International Loans Win by 7 Senate Votes
The Senate passed a bill authorizing 312 million dollars in U S financing for interest free 50 year loans by the International Development Association. The measure cleared 38 to 31 after a failed bid to return it to committee. The plan would have the U S subscribe 104 million annually for three years starting July 1 1945. Other members would contribute 438 million over the period. Fulbright Monroney and Mansfield led the drive for approval while Morse questioned piecemeal foreign aid efforts.
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Senate
U.S
International Development Association
Sen
Waye
Morse
D-Ore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Fulbright
Monroney
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
A. 5
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Amendments Fair Ticket Tax Repeal Favored by Senators
Washington AP reports Senate Finance Committee backed a 4 per cent stock dividend credit repeal and tax changes expected to raise revenues. House also voted to remove the stock dividend credit and raise per person exemption, while other amendments were defeated. revenue impact uncertain as measures move to further votes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Jerday
Seu J. Witham
Fulbright
D-Ark
House
Treasury
Victori
Albert Gore
Dsen
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Tenn
Tennessee
Gage
Judge Stands Firm on Convict's Scheduled Whipping
In Wilmington Delaware Superior Judge Steward R Lynch refused to set aside Balser 41 a convicted robber and kept the whipping order. The judge defended the lashes as reduced from 25 years and 3 lashes to 15 years and 10 lashes despite defense efforts. The defense plans an appeal and requests a stay of the January 28 punishment date.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Talmadge I. Balser
Balser
Steward R. Lynch
Lynch
Edward W. Schall
Schall
Massachusetts Senate kills a plumber license bill in 1960s vote
The Massachusetts Senate rejected a bill to issue a practical plumber license to those with five years of experience in small towns. Proponents cited lack of vocational training and transportation barriers. The vote was by voice, with opponents stressing public health risks.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Senate
Allan F. Jones
Barnstable
Leslie B. Cutler
R-Needham
Jobs Get Major Stress At Hearing on Aged Aid
Senator Edward M. Kennedy led a Providence hearing on federal state and community services for the aging amid warnings that employment among the elderly has declined since 1800. Brandeis and state officials cited worker shortages, need for coordinated programs, and calls for broader federal aid and equitable funding for aging services.
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Kennedy
Providence
Rus
Associated Press
Edward M. Kennedy
Boston
Brandeis University
Charles F. Schottland
Brandeis Graduate School of Advanced Studies In Social Welfare
Alfred L. Frechette
Massachusets
Endicott Peabody
Peabody
Josph T. Alves
Massachusetts Council For Aging
Samuel Bachrach
Age Center of
Worcester Area, Inc
Bachrach
Parma adopts ordinance banning tobacco sales to minors
Parma City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting selling giving or furnishing cigarettes cigars and tobacco products to anyone under 18 even with parental consent. First offenses carry a 25 to 100 dollar fine with higher penalties 40 to 300 dollars and 5 to 60 days in jail for subsequent offenses.
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Persom
Pirc
Stassen Announces Fourth Run For GOP Nomination
Former Minnesota governor and ex disarmament adviser Harold E. Stassen declared his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. He will enter New Hampshire on March 10 and California on June 2 with other primaries to follow, aiming for 10 percent in New Hampshire and a 51 percent win in California. He cited Eisenhower era policies and noted Eisenhower offered no formal support yet endorsed active Republican candidacies. He plans a Philadelphia news conference and a New Hampshire visit soon.
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Washington
UPE
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Suassen
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
California
Everest pioneer Dohrenfurth honored in Massachusetts
Norman G. Dohrenfurth, leader of the first American Everest expedition, was honored by Massachusetts officials. He said he did not reach the summit himself. President John E. Powers, state Senate, urged him to try harder next time.
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Boston
Norman G. Dohrenfurth
Teader
Everest
Massachusetts
John EF. Powers
State Senate
Court strikes down belief in supreme being requirement for draft objectors
The U S Court of Appeals unanimously held that the Selective Service Act's demand for belief in a supreme being to qualify as a conscientious objector is unconstitutional. Daniel Andrew Seeger, a 28 year old Quaker with no religious affiliation, was affected by the ruling based on due process Fifth Amendment protections. The decision notes that many valid religious beliefs may not fit a single concept of a supreme being, prompting automatic Supreme Court appeal.
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New York
US Court of Appeals
Daniel Andrew Seeger
Appeals Court
Seerer
American Friends Service Committee
U. S. Supreme Court
Ant
Glenn Wins a Round Party Stays Neutral
In Ohio, registered Democratic voters will decide without party endorsement between Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr. and incumbent U.S. Senator Stephen M. Young in the May 5 primary. The state’s first preprimary convention produced no endorsements, a strategic win for Glenn as delegates split 343-329, leaving Young content but without a formal boost. Glenn, fresh off orbiting the earth, remains largely out of campaigning due to Marine Corps obligations.
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Ohio
Ohio Party
John WM. Glenn Jr
U.S
Stephen M. Young
Senate
Glenn Camp
Young
William N. Coleman
Tney
Glenn
Marine Corps
Washington
Nan
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