Kennedy cuts foreign aid by 420 million dollars
President Kennedy proposed trimming the foreign aid request to 4.5 billion dollars, with total spending reaching about 4.85 billion including carryovers. He adopted Clay committee tightening measures and urged stricter standards, self help, and private channels for development, prompting mixed Congress reactions.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Citizens’ Committee
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Cific
Clay Committee
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Anti-Featherbedding Rule Expected Today
Chicago dispatch reports a federal court lifted an injunction allowing the nation s railroads to implement sweeping anti featherbedding work rule changes. About 13 000 firemen and some 40 000 more could lose jobs over five to ten years as rules take effect, with a possible nationwide strike avoided through fact finding and arbitration.
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Bulletin Chicago
UPI
Chicago
U.S. Supreme Court
District Court
Brotherhoods
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Nixon Will Back California Primary Winner in 1964
UPI reports Nixon will endorse the California winner for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. He said a candidate lacking the courage to enter California would not deserve nomination. Nixon noted Rockefeller leads now but named others as potential candidates.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
New York
Philadelphia
Miami
Los Angeles
Nelson A. Rockefeller
George Romney
Michigan
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Rockefeller
Goodwin J. Knight
Spring Storm Spreads From Rockies Across Plains
A spring storm moves out of the Rockies threatening heavy snow and blowing dust across the plains. Central Nebraska ranchers brace for 30 to 40 mph winds and snow while Minnesota and the Dakotas face freezing drizzle and drifting snow. Portions of Montana receive 18 inches of snow aiding wheat but forcing herd sheltering. Weather shifts bring fog from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, reduced air traffic in Chicago, and record heat in Indianapolis Chattanooga Nashville Knoxville Mobile. The nation records an 80 degree spike in Washington as the cherry blossom festival begins.
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Rockies
Plains States
Nebraska
Northern Plains
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Texas Panhandle
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Chicago
California
San Fernando Valley
Indianapolis
Ind
Chattanooga
Nashville
Knoxville
West Virginia Heat and Sunny Skies Forecast
Summer heat continues across West Virginia with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid to upper 80s. Tonight will be fair with lows around 60. Wednesday brings more sun and continued warmth with upper 80s. Beckley and Oak Hill report highs near 80 and 55 to 49 overnight. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and Bluestone normal with Bluento gates open at 4.6 feet and gauge at 3.1 feet.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Mine Gore
Oak Hill
Committee Approves New Type Dollar Bill
The House Banking Committee approved legislation to authorize a new Fed era silver certificates style for $1 notes to prevent a silver shortage. The proposal would empower the Federal Reserve to issue the new currency while retiring the old silver certificates to free silver for coin production as demand grows.
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Washington
UPI
House Banking Committee
Federa
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Argentina Army Rebels Seize Radio Station Plan Coup
A group of Argentine generals proclaimed a revolt to stop a pro Communist government and bomb the Campo de Mayo base if needed. They named Lt Gen Mendenez as leader and aimed to thwart Peronist participation in the June 23 elections. Rebellion followed Guatemala coup within 48 hours, with air, land, and sea forces mobilized and officials warning of possible strike actions.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Campo de Mayo
Benjamin Menendez
Revolutionary Forces
Juan D. Peron
Latin America
Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
Bahia Blanca
Menendez
Federico Toranzo Montero
Revolutionary Army
Peron
Toranzo
Osvaldo Lentino
Franklin Rawson
Arturo Rial
Radio Antarctic
Barron And Officials Eye Special Session
Governor W. W. Barron plans talks with legislative leaders on a possible special session to restore a 20 percent welfare cut. A $600,000 shortfall is sought without harming other budget programs as the three month aid reduction would end June 30. The Board of Public Works rescheduled its meeting on the issue for Wednesday.
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Charleston
UPS
W. W. Barron
Welfare Department
Board of Public Works
Barron
Glenn Miller Band To Play At Beckley Police Ball
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra will perform at Beckley in Raleigh County Armory for the Police Ball on June 18 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The 16 piece band plus vocalist will be hosted by the Fraternal Order of Police Black Diamond Lodge No 81. Tickets go on sale around April 10 through FOP members. A separate item reports a light tremor in Camerino Italy, no damage or injuries.
