Jobless Figure Updated Reveals Hidden Unemployment
Washington AP The Labor Department released new figures to Congress showing total unemployment may be far higher than official stats. The data include people not in the labor force, reflecting broader scope than those actively seeking work. Wirtz cautioned breakdowns are incomplete but indicate education correlates with unemployment and nonparticipation.
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Rights Battle in Senate Is Hobbled by Slowdown
In Washington AP reports the Senate civil rights fight stalls as Southern senators vow no compromise and begin a slowdown previewing a longer fight. Leaders plan a cautious pace to allow morning committee meetings while Mansfield seeks to move the 10 point House civil rights bill to debate with Dirksen urging possible substitutes.
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Oswald's Mother Sworn As Ruby Trial Witness
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, arriving to observe the Jack Ruby trial, was stopped at the courtroom door and subpoenaed as a prosecution witness. The defense sought to proveRuby insane under the McNaghten Rule as psychiatrists testify about his mental state and alleged brain damage.
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Florida Investor Refuses To Talk In Baker Probe
A Miami Beach investor named Jack B. Cooper invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions from the Senate Rules Committee probing former Senate aide Robert G. Baker. Cooper, convicted of income tax evasion, said through attorney E. David Rosen he would not discuss his financial and business ties.
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Bobby) Baker
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McNamara Discusses Viet War in Vietnam
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara held intensive talks at U.S. military headquarters and the U.S. Embassy on the war’s future. He canceled a field trip but sent aides to study various war aspects. He spoke in the Mekong delta in support of Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh’s regime and declined to comment on expanding the war to North Vietnam.
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Goldwater Takes Early Lead In New Hampshire Hamlets
In Ellsworth a five-vote surge gave Barry Goldwater a 7-6 edge over rival Henry Cabot Lodge as early returns trickle in from New Hampshire hamlets. Lodge and Nixon are write ins. Rockefeller trails with three votes. Margaret Chase Smith has eight write ins for vice president.
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Lodge Views N H Seriously Says Son
George Cabot Lodge says his father Henry Cabot Lodge will take New Hampshire results seriously and would accept the Republican nomination if drafted. He notes the ambassador’s Viet Nam post and cautions a decision will depend on more than the primary. A write-in campaign in New Hampshire gains momentum with strong enthusiasm.
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Freight plane crashes in Boston lumber yard
A Sleek Airways DC4 plummeted through sleet to explode at Castle Island Boston wrecking timber stacks and killing all three crew Irwin Zadwick Salvatore Conillio and Truman Lanner. The plane was en route from Bradley Field Windsor Locks Conn to Logan Airport.
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Turnout Dwindles As Snow Piles Up In New Hampshire Primary
Snowstorm slows New Hampshire voting in the first 1964 presidential primary. Republicans seek guidance for the GOP nomination while Democrats pick 20 delegates and 13 alternates. Heavy coastal winds and early turnout variation mark the day.
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Primary Run Capsule Facts From New Hampshire Polls
UPI summarizes New Hampshire presidential primary at a glance. GOP candidates listed include Barry Goldwater Nelson Rockefeller Harold Stassen Margaret Chase Smith and Norman LePage with active write ins for Lodge and Nixon. Democrats show no names on polls with write ins for Johnson and Kennedy as VP nominee. Republicans choose 14 delegates and 14 alternates.
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Congress Okays Hub Space Lab in Boston
In a 10-4 Senate Space Committee vote final approval, the 40 million Space Electronics Research Center wins congressional backing for a Boston site. Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, once opposed, now supports Boston per NASA recommendation.
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Malaysia to begin conscription amid Indonesia tensions
Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak announced a Cabinet decision to call up men aged 21 to 29 as Malaysia, a six month old British Commonwealth federation of 10 million, mobilizes its 15,000-man army. Indonesia fields about 350,000 troops. about 10,000 British soldiers aid Malaysia along the Sabah Sarawak border amid ongoing clashes after a Kennedy mediated cease-fire.
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Skier's Death Believed Result Of Accident
A New York City private secretary, Miss Helen Shea, 31, was found dead on Mt. Mansfield. Authorities say injuries, including a broken leg and ribs and a collapsed lung, point to a skiing accident with no foul play suspected. The body was found on a rope-off expert trail with ice patches and bare spots.
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