McAuliffe Regrets Saying Nuts At Battle of the Bulge
Gen Anthony McAuliffe recalls his famous "Nuts" reply from Bas To page during the Battle of the Bulge. The 62 year old former commander criticizes the word as an unfortunate milestone in his career while addressing a USO meeting.
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Charleston
Anthony McAuliffe
American Cyana and Co
New York
United Services Organization
USO
McAuliffe
1Ist Airborne
Bastogne
Senate approves highway bill with billboard extension
The Senate backed a multi billion dollar highway financing bill with a two year extension of the billboard incentive plan on interstate roads. Passage was by voice vote and sent back to the House for consideration of the amendment and tax provisions. The measure funds 41 000 miles of interstate roads, with 90 percent financed by Washington and a total system cost around 41 billion dollars. The plan aims to finish the network by 1972 with 9.37 billion in federal funds and 11.56 billion more over 11 years.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bonn Opposes Mansfield Berlin Compromise Plan
West Germany dismisses Senator Mansfield plan to unite the present Berlin sectors under an international trust as deepening division and legitimizing East Germany. Foreign Ministry spokesman Guenther von Hase says West Germany will never accept it. Mansfield argues the approach could avert nuclear war but stresses he speaks only for himself.
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Bonn
Germany
Mansfield
Berlin
Foreign Ministry
Guenther von Hase
East Germany
Hase
West Germany
Mike Mansfield
Berlin Definition Sparks GOPs Confusion Over Policy
Washington Republicans questioned if a Democratic leader’s Berlin proposal signals a shift in policy. Senator Mansfield suggested a guaranteed free city of Berlin as a solution, while stressing he acted independently from the administration. House leader Halleck and Senator Dirksen called the move an apparent trial balloon.
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Washington
Congress
Tey Diel
Kennedy
Sue Macitian
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
East Germany
Pacifists Tie Up Nuclear Sub Launch Signal
In Groton Connecticut the Navy launched the Thomas A Edison, the eighth Polaris submarine, amid pacifist attempts to board the vessel thwarted by Coast Guard frogmen. Light bulb models, honoring Edison, signaled the launch to proceed.
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Groton
Edison
Khrushchev Hosts Fireside Chat On Berlin and Laos Peace
Soviet Premier Khrushchev spoke to the nation in a fireside style broadcast from Moscow, urging a Europe peace settlement in 1960 focusing on West Berlin, a merged disarmament forum, and Geneva talks with Laos. He warned Western Berlin policy risks tacit East German recognition and Berlin tensions.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Europe
West Berlin
Germany
Vienna
Geneva
Laos
U.S
Presiden
Soviet Union
East Germany
Berlin
State Congressmen Split on FCC Vote
West Virginia congressmen split along party lines as the House rejected President Kennedy's plan to reorganize the FCC. Democrats against the proposal were Bailey Kee Slack and Staggers with Hechler voting for it. Republican Moore supported the rejection.
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FCC
Washington
West Virginia
House
Kennedy
Federal Communications Commission
Bailey
Kee
Slack
Staggers
Hechler
Moore
Kennedy Plans Reorganization Vetoed by House Vote
The House pulsed President Kennedy's FCC reform with a 3237 7 tally led by Speaker Rayburn as Republicans voted solidly against the plan. Democrats split 163 77 against for reorganizing the agency and similar votes followed on FTC CAB and SEC, with action pending veto deadlines.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
House
Kennedy
Federal Communications Commission
Senate
Rayburn
Civil Aeronautics Board
White House
FTC
CAB
SEC
Congress
Social Security Bill Wins Approval in Senate Committee
A Senate Finance Committee approved Kennedy's Social Security bill boosting benefits by 780 million dollars annually and letting men retire at 62. The plan raises payroll tax to up to six dollars and extends eligibility and widow benefits, with tax increase effective January 1.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
House
Cuba
Negotiators Idle as Castro Tractors-for-Prisoners Talks Drift
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro demands 28 million dollars worth of farm tractors in exchange for 1 167 prisoners captured in the abortive April invasion. The Tractors for Freedom Committee led by Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt and Walter Reuther considers public subscriptions to raise funds.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter P. Reuther
Milton Eisenhower
Cuba
Castro
United States
Freedom Riders Face Limited Resistance in Deep South
Biracial groups including rabbis and ministers travel through Charleston Sumter Jacksonville Tallahassee and Savannah with only brief refusals. In Lake City Florida service was denied once while at Tallahassee a clergyman group was briefly forced from a white rest room before succeeding on a second attempt. Policemen guard many terminals as the journey continues southward.
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Freedom Riders
Lake City
Fla
Jacksonville
Tallahassee
Savannah
Virginia Governor hears details of $10 million coal mine plan
Gov. J Lindsay Almond Jr hears James L. Hamilton outline a $10 million Beatrice Pocahontas coal mine project in Buchanan County Virginia. The 1 300 foot shaft would be deepest in the nation producing 1 2 million tons yearly with 450 jobs at peak and a 40 year life. The venture is a 50 50 split between Island Creek Coal Co and Republic Steel with 60 million tons total and 2 75 million in annual payroll at full production.
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Richmond, Va
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Buchanan County
Virginia
James L. Hamilton
Island Creek Coal Co
Huntington
W. Va
Almond
Hamilton
Island Creek
Republic Steel Corp
Norfolk and Western Railway
Republic
Keen's Mountain
Oakwood
U. S. 460
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Marvin M. Sutherland
Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Beatrice Pocahontas
Foomer
Mrs Kennedy Returns From Europe With Gifts
Jacqueline Kennedy lands in New York after a four capital tour and Greece vacation. She brings gifts for Caroline and Joan and says the trip was marvelous. The President, still treated for a back injury, has been in touch with his wife and is not seriously ill.
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New York
Jacqueline Kennedy
Greece
America
Caroline
Joan Jr
Kennedy
Washington
Paris
Vienna
London
West Virginia Senate passes tax measure but House falls short
The West Virginia Senate approved a sales tax extension 21 to 9 but the House failed to reach the four fifths required to suspend the three-reading rule. The move would extend the temporary rate to June 30, 1962, with $6.95 million for Public Assistance including $4.93 million matching federal aid for dependent children.
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Charleston
Senate
House
Gov
Barron
Department of Public Assistance
Prince Edward Offers Buildings To Negroes
Prince Edward County schools may open buildings for a summer crash remedial program for 1800 Negro pupils if a Negro teacher group accepts the offer. The plan is not a public school operation and would include custodial supervision and utilities with possible bus use. The decision follows a U S District Court setback to federal intervention in the decade-old school case.
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Richmond
Prince Edward County
J. Rupert Picott
Virginia Teachers Association
VTA
U. S. District Court
Justice Department
Prince Edward
Picott
W. Edward Smith
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