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Glenn Miller
Beckley
Ted Starr
Beckley City
Raleigh County
Fraternal Order of Police
Black Diamond Lodge No
FOP
Starr
Defiance March Led by Dick Gregory Is Stopped by Cops
In Greenwood Mississippi police dispersed a 40 person march led by Dick Gregory toward Leflore County Courthouse amid tensions over voter registration. Gregory criticized Gov. Ross Barnett and said “there’s no law that tells you how many can vote” as authorities prepared for a federal injunction hearing.
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David Maddux Greenwood
Miss
UPI
Dick Gregory
Russia
Gregory
Leflore County
Ross Barnett
Delta
Court House
America
Mississippi
Barnett
Jackson
Greenwood
Hitler
Aberdeen
Federal District Court
Claude F. Clayton
Justice Department
Clayton
Welfare Medical Cut Foreseen In Next Fiscal Year
Charleston reports that the West Virginia Welfare Department may cut medical aid for the needy in the new fiscal year starting July 1. Faced with a small appropriation, officials warn of possible 55 percent spending cuts unless a deficiency budget is approved. The Medical Aid and General Medical Services programs are already under strain with 166000 monthly funds projected, risking delays to doctors, hospitals, and druggists if funds run dry before June.
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Charleston
UPI
State Welfare Department
Bernard Smith
General Medical Services
GMS
MAA
Smith
L. J. Pace
State Medical Association
Pace
Princeton
W. W. Barron
Betrayed by an American, Castro foe says raid was tipped off
Florida fighter and 16 Cuban companions arrested by a British force on Norman Key in the Bahamas charged they were betrayed likely by an American. Jerry Buchanan of Miami identified as the only U.S. captive said a second group fled toward Cuba after a tip three days ahead. He claimed U.S. policy blocks raids from American soil and vowed to continue the fight elsewhere.
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Nassau
Bahamas
UPI
Florida
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Jerry Buchanan
Miami
Fla
Norman Key
Buchanan
Here
Hey
Bahama
Washington
U.S
Londonderry
West Indies
United States
Self Made Men Quit Before Finish Says Sherwood Glutz
Sherwood Glutz argues many self made men quit before completing work. Sam reacts angrily to the idea humans descended from a monkey. Unkle Nabob reframes the debate as not if descent occurred but when it ends.
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Sam
Unkle Nabob
Pro-Red Laotian Killed in Vientiane
A Laotian neutralist army corporal has confessed to assassinating pro-Communist Foreign Minister Quinim Pholsena. He and his wife were returning from a party when gunfire struck. Pholsena led a dissident pro-Communist group. the incident heightens factional tensions in the fragile coalition government.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPTI
Quinim Pholsena
Pholsena
Kong
Geneva
Savang Vatthana
Radio Vientiane
Soviets Shoot For The Moon
The USSR launched a space rocket toward the moon with the automatic Moon-4 station aboard weighing 1422 kilograms. Tass reported the final stage followed the preset trajectory and the craft should reach the moon in about three and a half days while all systems function normally. This marks the second unmanned flight this year after Cosmos 13.
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Vass
Tass
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Moon
Lunik 3
Woman Waives Preliminary Hearing in Slaying Virus?
Myrtle Coleman, 36, of Taeger, bound over to McDowell County grand jury after waiving preliminary hearing on murder charge in the shooting of Theodore Hopson, 59, of Iaeger. Authorities say she shot Hopson four times following an argument at a drive‑in restaurant Sunday.
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J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Otto FE. Passman
D-La
House Appropriations
Knight
W. Va
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la Plata
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Magdalena
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Army
Juan D
Alfredo Irungaray
Jose M. Guido
Olivos
Trungaray
Head
Snake Heaven
Sunning
Dr. Vest
E. R. Parsons
Mrs. Vest
Frank Vest
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Glenn Miller Band
Camerino
Italy
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Public Works
Sherwood Glutz
Corp
Chu Kong
Moscow
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