Johnson Flags Ike on Funds
Washington reports that Lyndon B. Johnson accused President Eisenhower of aiming to keep defense funds frozen at 621 million dollars, challenging Congress to decide if more money is warranted for a bipartisan national security program. Johnson also criticized Eisenhower’s 21-point agenda as panic and noted Gates’ defense policy report.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Congress
Johnson
Democratic Congress
Thomas
Gates Jr
Pentagon
Congres
Four Pacifists Seized at California Radiation Lab
Four pacifists and a laboratory director led a protest at the Livermore Radiation Laboratory gate. Security guards detained Roy Kepler, Jerry Wheeler, Hal Stallings, and Samuel Tyson on trespassing charges as they attempted entry to speak with officials. They were held at Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center for arraignment before U.S. Commissioner Harold Jewett Hayward.
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Livermore
Brown
Lihe
University
CF California Radiation Laboratory
Harold
Roy Kepler
Palo Alto
Jerry Wheeler
Berkeley
Hal Stallings
Altadena
Samuel Tyson
Waterford
Stanislaus County
Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center
U.S
Harold Jewett
Hayward
Rod Southwick
San Fran
Icisco
Atomic Energy Commission
Liver‘more
Southwick
Two Cuban Regime Defectors Named in Havana Announcement
In Havana a government release says two high level Cuban collaborators have defected from the Fidel Castro regime. Felipe Pazos, former president of the Cuban National Bank, and Col Ramon Mariquin Lopez, a revolutionary hero who helped overthrow Batista in 1959, were described as ousted after leaving their posts.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Felipe Pazos
Cuban National Bank
Ramon Mariquin Lopez
Batista
Newsweek sees Dixie bolt to Nixon in South
Newsweek magazine says a survey shows Republicans may crack the solid South in the November election. Democratic support for Kennedy-Johnson is doubtful in Texas, Florida, and Virginia. Nixon could have a chance to win in Mississippi and the Carolinas.
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Washington
Upi
Newsweek Magazine
Texas
Florida
Virginia
Richard M. Nixon
Mississippi
Carolinas
Prison Knifer Dies After Court Denies Mercy
Robert Harmon, 27, was executed in San Quentin's gas chamber after a 30 minute delay. He killed a fellow inmate during a prison assault and had sought a stay via habeas corpus. the Supreme Court rejected the plea as his lethal sentence was carried out at 10:47 a.m. The petition was presented by Albert M. Benedict for the ACLU.
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San Quentin
Robert S. Harmon
California Sui
U Ling
Soledad Harmon
Pris
Petumon
Albert M. Benedict
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Alaskans Vote on Moving Capital to Cook Inlet Railbelt
Voters in Juneau decide whether to relocate Alaska’s capital to the Cook Inlet Railbelt area near Anchorage. About 36,000 ballots are expected, far below 1958 turnout. Gov. Egan would name a five member committee to pick a site if approved. Campaigns heated with opposition from Juneau backers and major politicians.
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Juneau
Alaska
Cook- Inlet
Anchorage
William A. Egan
Cook Inlet
Egan
Ernest Gruening
E. L. Bartlett
Mike Stepovich
Joh Butrovich
Stepovich
Gruening
Anchorage Fairbanks
Train mishap kills four near Birmingham crossing
Four people died when a Louisville and Nashville freight train collided with a gasoline truck at a crossing near Birmingham Alabama. The incident occurred Monday as bystanders held up FOR RENT signs, and authorities warned of hazardous materials at the site.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Louisville
Nashville
Birmingheau
Ham
Sullivan Picked as Candidate for Constitution Party
Charles Sullivan of Clarksdale Mississippi, 35, named by the Constitution Party as its presidential candidate at a Dallas meeting attended by about 350 delegates from Texas Tennessee Mississippi and Michigan. The party delays naming a vice presidential nominee pending Sullivan's input. A plank calls for abolishing the federal income tax. Sullivan accepted despite disapproving party planks.
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Sullivan
Mississippi
Texas
Tennessee
Michigan
Clarksdale
United North
Hertha
McCormick
Tion
Independent
Army
Luxurious fur blend sweaters and coordinating outfits
A vintage ad touts soft fur blend sweaters in lambswool angora and nylon with cable stitch in blue green grey and red. It offers cardigans and pullovers at 8.95, matching wool skirts at 7.98, easy care cotton shirts at 3.98, contour leather belts at 2.25, with assorted accessories.
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Constitution Party
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