Word: states
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weeks, the House had been working on a bill to replace one that had piled up a $3 billion wheat surplus in Government storage bins. What it finally brought forth, by a vote of 188 (176 Democrats and twelve farm-state Republicans) to 177 (114 Republicans and 63 Democrats) was a legislative monstrosity. Even the bill's sponsor, Oklahoma Democrat Carl Albert, admitted: "Nobody wants the bill . . . None of the farm groups, wheat organizations or producers support it." But if nothing else, the House wheat bill lived up to a time-hallowed political principle: When in doubt, give...
When she learned that Jordan's King Hussein was planning to visit the Air Force Academy, Barbara Ann sent him a telegram, begging him to grant Barnwell amnesty during his stay-a right traditionally given visiting heads of state by U.S. military academies.* But a snowstorm forced Hussein to cancel his tour of the academy; he wired his regrets and best wishes for a happy marriage...
...Church, the couple began their honeymoon. Last week, driving through southwest Colorado toward New Mexico on Colorado Highway 172, Barnwell lost control of his new, red MG roadster. The car overturned, throwing both Barbara Ann and her husband clear. "I'm O.K.," Lieut. Lee Barnwell groggily told a state trooper. "Take care of my wife." The trooper looked down at Barbara Ann, dead on the ground. Said he softly: "She's in good hands...
...Visiting heads of state have recently become so commonplace that discipline has suffered because of their frequent amnesties. Last month the service academy commandants met to seek a solution. Result: henceforth, amnesty will be granted only to minor offenders...
...were charged with abducting a 19-year-old coed at Florida A. & M. University (for Negroes), forcing her at shotgun and knifepoint into a lonely stand of pines and blackjack oaks and between them, raping her seven times. But in a broader and more important sense, the Southern, segregated State of Florida was being tested in its ability to render equal justice under the law. Florida passed the test with dignity and a fine regard for law and justice...