Kennedy Signs Broad Guarding Legislation for Pension Funds
President Kennedy signed and praised a measure expanding enforcement of the 1958 Disclosure Act to safeguard pension and welfare funds. The act strengthens reporting, allows investigations, requires bonds, and imposes criminal penalties for bribes, false statements, or embezzlement affecting funds.
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Kennedy
Washington
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg
Lic
Secretary of Labor
Lawyer Appeals Conviction in Massachusetts Land Fraud
Massachusetts lawyer James S. O Connell appeals a one year jail term and $5000 fine for conspiracy to defraud over a highway land taking. His counsel claims a Washington subcommittee forced a retrial atmosphere and national publicity, violating his appeal process and harming the case.
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Boston
U.S. Court of Appeals
Blatnik House
C. Keefe Hurley
James S. O’connell
Scituate
O’connell
Charles W. Lawton Jr
Pawtucket, R.I
Francis L. Harney
Wellesley
Mass
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
South
Attleboro
Hurley
Washington
Tax Relief Approved For Storm Victims
The House completed final action on a bill granting immediate tax relief to Atlantic Coast storm victims. Losses incurred may be deducted on last year’s federal tax returns filed by April 15, with the measure now sent to President Kennedy for signature.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
Katherine Cornell Fractures Shoulder
Actress Katharine Cornell recovers in Martha's Vineyard Hospital from a fracture of a right shoulder suffered last Friday. The 64-year-old star, staying with companion and secretary Nancy Hamilton, slipped on a waxed bench and fell. Doctors say her condition is good and she may be discharged soon. a cast on her elbow serves to weight the shoulder.
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Katharine Cornell
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
Nancy Hamilton
Miss Cornell
Protestant churches seen favoring the wealthy, not the needy
University of Michigan sociologist Dr. Gerhard Lenski Jr reports a decade long study finding Protestant churches, including Lutherans, lean toward prosperous members while offering little to distress or the poor. He notes Lutherans attend less weekly but closely align with Republican politics, though some bright spots show stronger Lutheran adherence and openness on race.
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New York
University of Michigan
Gerhard Lenski Jr
United Lutheran Church In America
Lenski
Detroit
Prisoner who creates crosswords earns living from puzzles
Arthur Sherfield spent 28 years in Ohio and Kentucky prisons before being released in 1961. He began making puzzles to pass solitary confinement and eventually sold work to multiple publishers earning about 400 dollars a month plus prison wages. He now resides in Lexington and continues puzzle production.
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Lexington
Arthur Sherfield
Sherfield
Ohio
Kentucky
Ohio State Penitentiary
Sheffield
Elaine Balcomb
Balcomb
Frankfort
Kentucky State Reformatory
Hoffa says Teamsters operation worth a billion dollars
James R. Hoffa, head of the Teamsters, maintains the union is a billion dollar operation and thriving despite multiple indictments across the country. He claims government probes cost millions and serve a vendetta, while denying any defrauding of funds and asserting confidence in eventual acquittal. prosecutors press ongoing cases including a 16 count mail fraud indictment in Orlando and related investigations.
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Washington (Ap
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Teamsters
Bobby
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Rackets Committee
Orlando
Fla
Detroit
Detroit Teamsters
Florida
Dulles Says Nixon Misstated Kennedy Cuba Briefings
Allen W. Dulles, former CIA director, says Nixon erred in claiming Kennedy was briefed on Cuban invasion preparations during the 1960 campaign. Dulles said the notes reflected an honest misunderstanding and that his briefings to Kennedy addressed world events, not actions. White House: Kennedy knew nothing of invasion plans until after election. Nixon seeks California governor nomination.
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Washington (Ap
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Dulles
Nixon
CIA
White House
Pierre Salinger
Sen. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Unhappy Love Highlighted By British Poet Gunn
Thom as Gunn, a British poet teaching at the University of California, told a University at Buffalo audience that there are few poems about happy love. He said happiness is hard to enlarge upon, while unhappy love offers abundant material about frustration, disappointment, rejection, and misunderstanding.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas Gunn
University of California
University of Buffalo
Gunn
Maine Man Fulfills Dream Conducting 110 Piece Band
John B. Gooch of S. D. Warren Paper Co in Westbrook brought his longtime wish to life when a 110 member band gathered for a surprise birthday rehearsal at the Warren Memorial Library. The Maine musicians filled the small auditorium and cheered as Gooch conducted for four joyous hours.
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Westbrook
Maine
John B. Gooch
Gooch
S. D. Warren Paper Co
Warren Memorial Library
John Gooch
Quaker Housewife Seeks N H Congressional Seat
Helen Lippincott Bliss a Quaker housewife and school administrator announced her Democratic bid for Congress in New Hampshire's Second District. She argues for nuclear disarmament progress and says she would offer alternatives to preserve human values without risking world destruction.
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Rindge
N.H
United States
Congress
Helen Lippincott Bliss
Rep
Perkins Bass
Sen
Styles Bridges
Bliss
Mrs. Bliss
New Hampshire
Nashua
Pittsburg
Man born in Lincoln cabin recalls humble beginnings
Ivy Davenport, 72, born in the log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born, recalls the shared early hardship and limited schooling. Davenport, a Hodgenville Elementary maintenance man, lived nearby as a child with parents who left the cabin when he was five, remembering corn shuck mattresses and a cramped 16 by 18 foot space.
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Hodgenville
Ivy Davenport
Abraham Lincoln
Louisville
Lincoln
Davenport
Abe
Hodgenville Elementary School
Lincoln Cabin
Bid Invitation for No 2 Fuel Oil for Whitney School
Sealed bids for about 14 000 gallons of No 2 fuel oil for the Cora B Whitney School are due by 7 30 p m EST April 4 1962 at the Superintendent of Schools office 225 School Street Bennington Vermont. Bids must include full specifications and trade name. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
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Cora B. Whitney
School Street
Bennington
Vermont
E.S.T
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