Thoresen Urges Passage of Housing Bill H.R. 6028
At a meeting of the Operation Support committee in the 3rd District Walter Thoresen spoke for Kennedy's housing program. He warned 1960 housing gaps include 14 to 16 million substandard homes and urged building at least two million units yearly, aiming for over 20 million annually by the late 1960s and asked constituents to contact their Congressman in support of H.R. 6028.
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John F. Kennedy
Walter Thoresen
Kennedy
Thoresen
U.S
Building Trades
Congress
Strike subsidies trigger tax anger amid labor walkout
Casey estimates about 300 ships receive federal subsidies and 75 percent of any personnel pay increases would fall to American taxpayers. Jesse M. Calhoun, a union negotiator, says some lines get 100000 dollars daily in subsidies and calls it tax waste. Unions involved include NMU Mast ers Mates and Pilots Seafarers Marine Engineers and pursers and radio operators unions totaling about 88,000 members.
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Casey
Jesse M. Calhoun
NMU
Fidel Could Tutor Kennedy-FPCC
The Tampa Fair Play for Cuba Committee held its first Cuba America program and attacked President Kennedy Sen George Smathers and Adlai Stevenson. W T Lee urged Kennedy learn from Fidel before a bigger mess. The chairman called Stevenson an egg head and questioned Smathers tour duties.
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Tampa
South America
Stevenson
Lee
Adenauer Urges Free Elections for German Reunification
Chancellor Adenauer in Bonn tells Soviet leaders that peace requires reunification of Germany through free elections. He criticizes permanent division and West Berlin demilitarization as obstacles, linking Berlin talks to the East German refugee flow and renewed Soviet pressure.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
East Germany
Adenauer
Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Khrushchev
Move Made For Permanent Civil Rights Agency
The Kennedy administration backs bills to make the Civil Rights Commission a permanent federal agency. Deputy Attorney General Byron R. White endorsed the measures in a May 29 letter to Sen. James Eastland, as nominating hearings proceeded. The commission, created by the 1957 Civil Rights Act for two years, faces expiry this fall without action.
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Civil Rights ‘Commission
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D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Byron R. White
Judiciary
Civil Rights Commission
Congress
Jump From Bridge Aims To Prove Boast In Nashville
Billy Stevens, 23, who claimed he could survive a 100 foot fall from Woodland Street Bridge into the Cumberland River, leapt from a car with two friends and dived Friday. He told reporters he felt fine upon entering the water and later said he did not feel well when pulled from the river. hospital officials reported he was in good condition.
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Billy
Stevens
Woodland Street
Cumberland River
Drug Price Fixing Trial Convicts NCPA and Officer
A federal jury found the Northern California Pharmaceutical Association guilty of conspiring to fix prescription drug prices under the Sherman Act. Co-defendant Donald Hedgepeth, a San Francisco pharmacist and association vice president, was also convicted. Sentencing is set for June 22. fines up to $50,000 and possible jail time apply. The verdict signals broader antitrust action as investigations continue in several states and civil suits seek injunctions against price fixing.
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Northern California Pharmaceutical Association
U.S
Louis E. Goodman
Donald K. Hedgepeth
Association
Hedgepeth
Goodman
Lyle L. Jones
Utah
Idaho
Arizona
California
Lloyd H. Burke
NCPA
Laos Princes Agree on National Union Government
Laotian leaders Gen Phoumi Nosavan Premier Boun Oum and Prince Souphanouvong meet to form a government of national union to represent Laos at Geneva. They aim to decide a single delegation, press cease fire and neutrality, and end jungle fighting as foreign intervention ends.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Phoumi Nosavan
National Union
Phoumi
Boun Oum
Souphianouvong
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Souphanouvong
Blank diplomas handed to California graduates
San Marino High School issued blank diplomas to 30 graduates after a harassment incident. Principal John Landrum said these students will later receive diplomas by mail after they perform 40 hours of labor for the school and write a 500 word essay on the incident, plus a letter of apology to Vice Principal Norman Frost.
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San Marino
Calif
San Marino High School
John Landrum
Arcadia
Norman Frost
Frost
Landrum
Private Housing Rises 8 Percent in May
Washington AP reports private housing starts rose 8 percent in May to an annual rate of 1,298,000 homes. The Census Bureau shows April at 1,200,000 and May 1960 at 1,333,000 after seasonal adjustments.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
Federal Housing Administration
Weather Forecast For La Crosse And Vicinity
Fair and partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a little warmer temperatures. Lows around 59 tonight, highs near 83 Sunday, and 55 Monday. Wisconsin looks fair and warmer with variable cloudiness. Minnesota: warmer with scattered showers or thunderstorms in the extreme north, and Iowa: partly cloudy with slow temperature rise.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Readings Show Flood Stage at La Crosse Today
Flood stage reading at La Crosse shows 12 feet 48 inches with a 0.1 foot drop. Sunrise is 5 22 a.m. and sunset 8 50 p.m. Moon set at 11 21 p.m.
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LA Crosse
Preview Day Highlights Major Cities Across Nation
A listing of cities including Billings Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver Dubuque Duluth Galveston Huron Jacksonville Kansas City Knoxville LACROSSE Los Angeles Madison Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York St. Louis Washington appears in the preview segment. The roster features prominent urban centers and regional hubs across the country.
Ben Jones Buried Near Rose Hill Cemetery
Ben Jones veteran horse trainer with Calumet Farm was buried Friday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Parnell near his childhood farm after dying Tuesday at age 78.
