes federal grants to states expanding public assistance to cover medical care for elderly unable to pay but above relief thresholds. Democrats aim to broaden in Senate. final text by House-Senate conferees.
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UPI
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Eisenhower
Senate
Senate House
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Sen
Mexico Farmland Selling Blasted
Mexico City UPI reports Michoacan farmland and industrial plots are being sold to foreign buyers, prompting Gov. David Franco Rodríguez to warn peasants. Former President Lazaro Cardenas urged landholders not to sell to foreign monopolists as rural unrest looms. The governor noted legality but moral implications, citing a U.S. millionaire accumulating large tracts via intermediaries in Michoacan.
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Mexico City
UPI
Michocan
David Franco Rodriguez
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Franco Rodriguez
U.S
First Bale of Cotton Is Gined HARLINGEN
Ray Barnick, a 52 year old cotton planter from Mission Texas, won the first bale prize for the fourth time in eight years. The Harlingen Chamber of Commerce guarantees 2500 dollars, with 1500 as a bonus and 1000 as an auction guarantee. The bale weighed 457 pounds and was rushed to Harlingen for certification by Gov. Price Daniel in Helena Montana.
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Harlingen
UPI
Ray Barnick
Mission
Tex
Barnick
Empire
Rex
Jack Armstrong
Armstrong
Pedro Herrera
Helena
Mont
Price Daniel
Daniel
Glacier National Park
Citrus Growers Name Directors At Annual Meeting
WESLACO AP New directors were named Tuesday at the second annual meeting of the Texas Citrus Mutual a growers organization Frank Bell Raymondville was re elected a director for Willacy County Noel Ryall Bayview and Stanley Crockett Harlingen were re named directors for Cameron County A E Potter Edinburg Tom Solether Weslaco Glen Franknauser Mission and Earl Thompson Alamo were named directors from Hidalgo County and Floyd Everhard Pharr was selected a director at large.
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The
Texas Citrus Mutual
Frank Bell
Raymondville
Willacy County
Noel Ryall
Bayview
Stanley Crockett
Harlingen
Cameron County
A. E. Potter
Edinburg
Tom Solether
Glen Franknauser
Mission
Earl Thompson
Alamo
Hidalgo County
Floyd Everhard
Pharr
Government Wool Payments Set For 1959 Crop
The Agriculture Department announced 1959 wool incentive payments at 43.2 percent of market returns, equating to 4.32 dollars per 10 dollars received from wool sales for the 1959 marketing year through April 1. Mohair payments are avoided as prices exceed the 70 cent level. lamb sales receive 7 cents per hundredweight.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Studio Denies Dumping Actress May Britt
Hollywood studio officials deny plans to drop actress May Britt, fiancee of Sam Davis Jr. The contract with 20th Century Fox remains long term and no factual basis supports claims of termination. A spokesman had said the option would not be renewed when due next year after the couple faced public boos in London.
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Hollywood
UPI
Twentieth Century - Fox
May Britt
Sammy Davis Jr
20Th Century - Fox
Buddy Adier
Adier
Davis
London
Court Upholds Strike Ruling Against Railroad
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court order halting a November 1958 strike by locomotive engineers against the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad. Judge J Whitfield Davidson required restoration of conditions that triggered the strike as a condition to stay the walkout while the National Railroad Adjustment Board reviews the dispute. The Sixth Circuit had upheld the ban but said Davidson could not require the specific conditions. The high court held a district court may impose maintenance of the status quo in such equity cases.
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Wichita Falls
Forgan
Okla
Sth U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Davidson
Supreme Court
District Court
Court of Equity
Quotes From Ben-Gurion Cannon and Khrushchev
United Press International reports from Brussels Washington and Bucharest. Ben-Gurion refuses to explain Eichmann persuasion while volunteers to Israel are cited. Cannon responds to Stans budget charge with election campaign note. Khrushchev says the Soviet state watches the U.S. election and desires a president who would fix past U.S. government mistakes.
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United Press International
Brussels
David Ben-Gurion
Adolf Eichmann
Argentina
Israel
Washington
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Maurice Stans
Bucharest
Romania
Khrushchev
Lost 25 Pounds Without Dieting Letter Endorses Barcentrate
A Fort Worth reader declares she lost 25 pounds by using Barcentrate, eating freely and not dieting. The note urges Texans to obtain Barcentrate from local druggists, follow label directions, and notes a money back guarantee on the first bottle.
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Lillie Brown
Fort Worth
Texas
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