Democrats Certain Tax Bill To Pass
Democrats optimistic they can defeat a Republican move to attach a government spending limit to Kennedy's 11 billion tax cut. If approved by both houses, the cuts would start in January with most families seeing 100 to 200 dollars off yearly taxes. Senate action may delay the bill amid civil rights fights. southern Democrats show willingness to oppose spending limits.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Dominican Army ousts Juan Bosch in rightist coup
In Santo Domingo the Dominican armed forces and police deposed President Juan Bosch and outlawed the Communist party and any backer of Fidel Castro. Bosch, 53, was a prisoner or flown from the country as schools, stores, and factories closed and a military square watch stood guard.
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Santo Domingo
APY
Dominican Republic
Juan D. Bosch
Communist Party
Fidel Castro
Bosch
Price
United States pushes to fund Congo U.N. peace force
The United States and Western allies press the General Assembly to approve a 25 million dollar stopgap to extend the Congo peacekeeping mission beyond December 31. Thant warns he may pull the 7,000 troops by year end if funding is not secured by October 1.
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United Nations
United States
General Assembly
U.N
Congo
U Thant
Soviet Union
France
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
Aerobee Rocket Firing Yields Good Results
An Aerobee rocket carrying a 185 pound U S Japanese instrument package reached 139 miles into the ionosphere with an eight minute flight described as good by NASA. Telemetry indicated all experiments functioned and the payload splashed down 80 miles from Wallops Island in the Atlantic.
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Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlantic
NASA
Weather warms as front approaches with possible showers
Temperatures rise tonight with increasing cloudiness as a weak cold front moves in from the west. Scattered light showers may occur tomorrow after a high of 80 yesterday and a low of 4 this morning.
Rights Bill Adds Stronger Public Accommodation Provision
A House Judiciary subcommittee reportedly added a broad public accommodation ban to the civil rights bill. The move, taken Tuesday but kept secret to protect crucial tax cut votes, would authorize the attorney general to intervene in discrimination cases under both the commerce clause and the 14th Amendment. The change, opposed by many Republicans and risking bipartisan support, excludes only owner-occupied private homes with five rooms or fewer.
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GOP
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Yeans
House
Washington
House Judiciary
Kennedy
White House
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kastenmeier
John V. Lindsay
R-N.y
Lindsay
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Kennedy Links Crime Syndicate to Secret Meetings and Power Struggle
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy opened a Senate crime probe detailing secret mafia meetings and deadly underworld maneuvering. He cited Joseph Valachi’s testimony and described a nine to twelve member commission governing Cosa Nostra with leaders like Genovese, Eboli, and Catena guiding major policy and turf battles in New York and New Jersey.
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Washington
Senate
Robert F Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
America
Underworld
Valachi
Cosa Nostra — Aso
Mafia
Black Hand
Cosa Nostra
Commission
Vito Geno Genovese
Genovese
Tommy Eboli
Gerry Catena
New Jersey
Brooklyn
Gallo Brothers
Joseph Profaci
New Step To Stop Atom War Planned By Khrushchev
The test ban treaty clears the Senate and U S officials expect Khrushchev to seek a second step to reduce nuclear war risks. Observers note the move may hinge on Berlin, the Cuban missile crisis aftermath, and tensions with China as Washington weighs possible East West nonaggression and observer proposals.
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Senate
Khrushchev
U. S
West Berlin
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Kennedy Urges New Farm Goal Parity of Opportunity
President Kennedy on a Western tour urged a new farm goal parity of opportunity linking farm income parity with urban rural life. He spoke in Grand Forks after an honorary degree at the University of North Dakota and highlighted reforms to create housing and recreation equal to cities and to retrain workers amid economic distress. He also cited mining country woes in Minnesota and promoted an $11 billion tax cut to support anti recession measures.
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Mills
Asociates
Grand Forks
N.D
Kennedy
University of North Dakota At
Duluth
Minn
White House
Minnesota
New Farm
Economic and
Induse
Senate eyes quick action on 7 billion farm programs bill
Senate leaders push to pass a 7 billion dollar farm bill with changes that could delay approval. Lausche proposes raising REA loan interest from 2 to at least 3 percent, while Mundt seeks a two year extension of the soil bank provision, drawing criticism for potential long debate.
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Washington
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Treasury
Karl E. Mundt
R-S. D
George D. Aiken
R-Va
Lausche
REA
Birmingham bomb blast hits Southside after peace mission
Two explosions occurred in a quiet Southside Birmingham Negro neighborhood shortly after a two man presidential team arrived to aid racial unity. Police found evidence of one bomb. a second blast also occurred though no injuries or disorder were reported.
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Birmingham
Ala
Maurice House
Army
Kenneth Royall
Coech Ear Bleik
Arthur D. Shores
Chuckle Note on Golf Ball Speed Rivaling Golfer’s Exit
A light item notes a golf ball traveling at 125 miles per hour, humorously comparing it to the pace of a golfer leaving the office.
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Tokyo
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Jeannette Liggitt
Des Moines
John Beckler
G. Milton Kelly
Joseph Valachi
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Dean Rusk
By Frank Cormier
Stown
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John D. Hardrick
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Ederal
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