Federal Pay Boost Signed by Johnson in White House
President Johnson signed the federal pay raise bill to attract and retain top talent across government. The measure covers about 1.7 million workers, with raises from 2.7 to 30 percent, from $4,500 to $10,000 annually for select officials, and retroactive pay dating to July 1 for most.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Congress
Igch
House
Senate
Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court
High Court
Gener
Secor
Blonde Drives Steamroller in Kansas City Tale
Ray Schoenberger and his wife Margaret run a small contracting outfit in Kansas City. Margaret, 26, mother of five, learned to drive trucks at 11 and now operations a 10 ton dump truck and steamroller. She married Ray at 16 after he taught her, and drove to keep the business afloat after his accident and financial troubles.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ray Schoenberger
Ray
Margaret
Dennis
Sheryl
Vicki
Raymond
Honey
Wall anniversary erupts in West Berlin violence
West Berlin observed an hour of silence on the third anniversary of the Berlin Wall then rioters attacked a Soviet army car near Checkpoint Charlie. A truck trailer smashed barriers as police in clubs dispersed about 500 demonstrators.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
Wall
Riers
West
Willy Brandt
East Germany
Chuckle: Don’t Tell Your Troubles to Everyone
A humorous quip notes that telling your troubles to people serves little purpose as half pretend concern and half cheer at misfortune. The joke frames self disclosure as unhelpful, with a bluntly casual tone typical of comic miscellany.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Turkish Cypriots warn of bread shortage amid blockade
Turkish Cypriot leader Fazil Kuchuk warned it is days before bakeries run dry due to a Greek Cypriot blockade. He urged Ankara to pressure Makarios to lift the blockade, saying 35 thousand people may go hungry and some villages already have nothing. The UN cease-fire held, but tensions rise as Greece and Turkey diverge on peace talks.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Fazil Kuchuk
Ankara
Makarios
Turkey
Ce Uchuk
U Thant
Thant
Greece
New York
Mansoura-Kokkina
Security Council
K. S. Thimayya
Kokkina
Thimayya
U.N
George Papan ‘Dreou
U.N. General Assembly
Geneva
Ismet Inonu
Papandreou
Convention Fight Looms Over Mississippi Delegates
Washington AP John M Bailey Democratic national chairman recommends excluding both Mississippi delegations from the temporary convention roll. Joseph Rauh Jr a delegate supports the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party challenging the all white pro segregation regular Democrats. A Mississippi judge barred use of the Freedom Democrat name on grounds it is already used by another party. Rauh will press the case before the credentials committee and, if needed, the convention floor.
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Washington
John M. Bailey
Mississippi
Bailey Ong
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Rauh
Freedom Democratic Party
Freedom Democrats
Democratic Party
Bailey
National Committee
Atlantic City
Bidw ‘Adam
Gulfport
Freedom Democratic
Democratic
Senate places Indonesia aid ban to foreign aid bill
The Senate tacked on a ban on any aid to Indonesia and approved a cemetery repair in Warsaw using U.S. funds as part of amendments to the foreign aid bill.Supporters, led by Tower and Dirksen, backed the Indonesia restriction citing Sukarno’s stance and recognition of North Vietnam. The Polish cemetery amendment, backed by Dodd, passed 51 to 37 over Fulbright’s objections.
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Washington
Senate
Indonesia
U.S
Poland
Warsaw
Amercan
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Sukarno
United States
Tower
Viet Nam
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dirksen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Dodd
Fulbright
Congress
Controversy Over Reapportionment Court Ruling Runs Deep
Congress faces a widening clash as the Senate weighs delaying the Supreme Court one man one vote ruling on state reapportionment while the House tackles a Bill by Rep. William M. Tuck to bar federal courts from hearing such cases. The measure would strip review from both federal and state courts, while Mansfield and Dirksen back a conditional delay to Jan. 1, 1966.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Senate
House
William M. Tuck
D-Va
Howard W. Smith
House Rules Committee
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Justice Department
Dirksen
Smith
Tuck
Federal Court
State Supreme Court
Federal District Courts
Rules Committee
Owner Closes His Restaurant in Defiance of Civil Rights Act
Atlanta restaurant owner Lester Maddox closed the Pickrick rather than admit Black patrons, pledging to continue his court fight. Tears and defiance marked the scene as two students sought service after the door was barred, with Maddox blaming the ruling for destroying his business and free enterprise. He said 66 employees would be cared for if funds exist, while vowing Suprem court action against Congress.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
U.S. Supreme Court
Pickrick
Maddox
Congress
Ameri
Calvin Jones
Gé Robinson
Midox
Violence Surges in Paterson and Elizabeth Rioting
In Paterson New Jersey police reported 50 to 60 street incidents in the Fourth Ward during a third night of violence with 23 Negroes, one white man and about a dozen youths arrested. A white man was said to have carried a bottle as police suffered minor injuries and a patrol car was damaged. In nearby Elizabeth a midnight clash between Negro and white youths ended with police clearing the street after a car was struck. authorities noted tensions subsiding but violence continuing for a third night, linked to earlier Harlem Brooklyn Rochester events.
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Paterson
N.J
Elizabeth
Harlem
Brooklyn
Rochester
N.Y
Jersey City
Fourth Ward
Bric
Frank X. Graves
Graves
Elizabeth Port
First Street
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Donald Boissonneault
Anastasoff
Vilian
Blonde
Maine Linoleum CO
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Biddeford
Sa. Yd
Dean Martin
Murphy’s Music Store, Inc
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Kennebunk Public Library
Albert Nickerson
Patty Pappalardo
Tommy Clark
Betty Randall
Bil Randall
Barbara Randall
Joseph Pappalard
Kathy Mason
Peter Clark
Jane McMillan
Sally Clar
P. M
Garnache’s Seafood
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Saco Brick Company
North Street
Saco
Sakrete
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
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