Fulbright urges Kennedy to delay wage rise tax cut
Senator William Fulbright urges President Kennedy to postpone any minimum wage increase to avoid inflation and protect Western alliance. He favors spending on public works like schools and higher teacher pay over temporary tax cuts, arguing longer term investments boost job creation. He also notes changes in Congress and says federal spending should take priority.
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Washington
UPI
William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Fulbright
John F. Kennedy
Ken Stenedy
Democratic
Congress
Cusnee
Avom
Wen
Plange
Berkshire
Kennedy Wins Hawaii Recount Sets Kennedy Victory
Washington AP reports an official Hawaii recount awards John F Kennedy 363 electoral votes to 219 for Richard Nixon. Final national totals show Kennedy 34,221,531 votes to Nixon 34,108,474 with a 113,157 margin of popular votes. Byrd gains Mississippi and Alabama electors amid a convoluted 1960 election tally.
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Washington
Hawaii
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Nixon
Mississippi
Byrd
Alabama
Okaahoma
Flares to Crown Mount Washington Centenary Thwarted
Gale winds and 20 below zero halted two planned firing of red flares from Mount Washington summit to mark the 100th anniversary of the Carriage Road. Douglas A. Philbrook led the centennial effort and said a new attempt would be made today.
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Mt. Washington
Pinkham Notch
N.H
Mount Washington
Douglas A. Philbrook
New Solicitor General Is 48 Harvard Post Holder
Archibald Cox named Solicitor General at age 48 after a career spanning Harvard Law School professorship labor law authority and government service. He served as associate solicitor in the Labor Department and chief of the Wage Stabilization Board before joining Harvard in 1945 and later contributing to Taft Hartley revisions.
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Harvard
Archibald Cox
Cox
United States
Eeene
Department of Justice
Versity
National Defense Mobilization Board
Department of Labor
Wage Stabilization Board
Wayland
Taft
Sen. Cox
NAACP Criticizes Kennedy Camp Amid Senate Rule Fight
Roy Wilkins of the NAACP denounces the atmosphere of supercaution surrounding civil rights in Kennedy's camp and recalls Kennedy's pledge of bold action. Debate over modifying Senate rule XXI to curb endless debate faces an uphill struggle with Kennedy unlikely to weigh in before January 1961. Wilkins notes Black voters backs were decisive for Kennedy, claiming 79 percent support and urging continued alignment with civil rights goals.
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Washington
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kennedy
Wiking
Senate
Texas
South Carolina
South
Vt Wilkins
Furcolo Plans Return to Law Practice After Term
Boston governor Foster Furcolo says he will resume private law practice when his term ends next month. He reports Secretary Ward refused a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court vacancy, and Furcolo named Judge Jacob Spiegel to the court seat after Ward declined to participate in a resign-to-appoint maneuver. Spiegel, a Republican and the first Jewish justice on the court, had been Furcolo’s counsel.
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Boston
Foster Furcolo
Joseph D. Ward
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Fureolo
U.S. Senate
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Gloucester
Benjamin A. Smith
Furcola
Jacob J. Spiegel
Newton
Supreme Court
James J. Rowan
Spiegel
Ward
Furcalo
Furcolo
Idbney
Benjamin Smith
John
F. Kennedy
Smith
State House
Indians Buy Buffalo for New Year Feast
IGNACIO Colorado January 1 The Southern Ute Tribe will dine New Year s Day on buffalo meat bought from the government The tribe purchased five buffalo from the Colorado National Monument herd to provide the traditional Indian festive meal.
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Ignacio, Colo
UPI
Colorado National Monument
Pay Raise Referendum Petition Approved in Boston
Boston Attorney General McCormack ruled the appeal petition to repeal the 1960 legislative salary rise is not an excluded matter and advised wording for circulating 6000 signatures to place the issue on the 1962 state election ballot. Secretary Ward sought guidance on referendum eligibility and language.
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Boston
Atty
Edward J.mccormack Jr
Joseph D. Ward
Attorney General
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