Scientists Split Over Pact Seen Not Casting Many Votes
Washington reports a Senate leader said the split among scientists on the nuclear test ban treaty could bring a few votes for ratification but not endanger the pact. Fulbright noted no clear leaning for or against the treaty as experts gave divided testimony. The session will hear further from Teller and Foster while Brown and Bradbury defend the pact. The panel plans a public hearing with Warburg and Neilan after a closed session.
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UPI
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D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Edward Teller
Teller
John 5. Foster Jr
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
Harold Brown
Pentagon
N. E. Bradbury
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Stassen and Strauss Split In Test Ban Debate
Two Eisenhower era officials faced off in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over the nuclear test ban treaty. Strauss opposed the pact but urged reservations. Stassen supported it as best for mankind, warning rejection could threaten Kennedy's position and risk war. Also heard were supporters Rice and Cousins while Bauman opposed, and Long debated his stance.
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UPI
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Harold E. Stassen
Senate
Strauss
Atomic Energy
Stassen
Willard F. Libby
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Andrew E. Rice
The
American Veterans Committee
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review
Robert E Bauman
Georgetown University Law
Young Americans For Freedom, Inc
Russell B. Long
D-La
Libby
United States
Russia
Bill to end Agriculture Department market wire service
Washington lawyer says a second bill would halt the Agriculture Department market wire service. Representative Paul Findley Republican sponsor says the measure mirrors a previous bid by Representative Craig Hosmer. The proposal would bar the federal government from owning or leasing wire services in competition with private news services.
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UPS
Agriculture Department
Paul Findley
RTI
Craig Hosmer
R-Calif
Eric Johnston Dies at 66. Headed MPAA and Served 2 Presidents
Eric A Johnston former head of the Motion Picture Association of America and prominent business leader is dead at 66 after a stroke. The Washington native rose from a newspaper carrier to Marine Corps major and led business policy efforts under Roosevelt and Truman while serving on several national panels. He is survived by his wife Ina Harriet Hughes and two daughters with memorial services in Washington and burial in Spokane.
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Motion Picture Association of America
Brown, Johnston Co
Spokane, Mich
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Brown-Johnston
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United States
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Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Johnston
National Labor Management Advisory Committee
Inter-American Economic Development Commission
Economic Stabilization Board
War Manpower Commission
War Mobilization and Reconversion Commission
District of Columbia
Ma@tion Picture Association
Ina Harriet Hughes
William Carlin, Fix
Herbert Butler
St. John's Episcopal Church
Spokane
Wash
House Group Launches Broad Bank Survey
The House Banking Committee started the largest government survey of the U S banking system. Chairman Wright Patman said the study will mail questionnaires to about 3000 banks to gather data on top personnel policies capital raising and financial reporting to stockholders. Further surveys will cover correspondent banking relations services and loan and interest policies. The aim is to inform possible legislation on branch banking and bank holding companies and to protect individual bank data from disclosure.
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U.S
House Banking Committee
Wright. Patman
Dtex
Cities Towns League backs tax speedup in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts League of Cities and Towns endorsed Gov Endicott Peabodys tax collection plan including monthly employee withholding and semiannual estimated taxes. It also supported a limited sales tax and urged favorable House Ways and Means action on a Farm Bureau bill. The plan promises a windfall of about 21.2 million for the state and 14.1 million for municipalities. An opposing view labeled the proposal a gimmick to create a one shot windfall to balance books.
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Massachuchusetts League of Cities and Towns
Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
Ways and Means
Tax Action Committee
Seferian
League
Atty Thomas H. Driscell
Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Associations
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates By Carrier And Mail
Subscription rates listed for Berkshire Eagle by carrier and by mail with monthly and annual options for different postal zones. Change of address instructions urge notifying local post office and the Berkshire Eagle with old address and prepaid postage.
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Berkshire Eagle
Tocal Post Office
Pittsfield
Massachuse
Aid Cutoff Rights Bill Faces Senate Hearing
Washington UPI The Justice Department rewrote the civil rights aid cutoff proposal to allow court review of any federal aid denial. Kennedy to explain the changes before a Senate subcommittee as House members pressed for clarity. Rep. Emanuel Celler said the language merely restates the law. no votes were taken.
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UPI
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D-N-Y
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House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Wie’ Group
Bit
MTA Board Rejects Punishment for Top Officials
Boston UPI report says MTA trustees voted 2-1 to refrain from disciplining General Manager Thomas J. McLernon and General Counsel Edward F. McLaughlin over private real estate dealings. Dissenting Trustee Daniel Tyler Jr. urged firing for alleged ethics violations. others defend lack of wrongdoing. The board vows a tighter role in agency oversight.
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UPI
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MTA
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McLernon
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Mevaughlin
McLerren
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