Shelter Funds Go to House and Shelter Plans Approved
Washington lawmakers backed a one year program to spur fallout shelter construction with nearly 2000000 dollars for federal buildings and incentives for public and nonprofit shelters. Opponents sought to cut 175 million in aid. amendments to reduce or restructure funds were defeated. A prior state approval requirement for applications was adopted.
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Rouse Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House
Th Foreman
Texas
Foreman
Pentagon
Vinson
Charles Guhser
R-Calif
Bob Wilson
Calif
Admiral Burke Opposes Treaty Raising Security Fears
Washington AP retired Adm. Arleigh Burke former chief of naval operations told a Senate subcommittee that he recommends rejecting the nuclear test treaty unless a verification system is added. He warned the treaty could weaken U S security even if ratified. Eisenhower backed reservations while Burke urged dismantling testing sites and possible Open Skies style inspections to deter cheating by the Soviet Union. Senator Goldwater tied ratification to Cuba and Berlin issues, calling a failed agreement a Scrap of paper.
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Arteigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Burke
Senate Armed Services
George B. Kisthakowsky
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Kistiakowsky
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate’ Armed Services
Hussia
United States
Barry Goldwater
R-Ar
Cuba
Berlin Wall
Goldwater
Senate Armed Services Committee
Laos
Anti Sweeps Stickers Distributed in New Hampshire
Concord and Hampton residents join a spontaneous moral campaign to repeal the state sweepstakes law. About 1000 "Repeal Sweepstakes" stickers at 10 cents each are being distributed with support from the Congregational Christian Conference of Concord and observers in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
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Concord, NL
New Hampshire
Charles I W. Whitcomb
Hampton
Congregational Christian Conference of Concord
Whitcomb
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Whitcomt
John King
More Cotton From Japan Agreed To
The United States Thailand and Japan signed an agreement authorizing a 3 percent increase in Japanese cotton textile imports in 1964 and a further 3 percent boost in 1965. The 1963 imports are capped at 287.5 million square yards, essentially the 1962 quota after a measurement change, with 2.1 million in 1964 and 310.9 million in 1965. Japan remains the largest cotton goods supplier to the United States, supplying 3 percent of U.S. imports.
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Washington
Thai
United States
Japan
C. S
U.S
Navier Cugats Win Rome Damage Suit
A Rome hotel was ordered to pay damages to singer Abbe Lane and her husband Navier Cugat after a 1957 accident when a plank fell from hotel rigging injuring Lane. Damages to be settled at a later hearing.
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Rome
Abbe Lane
Navier Cugat
Miss Lane
Teamsters Seek Pacts Nationwide
Washington reports the International Brotherhood of Teamsters moves toward two national trucking labor agreements covering intercity operations and local cartage. The plan aims for wage uniformity and broader benefits for about 450,000 workers, led by General President James R Hoffa to reduce multi contract strikes.
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Washington
Teamsters
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Congress
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters’ Union
Kennedy Program Retarded Aid Boost Voted by House
The House approved a roughly 450 million dollar expansion of maternal and child health and crippled children programs to fund mental retardation services. The bill hikes federal state funding, authorizes new grants for maternal and child health care, crippled children, and research, with matching state contributions and a national estimate of 400,000 mentally retarded people and 126,000 births annually.
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Waseengton
Bilt
Senate
House
Ways and Means’ Committee
United States
Massachusetts House Advances Judicial Pay Increases
Massachusetts House moves near final approval on four bills to raise judges pay across the state supreme superior land and probate courts. Chief and associate justices would gain up to 8000 dollars yearly while district court pay rises lessen the gap and a governor backed reform remains tied to broader judicial staffing changes.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts House
Senate
Supreme Court
Justce
House
Militant Segregationist Wins Mississippi Governor Nomination
Jackson Mississippi AP Lt Gov Paul Johnson Jr a militant anti Kennedy segregationist won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor by a record vote defeating former Gov J P Coleman after a bitter campaign focused on white voters opposition to President Kennedy and his rights program Johnson faces federal contempt charges for blocking James Meredith from enrolling at the University of Mississippi last September and called Coleman the Kennedy satellite candidate Coleman had backed Kennedy in 1960 and argued he too was anti Kennedy saying he erred in Isan.
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Jackson
Miss
Paul Johnson Jr
Missisissippi
Johnson
J.P. Coleman
Kennedy
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Coleman
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