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On the recordApril 8, 1956
The bill directs the payment of sums aggregating $276,568 to twenty-eight individuals in settlement of claims for damages based on the flooding of privately-owned lands.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Veto of Bill for the Relief of Roy Cowan and Others.

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