NAACP Protest Triggers Change in Chrysler World Fair Puppet Show
The NAACP pressed Chrysler at the New York World’s Fair over a puppet show parody of Dem Bones. Chrysler will replace dem with them on recordings and adjust colors of four deep blue purple pistons after a meeting with company officials and NAACP representatives. Will address further color details with puppeteer Bil Baird as the show continues.
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Voters approve redistricting to trim county court size
Anderson County residents vote 3,414 to 1,233 in favor of redrawing the county into two civil districts reducing the court from 21 to 16 members. Effective after the August elections, Oak Ridge will have five members and the rest six.
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Elliott Roosevelt Wins Miami Beach Mayoral Race
Elliott Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D Roosevelt, wins the Miami Beach mayoral race with about two thirds of the vote, 10,002 to 3,661 for incumbent Richard. His victory follows a heated campaign stressing businesslike governance. Roosevelt has lived in the city 24 years and runs a management and public relations firm.
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Military Pay Raise Bill Labeled As Inadequate
Washington House Armed Services Committee chair L. Mendel Rivers denounces President Johnsons military pay raise plan as disgracefully inadequate while proposing a rival bill. Rivers argues for a raise more than twice as large, with a 1.7 percent average for active duty personnel and an annual cost of about 892 million dollars, contrasting the presidents 4.8 percent average and 102 million dollars 19 year.
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House Expected To OK Tax Reduction Measure
Washington report on the House poised to approve President Johnsons 4.3 billion tax cut plan to spur prosperity. The measure would phase out excise taxes on several itens and cut the new car tax gradually until abolition in 1959 while aiming for Senate approval.
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CAB Okays In-Flight Recreation
Washington reports the Civil Aeronautics Board backed a pact banning movies and TV on international flights. Seventeen North Atlantic carriers including Pan American World Airways and TWA signed the ban, while TWA opposed it to avoid rate chaos. Airlines require IATA and government approvals to implement the policy.
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Soldiers Adopt 60 Dominican War Orphans
Aug Georgia UPI report details the 42nd Civil Affairs Company of the Vth CA Group, formerly at Ft. Gordon, adopting 60 orphans in the Dominican Republic. Lt. Tray Smith traced hungry children after arrival in Santo Domingo in May and organized aid from soldiers and families, with letters home prompting clothing sheets and cookies for the youngsters.
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King Constantine Birthday Celebrated in Athens
UPI reports King Constantine of Greece marked his birthday today while Queen Anne-Marie prepares for the anticipated birth. The royal couple’s event comes as the nation eyes upcoming celebrations and the palace releases no further details on plans.
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New York Abolishes Death Penalty for Most Murders
Gov Nelson Rockefeller signs a law ending capital punishment in New York for all but on-duty officers and inmates under life terms who murder. Abolitionist lawmakers promise further action next year. About 29 death-row inmates remain at Sing Sing. three may still be executed under exemptions.
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Nation's News Center Now Located In Texas
Houston reports that NASA 1 serves as a temporary national news hub during the Geminid space mission. crews cover astronaut families from Clear Lake City to New Orleans and Los Angeles as NBC and ABC erect neon signs and glass studios near the NASA 1 site.
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