Kennedy halts draft of married men in favor of singles
President Kennedy ordered an immediate halt to drafting married men while enough single men are available to sustain the armed forces. The draft shift aims to keep 18 to 28 year olds in service, with a plan to defer fathers and focus on single men as the pool. Lt George Hershey, longtime Selective Service director, attended the signing and will turn 70 this week.
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Washington
Kennedy
Geo. Lewis B. Hershey
White House
Hershey
Peters
Committee Favors 11 Billion Tax Cut Measure
Washington AP The House Ways and Means Committee backed President Kennedy's 11 billion tax cut bill with a 15 to 10 party line vote to direct Mills to introduce the measure after over six months of work. Two minor amendments were adopted, and the bill would cut about 2 percent for individuals and about per cent for corporations, with formal approval pending its introduction.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Wilbur D. Mills
Sarrowly
Johnson Arrives In Norway For Three Day Visit
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived in Bodoe Norway for a three day official visit. His special plane landed five minutes ahead of schedule. Johnson stepped out under cloudy skies to be greeted by Norway's foreign minister Erling Wikbord and other officials. Several hundred waited in the chilly wind to witness the welcome ceremony. He traveled with his wife Lady Bird and daughter Lynda Bird.
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Bodoe
Norway
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Erling Wikbord
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird
Re And Son Sentenced To Six Months
NEW YORK AP A federal judge sentenced Gerardo A Re j and his son Gerard to six months imprisonment while remaining free on bail pending appeal. They were convicted July 11 with three other defendants for conspiring to violate federal securities laws in the sale of over a million unregistered shares of Swan Finch Oil Corp between 1954 and 1957. Prosecutors said the public was defrauded of more than million dollars.
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New York
Gerardo A. Re J
Gerard
Dudley B. Bonsal
Swan-Finch Oil Corp
Chinese Booted From Moscow Peking Train
Irate Soviet officials seized control at Naushki on the Mongolian border after the Peking Moscow Express was blocked by Chinese crew and passengers. The Soviets charged propaganda material and anti Soviet litera ture, conducted a lockout and sitdown strike, and detained travelers as customs insisted on their removal. The dispute prompted a Soviet note to the Chinese Embassy accusing Beijing of hostile propaganda and interference.
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George Syvertsen
Moscow
Peking
Litera Viet Union
Ture
Senate Split on Ratification of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
AP survey shows 73 of 100 senators leaning for ratification with 12 opposing or voting against in committee and 15 doubtful. If all voted, 67 affirmative needed. leaders optimistic some uncommitted will back the treaty. Debate resumes as questions linger from figures like Margaret Chase Smith and others about military and technical implications.
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Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Dirksen
Kennedy
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Texas
Kennedy takes command as guards enforce desegregation
Federalizing the Alabama National Guard Kennedy moved to end Wallace led resistance to school integration in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee. Guardsmen replaced state troopers at white schools while protests and tense clashes continued. Civil authorities prepared for further federal action as demonstrations and police presence escalated in the three cities.
Preyer Pursues Nomination for North Carolina Governor
Greensboro AP report says L Richardson Preyer plans to resign his federal judgeship to seek the Democratic nomination for governor next spring. Dan Moore, Bert Bennett, I Beverly Lake, Robert Scott, Basil Whitener and Thomas Pearsall are noted as possible candidates. Preyer will wait to campaign until court matters are settled.
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Greensboro
L. Richardson Preyer
Superior Court
Dan K. Moore
Canton
Bert Bennett
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
I. Beverly Lake
Robert Scott
Haw River
Congress
Iman Basil Whitener
Gastonia
Thomas Pearsall
Rocky Mount
Bennett
Preyer
Sanford
Lake
Scott
W. Kerr Scott
U.S
Sea Preyer
Hundreds of White Students Stay Away at West End High
In Birmingham Alabama hundreds of white pupils boycotted West End High School after two Negro girls were admitted. A crowd of segregationists gathered, police used night sticks to separate demonstrators, about 100 white students entered the building, while most stayed outside. Authorities arrested a man from the National States Rights party who refused to move. The scene echoed a football crowd with chants and pro‑integration protests surrounding the desegregation event.
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Montgomery
Wallace
Kennedy
Alabama
Feta
Gov
Rio
George C. Wallace
Tuskegee
Huastville
Mobile
Toam
West End
White House
Harrison
West End High
Ala
Alabama National Guard
West End High School
George C. ‘Wallace
Qithers
National States Right Party
Venezuela quintuplets born in one room home on $10 a day
In Maracaibo Venezuela five baby boys arrived after a 50 minute birth window. Parents Ines Cuervo de Prieto and her husband, a foreman earning about $10 daily, plan to raise the quints in their single bedroom with help from doctors, hospital staff, and local supporters. The infants weigh from 3 pounds 1.4 ounces to 4 pounds 3 ounces and are listed as in acceptable condition with ongoing feeding upgrades.
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Paul Finch
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Robinson Suarez Herrera
University Hospital
Juan Jose
Ines Marie Cuervo de Prieto
Creole Petroleum Corp
Prietos
Friends of University Hospital
Cuervo de Prieto
Efren Presto
Inez
Maracaibo University Hospital
Kennedy Pushes Tax Cut Proposal as Recession Insurance
President Kennedy urged an $11 billion tax cut to boost business and consumer spending, calling it recession insurance. He warned delay risks failure and argued swift enactment would lower deficits and strengthen the economy with steadier growth.
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Washington
Kennedy
Business Committee
Fed
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Nebraska
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Arizona
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Illinois
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Olin D. Johnston
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