Water Rates To Be Boosted By 13 Percent Plan To Invest In City Utility
City water rates are set for a roughly 13 percent increase with a plan to spend about 1.47 million dollars on improvements to the municipal utility. A typical residential bill would rise 40 to 50 cents per quarter, with rates still below 1930s levels after the boost. The Water Board seeks approval for the raise to finance plant repairs, basin work, main distribution bottlenecks, and a refunding-assessment expansion, while replacing sand filters at additional cost. President Lamb noted the measure aims to strengthen financing and equity for bonds, as the commission analyzes current rates. Fire tragedy in Stratford reports seven children killed in a blaze at a three-story frame dwelling, with multiple families affected as investigators tally losses and plan future plant investments.
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Stratford
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Benjamin Davis
The
Claude “Martin
Thomson Calls GOP Group On Senate Vacancy
Thomson schedules a day with Republicans to discuss the Senate vacancy. A meeting set for 2 oclock aims to read positions from both parties and gauge opposition.
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Thomson
GOP
Senate
Chessman Takes Fight To High Court
Washington dispatch reports convict author Daryl Chessman pressing his nine year bid to avoid execution at San Quentin as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on several major cases. The docket includes actions affecting free speech, obscenity laws, Smith Act member clauses, and broader constitutional questions. Also under advisement are antitrust suits against DuPont and General Motors, and military authority over civilians traveling abroad with troops.
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Washington
Daryl Chessman
Supreme Court
San Quentin
Chessman
California
New York
John Stewart Service
John * Watkins
Illinois
Anti-Trust
du' Po
General Motors
Louisiane
U S Protest Over Soviet Travel Restrictions
The United States protested to Russia over road blocks and police actions restricting American travel inside Russia. A note of protest was handed to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow and made public in Washington. The note says Soviet limits exceed Moscow's public rules, contrasting with the U S stance that Soviet personnel in the United States face no travel obstacles.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Soviet Foreign
Moscow
Egg timer joke turns on early morning request
Disc jockey Ed Harvey relates a doctor phoning in with a three minute request for a tune. The doctor said he did not care what the song was just needed it to boil an egg.
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Philadelphia
Ed Harvey
State UGOP Steers Clear on Senate Post in Wisconsin
In Stevens Point the Wisconsin Republican convention debated the unexpired term of the late Senator Joseph R. Mccarthy. After wrangling, delegates did not back any single candidate but urged capable contenders to declare themselves. Names like Glenn Davis, Walter Kohler, and Warren Knowles were discussed but not endorsed. If Gov. Vernon Thomson opts for a special election, the vacancy would end late in 1958. otherwise the post could stay vacant. Other potential figures mentioned included Alvin O'Kenski, John Byrnes, and Henry Hughes.
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Wisconsin
Joseph R- MéCarthy
Glenn Davis
Davis
Sen
Wiley
Kohler
Knowles
Vernon Thomson
Uarthy
Hughes
Alvin O’kenski
Mercer
John Byrnes
Green Bay
State Supreme Court
Henry Hughes
Oshkosh
Charles Kersten
Colombians End Civil Strike as Rojas Regime Falls
Thousands of students and workers return to normal activity across Colombia, ending a civil strike that helped topple President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla last week. Riots left at least 123 dead and over 500 injured. Isla police say 150 were killed in Bogota Friday. The five-man junta promises press freedom and has already allowed two previously suppressed newspapers to resume publication.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Rojas
Spain
Intermedio
Cali
Treasure Found By U S Scientist Off Philippine Waters
American scientist Prof Horace Palmer reportedly recovered gold bullion worth 50 million dollars from waters near Southern Bongao Island in the Philippines. The treasure, tied to a sunken Japanese hospital ship sunk in World War II, was cited by the Philippine News Service.
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Bongao Island
Philippines
P.N.S
Horace Palmer
Embrace Either Spending or Economy Wing President Told
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B Johnson accused the Eisenhower administration of speaking with two mouths on spending and urged the president to publicly choose either a spending or economy wing. He said the televised budget speech should reveal the president's intent for Congress. The remarks came as the Senate prepared to take up its first regular appropriation bill for the fiscal year starting July 1, carrying $3.965 billion for Treasury and Post Office departments.
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Senate
Lyndon B.J. Johnson
Eisenhower
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Post Office
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Johnson
W .Kerr Scott
D-N.c
Theodore Francis Green
D-R.1
Senate Foreign Relations
Gettysburg
Getysburg
Women in London protest nuclear tests in rain
In London a crowd of several hundred women including many with baby carriages marched in heavy rain to denounce nuclear tests. They carried banners urging the government to outlaw nuclear weapons.
