Yankees Fly Out of Haiti Crisis Deepens
U S Navy ships and 2000 Marines moved toward Haiti while an air lift of American wives and children began. Duvalier faces pressure as rumors grow of a crackdown, with Haiti seeking UN action and the Dominican Republic offering OAS mediation. Kennedy defers comment as the crisis unfolds.
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U. S. Navy
Caribbean
Francois Duvalier
Port-au-Prince
Dominican Republic
Security Council
Haiti
Ist
President Kennedy explains finger cut during bread slicing
At a news conference in Washington a bandage was seen on President Kennedy's left hand as reporters asked about the injury. He said he cut his finger while cutting bread, noting it sounded unbelievable.
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Dominican Republic
Itispaniola
Haiti
Debster
Kennedy
Washington
Aid Fe
OAS
Duvalier
UPI
United, States
Russia
Jeneva
Brown reshapes tax plan to boost tidelands revenue
Governor Brown proposes shifting 20 million in tidelands oil revenue to fund school aid and interim financing while expanding personal income tax relief to 50 percent for 1964 under a withholding plan. He calls for legislative study on tidelands handling and defers to state benefit rules for Long Beach revenue.
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Sacramento
Brown
Tidelands Cit
Long Beach
Tidelands
Long Beach Tidelands
State Lands Commission
House OKs Military Pay Boost
Washington lawmakers approved a 1.2 billion dollar military pay raise on Wednesday and added increases up to 5000 for some retired generals and admirals. The bill includes a 35 per month combat allowance for personnel serving under enemy fire amid warnings that retirement costs could rise. Rep. Mendel Rivers pushed a 2.505 billion dollar per year amendment to aid officers retired before 1958, challenging the veteran committee chair.
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Washington
UPID
Carl Vinson
D- Ga
The
Armed Services Committee
Veteran Committee
House
jRep
L. Mendel Rivers
Pses
Rivers
Train Kills Student at Pico Rivera Crossing
A 19 year old student Anastacio Partillo of Pico Rivera was killed when he tried to race a stopped car at a Santa Fe crossing on Passons Avenue. The northbound car was struck by diesel engines hauling a caboose at 55 mph. Witnesses saw him near a root beer stand shortly before the crash.
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Santa Fe
Passons Avenue
Pico Rivera
Anastacio Partillo
Aleman Ave
Passons
Caboose
Sheriff's Homicide
Alva Jeffcoat
Los Angeles City College
Partillo
Fullerton
Angels Beat Cardinals Behind Davis Homers
UPA reports the Angels defeat the Cardinals as Willie Davis hits homers, while the Dodgers win on strong hitting. Stock market rallies push average prices toward 196 peak levels.
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Angels
Willie Davis
Pace Dodgers
Bipartisan Blasts Hit Racial Bias in Birmingham Hearings
Washington officials from both parties blasted racial violence in Birmingham, Alabama, as hearings opened on President Kennedy’s civil rights program. House Judiciary subcommittee chair Emanuel Celler urged respect for the United States image abroad due to mob tactics against demonstrators. Rep. John Lindsay called the demonstrations a measure of despair over unmet civil rights promises. The scene suggested possible bipartisan limits in the House though Senate opposition was expected.
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Washington (T
Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
House
Senate
Emanuel Celler
House’, Judiciary
United States
John V. Lindsay
NLY
William M. McCufoch
Ohio
Biracial Peace Talks Continue In Birmingham Crisis
Birmingham tension eased briefly when Martin Luther King Jr was jailed on a month old protest charge and later released on bond. Leaders split over the jailings as negotiations paused but a renewed truce was promised, with Rev Andrew Young and Rev Fred Shuttlesworth urging calm amid ongoing church discussions. The episode sparked warning of a possible mass demonstration as finalized settlement discussions continued late into the night.
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Martin Luther King
Birmingham
King
Fred Shuttlesworth
Ralph Abemnathy
Ala
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Jaa
Ralph Aber
Nathy
Dt King
Andrew Young
James Bevel
Gadsden
Page AG
Leaders Praised by JFK for Birmingham Progress
President Kennedy and Attorney General Kennedy praised white and Negro leaders in Birmingham for reducing the "ugly situation" and urged continued cooperation. He credited businessmen and Negro leaders for stepping toward meeting the community’s just needs and cautioned against federal intervention absent violations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
Robert FL Kennedy
Iplodzin
Andy
Judge and mother counsel Birmingham youth in crisis
In Birmingham a court scene shows Judge Talbot Ellis, the mother Mrs. Allen Parham, and her 15 year old son Grosbeck Parham discussing unrest and race. The dialogue touches on freedom, equality, schooling, and nonviolence as the boy faces juvenile detention and a path back to education.
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Birminghan
Talbot Ellis
Grosbeck Preet Parham
Judge Ellis
Allen Parham
Grosbeck
Dr. Walsh
Grossbeck Walsh
Lloyd Noland Hospital
Parham
Kennedy
Brenda Pettis
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