Rights Debate Hits Senate Cloture Vote On Civil Rights
The Senate considers a 31 senator petition to invoke cloture and limit debate to one hour per senator amid a four week civil rights dispute. House debates a milder civil rights bill as leadership warns against premature closure.
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Senate
House
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Paul H. Douglas
D-H
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
RMD
Kennedy Hit as Gangster Claim Hurts Union Hoffa Says
In Green Bay James Hoffa denounced Bob Kennedy for accusing the Teamsters of being dominated by gangsters. Hoffa cited Kennedy's 107 names with only 14 disciplined and said he had tried to serve Kennedy with a subpoena for proof. He blasted the Landrum Griffin Act as biased against labor.
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James Hoffa
Bob Kennedy
Senate Rackets Committee
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Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Subpena Hoffa
FCC Chair Doerfer Might Quit After Resignation Letter
New York Herald Tribune reports FCC Chairman John C Doerfer drafting a letter of resignation to present to President Eisenhower possibly today He testified before a House subcommittee about accepting broadcaster hospitality on a Florida vacation spending six nights on a yacht owned by George B Storer and flying on his plane Doerfer says he did nothing improper despite Washington officials criticism
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New York Herald Tribune
John C. Doerfer
Federal Communications Commission
Eisenhower
Doerfer
Florida
George B. Storer
Flon-da
Washington
Storer
Tong
Wisconsin Declares March 20 Republican Day
Madison Wisconsin Democratic iGov Gaylord Nelson proclaimed March 20 Republican Day in the state to commemorate the founding of the Republican Party. He cited historical figures and references to Abraham Lincoln as part of the observance amid remarks on party origins and national impact.
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Calvin C
Florida
Bayley
Edwin Bayley
Abraham Lincoln
Nelson
West Allies Agree on Common Disarmament Plan
Five Western powers including the United States Britain Canada Italy and France reached a tentative common plan to present to the Soviet Union at Geneva next week. France had pressed for more time to narrow the nuclear gap but agreed to a united front while reserving right to present separate views once talks begin. The development followed a long period of haggling and near breakdowns in Paris and Geneva talks just days before the Geneva meeting.
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Incendiary bombs burn thousands of tons of Cuban sugar
Reports from Pinar del Rio said a light plane dropped incendiary bombs on a sugar cane plantation near Consolacion del Sur in Cuba. The cane crop estimated burned totals about 3,800 to 4,000 tons, with source details on the plane’s origin still unclear.
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Havana
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Consolacion i del Sur
Pinar del Rio
Three Men Arrested in Pinar del Rio Bomb Plot
Early reports from Pinar del Rio indicate three men were arrested Wednesday in connection with an alleged bombing plot. Details remain sparse as officials push for additional information on the case.
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Pinar del Rio
Four Rescued Reds Sporting Crew Cuts
Four sailors rescued after 49 days adrift on a Pacific route from Etorofu Island to San Francisco. They survived on limited rations and water, lost 35 to 40 pounds, and wore shortened uniforms after drifting 1,000 miles. Soviet officials were notified as the Kearny escorted the ship toward safety.
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Waler
U.S
Kear-men
Anatolie Feodorovich Sarge
San
Francisco
Philip Poplavski
Philip Kasnetzoff
Detroit
Pacific
Horse Dispute Dismissed Over Misdirected Charge
George Melia pleaded innocent in Walsall to allowing a horse onto the highway. He argued it was a mule not a horse. The court dismissed the case citing incorrect wording of the summons.
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England
UPI
George Melia
Extended Target Time Set in Hold for 18 Trapped Miners
Logan West Virginia AP. Mine officials extended the target time by a few hours to reach 18 men trapped four miles inside Island Creek Coal Co No 22 Mine Holden. Rescue teams faced a slate fall and smouldering fire with no contact since Tuesday noon. Temperatures dipped to near zero as heavy snow and freezing weather hampered efforts though fire is under control and rescuers move as rapidly as possible.
