Labor unions push quick tax cut over Kennedy plan
AFL CIO Executive Council leaders in Miami Beach urged a broad faster tax cut to cut unemployment, backing a retroactive relief on lower brackets and immediate tax credits. Walter Reuther proposed a $10 billion annual cut via $1.52 weekly credit, while Meany weighs a similar worker-targeted plan amid labor talks and a foreign policy dissent over Yugoslav ship sanctions.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Organized Labor
Kennedy
Aflcio Executive Council
Congress
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio
Auto Workers Union
Washington
George Meany
Meany
State Department
Afl-Cio International Longshoreman's Association
Yugoslavia
ILA
United States
David J. McDonald
Afl-Cio Steelworkers Union
Boca Raton, Fla
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Steel Industry
Separate Tax Action Is Sought
Washington AP Sen Hubert H Humphrey urged taking up the administration tax cuts and revisions separately, saying the tax program is in trouble. Kennedy may favor pursuing only tax cuts this year amid opposition, with budget chief Gordon arguing against budget cuts to match tax relief. Republican critics claim reductions should not come with higher spending.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Humphrey
Democratic Senate
Minnesota
Kermit Gordon
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Congress
William Miller
New York
Los Angeles
Reds Take Beating In Africa
The report blends a distant Afghan of African student disillusionment with Communist indoctrination and a string of weekend Pennsylvania fatalities. It notes 21 weekend deaths from accidents and fires, including a Philadelphia fire killing Cynthia Hodges and three sisters, and two Norristown victims from carbon monoxide in a garage. The dispatch ties a Vienna arrival of Ghanaian and Ethiopian students to perceived racial discrimination under communism and details incidents in multiple towns.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Norristown
Reading
Claude Good
Annie Grace
Waynesboro
Gregory D. Willams
Gettysburg
Chambersburg
Edward Hardy
Melvin Hardy
R. D
Philadelphia
Cynthia Hodges
Rhonda
Linda
Caprice
Bethlehem
Charles Fackelman
Melba
Edward
Kathy
Gwendolyn
Steel City
York
Joanne E. Wilkinson
Croydon
Joseph Kirchiner
Vienna
Africa
Bulgaria
Sofia
Energies Of Kids Blunted By Modern Society
Educator Willard E. Goslin warns millions of American children face frustration as society offers little for youth beyond school and sports. He proposes open extended school hours, parental work opportunities, and business and labor sharing youth employment responsibilities to counter the problem.
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Atlantic City
Willard E. Goslin
Nashville
George Peabody College
Goslin
Allergic to Wood Man Retires at 32
BIRMINGHAM England AP Carpenter Leslie Cox aged 32 retires after 14 years with the city parks department due to an allergy to wood. He will receive a pension about 3 pounds 1 shillings a week for 33 years, then about 2 pounds 1 shilling and 1 penny for life after age 65.
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Birmingham
England
Leslie Cox
Cox
City Parks Department
Parks Department
Nikita's Test Ban Bid Unacceptable Says Foster
In Geneva the US chief disarmament negotiator William C. Foster rejected Khrushchev's proposal for two or three on site inspections per year as insufficient. He urged eight to ten inspections as a minimum and criticized the Soviet position as an ultimatum. Foster told Vasily Kuznetsky inspections would not disrupt host country activities and would have full safeguards.
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Geneva
Khrushchev
United States
Wiliam C. Foster
Foster
Britain
Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Vasily Vo Kuznetsky
Turnpike Traffic Linked to High Fatality Rate
Harrisburg AP reports a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission spokesman blames an abundance of through traffic from Chicago to New York for elevated fatalities. He notes 1962’s 3.7 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles, yet argues the road’s miles and high trip length skew comparisons. Police say over 71 percent of the 54 fatal accidents were due to drowsy driving.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Chicago
New York
Turnpike
American Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Four German youths flee across Harz border in snow
Four young Germans fled West to East across the snow covered Harz Mountains on Sunday. Police report one refugee injured by an exploding mine but the blast was dampened by three feet of snow. In Thuringia two 18 year olds used snow suits from bed sheets to slip past Red border guards.
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Brunswick
Germany
West Germany
Harz
Thuringia
New House Office Rises for Capitol Hill
The new House office building, set to open in about 18 months, will provide three-room suites for 149 members at a cost of 83 million dollars with 483000 dollars per member for move-in. Renovation of current facilities to three-room offices will raise total project cost to about 100 million dollars.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Polaris May Add Subroc Armament To Subs
Washington AP reports the Subroc a dual torpedo rocket weapon may join Polaris missile submarines as a defensive armament. Designed for underwater launches from submerged tubes it accelerates upward breaks water and then uses rocket thrust to fly under power for miles. Navy officials say production tests continue and a final installation decision will follow.
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Washington
Adm
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
Congressional
Navy
Subroc
Harness Race Bill Restrictions Urged
Harrisburg AP reports a sponsor of the harness racing law proposes adding rules barring breeders and trainers from track interests or employment. Rep Renwick says the amendments aim to exclude political officers and public employees, while Rep Goldstein opposes linking it to politics. The plan would move the Racing Commission to the Agriculture Department, and public hearings on school district reorganization are urged by Lt. Gov. Shafer.
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Harrisburg
William IF. Renwick
Diik
Maurice H. Goldstein
Rallegheny
Renwick
Raymond P Shafer
Senate
House
Justice Department
A.ames Reichley
Scranton
Paul L. Wagner
Schuylkill
Senate Education Committee
Wagner
Shafer
Albert W. Johnson
Associated Press
Goldstein
Washington Trotting Association
Washington County
Delvin Miller
Meadow Lands
Max OU. Hempt
Camp Nill
Racing Commission
Agriculture Department
Scranton Officials Question Salary Chaos in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Democrats accuse the Scranton administration of overpaying lobbyist James J. Van Zandt at 18000 dollars a year while his predecessor earned 10432. They cite un announced raises of 500 to 925 dollars for aide Willian Keisting legislative secretary A James Reichley and press secretary Jack Conmy. Scranton executive secretary William G. Murphy confirms raises due to an oversight and says salaries are now correct with fixed figures of 18000 for Keis ling and 12075 for Reich ley and Conmy.
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Marrisburg
Scranton
U.S
James J. van Zandt
Pennsylvania
Washington
Stile
Daniel F. McDevitt
D-Borks
House
McDevitt
van Zandi
Andrew Duran
van Zandt
Willian Keisting
A. James Reichley
Jack Conmy
William G. Murphy
Murphy
Keisling
Conmy
Reichley
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John Kenny
Mount Pleasant
Jack D. Bregar
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Butler
Robert Varnum Jr
Penn Township
Bessemer & Lake Erie
Stephen V. Catagnus
Joan Subrannl
Bridgeport
Catagnus
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Tex
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Polaris
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