South To Fight For Veto Power
Washington report on Southern Democratic bloc leader Senator Russell pushing for Senate confirmation of the civil rights commission staff and director, banning unpaid volunteers, and striking a provision allowing injunctions against conspiracies to deprive rights. Senate to vote on the measure Tuesday amid ongoing debate and cross‑partisan support. The plan foresees a bipartisan civil rights commission, a justice department civil rights division, and expanded government suits to protect voting rights. Republican leader Knowland predicts a win for backers. Senate debate continues after a Saturday session and consent agreement for Tuesday’s vote.
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Civil Rights Commission
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D-Ga
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Georgia Democrat
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Justice Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Knowland
Flu Fells 200 At Grinnell Religious Meet
An epidemic struck Grinnell College religious gathering with about 200 youths taken ill. Dr. Albert McKee of the University of Iowa identified the illness as Asiatic flu, the same disease sweeping the Far East and causing multiple deaths. The Grinnell outbreak followed a prior UC campus spread in late June.
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Iowa
Grinnell College
Far East
Albert McKee
University of Iowa
Grinnell
United States
University of California
Pakistan Leader To Tour U S After Washington Visit
Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy of Pakistan wraps up his capital talks with President Eisenhower and officials and begins a two week cross country tour by plane and car. He says he did not come to seek more aid but left room for possible increased assistance if the United States offers it.
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Washington
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Pakistan
Washington National Airport
Eisenhower
Suhrawardy
United States
Weather San Bernardino Valley Forecast July 18 1957
Mostly clear in San Bernardino Valley through Sunday with local early morning fog and cooler today. Highs near 85 to 90, 11:30 a.m. reading shows a high of 89 and a low of 55. A year ago today the high reached 91 and the low was 52.
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San Bernardino Valley
Democrats Talk Of Tax Relief
Washington Democrats push early tax relief by proposing a spending ceiling of 68 to 69 billion dollars for the current fiscal year. Some Republicans back the idea as a constraint on President Eisenhower. The move follows charges that he secretly directed agencies to trim about two billion dollars from planned outlays, prompting claims of duplicity and inconsistency. In Los Angeles the Navy awarded a 1.0? billion dollar contract to the Brush Brass Co. for missile tube production, triggering protests of hypocrisy from critics.
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Young Harvard Student Succeeds Late Aga Khan
VERSOIX Switzerland UP Aga Khan IV yesterday a shy Harvard student now the Ismaili leader sat on a white satin throne amid followers and announced his religious duties start today The 20 year old Karim Aly Khan received Moslem representatives from India Pakistan East Africa and Singapore at Villa Barakat on Lake Geneva The event followed the death of his grandfather and he was described as a straight A student at Harvard Meanwhile in Seattle a King County grand jury indicted both Becks in a union Cadillac sale case with one count of pocketing 1900 from the sale and 1650 from three cars The elder Beck and Dave Jr were named in a separate matter regarding funds and witnesses were expected to testify in the Teamsters case
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Aga Khan delegation to remain until Tuesday for body prep
The delegation will stay until Tuesday to bow before the body now being prepared. The Aga Khan's late body is being embalmed by a Geneva funeral parlor under Prof Erwin Rutishauser. It will travel to Aswan for burial beside the Nile. the Aga Khan had named Karim as successor, citing the need for a modern-minded leader amid atomic age concerns.
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Aswan
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Nile River
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Karim
Navy checks reports of unidentified sub near Alaska
Anchorage AP report says the Navy investigated sightings of an unknown submarine within the three mile Alaska coastal limit. Officials conducted sonar and visual checks to determine its nature and potential threat. No further details were released about the sub or its origin.
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Quiet Aga Khan Leads Harvard Life as Scholar Athlete
Prince Karim Aly Khan, newly named Aga Khan IV, is a Harvard senior described as polite and charming, with all A's in Group I and a history major. He keeps a modest lifestyle in Cambridge, dining in Harvard Square with classmates, speaks several languages, and his close friend at the university is John F. Stevenson, son of Adlai Stevenson.
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Sadruddin
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Prince Karim
University
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Adlai Stevenson
John Fell
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Humphrey Ends Long Senate Testimony
Washington reports Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey wrapped up a 14 day defense of the administration's economic policies before the Senate Finance Committee amid sharp questioning on inflation and silver policy. Supporters praised his testimony while critics urged tougher action to curb rising costs and debt service.
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ULP
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George M. Humphrey
Eisenhower
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Robert B. Anderson
Senate Finance Committee
George W. Malone
Nev
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Clinton P. Anderson
N.M
Anderson
Malone
Peron Makes 300000 On His Race Horses
Caracas sources say ousted Argentine dictator Juan Peron earned nearly 300000 in the past year from race horses. He is believed to have purchased El Condor Stable containing 150 Argentine thoroughbreds through an intermediary, a stake rivaling major local stables.
