Protests Hurt Civil Rights Bill Supporters Say
Washington AP Senator Humphrey and Senator Kuchel warned that illegal demonstrations and violence threaten civil rights legislation. They cited disruptions at the World’s Fair as harming efforts while urging orderly protest and legal rights protections. Senator Norris Cotton urged House bill amendments before cloture, calling the measure flawed and inconsistent with trial by jury and atheists’ rights protections.
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Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Segal
Sen
Norris Cotton
Rn.h
Cotton
Cape Cod Lawyer Proposed as Giles' Successor
Cape Cod lawyer Robert W. MacDonald of Sandwich is proposed as interim Public Safety Commissioner to replace Frank Giles, who was suspended amid larceny and conspiracy charges and a conflict of interest violation. MacDonald, a former prosecutor and Suffolk Law School graduate, conferred with Gov. Peabody at the State House. He is a World War II veteran and longtime Peabody supporter who ran for Congress in 1908.
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Boston
Endicott Peabody
Suffolk Law School
Cape Cod
Congress
Cape District
Cigarette tax revenue falls in February reports
IRS figures show federal cigarette tax receipts at 125.6 million in February, down 20.7 million from January and about 32.5 million below a year earlier. If the decline continues, it could threaten the 1963 budget and hint at a potential 390 million cut in 1965 cigarette taxes.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Johnson
Rette
Satellites Hail Nikki at 70 Birthday Summit
An informal Soviet bloc summit forms around Khrushchev 70th birthday with leaders from Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Mongolia and Poland attending Romania’s Gheorghiu-Dej absent due to a party meeting. The Sino Soviet split looms with Mao Zedong turning 70 in December.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Red China
Mao Tze-tung
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Mongolia
Poland
Bucharest
Romania
Albania
China
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Wladislaw Gomutka
Josef Cyrankiewics
Annastas Mikoyan
Tass
Leopold Wins First Battle In $14 Million Invasion Suit
CHICAGO UP I reports Nathan Leopold the so called thrill killer won a summary judgement in a $14 million invasion of privacy suit. Judge Thomas E Kluczynski ruled defendants named in the suit liable for using Leopold s name likeness and personality. A jury will determine damages. Defendants have 10 days to appeal. The suit names Meyer Levin publisher Simon and Schuster and Darryl Zanuck Productions among others connected to the novel Compulsion and its adaptations.
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Chicago
UPI
Nathan Leopold
Thomas E. Kluczynski
Leopold
Meyer Levin
Simon and Schuster
Darryl F. Zanuck
Levin
Bobby Franks
Democrats Pick State Meeting Place
The Democratic State Committee set the party convention for West Springfield's Eastern States Exposition Coliseum the weekend of June 18 20. About 1 800 delegates are expected with nearby housing. The clash with the Republican Boston convention was caused by limited facilities.
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Boston
Democratic State Committee
West Springfield
Gerard F. Doherty
New Bedford
Worcester
Swampscott
Doherty
Statler Hilton
City's Assessors Hunt Private Planes
The Board of Assessors disclosed it is trying to identify private airplane owners to levy personal property tax. Chair Ruth E. Sisman said at least six more owners have been found, bringing total aircraft owners to nine, though city records suggest there may be more than nine.
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Board of Assessors
Ruth E. Sisman
America
Mao's Message Keeps It Chummy
Tokyo dispatch reports Red Chinese leaders sent a cable greeting to Soviet Premier Khrushchev on his 7th birthday addressing him as dear comrade. The gesture came despite the recent bitter exchange in which Khrushchev denounced Mao and Chou En-lai by name over leadership of world communism.
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Tokyo
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Peking
Moscow
Khrushchev
Mao Tzetung
Chou En-lai
No Liability Indiana AG ruling snags police chief job rule
In a ruling issued Wednesday, Indiana's attorney general said a man who fails a police physical in Evansville or Michigan City could still qualify for appointment as police chief, negating a blanket disqualification and shaping local hiring standards.
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Ind
UPI
Evansville
Michigan City
Indiana
Court News Pleas for Press Curbs Arouse Editors' Panel
Washington editors warn rising legal pressure for tighter news limits on courts could endanger coverage as TV shapes restraint debates. ASNE committee led by Creed Black cites Dallas events and TV impact, urging self discipline to prevent imposed controls. Boston code debate follows, Massachusetts Bar-Press asks Atty. Gen. Brooke to oppose ethics code as unconstitutional.
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Committee On Freedom of Information
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Creed C. Black
Wilmington
Del
Morning News
Evening Journal
ASNE
Freedom of Information
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John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Oswald
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Boston
Massachusetts Bar Press Committee
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
House
Ways and Means Committee
Commonwealth
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Boston Bar Associations
Judiciary
Massachusetts Newspaper Information Service
Massachusetts Broadcasters Association
President Johnson to Hold 4:30 P.M. News Conference
President Johnson sets a 4 30 p m news conference in the State Department auditorium the first such use of the room since Kennedy era press sessions it will be broadcast live on television and radio in Washington D C
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
State Department
John F. Kennedy
Five policemen killed in Congo raid blamed on rebel gangs
In Buka vu, Kivu Province five policemen were killed and several civilians were injured in a raid blamed on rebel gangs led by Pierre Mulele.
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Bukavu
Kivu
the Congo
Pierre Mulele
Viet Cong Mass Again Threatens Kien Long Town
In Kiên Long Viet Cong units massed in the Mekong delta countryside aiming to overrun the district capital after a three day battle. Government reinforcements and airborne troops held the civil guard post with heavy layoffs reported among both sides and civilian casualties possibly high. In Cyprus, clashes between Greek and Turkish Cypriots flared near Nicosia with exchanges near Irish Bridge and at Petra Elea. A Turkish Cypriot was hurt in Kyrenia Mountain fighting as Sweden’s UN contingent took over the area.
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South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Ca Mau
Viet Nam
Nicosia
Cyprus
USN
Irish Bridge
British High Commission
Petra
Elea
Sweden
U.N
Kyrenia
Cragey
Mediterranean
United States proposes detailed nuclear weapons freeze plan
United States negotiator Adri an Fisher outlined at the 17 nation disarmament conference a Johnson plan to freeze current stocks of ground and sea based missiles and some strategic bombers with missiles. The proposal bans production of new armaments in these categories except for maintenance and training firings and allows one to one replacement. Space boosters would be allowed only as needed for space programs with verification including inspections and declarations. The plan targets Polaris sea missiles and aims to deter a future arms race without requiring disclosures on Russian holdings.
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UPI
United States
Johnson
Adrian S. Fisher
Fisher
U.S
Russia
FCC Moves On Johnson TV Option
The FCC ordered Capital Cable Co to submit a stock option agreement related to Capital Cable and TV-Cable of Austin for study by April 22. Capital Cable declined to disclose details, citing irrelevance to FCC issues. The vote was 6-1. Commissioner Loevinger dissented.
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Federal Communications Commission
Capital Cable Co
FCC
Austin, Tex
Johnson
Capital Cable
Commission
Lee Loevinger
Tv-Cable of
Austin, Inc
Austin
Texas Broadcasting Corp
Ktbc-Tv
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rockefeller Near Victory With Liquor Reform Draft
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller closes a GOP led revolt in New York on liquor reform. A compromise plan aims to win enough Democratic votes to pass through a special session. Key leaders, Sen. Walter Mahoney and Speaker Joseph Carlino, push for exact wording as the vote looms.
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N. Y
UPI
Nelson
Rockefeller
Oregon
Walter J. Mahoney
Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
Senate
State Liquor Authority
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