Court Hears Of Kickbacks To Legislator
Worcester truck owner Nicola Gadaleto testified he paid state Rep. T. J. Turo nine kickbacks totaling 3850 to assist in renting trucks to the DPW. Turo, a Worcester Democrat in his second term, is on trial in Superior Court before Judge August C. Taveira on nine counts of bribery from Jan 4 to June 17, 1961. Gadaleto said he paid Turo about 25 percent of the DPW proceeds, with individual payments from 25 to 100 dollars.
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Worcester. Mass
Worcester
Nicola Gadaleto
T.co J. Turo
Turo
State Department of Public Works
Apollo 2 Man Orbits Dropped To Save Time
NASA scrapped four two man orbital test flights and delayed initial Apollo orbital flights to late 1966 to save about 30 million dollars and focus on more advanced missions. The plan shifts to three man Apollo crews later, while Gemini unmanned and crewed tests proceed, aiming for a lunar goal this decade.
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Washington
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
NASA
Houston
Tex
Mrs Wallace Introduces Governor With Quip At Hospital
In Montgomery Alabama on Wednesday Mrs George Wallace wife of the governor spoke briefly at a hospital dedication then introduced the governor saying And now I d like to give my husband permission to say a few words The incident suggests who wields influence behind the scenes in Alabama politics.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
Civil rights not a partisan issue Kennedy tells crowd
President Kennedy told about 11 000 at a Philadelphia fund raising dinner supporting Mayor Jones Tate that civil rights is not political. Tate labels Republican McDermott as courting white votes while McDermott warns of Philadelphia’s tense climate. The mayoral race centers on race, labor and safety issues fueling protests and firings, with McDermott distributing firefighter helmets to protest government overreach.
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James H. J. Tate
Philadelphia
Kennedy
Yight
Tate
William Green
Jones H. J. Tate
James I. McDermott
McDermott
Convention Hall
State Senate Bars Bills On Loans Aged Taxes
Massachusetts Senate kills a House loan bill to abolish the Small Loans Regulatory Board and set new rates for loans up to 3000 dollars. The Senate also amends a real estate tax abatement bill for homeowners over 70, allowing abatements on the first 4000 of value with residency, ownership, income, and property value limits. The measures return to the House for concurrence.
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State Senate
Boston
API
Massachusetts Senate
Small Loans Regulatory Board
Iate
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Gov Peabody
Joseph F. Gibney
D-Webster
Massachusetts
Gibney
House
U S Tax Receipts Hit World Record in 1983 fiscal year
The United States collected nearly 106 billion dollars in taxes in fiscal year 1983, a world record, with individual income taxes about 53 billion and corporate taxes 22.3 billion. State and local taxes totaled 44.2 billion, while employment taxes reached 15 billion and excise taxes 13.4 billion. The Census Bureau notes jurisdictions gathered 44.2 billion in the year ending last June.
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Washington
United States
Internal Revenue Service
Census Bureau
Hearings Started On TV Commercials
Washington based FCC will hear oral arguments on November 25 about limiting commercial length and frequency on radio and TV. Anyone wishing to present arguments must notify the commission secretary by November 14.
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Washington
Revolutionary New Hospital Is Dedicated
A Canadian-born doctor unveiled a radical atomic age hospital in Deep South Montgomery. The 22 wedge shaped, windowless rooms center staff access and feature a central operating point. Computers monitor patient data via transducers and a patient TV system.
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Montgomery
Ala
MacGuire
Kefauver Held Drug Stock During Probe
CHATTANOOGA Tenn AP The late Sen Estes Kefauver owned about 13000 dollars in drug industry stock tied to one of his investigations An estate inventory showed Kefauver held roughly 300000 dollars in stock at his death Aug 10 He owned 200 Rexall Drug Co shares valued at 7900 and 51 Pfizer Drug Co shares worth 5100
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Chattanooga
Tenn. AP
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Rexall Drug Co
Charles Pfizer Drug Co
Korth Calls Carrier Vote Shortsighted on Nuclear Power
Former Navy secretary Fred Korth testified in a Senate committee session that the veto against a new nuclear powered carrier is a shortsighted budgetary expedient that could hamstring future naval vessels with obsolete engines. He warned that rejecting nuclear powering would harm striking power for the next decade.
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Washington
Navy
Fred Korth
Secretary of the Navy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Korth
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Enterprise
Long Beach
Bainbridge
McNamara
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DPW
Ward
Edward L
Mike” Dobbins
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Nick
Berkshire Eagle
Carrie
Wileyt
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Onemantt Thimonins
Theshire Eagle
Btides-to-be
China
Lanox
Greenbrier
Lenox
J. F. Kahl Co
North Street
American Gert Society
JFK
Philly
UPI
Ways and Means
Charles V. Hogan
D - Lynn
James W. Hennigan Jr
U.S
Goodyear Rubber
Smart Couking Rain Parka
Japan
Breen
England
Revolutionary New Hospital
Prober Kefauver
C. “Buteh-Sen
Italy
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