Kennedy tax cut gains in House as hearings loom
Democratic leaders express confidence that the House will pass President Kennedy's 11 billion dollar tax cut bill soon. Details include timing for withholding relief, expected payback in January, and potential delays from Senate hearings and civil rights battles. Several Southern Democrats show openness to voting for the measure despite spending cap opposition. Police confront Buddhist demonstrators in Saigon during a gathering tied to official visits.
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Sanford Warns Against Return to Jungle State
Gov. Terry Sanford in Asheville rejects a move toward a jungle state amid welfare debates. He defends North Carolina Fund and quality education as keys to breaking poverty cycles, citing education retraining and new industry as vital goals of welfare programs and colleges.
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Kennedy Urges New Farm Goal During Grand Forks Visit
President Kennedy on a Western tour called for a new farm goal parity of opportunity linking urban and rural life. He urged measures to raise farm income, provide urban level housing, electricity, recreation, and equal opportunities while supporting retraining and anti recession aid.
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Rights provision added to civil rights bill in committee
A House Judiciary subcommittee tentatively approves seven sections of the administration civil rights bill including a sweeping public accommodations ban. An amendment by Rep. Robert W. Kasstenmeier expands AG authority under the 14th Amendment, prompting GOP concerns and potential jeopardy to bipartisan support. The plan retains a voting rights, school desegregation, and fair employment practices provisions among others.
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Illinois
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Southern Senators Attack Plan to Expand Civil Rights Commission
Southern lawmakers vow opposition to a rider extending the Civil Rights Commission into a fee agency with broader powers. Senator Richard B. Russell says the measure would turn the agency into a national snooper, with the final report due next Monday and a 60 day liquidation window. Leaders say the extension bill cannot pass before the deadline, as Mansfield and Dirksen plan to attach it to a House bill on Army widow death benefits.
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Russians Have Not Sought U S Wheat
Aides say the Soviet Union has not approached the United States about buying American wheat. Officials note traders are active, but no government contact has occurred. Export subsidies discussed only if specific Soviet proposals emerge.
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Orville L. Freeman
Soviet Union
U.S
Thomas R. Hughes
Freeman
Duluth
Minn
Canada
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United States
Onan
Hurricane Edith Pounds Caribbean Islands and Threatens Puerto Rico
Edith battered Martinique and St. Lucia with up to 80 mph winds and heavy rains as a hurricane watch was issued for Puerto Rico. A tropical system near the Yucatan Peninsula threatened to become the season’s sixth tropical storm, while Leeward and Windward islands faced heavy surf and flooding.
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Yucatan Peninsula
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Windward Islands
Dominican Military Overthrows President Bosch in Dominican Republic
In Santo Domingo the armed forces and police ousted President Juan D Bosch and moved to install a provisional government. Communists and leftists opposing the coup were outlawed, riots dispersed, and Bosch’s party and allies were excluded from the session. Bosch reportedly told his wife he was surrounded and would not surrender.
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Puerto Rico
RFK Testifies as Senate Probes Mafia Network
A Senate investigation into organized crime opens with Atty. Gen. Kennedy detailing secret meetings assassinations and internal power struggles in New York. He cites insider Valachi as breaking the code of silence and outlines the Mafia's nine to twelve member commission and aims to curb narcotics trafficking.
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Costs Held Even During August
The cost of living stayed at the August index of 107.1, unchanged from July. Lower food prices offset higher transportation and recreation costs. the 1.5 percent rise from August 1962 is blamed on food and housing. Net spendable earnings for the average factory worker fell 67 cents weekly due to seasonal declines in high wage employment.
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