Treaty Vote Set Tuesday In Senate
Kennedy aims for overwhelming Senate ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty as the chamber schedules a noon vote next Tuesday. Administration sources say support is growing with several undecided votes. Most key senators plan to attend, barring illness, for a historic roll call before Kennedy’s western tour.
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UPI
Kennedy
Senate
United Press
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
Sen
J. Strom Thurmond
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Kennedy Talks With 7 Negro Leaders On Birmingham Crisis
President Kennedy meets with Martin Luther King Jr and six other Negro leaders to discuss Birmingham Alabama racial tensions after a deadly church bombing. Civil rights actions across the nation call for Sunday observances and urges to cut federal funds to Alabama, including suggestions to close Maxwell Air Force Base.
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Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Birmigham Church
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dr King Eulogizes Girls Killed in Birmingham Bombing
Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke at memorials for Denise McNair Addie Mae Collins and Cynthia Wesley two of the four girls killed in the Sunday school bombing at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Police FBI and officials pursued clues as rewards rose to 76000 while two more victims remained hospitalized.
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Birmingham
Fred Shuttleworth
Ralph Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Ala
Denise McNair
Addie Mae Collins
Cynthia Wesley
Carole Robertson
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
FBI
Billiard token found in IOLA old house site
Marvin Boyer found a shiny coin at a razed house site in IOLA. Cleaning it revealed the token was good for 24 1 4 cents in trade at a billiard hall that closed around the turn of the century.
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Iola
Kan
Marvin Boyer
Fired teacher lands college post in Georgia
Frederick W. Adams, 30, of Seneca, who was fired from Stephens County High School after protests over John Hersey's A Bell for Adano, has been hired by Gordon Military College in Barnesville, Georgia. The state school board had reinstated Adams earlier.
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Gordon Military College
Barnesville
Frederick W. Adams
Seneca
B.C
Adams
Stephens County High School
Eastonalle
Hersey
Hoffa backs Rockefeller for Republican nomination
James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, endorses Governor Rockefeller for the Republican presidential nomination. Rockefeller plans a 12 day European tour visiting Rome, London, Bonn, Berlin, Brussels, and Paris with meetings including British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
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Europe
James Hoffa
Teamsters Union
CBS News
Chicago
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Hoffa
CBS
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New York
Rockfellers
Rome
London
Bonn
Berlin
Brussels
Paris
Harold MacMillan
3000 Free Texas Homes After Cindy's Deluge
PORT ARTHUR Texas UP I reports mud smeared volunteers sandbagging a levee as Cindy floods threaten 800 more homes on a mile and a half levee. Some 5000 people flee to shelters as Jefferson County faces over 5 million dollars in damage. Eight mayors urge federal disaster aid designation for recovery.
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Port Arthur, Tex
UPI
Red Cross
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Jefferson County
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Neches
Congressman seeks probe of pressures on CAB over Northeast case
Rep William Springer alleges undue pressure from Justice Department and others aiming to influence the Civil Aeronautics Board to reverse its ruling on Northeast Airlines. CAB had lifted a temporary certificate for New York to Miami service. a petition to intervene was denied. A Senate subcommittee has probing the CAB decision as lawmakers push for renewal of the route.
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Iraterneis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast Airlines
Step
William L. Springer
Congress
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The
Aeronautics Board
Northeast
New York-Miami
CAB
Senate Commerce
New York
Springer
Leon
Senate
House
Leve appoints six former governors to local government study
Colorado Governor John A. Leve names six former governors to a 100 member committee examining local government. One appointee is Steve McNichols, the Democrat Leve defeated in November.
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Denver
John A. Leve
Colorado
Steve McNichols
Inquiry Set On Crime Syndicates Led Probe Starts
Washington AP report says Senate investigations subcommittee will begin a major inquiry into syndicated crime and narcotics trafficking next Tuesday. Attorney General Robert Kennedy is expected to testify as a witness. Mobster Joseph Valachi, serving a life sentence for murder, is poised to describe the inner workings of Cosa Nostra. The hearings may prompt further sessions to cover New York Boston Chicago Detroit and other areas. Valachi seeks to expose bosses in revenge for past hits. He is jailed in the District of Columbia under tight security.
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John L. McClellan
McClellan
New York
Boston
Oocago
Dretroit
Valachi
Migeder
District of Columbia
Mrs Pearl Raymond Invests In Poker Machines In Australia
In Sydney Australia Mrs Pearl Raymond has投入 2 million Australian pounds into poker machines over eight years. She plays eight hours daily five days a week testing them for the makers.
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Sydney
Australia
Pearl Raymond
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