Silence on Stand Riots and Anti-Red Hearing in Illinois
CHICAGO AP The House Committee on Un-American Activities wrapped three days of hearings on communism in Illinois amid protests and little testimony. Only two witnesses testified, nine others invoked constitutional protection or left. On the final day 38 demonstrators were arrested for singing or causing a disturbance. two suffered cuts. Dr Jeremiah Stamler and Laura Bough refused to testify. Stamler was described as aiding the underground Communist party. Yolanda Hall also left the hearing after declining questions and declared loyalty to America.
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Chicago
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Illinois
Edwin ©. Willis
D-La
Willis
Jeremiah Stamler
Communist Party
Alfred M. Nittle
Laura Bough
San Francisco
Stamler
Chicago Board of Health
Yolanda Hall
Tam
Syracuse Poverty Plan Becomes National Pilot Project
The Syracuse University led program in Syracuse New York funded by a $314000 OEO grant and Ford Foundation aims to mobilize the poor into active local anti poverty efforts. It uses Alinsky style teams to form neighborhood action committees and an overarching organization of organizations to negotiate with authorities. Officials warn of possible tensions and violence if tactics clash with social work aims.
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New York
Lyndon Johnson
Syracuse
N.Y
Syracuse University
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Ford Foundation
Erwin Knoll
Jules Witcover
Newhouse National News Service
Walsh
Cial
Chicago
Saul D. Alinsky
CIO
Alinsky
Buffalo
Kansas City
Warren C. Hage- Strom
Haggstrom
University
House Appropriations Panel OKs 2.1 Billion Budget Plan
The House Appropriations Committee voted to spend 2.1 billion dollars in the coming year on various activities including demolition of U S embassy walls to probe hidden microphones. The bill totals 2,085,689,900 and covers State Justice Commerce judiciary and several miscellaneous agencies.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
U.S
Departments of State, Justice
Commerce
Judiciary
How to Handle Alcohol in The Rising Tide
Dr Terhune cautions that even moderate drinking may lead to trouble and notes there is no cure for alcoholism. The piece, condensed from Harper's Bazaar, appears in Readers Digest June issue and stresses reader belief in the Digest.
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Sam
Dr. Terhune
Reader’s Digest
Harper's Bazaar
New England Storm Brings Rain Yet Fails to End Drought
Boston report details thunderstorms across New England with two inches of rain in parts of Western Massachusetts. Damage includes a 135 year old Congregational Church destroyed in Simsbury Connecticut and injuries from fallen trees and electrical wires. Civil Defense notes 26 inches of rain needed to relieve drought.
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Boston
New England
U.S. Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Church
Simsbury
Conn
Chicopee
Mass
Albert Bouchard
Connecticut River
Western
Edward B. Boroweie
Jean Schouinard
Ann Tuschenko
Civil Defense
American Families Break From Poverty Bracket in 1964
Census data show about 464000 U S families edged above the poverty line while 10 8 million earned 10000 or more and 17 6 percent were below 3000. Median income rose to 6569 with a 5 percent gain from 1963 and 57 percent since 1954.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Astronauts Prepare for Gemini Flight as Lab Launch Is Scrapped
CAPE KENNEDY UPI America canceled plans to launch a physics lab satellite and shifted focus to preparing two space rookies James A. McDevitt and Edward H. White for a four-day Gemini voyage. The IMP probe, a nine-experiment package, was postponed due to readiness issues, aiming to study radiation hazards on future space trips.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
America
James A. McDevitt
Edward H. White
Copital White
Federal Space Agency
IMP
Pentagon Seeks Bonus to Hold Skilled Specialists
The Pentagon proposes a new bonus to entice highly skilled specialists to reenlist. The plan, tucked in a pay bill, could award top-graded technicians as much as 6300 dollars, added to the existing reenlistment pay. The extra benefit applies only to the first reenlistment and would be four times the standard bonus, up to 40 extra months of pay.
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Washington
Pentagon
Armed Services
Congress
Defense Department
Senate
House
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Nitze
Aonus
Maine House Saved Sweepstakes Bill by Tie Vote
The Maine House deadlocked 57-57 on a sweepstakes bill favored by the Senate. Speaker Dana W. Childs cast the deciding vote against rejection, keeping the measure alive before it was tabled for now. The bill, backed 19-6 in the Senate, would authorize a Maine sweepstakes tied to Scarborough Downs racing layout with winners based on up to two races.
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Augusta
Maine
Senate
Dana W. Childs
Portland
House
New Hampshire
Scarborough Downs
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Kodak
South Street
Pam
the Eagle Daily
Navy Plicht
Joseph Love
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