Fate Of Rights Commission Up For Senate Vote
Senate leaders push a one year extension to revive the Civil Rights Commission after its six year mandate expired. Key figures include Richard Russell who favored allowing the agency to die, and Roy Wilkins urging swift action on Kennedy civil rights legislation. The measure faces House approval and previous objections from Thurmond and Ervin.
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Fate of Rights Commission
Senate
Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Richard B. Russell
Russell
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Pact to rid Great Lakes of labor hoodlums in talks
Ottawa reports possible government trusteeship spurs Canadian and U S labor leaders toward a private pact with the AFL CIO and CLC to clean up Great Lakes waterfront crime. Talks could precede a federal trusteeship measure suspending law while unions attempt self reform.
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Ottawa
U.S
Great Lakes
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Afl-Cio
Kennedy tax cut hopes dim as Congress stalls
The Kennedy administration failed to speed action on the $11 billion tax cut and Senate leaders warned the measure may be delayed until next year. President Kennedy pressed for civil rights and tax action at a breakfast with Democratic lawmakers, while Byrd backed extending hearings and Humphrey warned the tax bill could be delayed. Senate Finance Committee party-line vote preserved Byrd's control over timing.
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Washington
SAP
Senate
Kennedy
House
White House
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Paul H. Douglas
Byrd
Hubert H. Humphrey
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Mike
Mansfield
Montana
McCormack
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Harry ¥. Byrd
Finance Committee
House approves bill to raise military pay
The House moves a bill to raise military pay by about 1.2 billion dollars a year, boosting basic pay up to 120 dollars monthly for officers and enlisted ranks, with additional increases for recruits and those in combat zones. The measure, already passed by the Senate, becomes effective today and also expands benefits for retirees and doctors.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
South Viet Nam
Secretary of Defense
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Jailbreak hack saw blade leads to prison term
Chester Funk 51 received two years in Waupun State Prison after admitting he carried a hack saw blade in his wooden leg used by two Monroe County Jail inmates to escape. The escapees Glen Peterson and Joseph Nelson fled Sept 24. Nelson remains at large.
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Sparta
Wis
Westley
Waupun
Chester Funk
Monroe County
Funk
Lambert Hansen
Glen E. Peterson
Joseph Nelson
Nelson
Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hansen
Marion Davis
Elkhorn
Charles L. Hodgkins
John L. Barnes
Patrick Schneider
Camp McCoy
Frank Tonashek
Winona
Minn
Joseph Whitey Nelson
Dist
Don L. Goodman
Arden Oss
Goodman
Vernon County
Home backs 18 nation disarmament summit
At the United Nations Home gave guarded approval to a Soviet proposal for an 18 nation disarmament summit. He pressed for clear directives and a halt to spreading nuclear weapons. He warned of a deep ideological rift in the UN and supported talks with the Soviet Union to prevent mass destruction weapons in space. Western sources noted his dinner with Gromyko and Thant as he pursued Russian intentions.
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United Nations
N.Y
Lord of
London
Home
U.N. General Assembly
Kennedy
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
U Thant
Thant
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Berlin
United Nations Organization
West
Khrushchev
United States
Russia
Gromyke
Gas Service For Area Towns McCoy Okayed
Federal Power Commission approved Northern Natural Gas Co to start natural gas service to 76 Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska communities in a $20 million expansion. Milwuakee Gas Light Co will receive gas for 27 Wisconsin towns. Construction may miss winter. six river crossings are required.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Northern Natural Gas Co., of
Omaha
Neb
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Northern
Milwaukee Gas Light Co
Albany
Bangor
Barron
Belleville
Bloomer
Boscobel
Brodshead
Cameron
Camp McCoy
iChetek
Clear Lake
Cuba City
Milwaukee
Northern Natural
Mississippi
St. Croix
Kennedy May Approve Wheat Sale to Soviet Union
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey said President Kennedy could lift wheat sale restrictions to the Soviet Union within 72 hours. He noted White House leadership favored private exports and that Soviets reportedly want about 115 million bushels for roughly $200 million. Republicans urged Kennedy to clarify policy and address foreign impact questions.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kennedy
Russia
Humphrey
Senate
White House
Soviets
Republican House
U.S
Whaat
Viwao Wo
oWuwes
Cuba
Commu
Nist
China
Stop Tuition For Whites At Private Schools
U S Supreme Court associate justice William J. Brennan Jr granted a stay blocking state tuition grants for white children attending private segregated schools in Prince Edward County Virginia. The stay will hold until the high court rules on the appeal from the Fourth Circuit reversing Judge Oren R. Lewis and allowing continued private schooling funding while public schools remain closed.
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Richmond
U.S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Prince Edward County
Washington
William J. Brennan Jr
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Laan
Lnlace
Prince Edward School Foundation
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Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Legislative Conference On Civil Rights
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Lord Home
Rusk
UPI
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Genovese
Las Vegas
G. Milton Kelly
Joseph Valachi
Vito Genovese
Nev
Meyer Lansky
Leavenworth
New York
Jacob K. Jay
Valachi Its
R-N.y
Las Ends
Reles
Lansky
Javits
Abe Rel
Ines
Underworld
la Cosa Nostra
Subcommittee
Jerome Adlerman
Peter Morello
Vance Hartke
D Ind
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
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