Vatican Council approves initial religious liberty declaration
The Vatican Ecumenical Council voted 1997 to 224 in favor of a preliminary acceptance of a religious liberty declaration. The move supports a final document affirming the right to worship according to conscience, amid liberal and conservative debate and Pope Paul VI's potential response. The result drew cheers from bishops and observers, while conservatives urged delaying the vote. Also note: Vice President Humphrey displays a red pool ball marked 744 atop the Capitol desk as a light remark on the political scene.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Council
Archbish
Paul VI
Washington
Capitol
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Sales Tax Tie Vote Spurs Volpe Tax Plan Revisions
Boston Governor Volpe huddled with aides after a 116 416 House vote on his sales tax plan. Labor pressure and defections shaped debate as Democrats pushed concessions, including clothing exemptions, to sway passage while Berkshire lawmakers remained split over the proposal.
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Boston
Volpe
House
S. A
Hyde Park
Joseph M. Kearney
Kearney
David L. Flynn
Bridgeport
Berkshire
Berkshire County
Joel §. Greenberg
Pittsfield
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
Warren A. Turner
Lee
Edward $. Zelazo
Adams
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
William S. Kitterman
Kitterman
New York
Connecticut
Roger A. Sala
North Adams
Europe
Sala
Furcolo
Charles Shea
Quincy
Six AFL-CIO Unions Launch Joint Bargaining Drive
Six major AFL-CIO unions in electrical manufacturing form a joint negotiations plan with General Electric and Westinghouse Electric. The IUE led talks in Washington with UAW, IAM, IBEW, AFTE and Allied Industrial Workers to win higher pensions and insurance next year while noting GE forecasts no changes in 1964 contracts. A steering committee named leaders from IUE UAW IAM IBEW AFTE and AIW to push the plan, representing about 160,000 workers.
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Afl-Cio
Witth
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Washington
International Union of Electrical Worker
IUE
the Eagle
United Auto Workers
International Association of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
American Federation of Technical Engineers
Allied Industrial Workers
Westinghouse
David Lasser
Paul J. Jennings
Howard Young
UAW
Gil Brunner
JAM
Anthony Bellissimo
IBEW
Rodney Bower
AFTE
Richard Humprhey
AIW
Furcolo Trial Opens as Councilor Links Patronage to Delay
Boston 1960 conspiracy trial testimony by Executive Councilor Patrick McDonough claims the 1960 council delayed reappointment of Anthony DiNatale as public works commissioner to gain patronage from the DPW. He says others sought payments for approving the DiNatale delay while Furcolo was aware of the alleged scheme.
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Boston
Patrick J. Sonny McDonough
Executive Council
State Department of Public Works
McDonough
Suffolk County Superior Court
Foster Furcolo
Anthony N. DiNatale
Furcolo
DiNatale
Eugene A. Hudson
DPW
Commonwealth
Harold M. Willcox
Tony DiNatale
Willcox
Leo F. Benoit
State Housing Board
Cease-Fire Talk Amid Border Clashes in Himalayas
India and China exchanged fire near Nathu Pass as Shastri indicated accepting a UN cease-fire if Pakistan complies. No casualties reported, Chinese forces reportedly halted after Indian fire, while officials warned of potential midnight actions on troop positions. Bhutto heads to UN as Pakistan and India weigh the cease-fire demand, with Beijing accusing New Delhi of border violations.
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New Delhi
India
Himalayas
Nathu Pass
Sikkim
Chumbi
Tibet
Lal Bahadur Shastri
United Nations
Security Council
Kashmir
Pakistan
First
China
U.N
Shastri
Bhutto
Rawalpindi
Z. A. Bhutto
New York
West
Red China
Peking
Educators Missing Plane Flight Bennington To Montpelier
Four school officials and a Ford Foundation worker vanished on a 125 mile Beechcraft Musketeer flight from Bennington to Montpelier. Search by state and Civil Air Patrol from Bennington to Danby focused as officials confirmed the group left at 8 45 a.m. Monday and failed to return.
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Bennington
Civil Air Patrol
Montpelier
Ford Foundation
Danby
Richard Hurd
State Aeronautics Department
Ruthland
Ralf S. Kates
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington High School
Vincent J. Spinelli
Bennington Catholic School
Philip W. Walker
Molly Stark
Greater
James Morgan
Southeastern
Vermont
Joel Whittemore
Montpeli
Vermont Headmasters’ Association
Arson Suspected as Three Barns Burn in Stephentown
Three barns were destroyed in Stephentown in separate areas last night amid low clouds and ground fog. Authorities say arson is suspected after another blaze last Thursday burned a barn and 3,500 bales of hay. Firemen, New Lebanon state police, and the state Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
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Stephentown
N.Y
New Lebanon
State Bureau of Investigation
James Henry Carpenter
Shaw Place
Fred Jones
Paul Yatsonsky
Thant urges universal U N representation at a UN session
Secretary General U Thant urged the General Assembly that all nations including Red China be represented at UN headquarters. He warned Viet Nam’s war and India Pakistan tensions hinder East West cooperation and called for observers from non members to sense world currents. He noted China seating remains unlikely and warned of UN finances and peacekeeping gaps, but expressed hope for a renewed spirit at the session.
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U Thant
U.N. General Assembly
Asia
Red China
U.N
General Assembly
Thant
Viet Nam
India
Pakistan
United Nations
Peking
North Viet Nam
North Korea
East Germany
China
Lincoln Letters Found in Lenox Library Hidden for a Century
Two original Lincoln letters dated July 27, 1860, were discovered among Rockwell family papers in Lenox Library by Jonathan C. Messerli. The notes, addressed to Judge David Davis and to Julius Rockwell, reveal Lincoln soliciting bonds for his son and praising collateral support. A third letter by R. T. Lincoln from Exeter, N H accompanied the set.
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Lenox
Abraham Lincoln
Jonathan C. Messerli
History of American Education
Teachers College
Columbia University
Horace Mann
Rockwell
Pittsfield
Samuel F. Rockwell
North Andover
Mass
Massachusetts Historical Society
Berkshire County
Julius Rockwell
Berkshire
Lucy Walker
Julius
Superior Court
Mosserli
Lincoln
Harvard
Arthur Schlesinger
A. Lincoln
Springfield
Walker
Exeter
N.H
R T. Lincoln
David Davis
Robert
Massachusetts
Illinois
Cooper Union
Davis
Judee Rockwell
Lucy
D. Davis
Robert Lincoln
R. T. Lincoln
Samuel Rockwell
Willard L. King
Messerll
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