Senate Seen Major Block To Tax Bill
In Washington the Kennedy tax revision bill cleared the House 219 to 196 after a late surge of Democratic votes. The measure faces a stiff Senate fight with hearings set by Finance Chairman Harry Byrd and more than 200 witnesses. The bill preserves $1.2 billion in annual business tax cuts while expanding taxes on mutual banks savings and loan groups, insurers, and cooperatives.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Senate
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Richard H. Poff
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Figurehead Takes Over In Argentina
In Buenos Aires Jose Maria Guido was ordered to assume the presidency by Argentina's military rulers after Frondizi's ouster. The military demanded limits on Peronists, Communists, and unions, with Guido sworn in after a brief standoff and cited as Senate president in the constitutional line of succession.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Arturo Frondizi
Supreme Court
Air Ministry
Stamford Woman Dies After Vermont 8 Crash
Alvina H. Perras, 33, of Stamford died at 4 20 p m following a Wednesday crash on Vermont 8. She suffered multiple fractures and possible brain damage after the car she rode in with her sister Bernadette 17 crashed into a bridge abutment near Stamford. Three fellow Drury High School students were injured and one Susan Rond eau 15 was admitted in satisfactory condition. Bernadette Ella Marie and Roger Rond eau were treated and released.
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Alvina H. Perras
Stamford
Vermont
North Adams
Mass
Bernadette
Drury High School
Susan Rondeau
Bernadette Perras
Ella Marie Perras
Roger Rondeau
Mrs Kennedy Returns From 16 000 Mile Tour
Washington AP Mrs John F Kennedy says her long semi official journey through India Pakistan and Europe was fascinating but she prefers not to travel abroad again without her husband. President Kennedy welcomed her home at National Airport after 20 day trip aboard the Caroline.
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National
India
Pakistan
London
White House
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Caroline
Washington National Airport
Rome
John XXIII
Kennedy weighs Supreme Court pick among Ribicoff and Goldberg
President Kennedy is believed to be nearing a decision to fill Justice Whittaker's seat. Rumors center on Abraham Ribicoff and Arthur Goldberg as top contenders with other names like J Paul Freund and Eugene Rostow also discussed. Possible future nominees include William Hastie, while Ribicoff hints at staying in the Senate race.
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Kennedy
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Whittaker
Welfare
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Arthur J. Goldberg
Chicago
Ribicoff
Hartford
Goldberg
J. Paul Abraham Freund
Harvard
High Tribunal
William Henry Hastie
The
Virgin Islands
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Kennedy Set to Campaign in California Against Nixon
Washington AP dispatch notes Kennedy eager to return to California for political campaigning aimed at thwarting Richard M. Nixon in the state. Democrats welcome a possible visit while noting Nixon’s "carpetbagger" remark could backfire in the GOP bid for California governor.
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Kennedy
Nixon
California
Washington
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Vermont Governor plans special session on Senate reapportionment
Gov. Keyser will meet with legislative leaders before a special general assembly to reapportion the Vermont Senate amid Judge Sylvester's ruling. The plan moves Chittenden to six seats and drops Rutland to three, with clerks enjoined from printing related ballots until revision.
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Keyser
General Assembly
Vermont Senate
State Supreme Court
Harold C. Sylvester
Senate
Sylvester
Chittenden County
Rutland
Supreme Court
Jack Paar Bids Farewell to Tonight Show
Jack Paar leaves the Tonight show after almost five years citing weariness from nightly production. Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy and former VP Richard Nixon praised him as he bows out in a 90 minute NBC appearance that closures with humor and farewells.
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New York
Jack Paar
Paar
National Broadcasting Co
Robert F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnny Carson
American Broadcasting Co
Dorothy Killgallen
Walter Winchell
Newsweek
Special District Meeting Weighs Regional School Plan
The Bennington-Southwest School District Planning Board scheduled a May 28 vote on forming a union high school district in southern Bennington County. A series of public meetings will explain the plan to eight districts with sessions listed for April 9 to 12 and later community soirées.
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Bennington County
Bennington - Southwest
Molly Stark
Pownal Firehouse
Pownal
North Pownal
North Bennington
PTA
Arlington
Planning Board
Mizpah Circle
North Shaftsbury
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Greater Boston Transit Strike Threatens Metro Area
A threatened MTA walkout could halt mass transit in 14 Boston area cities and towns as injunction proceedings unfold in Superior Court. Judge Lewis Goldberg hears why an injunction should or should not issue to block the strike over spring schedules that take effect Saturday.
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Boston
Superior
MTA
Lewis Goldberg
Alabama to Vote On Revised Voter Test Amendment
Alabama voters will decide May 1 on a constitutional amendment to create a state board with authority to write the voter registration questionnaire. The measure follows Justice Department suits alleging discrimination against Black voters in three counties and possible court action in other areas.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Justice Department
Expert Says Finances Unhealthy In Rutland Rail Case
Former Rutland Railway vice president Sidney Rodgers testified that Central Vermont Railway and Boston and Maine are not in good financial condition. The Delaware and Hudson and two other lines were named as potential buyers for Rutland segments if abandonment proceeds. Rodgers noted the survey relied on both company and employee information and included checks in Vermont. Edward Rogowski of Ben-Mont Papers was expected to discuss data on rail and truck costs and service impacts while Bennington area talks continued.
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Rutland
Rutland Railway Today
Sidney Rodgers
New York
of Coverdale and Colpitts
Central Vermont Railway
Boston and Maine
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Donald W. Fisher
Railway Labor Executives Association
Rodgers
Vermont
Edward Rogowski
Ben-Mont Papers Corp
Bennington
Rogowski
ICC
Little Future Seen for Help Of Rutland RR
Donald W. Fisher appearing before ICC hearings for abandonment of the Rutland Railway said hourly employees on segments likely to be abandoned may have few job hopes. He noted ICC rulings grant wide discretion and may require scrap sales with no labor guarantees. Fisher and Harold Ross criticized Gov. Keyser for not consulting Rutland labor officials in takeover talks.
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Rutland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Donald W. Fisher
Toledo
Ohio
Fisher
ICC
Atty
Harold Ross
Cleveland
Lathor
F. Ray Keyser Jr
Ross
Keyser
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Babcock
Philip Hoff
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