Philatelic Sales Agency Profits as New Eleanor Roosevelt Stamp Issued
The Post Office Philatelic Sales Agency earns profits selling stamps to collectors, with $3 million in annual sales. A White House ceremony marks the Eleanor Roosevelt commemorative, 130 million stamps at five cents each. Commemoratives favor dead famous people or nationally significant events, with a backlog of requests and annual limit rules.
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CIA defense of Viet Nam prompts Senate panel support
Senate Foreign Relations Committee members said the CIA's role in South Viet Nam faced no foundation for criticism after a 32 hour hearing with CIA Director John A. McCone. Chairman Fulbright, Symington, and Hickenlooper disputed claims of deviation from operating function. Kennedy received Birmingham emissaries noting racial tensions easing with cooperation of Negroes and whites. Colonel Blaik and Kenneth Royall briefed at the White House with Attorney General RFK present.
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Red) Blaik
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Kenneth Royall
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Defense seeks 13,000 draftees for December Army call
The Defense Department announced a December draft call for 13,000 inductees into the Army, a decrease of 4,000 from the 17,000 quota previously set for October and November. The announcement was issued Thursday.
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UPI
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King Hussein’s Second Son Born in Jordan
King Hussein and Princess Muna welcomed a second son born today in Amman. Both mother and infant are reported well. The couple’s first child, Crown Prince Abdullah, arrived in January 1962.
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Jordan
Hussein
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Prince Abdullah
Highway Engineer Relents Amid Up and Down Road Sign
Boulder Colorado AP reports a side road turnout sign was erected on Monday then repeatedly knocked down or fallen by Tuesday and Wednesday. City Engineer Bill Korbitz announced Thursday the sign will stay down, accusing someone of opposing its installation.
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Bill Korbitz
Cholera death toll rises in South Korea to 64
The cholera epidemic in Seoul, Korea, has claimed six more lives, raising the total death toll to 64 as 35 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
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Korea
UPI
South Korea
House Group Demands Showdown On Civil Rights Bill
The House Judiciary Committee seeks closed door talks with Attorney General Kennedy to press for a stance on the civil rights bill clash with the administration. Subcommittee actions drew mixed reactions from civil rights leaders and supporters amid political tensions.
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