NAACP Leader Hits Congress
Roy Wilkins, head of the NAACP, warned Congress did little to address the civil rights crisis in 1963. He noted nearly 2,000 demonstrations across 40 states and the District of Columbia, praising Kennedy and Johnson but condemning congressional inaction and the seniority system.
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New York
Congress
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
District of Columbia
Kennedy
United States
House Rules Committee
U S Aid Program Threatened by Independent Appraisal Demand
Senator John Sherman Cooper urges the Johnson administration to provide an independent country by country appraisal of foreign aid. He backs the interdepartmental committee but calls for private sector and small outside committees to supply full objective information on aid use in individual areas. He cites Gen Lucius D Clay’s commission as a turning point in evaluating total foreign aid.
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Washington
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Congress
Cooper
Johnson
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berliners May Extend Visiting Rights As Talks Open
Berlin officials from both halves of the city signaled readiness to discuss extending the Jan. 5 deadline for West Berliners to visit East Berlin behind the wall. About 840000 one day permits have been issued with 250000 West Berliners visiting relatives in the East.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Senate
West Germany
Alexander Abusch
Pope Paul to Meet Patriarch in Historic Vatican Move
The Vatican confirmed a planned meeting and possible Holy Land encounter between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I, the first official liaison since 1742. An envoy from Constantinople met the pope in Rome during Paul VI's Jan 4 to 7 pilgrimage in the Holy Land region.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Constantinople
Athenagoras I
Istanbul
Holy Land
Paul
Athenagoras of
Thiatiron
Rome
Patriarchate of
Vatican
Athenagoras
Jets Roar Over Nicosia as Cyprus Tensions Persist
In Cyprus the sight of three Turkish jets over Nicosia at dawn eased jitters despite reported warlike moves by Turkish ships. The U N Security Council held emergency talks in New York after Cypriot charges. Turkey denied aggression. Authorities fear renewed clashes as leaders meet and warn of a battle in the war of nerves.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Turkey
Mediterranean
U. S. Security Council
New York
Makarios
Dennis Cleary
U. S
Fraser Wilkins
Little Federal Plan stirs NC politics in Jan referendum
Democrats and Republicans join in a unusual alliance over a January constitutional amendment realigning the General Assembly. The plan would create 100 House seats and 70 Senate seats while counties lose representation. Mecklenburg faces the strongest anti campaign led by the Charlotte Chamber and local leaders. Pro amendment support comes from Stokes and parts of Wake County but organization and apathy threaten passage.
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North Carolina
Farm Bureau
Mecklenburg
General Assembly
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Creasy Jr
GOP
Marcus Hickman
Raymond E. King
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Stokes County
George K. Snow
Surry
Grace Rodenbaugh
Wake County
Raleigh
Chambers of Commerce
Erhard and Johnson Discuss East West Tensions at Austin Meet
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard met with President Johnson at LBJ Ranch near Austin Texas to discuss East West tensions NATO unity and the German Berlin question. Salinger and von Hase framed remarks as focusing on recent Soviet reactions while preserving potential overtures for peace and freedom for West Berlin and all Germans.
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Erhard
Ludwig Erhard
Bergstrom Afb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Karl Gunther von Hase
Pierre Salinger
White House
Berlin
Salinger
Germany
United States
LBJ
Range
Texas
NATO
Austin
West Berlin
ADA Attacks Congress Inactivity and Plot to Rule
ADA faults Senate and House leaders for blocking reform as it accuses a reactionary coalition of running Congress. The group cites Mansfield and McCormack against rules changes to curb filibusters and urges action in the 1964 session.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress
ADA
Kennedy
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
John W. McCormack
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Recall Move Proposed in High Point City Hall
Petitions may circulate this week to recall Mayor Floyd Mehan and six city council members over a dispute on water and sewer assessments. The effort targets the Davis faction of Republicans opposing abolition, while Eshelman Hancock support ending the assessments. A leader said the group hopes to run Eshelman for mayor.
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Floyd Mehan
High Point
Mehan
Davis
Republican Party
John A. Eshelman Jr
Lawrence Hancock
Meehan
Eshelman
Hancock
Edward Kennedy
N. Joyner St
Allen Jay
Ken
Suspension Of Sit-In Is Sought
Sanford city officials asked for a suspension of anti segregation protests to allow a 34 member study group to discuss grievances of the Negro community. A mass meeting was called to consider the request and trials for Thursday and Friday arrests were rescheduled to Tuesday night.
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Sanford
N.C
Board of Aldermen
Mayor's Court
Mann
Study Committee
Matthews
Ronda Martin
Miss Martin
Rusk Sees Modest Optimism for 1964 Abroad
Secretary of State Dean Rusk voiced restrained optimism for 1964, calling it a year to soberly search for peaceful solutions to East West disputes. He cited Berlin, Cuba, and South Vietnam as ongoing flashpoints requiring careful handling and noted a global desire for peace.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Cuba
Kazushige Hirasawa
Berlin
Germany
South
Viet Nam
Rinaldi Won’t Talk With Cops
Frank Joseph Rinaldi, a 34 year old UNC graduate student charged with murdering his pregnant wife, refuses to answer questions per his attorney Barry Winston. Winston says Rinaldi will follow legal advice and not speak to Chapel Hill police. An autopsy listed suffocation as the cause of Lucille Rinaldi’s death after a blow to the head.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Frank Joseph Rinaldi
University of North Carolina
Rinaldi
Barry Winston
Winston
Hillsboro
W. D. Blake
Lucille Rinaldi
A. H. Walker
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