Andersons Protest May Be Costly
Washington AP reports Adm. George WW Anderson may lose his post as chief of naval operations after opposing the Pentagon stance on the controversial TEX fighter. President Kennedy will replace him Aug 1 with Adm. David L. McDonald as LeMay allies note a shift toward General Dynamics and away from Boeing. Kennedy offered an undisclosed government post to Anderson as sources say he lobbied behind the scenes against the single TEX model.
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Public Hearing Set on Highway 2 Reconstruction at El Dorado
A public hearing is scheduled for May 16 in El Dorado on the proposed reconstruction of 4.6 miles of U.S. Highway 2 in the Hilbank Creek Hillsboro area. Walter Hicks, Camden, district highway engineer, says the hearing will be in the highway department resident engineer's office.
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Rights Group to Call for New Civil Rights Changes
Washington AP reports hearings on the Kennedy administration civil rights program begin today amid racial unrest in Alabama. Negro demonstrations and mass arrests in Birmingham dominate headlines as the House Judiciary Committee reviews the first specific civil rights proposal. Republicans urge passage, while the Senate faces tougher obstacles. The administration outlines three main proposals.
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Alabama
Birmingham
House Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Voting reform and civil rights proposals in Congress
The proposals include temporary voting referees to speed voter qualification, a literacy presumption for fourth graders, and a four year extension of the Civil Rights Commission. Administration witnesses will testify. Republicans push a broader desegregation and anti discrimination agenda with government contractors.
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Civil Rights Commission
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Plant Workers in Little Rock Get $1.82 Weekly Rise
The Arkansas Employment Security Division reports March earnings for factory workers in the Little Rock area up $1.82 weekly from March last year, averaging $62.03 for workers with three dependents and $54.90 for those with none. The gain marks a month-to-month decline due to a shorter work week, as February 1963 saw higher weekly take homes.
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Little Rock
State Employment Security Division
ESD
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Blame Cast Toward Eisenhower on Cuban Situation
Former US Representative Dale Alford in Little Rock argues Eisenhower era Republicans share fault for Cuba crisis. He urges officials with critical information to disclose it to the government, not use it politically, and calls for South America to gain real progress if stability returns.
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Dale Alford
Eisenhower
Fidel Casa Ltro
Alford
South America
Bland laments rising hourly pay despite lower take-home pay
Bland noted that the hourly wage rate rose even as workers saw a reduction in take-home pay. He pointed to payroll deductions and inflation as key factors, stressing that higher nominal wages do not always translate into greater real earnings for employees.
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Bland
Campbell County Election Cost And Limited Precinct 2A Voters
Newport Kentucky AP Campbell County officials estimate the May 2 selection could cost $26 per voter in precinct 2A. Urban renewal left only one house in the precinct with the occupant likely to move before the election. Two voters remain Michael Maloney and his brother who live in the courthouse. It will cost $60 to install a voting machine and keep four judges on duty at the polling place.
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Newport
Campbell County
Michael Maloney
Monument Dedicated to Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice
A granite monument was dedicated in Little Rock to Daniel Ringo first chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Ringo served on the court from 1846 to 1844 and was born in 1803 in Kentucky dying in Little Rock in 1873.
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Little Rock
Daniel Ringo
Arkansas Supreme Court
Kentucky
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