Mafia Riches and Wiretap Law Proposed by Senate Panel
The Senate investigations subcommittee reported a brutal nationwide mob known as the Mafia or La Cosa Nostra profits billions yearly from gambling narcotics prostitution and other rackets. It urged new laws including witness immunity and wiretap authorization to combat organized crime.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mafia
la Cosa Nostra
Senate
Congress
Outfit
New York
Joseph Valachi
Valachi
Underworld
Vito Genovese
Cosa Nostra
Genovese
Casa Nostra
la Coda Nostra
National Crime Commission
Justice Department
Karl E. Mundt
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Medical Profession
Estes Wins Acquittal In Federal Case, Heads To Jail
Billie Sol Estes won his first acquittal in three trials by a federal court verdict on lying to the government. He was immediately returned to Dallas County jail to begin an 11 year prison term on mail fraud and conspiracy charges, with possible additional years if convicted on other counts.
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Dallas
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Leavenworth
Kaw
Senate unit OKs trimmed two year arms agency extension
Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a two-year extension of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, totaling 20 million dollars, by a 16-0 vote. The panel rejected a four-year, 55 million request and also turned down a four-year lease plan. The House previously authorized a three-year, 40 million extension.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
House
JW. Fulbright
D-Ark
Brooke Posed For Negro Vote Drive
Republican leaders explore creating a national panel on minority policies led by Edward W. Brooke. Dirksen notes Brooke as a potential head, with a GOP coordinating committee to organize panels on economic activities and foreign relations, no final plan yet.
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Massachusetts
Clty
Edward W. Brooke
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Brooke
New Republican Coordinating Committee
GOP
Congress
Dirksen
Dr King to Lead 50 Mile Selma to Montgomery March
Dr Martin Luther King Jr plans to lead a 50 mile mass march from Selma to Montgomery to push liberalization of Alabama voting laws as the legislature confronts Wallace education bills. He spoke after a funeral sermon for Jimmie Lee Jackson, 26, shot amid Marion violence, with 500 to 800 marchers expected.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Alabama
King
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Marion
George Wallace
Trash Rummager Leaves Fortune in UK Will
EASTBOURNE England UPL Thom as Inglis long seen as a hobo by neighbors was actually a solicitor who rummaged through garbage for foreign stamps to sell for a local hospital. He died last January leaving 73000 pounds in his will.
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Eastbourne
England
UPL
Thomas Inglis
Inglis
Armed Forces Pay Rise Proposed at 10.7 Percent
Washington AP Rep. L Mendel Rivers chair of the House Armed Services Committee proposes an average 10.7 percent pay increase for all 2 723 000 uniformed service members. The bill, cosponsored by a large committee majority, would cost about a billion dollars yearly and follows a 34 percent rise since 1952 for military pay. Enlisted under two years would rise 13 to 33 percent, averaging $16 monthly. over two years about 11.2 percent or $28 monthly. Officers under two years would gain about 22 percent or $35 monthly. over two years officers would see a 4 percent rise or $42 monthly.
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Rep. L
Mendel Rivers
D.C
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Rivers
Presidents’ Commission
Personnel Shrinks Despite 2 Raises
Washington AP reports armed services lose trained officers and enlisted despite two pay raises in two years. Army says over 79 percent of first-term enlisted men refuse second hitch. three of four junior reserve officers leave after obligatory service. Navy notes 70,000 first enlistment men failed re-enlistment, 12,000 electronics specialists. Air Force first-term reenlistment fell 6 percent to 29.5 percent in fiscal 1964. officer retention below needs by about 7 percent. Marine Corps sees ongoing decline in first-term reenlistment, no clear drop in officer retention yet.
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Washington
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
School Head in New York Asked to Resign
Calvin E. Gross, brought to New York City to tackle big city education, faces a pressure to resign as superintendent amid criticism of his indecisive approach to school integration. Board members say his stance and actions show a weak, unimaginative response to the crisis. If he resigns, a public hearing is required by city charter before any removal. Gross, 45, has led the Pittsburgh schools and was named to the New York post in 1962 for a six year term at about $45,000 annually.
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New York
API
Calvin E. Gross
Public Ceace
Board of Education
Gross
New York City
School Board
James B. Donovan
Tf Gross
Pittsburgh
Federal payroll reduced by six thousand workers
The White House announced the executive branch payroll was cut by 6000 from January 1944, bringing the total to 2,452,000 as of January 31. The statement called this the second lowest employment figure since the previous month.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates and Address Change
Berkshire Eagle lists carrier and mail rates including one month two dollars, three months five fifty six, six months nine fifty ten seventy, and yearly eighteen fifty. Notice of address change to avoid service interruption should be given at the local post office and to the Berkshire Eagle.
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Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
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