Kennedy to push civil rights bills and job program
President Kennedy plans to submit civil rights legislation aiming to outlaw private discrimination and push a large vocational education and training program to curb unemployment among black workers. Senator Humphrey warned of a possible billion dollar price tag while Dirksen and Goldwater debated government authority over private desegregation.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
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Congress
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Illinois
Dirksen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
House
White House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Danville Truce On Edge Of Tumbling
The uneasy truce in Danville amid mass demonstrations shows clear signs of fraying as Atty. Gen. Kennedy pleas for a halt meet resistance. Negro leaders issue new demands including hiring of Black city staff and desegregation of restaurants and a theater while awaiting action by Wednesday.
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Robert F. Kennedy
William A. Geoghegan
Milton A. Reid
Petersburg
Southern Christian Leadership Council
Dr. Reid
Municipal Hall
Danville Retail Merchants Association
RMA
Geoghegan
Virginia Tobacco and Textile
Kennedy
Lawrence G. Campbell
Reid
Curtis Harris
Havewell
Virginia
SCLC
Harris
Four University students found safe after cave disappearance
Four young people including two Sewanee students were found safe after an overnight entrapment in a cave near South Pittsburgh Tennessee. Rescuers from Marion County Civil Defense searched from dawn Tuesday after a car and empty boat trailer were spotted at the entrance Monday afternoon.
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Jasper, Tenn
University of the South
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Civil Defense
University At
Sewanee
Walter Bruce Gibson
Stamford
Pittsburgh, Tenn
Alabama Line
Monteagle Mountain
Chattanooga
Kennedy Plans Berlin Wall Tour During 10 Day European Trip
President Kennedy will deliver a major address and hold a news conference during a 10 day Western Europe tour. He stops in West Germany Ireland Britain and Italy with Berlin visits including the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie. He meets Adenauer Luebke Brandt Erhard de Valera Lemass and Macmillan amid European political turmoil.
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Kennedy
Berlin Wall
Europe
West Germany
Ireland
Britain
Italy
White House
Aldo Moro
Rome
England
Andrews Air Force Base
Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Harold Macmillan
Vatican
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Frankfurt
West Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Checkpoint Charlie
East Berlin
Cologne
Adenauer
Heinrich Luebke
Willy Brandt
Erhard
Berlin
Dublin
Dunganstown
Eamon de Valera
Sean Lemass
County Sussex
United Kingdom
Ricky's Owner Faces Contempt in Dog Execution Case
Pearisburg Virginia James Laing owner of Ricky the German shepherd is set for a contempt of court hearing in Giles County Circuit Court. He is accused of defying a court order to surrender the six year old dog for execution after Ricky killed sheep in February 1961. Laing hid the dog and expressed refusal to permit lethal punishment. the Supreme Court denied review.
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Ricky
Giles County
James Laing
Laing
Giles
Circuit
U. S. Supreme Court
Harvey Lutins
Roanoke
Landing Noted as Spacemen Approach End of Flight
Soviet cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova near landing after four days in orbit. Bykovsky logged 66 orbits with altitude losses and prepared for descent as Tereshkova maintained sleep and data collection. Both still in good health per bulletins.
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Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Bykovsky
Andrian Nikolayev
Valentina
London
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Earth
Vostok 5
Profumo Returns as Bipartisan Inquiry Nears
London, AP: Prime Minister Macmillan and Labour leader Wilson agree to a broad bipartisan probe into the Profumo affair focusing on security lapses. Ex ministers and secret service chiefs may testify as John Profumo returns home after 13 days in hiding with remorse over the scandal ahead of an October 1964 election.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Harold Wilson
Macmillan
Secret Service
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Valerie Hobson
Profumo
Uns
Profamo
Britain
Miss Keeler
Yevgeny Ivanov
House of Commons
Christine
Kennedy
Haysi Girl Struck By Truck Killed
A seven year old girl Linda Sue Sutherland of Haysi Virginia was killed instantly at 3 p m Tuesday June 17 in a pedestrian vehicle crash near her home on Route 613 north of Haysi in Dickenson County. Vergel Dean Sullivan of Davenport Virginia was driving the truck involved. Trooper T A Daniels led the investigation. The death raised Virginia highway toll to 394 for the year. A separate incident in Fauquier County claimed Ruth P Steele fifty of Alliance after injuries from a three vehicle crash on Virginia 55 near Markham.
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Linda Sue Sutherland
Haysi
Dickenson County
Vergel Dean Sullivan
Davenport
T. A. Daniels
Oll
Faquier County
Old Dominion
Ruth P. Steele
Alliance
Front Royal Hospital
Virginia 55
Markham
No Results Yet In Steel Talks
Pittsburgh AP Despite hundreds of informal meetings between union and management, no basic steel labor agreement is reached. U SW President David J McDonald remains hopeful and denies open strike threat. Wednesday the 34 member International Executive Board will meet to consider new proposals.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Joint Labor-Management Human Relations Committee
United Steelworkers
International Executive Board
USW
Cardinals React to Bible Reading Ruling in Rome Conclave
American cardinals in Rome denounce the Supreme Court ruling against Bible reading in public schools. Francis Spellman and Richard Cushing condemn the decision as a tragedy threatening America’s religious heritage and call for a constitutional amendment. McIntyre likens it to Soviet ideology while Meyer has no comment. Ritter unavailable.
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Vatican City
Supreme Court
Rome
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
United States
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Los Angeles
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer
Chicago
Cardinal Meyer
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
Wise Man 34 Dies From Personal Safety Wound
Leroy Jackson Gilliam a 34 year old resident of Wise Virginia was found shot to death at his home at 7 p m Tuesday June 17 state police described the fatal wound as personal safety related an official report states.
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Leroy Jackson Gilliam
Wise
Satellite Launch Delayed By Bolt Failures
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP two explosive bolts on the Delta rocket nose cover cracked during countdown forcing a postponement of the Tiros 7 weather satellite launch. The attempt is rescheduled for Wednesday morning as the nose cover serves aero shaping and satellite protection before booster ascent.
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Cape Canavedral
Fla
Delta
This Is One Guy Who'll Be Sorry
London Ontario AP report notes Ronald Trachy bought a London Free Press ad taking responsibility for all debts incurred by his wife Marlene after eight years of marriage and three children. Her reaction: she plans to open charge accounts across town.
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Ont
Ronald Trachy
London Free Press
Marlene
David
Sandra
Mark
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