Crane Looks to Graham in Governor Bid Letters Signed by Five Prominent Republicans
Senator Philip A. Graham of Hamilton, Republican floor leader, announced his gubernatorial bid and said Bruce Crane of Dalton is among five Massachusetts Republicans urging Graham support. Crane signed a 4000-name pledge letter along with Carl Gilbert Clarence Barnes William Metlary and Stephen LaPlane urging party unity and tax reform while weighing new revenue sources. Graham highlighted broadening the revenue base to cut local real estate taxes and floated a possible limited sales tax if needs justify. He discouraged extensive racing expansion, favoring metropolitan area allocation if any increase is needed.
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Philip A. Graham
Hamilton
State Senate
Pittsfield
Bruce Crane
Dalton
Governor's Council
Massachusetts
Graham
Crane
Carl J. Gilbert
Gillette Safety Razor Co
Boston
Atty
Clarence HH. Barnes
William J. Mctlarthy
Republican City Committee
Gloucester
Stephen LaPlane
Lawrence
George &. Fingold
Rhode Island
South
John Chaffee
New England
Furcolo
Sen
George H. O'Farrell
Malden
Massachusets
Senate
John E. Powers
Hancock
Rare Jury On Crime Meets Jan. 27
Boston AP reports the first Suffolk County special grand jury in 25 years will convene January 27 to hear Massachusetts Crime Commission evidence. Atty. Gen. Brooke will present findings to 18 men and 4 women for a six month term amid challenges to the commission’s constitutionality. Leo Benoit and John Letteney, ex housing officials, seek a high court ruling on the evidence.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
State Supreme Court
Crime Commission
Leo F. Benoit
John Letteney
High Court
Cronin curbs shift for Athletics in Louisville move
American League President Joe Cronin ordered Kansas City Athletics owner Charles C. Finley to halt any further arrangements to move the franchise to Louisville. Cronin cited plans reported ahead of AL meetings in New York and urged wait for league decision to avoid disappointing baseball fans in Kansas City and Louisville.
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Boston
Joe Cronin
Kansas City Athletics
Clu
Louisville
Charles C. Finley
Athletics
Finley
Crow
New York
Kansas City
Oswald Widow Accepts Assassin Fact Says She Won’t Sue
Marina Oswald accepted as fact that Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy. Her adviser James H. Martin said she will not sue the City of Dallas or Jack Ruby and has received about 28 000 in contributions from nationwide supporters while the Secret Service continues to protect her. Martin described her view of the assassination and noted Oswald’s changing behavior after his return from Russia.
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Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
James H. Martin
Jack Ruby
Oswald
Kennedy
Secret Service
Marina
Martin
Goldwater Criticizes England Cuba Bus Deal
In Nashua New Hampshire Senator Barry Goldwater told about 200 supporters at a coffee-hour event he feels sorry for England for selling 6 million dollars worth of buses to Cuba. He questioned Cuba’s money source and criticized the TVA calling it socialist. He outlined a plan to sell TVA steam plants to southern states. He praised newspapers as he began a three city industrial tour.
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Nashua
UPL
Barry Goldwater
England
Cuba
Goldwater
New Hampshire
Russell Kennet
Nashua Country Club
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
America
Pope Paul VI Urges Christian Unity After Holy Land Pilgrimage
Pope Paul VI addressed about 2,000 at Clementine Hall in the Vatican urging Christians to return to the spirit of the early church. He hailed his Holy Land pilgrimage as a step toward reunification, urged adherence to the Ten Commandments, and said the faith has 20 centuries of tradition to preserve.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Holy Land
Vatican
Clementine Hall
Paul
Rome
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Five Day Forecast Warmth and Snow Sunday
The forecast shows temperatures averaging eight degrees above the 22 degree seasonal normal through Monday. Colder conditions are expected Friday with a warming trend Saturday through Monday. Snow is expected again around Sunday.
Two Nashville Officers Suspended for Drag Strip Race
Police Chief Hubert Kemp suspended patrolmen Donald Dozier and William McCullough for 15 days without pay after they used a patrol car in a drag strip race while on duty, citing misusing police equipment.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPQ
Hubert Kemp
Kemp
Donald Dozier
William McCullough
Capital Talk Puts Shriver In No 2 Spot
Washington reports a growing vice presidential boomlet for Peace Corps Director R Sargent Shriver Jr as a potential Democratic running mate in 1964. President Johnson praised Shriver at a White House reception calling him brilliant and popular, while Shriver travels in the Middle East and delivered a message to Pope Paul VI in Jerusalem. Johnson has not disclosed plans or a running mate, with decisions awaited at the Democratic National Convention in August.
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Washington
UPI
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver Jr
Kennedy
Shriver
Johnson
White House
Janson
Middle East
Shiver
Paul VI
Jerusalem
Johnson proposes 25 percent cut in uranium output
President Johnson unveiled a surprise budget cut to 97.9 billion and a 25 percent reduction in weapon making uranium. He urged Congress to match the move with the Soviets and declared an unconditional war on poverty. The State of the Union outlined plans across poverty, education, health, retraining, and disability support.
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Jolson
White House
Capitol
Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
John F. Kennedy
Johnson calls for civil rights and moon program in 1964 address
President Johnson urged Congress to pass a broad civil rights bill and enact a large tax cut by Feb 1 while pursuing disarmament steps and overtime pay increases. He backed Kennedy era goals including extended minimum wage, hospital insurance for the aged, ending discriminatory immigration quotas, and a manned moon by 1970, stressing prosperity and peace. He warned against renewed conflict but vowed decisive action if needed. Production of enriched uranium will be cut 25 percent by June 30, the first cutback since 1945.
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Athe
Congress
Johnson
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Johanson
Johnson outlines civil rights and anti poverty agenda
President Johnson calls for abolition of racial discrimination, a broad civil rights law, and a war on poverty with federal state local programs for better schools health and housing. He proposes committees to study overtime pay and hints at new proposals for Geneva talks, aiming to reach the moon by 1970 with international cooperation.
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America
Johnson
Congress
United States
Geneva
Detective doubts one Boston Strangler carried 12 stranglings
Det Lt Edward Sherry, a veteran homicide detective in Boston, questions whether the Boston Strangler killed all 12 women in eastern Massachusetts over the past 19 months. He notes striking similarities and differences among the cases and cites the common knot tied in stockings around victims as a likely factor.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Edward Sherry
Sherry
Jim
Johnson Sees Path to Peace in Joint Moon Race
President Johnson echoed Kennedy on a joint American Soviet moon program and outlined broad national goals from a Geneva speech. He urged disarmament steps, noted a 25 percent cut in enriched uranium production, the shutdown of four plutonium piles, and closing nonessential installations while inviting adversaries to follow suit.
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Kennedy
Moscow
Johnson
State of the Union
United States
Geneva
Johnson backs Kennedy era jobs plan and overtime pay
President Johnson frames an antipoverty push around proposals from the Kennedy era and endorses higher overtime pay to spur hiring. He opposes both 40 hour and 50 hour weeks and stresses tax cut timing, citing Wirtz on overtime job gains and the House tax bill as key.
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W. Willard Wirtz
Johnson
Lake Home
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