Low in spirits Area Bill Due For Nod
The Senate plans a vote today on a 394 million low income areas bill. Backers expect to fend off crippling amendments as they push for passage by tonight. The measure would provide federal loans and grants to attract job-creating plants to distressed areas. Senator Mansfield and sponsor Douglas seek wider support after prior close votes.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ml
Cleopatra Setback Delays Liz Taylor Epic in Britain
Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra project faced fresh trouble as the London studio abandoned plans to shoot in Britain. Director Joseph Mankiewicz and Sid Rogell said the film would be made elsewhere, with Taylor still starring, despite her recovery from pneumonia. Production issues included Rank’s Pinewood studio space and poor autumn weather delaying planned October filming.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Britain
Joseph Mankiewicz
Rouben Mamoulian
Sid Rogell
20Th One Fox
Mankiewicz
Egypt
Italy
California
Miss Taylor
Rogell
New York
Sayros Skouras
20Th Century-Fox
J. Arthur Rank Film Organization
Cleonatra
Rank
Pinewood Studios
England
Maine Storm Toll Sees Two Dead In Severe Maine Weather
A ferocious Maine storm dumps up to a foot of snow in southern areas and hai winds create seven foot drifts along the coast. Everett Day, 51, and Joseph L. Godin, 61, die amid blizzard conditions while others are injured or stranded as the storm moves northward after toppling trees and disrupting transport networks.
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Augusta
Houston
Maine
Twoville
Rumford
Brunswick
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South Windham
Everett Day
Mielikki
Joseph L. Godin
East Auburn
Racial Demonstrations Staged Across the South
The Associated Press reports clashes in Chattanooga Tennessee as stand-in protests against segregation mêlée between about 50 white youths and 50 Negroes with two arrests. Elsewhere 175 Negroes were arrested in Louisville Kentucky while five pickets were jailed in Rock Hill South Carolina and six sit-ins occurred in Rutherfordton North Carolina. Governor Hollings rejected New Jersey style demands on his state and Floyd Patterson praised an audience free of segregation at a Miami venue.
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S.C
Rutherfordton
N.C
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
New Jersey
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Bath
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Hannibal Hamlin
Lincoln
William Pitt Fessenden
Treasury
Kennedy Urges Religious Harmony and School Aid Debate
President Kennedy urged religious harmony and urged Congress to pass his 2.3 billion public school aid bill without amendments for loans to private schools. He pledged administration cooperation in studies on constitutional issues regarding church schools and tax exemptions for parents.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Seven Children Die In Missouri House Fire
In Excelsior Springs area a family of nine including seven children ages 19 months to 11 years perished when a fire destroyed the Ralph Floyd home in Wibbard. Fire started late Tuesday night and flames were reported around 12:19 a.m. cause undetermined. Arnold Eugene Floyd, 11, was left in charge along with Sheila 9 Kathy 7 Wiley 6 Roxy Anne 4 Mona Lou 3 and Glen Douglas 19 months. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd were away, returning to find the home ablaze.
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Kathy
Wiley
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Mona Lou
Glen Douglas
Anold
Floyd
Wibbard
Damage suits loom as government probes firms
The Justice Department and TVA sue five electrical equipment firms for nearly 12 million dollars over alleged bid rigging and price fixing in oil circuit breakers since 1951. The action, which targets GE, Westinghouse, Allis-Chalmers, Federal Electric, and I-T-E Circuit Breaker, seeks double or triple damages depending on TVA status, with other suits contemplated.
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Justice Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Robert Kennedy
William Maher
Antitrust
Maher
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
West Allis
Wis
U.S. District
Federal Electric Co
Newark
N.J
I-T-E Circuit Breaker Co
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Southwestern Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
Rain Threatened Floods From Maine Rivers
The U S Weather Bureau warned that an inch of rain could push the Androscoggin and Kennebec over their banks while two inches could flood the Saco and four inches might overflow the Penobscot. A new storm was forecast for Saturday or Sunday with rain or snow depending on temperatures. Ice breakup and rising waters could worsen floods. the warn comes as Maine marked the 25th anniversary of the 1936 floods that killed five people.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Maine
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Saco
Penobscot
Weather Bureau
Narrows
Kennedy to seek broad farm program delegation
President Kennedy plans to ask Congress to grant him and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman authority to form farmer led crop programs with federal price supports and controls. Growers would draft plans for their crops, with Congress retaining a veto and a two thirds approval by the involved farmers. If Congress acts within about 60 days it can reject the plan by majority vote.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Secretary of
Orville L. Freeman
Secretary of Agriculture
Wife to Husband Sparks Government Spending Parody
A wife tells her husband that she wishes he shared the government’s spunk and willingness to spend despite debt. The line, attributed to Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp., mocks fiscal boldness in public policy.
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