State Workers' Pay Increase Is Ruled Out
Harrisburg AP The governor rules out a general 1964 pay raise for state employees citing the budgetary situation. AFL CIO urged a 10 percent rise for under 6000 and 5 percent for higher earners. He cites no new taxes and no 1965 gas tax or license fee hike. Also notes Navy Yard will stay open and reviews candidates for a state Highway Commission.
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Navy Yard
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
Highway Commission
Error in grading costs 26 state troopers passes
Harrisburg AP reports the Civil Service Commission found a grading error denied 26 troopers a pass on a promotion test they would have passed. The error involved one question, affecting 30 percent of those tested, and names will be added to the pass list.
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Harrisburg
Civil Service Commission
Eight U S Servicemen Die In Two Viet Nam Crashes
In Mekong Delta a twin engine H37 helicopter crashed while lifting wreckage from a prior crash. Five Americans aboard. three bodies recovered, one survivor. A second single engine plane with four U S advisers and three Vietnamese crashed in the central highlands with no survivors. No names released. Simultaneously South Viet Nam reshuffled Central Viet Nam field commanders to secure Buddhist support.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong
Kieng Phong
Viet Nam
Hostage Release Pursued in Bolivia Miner Standoff
American priest Msgr. Andrew Kennedy seeks freedom for four Americans and others held by Bolivian tin miners near Oruro. Miners demand the government free two union leaders charged with murder and related crimes as police maintain calm and troops watch 30 miles away. The scene intertwines with space program news and delays to Saturn I launches.
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Andrew A. Kennedy
St. Louis
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la Paz
Victor Paz Estenssora
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Lechin
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Fla
Kennedy
United States
Space Program
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U.S
Acquitted Defendants Must Pay Prosecution Costs Upheld
The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled 6-1 that it is proper for acquitted defendants to bear court costs, upholding an 1804 law. The decision reverses a Chester County ruling that the cost provision was unconstitutional, in a case involving Jay Giaccio who was acquitted of pointing and discharging a firearm. Judge Gerald Flood dissented.
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State Superior Court
Pennsylvania
Gerald Flood
Robert E. Woodside
Chester County
Ted
Woodside
Tower Court
The
Civil Liberties Union
Six Oilmen Tax Records Prompt Reform Debate
Sen Paul H Douglas cited Treasury figures showing six oil magnates paid little or no federal income tax in 1960, including one with 28 716 992 in income, urging tax law reform to close loopholes. President Johnson press briefing urged hiring equality, and Mrs Kennedy plans mourning year with no public engagements. Weaver predicted movement of Negro families from segregated ghettos into general communities in 1964 as anti bias housing efforts continue.
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Paul H. Douglas
Senate
Douglas
Treasury
Johnson
White House
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Weaver
John F. Kennedy
Suits Filed Over Robena Mine Disaster Damages
Suits seeking more than 300000 dollars were filed against U S Steel Corp and 27 firm personnel by 29 widows and a son of 30 coal miners killed in the Robena Mine explosion near Waynesburg Pennsylvania on December 6 1962. The complaints allege negligence and hazardous conditions in the mine.
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Waynesburg, Pa
U. S. Steel Corp
Srvivors
Robena
U. S. Steel
Waynesburg
Greene County
Change Urged to Jacqueline Township in New Jersey
Mayor Frank C. Zindle of South Hackensack asks the township committee to rename the community Jacqueline Township to honor Mrs. John F. Kennedy. Local interest and historical sentiment surround the proposal as public discussion continues.
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South Hackensack, N.J
Frank C. Zindle
Jacqueline
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