Valachi to Testify on Nationwide Mafia Network
Mobster Joseph Valachi arrives in Washington to testify before the Senate Investigations subcommittee about La Cosa Nostra. He moves under tight guard as authorities seek to reveal crime syndicate leadership and push for expanded wiretap and immunity laws.
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Joseph Valachi
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Senate
Valachi
la Cosa Nostra
McClellan
Mafia
Black Hand
Secret Criminal Society
Bombing Probed as Mediation Team Meets Birmingham Leaders
Police probe Birmingham bombing as a two man presidential mediation team led by Kenneth C. Royall and Earl Blaik holds talks with white and Negro leaders. A minor blast lured victims then a second shrapnel explosion caused window and wall damage with no injuries. The leaders planned further meetings with the City Council and Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
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Birmingham
Ala
Royall
Blaik
Kennedy
Arthur D. Shores
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Commentators Note on People's Untimely Outbursts
The piece observes that many individuals frequently speak up at inopportune moments and seem unable to control their impulses. It reflects on social dynamics and the impact of ill timed remarks.
Tax Bill Victory For JFK Tax Bill Victory For JFK
The House passed President Kennedy's $11 billion tax cut by 271 to 155, a major victory for the administration. Senate action is uncertain as leaders push for passage this year with expected annual savings of $100 to $200 for most families. Rep Wilbur Mills led the fight to keep Southern Democrats from defecting and secure the win.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy presses water projects in West amid political push
President Kennedy, en route across the Rocky Mountains, urged rapid approval of 211 water resource starts and 182 watershed projects costing about 4 billion, rebuking Eisenhower’s no new starts policy and stressing public good over private interests. In the Dominican Republic, rightist military chiefs deposed President Bosch, exiling him and suspending U S ties and aid, while accusing him of steering toward communism and war with Haiti.
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Grand Teton
Washington
Utah
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Eisenhower
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Haiti
Bosch
Puerto Rico
Laus Munoz Marin
San Juan
San Ysidro
Munoz Marin
Negro Co-ed Enters Tulane Newcomb College in New Orleans
Deidre Dumas of New Orleans becomes the first Negro student enrolled at Newcomb College Tulane University. A sophomore transfer from Xavier University, she began classes Monday as Tulane allowed Negro students last spring.
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New Orleans
Newcomb College
Tulane University
Deidre Dumas
Xavier University
Miss Dumas
Newcomb
Tulane
Lodge condemns Mrs Nhu for insult to U S officers
U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge denounces Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu calling junior U S Army officers little soldiers of fortune as cruel and insulting He says officers risk their lives daily and deserve thanks not criticism, amid tensions with President Diem's government during her world tour and feud with Buddhists.
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Lodge
Tem
Kennedy
Diem
Clothing Firm to Open Pilot Plant in Middletown
Bobbie Brooks Inc will open a pilot apparel plant in the three story Capper Building on N Main Street Middletown as part of an expansion to build a 40 000 square foot facility employing up to 400. The project is led by Maurice Saltzman and Middletown AREA Development Enterprise with support from MADE and local chamber officials. The plant aims for limited production in November with full hiring later and a building expansion plan two years out.
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Wo Women
Middletown Area Development Enterprise Inc
Middletown Area
Cappel
N. Main Street
Saltzman
Robbie Brooks Gar
Calvin F. Lioyd
Chamber
Bobbie Brooks
Ohio Department of Development
Ohio
State Department
Middletown
MADE
W. C. Robertson
Robbie Brooks
Butler
Washington, Pa
Macmillan Cleared In Denning Report On Profumo Scandal
London. Prime Minister Macmillan fights Labour and Tory critics over Lord Denning's 55000 word report. Denning says ministers failed to uncover and handle the Profumo Keeler romance but finds no national security breach or cabinet sexual scandal.
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London
Macmillan
Labor Party
Lord Denning
Profumo
Denning
Britain
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Tax bill would cut taxes for many Americans in 1964 and 1965
The House approved plan would shrink income taxes nationwide with two thirds of the cut starting in 1964 and full relief in 1965. It would exempt about 15 million individuals from paying taxes, raise some taxes in limited cases, and alter deductions for state and local taxes and dividends.
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Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Service
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Associated Press
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Senate Investigations
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Id-Ark
John F Shanley
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Shanley
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Gerardo
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Kenneth C. Royall
Earl Blaik
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Weith
Frank Cormier
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Billings
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
Mand
United States
Enriquillo del Rosarm
Trujillo
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Capper Building
By Jim Bohman
Bobbie Brooks, Inc
Victor C. Williamson
New York Stock Exchange
By Hal Cooper
By Stanley Meisler
Congress
Treasury
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