Kennedy Program Slowed by Senate Opposition
In three months the Kennedy program faces strong congressional pushback slowing the New Frontier plan. President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson express disappointment at delayed welfare legislation amid coalition tactics by Republicans and dissent among Southern Democrats and some border-state allies. Major business groups and associations back opponents, and Kennedy omits a personal greeting to the 3000 Chamber of Commerce attendees opening May 1.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Johnson
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
The
American Medical Association
U.S. Chamber
Gas Explosions Kill Three Philadelphia Firemen
In Kensington north Philadelphia two blasts ripped through a gas station killing three firemen. Twenty eight firefighters and two civilians were treated for burns and injuries as Red Cross evacuated residents and police guarded the scene.
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Philadelphia
Red Cross
Marty
Sunoco
Kensington
George Hink
Raymond Borcher
Department
Thomas Walsh
William Seegar
Kennedy attends Middleburg steeplechase with family
President Kennedy visited Middleburg Virginia for a quiet weekend and watched part of the spring steeplechase meet from a fence rail. He described the race as interesting and returned home after a brief 10 minute outing while Mrs Kennedy presented the cup to Valley Hart’s owner Virginia M Duvall.
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John F. Kennedy
Middleburg
Glenwood Park
Kennedy
Virginia Hunt Country
Middleburg Hunt Race Association
IRS reports higher average tax refunds this year
The IRS says Americans are claiming larger refunds this year with $2.7 billion mailed to 23.2 million taxpayers by April 10, up from $2.2 billion to 20.6 million a year earlier. Projections assign about $4.5 billion in refunds and a May 31 deadline with 6 percent interest if late.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Joke Becomes Real For Man
New York Brooklyn patrolman John M. Laing aged 33 joked about suicide at a home gathering on Friday night. He fired the gun to his head and the weapon discharged fatally before hospital arrival. Laing left four children and a widow who is expecting another child this month.
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New York
Brooklyn
John M. Laing
Laing
Mary
Cuban Planes Bomb Havana Bases in Defector Raid
Cuban planes attacked three air bases around Havana with bombs and rockets in a dawn strike. A pilot said the operation was carried out by defecting Cuban air force officers, with planes from the United States later landing in Florida. Seven killed, 24 wounded at targets, and the Cuban government urged readiness amid warnings of invasion.
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Havana
Cuba
Florida
Castro Air Force
Castro
United States
Camp Libertad
Santiago
Gagarin Talks Of Flight With Few Technical Details
Moscow AP dispatch notes Maj Yuri A. Gagarin wore poise at a press conference with few specifics about his 108 minute spaceflight. He answered questions in writing and hinted at more flights while noting landing used parachute techniques and that the landing occurred in a rearranged area.
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Moscow
Yuri A. Gagarin
World Press
House of Science
Gagarin
Komsomol Pravda
Roa accuses U S of orchestrating Cuban air raids at UN
Cuban Foreign Minister Paul Roa at the United Nations charged the United States engineered bomb attacks on Cuban air bases as a prelude to invasion. He called the strikes vandalistic aggression and imperialistic piracy while citing eight dead and many injured in Havana.
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U. N. General Assembly
United States
Kennedy
Cuba
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Roa
Miami
United Nations
N. Y
Paul Roa
Adlai Enedy
The
Republic
Havana
Rayburn hails Kennedy and predicts productive Congress
Speaker Rayburn in Raleigh extols President Kennedy calling him a leader with iron in his backbone and brains. He praises the new administration and forecasts a fruitful first Kennedy Congress while condemning ultraconservative groups and criticizing past GOP debts and bolting Democrats.
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Raleigh N.C
Sam Rayburn
Kennedy
U.S
Rayburn
Eisenhower
GOP
Democratic Party
John Birch Society
Truman
Robert Welch
Congo moves on with UN plan after Belgium withdrawal debate
United Nations General Assembly after two weeks of talks approved a 21-nation demand for withdrawal of Belgian military and advisers from the Congo but failed to set a deadline or penalties. The body also backed a U.S. supported long-range resolution urging Hammarskjold to curb outside military aid and to convene Congo Parliament with steps toward a national government.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Congo
Belgium
99-Nation Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
United States
Hammarskjold
Guinea
Cuba
Sanford Loses Ground in NC Fiscal Power Play
Governor Sanford guides a budget maneuver as the Appropriations Committee advances a $70 million school improvements plan into the main spending bill. The Finance Committee weighs broad revenue bills that would tax food and drugs as hearings wrap up this week.
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Raleigh
Sanford
General Assembly
Appropriations Committee
Joint Finance Committee
John Umstead
Lexecapt
Finance Committee
North Carolina
Finance Group
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San Antonio
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Alvara Galo
Astronaut
Trip
Valerian A. Zorin
Stevenson
99-Nation Committee
Fair Field
Key West
Fla
Sam Burns
National Party
Bert Bennett
Terry Sanford
Spaceman
Yuri Gagarin
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