Strike Threatened Next Week Rails Unions Asked to Wait
Washington AP Chairman Oren Harris urges railroads to defer the new work rules for 30 days to avert a national strike. He says Congress cannot act in time, while Daniel Loomis of the Association of American Railroads hedges on a yes. Labor Secretary Wirtz testifies as hearings open on Kennedy plan to have ICC review the rules.
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Washington
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Harris
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of American Railroads
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Loomis
W. Williard Wirtz
White House
Late Talks Continue On Test Ban Treaty
Moscow reports a renewed session as Western, Soviet and British experts push to finalize a partial test ban. Rusk and Harriman voiced cautious optimism while Khrushchev's possible linked demands loom.
Will Moscow Pact Pass U S Senate
Washington AP reports mixed Senate reception to a Moscow nuclear test ban treaty seen as nearly finished. Secretary Rusk and Foster briefed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Fulbright warned of possible lively debate once provisions are reviewed.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Moscow
Dean Rusk
Disarmament Agency
William C. Foster
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Rusk
Foster
Fulbright
Kennedy calls end to quota system for immigration
President Kennedy urged Congress to abolish the 1924 immigration quota system, reducing it 20 percent annually until abolition by 1968. The plan would give the Immigration Service broad discretion on admissions, with Italy listed as most affected, tripling its current annual 5,500 intake.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Immigration Service
Italy
Inside Hearings Continue on Vermont Natural Gas Case
On the Inside section hearings proceed regarding a Vermont natural gas matter with ongoing debate and testimony.
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Vermont
Church leaders call segregation immoral and racist blasphemy
Three religious figures representing Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups told Congress that segregation is immoral and racism is blasphemy against God. They urged quick passage of President Kennedy's civil rights program as hearings extend into August with plan for a House floor bill by Labor Day.
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Washington
Congress
Eugene Carson Blake
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Kennedy
Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Maryland
John F. Cronin
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Irwin M. Blank
Synagogue Council of America
Erwin N. Griswold
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Harvard Law School
Senate Commerce Committee
Celler
Ward Procurer Charged by Vice Worker Testimony
A 20 year old vice worker named Vicky Barrett testified at the Old Bailey trial of Dr. Stephen Ward that he collected money for services at his London apartment over 21/2 months in 1961. Barrett said Ward kept funds to improve his own living conditions and charge higher prices to others.
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London
Stephen Ward
Ward
Vicky Barrett
Society Osteopath
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Mervyn Griffith- Jones
Britain
Mandy
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Viscount Astor
Fairbanks
Charleston Merchants Back Desegregation Plan
Sixty two Charleston merchants pledge desegregation in stores including equal employment, restroom and fitting room access, and drinking fountain desegregation after a meeting with Mayor Gaillard. Negro leaders vow intensified demonstrations, seeking complete integration as protests continue beyond six weeks.
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Charleston
S.D
J. Palmer Gaillard
Governors Sidestepping The Civil Rights Issue
Miami Beach, Fla. AP report on the 55th annual Governors Conference where Vice President Johnson urged nonpartisan civil rights action. Democrats pushed for strong civil rights measures, winning 38 to 3 to prioritize the issue with a new executive committee to cooperate with the president and federal agencies.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
John Dempsey
Connecticut
Conference Executive Committee
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Donald S. Russell
South Carolina
Kennedy
Cambridge Maryland racial pact ends immediate demonstrations
In Cambridge, Maryland, a tentative agreement between Negro and white leaders to end the town’s racial strife was signed with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The nonbinding pact commits Negroes to halt demonstrations indefinitely to foster a calmer atmosphere as negotiations continue.
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Cambridge, Md
Cambridge
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Maryland
Soviets Push U.N. Boycott of Portugal Over African Colonies
The Soviet Union urged the United Nations Security Council to impose a worldwide economic and political boycott on Portugal and its Western allies. Nikolai Federenko called for immediate independence for Portuguese African colonies and for a total arms embargo plus port and airport closures to Portugal, aligning with Ghana's Nkrumah.
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United Nation
N.Y
Special
Soviet Union
Portugal
Security Council
New York Times
Nikolai T. Federenko
The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Federenko
Council
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Nkrumah
Federenki
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Readsboro
Senate Judiciary Committee
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D-Miss
Griswold
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
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Governors’ Conference
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