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Island Creek Coal Co
Holden
W. Va
Death Penalty Repeal Defeated in California Legislature
In Sacramento the California Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Gov. Brown's death penalty repeal by 8 7 vote after a marathon hearing. The session, running from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m., included testimony from Deputy DA J. Miller Leavy who disclosed Barbara Graham confessed guilt in 1935. The political fight over capital punishment continues despite debates on related budget and college costs.
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California
Edmund G. Brown
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Daryl Chessman
Wisconsin
Edwin J. Regan
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Chessman
Eugene McPheel
Brown
J. Miller Leavy
Los Angeles
Barbara Graham
Warren Harley
San Quentin
Leavy
Graham
Firms Urge Dismissal Of Damage Suits
MADISON AP A motion by two out of state firms to dismiss pending damage suits is urged by the defendants in a Madison court. The filing asks the court to throw out complaints alleging harm from alleged products and business practices.
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Winter storm pummels Midwest to Mid-Atlantic
A powerful late winter storm dumps snow sleet and freezing rain from the Georgia coast through the Carolinas to Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania. Snow depths reach two feet in parts of Virginia Illinois Indiana Tennessee Kentucky and Missouri with more snow in the Rockies and upper Ohio Valley.
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Enrollment totals for nine schools over five years
The report estimated full time enrollments in nine schools at 6,151 in 1960-61, 18,132 in 1961-62, 19,906 in 1962-63, 21,585 in 1963-64, and 23,960 in 1964-63.
Madison utility blast damage suits target out of state firms
Edwin Wilkie reports damage suits against Rockwell Manufacturing Co Ford Bacon and Davis Inc and Madison Gas and Electric Co totaling 356608. Filed by 49 persons these cases seek a jury trial on April 1. Out of state firms named for designing or manufacturing equipment used by the Madison utility in its distribution system.
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Ford, Bacon and Davis, Inc
New York
Madison Gas and Electric Co
Madison Utility
Plane swerves off runway at Midway. several injured
A jet prop airliner from New York to Chicago veered off a Midway runway as landing gear collapsed. The Boeing Electra damaged the left wing and debris scattered over the strip. Thirty OS passengers and 3 crew members were shaken up. most runways were closed and inbound flights delayed for hours.
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Cooley Says Admin Plans Sugar Bill Aimed at Cuba
Rep. Harold D. Cooley says the administration plans a new sugar law he calls a potential weapon of reprisal against Fidel Castro. Administration officials say changes aim at agricultural needs and would not target Cuba, as debate over extending the sugar law and adjusting quotas continues amid Cuban tensions.
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Harold D. Cooley
D-Nci
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Fidel Castro
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Castro
United States
Casita
Eisenhower
True D. Morse
Ame
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Conley
Wisconsin Secretary Faults Voting Record At GOP Meeting
Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman told Outagamie County Republicans Wisconsin has many achievements but a poor voting record. He cited a statewide primary where fewer than 500000 of 2250000 eligible voters cast ballots and noted Jack Olson of Wisconsin Dells did not speak as scheduled.
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Robert Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Zimmerman
Outaramie County
Jack Olson
Wisconsin Dells
Storm Leaves Illinois With Death Toll From Snow Storm
A midwest snowstorm blanketed Illinois with heavy falls reaching 11 inches at Quincy and 10 inches at Chester. Seven deaths were reported mainly from heart attacks as residents struggled shoveling snow. Mail service halted in rural Murphysboro after 14 years. many roads blocked and trucks stranded on U.S. 50. Cairo, Bloomington and Belleville set new snow totals. schools closed across Springfield area.
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Ilinois
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Quincy
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Illinois
Belleville
Olney
Space Probe to Sun Orbit Postponed from Cape Canaveral
NASA postponed the 90 pound Thor Able launch to a sun orbit between Earth and Venus due to fueling problems. The 26 inch aluminum sphere with solar paddiewheels aimed to test radio communications across planetary distances and study micrometeors radiation magnetic fields and temperatures.
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UPI
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Venus
Federal Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Polaris Test Success Nears Operational Status
A Polaris missile with lighter-weight flight control hardware flew 990 miles on Wednesday in a successful test, signaling the submarine rocket is closer to operational status.
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