Civil Bill Clears Hurdle
In Washington the administration civil rights bill cleared a House hurdle as members voted 290 to 117 to call it up for debate. Four days of general argument were approved with unlimited amendments. debate begins today and runs through next Monday with amendments heard Tuesday. The bill tightens voting rights laws, empowers injunction suits in federal courts, creates a civil rights commission and a Justice Department division.
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Washington
House
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
Rules Committee
Colmer
Justice Department
President Assures Justice For Girard
President Eisenhower pledged action if injustices occur in the Japanese trial of Army Specialist 3.C. William S. Girard. He noted Japan has turned over 13,652 of 14,000 servicemen charged under Japanese law to U.S. authorities and defended the status of forces agreement as guiding jurisdiction while promising justice.
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Eisenhower
United States
Defense Wilson
State Dulles
Ervin
D-N.c
Flanders
R-Vt
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Diplo
Robert Dechert
John M. Raymond
State Department
Sen. Allott
R-Cole
Senate
C. William S. Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Naka Sakai
Japan
Sakai
Wilson-Dulles
Girard
Dulles-Wilson
Heatwave Persists With Very High Temps Plaguing Area
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thunderstorms over the mountains with continued warmth. Yesterday’s high reached 104 as Phoenix hit 107 and Yuma 113. the morning low was 76.
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Phoenix
Yuma
No More Big U S Blasts Seen
President Eisenhower expressed doubt the United States will explode another hydrogen bomb for testing. Willard F. Libby of the AEC urged suspension only if Russia and Britain pause tests. A broader disarmament program with safeguards was suggested.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Congress
Russia
Great Britain
Libby
Senate
House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Confusion Over School Bond Plan Sparks Committee Clash
The Community Development and Tax Study Committee of the Chamber of Commerce cannot approve the proposed 7.3 million school bond, triggering debate on committee roles. Chair Robert Addison defends the steering committee analysis while calls for consolidation arise. Both committees plan Friday meetings to reconsider and decide on a stance.
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Chamber of Commerce
Visory
Plans Would Pierce SP Tracks In Tucson Swiss Cheese Style
City Manager Porter Homer unveiled details of a $41.6 million long range bond program to overhaul downtown Tucson by piercing the Southern Pacific mainline with new overpasses and an underpass. The plan includes 30 unobstructed lanes, 13th and 6th Street overpasses, a Main Avenue four-lane underpass, and widening of subway sections on Broadway 4th and 6th avenues. The effort targets Grant Road Speedway Broadway and 22nd Street as major arterials with several one way pair streets. The first phase totals $9 million for streets and grade separations.
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Tucson
Porter W. Homer
Don Hummel
Cherry Avenue
22Nd Street
Homer
O'Dowd
Grant Road
Speedway
Broadway
Oracle Road
Campbell Avenue
Palo Verde Road
Alvernon Way
Swan and
Craycroft Roads
Central Business District
Cherry
Campbell
Aviation Highway
Elm
Stone
6Th
18Th
Drachman Streets
13Th
Main Avenue
Hummel
East Broadway
4Th and 6Th Avenues
6Th and 13Th Street
$3.5 Billion Planned for New Arms Programs
Deputy Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles told a Senate subcommittee that over 3.5 billion dollars will be spent in the coming year on developing new weapons. He noted only 1.5 billion is in the budget for research and development, with extra funds available. He warned of Soviet efforts in missile and weapon development and urged U.S. qualitative superiority in case of conflict.
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Washington
Donald A. Quarles
Defense Department
Quarles
Air Force
Senate Appropriations
Russia
Senate
House
James H. Douglas
Wilson
Wilfred J. McNeil
Defense
Pentagon
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
McNeil
Eisenhower backs total ban on testing with disarmament link
President Eisenhower said he would favor a total and complete ban on testing atomic weapons if there is total disarmament in the nuclear field. He warned no ban without an agreement with the Soviet Union on the use of atomic weapons and doubted any future hydrogen bomb testing. He also touched on Khrushchev, Formosa riots, trade with China, the Girard case, jury trials in civil rights cases, and disarmament prospects.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Pacific
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Meade Alcorn
Formosa
U. S
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Britain
Girard
Army
3.C
William S. Girard
Japan
Senate Judiciary Committee
William Howard Taft
Taft
Soviet Union
Kremlin
First Bomb Fired From Balloon At Atomic Test Site
The United States detonated a baby nuclear device from a balloon 500 feet above Yucca Flat. The 4:45 a.m. PDT blast near Las Vegas was barely visible from the control point 15 miles away as a mushroom cloud formed, with Dr. Gerald W. Johnson of UC Livermore saying the test was successful.
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United States
Yucca
Fiat
Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
Gerald W. Johnson
University of California
Radiation Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
San Manuel Pact Final Okay Slated
The final meeting to approve a two year contract between San Manuel Copper Co and Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Local 937 will be held tomorrow night in Tucson. Meetings at Mammoth and San Manuel earlier this week voted approval. The Tucson group of 566 workers will decide if the contract is accepted. The session begins at 7 p.m. at 2314 N Stone Ave.
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San Manuel Copper Co
Tucson
Mammoth
San Manuel
Stone Ave
Inside the Citizen Fire trailer loss scene
A family in a burned out trailer loses all possessions as firefighters battle the blaze at the scene. Community members assist as investigators begin securing the site for causes and relief efforts.
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University of Arizona
Margaret Truman
Eisenhower—Dupont
Eisenhower
Where To Find It Tucson Tonight & Tomorrow
Local listings outline events and venues in Tucson for this evening and the following night. Includes theaters, concerts, film showings, and community gatherings with venues and starting times where readable.
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