Treaty Support Grows in the Senate
Washington AP Sen Jack Miller of Iowa backed the limited nuclear test ban treaty becoming the 81st senator to show support. Ratification requires two thirds approval, 67 votes, with 13 opposed or uncommitted. Miller urged that under reasonable limits the U S pursue better Soviet relations for peace while critics warn the pact weakens missile defenses and endangers security.
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Washington
Jack Miller
Iown
Senate
Associated Press
Miller
Soviet Union
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Curtis
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Alan Bible
D-Nev
Peter H. Dominick
R-Cole
Richard
Train Bus Crash Kills 28 in California
In Salinas area a freight train struck a makeshift bus carrying Mexican field workers, killing 28 and injuring 35. The dead lined the track and nearby road as ambulances rushed victims to Salinas area hospitals. driver Francisco Gonzales Espinosa, 34, said he stopped at the crossing before impact.
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Salinas
Calif
California
Monterey County Hospital
Chualar
Tony Vasquez
Highway Patrol
Christopher Hill Jr
Earl Meyers, Co
San Francisco
Francisco Gonzales Espinosa
Hurricane Cindy Causes Deluge Near Gulf Coast
The weakening hurricane dumped heavy rain across Beaumont Port Arthur and nearby towns, prompting evacuations and a state of emergency in Jefferson County. Water rose in low-lying areas as 14 inches plus rainfall spread inland, with forecasts hinting at more rain.
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Beaumont
Tex
Gulf Coast
Jefferson County
Port Arthur
Weather Bureau
Orange
It's a Woman's World Joke Caption Card
Cartoon caption notes a quip about gender roles in birth marriage and death. It jokes that questions shift from the mother to the bride and finally to the worth left to the widow, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
Kennedy seeks nation wide stamp for tax cut plan
President Kennedy speaks tonight to rally support for his tax reduction program. A mysterious epidemic killer has struck newborns in at least two U.S. areas last year, while the UN faces hot issues including government Buddhist conflict in South Vietnam and China admission. Mexican migrant workers die and many injured in a freight train and bus crash. Funeral services planned for three Birmingham church bombing victims with memorials organized nationwide.
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Kennedy
United States
International U.N. General Assembly
South
Viet Nam
China
Birmingham
Manslaughter Case Begins in Ellsworth Court
A 51 year old woodsman, Lawrence A. Butler, goes on trial in Superior Court on a reduced manslaughter charge for the June death of Sidney Rick, 42, of Trenton. Rick died the day after a Tremont drinking bout in Bar Harbor hospital. Butler was originally charged with murder. grand jury returned a manslaughter indictment last week. He pleaded not guilty and was released on $5,000 bail.
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Ellsworth
Superior Court
Lawrence A. Butler
Sidney Rick
Trenton
Tremont
Rich
Bar Harbor
Butler
Hancock County
Resigning Charter Revision Member Cites Veto Fallout
Cassette, president of the Saco Taxpayers Protective Association, resigns from the Saco Charter Revision Committee citing Mayor J Edward Whelan’s veto as retaliation. He says taxpayers’ viewpoints were disregarded and the resignation is effective immediately. Mayor Whelan notes his veto and declines further comment as council had approved allocating state aid road funds to the Boom Road project.
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Dorothea Viahakos
Thornton Academy Girls Athletic Association
GAA
Margo Cote
Elise Shevenell
Bagley’s Market
Saco
Portland Stadium
United States
International Field Hockey Association
King Junior High School
Portland
Robert Cassette
Saco Taxpayers Protective Association
Charter Revision Committee
J. Edward Whelan
City Council
Cassette
Whelan
Saco Charter Revision Committee
Ward One
Taxpayers Association
UN committee urges expulsion of South Africa from UN
A special 11 nation UN committee asked the General Assembly and the Security Council to expel South Africa immediately for its apartheid policies and to enforce penalties voted last year, including arms and petroleum embargoes and halting foreign investment. The report to the assembly comes as the 18th General Assembly session opens amid broader Cold War and decolonization debates.
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United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
Security Council
South Africa
World Organization
U.N
Assembly
Special Committee
Viet Nam
Iil-nation Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Carlos Sosa- Rodriguez
Venezuela
Stevenson
Gromyko
Winged Rocket Feared Lost In Atlantic Splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL FL. AP The first American winged space payload launched atop a Thor rocket rose 35 miles high then reentered over the Atlantic about 1 000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. Despite hours of searches, recovery vessels had no sighting or beacon signals. Officials fear the Asset craft may have sunk. The six flight series tests aerothermodynamic elastic structures and environmental tolerances for future manned winged spacecraft.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Funeral for Birmingham bombing victim Carole Robertson
Funeral held for 14 year old Carole Robertson as national leaders plan nationwide tributes for four black girls killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. Citizens, lawmakers and civil rights figures call for a national day of mourning and renewed commitment to equality.
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Birmingham
Ala
Carole Rosamond Robertson
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Denise McNair
Addie Mae Collins
Cynthia Wesley
Congress
Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Alabama
Sixteenth Street Baptist
Carole
Infant Crippler Epidemic Probed Across States
US health researchers investigate a surge of spinal bifida cases in infants spanning Atlanta Vermont and beyond. Doctors seek a common agent as Vermont investigators report 21 cases with 10 survivors from 1962 births amid unusually high per born rates and a cluster in Montpelier.
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Washington
United States
Mont
Atlanta
Vermont
Unnst
U. S. Public Health Service
Montpelier
Jerold F. Lucye
University of Vermont
Burlington
Kennedy Seeks Support for Tax Cut in Nationwide Address
President Kennedy plans a prime time national address to rally backing for a $1 billion tax reduction. The bill faces a Senate hurdle and possible filibuster tied to civil rights legislation, with House procedural maneuvers under way and Republicans demanding a clear spending pledge. The administration asserts tax relief will spur growth, raise revenues, and help balance the budget over time.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
D. John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
House Rules Committee
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