Powell Denies Kennedy Favor In Powell Battle
Representative Adam Clayton Powell rejected charges that the Kennedy administration was favoring him. He labeled accusations by Senator John Williams as inaccuracies and lies while defending his $697000 request for the House Education and Labor Committee. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Representative James Roosevelt expressed support in parts of Powell’s stance, with Roosevelt defending the Adam Clayton Powell Foundation and Kennedy praising a Harlem juvenile delinquency project Powell backs.
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Congress
John J. Williams
Kennedy
House
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
Williams
Robert F. Kennedy
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Education and Labor Committee
Youth Conservation Corps
Harlem
Roosevelt
Adam Clayton Powell Foundation
Members Of Congress Free From Any Checks
Federal investigators routinely screen executive branch staff and judges while Congress faces no uniform checks. FBI reviews occur for certain committees and high offices, but members and most staff lack systematic oversight. The October law tightens conflict rules, barring many former federal employees from private lobbying and adds one year disqualification for higher responsibility roles.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Executive Branch
FBI
White House
Congress
Joint Atomic Energy Committer
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Foreign Relations
Armed Services
Appropriations
Atomic Energy Committee
Kennedy
Veterans Aide To Face Dismissal In Oklahoma Notice
Norman Oklahoma AP Leonard Saffa assistant director of the state War Veterans Department was ordered to resign by Monday or be fired by the War Veterans Commission. Saffa sought time to confer with department director Wilbur Henline who is abroad. The commission also signaled possible action against Henline upon his return next week. The panel led by Monroe Darragh cited program gains and criticized both officials along with plans to inspect hospitals in Ardmore and Sulphur.
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Darragh
Henline
Veterans Ward
Central State Hospital
Commission
Veterans Hospital
Ardmore
Kentucky seeds bring home to Milton airman
Maj. Roger Poland of the U S Air Force in England says Kentucky barley tobacco seeds mailed by friends helped ease homesickness after six months abroad. He reports harvesting a rich yellow leaf crop and notes there are no acreage quotas to worry about.
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Milton, Ky
Roger Poland
England
U.S. Air Force
Kentucky
Poland
Promoted officers in Artillery divisions this month
Capt Edison V Hoey an instructor in the Artillery Fundamentals Branch and Lt Bruce L Reed in the Field Exercises Branch of the Artillery Tactics Division were advanced in rank this month with Hoey becoming major and Reed first lieutenant.
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Edison V. Hoey
Bruce L. Reed
Bell System Pension Fight Looms in 1963 Talks
The Communications Workers of America push for major pension gains for about 100000 Bell System employees. They cite a $4 billion fund with $125 million annual interest and seek to end half Social Security offset, plus survivor benefits, health coverage, higher wages, longer vacations, and a six month sabbatical option. The policy meeting is set for Chicago in March 2022.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Telephone Workers’ Union
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell Telephone
Beirne
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Ohio
California
Michigan
Maryland
Virgina
West Virginia
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
District of Columbia
Chicago
Afl-Cio
Federation
Collision Leaves 31 Cattle Dead
A Santa Fe passenger train bound for Kansas City collided with a cattle truck near Tulsa on Tuesday. Thirty one cattle were killed, while no train passengers were injured. The truck driver, Elmer Suess of Elhorn Nebraska, was scratched after failing to see the train cross the tracks east of U S 75.
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Tulsa
Kansas City
Here
Elmer Suess
Elhorn
Neb
U. S. 75
Percolation Favored By Coffee Maker Says Industry
A leading coffee equipment manufacturer asserts that percolating is the preferred method among brewers. The firm backs its claim with product demonstrations and consumer surveys.
Fulbright Opposed Invasion of Cuba in 1961 Memorandum
Washington Senator Fulbright questioned a U S backed Cuba invasion in a March 1961 memo to President Kennedy. He warned of a moral black eye and regional backlash, arguing for isolating Castro and urging restraint while Cuba remained a Soviet political focal point.
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Betancourt
Mrs. Kennedy
White House
Pres
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Jose Lorenzo Perez
Kennedy
Cuba
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Oklahoma Mental Health Board forms inquiry into Eastern State Hospital
The Oklahoma Mental Health Board named a three member panel to review operations at Eastern State Hospital in Vinita. The inquiry, requested to avoid a legislative probe, will be completed within 10 days with Dr. Joe Tyler John Boyd and Dr. Noel Kahn on the committee. Rep Harold Morgan will provide details of charges against hospital staff.
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Oklahoma City
State Mental Health Board
Eastern State Hospital
Winita
Joe Tyler
Tulsa
Harold Morgan
Vinita
Tyler
John Boyd
Noel Kahn
Claremore
House
Morgan
Wayne J. Boyd
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Barbour Cox
Chandler
House Committee
Home Nursing Films to Be Shown on KSWO Channel 7
Walter Montgomery of the Lawton Noon Lions Club and Mike Darnell of the Comanche County Red Cross announced a co-sponsored series of ten 27 minute films on home nursing training. The programs, to air starting Sunday March 3 on KSWO TV, cover safeguards for natural and man made disasters.
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Kswo-Tv
Channel 7
Walter Montgomery
Lawton Noon Lions Club
Mike Darnell
Comanche County Red Cross
The
American Red
Youth Confesses to Killing Father and Stepmother
A 16 year old in Green Bay recounts to authorities how he shot and killed his father Jack Hebard and his stepmother Joyce, along with Joyce's three children, saying he felt left out of the family. He faces first degree murder charges and a psychiatric exam is planned.
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Green Bay, Wis
Harry Hebard
Dist
Atty
Robert Warren
Warren
Harry
Joyce
John Rudell
Judy
Janice
Jack Hebard
Cache Road Square Merchants Elect Year Officers
Herb Stonehocker of Herb's Red Bud food market was elected president of the Cache Road Square Merchants association at a regular meeting. Other officers elected include R. S. Wilcox of Anthony's as vice president H. E. Wilkerson of Woolworth as treasurer and Vernon Chandler of Chandler's Barber Shop as secretary.
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Herb Stonehocker
Herb’s
Red Bud Food Market
Cache Road Square Merchants Association
R. S. Wilcox
Anthony's
H. E. Wilkerson
Woolworth
Vernon Chandler
Chandler's
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National Broadcasting Company
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Jay Barney
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