Senate Leaders Open Drive For Kennedy Program
Senate Democratic leaders launched a push to pass Kennedy welfare priorities led by the low spirits areas bill ticketed S.1. Other items include medical care for the aged tied to Social Security, higher minimum wage, and federal school aid. House and Senate also clash over civil rights rules. Johnson and Gore stirring party policy moves meet vacancies reality. Javits proposes replacing Goldwater as GOP campaign chair amid intra party strife.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Paul Douglas
Ill
House
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Thomas H. Kuchel
R-Calif
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sam Rayburn
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Missouri
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Gore
Johnson
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Javits
Johnson Keeps Senate Power
Johnson resigns his Texas Senate seat and passes the majority leadership to Sen. Mansfield of Montana. Mansfield plans to invite Johnson to preside over Democratic caucuses and policy meetings, a move that could extend Johnson’s influence while acknowledging Mansfield’s authority.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Texas
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Policy Committee
Paul Douglas
D-Il
Sen
Eisenhower Sets Final State of the Union Dates
President Eisenhower will not deliver the final State of the Union in person on January 12. The White House announced budget and economic report dates for January 16 and January 18, and Hagerty said a farewell radio and TV address before January 20 is under consideration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Dr Sam Sheppard to be moved from Ohio Penitentiary
Dr Samuel H Sheppard serving life for the 1954 death of wife Marilyn will be transferred from Ohio Penitentiary to Marion Correctional Institution Thursday. Maury Koblentz cited his excellent service record. 28 other inmates also move. Since July 20, 1955 he has worked in the print shop and prison hospital and was in the honor dormitory since last July.
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Columbus, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Ohio Penitentiary
Marion Correctional Institution
Maury Koblentz
Division of Correction
Sheppard
West Hocking Board Re-Elects Officers
The West Hocking school board re elected its officers for the new year and made 1961 appropriations at its organizational and regular monthly meeting held Tuesday night. Mack Shaw was re elected president Merl Beougher was again named vice president. Fred Good was re appointed as clerk. The board set the first Tuesday as its regular meeting date and moved start time to 7 p.m. The $148 710 1961 appropriation includes salaries supplies and building costs. The board renewed its Ohio School Boards Association membership and updated policy.
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West Hocking
Mack Shaw
South Bloomingville
Merl Beougher
Rockbridge
Fred Good
Ohio School Boards Association
Vandermann Oil Brings In New Well
The Steve Vandermann Oil Co. reports drilling the No. 2 well on the Ralph Sniff lease in Marion Township Two with the best prospects yet and oil flow exceeding bail capacity. Fracturing was to begin yesterday after announcing two Marion Township completions, the E Holcomb lease and the Sniff No. 1 well, each pumping 70 to 75 barrels daily.
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Steve Vandermann Oil Co
New York City
Ralph Sniff
Marion
Marion Twp
E. Holcomb
Sniff
Belgium Strikes Show Mixed Results Across Cities
In Brussels the government appeared to break the 16 day strike as police dispersed 200 to 300 pickets and departments reopened. Across Belgium unions pressed protests with 200000 demonstrators reported by Le Peuple while government backers won four parliamentary votes amid austerity pressure.
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Brussels
le Peuple
Belgium
Gaston Eyskens
Social Christians
Eyskens
Antwerp
Soignies
Charleroi
Liege
Namur
Nuclear reactor explosion at atomic testing site kills three
AP reports a new-style nuclear reactor explosion at a major U S atomic testing station kills three workers. Radiation levels trigger area sealoff but officials say the station remains safe.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Yankees Plan Speedy Exodus From Cuba Amid Break
The U S Embassy arranged a rapid departure for Americans after Eisenhower broke diplomatic relations with Fidel Castro. The Cuban note pledged safety and extended the 48 hour exit window for embassy staff while offering facilities for removal of property. The Castro government will withdraw its personnel and hand its U S representation to Czechoslovakia. The American colony in Cuba totals 500 to 2000. many will leave, some stay for compelling reasons.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
White House
United States
Czechoslovakia
U S Opens Door To Laos Settlement
The United States signals openness to a political solution for the Laos civil war while keeping military readiness. Officials cite Communist airlifts, noting 184 observed Soviet flights delivering arms to rebel forces around Vang Vieng, near Vientiane.
