JFK Seeks Federal Aid to Education at NEA Meet
President Kennedy expressed guarded optimism that Congress will pass federal aid to education, fueling the National Education Association's 99th convention in Atlantic City. The plan calls for 2.5 billion dollars over three years to expand classrooms and raise teacher salaries, though House Rules Committee delays keep the bill stalled.
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Atlantic City
N.J
National Education Association
Kennedy
House Rules Committee
Most Beautiful At RHS Competes For Miss Roswell
Peggy White, a 1961 Roswell High School graduate and daughter of T Sgt Henry C White and wife, will compete July 8 for the Miss Roswell crown in the Jaycee Pageant. A former cheerleader and yearbook selection, she was active in GAA and Pals Club and plans to attend Pasadena Junior College. Peggy is 5'1" tall, 105 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, and is sponsored by Foundation Investment Co.
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Peggy White
Roswell High School
T-Sgt
Henry C. White
Roswell
Girls Athletic Association
Pals Club
Peggy
Pasadena Junior College
California
el Coyote
Foundation Investment Co
Adams Suspended from New Mexico Road Bids
The State Highway Commission voted 3 2 to suspend contractor Jack Adams from bidding on state road projects. The dissenters, Democrats Harold Leonard and John Sudderth, argued they had not read congressional hearing transcripts. The panel also invited Walter May to New Mexico to discuss findings from the Blatnik subcommittee inquiry into road programs.
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Leonard
Commission
Walter May
Blatnik
New Mexico
Adams
Frank Tatsch
Tatsch
Lordsburg
Wayne Collins
Santa Fe
Highway Commission
Collins
May
House
Washington
Joe Kastler
Baton
Tatschn
Tatson
Mey
Subcommittee
H. E. Leonard
Albuquerque Democrat
Texas' Famed Ma Ferguson Dies at 86
Miriam Ma Ferguson, the only woman elected governor twice in U S history, died at 86 after a heart attack. Democrat who served terms starting 1924 and 1932, her career sparked clashes over her family name and political impact.
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Austin
Miriam “Ma” Ferguson
Texas
James E
Farmer Jim) Ferguson
Ferguson
Honolulu
Johnson
Married in matching wheelchairs at St Andrew's church
Katherine Meric and Thomas Dale Sherman Jr., both paralyzed since 1958 auto accidents, wed in matching wheelchairs at St Andrew's Greek Orthodox church in Chicago. They are students at the University of Illinois and will return to school in the fall.
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Chicago
University of Illinois
Katherine Meric
Skokie
Thomas Dale Sherman Jr
Mattoon
St. Andrew's Greek Orthodox Church
Beehive Crash Stuns Melrose With 3 Million Bees Free
A truck overturned on U S 60 84 west of Melrose sending 200 bee hives and about 3 million bees onto the highway. Driver Jack Warner of Marshall Texas escaped injury but was stung as bees swarmed the wreckage. State Police rerouted traffic and Melrose firefighters washed hives from the road. Bee experts from Texas joined efforts as darkness fell and traffic remained disrupted. Warner was en route from Texas to Monte Vista Colorado.
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Melrose
U. S. 60-84
Jack Warner
Marshall, Tex
Warner
Wayne Negly
Negly
Texas
Kennedy nominates Telles for La Mesa postmaster job
President Kennedy nominates Salomon O. Telles to be postmaster at La Mesa New Mexico and sends the nomination to the Senate for approval.
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Washington
Salomon O. Telles
Kennedy
la Mesa
N. M
Senate
Blood Tests May Signal Many Illnesses
Dr. Felix Wroblewski presented at the AMA meeting that blood tests for specific chemicals could early identify heart kidney and liver trouble. He noted LDH enzymes are made of five isoenzymes whose proportions differ with health, suggesting pre symptoms diagnosis and earlier treatment.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
NEW York
Felix Wroblewski
New York City
American Medical Association
AMA
Wroblewski
Taft-Hartley Act Invoked Over Maritime Strike
President Kennedy invoked the Taft-Hartley Act to end a maritime union strike citing threats to national health and safety. He issued an executive order and established measures at three sites to halt the disruption.
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JFK Washington
Kennedy
Kennedy orders emergency board on maritime strike dispute
President Kennedy tasks an emergency Taft Hartley board to report on the sea going unions and ship operators dispute. The board will not make recommendations but will file findings as the 80 day cooling off period looms, while pressures mount over shipping and military cargo delays.
