Drafting of Married Men Halted by Order
President Kennedy signed an executive order halting induction of married men while single men in the 1925 age group are drafted. Lt Gen Hershey said about one in five 1A classifications are married. White House said the move shifts drafting to younger singles and keeps overall military strength steady.
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Kennedy
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
White House
Hershey
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Drive For N-Ban Pact Gains Force
A bipartisan drive in the Senate to ratify the limited nuclear test ban treaty gains momentum as President Kennedy plans to back the effort with a Senate letter. Senate leaders Dirksen Mansfield outline Kennedy assurances that security will not be relaxed. Debate begins with Fulbright urging ratification to curb fear and arms race, with Saltonstall voicing support amid opposition. Continued on Page 4.
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Kennnedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
U.S
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D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Fulbright
Saltonstall
Kilmer Oak on Rutgers Campus to be Cut Down
The Kilmer Oak, a 300 year old white oak on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick New Jersey, will be cut down on September 18 as it succumbs to old age, ending a landmark tied to Joyce Kilmer and his poem Trees.
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New Brunswick
Joyce Kilmer
Rutge University
Sheboygan Police Chief Is Dismissed
Steen W. Heimke, police chief since October 1955, was removed from the post and dismissed from the department by the Sheboygan Police and Fire Commission after nine days of hearings. The commission found he misadministered or misappropriated funds under his custody and control in a unanimous vote.
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Sheboygan
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Gronouski Picked as Postmaster General by Kennedy
Wisconsin Democrats and Republicans greet the appointment of State Tax Commissioner John A. Gronouski as postmaster general. Gronouski describes his White House talks with Kennedy and details of the selection, while officials note the political implications for Wisconsin.
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Talbot Peterson
Appleton
Gronouski
Washington
Boy Scouts of the New Frontier
Glenn Pommerening
Wauwatosa
Jerris Leonard
John W. Reynolds
White House
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J. Louis Hanson
Mellon
Russia Holy Alliance, Say Chinese Reds
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China claiming Soviet leaders joined the United States India and Yugoslavia in a holy alliance to strangle revolutionary movements and reinstate capitalism. An article in Red Flag says Khrushchev has long agitated for the alliance. Radio Peking predicts the alliance will be destroyed as its predecessors.
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Margaret Lambert Weds Lawyer John Bowyer in Muddy Path
CAREFUL OLDHAM England Margaret Lambert age 19 married lawyer John Bowyer in a white gown and high black boots after steady rains flooded the chapel approach with mud authorities report the ceremony took place despite the weather attendance details remain sparse.
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England
Margaret Lambert
John Bowyer
Soviets Oust Red Chinese at Naushki Border Station
Soviet authorities expelled the crew and Chinese passengers from the Peking Moscow Express after accusing them of smuggling propaganda and staging a sit down strike when literature was seized. The incident at Naushki on the Soviet Mongolian border delayed over 100 passengers and led to expulsions.
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Federal action ordered to enforce Alabama desegregation
President Kennedy ordered McNamara to enforce court desegregation with all appropriate steps. The National Guard in Alabama was withdrawn from Gov. Wallace and federalization of Guard units was directed to remove obstructions of justice and enforce U.S. laws. Five Wallace units, totaling 256 men, were pulled from Birmingham Tuskegee and Mobile.
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Robert S. McNamara
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McNamara
National Guard
George C. Wallace
Wallace
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Mobile
Tuskegee
United States
Pierre Salinger
White House
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Sixth grader tops shorthand class at Benton Harbor college
In Benton Harbor Michigan Patience Armstrong an 11 year old sixth grader led a six week summer shorthand course at Benton Harbor Community College explaining she had never taken shorthand before and wanted to learn.
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Benton Harbor, Mich
Patience Armstrong
Benton Harbor Community College
New Year Diet Shaves 138 Pounds From Mair
Nortonville Kansas resident Big John Mair credits a crash diet of coffee ham soup and hamburgers with dropping 138 pounds since January. He plans to lose another 10 pounds before the new year, aiming to trim his 353 pound frame further.
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John Mair
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Senate vote leans toward ratification of limited test ban treaty
AP survey shows 73 of 100 senators likely to vote for ratification and 27 opposed or doubtful. If all vote, 67 needed for approval. Key figures include Dirksen and Mansfield awaiting assurances on defense posture. Senator Smith seeks further answers on military and technical disadvantages before deciding.
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Senate
Associated Press
Man and Woman Die in Wisconsin Auto Crashes
The 1983 Wisconsin highway toll reached 578 with the deaths of Emma Marrone, 52, of Kenosha and Marvin Wegner, 42, of Faribault, Minn. in separate crashes. Marrone died Monday when her car, driven by her husband, collided with another vehicle on Kenosha's north side. Wegner was killed when his trailer truck overturned on Highway 60, about five miles north of Hayward.
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Associated Press
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Kenosha
Minnesota
Emma Marrone
Marvin Wegner
Faribault
Minn
Hayward
Kennedy Federalizes Alabama National Guard to Integrate Schools
President Kennedy seized control of 17 000 Alabama Guardsmen from Governor Wallace and oversaw desegregation of public schools in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee as 20 Negro children entered classrooms. A crowd surrounded West End High School while police reinforced and two women were arrested after a scuffle with officers. Confederate flags and hostile chants accompanied the scene.
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
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Montgomery
West End High School
National States Rights Party
Tax Cut Bill Approved by House Ways and Means
The Ways and Means Committee backed President Kennedy's 11 billion tax cut plan on party lines 16 to 10 directing Chairman Wilbur Mills to introduce the bill. Minor amendments kept the core across the board personal and corporate tax cuts, aiming for enforcement in January payrolls.
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Wilbur D Mills
D-Ark
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