Freedom Riders Plan Sit-In at Tallahassee Airport
Ten Freedom Riders planned to resume a sit-in today at Tallahassee Florida airport terminal restaurant to push for integrated food service. The terminal closed after clergy from the North waited nine hours for service as state patrols and police guarded venues amid segregation tensions.
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Senate panel backs bid for temporary debt boost
The House Ways and Means Committee swiftly approved President Kennedy's request for a temporary five billion dollar increase in the national debt limit, signaling quick action on the fiscal measure.
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Mrs Kennedy Returns To White House After Greek Holiday
The First Family is reunited at the White House after Mrs Kennedy travels from Athens via Rome to New York then to Washington. She brings gifts for Caroline and John Jr and a Greek sailing model for the President. The couple arrives with public cheers at Washington National Airport.
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New Tax Law Signed Expands State Authority Over Estates
Harrisburg AP reports a new inheritance tax law signed by the governor grants the state authority to inspect a deceased person s safe deposit box. The measure, described as a major change, originates from a 1956 study and aims to clarify taxation of intangible property for non residents while other provisions adjust liquor licenses and public finance allocations.
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Laotian Gunner Walks Out of Truce Talks
A Laotian government delegation led by Gen. Sing Rattanasamay left a truce parley over inspection rights of the International Central Commission. The Pathet Lao refused to allow observers, prompting the walkout, with plans to rejoin next meeting. The three power commission members debated inspection sites including Ban Hin Heap and Kieu Kha Cham along the north south highway near Vientiane.
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Brown May Get Attorney Post
Bernart J Brown of Carbondale Pennsylvania is named as President Kennedy s choice for U S attorney of the Middle District of Pennsylvania Senator Clark announced Kennedy will appoint Brown He is Carbondale s city solicitor and a special assistant state attorney general The Senate Judiciary Committee approved nominations for United States attorney for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania and for U S marshal in the Middle District Lord 50 succeeds Republican Walter Alessandroni This will be Lord s first public office venture.
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Khrushchev Reignites Berlin Fight Amid Summit Talks
The piece recalls Khrushchev’s 1958 1959 Berlin demands and the stalled six month deadline. It notes repeated threats to shift supply routes through East Germany and the failed Camp David discussions with Eisenhower and later Kennedy era events. The article reflects on renewed pressure without a Berlin settlement and mentions Khrushchev postponing further action until a planned meeting.
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Family Has Time Of Life
NEW YORK AP A quiet pride fills Iney Burnham as her husband Earl Durham is named Worker Father of theYear by the National Fathers Day Committee. The Durhams plan to move their family for a six month labor settlement before the 1961 election while their four children finish a white frame house in Louisville.
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United States presses for longer Dominican inquiry at OAS
The United States sought a thorough OAS investigation into repression in the Dominican Republic and asked for an extended stay. The Panamanian chair denied the U S request while Washington urged continued study of readmission prospects. The State Department said no change since Trujillo's May 30 death warrants ongoing scrutiny.
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Castro reviews failed invasion site and invaders' mistakes
In Havana Fidel Castro led journalists on a day long tour of Cuba analyzing the abortive invasion. He cited poor coordination and underestimated Cuban firepower as key factors in the invaders' defeat at Playa Largo and Playa Giron. He pointed to cratered airstrip ruins and damaged structures as proof of the failure.
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Kickback Convictions Upheld in Beaver County Case
The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the convictions of former State Sen. Samuel G. Neff and three Beaver County men tied to a highways kickback scheme. Judges rejected 13 alleged trial errors and denied statute of limitations challenges, with one dissent noting broader concerns about campaign fund solicitation.
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Steel price cuts revealed by major producers
Three of the nation s largest steel producers A and S Steel Jones Laughlin Steel Corp and Bethlehem Steel Corp announced price reductions on their steel cable averaging about 10 percent to distributors. Earlier cuts covered reinforcing bars stainless sheets and strips cold finished bars and various pipes.
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As You Like It Opens at American Shakespeare Festival Theater
Stratford, Conn AP reports Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It opens the 1961 season with a modern dress production by Word Baker. The cast includes Kim Hunter as Rosalind Donald Harron as Orlando Hiram Sherman as Touchstone and Lois Kibbee in a scene stealing silent role with Amram music and Greene singing Amiens.
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