Vermont Education Board Bans Prayer in Public Schools
The Vermont Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution calling for elimination of Bible readings and prayers in public schools. The move, requested by Springfield directors after a minister's plea, states the decision aligns with legal authority while allowing silent personal reverence and continued moral instruction. Beginning next month schools will drop classroom prayer.
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Montpelier
State Board of Education
Vermont
U.S. Supreme Court
Springfield
Edgar Pearn
Universalist - Unitarian Church
Supreme Court
Monk Chooses Death in Protest Against Diem Regime
A 17 year old Buddhist novice Thich Thanh Tuc burned himself to death at a Saigon pagoda in protest of the government of Ngo Dinh Diem. It is the third self immolation linked to Buddhist protests. Buddhist leaders say he was not authorized and letters left express persecution by the Catholic-dominated regime. Thousands of Buddhists were moving toward the scene in an orderly fashion as police stayed away.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dihn Diem
Thich Thanh Tuc
Diem
Hue
Rights March Faces Budget Pressures Before Aug 28
Washington leaders of the march on Washington for jobs and freedom confront rising costs for the event. An estimated 100,000 to 250,000 participants are expected from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial for civil rights exercises. Rev Walter Fauntroy notes loud speaker system estimates reach 15800 dollars, signaling budgeting challenges ahead.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Walter Fauntroy
District of Columbia
Financing the March Through Local Participation and Self Support
The article notes extensive local participation for a March event with national support. Leaders expect marchers to pay travel costs and bring meals, while some Negro organizations will fund unemployed attendees. National groups anticipated a $75,000 budget, later believed insufficient.
Village Trustees Name Three to Discuss Sewer Unification
Bennington Village Trustees agreed to appoint a three member committee to meet with town selectmen on sewer unification after some opposition was withdrawn. Trustees expressed concerns about costs and service quality if the village system is taken over by the town and opposed a full transfer, preferring a trial basis.
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Bennington
Bennington Village
Joseph A. Pello
Paul Kelley
Pello
Kelley
David Carver
Arthur Theberge
John H. Williams
Norton Barber
Pelle
James B. Gibney
Carver
Ormal Pierce
Williams and Barber
Williams May
Vermont Plate Tied to Stolen Car in Bronx Crash
Bronx DA says a Vermont license plate found at a May parkway crash scene was linked to a stolen Oldsmobile and later ended up with Gareth Martinis, son of a Bronx judge. Prosecutors note plate origin unclear but not central to vehicular homicide charges against Martinis.
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Bronx
DA Tells Press
New York
Gareth Martinis
Martinis
Parkway
Isidore Dollinger
Mr. Martinis
Joseph A. Martinis
Young Martinis
Criminal Court
Dollinger
Herman Edgar Harris
Manhattan
John L. Thayer
Harris
Edward Gallo
Gallo
Bronx County
Extradition Seen Near For Jimenez
A paternity suit may delay the return of Marcos Perez Jimenez to Venezuela to face embezzlement charges. The State Department announced plans to extradite him, with a chartered Caracas plane sent, ending a four year legal fight. He remains jailed in Dade County awaiting court actions including a $300000 bond and asset-frozen suit linked to a Miami woman.
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Miami
Fla
Marcos Perez Jimenez
U.S. State Department
Perez Jimenez
Caracas
United States
Dade County
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Ilona Mariia Lorenz
Dominican Republic
Miami Beach
McNamara backs test ban to guard U S nuclear lead
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara argued the limited test ban treaty would help preserve a U S nuclear lead over the Soviet Union by delaying Soviet progress and maintaining superiority. He cited U S warhead counts and a fleet of missiles and bombers, while noting underground tests only by others.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Russia
Senate
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McNamara
Dean Rusk
Capitol Hill
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Britain
Moscow
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rusk
Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services
House Atomic Energy Committees
Proposed Income Tax Cut Faces Crucial House Vote
Washington AP reports a Treasury crafted plan to cut most Americans’ income taxes by about 15.5 percent nears a decisive vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. The revised plan seeks a net $10.645 billion reduction by 1965, with rates rising to 70 percent beyond $100,000 income and major changes to itemized deductions. Two thirds of savings would begin Jan 1 with the rest the following year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Senate
Kennedy
The
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Inside Columnist Reflects on French View of the U.S.
Bradford Smith discusses a French perspective on America in an Inside column. The piece contrasts cultural viewpoints and national images through pointed observations and context from the era.
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Bradford Smith
United States
Hideout pinpointed in mail train robbery case
Scotland Yard reports the gang used Leatherslade Farm at Oakley as their hideout near London. A truck and two army type vehicles were found. search continues with fingerprints and other forensics. No trace of the 2 million pound loot from the Glasgow to London mail train robbery yet. a possible female mastermind hinted.
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London
Scotland Yard
Leatherslade Farm
Oakley
Glasgow
Rockefeller Plans Primary Bid in New Hampshire California
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller signals readiness to contest the 1964 Republican nomination with a focus on the New Hampshire primary on March 10 and the California primary on June 2. Rockefeller aims to avoid additional contests unless circumstances improve and polls show him ahead of Sen. Barry Goldwater. Goldwater denies he is running.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
New York Times
Capitol
Hinman
Rockefeller
New Hampshire
California
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
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