No Filibuster Seen Extension Is Likely For Civil Rights Unit
Washington UPI report says Senate leaders expect limited opposition as a one year extension for the Civil Rights Commission is brought to the floor. Southern senators may attack but a filibuster is unlikely. The extension could be passed this week by attaching as a rider to a House relief bill funding WW1 widow Elizabeth Mason in Maine. The commission ends at midnight but can operate two months more.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
Elizabeth G. Mason
Houston
Maine
Wallace Backs Dixie Plan for Free Electors
Governor Wallace of Alabama urged Southerners to unite behind unpledged electors to defeat liberal candidates in the upcoming election. He labeled Kennedy and Rockefeller as liberal, speaking to about 2,000 Floridians at a Jacksonville rally. The plan would let voters choose Democratic, Republican, or unpledged electors.
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Jacksonville
Fla
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
South
House of Representatives
Gov. Wallace
Jacksonville Federation For Constitutional Government
Duval County States Rights Association
5000 Methodists At Rights Rally
More than 5000 New York area Methodists attended a mass rally at the Hilton Hotel with civil rights appeals from lawmakers and church leaders. Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke led the event as congressional speakers Javits Keating Dodd and Celler addressed the crowd alongside NAACP official Roy Wilkins and other church officials.
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New York
New York Area
Lloyd C. Wicke
Hilton Hotel
Jacob K. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Emanuel Celler
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Thelma Stevens
The
Christian Social Relations, Woman’s Division of
Christian Service
Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Commission On Religion and Race
National Council of Churches
Hoff backs Boston site of space lab in Vermont dispatch
Gov. Philip Hoff of Vermont says he was the lone New England chief executive to back a Boston location for the proposed 59 million space research center. He urges regional unity, cooperation, and studies of the area’s economic base, and hints at plans for regional government proposals when Vermont’s Legislature meets.
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Vergennes
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
New England
Boston
Hoff
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Greater
ASP
NASA
Associated Press News Executives Association
Port of
Russian trawler Medogorski repairs off Cape Cod
The Russian fishing trawler Medogorski anchored at Cape Cod to repair a rudder and stop a leak after being towed into Cape Cod Bay. Authorities granted permission to operate within three miles of the New England coast. The vessel then returned to sea in 35 mph winds with the crew intact. This follows two other recent Russian ships making similar repairs inside the three mile limit.
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Provincetown
Mass
UPS
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Bay
U.S. State Department
New England
Pianist Refuses TV Program Over Robot Drum Threat
London pianist Alan Blant ery declined to perform on a British TV program featuring a robot drum accompaniment. The drum, capable of samba or cha-cha-cha rhythms, would have played solo, which Blant ery called a threat to musicians.
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London
Alan Blantery
Powell Attacks Santa as Gimmick of Whites
U S Representative Adam Clayton Powell vice a Harlem Baptist church sermon denounces Santa Claus as a white man invention urging a Christmas boycott. He cites Latin American practice and notes no black Santa. He also mentions a planned national rent strike to press home building repairs.
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Santa Claus
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Associated Press
Rep
Powell
Santa
New York
U.S
Adam. Clayton Powell
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Birmingham
Ala
United States
Tornado Kills Three in South Carolina Storm Hits Florida
A tornado swept seven miles near Dillon South Carolina killing three and injuring at least 24 as Florida Gulf Coast storms damaged homes and barns. In Dillon a small frame house was leveled at 3:15 a.m. killing Bella Graves 51 Queen Esther Graves 19 and Arlene McDuffie 24.
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D. C
UPI
Miral
Here
Florida
Ban Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
North Carolina
Bre
Georgia
South Carolina
Bella Graves
Queen Esther Graves
Arlene McDuffie
Valachi Urges Jailing Cosa Nostra Leaders
UPI reports Joseph Valachi told Senate investigators that breaking up the Cosa Nostra hinges on jailing its bosses. Senator Mundt quoted Valachi as saying rock the bosses to destroy the crime syndicate, with Valachi resuming testimony at a public hearing Tuesday. He also urged a law banning membership in such conspiracies, and lawmakers discussed broader wiretap and immunity provisions to combat organized crime.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph Valachi
Senate
Cosa Nostra Crime Syndicate
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Mundt
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Congress
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Traffic Cases Face Cleve McDowell
Cleve McDowell 21, the Negro expelled from the University of Mississippi for carrying a pistol to class, was arrested Sunday for reckless driving and driving without lights. Maximum penalties are $100 fine for each charge.
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Cleveland, Miss
UPI
Cleve McDowell
University of Mississippi
McDowell
Barry Goldwater weighs rights bills versus tax cuts in 1964 timing
Senator Barry Goldwater says time runs out for action this year on civil rights and an $11 billion tax cut while President Kennedy must choose which to push. He won’t vote to end the civil rights filibuster and hints at a January decision on a possible 1964 GOP presidential bid. He also comments on Antarctic explosion reports and U S ships collecting samples to test for radioactivity.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
Goldwater
Antarctic
United States
Birmingham Officials Brace for King Demands
Birmingham leaders reacted angrily to Dr. Martin Luther King’s desegregation demands and threats of demonstrations. They said most goals had already been met and warned King could be arrested to curb further turmoil. King planned to meet Alabama Christian Movement leaders before Wednesday. A. G. Gaston and Arthur Shores criticized the King ultimatum and the peace team sent by President Kennedy.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King
King
George Seibers
Steel City
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Integration
A. G. Gaston
Arthur Shores
Kennedy
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