Kennedy Calls Business Leaders to Speed Desegregation
President Kennedy urged 100 national business leaders to accelerate voluntary desegregation in the South and to back a forthcoming federal civil rights bill. Executives from chains and hotels warned against rushing legislation, while officials touted federal action to crack down on union discrimination and avoid unrest in the capital.
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Washington
Kennedy
South
White House
Congress
Times
Labor
Willard W. Wirts
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Virginia
Federal Reserve Board
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Federal Reserve District
Capitol Hill
House
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Senate
Javits
Move On Civil Rights Debate Dominates Capitol Action
Senate leaders call the current session a reckoning on civil rights while House Democrats stage a lengthy procedural challenge led by Rep. John Bell Williams. Governor Rockefeller criticizes Kennedy for inaction as housing chief Weaver warns of mounting racial turmoil.
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Senate
America
House
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Williams
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Johnson Says U S Avoids War By Strength At Naval Academy
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told graduates at the U S Naval Academy that the United States avoids war not from fear but from strength. He condemned militant advocates of immediate intervention and warned they threaten national strategy by demanding action in every crisis without explaining how to prevent nuclear war. He contrasted patient resolve with calls for victory for partisan ends and criticized appeasement rhetoric.
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Annapolis
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Johnson
U.S. Naval Academy
Tondanger
America
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Castro urges normalization on Communist terms after Russia tour
Castro on a 3 hour radio telecast says U S Cuba ties can be normalized if the Americans bargain on Communist terms. He denounces clowns and demagogues in the United States and praises Russia and Premier Khrushchev after a 37 day tour.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Russia
Castro
United States
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Tugwell Announces Satisfactory Bond Interest Rate
State Treasurer A P Tugwell praised Tuesday's sale of 15 million dollars in bonds by the State Bonds and Buildings Commission. A New York syndicate led by C J Devine and Co offered an average rate of 3.33 percent. Proceeds fund capital improvement projects. final 15 million may be sold next fall.
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UPS
A.P. Tugwell
State Bonds and Building Commission
New York
C. J. Devine and Co
Tugwell
Commission
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Monroe
News-Star
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Robert C. Weaver
Harlem Neighborhoods Association
Columbia University
ePuahe
ST. John
Trenton
West Monroe
Durrett
Durrett’s
Trenton St
ST. John Monroe
Trenton ST. West Monroe
U.S
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Fedders
DeSiard Die
Lakeshore
Wee Shay
Hila
McGregor
Admiral
PLC
Morgan& Lindsey
G Murph Ver
W.M
Cypress, W.M Highland Shopping Center
Louisville
Twin City Shopping Center
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