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London
Floods and storms lash Texas central plains and beyond
Flash floods forced hundreds from homes in Dallas and Lampasas Texas while hail battered Oklahoma and Iowa. Central Texas saw eight feet of water as heavy rains and tornadoes hit, with one Crawford tornado causing property damage. Red River flooding threatened Brouillette homes as others faced ice hail in Oklahoma and Iowa. Week end rains cooled New England fires, ending a 10 million dollar blaze threat.
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Lampasas
Tex
Oklahoma
Iowa
Plains
Texas
Midwest
Blairsville
Crawford
Waco
Louisiana
Brouillette
Altus
Goldorado
New England
Massachu
Eisenhower and Montgomery tour Gettysburg battlefield
President Eisenhower with Viscount Montgomery toured the Gettysburg battlefield in peacetime reflection. The pair discussed Civil War sites, joked about sacking both Union and Confederate leaders, and attended church with Rev. Robert MacAskill. Montgomery, deputy commander of NATO forces, planned to fly back to Washington for engagements.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Montgomery
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
Robert MacAskill
Washington
Use of Suez Canal Okayed By Macmillan
London reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan authorized British shippers to resume using the Suez Canal following a vote by the Suez Canal Users Association. He said tolls would be paid to Egypt in pounds sterling, while Egypt previously rejected that currency. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd outlined Britain’s stance on the Straits of Tiran and reaffirmed that Israel ships are entitled to pass through the canal.
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Harold Macmillan
Suez Canal
Macmillan
Peete
Assn
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Straits of Tiran
Gulf of Aqaba
Lloyd
Israel
Mitchells Case To Be Reviewed
Washington United Press reports the Air Force Corrections and Review Board will begin reviewing the 41 year old court martial of Gen William L Mitchell known as the father of the U S Air Force The 1926 case charged insubordination after he urged creation of a separate air arm and criticized Army incompetence He was suspended from rank and pay but later placed on half pay by President Coolidge
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Washington
Air Force
William L
Billy) Mitchell
U.S. Air Force
Air Force Corrections. and Review Board
Mitchell
Army
America
Coolidge
Claims Mission Aids Hungary Regime
Senator Roman L. Hruska accuses the Hungarian mission of the FAO of backing the communist Janos Kadar regime. He argues the FAO secretariat lacks authority to spend FAO funds on the Hungarian program in a reply to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Hill.
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Washington
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Food and Agriculure Organization
Dictaor Janos Kadar
Robert C. Hill
Congressional Relations
Hruska
U.N
Army captain to wed nurse after motorcycle crash
Dorchester England AP reports Army Capt David Edwards, hospitalized after a motorcycle accident last week, expects a happy ending as he plans to marry his nurse once he recovers. The couple's engagement follows the accident and growing medical care.
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Dorchester
England
U.P
David Edwards
Mrs McCarthy Says Her Place Is With Child
Mrs Jean Kerr McCarthy widow of Wisconsin senator says she will not run for the United States Senate. She plans to return to Wisconsin to devote time to Tierney, adopted baby girl, and will not pursue candidacy. She emphasizes love for Joe and faith in his beliefs, and notes no residence requirement exists in Wisconsin for an appointment or nominating in a special election.
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Washington
Jean’ Kerr McCarthy
Wisconsin
United States
Senate
McCarthy
Joe
Tierney
Gaige Roberts
Washington, D. C
Israel Tracks New Anti-Red Move in Syria
United Press reports Israeli sources say Syria steps up anti Israel propaganda to mask a growing internal crisis. Baghdad talks among Saud, Feisal threaten to isolate the Syria Egypt axis as Jordan’s king Hussein may visit Iraq and a four power meeting could follow.
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Jerusalem
Baghdad
Saud
Feisal
Jordan
West
Syria
Jerusalem Dispatch
S. Id
Israel
Saudi ‘Arabia
Iraq
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nser
Lemar
B’ Ali Mohammed Daud
Afghanistan
Hussein
Damascus
Nasser
Shukri el Kuwaili
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Plane explosion kills Oregon State College student
Willis Allen Wood, 19, of Salem, was killed when the rented plane he piloted exploded above Portland and crashed through a house roof, narrowly missing homeowner Fred G. Thomson and his 10 year old daughter. The wreckage scattered over a 12 block area. cause undetermined.
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Oregon State College
Willis Allen Wood
Salem
Fred G. Thomson
Thomson
Wood
Krietzberg Air Service
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