Southern Opposition Sparks Kennedy Education Plan Clash
Senator Byrd voices fresh Southern resistance to federal aid for education, warning it could force school desegregation in states accepting funds. Secretary Ribicoff says federal aid should not be used to end segregation, while Southern Democrats resist and administration backers worry about intruding on state controls.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Congress
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Supreme Court
George A Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Senate Democratic Conference
Minimum Wage Group Considers Informal Talks in Raleigh
A Raleigh based group of General Assembly members eyes informal meetings to craft bills to improve North Carolina's minimum wage law. Senator Sam Burrow notes the panel will include House and Senate members friendly to the minimum wage. The 1959 bill set a 73 cent hourly minimum with about twenty exemptions for various business categories.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Randolph County
Sam Burrow
House
Senate
Burrow
Kennedy proposes vast resource development program
President Kennedy sent Congress a broad resource development plan calling for immediate and long term actions. He criticized the Eisenhower era for delaying flood control and urged tackling problems now. The plan envisions nuclear power expansion within 10 years and saltwater desalination research boosting outlay to about 10 million dollars annually, with costs to be assessed by studies.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
America
Eisenhower
Administration
Budget Bureau
Tribal chiefs back British plan for Northern Rhodesia reforms
African tribal chiefs in Northern Rhodesia endorsed a British plan granting limited political freedoms to Africans while white minority leaders warned of independence moves to preserve white supremacy. Troop mobilization alarm eased as chiefs urged calm amid federation tensions.
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Errol Friedman Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
Roy Welensky
Central African Federation
Southern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Welensky
Federation
Jazz musician convicted in Maryland kidnapping case
Melvin Davis Rees Jr., 32, a Hyattsville based jazz musician, was found guilty in U. S. District Court of kidnapping Virginia mother Mildred Jackson and her daughter Susan and transporting them into Maryland with intent to kill. The all male jury did not recommend the death penalty.
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Baltimore
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Virginia
Maryland
Rees
U. S. District Court
Hyattsville
Mildred Jackson
Susan
Gambrills
Fredericksburg
Malinovsky Boasts Of Red Might In Pravda Message
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky in Pravda asserts the Soviet Union is the strongest military power in the world to mark Army Navy Day. He targets the United States as the main stronghold of world reaction. Other top officers echoed the stance in major papers.
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Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet Union
United States
Malinovsky
Pravda
Communist Party
Hardesty Named 30th Division Asst Commander
Gov. Terry Sanford announced Col. Ivan Hardesty of Raleigh will become assistant division commander of the 30th Infantry Division. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Maston S. Parham of Morganton who retires Feb. 28 after 25 years with the North Carolina National Guard. Parham, a Morganton superintendent of schools, began his guard career in May 1935.
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Raleigh
Ivan Hardesty
30Th Infantry Division
Terry Sanford
Hardesty
State Highway Department
Maston S. Parham
Morganton
Parham
North Carolina National Guard
Gastonia
National Guard
Driver Fumes After Navy Blimp Drenches Car at Harbor
William A. Skiles, 29, and his wife watched ducks in Newport Harbor when a Navy blimp released ballast water that drenched their sports car. Skiles demanded an apology and 1.50 for a car wash, then admitted tossing a rock toward the aircraft, though Marilyn Skiles said it landed about 900 feet away.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
William A. Skiles
Newport Harbor
Skiles
Marilyn
Navy blimp crew offers car wash after ballast dump
A Navy blimp crew member said clean ballast water was dumped daily to fix engine trouble. They offered Skiles a free car wash if he drives to the Marine Corps air facility at Santa Ana. Skiles, a Corona Del Mar musician, was not available for comment.
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al Milmant
Skiles
Marine Corps Air Facility
Santa Ana
Corona del Mar
Costa Mesa
Southland Braces For More Rain
Flood warnings spread across the Southland as a seventh straight day of rain stretched into Friday. Evacuations continued in Alabama and Mississippi with Red Cross shelters operating while Mississippi National Guardsmen aided Hattiesburg evacuations. In Birmingham a teenage boy drowned and two deaths were linked to the weather in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Birmingham
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
U.S
New Orleans
Red Cross
Mississippi National Guardsmen
Hattiesburg
Time Given To Settle Air Strike
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg won a two hour extension for flight engineers strike negotiations. Western Airlines faced possible replacement of its strikers while other carriers urged a noon return to work. Kennedy was to be briefed if Western joined and a swift settlement seemed likely.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Pierre Salinger
Western
Pacific Coast
Engineers Union
Salinger
Goldberg
Western Airlines
Kennedy
Youth Faces Arraignment In Slayings
Daryl Moss a 15 year old Lewiston Weaverville student charged with murder in the slayings of his parents. Prosecutors will send him to Mendocino State Hospital for psychiatric observation after arraignment. A 20 year old resident who lived with the family was beaten and hospitalized.
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Weaverville
Calif
Daryl Moss
Don Kennedy
Trinity County
Daryl
Mendocino State Hospital
Veril Moss
Jean Ann Taylor
Moss
Weaverville Hospital
Lewiston
Bureau of Reclamation
Trinity Dam
Harold Wilson
Smith withdraws name as ambassador to Switzerland
Earl E. T. Smith of Palm Beach asks President Kennedy to withdraw his nomination as ambassador to Switzerland. The move relieves Kennedy of a diplomatic issue after prior criticism in Swiss and American press. Smith, a Republican, was ambassador to Cuba before Castro took power and was replaced for being too friendly with Batista.
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Washington
Earl E. T. Smith
Palm Beach
Kennedy
Switzerland
Smith
Cuba
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
United States
U. S
Havana
Possible Tobacco Tax Discussed by North Carolina Committee
The Joint Finance Committee reviewed revenue options and weighed a tobacco products tax draft. State Tax Research Director Hudson Stansbury outlined potential yields and structure, noting current U.S. cigarette taxes and varying state practices, with an estimated $10 million yearly impact.
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Hudson Stansbury
Oregon
North Carolina
Additional Judges Get Senate Favor
RALEIGH AP A bill to increase the number of special Superior court judges drew debate in the state Senate. It passed on second reading and was held for final action Friday. Gov Sanford is slated to speak March 6 to propose new revenue sources for funding public schools.
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Raleigh
Senate
Sen
Lansford Crew
House
Gov. Sanford
John C. Kesler
Rowan
Wills Hancock
Granville
Boosts Sought in State Spending Across Agencies
The joint appropriations committee was urged to raise total state funding by 223,257 to reach 4 million in increased requests for the 1961-63 biennium. Proposals include raises for the Medical Care Commission executive secretary and a new stenographer at the Paroles Board, plus larger grants for student loans, recreation programs, and Oxford Orphanage aid.
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Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Paul Whitaker
Medical Care Commission
William Henderson
Commission
Paroles Board
Johnson Matthews
Marie Noel
State Nurses Association
Recreation Commission
Charles $. Hubbard
Chapel Hill
A. D. Leon Gray
Oxford
Labor Unions Use Big Business Methods As Membership Declines
The AFL CIO faces a revenue shortfall as dues drop from 13.5 million to 12.5 million due to unemployment. A temporary two cent per member assessment is planned to cover a 700 thousand dollar eight month deficit, with layoffs possible and a December convention prompting a permanent dues increase. The study urges a tax cut to spur employment and production.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fila
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
Washington
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Federation
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