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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1956
Page
8
Washington reports a planned two day House debate and vote on civil rights legislation in the presidential year. The Rules Committee endorsed the bill 8-3 despite Southern opposition, with party loyalties and political timing shaping expectations for Senate prospects.
The plan adds a dedicated civil rights section in the Department of Justice and gives the attorney general authority to seek injunctions or other court relief for individuals whose civil rights are violated. It also calls for revising statutes to empower victims to file federal suits more easily.
Registrars at the permanent registration office in Charleston West Virginia believed they found an error in the birth date of William Edward Davis listed as December 25 1838. Davis a former slave appeared to prove he is 117 years old by submitting affidavits and recounting being sold into slavery at age 12 in Winston Salem North Carolina.
The motor vessel Sprigg Carrol took 13 hours to travel from Providence to Block Island, a normal five hour trip, with only one passenger aboard. Eleven others debarked at Newport as the ship waited six hours for a clogged cooling system to be flushed. The lone passenger aboard remained unnamed.
A 5 year old boy outside a juvenile department store window in St Louis smashed a hole with an iron rod, climbed inside to sit in a toy station wagon, then was released to his parents after staff freed him. Police reported the hole was too small to reach the boy.
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