Slow Legislature Advances Few Racing and Tax Reforms
The House launched a racing and agricultural reform push with four new laws, tight standards for fairs, open hearings, and annual approvals. It rejected tax rate increases and extra budget measures, while lowering poll taxes and boosting state credits for seniors. A Consumer Council was created, civil rights housing rules expanded, and Crime Commission funding secured.
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Hancock
House
Department of Agriculture
Racing Commission
Commissioner of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Rating Commission
Consumers' Council
Crime Commission
Luck Runs Out For Jet Pilot On Second Crash
Capt. Hugh A. Lavallee of Springfield survived a jet fighter ditching last August 16 when rescued by a Russian trawler crew. Three months later, he was killed when his jet crashed into a hillside near Wells New York on November 16.
Rockefeller Attacks Goldwater as GOP Fractures View
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, a GOP presidential hopeful, accuses Sen. Barry Goldwater of not representing mainstream Republican thinking. He argues Goldwater may shift positions before the convention and questions why he opposed Eisenhower 48 percent of the time. Rockefeller presses his case during a Washington visit and CBS Face the Nation interview. Goldwater attends a friend’s wedding as convention planning continues. Texas chair Peter O'Donnell Jr. cites at least 500 convention votes in Goldwater’s column with 655 needed.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Capitol Hill
Barry Goldwater
New York
Rockefeller
Washington National
Goldwater
St. St. Louis
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Goldwater
Lyle O. Snader
Quorum Club
Peter O'Donnell Jr
Texas
National Draft Goldwater Organization
Knocko McCormack Boston Politician Dies at 67
Edward Jr McCormack brother of House Speaker John W McCormack and longtime Boston political influencer dies Sunday at 67 in South Boston. He shaped ward politics and guided local power for years, while his son Edward J Jr served as Massachusetts attorney general until last year.
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Boston
Edward Jr. McCormack
John W. \McCormack
Massachusetts
Edward J. Jr
U. S. Senate
Edward MM. Kennedy
Kennedy
Knocko
McCormack
Civil Rights Steam Sought By AFL-CIO
New York AP report says the AFL-CIO convention debates civil rights with A Philip Randolph condemning Kennedy legislation and warning of potential race conflict. James B Carey supports two Randolph resolutions and calls for strong union backing of civil rights measures. Meany forms task force to address the issue at the biennial gathering.
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New York
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
A. Philip Randolph
Labor Organization
United States
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Randolph
George Meany
Brooke Proposes Wide Reforms From Attorney General Office
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke outlined sweeping legislative proposals to the 1964 Massachusetts legislature. He said the measures would cover public authorities criminal statutes conflict of interest charitable organizations and land damage procedures with announcements planned within two weeks. He also criticized the state Bar Association for not commenting on the North Brookfield school committee Bible reading ruling and urged legal groups to interpret and uphold the law amid public questions.
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Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Brooke
Temple Emeth Brotherhood
State Bar Association
North Brookfield School Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
YJ Am
Bar Association
Bar Associations
Nepal
Labor federation mobilizes public sentiment for civil rights action
In addressing about 1,000 delegates representing 13.5 million AFL-CIO union members, Carey urged mobilizing public sentiment to pressure Congress to pass a civil rights bill, demonstrating strong labor federation support.
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Afl-Cio
Carey
Congress
Labor Federation
Ministers Stay in Jail To Support Negroes
Seven white ministers from New England remained in jail to back Negroes demands for equal rights. About 50 Negro demonstrators were released after bonds of 300 dollars each. The jail holds were tied to a town parade ordinance while Frinks and SCLC push desegregation, fair employment, school integration, and library access in Williamston and Washington, North Carolina.
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Williamston
N.C
New England
Paul Chapman
Stoughton
Mass
Boston
Martin County
Raymond Rawls
Galden A. Frinks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Frinks
Bond
Recorder’s Court
Greenville
Washington
Warren McKenna
Holbrook
Harold Melvin
Fall River
Chief Judge Warns Civil Docket Overload in Massachusetts
Newton Massachusetts UPI reports Superior Court Chief Justice G Joseph Tauro warns thousands of civil cases lack right to be in superior court and that jury system abuses could end civil jury trials Judge Tauro urges Boston College Law School Parents Day audience to reduce congestion in the court system
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Newton, Mass
UPI
Massachusetts
Superior Court
G. Joseph Tauro
Tauro
Boston College Law School
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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Rapala
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