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Kennedy
David L. Cole
Cole
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Samuel I. Roseman
New York
James J. Healy
Harvard Business School
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Hawaii
Board of Inquiry
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Emergency Board of Inquiry
National Maritime Union
Seafarers International Union
National Marine Engineers
International Organizations of Masters, Mates and Pilots
The
American Radio Association
Radio Officers Union
Staff Officers Association
Lost Boy Found In Mountain Area
Harold Daudelin Jr. 21 from Rochester New Hampshire was found safe near Dolly Copp Cabins at the base of Mount Adams after a weekend church hike, ending a search that included over 100 men and a helicopter. He suffered minor scratches and insect bites from the storm.
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Pinkham Notch
N.h.ap
White Mountain
Harold Daudelin Jr
Mount Adams
Daudelin
Rochester
N.H
U. S. Forest Service
Dolly Copp Cabins
City Meter Maid and Husband Burned in Gasoline Fire
Ed and Peggy Clements of 506 S Delaware were burned Sunday when gasoline backfired through a car carburetor while they worked on it. Peggy Clements, a Roswell Police Department meter maid, suffered second degree burns to both arms neck and back. Her husband, a Walker Air Force serviceman, had second degree burns to arms neck face and forehead.
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Roswell
Peggy Clements
S. Delaware Ave
Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Clements
Walker
Smathers Reports Reports of Cuban Militant Training in Florida
Senator George A. Smathers says he has heard reports of new Cuban revolutionary training in Florida. The State Department had no immediate comment.
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Washington
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Cuba
Florida
State Department
State Cattlemen Oppose School Aid
The New Mexico Cattle Grower Association adopted resolutions in Raton opposing federal aid to education and the omnibus farm bill. They argued federal aid would mean federal control of the state school system and higher taxes, and they warned the farm bill could promote socialized agriculture and undermine Congress's traditional farm program authority.
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Raton (Ap
New Mexico Cattlemen
New Mexico Cattle Grower Association
Raton
Congress
Two Texas Residents Dead In South Carlsbad Crash
A head on collision on U.S. 285 south of Carlsbad killed William F. Williams 39 of Fort Stockton and Porfirio R. Arenibas 36 of Odessa. The incident raised the weekend death toll to four and year to 148. Authorities cite Williams on the wrong side of the highway as Arenibas’ southbound car’s driver. Eleven others were injured in Related incidents on nearby routes including Artesia and Lovington.
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Associated Press
U.S. 285
Carlsbad
Texas
William F
Arenibas
Artesia
Odessa
Faustino Pena Robles
Lovington
Jefferson Quetukai
Zuni
Gallup
Robles
Carlos Holguin
Joe Montano
Montano
Montana
J. 4. Cotton
Quetukai
Perry Bobelu
Texan Is Killed In Rig Accident
William E. Wilson, 38, of Seminole Texas, was killed in an oil rig accident in the Buckeye field northwest of Hobbs. He was struck in the chest and abdomen by drilling tools lifted from oil well casing and died in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
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HOBBS
William E. Wilson
Seminole
Tex
Buckeye
Wilson
Sharpe Drilling Co
Drowned Boy Believed Kidnapped by Woman Maniac
Police sought a slender raincoat clad brunette who allegedly dropped 3-year-old Andrew Ashley into Delaware Park’s artificial lake after binding his hands and feet with stockings. The boy’s body was found near the park shore. another two 5-year-olds were found bound near railroad tracks. Authorities fear a serial pattern amid warnings from Mayor Frank Sedita.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Andrew Ashley
Delaware Park
Andrew
Frank Sedita
Erie County Medical Examiner
Richard Edgington
City Zoo
Venezuela Army Garrison Revolts in Barcelona
In Caracas, AP reports the Barcelona army garrison rebelled against President Romulo Betancourt. Loyal troops were sent to quell the uprising while a La Guaira rebellion was crushed. Betancourt urged surrender or face attack as Barcelona’s 350 troops were said to back the regime.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Barcelona
Romulo Betancourt
la Guaira
Betancourt
National Guard
Federeal Police
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Record (Smith
JFK
NEA Hope
G. K. Hodenfieldd
RHS
Miss Roswell
Ma’ Ferguson
Monte Vista
Colo
Mountain Area
Air Force
Bob White
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
White
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