Strauss Vote Shakes Commerce Dept High Command
Washington The Senate rejected Lewis L Strauss as secretary of Commerce by 49 to 46, triggering job cuts in the secretary’s office. About 51 of 300 employees were warned of possible abolition by June 30 after House cuts of 440 thousand dollars from Eisenhower’s request, with 25 to lose jobs. Johnson helped secure the defeat, signaling a political price for Strauss and broader budget scrapping.
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Senate
Lewis L Strauss
Commerce Department
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Eisenhower
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Remarkable 88YearOld Plows FourAcre Field
J S Hoover of Welltown Pike completes plowing a four acre cornfield despite his wife’s advice at age 88. He tended to 30 head of cattle afterward, a notable personal achievement rather than a national record.
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J. S. Hoover
Welltown Pike
Louisiana Officials Clash Over Governorship Amid Earl Long Crisis
Baton Rouge officials argued over who should act as Louisiana’s chief executive as Governor Earl Long faced possible court-ordered treatment. Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar sought legal guidance before acting. Attorney General Jack Gremillion supported action, while Senator Martin contended no formal declaration of Long’s incapacity existed. Long was hospitalized in Mandeville after police overpowered him following the collapse of a voluntary treatment agreement in New Orleans.
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Lether Frazar
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Frazar
Martin
Loney
Louisian Hospital
Mandeville
Huey P. Long
New Orleans
Texas
Galveston
Frazer
McNeese State College
Earl K. Long
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
College Building Fund Officials To Meet Monday
Officials of the Shenandoah College Building Fund will meet Monday at noon at the George Washington Hotel. Financial Campaign chairman Frank Armstrong will call the session to review progress of the construction program and map the closing plans for the campaign.
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Shenandoah College Building Fund Organization
George Washington Hotel
Financial Campaign
Frank Armstrong
Sacred Heart Yard Party Tonight on Church Grounds
Sacred Heart hosts a yard party this evening at 5 p m on church grounds. The event features orchard stand offerings from Montmorency cherries by Boyd Orchard Martinsburg Pike with prices 60c and 75c per gallon and a contact MO 2 3997 for details.
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Sacred Heart
Montmorency Cherries
Boyd Orchard
Martinsburg
Summer Arrives Tomorrow Cool Weather Forecast
Summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere tomorrow night at 10 50 EST. The area could see a cool reception with a forecast low of 45 to 50 degrees and mostly sunny but cool conditions. Highs reached 84 today after a 65 degree night, as the sun nears its solstice and days lengthen while the Earth tilts toward the sun.
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Pacific Ocean
Earth
Gang Attempts To Burn Down Social Center in Lamontville
A youth gang in Lamontville tried to set fire to a social center using gasoline and broke a window. Police hurried to extinguish the blaze with little damage. Armored troops were en route from Grahamstown as Durban authorities reinforce security at African beer halls amid riot aftermath.
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Lamontville
Cato Manor
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R. D. Jenkins
Jenkins
Grahamstown
Shirkley's Sunnyside Offers Special Sunday Dinner Menu
Shirkley's Restaurant Sunnyside presents a special Sunday dinner served from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at "The House of Good Food" with the "Be Wise Economize" slogan and the Go Rambler Kern Motor dealer license 848 noted on the page.
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Sunnyside
House of Good Food
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Gunner seeks another chance at Communist plane
Navy tailgunner Donald Corder of Jacksonville and Farmer City Illinois, wounded by a Soviet type fighter off North Korea, says he would like another chance to engage the MIG that crippled the P4M1 Mercator. He described the attack from a stretcher after sustaining 40 to 50 shrapnel wounds and a broken knee.
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Japan
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2.C
Donald Corder
Corder
Jacksonville
Farmer City
North Korea
MI6
Non-Students Wipe Out Loan Fund At Pan American College
In Edinburg Texas four nonstudent juveniles took 27 dollars from a college bulletin board offering short term loans. Juvenile officers took custody of the youths and returned them to their parents as police investigated the loss.
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Edinburg
Tex
Pan American College
Actress Ethel Barrymore to be buried beside brothers
The body of Ethel Barrymore will be placed Monday in a crypt beside her actor brothers John and Lionel in Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum Los Angeles. She died of a heart ailment Thursday aged nearly 80. Rosary and Requiem Mass are scheduled at local churches.
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Ethel Barrymore
John
Lionel
Calvary Cemetery
Los Angeles
Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly
House Passes Debt Ceiling Bill Amid Budget Worries
The House approved a temporary 295 billion dollar debt ceiling by a vote of 255 to 117, sending the measure to the Senate. Critics cited rising borrowing and a 13 billion dollar deficit, while supporters argued emergency needs and credit risk if not enacted. The current permanent limit is 283 billion, with a temporary ceiling at 285 billion until June 30.
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Eisenhower
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Senate
Treasury
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D-Ark
Queen Elizabeth Shows Signs Of Weariness On Canadian Tour
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, amid a six week Canada tour, faced a tiring leg through Labrador as they inspect logging and paper operations and visit an iron mine at Schefferville. Crowds along the route cheered while the Queen showed fatigue yet kept a warm public presence.
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Newfoundland
Philip
Tina Carey
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U.S. Air Force
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Lake Labrador
Schefferville
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Seven Islands
Calendar Girl Con test voting starts in Evening Star
Voting begins today for the Evening Star Calendar Girl Con test. Readers can tear out a ballot from page 2, vote for 24 featured girls from June 1957 to May 1959, and mail to Calendar Girl Winchester Evening Star.
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Evening Star
Winchester Evening Star
U.S
Mother Rescues Daughter by Crashing Car in Abduction
Atlanta area mother describes praying to stop her daughter's kidnapper when she rammed her car into the abductor vehicle to free 7 year old Sally Carroll. The suspect, 17 year old Raymond A. McMahon of Chicago, fled on foot and was later linked to a prior assault on a mother of five. Sally required seventeen stitches for a forehead wound.
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Atlanta
Hapeville
R. E. Carroll
Sally
Susie
Frondizi Survives Argentina Presidency Amid Military Pressure
Argentina's president Arturo Frondizi retains office after a crisis steeped in military revolt. Army brass meeting gave confidence in the war ministry while Frondizi indicated no clear concessions and two alleged plot leaders Rear Admiral Arturo Rial and retired Lt General Arturo Ossorio Arana were detained on sedition charges.
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Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
Frondizi
Arturo Rial
Juan Peron
Arturo Ossorio Arana
Rial
Ossorio Arana
Peron
Peronista
US declares West Berlin policy firm amid Soviet pressure
The United States issued a State Department declaration after six weeks of Geneva talks on Germany, insisting Western powers will stay in West Berlin and maintain access. It says two million residents share confidence that patience and determination will safeguard their security and welfare despite Soviet threats.
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United States
West Berlin
Cllonal
Russia
State Department
U.S
Geneva
Germany
Parley Recessed Until July 13
In Geneva the Big Four foreign ministers recessed the conference until July 13 without resolving the Berlin deadlock. Western officials expect a renewed Soviet push for a summit after talks failing to yield concessions on Berlin. Khrushchev is believed to seek a summit to pressure Western powers.
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Berlin
Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower to Confer With Herter After Geneva
President Eisenhower will confer with Secretary of State Christian A Herter after Herter returns from the recessed foreign ministers conference in Geneva.
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Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Foreign Ministers Conference
Geneva
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