Kennedy asks Congress for 4.5 billion foreign aid plan
President Kennedy proposes 4.5 billion in new foreign aid, slicing 420 million from the prior total. Clay committee findings shape a six point program aimed at trimming the overseas effort while stressing aid as a tool for freedom and national security criticizes.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Lucius D. Clay
Capitol Hill
U.S
Poland
Yugoslavia
Clay
David Bell
Soviets fire Moon IV toward the Moon in space race
The Soviet Union announced an unmanned 3,130 pound research vehicle was launched toward the Moon from an Earth satellite orbit. Tass said the Moon IV may reach the lunar vicinity in about 3½ days and that instruments were functioning normally. The event fits in the Soviet effort to beat the United States to a manned Moon landing, with earlier Luniks missions noted.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Tass
Yellow Sea
Nikolai Barabashov
Kharkov Observatory
Defended North Carolina highway patrol setup questioned
North Carolina faces a House committee debate on separating the highway patrol from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Commissioner Ed Scheidt argues the current model is strong, cites low turnover at 2.9 percent, and notes a costly, less efficient alternative. The measure to split enforcement from licensing seeks support amid quota system allegations.
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Carolina
Ed Scheidt
House Highway Safety Committee
Highway Patrol
Department of Motor Vehicles
George Uzzell
Rowan
Department
Scheidt
Uzzell
Hoyle Efird
Gaston
Motor Vehicle Department
Exile boats seized as raiders near Cuba amid new arrests
U S customs seized a 40 foot exile boat Alison at North Miami Beach with two bombs and a 20 mm cannon aboard. British police captured 17 sea raiders, including American Jerry Buchanan, after their Norman’s Cay stop. Exiles vowed further raids while seven more leaders were served confinement notices in Dade County.
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Fla
U.S
Cuba
Joseph Fortier
Alison
North Miami Beach
Santiago Alvarez
Fortier
Norman's Cay
Exuma
Chain
Cuban
Jerry Buchanan
Buchanan
Nassau
James Buchanan
Pompano Beach Sun Sentinel
State Department
Bosch
Dade County
Mexico City
Mexico
Soviet Union
Upgrading Of Colleges Is Favored
The North Carolina House Higher Education Committee tentatively approved upgrading Wilmington Charlotte and Asheville community colleges from two to four years. Rep Roger Kiser criticized the plan saying it could outpace growth and warning against extending public education on the college level. An amendment by Rep Robert Calder defined the schools as offering undergraduate liberal arts instruction and training for teachers with necessary graduate and professional programs.
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Raleigh
House
Higher Education Committee
Wilmington
Charlotte
Asheville
Roger Kiser
Scotland
Kiser
Robert Calder
New Hanover
Argentine Revolt Sparks Navy Backed Uprising in Buenos Aires
Two retired generals led a navy backed rebellion against President Jose Maria Guido. While Guido claimed the revolt crushed, interior reports showed navy units still defiant. Marines surrounded key sites as Bahia Blanca and La Plata reported rebel activity. radio stations joined the call to halt elections and oust Guido.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Juan D.peron
Olivos
Casa Rosada
la Plata
Bahia Blanca
Here
Voice of Liberty
Peron
Puerto Belgrano
Governor Sanford urges nine point highway safety plan
Gov. Terry Sanford proposed a nine point program addressing highway safety in Raleigh including mandatory auto inspections, a legal breath test for drunken driving, more highway patrols, and seat belt requirements for new cars. He urged driver education, provisional licenses for under twenty, and coordinated safety laws across state agencies.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
General Assembly
Motor Vehicles Department
Sanford
State Bar Association
North Carolina
John R. Jordan
Wake
Safety plan gains cautious legislative backing
RALEIGH AP reports general approval with reservations from legislators toward Governor Sanford's highway safety recommendations as the plan draws scrutiny and debate among lawmakers.
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Raleigh
Sanford
Railroads to Implement Work Rules Changes April 8
Chicago AP The nation's railroads announced at once that at 12:01 am April 8 they will change work rules to reduce featherbedding, risking about 65 000 jobs. James E Wolfe said the action follows a Supreme Court ruling ending an injunction. The Obama era tone is not present. Kennedy is referenced as likely to appoint an emergency board to avert a strike for 60 days.
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Chicago
U.S. Supreme Court
James E. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Kennedy
Ethics probe finds improper information sharing in Georgia Alabama game
Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook told Gov. Sanders that Wallace Butts gave Paul Bryant advance information on the September Georgia Alabama game. He called the conduct unethical and unsportsmanlike and said it could have affected the game's outcome and margin of victory.
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Atlanta
Eugene Cook
Carl E. Sanders
Wallace Butts
Paul Bryant
Cook
Subcommittee Gets Medical Aid Bill In North Carolina
In Raleigh AP report the Senate Public Welfare Subcommittee takes up a medical care for the aged bill to study how federal aid should be implemented for those over 65 or medically indigent. The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a second hearing on a Sunday sales restriction bill opposed as targeting discount stores.
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Judiciary 1
John R. Jordan
Wake
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Hyde
Midgett
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Charles Strong
Guilford
T. E. Story
Wilkes
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Haywood
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