Southern Senators Move To Return Civil Rights Bill To Committee
Washington AP report says southern senators attempt to send the civil rights bill back to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate leaders anticipate a final vote soon, with some preferring a Monday consideration to avoid a weekend rush. Fulbright denounces the bill as repugnant to the South while northern opponents argue it oversteps states rights.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland Dmiss
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J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
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North
Fulbright
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Chase on ten thousand bill and local parade plans
Reader questions whose picture is on the ten thousand dollar bill Salmon P Chase. Census taker Ethel Hulver reports long walks to interview residents near Zepp. Local antique auto club members will drive to Washington with TV stars for the Cherry Blossom parade on Channel 7 at 8 PM.
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Ethel Hulver
Zepp
Antique Auto Club
Washington
Bob Huffman
E. Earl Shade
Bill Mitchell
Channel 7
De Gaulle Returns Home Faces French Farmer Unrest
Paris AP reports President Charles de Gaulle's return from Britain amid farming protests over price controls. Farmers in Sens and Quimper clashed with police as tear gas and nightsticks were used. De Gaulle rejects reinstating sliding scales while promising aid and delaying a parliamentary debate on the plan.
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Charles de Gaulle
London
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London Daily Express
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Quimper
Algeria
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Apple Blossoms May Be Late This Year
Entomologist Dr. Walter S. Hough says apple trees in the region are late, with Black Twig and Stayman in early bud stages and Yorks likely to reach green bud soon. The average full bloom date is April 26 27, with recent seasons showing peak bloom from April 21 to May 4. Weather forecasts suggest warmth to bring blossoms as officials plan the April 27 28 29 festival.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Hough
Stayman
Yorks
Evi
Fruit Research Laboratory
Russia offers new negotiating principles at Geneva talks
At the United Nations conference in Geneva the Soviet Union unveiled a new set of negotiating principles. Western powers dismissed the move as the same proposal dressed in different terms. U S envoy Eaton rejected Zorin's reading of the Western disarmament plan and detailed Western positions including nuclear disarmament and removal of fissionable materials from weapons stockpiles for peaceful use.
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Russia
Geneva
Soviet Union
Valerian A. Zorin
U.S
Frederick M. Eaton
Zorin
Eaton
United States
Prince Andrew Christened At Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth's infant son Andrew Albert Christian Edward was christened by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher with Jordan River water. The private ceremony at Buckingham Palace was attended by close friends, and no photographs were released as ordered by the Queen.
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London
Jordan
Cantebury
Geoffrey Fisher
Eliabeth
Andrew Albert Christian Edward
Christian IX
Denmark
Edward VII
Prince Philip
Buckingham Palace
General Guisan dies at 85 in Switzerland
Gen Henri Guisan who led Switzerland’s planned wartime defense against a potential German invasion died of pneumonia at 85. His leadership shaped the country’s World War II strategy and mobilization.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Henri Guisan
Funds for New USIA State Dept Jobs Denied by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee rejected President Eisenhower’s request to hire 694 new State Department and USIA workers while approving a 676.6 million dollar bill for the agencies and Justice Department. They cut 37.2 million from the request, leaving USIA with 116.99 million and a 6.8 million cut including no funding for 126 new positions. The panel praised FBI funding and targeted efficiency in USIA while funding an 8.74 million radio station project to boost Voice of America coverage in Africa and the Middle East.
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House Appropriations Committee
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State Department
U. S. Information Agency
Justice Department
Judiciary
Ment
Federal Bureau of Investigation
USIA
Liberia
Voice of America
Africa
Middle East
Defiance in S Africa Blunted as Leaders Are Banned
Johannesburg report says the South African government banned the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress for a year after a wave of protests. police killed 72 demonstrators, and more reservists were called up. Despite waning strikes, mass pass burnings and arrests continued as ordinary life returned with unease.
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South Africa
African National Congress
Pan Africanist Congress
Winchester Democrats name delegates to state convention
A mass meeting of Winchester Democrats elected 20 delegates with half votes to attend the State Democratic Convention on May 21 in Virginia Beach. The meeting at City Hall endorsed Democratic candidates for Mayor and City Council. election day is June 14.
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Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Richard J. Rosenberger
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Oscar H. Lewis
William Butler
Thomas G. Scully
J. Sloan Kuykendall
J. William Hollis
Nancy Rosenberger
G. G. Baker
J. Thomas Kremer
Claude Smalls, Jr
Harry Carpenter
J. Fred Larrick
Randolph Larrick
Dabney Watts
Richard D. Kern
Theresa Massie
D. H.lewis
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Jaycee Minstrel Show Returns to Handley Auditorium
Local banker Howard Holland will serve as interlocutor for the sixth year as the Jaycee Minstrel Show is presented tonight and tomorrow at Handley Auditorium. Proceeds support charity efforts by the Jaycees.
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Howard Holland
Jaycee
Handley Auditorium
Ae Re Yener
Igen
Jycees
Anney More
Fry’s Jaundice Jitters Amid Wedding Scramble
London reports say Jeremy Fry son of the aristocracy may not have jaundice after all doctors warn the condition could develop later Fry is ill and has withdrawn as best man for Princess Margaret's wedding He rests at Widecombe Manor while Camilla his wife faces a busy time with their third child due next month
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Jeremy Fry
Fry
H. Gordon Neill
Widecombe Manor
Camilla
London Daily Sketch
The
Daily Herald
Warren County delays action on school budget and tax rate
Warren County supervisors defer action on setting a tax rate and adopting an informational school budget to April 30 after a joint session with the county school board. Citizens pressed questions on per pupil costs, pupil teacher ratio, and future teacher needs amid debates over funding and desegregation era enrollments.
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Warren County Board of Supervisors
Glenn Kauffman
Textile Workers Union of American
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Warrenty Educational Foundation Inc
Q. D. Gasque
Warren County High School
Elwood Miller
Gasque
Flood Watch Remains as Dikes Strain Along Rivers
Flood fighters kept a sharp eye on weakened dikes along the Mississippi and Missouri as crests move downstream toward St. Louis. Officials feared possible breakthroughs in earthen levees while major breaks near Meyer Ill eased pressure upstream. flooding affected 30 000 acres of farmland and 50 businesses in Hannibal Missouri area.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri
Quincy
Tfl
Hannibal, Mo
Illinois
Big River
Meyer
Ill
Hannibal
Pike County
St. Louis
Wisconsin primary late returns spark cross party readings
Governors Rockefeller Brown and Stevenson weigh in on Wisconsin results. Rockefeller says no decisive trend. Brown notes Democratic turnout signals Nixon’s weakness in a traditionally Republican state. Stevenson applauds liberal momentum as Democrats seek stronger options.
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Associated Press
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Perea
Edmund G. Brown
California
Richard M. Nixon
Brown
Adlai E. Stevenson
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