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Parnell, Mo
Ben Jones
Parnell
Rose Hill
Jones
Calumet Farm
Typist Claims She Was Waltzed Out Of Cash
Hazel Tipton a 36 year old typist sues artist Arthur Murray Dance studio in Common Pleas Court seeking 15840 dollars repaid for dance lessons and 25000 dollars in punitive damages alleging she was danced talked flattered cheated and swindled over two months in 1959 and that Costello the studio director and Arthur Murray Inc conspired to defraud her.
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Cleveland
Hazel Tipton
Common Pleas Court
Arthur Murray
Sam A. Costello
Arthur Murray, Inc
New York
Woman 83 Chooses Husband After Brief Courtship
In Oakland California William Harvey Brown 86 and Mae Clark Sargent 83 obtained a marriage license and plan to wed soon. Sargent advised others to marry but not to rush into it.
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Oakland
Calif
William Harvey Brown
Mae Clark Sargent
Brown
Rockefeller and King Praise Each Other at Albany Rally
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared a respectful exchange at a Southern Christian Leadership Conference fundraiser in Albany New York. The crowd of about 2000 cheered as each praised the other for liberalism and human dignity.
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Martin Luther King Jr
Mahatma Gandhi
New York
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
South
India
Rockefeller
Dr. King
New York City
Antique Auto Parade Showcases Two Clubs In La Crosse
Two clubs, the Old Style Auto Club and the La Crosse Valley Region of the A A C A, joined Dahl’s parade in downtown La Crosse Friday night. Participants displayed a variety of early models including 1909 Hupmobile, 1902 Ford roadster, 1912 Sears buggy, 1918 Briscoe, 1927 T Ford, 1929 Chevrolet truck, and many 1930s Fords.
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la Crosse Valley
Antique Automobile Club of America
Dahl
la Crosse
Paul Morris
Oscar Rutz
Jack Esterle
Robert Selbrede
Clarence Olson
Tom
Negro Bus Driver Hired In Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee the city owned transit system hired John L. Smith 29 the first Negro bus driver in the city s history The Memphis Transit Authority said Smith will train three days before starting service The system with 267 buses employs 430 drivers and pays about 219 per hour as policy prohibits discrimination against qualified workers
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Carl Carson
Memphis Transit Authority
John L. Smith
Carson
Robert Frost Undergoes Minor Surgery in Hanover
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Robert Frost, 86, was admitted to the Dartmouth College infirmary on Thursday for minor surgery and expected to be discharged today. The operation's nature was not disclosed. Frost planned to return to his Ripton Vermont farm to tend his flowers and vegetables.
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N.H
Robert Frost
Frost
Kennedy
Dartmouth College
Ripton
Whitehall Native to Be Ordained at Our Saviour's
John Speerstra son of Mr and Mrs Peter Speerstra Sr will be ordained into the ministry at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Sunday June 18 at 10 30 a m The ordination will be led by Rev C G Birkeland with Dr Arndt Halvorson of Luther Theological Seminary delivering the sermon Speerstra born in Whitehall June 30 1933 is a 1957 University of Wisconsin graduate and a Luther Theological Seminary bachelor of divinity graduate He interned in Bremerton WA and served two years in the Army he has been called as assistant pastor of the Lutheran Parish at Chetek.
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Speerstra
Whitehall
University of Wisconsin
Luther Theological Seminary
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
Bremerton
Wash
Europe
Chetek
Production and employment rise in weekly barometer
The AP reports a sharp uptick in production and employment signaling economic recovery. Fed data show a 3 percent May gain across mines factories and utilities with broad gains in autos iron and steel TV sets furniture clothing and chemicals. Labor data note May improvements in heavy industry work week and overtime with durable goods payrolls up 150000 to 8,999,000 as overtime and hours rise.
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AP Business News
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Labor Department
Wisconsin Faces Looming Apprenticeship Shortage
Wisconsin faces a long term shortage of apprentices as Charles T. Nye, director of apprentice training, warns that industry will suffer unless trainee numbers rise. He cites 4,200 in training now versus 14,000 in 1948 and calls for a return to 14,000 by 1971 with improved industry participation and state outreach.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Charles T. Nye
Nye
State Industrial Commission
Welch links McCarthy destruction to Communist catch phrases
Robert Welch of the John Birch Society warned in Milwaukee that Communist tactics used against Senator McCarthy were aimed at a European general. He claimed 41 percent of top U S decisions were influenced by Communists and accused clergy of Communist sympathies.
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Milwaukee
Robert Welch
John Birch Society
Joseph McCarthy
Europe
Welch
McCarthy
R-Wis
Edwin Walker
Birch Society
U. S
U S to Feed 500000 Schoolchildren in Madras India
George McGovern, director of the Food for Peace program, announced daily food for a year for 500,000 schoolchildren in Madras. The plan marks one of the largest Food for Peace launches since Kennedy expanded the program. G Subramaniam, Madras education and finance minister, accepted the gift.
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Washington
George McGovern
United States
Madras
India
Kennedy
G. Subramaniam
Cease-fire in Algeria Leaves Hundreds Dead and Wounded
In Algiers the French government reports 304 people killed and 531 wounded since the May 20 cease-fire, reflecting continued violence in the Algerian rebellion.
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Algiers
Czech Official Faced Coercion From U N Delegates
Czech counsellor Nacvalac recounts an approach by men posing as benefactors. They offered wealth housing and education if he left his Czech post and worked for the United States, threatening him when he refused. The U S demanded his expulsion for abusing UN privileges.
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Nacvalac
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Jack
Mirek
Mack
White House
Nacvalae
U.S
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Nacavalac
Zdenek Cernik
Charles Yost
U.N
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