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Venezuela
Juan Peron
Peron
el Condor
Ali Khan
Atomic Test Set For Sunday Delayed By Weather
LAS VEGAS November report says the Atomic Energy Commission delayed the Diablo test firing another day due to strong winds. The be low nominal yield device was rescheduled for 4 40 a m p d t Sunday to avoid fallout impacting populated areas northeast of the test site.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Sen Theodore Green Collapses at Diplomatic Reception
Ninety year old Senator Theodore F. Green oldest in Senate history, suffered heat exhaustion at a Pakistani Embassy reception in Washington. He was treated at Bethesda Naval Hospital, with officials reporting a satisfactory though partial recovery as his aides cited extreme heat.
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Theodore F. Green
Senate
Rhode Island
Bethesda
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Higgins
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Min- Green
Ister Huseyn
Edward J. Higgins
Soviet Leaders Split Paths On Czech Tour
Soviet Party leader Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Bulganin split up on a barnstorming tour of Czechoslovakia. Khrushchev visited Ostrava in Moravia, a coal center near the Polish border, while Bulganin went to Brno, noted for textiles and armaments industries. They were expected to fly back to Prague that night.
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Nikolai Bulganin
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Moravia
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Arnold Prager
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Brno
Plumbers Union Resume Talks After Court Action
Negotiations between the Plumbers Union and the Plumbing Heating and Piping Employers Council resumed in Los Angeles after a surprise Superior Court move. The employers group requested further mediation and the union indicated willingness to continue talks to avert a strike.
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Los Angeles
Plumbers Union
Plumbing, Heating and Piping Employers Council
Jia Superior Court
Eisenhower Takes Weekend Recess At Gettysburg Golf Course
President Eisenhower, relocating from a Civil Defense exercise site, heads to a golf course near Gettysburg with his nine year old grandson David and Mrs. Eisenhower. He flies to the site by helicopter and plans another relocation hop before returning to Washington.
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Eisenhower
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White House
Washington
Silence Golden Girl To Get Her Horse
In Concord North Carolina ten year old Kitty Butler stops talking after her father promises a horse if she remains silent for 30 days. She has not spoken for 15 days and now writes notes or signs what she wants. She plans to wait the full 30 days, then decide.
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Stassen
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Nuclear
John Utler
Butler
Plumbers Strike Hits Southern California Contractors
Federal conciliator Karl Ruddy had planned a negotiating session next Tuesday as the plumbers strike started July 1 demanding higher wages and fringe benefits in a new contract. The employers’ group covers 630 contractors serving 12 000 plumbers across nine Southern California counties. Negotiations with 6 000 sheet metal workers and 4 000 hod carriers remain deadlocked. The hod carriers strike idled about 5 400 plasterers and 13 000 lathers. A temporary restraining order was set for court next Monday requiring the union to refrain from arranging employment with contractors during the strike, then dissolved by Judge Praeger for three cited firms.
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California
Bayard Rhone
Praeger
Barstow domestic tragedy ends in double death
David Patrick 37 shot and killed his wife Dorothy 31 then killed himself at a Barstow home on Highway 99 near 19th street in lower Yucaipa Valley. Lawmen used tear gas after reporting a beserk assault. the home occupants hid in a church as Redlands police aided Sheriff Bland and others.
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Yucaipa Valley
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East Highway 99
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Aley Floyd
University of Redlands
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Hinkley
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Mentone
Frank Bland
Jothers
Vern Williams
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Redlands
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Alert Reveals Weakness In Civil Defense Setup
Emergency news headline notes Failures in a simulated nuclear attack test exposed serious gaps in U S civil defense. Delays and confusion risked lives. officials offered no conclusions yet as they study results. The exercise targeted communications and warned of potential catastrophic outcomes in a real attack.
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Pear Gers
United Civil Defense
North Pole
United States
Copter Crashes in Antarctic Killing One and Injuring Five
A Navy helicopter crashed while landing at McMurdo Sound on a frost slick windshield. One man, Aviation Machinist 2c Nelson Russell Cole of Detroit, was killed. Five others were injured, three in critical condition, including Lt. Richard E. Anderson and Lt. Bernard Fridovich, plus Aviation Machinist Mate 2 Lessie L. Scarborough of Joshua, Texas.
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Navy
McMurdo Sound
Antarctic
Navy Department
Naval Air Facility Station
Aviaton Machinist
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Detroit Mich
Russell P. Cole
Dearborn
Mich
Richard E. Anderson
North Little Rock
Ark
J.G
Bernard Fridovich
New York City
Lessie L. Scarberough
Joshua, Tex
Stassen Seeks Secret Talks With Zorin On Nuclear Test Suspension
U S delegate Harold E Stassen reportedly aims for new secret talks with Valerian Zorin during the weekend recess of the five power UN disarmament subcommission conference to break the deadlock on nuclear test suspension. Western delegates are said to have given their blessing to the off stage discussions.
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U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
Valerian Zorin
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