Cabinet Sworn in At Rome
Premier Aldo Moro and his four party center left cabinet were sworn in in Rome forming Italy's 25th post fascist government. The coalition includes Socialists for the first time in 16 years and pledges to support NATO and begin economic planning. Nenni becomes deputy premier while Antonio Giolitti takes budget.
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Communist Party
Pietro Nenni
Giuseppe Saragat
Democratic Socialists
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Republicans
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Moro
Chamber of Deputies
Nenni
Antonio Giolitti
Bernardo Mattarella
Segni
Brazilian Senate Shooting Turns Deadly
In Brasilia a Brazilian senator fired three shots at an opponent in the Senate chamber. One bullet struck San Jose Cairala, who died during surgery. Sen. Arnon de Melo fired from the speaker's platform but missed. Sen. Silvestre Pericles was to be shot but was restrained. Both senators from Alagoas were disarmed and jailed as an investigating committee is formed.
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Acre
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Sen. Silvestre Pericles
Pericles
Alagoas
Joao Agripino
Agripino
Fifth Laotian Official Killed by Assassins
Col Leuang chief intelligence officer for neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma was killed near his home in Vientiane. He was the fifth Laotian official slain by gunfire this year, 18 bullets fired. Assailants dressed in khaki fled in two unmarked jeeps. Leuang left nine children and reported to Premier Souvanna. General Amkha called it a well organized plot and pledged tighter security.
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Conte Opposes Cotton Subsidy Bill in House
Massachusetts congressman Silvio Conte was the sole MA member to vote against extending cotton subsidies to textile mills. He argued the measure would favor Southern mills, cost taxpayers about 2 billion dollars overall, and distract from civil rights and international priorities.
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Massachusetts Legislature Eyes Busy Next Session
Boston report notes 3,710 bills filed for the 1962 session, a pace near the all time record, with proposals spanning voting machine buyouts, centralizing election returns, unemployment benefits, vehicle safety standards, higher mileage allowances, 20 percent filing or 20,000 signatures for nominations, right turn passes on the right, a $200 monthly old age pension, non sectarian prayers in public schools, a $108 million state sales tax earmarked for city aid, age verification ID for alcohol, death penalty study and expansion, Sunday trucking, and wage and teacher pay increases.
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Muslim Leader Suspends Heir Over Kennedy Remark
New York AP reports Elijah Muhammad suspended his heir apparent Malcolm X Shabazz for remarks about President Kennedy's assassination. Malcolm X told a Black Muslim rally that the killing was "the chickens coming home to roost," while Muhammad stated he did not speak for the Nation of Islam.
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Warren Commission Opens Inquiry Into Kennedy Death
A seven member panel chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren began its closed door work to investigate President Kennedy's assassination and the subsequent murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. The commission, appointed by President Johnson, will report findings to Johnson and the public. FBI files and congressional subpoenas are anticipated as part of its efforts.
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Protestant church leaders urge action on civil rights bill
Protestant church leaders across the nation move to back a discharge petition to push the civil rights bill from the House Rules Committee. A resolution urging church members to write to congressmen was presented to the National Council of Churches assembly for adoption, endorsing prompt passage and public pressure. Bishop Rueben H. Mueller of Indianapolis was named president, pledging to emphasize the church’s core mission of bringing people to encounter with God.
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Soldier in Viet Nam Welcomes California Traffic Warrant
NAVATO Calif Air Force Major Alan W Saunders writes from South Vietnam to a 15 traffic warrant in Navato California. He says he is willing to be taken into custody and even seeks diplomatic clearance to return to Vietnam to face the warrant, urging the authorities to advise by return mail.
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AMA Votes All Out Study Of Smoking Health Effect
AMA officials approve an all out study to determine how smoking affects health. Dr E Cuyler Hammond reports a 442000 man study linking cigarettes to higher death rates and more illness, with lung cancer rising with age and quitting reducing risk while pipe and cigar use show little harm due to minimal inhaling.
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Cancer Society
AMA Unanimous Vote To Retain Racial Membership Barrier
In Portland Oregon the AMA House of Delegates unanimously defeated a Rhode Island effort to remove racial barriers from membership. Delegates reaffirmed the 1850 stance urging local societies to study removing racial bars and rejected expulsion for denying membership on race religion or national origin grounds.
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Herbert Lehman Dies at 85 in New York Home
Herbert He Lehman, 85, four time New York governor and former U.S. senator, died today at his Park Avenue home after a heart attack. A reform leader in his later years, Lehman influenced state politics and opposed the Democratic machine in New York.
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Democratic Organization
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Kennedy Memorial Library Planned in Boston
Articles of incorporation filed to establish the President John F Kennedy Memorial Library in Massachusetts. The effort, announced by Edward M Kennedy Robert F Kennedy and Harvard's Nathan M Pusey, aims to raise 6 million via public subscription and house materials on Kennedy's life and presidency near Harvard Business School along Charles River land donated by the university.
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Colonel Chenault Freed in Caracas After Kidnaping
In Caracas US Army Colonel James K. Chenault, 45, deputy commanding officer of the US military mission, was released unharmed eight days after being abducted by four pro Castro FALN fighters. He described his capture site as heavily populated and said he received reasonable treatment. authorities also captured FALN leader Juan de Dios Moncada. connection to Chenault’s release was unclear.
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