Court Acts As Conscience By James Marlow AP News Analyst
The Supreme Court sparked a double revolution by addressing racial and political inequities. It overturned segregation in public schools in 1954 and ordered redistricting between 1962 and last week to ensure equal voting power. The court acted when Congress did not, shaping democracy as a moral force in American life.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
House
Congress
Court
High Billing For Economy In June
AP reports June may see strong industrial output with autos and steel at or near record levels. Durable goods orders look robust while soft goods anticipate gains as the federal tax cut spreads. Regional economies expect varied speeds with electronics and aerospace aiding the West and Pacific, while Midwest and Northeast adjust.
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Federal Reserve Board
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Northeast
NBC Producer Presents Sikkim Travel Special Review
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports NBCs Sikkim program guides viewers through the Himalayan kingdom with former Miss Cooke now queen and King Thondup as they tour palaces markets and mountains. The piece notes color filming on landmarks and compares the special to The Nile and other network trips, highlighting television's global reach.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Sikkim
Himalayas
Tibet
India
Hope Cooke
New ‘York
NBC
Lou Hazam
Miss Cooke
Thondup
ABC
William S. Scranton
CBS
Face the Nation
Smithsonian opens History and Technology Museum with confectionery
The Smithsonian Institution unveils a new History and Technology Museum featuring an authentic 19th century confectionery and its cream parlor, highlighting period commerce and social life within the exhibit.
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Smithsonian Institution
New Museum of History and Technology
Tug Helmsman Fainted Steering Tow into Lake Pontchartrain
The helmsman of the tug Rebel Jr. says he fainted and fell against a lever driving barges into the Lake Pontchartrain causeway. The impact knocked out a 224 foot section of the 24 mile bridge and toppled a bus into the water, killing six of the eight aboard. Clifford Milley, 26, says he must have blacked out and turned the tug on the collision path. he was alone in the pilot house.
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New Orleans
Rebel Jr
Lake Pontchartrain
Clifford Milley
Kansas Republicans Count Votes for Scranton in Nominating Fight
Kansas Republicans tally delegate votes after Gov William Scranton meets 11 of 20 state delegates. Goldwater has 2 sure votes and 5 leaning. remaining delegates are uncommitted. Projections vary from 10 to 14 votes for Scranton, with supporters claiming about half of the delegation possible.
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Topeka
Kansas
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
weScranton
Mike Getto
Lawrence
Scranton Committee
Scranton
Richard Rogers
John Anderson
Pennsylvania
House Cost Too Much at Leavenworth Prison
Comptroller General Joseph Campbell told Congress that about 100000 dollars in costs for the Leavenworth warden’s house were unreasonably high. He cited 24000 dollars of inmate labor and a total cost about 3.14 times the military post housing limit, noting recording issues and disputes with the Bureau of Prisons. The Leavenworth director defended costs as appropriate for the warden’s status and duties.
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Washington
Joseph Campbell
Congress
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Campbell
General Accounting Office
United States
J. C. Taylor
Bureau of Prisons
Cattlemen in Texas Expand Work Beyond Cattle
Cattlemen in Texas today diversify their roles to include dyerap fishing and lake work while also raising wild game, reflecting broader rural labor beyond traditional cattle breeding.
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Texas
Cattlemen face confusion over beef surplus plans
In Washington Sen James Pearson pressed Secretary Freeman over two Agriculture Department moves aimed at relieving the beef surplus. He warned that selling surplus beef abroad for soft currencies could worsen the long term stock problem even as imports are downplayed. The debate questioned the impact on domestic supply and future breeding stocks.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Agriculture Department
Pearson
Food For Peace
Freeman
U. S
Budget Bureau
Marches Through St Augustine Reach Nighttime Siege
In St Augustine Florida Negroes shifted tactics in a three week stand against segregation marching in a white residential area after nightfall with a heavy police escort. Three hundred marchers including Jewish clergymen from nine states prayed at Monson Motor Lodge before returning to their church. Earlier 35 Negroes swam at St Augustine beach prompting a city police response and 16 more were jailed at various eating places as arrests surpassed 200 in days of unrest.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
U.S. 1A
Monson Motor Lodge
Neegroes
St. Augustine Beach
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