State Senate stalls loan regulation debate
The Texas Senate blocked immediate debate on a loan regulation bill 19 to 11. The measure would cap loans at 3000 dollars, set a top 33 percent monthly rate on smallest loans, create a loan commissioner office, and impose fines and jail terms for violations. Exemptions include banks pawnbrokers and warrant companies.
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Reagan
Texas
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Senate
Office of Regulatory Loan Commissioner
Kidnap Suspect Halford Captured Near Mineral Wells
Virgil Nelson Halford, 26, a Grand Prairie ex-convict wanted for holding against will, mutilation, and mistreating girls, was arrested around 9 am at a roadblock near Mineral Wells after a 13 year old Garland girl and a 17 year old Texas Highway Patrol daughter were targeted in separate assaults. The 17 year old was taken near Turner Park and later found harmed, and a 13 year old was abducted near Arlington Road before the arrest.
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Houston
Halford
Hal‘ford
Grand Prairie
Garland
Duck Creek
Turner Park
Arlington
Arlington Road
Justice of the Peace
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Chamber urges $8.6 billion tax cut to spur economy
The UPI report notes the U S Chamber of Commerce urged an $8.6 billion tax cut effective June 30 to avert recession. Joel Barlow, chair of the chamber taxation committee, called for immediate corporate and individual tax reductions to spur risk taking and growth, offset by a reduction in federal expenditures. The plan would cut corporation tax rates from 52 to 47 percent and include a possible low rate general excise tax exempting food, medicine and shelter to raise about $3.5 billion.
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UPI
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Today
Joel Barlow
Chamber
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means
Barlow
Treasury
Mother Seton Beatified First Native American Saint
Vatican ceremony elevates Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton as the first U S born woman beatified. Maryland teen Anne Therese O Neill witnessed the rites in St Peter s Basilica, kissing the Pope s ring and praising Seton as a landmark American holy figure. Seton founded the Sisters of Charity in Baltimore after widowhood and education work, dying in 1821.
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Mother Catholic Church
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St. Peter's Basilica
Anne Therese O'Neill
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Maryland
John XXIII
Mother Seton
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter
St. Louis
Msgr
Emilio Ruffini
Italy
John Carroll
Sisters of Charity
America
Supreme Court ends county unit voting in Georgia case
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that all votes in statewide elections must have equal weight, nullifying county unit voting. Justice Douglas wrote the opinion, with Justice Harlan dissenting. The decision applies to Georgia and signals possible impact on Mississippi and Maryland unit voting as well.
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Supreme Court
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Mississippi
Maryland
Douglas
Harlan
Clark
U.S
Tennessee
Tornadoes Outpace Texas as Floods Hit States
Inside Today notes Kansas records more tornadoes than Texas while widespread floods persist. Moisture-laden clouds hover over the Lone Star State as the weather pattern continues to affect multiple states.
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Texas
Kansas
Lone Star State
Kennedy arrives in Costa Rica for hemispheric talks
President Kennedy lands at La Sabana amid a festive welcome from Costa Rica and Central American leaders. He promotes a doctrine of hemispheric cooperation and economic progress while Cuba policy stirs some dissent among rebels and presidents.
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APIL
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el Coco
Palm Beach
Francisco J. Orlich
Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
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Panama
U.S
Cuba
U. S
Women prisoners freed hear Soviet missile tests near prison
Two American women released from Cuban jails say they heard Soviet missiles tested from an underground quarry near Guanajay Prison, six miles from Havana. They described regular test firings shaking prison bars and noted the release linked to a $53 million Bay of Pigs prisoner swap.
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Fla
James Donovan
New York
Donovan
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro
Guanajay
Havana
Geraldine Shamma
Boston
Shamma
O’neal
Cuba
Castro
U.S
Brazil Denies Infiltration Charge Against Government
BRASILIA AP President Joao Goulart rejects U S assertions that Communists infiltrated his government. Gordon’s influence questioned as Washington clarifies. Dantas, Lima and Campos maneuver amid aid talks while Brazil’s finances strain under looming debt.
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Joao Goulart
U.S
Gordon
Brazil
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Goulart
State Department
Washington
Dantas
Kennedy
Costa Rica
House
Francisco San Tiago Dantas
Hermes Lima
Roberto Campos
Goularts
the House
Lincoln Gordon
Storm Alert Signals Texas Severe Weather Outbreak
United Press International reports a Pacific cold front entering Texas triggers a severe weather warning from the U S Weather Bureau. Scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds are forecast from 10 a m to 4 p m across a nine county Texas area and parts of west central Oklahoma, including Cllings worth Wheeler Gray counties and portions of Hemphill Chil dress Hale Donley Roberts Carson. The system moves from West Texas to Central and East Texas through Monday night.
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Mi Chicheo
Denver
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Texas
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Oklahoma
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Tex
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Wheeler
Gray
Hemphill
Hale
Donley, Roberts
Carson
West Texas
Central Texas
East Texas
Republican Plan To Cut Peak Budget Sparked by Brynes
Washington AP Republican Rep John W Brynes of Wisconsin outlines a blueprint to trim the Kennedy administration record budget starting with a 3 billion cut in education and other nondefense programs. He signals defense and space cuts possible and proposes a broader tax cut tied to revenue reductions of up to 7.5 billion.
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Washington
House
John W. Brynes
Wisconsin
JFK Budget Trims Proposed by Kennedy Aims Cuts
Washington AP Kennedy requests Congress cut 1964 budget by 51.1 million and 74.2 million for 1963 after review of needs. White House says total reductions amount to 125.7 million for 1964 and 236.5 million for 1963. Key cuts include higher public assistance grants and housing programs, plus migration aid and veterans readjustment benefits.
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