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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1961
Page
14
The Senate approved a highway financing measure after lengthy debate, including changes to fuel taxes and weight-based charges. The bill proposes higher diesel fuel taxes, a per-pound road tax, and extended funding for interstate roads, with the House to weigh the bill again alongside billboard incentive provisions.
Republican leaders urged a U S move to clarify Kennedy policy on Berlin as Congress weighs a 41 000 mile interstate system funding bill totaling about 41 billion dollars The plan would raise federal funds for the interstate network and extend gas and truck taxes to bolster highway financing In Washington Mansfield proposed a stance on West Berlin as a potential way out of the East West impasse while Dirksen questioned the proposal's maturity and political risks
Washington AP report on Senate Finance Committee approval of Kennedy's bill to raise Social Security benefits by 760 million yearly and allow retirement at 62. The plan includes a payroll tax rise to 3.5 percent, benefit boosts for guaranteed minimums, widows, disability backdating, broader coverage, and a one year extension for disability claims. House already passed. Senate may vote next week.
In La Paz during a visit by US ambassador Adlai Stevenson, about 200 demonstrators clashed with police. At least four were killed and five wounded as tear gas and volleys of police fire scattered the crowd near the presidential palace while Stevenson met with President Víctor Paz Estenssoro on Kennedy’s alliance plan for Latin America.
Washington AP report says the House rejected President Kennedy's proposal to reorganize the Federal Communications Commission by a vote of 323 to 77 with 100 Republicans opposing. Democrats split 163 against and 77 for the plan. No further action is needed. Congress may veto a reorganization within 60 days.
In Wel self-service laundry Logan Ohio police report a break in where a coin changer was pried open and about 45 dollars was taken. Authorities are investigating and seeking information from the public.
Admitted slayers George St York aged 18 and Jones D Latham aged 19, en route from Italy to Sharon Springs Kansas, were placed in maximum security cells in Aurora after a 28 mile drive from Grand Junction Colorado. They are being returned by Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents.
In a Wah road block last Saturday York and Latham were arrested and separated into different cults after they admitted to shooting and killing a hotel maid aged 18 in Craig, Colorado.
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