Poll Taxes Get Ax A Constitutional Amendment Approved
Congress approved a proposed constitutional amendment to ban poll taxes in federal elections. The House vote was 295 to 86 with 40 votes margin, sending the measure to the states for ratification within seven years. The amendment covers presidential, vice presidential, and congressional elections only.
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Washington
Congress
House
General Services Administration
Senate
United States
Price Hike New Aim of NFO
The National Farmers Organization plans to hold cattle hogs sheep and grain off the market to push higher farm prices after disavowals by Ford and Sears. President Oren Lee Staley said the move seeks long term contracts with higher prices, with a milk inclusion possibility. More than 15,000 NFC members were to vote on the proposal, hoping to showcase the group’s most ambitious price-raising effort yet.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
NFO
Ford Motor Co
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Committee On Economic Development
CED
Theodore 0. Yntema
Ford
Theodore V. Houser
Sears
Staley
Alma Aims For Carolinas Lands Near Morehead City
Tropical storm Alma neared the North Carolina coast near Morehead City moving northeast at about 15 mph. Gale warnings were posted from Morehead City to Cape Charles with tides 1 3 feet above normal and small craft urged to stay in port at Atlantic Beach. Outer Banks winds reached 10 15 mph with gusts to 33 mph as residents stayed put.
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Hatteras
N.C
Alma
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Miami
Morehead City
Cape Charles
Carolinas
Cape May
N.J
Atlantic Beach
Michael Lewis
Two Boys Die After Black River Rescue Attempt
Otis Dix Jr., 10, fell from a raft into the Black River in Elyria and drowned. Larry Busch, 13, leaped in to save him and also drowned.
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Elyria, Ohio
Otis Dixon Jr
Black River
Larry Busch
President Kennedy wins Telstar satellite bill in Congress
The House approved the Senate version 372 to 10, creating a private, profit making corporation to operate the U.S. portion of a global space relay network. The plan, backed by the President, sets 15 directors with six chosen by communications firms and six by public stockholders, three appointed by the President. The public offering prizes shares at $100.
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U.S
House
Senate
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Satellite Corporation
Inmate Missing After Baptism at Pine Bluff Prison Farm
Walter McWilliams a 31 year old inmate serving 16 years for burglary and grand larceny was reported missing from the Pine Bluff Arkansas prison farm where he had testified that the Lord showed him the way after a baptism on Sunday witnesses said.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Walter McWilliams
Tremors Hit Greece and Italy Injure Dozens
An earthquake jolted Greece for about 20 seconds causing collapsing homes and one death. Across southern Italy nine people were injured in Naples as residents fled. Jacqueline Kennedy was sightseeing on the Amalfi coast and felt no noticeable impact.
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Athens
Greece
Italy
Naples
Amalfi
Jacqueline Kennedy
Small Motor Is Key To Mariner Success
Cape Canaveral AP A 37.3 pound motor is vital to the Mariner 2 probe’s Venus flyby plan. Officials say ground control will fire the motor next Tuesday Sept 4 to correct course and aim for a 10 000 mile approach. The mission aims to study Venus and possible life indicators while tracking from Goldstone California and relying on thrust, guidance, and communications systems.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Mariner 2
Venus
United States
Goldstone
Calif
Strikers Back At Work At Marshall Space Flight Center
In Huntsville Alabama workers returned to full staffing at the Marshall Space Flight Center after a strike by about 150 electricians that began August 14. The facility operated at normal strength on Monday with jobs manned as usual.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshal Space Flight Center
Weather forecast previews warm day with possible showers
The forecast calls for fair and warm weather tomorrow with temperatures reaching about 90. A cold front arrives Wednesday evening bringing scattered showers to the Miami Valley. Tonight should stay clear with a low near 65 after an official high of 82 yesterday afternoon and a 54 overnight low.
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Miami Valley
Athens area quakes with damage across Peloponnesus and Crete
Seismological Service placed the epicenter 65 miles southwest of Athens near Nafplion in the eastern Peloponnesus. A 90 year old man died in Corinth from a collapsed home. Patras reported several homes destroyed and Crete felt tremors as well. Communications south of Corinth were disrupted delaying casualty reports. Tremors were noted from Bari to Naples and across Messina Channel.
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Peloponnesus
Ancient
Corinth
Patras
Greece
Acropolis
Parthenon
Peoponnesus
Crete
Adriatic
Bari
Naples
Reggio Calabria
Strait of
Messina
Sicily
Uncle Sam's Foreign Aid and the Hidden Cost
The article argues about the meaning of foreign aid and questions about the true cost behind Uncle Sam's generosity. It frames public awareness as focusing on the amount rather than the principle behind aid programs.
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Uncle Sam
Nike Cajun rocket launched at Eglin range
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla AP a two stage Nike Cajun high altitude rocket system was launched successfully at the Eglin gulf test range Monday.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Eglin
Algerian Army Chief Hopes Unity Against Anti-Ben Bella Guerrillas
In Setif Col Houari Boumedi nne, head of Algeria’s 45,000-strong regular army, calls Wilayas 1 2 5 and 6 leaders to coordinate against anti Ben Bella forces controlling Algiers and nearby areas.Publié estimates place Wilaya 4 around 20 000 troops with Wilaya 3 supporters about 10 000, while Boumedienne’s troops remain largely untested. Diplomatic observers foresee continued efforts to avoid bloodshed and potential emergence of a military dictatorship amid post independence chaos.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilayas 3 and 4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Boumedienne
Ben Bella
Diplomatice
Mand
France
Wilaya 4
Wilaya 3
Kabylie Mountains
Morocco
Tunisia
Rebellion Against Ben Bella Stirs Wilaya 4 in Oran Flight
Guerrilla factions in Wilaya 4 resist Ben Bella’s bid for central control and rebel against the Political Bureau. They accuse the bureau of betraying the revolution and launch bitter attacks against the West, Europeans and neocolonialists in Algiers.
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Ben Bella
Wilaya 4
Political Bureau
Oran
Algiers
Food Prices Up July Living Cost
Washington reports the consumer price index rose 0.2 percent in July to a record 105.5 as higher food and service costs pushed living expenses up. The rise widens a year over year gain to 1.1 percent and triggers pay bumps for about 950,000 workers under union contracts in auto, farm equipment, aerospace, and metal industries.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Caterpillar
International Harvester
Kennedy McCormack clash in heated Senate debate
In South Boston Kennedy and McCormack faced off in a high profile Democratic primary debate. McCormack attacked the Kennedy name while Kennedy defended his qualifications and warned that Senate decisions will impact the world beyond Massachusetts.
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South Boston
McCormack
Magic Kennedy
Kennedy
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