Eisenhower asks GOP aid against civil rights jury trial amendment
President Eisenhower urges Senate Republicans to oppose a jury trial guarantee in the civil rights bill. Senator Knowland leads a strategy session while Dirksen backs the President. Southern Democrats plan to push a civil contempt jury trial, while Humprey says victory depends on administration backing.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
GOP
Strong Young
Everett M. Dirksen
R-N
Justice Department
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
William E. Knowland
California
The Eel Gunman Seized After Manhattan Shootout
George Larned known as The Eel was wounded and captured after a three block chase in Manhattan. Police say he fired at two officers during the pursuit after a restaurant hold up on 103rd Street and Broadway. He had been wounded previously in a Long Island gun battle and was held after the daylight chase.
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New York
George Larned
Long Island
Knickerbocker Hospital
Larned
103Rd Street
Broadway
Manhattan
James Cheeseman
Steve
Cheeseman
Transit Authority
Howard Anderson
West Side
Baldwin
Diplomats Fight For Desk Freedom Sparks Washington Debate
A young Foreign Service officer Guy Wiggins leads a push against deskless offices amid New York ad agency trends. He warns deskless offices could threaten government structure even as the State Department plans a new ultramodern headquarters with thousands of desks. He cites the current 7903 desks and questions efficiency claims.
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Washington
State Department
Madison Avenue
Guy Wiggins
Foreign Service
New York
Wiggins
London
New Delhi
John Foster Dulles
Current Foreign Service Journal
Thomas R. Estes
Brief Florida Storm Knocked Out Power in Sarasota Area
A brief violent thunderstorm struck causing lightning to hit a power line and cut power to hundreds of homes from Sarasota to Bradenton. Florida Power & Light reported a feeder breaker tripped, restoring service by 9 31 a m. Weather official Hollis Bacon warned of unsettled conditions and more storms through tomorrow.
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Sarasota
Bradenton
Florida Power & Light Co
Jim Spencer
DeSoto Road
Peninsula
Hollis Bacon
Bacon
Florida
Sarasota Area
Big Shark Scares Min in Sarasota Weather Note
Minnie Mermaid hides on a rock off Siesta Key as a large shark frightens locals. The Sarasota forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers, highs 88 to 93, lows 70 to 75, variable winds gusting during storms.
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Horries
Minnie Mermaid
Siesta Key
Big Pass
Sarasota
RAF Jets Hit Oman for Third Consecutive Day
London dispatch reports the Royal Air Force bombed a desert fortress at Tanut and earlier targets near Nizwa in Oman for the third straight day. Reconnaissance guided raids aimed to deter rebel tribesmen and deter their uprising against pro-British Sultan Said Bin Taimur. The Imam’s office claimed Nizwa and Azki were destroyed and sought medical supplies.
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London
INL
Royal Air Force
Imam of Oman
Tanut
Nizwa
Cairo
Imam
Oman
Azki
Said bin Taimur
President expresses disappointment over school aid bill defeat
President Eisenhower voiced great disappointment after the House defeated the federal school construction bill. He had remained silent during the debate and communicated his reaction through White House aide Ann E. Wheaton who said the measure was intended to address a critical shortage of schools and needed appropriations.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
House
White House
Ann E. Wheaton
Wheaton
Storm floods Kyushu killing hundreds and displacing thousands
A violent storm drenched Kyushu Island with 29 inches of rain, washing out railways and highways. Islands like Isahaya flooded, hundreds dead and 106 known injured, with up to 1,000 feared dead in Isahaya and Isakaya reports amid rescue efforts by Japanese navy, coast guard, U S forces.
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Japan
Kyushu
Isakaya
Nagasaki
Omura
Isahaya
Yasujiro Tachikawa
Coast Guard
Freed GI Gets Haircut at Fuchu Air Base
Freer airman from Cortez Colorado, Private Wheeler, walks from Haneda stockade after court martial penalties were set aside by Col Charles W Johnstone. Wheeler had been jailed three days for refusing a white sidewall haircut and said he would challenge the order again if given the chance. He received a regulation trim at the Fuchu Air Force Base barber shop and noted his hair had been long.
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Fuchu
Japan
P.A
Donald Wheeler
Fuchu Air Force Base
Wheeler
Cortez
Colo
Hanada Air Force Base
Tokyo
Charles W. Johnstone
Reno
Nev
Hese Barbes
Even North Has Race Problems A Buffalo Court Lecture
Buffalo city court judge Willis G. Hickman admonished Connie Collins a 59 year old Negro woman for disorderly conduct first at Buffalo General Hospital and later at the Broadway Station He told her there is no racial discrimination here and that she is as good as anyone else while fining her ten dollars.
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Buffalo
Willis G. Hickman
Connie Collins
Buffalo General Hospital
Broadway Station
Union Sets EMR Drive At Sarasota Plant
Official confirms plans for an organizing drive among Electro-Mechanical Research Inc. production workers. A. W. Schmidt of Local 108 IBEW says organizers will likely meet management within two months. EMR moved to Sarasota last December and could reach 500 employees with its expansion.
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Larry Murphy
Electro-Mechanical Research Inc
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ibewtf
W. Schmidt
Tampa
Sun Haven
Clarke Road
Fruitville
Sarasota
Ridgefield
Conn
The
Electrical Union
Atlanta
Connecticut
Prosecution Focuses On Dowling Estate Fees In Holt Case
Florida Senate impeachment trial of Miami Circuit Judge George E. Holt centers on 92 500 dollars in fees awarded to Daniel N. Heller and John Prunty as curators for the Dowling estate. Two Dade County grand juries condemned the fees as excessive while the case unfolds amid questions of competence and asset management.
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Tallahassee
Dowling
Miami
George E. Holt
Holt
Jewell Alvin Dowling
Ina
Dade County
Florida
Senate
House
Daniel N. Heller
Heller
John Prunty
Heller and Prunty
Ing
Prunty
Musselman
William R. Neblett
Key West
Dis rain postpones all day Little League games
Sarasota County Little League commissioner Ted Ferreira announced all today’s games are postponed due to rain and wet grounds. A new schedule will be announced later, Ferreira said.
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Ted Ferreira
Sarasota County
Ferreira
Fighting For Life Mayor Shot By Contractor In Detroit Suburb
Garden City Mayor James Tierney, 50, shot five times during a city planning meeting after criticizing a new $108000 police station described as a white elephant. City Attorney Russell Swarthout, 30, wounded in the hand. contractor Lester Ellerhorst, 52, fired six rounds. Officials sue Gypsum Contractors Co. for the project.
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Detroit
INS
Garden City
Mich
James Tierney
Wayne County General Hospital
Russell JL. Swarthout
Lester G. Ellerhorst
Gypsum Contractors Co
John M. Mowlant
Tierney
Ellerhorst
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R-Nd
William F. Knowland
Young
Appropriations Committee
Warren Olney
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Paul E. Douglas
Illinois
Clifford Case
New Jersey
Suffolk County
RAF
U.S. Navy
U.S. Air Force
North
Schmidt
EMR
Holt Prosecution
Massachusetts
Andrew J. Musselman
Guardian
Bulletin
Inside the News
Harold Stassen
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