Treasury chief sees deficit drop possible to a billion
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon told the U S Chamber of Commerce that the 1963 64 deficit of about 11 9 billion could fall by as much as one billion. He urged tax cuts, saying a buoyant economy supports faster growth and full employment. Dillon defended deficits as a tool for national security and noted Kennedy’s tax program aims to accelerate the economy. Rep Bruce Alger questioned urban renewal and urged investigations. The Chamber awarded its 1963 Great Living American honors to McClellan Martin and Judd.
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Washington
Dillon
Bouyant
Kennedy
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
The
Chamber
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Walter H. Judd
Rminn
Fanfani Slips Reds Make Gains In Italian Vote
In Rome AP reports the Communist left and liberal right made gains in Italy’s parliamentary election. Premier Amintore Fanfani and the Christian Democratic party saw a sharp setback as weekend voting for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate produced a political upheaval.
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Reds
Rome
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Fanfani
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Christian Democrats
Italian Communist Party
Red
Moscow
Palmiro Togliatti
Christian Democratic Party
Liberal Party
MSI
Assembly Journeys To Lejeune
North Carolina lawmakers visited Camp Lejeune by a five bus caravan amid rain. Col. T. S. Ivey explained the base mission to the Second Marine Division while Maj. Gen. J. P. Berkley welcomed them. A coffee hour and base tour followed an indoor air show. Leaders target June 1 adjournment with two more junkets planned to Charlotte and Cullowhee.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
North Carolina
Col. T. S. Ivey
Second Marine Division
Jacksonville
J. P. Berkley
House
Clifton Blue
Senate
Clarence Stone
Charlotte
North Carolina International
Tornadoes Leave 10 Dead Across Several States
AP reports a series of tornadoes Marching through the south and central U S left ten dead and more than fifty injured. Fatalities included Moon Lake Mississippi near Tunica and Shannon Mississippi several others in Maury City Tennessee and Hamilton Alabama with additional injuries in Indiana Kentucky and Louisiana.
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Tunica, Miss
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Moon Lake
Shannon
Miss
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Maury City
Memphis
Hamilton
Ala
Mississippi Line
Randles
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tunica
Ausley Buckhanan
Melinda Foster
Tiny Evans
E. L. Culp
A. C. Pounds
Beatrice Hodges
Tenn
Sissie Starks
Friendship
Frank Branch
Jackson
Three Small Planes Vanish Near Danville
Civil Air Patrol ground units search for three Piper Shawnee planes carrying one person each that disappeared in heavy Danville weather Monday. Ronald Dickson of Lock Haven Pennsylvania landed safely after torrential rain reduced visibility to zero. pilots Hunt Laguri and Hager remain missing.
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Danville
Here
Thresher Tank Break Discounted Thresher Tank Break Discounted
Naval expert Capt. Donald H. Kern testified that a tank rupture on the Thresher could not have caused sinking. He noted tests at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Mare Island in Vallejo showed such a casualty could not sink a submarine, in the inquiry into the loss of the submarine with 129 men on April 10.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Donald H. Kern
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Kern
Mare Island
Vallejo
Calif
New Hampshire Gov Signs Sweepstakes Bill Into Law
Governor John W. King announced in Concord that New Hampshire has legalized a state run sweepstakes. The bill creates a three member commission to oversee operations and directs revenues, projected at four million dollars annually, to education. The measure passed the House 215 to 151 and the Senate 13 to 11, with formal doubts many lawmakers voiced about morality and federal tax rules.
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Concord
N.H
John W. King
New Hampshire
King
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Hampshire
Ber Board of Commissioners
Internal Revenue Service Indigovernor
Typhoon Olive Strikes Saipan Damaging Island
Typhoon Olive with 110 mph winds flattens 8 percent of Saipan homes and nearly half of public buildings. No deaths reported. one injured. Damages estimated at 2 million dollars as power and water lines fail. Trust Territory officials seek federal disaster aid for Saipan Tinian and Rota.
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Agana
Guam
Saipan
Olive
Mariana Islands
Tinian
Rota Island
Trust Territory
Jose Benitez
Pacific Trust Territory
Kennedy
Rota
Benitez
Trust Territory Administration
Dominican charges Haiti linked with Duvalier and Cuba
Dominican Foreign Minister Andres Freites told an OAS mission in Santo Domingo that Haiti under François Duvalier had offered military bases to Cuba's Fidel Castro. He said neighboring tensions echo Trujillo era abuses as Haitian refugees prepare to testify.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Andres Freites
Ton
OAS
Port Au Prince
Freites
Duvalier
Valier
Rafael L. Trujillo
Juan Bosch
Hispaniola
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Santa Monica
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Australia
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Canton Island
Fiji Islands
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Chuck Miller
Alger
Congress
Bridge Financial
Caristian Democratic Party
Assembly
Lejeune
By Ambrose B. Dudley
Thresher
Megwreeewee
Ballerinas
Bolshoi Theater
Ance
Castro
Russia
Kate Khrushchev
Bosch
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