Highway Bill Sent to President as Largest Nondefense Spending Plan
Congress approved a 33 billion highway bill sending it to President Eisenhower. The measure includes a 14.8 billion tax hike over 16 years and funds a 41 000 mile interstate system with 90 percent federal backing. The plan preserves population based aid for three years before shifting to need based allocations.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Russell Long
Louisiana
House
George Fallon
Maryland
Albert Gore
Tennessee
America
Grazed Land Included in Soil Bank Program
The Agriculture Department announced that crop land grazed up to June 22 may be placed under the soil bank program. Regulations had barred land grazed or harvested earlier in the year. farmers argued the change reduces hardship after the new farm law. The program pays farmers for underplanting allotments of surplus crops.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Do-Gooder Gets Term in Prison
Minnie Mangum, a Sunday school teacher turned bookkeeper, was sentenced in Norfolk Virginia to 20 years in prison for embezzling nearly 3 million dollars. The sentence consists of 10 years on two indictments to run consecutively and two years on 11 indictments to run concurrently.
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
Miss Mangum
Building and Loan Association
Corporation Court
H. Lawrence Bullock
Tokyo teen survives after 21 needles removed
An 18-year-old girl in Tokyo was found to have 21 sewing needles in her stomach after years of pain. Doctors removed the needles and the patient said she did not recall swallowing anything. Local report requested readers to phone in news tips.
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Tokyo
VA moves to curb GI loan home flipping
The Veterans Administration announced a new step to stop veterans buying houses with GI loans for resale to non veterans. Lenders must report loans where property transfers within 90 days of closing for VA investigation. The rule requires veterans to intend to occupy the home at closing and loan filing.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Democrats Agree To Postal Rate Vote
The House will vote next week on a bill to raise postal rates by about 430 million dollars. Democratic Leader McCormack of Massachusetts opposed the measure but announced the vote would occur Monday after Representative Allen of Illinois signaled a rule committee action.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Allen
Illinois
Rules Committee
Mrs Peretti's Wife Delivers Baby At Home Surprise
Mrs Jo Ann Peretti 23 a practical nurse served her husband coffee then announced a surprise. An hour earlier she had delivered a baby boy by herself with no time for a doctor. A psychiatrist is paid to ask a man the same questions his wife asks for nothing.
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Chicago
Jo Ann Peretti
Ribicoff Doubts Johnson Nomination and Civil Rights Platform
Connecticut Governor Ribicoff said Lyndon Johnson has little chance as a Democratic nominee and warned Southern views will get scant consideration on segregation repeal. He urged a strong civil rights plank at Chicago and endorsed Kennedy for VP, saying the party must confront the civil rights issue four-square.
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Connecticut
Ribicoff
Lyndon Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
Texas
Mason-Dixon Line
South
Chicago
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Election plank unlikely to decide outcome say experts
A Supreme Court decision was cited as unlikely to tip the election, as Republicans could present a similar issue. Analysts noted voters weigh multiple factors beyond a single policy plank and emphasized broader campaign dynamics.
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Supreme Court
Governors' Confab Tales of Speeding Wives and Governors
Atlantic City report quotes Gov. A. B. Chandler recounting his wife’s speeding incidents across states. He says a governor once controlled her accelerator in 1936 to prevent passing, prompting the quip that the governor would kill them, as a child notes the governor wasn’t present.
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Atlantic City
N. J
A. B
Happy
Chandler
Batter Up pancake batter comes in carton for quick meals
New pancake mix named Batter Up pours from a carton like milk onto a hot griddle. The container yields 24 three inch pancakes and keeps in the fridge about three weeks. A tip notes newspaper shines windows without lint.
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New York
Instant Foods
Subscription Rates in Grayson and Fannin Counties
Rates listed for in county and outside subscriptions with a higher foreign rate. The notice promises prompt correction of any erroneous reflections upon individuals, firms, or corporations brought to the publisher’s attention.
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Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
Billion Dollar Life Insurance Milestone for Republic National
Republic National Life Insurance of Dallas announces reaching one billion dollars in life insurance in force in under twenty eight years. President Theo P Beasley leads a June celebration for eight hundred associates and families with open house on July 2 and 3 to showcase a remodeled home office on North Central Expressway.
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Theo. P. Beasley
Republic National Life Insurance Company of
Dallas
Texas
Republic National
Beasley
Republic National Life
North Central Expressway
Joplin
Missouri
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