RFK Expected To Run For 1968 Democratic Nomination
Gore Vidal predicts Robert F. Kennedy will be the Democratic candidate in 1968 but warns it will require a public relations genius to render him lovable. Vidal cites Kennedy's potential authoritarian image and notes Kennedy’s 1964 reelection prospects and family ties.
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Esquire Magazine
Tarrytown
N.Y
Virginia
Gore
Eugene Vidal
Hugh Auchincloss
Jacqueline Kennedy
John Bouvier
Hudson River Valley
Bobby
Kennedy presses personal campaign for tax cut
President Kennedy steps up his own effort to win congressional and public support for a tax cut amid warnings that the plan faces trouble in Congress. Key factors include public opinion, the economy’s health, and Ways and Means Committee dynamics under Rep. Wilbur Mills.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Dirksen Gets No Argument On Cuban Invasion Deaths
Senate leaders sparred over the Bay of Pigs raid with Mansfield acknowledging four Americans died while volunteering to fly missions during the 1961 invasion. Dirksen offered no names but cited evidence of fatalities in one-man investigations and recalled a 1961 Birmingham- area group linked to anti Castro efforts.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Linois
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U.S
Cuba
U.S. State Department
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Fidel Castro
Birmingham
Ala
Miami Springs
Fla
Double Check Corp
Miami
Alex E. Carlson
Caribbean
Riley W. Shamburger
Thomas Willard Ray
Leo F. Baker
Wade Carroll Gray
Carlson
Ford Plans Big Plant on Range in Minnesota
Ford Motor Co with some ifs proceeds with preliminary plans for a taconite pelletizing plant near Eveleth Minnesota. The project could cost 30 to 40 million for one million tons or 75 to 100 million for three million tons. Ford seeks a stable favorable taconite tax situation supported by Minnesota lawmakers and both DFL and Republican leaders.
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Ford Motor Co
Eveleth
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Minnesota
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Andersen
Elmer L. Andersen
DFL
Karl Rolvaag
Rolvaag
Humphrey
Cleveland
Oglebay-Norton
Michigan
Reserve Mining Co
Silver Bay
Erie Mining Co
Hoyt Lakes
U.S. Steel Corp
Virginia
Reserve
Washington
Sons
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Eugene McCarthy
John Blatnik
Idaho to Paint Red Roadways
The Idaho Highway Board will paint the first 80 feet of all 25 neways entering the state bright red. The move marks a welcome for Idaho Territory centennial celebrations in 1963.
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Ruling Puts Rolving Out in Front by 21
Judges on the panel handling the recount of Minnesota governorship ballots huddle over disputed ballots as the state Supreme Court weighs key questions in the election dispute.
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Recount Court Cuts Votes in Minnesota Governor Bid
The Minnesota three judge recount panel announces category one rulings reducing Rolvaag by 247 votes and Andersen by 130, narrowing Rolvaag to a 21 vote lead with 1,000 ballots still to be decided. Final totals show Rolvaag 620,214 and Andersen 620,193 with 1,000+ ballots pending.
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Elmer L. Andersen
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Andersen
William Braatz
Rolvaags
Farlier
J. H. Sylvestre
Crookston
Leonard Keyes
St. Paul
Sidney Kaner
Duluth
Relvaag
Wiliam Braatz
Industrial Government Party
Merger Talks Grow Between Methodists and Church of England
Global movements drive ties between Methodists and the Church of England as part of a broader push to rejoin Protestant and Catholic branches amid reviews of church unity. Leaders cite a renewed Christian community trend echoed by the Second Vatican Council.
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Great Britain
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Britain
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John XXIII
Minnesota House OKs curbing paid vote time at polls
The Minnesota House, 80 to 53, overrode liberal protests to pass a bill limiting paid time off for voting. It bans paid leave for workers whose shifts start late or end early enough to miss polling hours, aiming to end abuse cited by supporters.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Senate
John T. Anderson
Monaco's Rainier and Grace to Visit Philadelphia
Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace will visit Philadelphia on April 19 to mark their seventh wedding anniversary, officials announced today.
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Prince Rainier III of
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Laos Prime Minister and Harriman Hold Talks
Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma of Laos and Asst. Sec. W Averell Harriman met in Washington to discuss making Laos a neutral state. The House Rules Committee killed a bid to abolish the Committee on Un American Activities as an independent panel and fold it into the House Judiciary Committee.
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Souvanna Phouma
Laos
W. Averell Harriman
Southeast Asia
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Committee On Un-American Activities
House Judiciary Committee
Stock Market Weakens in Quiet New York Trading
The stock market moved lower in quiet trading in New York led by fractional declines across key stocks. A few issues fell more sharply while many shares held steady with little change in early afternoon.
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New York
Idaho House OKs debt limit amendment resolution
Idaho legislators approve a Senate resolution urging a constitutional amendment to cap the national debt at 350 billion dollars and to require debt payment at 3 billion dollars annually.
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Boise
Idaho
House of Representatives
Senate
U.S
Mariner II Finds Venus Too Hot for Life as We Know It
Space agency reports Venus surface around 800 degrees Fahrenheit, too hot for Earth life. Mariner II’s December flyby revealed dense cloud layers and a central region 30 degrees below zero, with a cooler 20 degree spot suggesting possible hidden surface features. Instruments found no detectable carbon dioxide layer and sampled magnetic fields, radiation, dust, and plasma during an 180 million mile journey.
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Venus
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