Congress Fails To Move On Districting Reform This Year
AP dispatch reports Congress shows little motion on Supreme Court urges for population equal districts. House members cite lack of time and sovereignty over state maps. Proposals to preserve current districts until states act face slim odds. Connecticut suit seeks at large elections for six congressmen pending redistricting. Connecticut districts span 317,953 to 689,555 residents.
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House
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Texas
Houston
New Haven
Conn
Hartford Courant
U.S
Connecticut
Jack Zaiman
Army Creates Nuclear Disaster Aid Teams
The Army announces four radiological emergency medical teams trained to handle nuclear accidents within the United States. Each team will be led by an Army Medical Corps officer and include three specialists in managing nuclear casualties and radiation hazards. The plan, designed to respond to disasters, was disclosed in a regulation signed by General Earle G. Wheeler.
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Washington
Army
United States
Army Medical Corps
Earle G. Wheeler
Army Chief of Staff
Farm Federations To Consolidate In 471 17 Vote
Springfield Massachusetts AP report: The Eastern States Farmers Exchange votes 471 to 17 to consolidate with the Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange operating in New York and Pennsylvania. The move aims to unify state coops with a $300 million annual business, awaiting Grange League approval.
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Mass
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange
New York
Pennsylvania
Grange League
Farmers’ Cooperatives
Four Cuban Captains Convicted For Poaching
KEY WEST, Fla. AP The captains of four Cuban fishing wars and their 25 crewmen faced poaching convictions in Florida waters. The captains were fined 500 each, with a six month jail sentence suspended after fines paid. The four trawlers were seized near the Dry Tortugas and the 5500 pound kingfish catch confiscated. The crewmen were cleared on charges, reportedly taking orders from superiors. An appeal was planned by defense attorney Michael Standard. The boats are to return to Cuba.
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Key West
Fla
Florida
Thomas Card
Cuba
Michael Standard
Raytheon Wins $6.5 Million Navy Contract
Raytheon Co. announced a Navy contract worth 6.5 million dollars for Sparrow II air to air missile work. Production will occur at facilities in Lowell Massachusetts and Bristol Tennessee.
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Lowell
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Bristol, Tenn
Hoffa Witness Describes Justice Dept Agitation
In Chattanooga UPI a defense witness testified the Justice Department tried to sway the 1962 Teamster Hoffa conspiracy jury by stoking anti Hoffa sentiment in Nashville’s Negro community. Fred Shobe said he was sent by Walter Sheridan to urge Negroes to help Kennedy gain Hoffa, by any means, fair or foul.
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Tenn
UPI
U.S. Justice Department
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Fred Shobe
Detroit
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Nashville
Yenn
Shobe
Frank Wilson
Walter Sheridan
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Hoffa
Sheridan
Kennedy
Gratin’ Fields
N H Rules Out Premature News Of Primary Vote
Concord New Hampshire AP reports the attorney general rules town officials may not release election returns before the moderator officially declares the vote. Ballots cannot be inspected until polls close. the moderator has sole declaration authority. Clerks may announce results after the moderator’s declaration.
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American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
New Hampshire
ABC
CBS
Asst Atty
Alexander J. Kalinsky
Kalinsky
Sen Smith To Hit New Hampshire Trail
Sen Margaret Chase Smith of Maine will join fellow Republican presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire this weekend. She begins with a Dover meeting of Republican women Saturday morning and plans stops in Portsmouth and Durham, a noon talk to the New England Council of Young Republicans in Manchester Sunday, and hopes to visit Conway area as part of a statewide push toward the March 10 primary.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
New Hampshire
House adds funds to bomber interceptor program clash
Washington AP A House clash looms over a 16.9 billion military authorization bill. McNamara opposes extra 92 million for bomber and interceptor research, while the Armed Services Committee backing the Air Force push funds despite the defense secretary’s objections. Four dissenters urge on floor fight.
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Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
McNamara
Air Force
Armed Services Committee
House
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Otis G. Pike
Jeffery Cohelan
D-Calif
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Optional Sabbath Bill Cleared in Legislature
In Boston the mercantile affairs committee backed a compromise bill allowing Sabbath observers to keep stores open on Sundays if the business is run with religious conscience. The measure aims to relieve economic hardship and reduce religious conflict by permitting Sunday operations under stated Sabbath observance.
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OPI
Legislative Mercantile Affairs Committee
Three Faiths
House
Samuel J. Fox
Lynn
Irving Fishman
D-Newton
League
L B J Asked To Aid Union In Dispute
Miami Beach reports President Johnson urged to bar Florida East Coast from hauling to Cape Kennedy site until a 13 month strike ends. George Leighty, chief negotiator for unions on strike, asked Johnson to intervene personally. Wirtz aide Reynolds asked for reversal of NASA decision to use federally owned rail spurs to the moon rocket site, risking $7 million to $8 million in hauling contracts. White House says Johnson conferred by phone with Wirtz. no further comment until Reynolds reports back.
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Fla
UPI
Johnson
Florida East Coast
FEC
Cape Kennnedy Moon
George Leighty
W. Willard Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Federal Space Agency
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Ball
Leighty
Cape Kennedy
White House
Washington
Mr. Wirtz
Reynolds
Washerington
Rockefeller for President brochure plots campaign story
In Manchester New Hampshire supporters of Rockefeller began distributing a 21 page brochure titled The Rockefeller Story. The tract highlights his federal service Latin American affairs social problems and government policy work. An initial printing of about 356000 copies was reported by Charles Moore Rockefeller campaign director of public relations.
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Manchester
New Hampshire
Rockefeller
Charles Moore
National Campaign Committee
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