Vet Program Added to Education Bill Amid Senate Move
A Senate subcommittee added a $2 billion veterans college aid program to the defense education bill delaying progress on broader federal aid to education. The plan would fund education for veterans discharged since 1955, affecting about 4.25 million people, and faces House opposition and presidential administration concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Education Subcommittee
Ralph W. Yarborough
D-Tex
House
House Education Committee
Kennedy to use Taft Hartley to halt maritime strike
Washington officials say President Kennedy will invoke the Taft Hartley law by injunction to curb the maritime strike. He also conferred with advisers on Soviet threats to Berlin and other issues.
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Washington
Kennedy
Berlin
Cop Says Mathews Wife Made Him Prime Suspect
West Virginia reward hearing reveals Earl Mathews implicated by his wife during the 1975 Motor Vehicles Department theft case. Ten claimants seek a $35,000 award. the Department of Public Safety withdraws its claim to avoid conflicts.
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Mathews
Charleston
E. L. Roush
Earl Mathews
Motor Vehicles Department
Roush
Hildegarde Mathews
West Virginia
Maryland Casualty Co
Huttonsville
Department of Public Safety
Maj
D. E. Carson
T. D. Kauffelt
Eichmann Denies Knowledge of Death Camps
In Jerusalem Eichmann testifies that he directed the Gestapo Jewish affairs early in World War II and only learned of mass killings at the 1942 Wannsee conference. He says he never received word that Jews were exterminated in Riga and Minsk and claims the phrase final solution came from Heydrich.
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Adolf Eichmann
Jerusalem
East
Gestapo
Eichmann
Jewish Affairs Bureau
Berlin
Wannsee
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich
Robert Servatius
Prague
Riga
Minsk
Strike Truce Rejected by Three Unions in Maritime Fight
In New York three major seamen unions rejected a 60 day government fact finding armistice amid a spreading maritime strike. The SIU Marine Engineers and Masters Mates and Pilots declined Goldberg’s plan while NMU leadership signaled likely follow suit. The walkout, begun June 15, idled about 150 ships and affected thousands of travelers and millions in potential revenue as negotiations limp on.
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New York
Seafarers International Union
Marine Engineers Union
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Arthur J. Goldberg
National Maritime Union
Goldberg
SIU
Marine Engineers
Atlantic and Gulf Coast
Joseph Curran
NMU
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
X-15 pilot sets record mile a second in high flight
Air Force Maj. Bob White piloted the X-15 to 3,690 miles per hour at about 100,000 feet, achieving the fastest winged flight despite a ballooned pressure suit and cockpit vapor. He landed after 11 minutes, five pounds lighter, and noted limited control via the side stick during the three quarter minute burst.
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Air Force
Bob White
White
Lana's Daughter Given Hearing In Good Hands
Lana's daughter is reported to have a hearing conducted with care and support. The article notes she remains in good hands under accompanying guardianship and medical oversight.
Lana Turner's Daughter Cheryl Crane Reappears for Hearing
Cheryl Crane, 17, daughter of actress Lana Turner, resurfaced for a closed juvenile hearing after two weeks missing. Turner said nothing was found against her and that Cheryl had been staying with friends in town before returning to Malibu. Police had charged concerns over possible lewd life and alcohol use following a June 9 arrest at a drinking party.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lana Turner
Cheryl Crane
Fred May
Cheryl
Stephen Crane
Harry Simons
Neeet
Lana
Miss Turner
Malibu Beach
Heavier Military Outlay Okayed by House Panel
Washington AP reports the House Appropriations Committee endorsed 42.7 billion dollars in defense funding for the next fiscal year, up 2.4 billion from the current spending. It favors a bombers program including 448.8 million for manned bombers, while McNamara has reservations. The panel backs a 2,511,900 active duty force, 30,000 plus aircraft and 817 ships amid a harsher international climate.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
House
Defense Department
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
Castro Rejects 500 Tractor Swap for 1200 Prisoners
Fidel Castro dismissed as ridiculous the American Tractors for Freedom offer of 500 farm tractors for 1,200 Cuban prisoners. He left a channel open for prisoner delegates to visit the United States to explain the facts, while accusing the committee of lies and trickery.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Tractors For Freedom
Castro
Detroit
Estill Atkins Killed In Wreck Near Davy
A young McDowell County man about 20 was killed late Friday night in a car crash near Davy. Grace Hospital in Welch identified the victim as Estill Atkins of Davy. State police investigated the incident shortly before midnight with no further details at the time.
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McDowell County
Davy
Grace Hospital
Welch
Estill Atkins
Justice Grants Red Party Stay
Justice Felix Frankfurter granted a party request to stay the effectiveness of a Supreme Court ruling that the Communist party must disclose membership lists funds and label its literature as propaganda. The stay continues during the court’s summer recess and until the new term in October.
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Washington
U. S
Communist Party
Moscow
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Deal Off Fidel Castro Rejects Tractors-for-Prisoners Plan
The Tractors or Freedom Committee in Detroit says it is disbanding after Fidel Castro refused the offer to trade 500 small farm tractors for about 1,200 Cuban invasion prisoners. The move ends the committee’s humanitarian goals as stated by the group.
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Tractors Or Freedom Committee
Detroit
Fidel Castro
Castro
Castro seeks heavy farm equipment to cover damages
Castro said farm tractors are not valuable enough to satisfy damages from the invasion of Cuba. He claimed U S organized the operation and demanded heavy equipment worth 28 million dollars or 1000 small tractors. He said the number and type were specified at talks begun a month earlier.
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Castro
Cuba
United States
Kennedy outlines Berlin crisis during White House briefing
President Kennedy reviews Soviet threats to Berlin at a hurried White House conference with top advisers. Secretary McNamara says no present plans to bolster Western Europe forces, while NATO continues study. Kennedy shows partial recovery from illness as Ikeda and Stevenson visit.
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Defense
McNamara
West Berlin
Washington
Kennedy
Berlin
White House
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Khrushchev
MicNamara
U. S
Mike Mansfield
Monetana
Senate
National Security Council
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Dean Rusk
Five Day Forecast Calls For Cooler Weekend Then Warmer Next Week
The five day forecast shows average temperatures three to six degrees below normal with lows near 54 in the north and 62 in the south and highs around 81 in both zones. Expect showers on Tuesday bringing total rainfall near three quarters of an inch.
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Budget Bureau
Petros
Tenn
Hare Bay
Newfoundland
Agriculture Department
Publicker Chemical Corp
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Adlai Stevenson
South America
Grover T. Red Davis Jr
Kanawha County Prosecutor's Office
William Markum
Marinet
Davis
Hildergarde Mathews
UPI Telephoto
Edwards Air Force Base
Space Agency
Joe Walker
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Castro Spurns
Es Es Yee Eere Ee
Justice
North America
Committee
Security Council
Rusk
Llewellyn Thompson
Janet Travell
Preston Wade
Travell
John Wier
Palos Verdes
Don Trojahn
Wier
Joe
Lauren
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