Rockefeller backs Lyndon Johnson poverty plan for Appalachia
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller endorsed the Johnson administration's war on poverty in Appalachia in Beckley West Virginia, urging states to work with federal efforts to avoid bureaucratic inefficiency. He criticized past Democratic inaction and tied support to the 1964 election year as he shifted his campaign to West Virginia after West Coast events.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
Appalachian
West Virginia
New York
Congress
Rockefeller
Washington
West Coast
Bishops and Wallace Attack Pray-In School Ban
Bishop Fulton J Sheen and Alabama Governor George Wallace attacked Supreme Court rulings banning prayers in public schools and urged Congress to over ride them. They testified before the House Judiciary Committee amid calls by Protestant leaders to block constitutional amendments seen as threats to religious liberty.
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Supreme Court
George Wallace
Alabama
Fulton J. Sheen
New York
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
UPD
Congress
Sheen
Gov. Wallace
Wallace
Church
Edwin A. Tuller
Valley Forge
American Baptist Convention
Charles H. Tuttle
National Council of Churches
Tuller
Council
GE 90 P C Antitrust Settlements Cost 160 Million
GE disclosed at its annual meeting that about 9 percent of antitrust claims have been settled, costing roughly 160 million. Chairman Gerald L. Phillippe said 1962 and 1963 payments totaled 76 million, with 84 million due in 1964, affecting earnings by about 47 cents a share but not the dividend. The 26.5 million 1963 settlement remains the largest to date, with major payments to utilities including Boston Edison and Western Massachusetts Electric under most favored customer terms.
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General Electric Co
Gerald L. Phillippe
Phillippe
New York
Boston Edison Co
WMEC
Western Mass Electric Co
Berkshire County
Philippe
Bargain Want Ad Urges Quick Callers
An advertiser notes 10 to 12 people call to snap up the bargain. Read the want ads regularly and act quickly or someone else may beat you to the item.
Johnson Willing to Accept Civil Rights Bill Changes
President Johnson will accept changes to the civil rights bill if the Senate delivers enforceable legislation, said Senator Hubert H. Humphrey. He noted Johnson prefers the House version but could back amendments that do not weaken the bill as Senate debate entered its 44th day.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
House
President Confident of Bill's Passage
President Johnson told religious leaders backing the civil rights bill that it will become law because justice and morality demand it. He urged clergymen as men of God to awaken the conscience of America during a White House meeting. Leaders of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths attended. Georgetown University hosted a moral crusade for racial equality with more than 6,000 supporters Tuesday night.
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Washington
Johnson
America
White House
Georgetown University
22 Life Sentences Given Former Nazi
Former Nazi SS Sgt. Hermann Blache was sentenced to life in prison 22 times for the massacre of Polish Jews. The verdict marks the highest sentence by a German war crimes court. Blache commanded a ghetto at Tarmow in eastern Poland and was found guilty on 41 murder counts and over 400 counts of complicity.
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Germany
Hermann Blache
Blache
Tarmow
Eas Érr
Poland
Peabody Grateful Despite Fifth Place in Primary
Boston AP Governor Endicott Peabody says he is gratified with his presidential primary vote though he finished 12 000 votes behind Bellotti for party delegate and fifth among all candidates. Latest returns from 1530 of 1784 precincts show Kennedy 88832 Bellotti 73273 Kennedy 72263 McCormack 66079 Peabody 60735.
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Endicott Peabody
Francis X. Bellotti
Bellotti
Peabody
Democratic State Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Atty
Edward J. McCormack
U.S. House
John W. McCormack
Edward McCormack
Cuba Boycott Pressed on Britain and C of C Trade
Washington AP top officials pressed Britain to revise its Cuba trade policy and back U S efforts to cut off vital industrial and transportation equipment to Castro. Secretary Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Butler discussed Cuban issues in private talks as President Johnson met Butler. Britain’s Cuba deals drew U S protests, including a 12 million dollar vehicle sale.
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Britain
C. of C
Washington
U.S
Dean Rusk
R.A. Butler
Johnson
Butler
White House
Central Treaty Organization
Buller
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Malaysia
Castro
Western Hemisphere
Paris
France
F.C. Erkin
R. A. Butler
Middle East
Buck Trade Drive Wins Big At Chamber Meeting
Washington AP reports the U S Chamber of Commerce approved a 90 percent vote urging higher trade in nonstrategic goods with Russia and European satellites. Some members favored trading with Red China, North Korea, and North Vietnam. No vote on credits. fears of losing business to Western rivals. Exports to Communist states total about 3 billion annually, with West Germany Britain and France leading. The United States ranks last in Allied trade with the Reds.
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Washington
U. S
Western Europe
Japan
West Germany
Britain
France
East Germany
United States
Living Cost Rises 1.4 Percent in Past Year
Washington reports a 1.4 percent year over year rise in the cost of living with no clear inflation from the current business boom. The Labor Department’s monthly index shows a 0.1 percent March gain to 107.7, meaning $10.77 buys the same 1957-59 base goods and services. Deputy Commissioner Robert J. Myers notes March gains stem from rises in all items except food.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cease Fire Strain In Cyprus As UN Moves Posts
In Nicosia Cyprus a fragile cease fire at St Hilarion castle faltered when a Turkish Cypriot patrol breached Greek lines killing two and wounding one. The UN created ten permanent posts in Kyrenia Mountains to stabilize movement and pursue a peace plan by Thant amid Greek and Turkish Cypriot leadership demands.
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Cyprus
Vital St. Hilarion Castle
United Nations
U.N
Kyrenia
Sies
St. Hilarion Castle
Kyrenia Pass
U.n.’S
St. Hilarion
Makarios
U Thant
Thant
Security Council
Wounded Envoy Ed Reischauer Ill in Honolulu
U S ambassador to Japan Edwin D. Reischauer arrived in Honolulu to recover from a stab wound and is now ill with possible hepatitis. The 53 year old, injured by a mentally unbalanced Japanese youth, may have a liver ailment.
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Honolulu
Edwin D. Reischauer
U.S
Japan
Reischauer
Part of City Is in Dalton 14 Houses in Question
Dalton officials say 34 Pittsfield houses on the west side of Dalton Division Road may lie in Dalton but no action will be taken. Selectman Thomas J. Callahan and Pittsfield Public Works head John Daniels discussed the issue after surveys. They deem official remapping too costly and unnecessary, leaving the 14 houses legally in Pittsfield despite the tentative boundary remark.
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Dalton
Pittsfield
Hubbard Avenue
Dalton Division Road
Thomas J. Callahan
Dalton Selectman
Public Works
John Daniels
Callahan
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