Gromyko urges U.N. summit on disarmament at General Assembly
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko called for a world summit on disarmament before the U.N. General Assembly. He submitted a memorandum outlining measures for a conference, backing a ban on nuclear weapons, base liquidation, and reduced military budgets. He endorsed China’s proposal for a heads of state meeting and supported a world disarmament conference, pledging Soviet cooperation with the United Nations.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Red China
Cairo
United Nations
U.N
General Assembly
Security Council
Appeal to Hike Inter-City Bus Fare Protested
New York state Atty Gen Lefkowitz protested a National Bus Traffic Association plan to fix fare schedules for 25 inter city lines. The association sought PSC approval to ratify by laws and set its own rates, a move Lefkowitz called against public policy. The PSC recently denied a 5 percent increase for 15 member lines. all 25 did not join the request. Notable lines include Adirondack Transit, Binghamton Short Line, Blue Bird Coach, Chenango Valley, Elmira Watkins Glen, Genesee Bus, Syracuse Oswego Motor Lines, Thousand Island, Utica Rome, and others.
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New York
Louis J. Lefkowitz
National Bus Traffic Association, Inc
Chicago
New York Public Service Commission
Lefkowitz
Association
Attorney General's Office
State of New York
Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc
Kingston
Binghamton Short Line Corp
Bingham
Minimum Wage Set at Half Production Workers Average
In Mississippi, the civil rights slayings case heads toward a July hearing as the FBI evidence is reviewed for possible state murder charges against 21 defendants. In New York, Albany lawmakers debate a governor backed plan to fix the minimum hourly wage at half the average production wage, with Democratic pressure for a $1.50 floor.
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FBI
Neshoba County
Miss
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Philadelphia
Rainey
Mississippi
Dist. Atty
W. H. Johnson Jr
Meridian
U.S
Esther Carter
Justice Department
Ku Klux Klan
Laurel G. Wier
Wisconsin
Albany, N.Y
Court Will Rule on Estes Appeal
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court agreed to hear Estes appeal over live TV coverage of his trial for swindling. Billie Sol Estes, a Texas financier, was convicted by a Tyler jury and sentenced to eight years. The court will consider whether broadcast coverage violated his constitutional rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
High Tribunal
Tyler
Tex
Soviets Said to Aid Congo Rebels with Airlift Funds
Report cites East European Communist diplomat claiming the Soviet Union agreed last weekend to replenish stocks of Soviet weapons shipped to Christophe Gbenye's rebels and to finance part of the airlift. China has backed the rebels via its Burundi embassy. Witnesses report Soviet Antonov transports carrying arms through Khartoum and Juba. In Stanleyville rebels and government forces clashed as 80 rebels surrendered and one white soldier was wounded.
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Congo
Khartoum
Juba
Sudan
Cairo
Gaston Soumialot
Egypt
Vladimir Erofeev
Stanleyville
Congo River
U S Couple Slain as Arabs Battle With Arabs in Sudan
In Khartoum Arabs and Negroes fought through the night after thousands of South Sudanese protesters entered the city. At least 10 people were killed and scores wounded, including an American couple. European and American residents faced attacks amid chaos at the airport and surrounding areas.
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U. S
Sudan
Khartoum
South Sudan
China
U.S
Negro Quarter
Congressman Laird backs religious Christmas stamp proposal
Rep. Melvin R. Laird criticized the 1964 Yuletide stamp and urged a Nativity themed issue. He argued the Post Office should honor a religious meaning, not a commercialized symbol, in a letter to Postmaster General Gronouski.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Yuletide
John A. Gronouski
Wisconsin Republican
Laird
Post Office Department
Post Office
Store opens for 400 disabled shoppers on Christmas Day
Alexander's department store held its third annual Sunday open house drawing 400 disabled seniors and 30 handicapped children for a holiday shopping day. Proceeds benefited 12 non-profit hospitals and homes supplying the shoppers.
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New York
Alexander’s Department Store
Rockefeller seeks 97 million boost in school aid
Gov Rockefeller announced plans to ask the 1965 New York Legislature to raise state aid to education by 97 million dollars per year, about 9 percent, by increasing the per pupil base to 600 from 500. The 97 million is in addition to 60 million already scheduled, with NYC set to receive 37 million of the total for 1965 66. The governor cited rising costs and said higher aid would help hold down local property taxes, especially for suburban districts, while noting no revenue sources were named.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
New York City
Doggy Departments of Stores Show Latest in Pooch Fashions
New Yorkers learn of canine couture with items from flannel pajamas to a mink coat. A striped Arabian tent bed costs 14.95 and a velvet collar with bow tie 4.98. Accessories include ear muffs 2.98 and a self service biscuit dispenser 6.95.
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New York
Fido
Cafe Society
Thousands Of Families Suffer Hardship In N Y State Ice Crippled Areas
In eastern central New York, bitter cold and ice storms left about 40,000 Niagara Mohawk customers without heat or power. Three deaths were reported as schools stayed closed and emergency centers opened. Gov Rockefeller toured shelters while many residents sought refuge in community spaces and school gyms.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Perion
New York
Albany
Glens Falls
Amsterdam-Gloversville
Weather Bureau
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Schenectady Area
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Power Company
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Thomas McKone
Avon Crest
Linton High School
McKone
Troy
New York Capital District
Saratoga Springs
Ness
Caracci
Governor Visits Areas Battered by Ice Storms
Governor Rockefeller surveyed ice damaged zones in New York and California campuses touring Mohonasen High School Colonie and St Colman’s Home for Children. He met evacuees including a 2 year old John Nicholas asleep in his mother’s care as crews tested generators and local relief efforts.
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John
Gov. Rockefeller
Mohonasen High School
Schenectady
John Nicholas
Joneen Sue Andrews
Jeanne Carver
Red Cross
Rockefellers
Nelson Jr
Latham Water District
State Civil Defense Agency
Rockefeller
St. Colman’s
Colonie
NATO conference underway between Johnson and Wilson
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson opened a two day NATO nuclear weapons crisis conference in Washington. They seek a new framework to win West German and Allied support despite French opposition. Wilson arrived Sunday night and joined a White House meeting before a series of talks.
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Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Atlantic Alliance
Wilson
White House
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Berger Sentenced to Year in Jail in Liquor Plot Case
New York Chicago real estate broker Ralph Berger was sentenced to one year in prison on two conspiracy counts for acting as a go-between in Peters plots to obtain liquor licenses for the Playboy Club and a Manhattan supper club. The sentences run concurrently as ruled by Supreme Court Justice Mitchell D Schweitzer who called Berger a broker in corruption.
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New York
Ralph Berger
Chicago
Peters
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Mitchell D. Schweitzer
Berger
Schweitzer
Ringo Faces Loss of Home Over Fan Frenzy
London AP reports Beatle drummer Ringo Starr may lose his Westminster flat after neighbors petitioned his landlord to move him out. Fans, alarmed by teenage girls screaming and chasing cars, have created constant disruption as Ringo recovers from tonsil surgery and prepares to leave University College Hospital.
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London
Ringo Starr
Westminster
Ringo
Lathom Gedge
University College Hospital
Navy jet search continues off Virginia coast
The Coast Guard pressed on with a search for an F4B Phantom II Navy jet and its two crewmen after the plane disappeared during a routine training flight about 35 miles off Virginia Beach.
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Norfolk, Va
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Virginia Beach
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