Salt Water Conversion Efforts Expand Nationwide
AP reports Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton announced major expansion of salt water to fresh water conversion. Two plants in San Diego and Freeport are under construction with a third to be announced next week. Each plant costs about one million dollars as plans call for two more on the southwestern and northern plains to target river and well water. The program aims to cut the cost to around 40 cents per thousand gallons from the current 77 cents.
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Kansas City
Secretary of the Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Denver
San Diego
Calif
Freeport
Tex
Seaton
Suits Against Broker Firms in Grain Market Manipulation
Five lawsuits filed in Kansas City accuse E. F. Hutton & Co. Cate and Prescott-Wright-Snider Co. of conspiring to manipulate grain prices. Damages totaling 435,499 are sought. plaintiff William R. Royster, a Kansas City councilman, is among them. Cate and Hutton deny the charges. Prescott-Wright-Snider Co. offered no immediate comment.
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Kansas City
Henry H. Cate
E. F. Hutton & Co
Cate
Prescott-Wright- Snider Co
Hutton Company
William R. Royster
Nationwide GOP Campaign Start Tonight
President Eisenhower joins top Republicans for a coast to coast kickoff to the GOP campaign for November elections. He will speak at a Los Angeles fundraising dinner with telecast to major cities, stops in Denver en route, and a 10 pm EST start. Includes Nixon in Chicago and Rockefeller in Washington with Morton in New York.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Andrews Air Force Base
Denver
Republican National Committee
Ike
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
John S. Doud
Beverly Hilton
Palm Springs
Calif
More Diphtheria Cases Confirmed in Idaho
Pocatello Idaho AP reports two additional diphtheria cases confirming 18 cases in southeast Idaho since December 31 1910 health officials plan expanded mass inoculation programs to combat the outbreak.
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Pocatello, Idaho
Idaho
Death And Injury In Truck Bus Crash Near Alta Vista
A head on crash in heavy fog eight miles northwest of Alta Vista Kansas killed truck driver Bob L Brown 30 and left bus driver Gus Zerbe injured. Three students Larry Dugan Eva Glessner and Dale Florence suffered serious or head injuries while eight other pupils were shaken up. The Alta Vista school pupils were returning home from a school day when the collision occurred about 25 miles south of Manhattan.
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Alta Vista
Kan
Bob L. Brown
Gus Zerbe
Larry Dugan
Eva Glessner
Dale Florence
Kansas
Manhattan
Demonstration Plot Rumored Against Eisenhower in South America
U S government agencies report anti American agitators including Cuban supporters may stage demonstrations during President Eisenhower goodwill tour to Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay. Secret Service and local authorities plan close security watch as reports vary on Communist involvement and potential disruptions.
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Washington
Cuba
Eisenhower
South America
U. S
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Secret Service
Fidel Castro
Havana
Nixon's 1958 Latin American Tour Threatened Life
During May 1958 Vice President Richard M. Nixon visited Venezuela and Peru amid security concerns. The trip, part of U.S. diplomacy in the region, faced notable threats and required tight protection as Nixon promoted cold war era interests and military cooperation with South American allies.
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Richard M. Nixon
Venezuela
Peru
Incensed Over Proposed Bill in Idaho Wheat Growers
Rex Ard, president of the Idaho Wheat Growers Assn, denounces a proposed bill as he voices strong opposition. He argues the measure would affect farmers and the state's wheat industry amid ongoing policy debate in Boise.
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Boise, Idaho
Rex Ard
The
Idaho Wheat Growers Assn
Ellender wheat bill threatens Idaho economy says Ard
Ard warns the Ellender bill in Congress would cut wheat price supports to 65 percent parity by 1964 and shrink acreages by 20 percent in 1961 and 25 percent thereafter. He says hearings in Washington are set for next Tuesday and Wednesday and the measure could devastate Idaho’s economy.
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Congress
Allen J. Etlender
D-La
Washington
Ard
Ellender
Idaho
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