Kennedy orders move to end job bias in federal hiring
President Kennedy moves to curb job discrimination by withholding federal funds from biased schools and consolidating two agencies into a single President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. The new body, chaired by Vice President Johnson, imposes penalties on violators and surveys government hiring, drawing praise and calls for legislative backing from Capitol Hill.
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Montana
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Ironic espionage tale ends with visa for wife
Delaware Ohio AP report details Francis Brilty a former U S Army counterspy and his Czech born wife Danuse blocked by visa hurdles for a decade. A diplomatist linked telegram from Senator Lausche aide Stanley Andrews finally grants a U S visa enabling reunion in Delaware.
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United States
Army
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Brilty
Danuse
Senator Lausche
Department of State
Stanley
M. Andrews
U. S
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Munich
Francis X, Jr
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Switzerland
Religious Cold War As Human Conflict Says Graham
Evangelist Billy Graham frames the East West struggle as a religious clash of two philosophies one denying God and moral law the other affirming a moral universe He cites large Miami Beach Crusade crowds and calls out emptiness amid affluence urging listeners toward faith and Jesus.
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Miami Beach
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Billy Graham
Graham
Miami
America
Miami Beach Convention Hall
Jesus
Gold Coast
Vero Beach
Larger Whisky Tax Hike Favored by Legislator and Governor
A Columbus County legislator backs raising the state whisky tax from 10 to 15 percent while Gov. Sanford proposed 12 percent. Rep. Arthur Williamson says the bill would bring in 5 to 6 million dollars next biennium. Also, Claude Hamrick was sworn in to replace the late Rep. Gobble, Sen. Rutledge seeks to legitimize day nursery licensing, and the larceny threshold would rise from 100 to 200 dollars. Sanford to name a successor for Clint Newton on the State Board of Alcoholic Control.
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Raleigh
Columbus County
Sanford
Arthur W. Williamson
Williamson
Claude Hamrick
Winston- Salem
Fleetus L. Gobble
Forsyth
Hamrick
Forsyth County
Democratic Executive Committee
Carlyle Rutledge
Cabarrus
State Board of Welfare
Senate
House
Clint Newton
Shelby
State Board of Alcoholic Control
Newton
Cleveland, Mills
Stabbing at Woolworths During Sit In Sparks Race Tension
Ne gro student Lennie Glover and fellow Benedict College theological student David Carter were at a downtown Woolworth's sit in when a white assailant stabbed Glover after asking are you having any fun. Glover underwent exploratory surgery with punctured organs. Carter, a student leader in anti segregation demonstrations, had earlier been arrested in a march on the state capitol.
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Columbia
Woolworth’s
Lennie Glover
Adah
Glover
Benedict College
Silver's
Woolwarth's
David Carter
Carter
Opposition Grows as Food Tax Proposal Faces Scrutiny
Raleigh AP report notes mixed reactions from legislators to Gov. Sanford’s plan to tax household food at 3 percent, raise whisky tax to 12 percent, and remove exemptions to fund school improvements. Lawmakers cited campaign pledges and fairness concerns while some support broad-based taxation.
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Raleigh
Sanford
General Assembly
J. Shelton Wicker
Lee
House Finance Committee
Expensive weapon rattles Houston armed robbery case
Harold Ray Owens, 20, charged with an armed robbery in Houston, said the 1871 single action Colt he used was a family treasure worth at least $125.
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Houston, Tex
Harold Ray Owens
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