Prices Edge Up In March
Washington AP reports living costs rose one tenth of one percent in March to a record 106.2 as higher prices for used cars clothing and real estate taxes pushed the index. The March gain leaves the index up 1.1 percent from a year earlier with food housing and transportation driving the move.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Chase
Douglas, Northrop and
Hayes Aerospace
Los Angeles
Kennedy Presses Wallace on Desegregation Stand
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy met with Gov George Wallace in Montgomery to urge enforcement of federal court orders while leaving Alabama desegregation issues to the state. The meeting followed tense protests as Kennedy faced armed security and pickets, with discussions touching on university photos and voter registration discrimination.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robert F. Kennedy
George Wallace
Alabama
Kennedy
Wallace
Justice Department
State Capitol
Statehouse
Governor's Office
Ed. E. Reid
Alabama League of Municipaliies
Seymore Trammell
Burke Marshall
Jus
Tice Department
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Capitol
Capitol Steps
Kennedy warns Laos crisis may test peace and security
President Kennedy stated the future of peaceful coexistence and Southeast Asian security may hinge on the Laos crisis as East and West confront the issue. He noted 3,000 troops and jets to Thailand next month and Harriman’s Moscow mission on Laos.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Laos
Pentagon
Thailand
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Khrushchev
Harriman
Harriman flies to Moscow for Laos peace bid
U S Undersecretary of State Averell Harriman arrived in Moscow to seek Khrushchev's support for Laos neutrality. He carried Kennedy's message and met officials after London talks with British and French envoys. Harriman said he hopes an understanding can restore Laos neutrality and stability, and noted U S intent to back the neutral government. He emphasized U S intent to quiet the crisis and rejected Soviet accusations of U S responsibility.
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Moscow
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Khrushchev
Laos
Harriman
Kennedy
Ion
London
Foy D. Kohle
John McSweeney
Viktor Karyagin
Foreign Ministry
Chev
United States
Vienna
Geneva
Soviet Union
America
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Washington
Pathet Lao
China
Viet Nam
Britain
Cochairmen
Souvanna Phouma
Kong le
Plaine Des Jarres
Phoumi Nosavan
North Carolina House Approves Higher Education Bill
The North Carolina House passed an omnibus measure to expand and improve higher education by creating a state supported system of community colleges and upgrading Charlotte Wilmington and Asheville colleges to four year status. The bill moves to the Senate for concurrence on name changes and system structure.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
North Carolina State College
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina
Sstate
North Carolina State University
Charlotte
Wilmington
Asheville
Consolidated University
State College
Woman's College
Woman’s College
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
House Committee On Manufacturing
Woman Regains Sight After 60 Years Of Blindness
In Miami, Bessie Sikes, blind since infancy from a retinal inflammation linked to meningitis, unexpectedly regained vision at age 60 after a dislocated cataract allowed light to pass through. She described viewing a blue sky and palm trees, while doctors caution the sight may be temporary.
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Bessie Sikes
Miss Sikes
State oil dealers back bill to regulate utility bonuses
About 300 fuel oil dealers attended a Raleigh hearing in support of a bill to regulate bonuses paid by public utilities to select customers. The measure would place sales promotions under the Utilities Commission and ban preferential rates within the same class.
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Raleigh
John R. Jordan
Wake
Senate
Judiciary Committee
The
Utilities Commission
Carl Horn
Duke Power Co
H. J. Hatcher
Burke
Reid Thompson
Carolina Power & Light Co
Jordan
Horn
Ed P. Godwin Jr
Wilmington
Kennedy Defends Cuba Policy Against War Talk at News Conference
President Kennedy challenged critics to name a path to war to end Castro rule, saying only actions short of war have been taken to oppose Cuba’s Communist regime. He disputed Keating and Nixon on troop numbers and urged reliance on official intelligence for verification.
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Barry Washington
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Caribbean
Richard M. Nixon
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Laos
Castro
Nixon
Keating
Congress Proposes Major Cut in Labor and Education Funds
The House Appropriations Committee recommends a 309 million dollar reduction in new funds for the Labor Department and HEW in a 5.45 billion dollar bill. NIH sees an 18 million cut but a 70 million raise from the prior year. overall HEW and related agencies face about a six percent cut from the President's request.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House Appropriations Committee
National Institutes of Health
House
Kennedy
Congress
Common Organism Blamed For Deaths At New Rochelle Hospital
In New Rochelle New York a routine post operative infection from a common enterococcus organism caused two patient deaths and an infection in a third at New Rochelle Hospital. The victims were William Isbiniter 68 of New Rochelle and Jean Goobie 56 of Eastchester. An investigation led to the closure of hospital operating rooms.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
New Rochelle Hospital
Robert Albrecht
State Health Department
Office of Epidemiology
William J. Isbiniter
Jean Goobie
Eastchester
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Atty
Hawaii
Lorraine M. Bachran
Alaska
Jan Ross
Miami Beach
JFK
Rules Committee
Bashi
Miami, Fla
Miss Bessie Sikes
TLC
Weather Financial
Eee Wee ‘Society
William F. Arbogast
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