Policeman who captured Lee Harvey Oswald honored in Boston
Patrolman Maurice McDonald, the officer who detained Oswald after the Kennedy assassination, received a $1,000 award from the 100 Club of Boston. He recalled the moments in the Texas theater and his brief clash with Oswald before other officers arrived. He spoke of learning Oswald’s fate and the impact on the case.
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Boston
UPI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
John F. Ken
Maurice
Nick) McDonald
McDonald
100 Club of
United States
Dallas
J.D. Tippit
Oswald
Court Strikes Down Mississippi Poll Tax Vote Law
A three judge federal panel ruled Mississippi's unpaid poll tax receipt for voting in federal elections unconstitutional and void. The ruling states voters cannot be required to obtain a sheriff stamped receipt. clerks notified. No appeal planned and the November election proceeds with two ballots for federal and state offices.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Joe Patterson
Hoover warns at Republican rally on communist immorality
United Press International reports at the 1960 Republican National Convention in Chicago Herbert Hoover, nearing 86, denounces a moral slump and links crime and foreign infection to communism. He urges revival of American spirit, arguing Godless Marxism, anti-national sentiment, and beatniks threaten the nation. He calls for moral renewal and pride in America.
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United Press International
Herbert Clark Hoover
United States
America
Chicago
Hoover
Russia
Karl Marx
Lenin
Debating Kennedy Cuba Policy and Social Security Amendments
A 1962 Senate action would deter Marxist Cuban influence and militarize countermeasures in the hemisphere. Provisions would boost Social Security and Medicare benefits, hospital care, nursing home coverage, home visits, and outpatient services, with proposed Ribicoff choices. The bill cleared the Senate 49 to 44 but died in conference.
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U.S. Senate
Pres. Kennedy
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
Senate
House of Representatives
U.S.A
Hemisphere
U.S
Manpower Training Acts and Prouty Votes Summary
Summary of Sen Thomas Prouty votes on the Manpower Development Training Act of 1961 and the Youth Employment Act of 1963. Notes include support for final passage and expansions, but also votes to reduce years and funding, recommit, and restrict eligibility to youths aged 16 to 18 who left school for economic reasons, contrasting with opposition to the 1963 act. Entities include Sen. Prouty and related acts.
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Sen. Prouty
Fayette for U S Senate Committee Statement Against Goldwater
Frederick J. Fayette opposes Goldwater and says his conservative program would be hard to implement and harm Americans. He condemns Goldwater’s foreign policy as dangerous and urges voters to reject him. The Fayette committee lists officers and Burlington Vermont address.
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Sen. Goldwater
Goldwater
Frederick J. Fayette
ARA program shifts with Vermont projects and doubt
The Area Redevelopment Act offers federal loans grants and technical aid with a mixed history in Vermont. Since 1956 a total of 13 projects worth 3 million were approved while over 1.5 million funds were blocked by shortages. Senator Prouty backed the 1963 failed expansion and opposed or abstained on earlier ARA bills citing political motives.
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Vermont
Sen. Prouty
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the University
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Hoff
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Derick V. Webb
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Dant Distillery CO
Louisville and Dant, Kentucky
Fayette Vs
Prouty
Organization of American States
Sen
Dlan
Fayette Stand
Goldwater & Prouty
Pee
Fayette For U.S. Senate
James J. Fayette
L. Samuel Miller
Bank St
Burlington, Vt
Main Street
Bennington
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