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Washington
United States
Laos
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
State Department
Vang Vieng
Vientiane
New Ohio Tags to Be White on Green
The sale of Ohio s new automobile license tags white numerals on green background starts March 1 at all Bureau of Motor Vehicles agencies. Tags may be used from March 1 to April 1 with a 30 day sale period and must appear on cars by April 1. Deadline for applications for special tags at $1 extra is February 15.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Kennedy to Meet McNamara on Cuba and Laos
President elect Kennedy flies to New York to confer with Defense Secretary designate McNamara amid Cuba U S relations and Laos tensions. The talks may address the Guan tanamo base and Kennedy’s stance on aiding anti Castro forces while reviewing high defense spending plans and Vance and Hitch appointments.
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Kennedy
Cuba
Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
New York
Robert S. McNamara
Fisenhower
Pierre Salinger
Dean Rusk
Rusk
State Department
McNamara
Guantanamo
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
U.S
Weather Outlook For Ohio With Snow Flurries And Winds
Official Weather Bureau summary notes a low pressure system over the Lower Great Lakes kept Ohio cloudy with snow flurries. Westerly winds gusting 25 to 35 mph accompanied the flurries as the low moved eastward during the night.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Great Lakes
Hocking Valley Forecast Shows Partly Cloudy Warm Thursday
The report notes a dip to five above zero last night and a 24 degree reading at 11 am with Tuesday’s high of 35. Temperatures range 7 to 23 across Mansfield Marietta Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati as high pressure dominates Ohio for 24 hours.
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Hocking Valley
Mansfield
Marietta
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio
Assembly Trims Committee List in Ohio General Assembly
The 104th Ohio General Assembly opens with only 30 standing committees across both houses after a brief organizational week. The Senate reduces committees from 13 to 10 and eliminates Civil Service and Liquor panels. Highways becomes Highways and Public Works. Mechem to chair Rules. GOP holds 6 of 3 slots.
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Columbus
Ohio
104Th General Assembly
Senate
House
Committee On Civil Service, Retirement, Veterans Affairs and Elections
Ted M. Gray
Miami
Public Utilities and Public Works
Belgians Postpone Revolt Until After Lunch
In Brussels protests rise against austerity with higher taxes and lower social benefits. Violent clashes erupt as police charge crowds, windows are smashed, and a bystander fatally shoots a man before demonstrators retreat for lunch.
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Brussels
Belgium
Gaston Eyskens
Sabena Airlines
Harassment claimed in U S Cuba rift at UN meeting
United States charges Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro deliberately harassed Washington to wreck relations. Ambassador James J. Wadsworth told the Security Council the U S aimed to prevent a break but Castro’s government pressed ahead. Castro dismissed the charges as false and hysterical as U S Cuban ties sharply deteriorated after Eisenhower broke relations.
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United Nations
United States
Fidel Castro
James J. Wadsworth
U.N. Security Council
Cuba
White House
Raul Roa
Wadsworth
Eisenhower
Castro
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Washington-Havana
America
Spain
Washington
Havana
Bisenhower
U. S
Daniel J. Braddock
Walter Rossi
Braddock
West Palm Beach
Fla
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Vandermann Oil
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michael V. DiSalle
Edythe Klumpp
Marysville Reformatory
Willoughby
Lake County
West Lake County
Yankees
Designate
Palm Beach
Defense Department
Cyrus Roberts Vance
Department
Vance
Senate Preparedness
Charles J. Hitch
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Pentagon
Hitch
Defense
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica
Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Assembly
Committee On Highways and Public Works
Lowell Fess
K-Greene
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Rules
GOP
Mechem
William H. Deddens
Gray
Ross Pepple
Lima
Robert R. Shaw
J.B. Simpson
Forest
Hardin County
Frank W. King
Toledo
Arthur Blake
Martins Ferry
Charles J. Carney
Youngstown
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Harry E Schwall
Fulton County
Gordon Renner
Hamilton County
Fred L. Hoffman
Shaw
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