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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1963
Page
10
The Senate approved a bill to suspend the FCC equal time rule for 60 days before the November 3 election, allowing radio and TV debates between Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls. The measure heads back to the House, which backed a 75 day suspension.
San Antonio expects no problems from a Defense Department directive requiring equal treatment for men in uniform off base. The city already hosts diverse social scenes with integrated housing and schools, supported by its large defense payroll and a mixed downtown economy.
The Senate approved a resolution granting ex presidents the right to address the chamber with advance notice, expanding their reach though not as full senators at large. Pell argued the move would add wisdom to debates, complementing current privileges for Truman and Kennedy.
American Cardinal Joseph Elmer Ritter of St. Louis urged the Ecumenical Council in Vatican City to implement a solid reform of preaching. He argued that preaching had fallen from prominence since the Council of Trent and remains essential to the church alongside teaching. He pressed that the church must emphasize dynamic preaching and teaching as an absolute necessity in its schema on the church in the world.
Paris reports an agreement signed for the delivery of 80 000 tons of flour from France to the Soviet Union. No further contract details were provided by trade sources.
The Labor Party, meeting in Scarborough, approves a plan to create a national pension fund with earnings related benefits and a minimum income guarantee. It aims to end means tests and place the program under a new Ministry of Social Security, with half pay for most workers at retirement. In Zurich a separate court session ends without settlement in Gamble Porumbeanu divorce case.
Mobster Joseph Valachi testifies before a Senate subcommittee naming Raymond Patriarca of Rhode Island as a New England racketeering boss and Cosa Nostra member. He says he met Patriarca in Boston and had horses and racing ties to many associates.
Ralph McGill the Atlanta Constitution columnist will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Brandeis University at a Oct 6 convocation marking the school’s 15th anniversary. Two college presidents and the Brandeis daughter of Louis Brandeis will also be honored.
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