Kennedy pushes to enlarge senate finance committee
President Kennedy backs expanding the 17 member finance panel to 19 to ease passage of his tax bill and other measures. Senate Byrd opposes. steering committee vote to expand is set with possible secret ballot, while Dirksen pledges to fight in the full Senate.
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Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
White House
Capitol Hill
Byrd
D-Va
House Rules Committee
Finance Committee
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
Mansfield
Mont
Dirksen
Re Examine Our Policy On Europe
Washington AP reports the Kennedy administration begins a detailed re examination of European policy to confirm past direction on integration defense and Atlantic ties. Officials caution no changes are expected though aides review options with Rusk and others. Bruce may lead the effort with input from Acheson Herter and Bruce in coming weeks.
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U.S
White House
Kennedy
Rusk
de Gaulle
Britain
Dean Acheson
Christian Herter
David Bruce
London
Johnson and Rusk
Bruce
General Is Still Game After 50 Mile Hike At Camp Lejeune
Brig Gen Rathven Tompkins completed a 50 mile hike in 18 hours 2 minutes on Camp Lejeune with Lt Charles Bryan. Lt Marty Shimek held the fastest time at 9 hours 53 minutes of marching running, including rest breaks, finishing about 24 hours after starting. Lt Donald Bernath, first Marine to finish, completed the trek in 11 hours 44 minutes marching time, ending at 8:52 p.m. after beginning Tuesday morning.
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N.C
Rathven Tompkins
Marty Shimek
Hazen
Ark
University of Arkansas
Shimek
Donald Bernath
Wauseon
Ohio
Bernath
Anxiety to Grief as Flight 705 Crash Victims Are Named
Relatives await Northwest jet 705 at O'Hare as news confirms the plane crash in Florida Everglades. Coast guard reports 35 passengers and 8 crew killed. Chicago families scramble to identify loved ones among the travelers and missing.
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Miami
Florida
Everglades
Senate Passes Tax Assessment Publication Bill
Iowa Senate passes a bill requiring newspaper publication of real estate assessments every four years by a 38 to 10 vote. The plan would list exempt properties and note which government owned lands are not taxed, drawing criticism as a back door move to equalize assessments. Senator Martin Wiley argues the approach is wrong.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Martin Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Wiley
Deep River Man Dies in Highway 411 Embankment Crash
Clarence Erteld, 32, of Deep River, was found dead in his car after a 5:30 a.m. wreck a mile north of Marengo on highway 411. The vehicle struck an embankment while he was northbound after missing a turn. His body, located by Duane Patterson and Gene Fry, was taken to a Montezuma funeral home. Authorities cited a crushed chest as the cause. his watch stopped at 2 a.m.
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Clarence Erteld
Deep River
Highway 411
Erteld
Duane Patterson
Gene Fry
Colony Inn
Amana
Impatient suspect threatens Justice Dept with car bomb
A man identified as Nathan Wiskowsky drove a 1956 Oldsmobile onto the Justice Department steps in Washington on Wednesday claiming a bomb in the car. Police used tear gas to force surrender after nearly two hours. no bomb was found, only a suitcase wired with baling wire containing newspapers and a flashlight. He was captured and later described as a neat, well dressed man in his late 30s. About 100 to 200 workers were in the building when the incident occurred.
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UPI
Kennedy
Justice Department
Nathan Wiskowsky
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wiskowsky
George Wallrodt
Wallrodt
Arizona
Plane Bits Studied for Crash Clue
Federal investigators studied wreckage fragments from a Northwest Orient Boeing 720B that crashed in the Everglades killing 43. Rescue teams searched swamps near Miami while Civil Aeronautics Board and FBI officials sought a cause. Coast Guard and air forces joined the sweep as weather worsened.
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Northwest Orient Airlines
Everglades
Miami
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
Iowa
Civil Aeronautics Board
FBI
Go Back and Do It Over Right 50 Mile Hikes Recalled
The U S naval institute at Annapolis recalls a 54 year old marine officer story under Roosevelt General Order No 6 that required a 50 mile hike in three days. Captain Henry Leonard, one armed but vigorous, walked the full distance in one day and was reprimanded to redo it in three days, then completed 49 miles first day and a half mile each next two days.
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Washington
U.S. Naval Institute
Annapolis
Theodore Roosevelt
Soldiers of the Sea
Institute
Henry Leonard
Marathon Hike Not For Salinger Says Press Secretary
A five block trek prompted retired press secretary Pierre Salinger to bow out from a 50 mile hike planned by President Kennedy. Seven Capitol Hill secretaries started at 6 34 am along the C and O canal. cold weather and a broken glass injury to Jackie McDonald delayed the group. Shia Green said the women would not be outdone by the marines and Salinger admitted he is too fat for the strenuous run.
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Pierre Salinger
New Frontier
Legislative Branch
Jackie McDonald
St. Louis
Rep. Schord
D-Mo
Shia Green
New York
Rep
Joelson
D-N.j
Shia
Salinger
Kennedy
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