Senate Approves 47.3 Billion Defense Bill Unanimously
The Senate approved a 47.3 billion defense appropriations package after swift floor action. It allocates 12+ billion to the Army, 14+ to the Navy and Marine Corps, 18.4+ to the Air Force, and 2.2 billion to other agencies, with modest reductions from prior requests.
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Mediation sought as Selma unrest grows in Alabama
Violence and arrests flare as 156 Negroes are jailed in Selma for antisegregation protests. In Birmingham two explosions damage eight homes and four cars. Federal court blocks Gov Wallace from halting school integration. Alabama Supreme Court affirms his power to close schools and mobilize forces to keep the peace. The Kennedy administration team meets with white and Black leaders to pursue talks on racial tensions.
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Birmingham
Kenneth Royall
Earl Blaik
Wallace
Montgomery
George Wallace
Alabama Supreme Court
World Population Seen at 3.15 Billion in 1962
United Nations officials estimated the world population at mid-1962 as about 3.15 billion, an increase of 81 million from the prior year. The demographic year book cites mid-1961 at 3.069 billion, up 61 million since 1900, with experts noting a further uptick in the last year.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
U.N
Nora Powell
Kennedy matriarch to host state dinner for Emperor Haile Selassie
Washington United Press text reports Mrs Rose Kennedy will stand in as hostess at the October 1 state dinner honoring Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy plans a Greece vacation starting October 2.
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Washington
Negroes Suffer Setback In Boston Primary Vote
In Boston primary results Mayor John F. Collins led with 57,006 votes, while four school committee members who denied segregation won clear majorities. Louise Day Hicks topped the committee slate with 77,678 votes, as Gartland and others solidified positions. one Negro candidate, Melvin H. King, placed seventh.
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Piemonte
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William P. Foley
Intraversato
Louise Day Hicks
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Hicks Jin
Thomas
Hisenstadt
Joseph Lee
William &E. O'Connor
Arthur J. Gartland
Melvin H. King
Gartland
U.S. Prepares Tests If Nuclear Pact Fails
Washington sources report U S atomic agencies push to resume atmospheric nuclear tests within about two months after a go ahead, if Russia breaches the test ban treaty. The pact barring most atmospheric tests was ratified 80 to 19, Kennedy administration aims readiness for underground tests and potential resumption of atmosphere tests in the near term.
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Defense Department
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Moon Flight Schedule Imperiled by Cutback
U S Space Agency leaders warn that a funding cut endangers reaching the moon before 1970, despite a $5 billion civilian budget set by a House subcommittee. Officials fear deeper cuts when the full committee votes, while the administration defends plans for joint Apollo moon effort with the Soviet Union.
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Negro Leader Resigns Post In Maryland
Cambridge Maryland Mrs Gloria H Richardson resigns as head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee at age 41 giving no reason She declined to join NAACP and white leaders in urging large turnout for a city charter referendum next week on banning discrimination in public accommodations She argues Negroes should not participate in a white majority vote on constitutional rights
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Gloria H. Richardson
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