Kennedy weighs tax cut decision as July indicators rise
President Kennedy called economic advisers to the White House amid signs he may reject a quick tax reduction for 1962. July statistics show a modest business pickup, with officials including Dillon Goldberg Hodges Bell and Walter Heller studying data before a final call. Labor leaders doubt Congress will approve a cut this year. The decision awaits the July signposts and broader economic signals.
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Integration Leader Is On Trial
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. faces trial in Albany, Ga., for his part in a prayer vigil as followers planned mass demonstrations. Ten Negroes prayed before City Hall July 28 and are charged with dis orderly conduct. Clergy from Los Angeles to New York join protests along with Negro mothers planning a prayer pilgrimage. Demonstrations set for noon to five after the trial. city officials decide on permits.
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High-Altitude Tests Signal Preparations for Moon Flight
At Moffett Field California two monkeys and four hamsters ride a balloon in the third test in a lunar program. Launch from Goose Bay Labrador last Thursday with capsules to be released Saturday night after about 54 hours aloft. Capsules expected to land by parachute between Edmonton and Prince Albert with instruments to study cosmic rays and radiation.
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Atlas Missile Tests Show Success at Vandenberg
Two Atlas missiles at Vandenberg Air Force Base California fired in quick succession toward a distant impact area of about 5000 miles. The Air Force described the tests Thursday as the first demonstration of a multiple countdown capability and said they were successful. Spokesmen declined to disclose how close the missiles came to the target or what the target was.
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Third Nuclear Blast Fired By Russians
A new nuclear explosion in the Soviet Novaya Zemlya region was recorded by Uppsala University Seismological Institute at 10 a.m. local time. The event, estimated at three megatons, raises this week’s Soviet tests to three. The U S Atomic Energy Commission cited a 30 megaton test on Sunday and a low kiloton test on Tuesday. In Texas SHALLOWATER, seven teenagers en route to a church picnic were killed when a Santa Fe train struck their automobile.
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Hoover urges new world alliance for peace
On his 88th birthday in West Branch Iowa former President Hoover called for a stronger worldwide organization of free nations. He said the United Nations has failed to secure peace and that communism has weakened its usefulness. He urged a new alliance as the remaining hope for peace.
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Canadian Rail Union Gets Pact for Job Security
Montreal reports union leaders hailed a new job security pact in a deal between Canadian railways and 100,000 non operating employees. A $2.5 million first year fund will pay veteran workers displaced by automation, with details to be worked out. The agreement follows a six year, $5 million annual benefit fund pact by the Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union and the Pacific Maritime Association.
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Monroe death may involve multiple drugs says coroner
The coroner reported that toxicology researchers are examining at least a dozen prescription bottles found at Marilyn Monroe’s home as possibly linked to her death. The Public Health Service announced life expectancy for American babies born last year at 70.2 years, up from 69.9 years in 1960.
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Theodore J. Curphey
Washington
Public Health Service
Community To Build Home For Handicapped Petrilli Family
In Warren Michigan a six room brick house will rise as a gift for the Petrilli family who are blind David 6 Carol 11 Henrietta 14 and parents Henry J and wife. Lions Club volunteers provide plans and supervision while contractors and union members donate labor. The home will be four blocks from the Petrilli coffee shop and basements have begun.
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Jackie Kennedy Serenaded by Italian Brass Band
In Ravello Italy Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline listened from a villa parapet as a 60 member Italian band played La Kennediana composed by Maestro Raffaele Miglietta after Kennedy's 1960 election. The Band played in Ravello’s main square during a two week vacation. A separate Senate action authorizes 50 million dollars in federal grants to states for recreation planning and moves to the House.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
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Railroads Plan 10 Percent Workforce Cut to Cut Costs
James E. Wolfe told a U S District Court hearing that the plan would eliminate about 65 000 jobs as part of an economy drive. Five operating unions seek a temporary order to preserve current work rules while the larger court fight continues.
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Test Ban Plan Is Rejected In Geneva Talks
The Soviet Union rejected the American three stage disarmament proposal at the 68th plenary of talks led by Arthur H. Dean. Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin called the zonal sampling plan unacceptable and refused to discuss inspections on Soviet soil.
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Brown Backs Ohio Schools at Clermont County Rally
State Sen. John W. Brown of Medina backed Ohio schools at a GOP rally in Bethel Clermont County stating Ohio spends more per pupil than most states. He criticized legislative pressure over education funding as political and not in the true interest of education.
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Government Files New Charges Against Estes
The Justice Department indicted Texas financier Billie Sol Estes on new charges of misrepresenting his financial condition to the Commodity Credit Corporation. A federal grand jury in Dallas also charged Robert Earl Clements of Amarillo with five counts of transporting fraudulent securities in interstate commerce.
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Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
Dallas
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Robert Earl Clements
Amarillo
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Deadline Near for Soblen Exile on El Al Flight
Britain’s midnight deadline pressured El Al to ship Dr. Robert Soblen to the United States with a strong chance he would be aboard the night flight to New York. No confirmation from El Al and no change in its stance. Israel had instructed the airline to separate Soblen from other passengers if loaded, prompting cautious remarks from aviation sources.
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Robert A. Soblen
United States
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Soblen
America
Cabinet Shuffle Moves Fleming to Justice Minister
Ottawa Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker reordered his cabinet on Thursday shifting Donald Fleming from finance to justice and attorney general. George Clyde Nowlan, 63, became finance minister, the first major revamp since October 1960.
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Donald Fleming
George Clyde Nowlan
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Fleming
Cantor Too Ill To Attend Funeral Of Wife Ida
Comedian Cantor age 70 is too ill to attend the private funeral for his wife Ida Cantor who died of a heart attack at their home. Cantor collapsed in shock upon hearing the news and remains under sedation with a heart ailment noted. The funeral is postponed as his condition is monitored.
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Eddie Cantor
Ida
Cantor
Point Pleasant Firm Expands for West Virginia Centennial
Marietta Manufacturing Co of Point Pleasant announces expansion to create jobs and add a pleasure boats division plus expanded fabricating shop. Walter M. Windsor says personnel are being added daily and Kenneth Belieu will lay keels for the vessel Agor on Aug. 23, the centennial kickoff date in Mason County. The first project is The West Virginian sternwheeler replica.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
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Kenneth E. Belieu
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Mason County
Windsor
Ike Calls On Winnie
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower lunching at Buckingham Palace visited Sir Winston Churchill in hospital where Churchill, 87, recovering since June 29 from a broken hip, was reported to be out of bed and sitting up. Lady Churchill said he seems a lot better and is happy.
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Eisenhower
Milk price war cuts Dayton gallon to 29 cents
A price battle in Dayton drops milk to 29 cents a gallon, well below the usual 69 to 72 cents. An area chain started the decline by trimming three cents, with other stores quickly following. Sir Laurence Olivier named as first director of Britain's National Theatre in London.
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