Republicans See Mail Opposing Kennedy Medicare Plan
Republican leaders report constituent mail largely rejects Kennedy's plan to fund elderly health care via Social Security taxes. Goldwater notes 3 to 1 rejection in New York and 5 to 1 in California, with 240 letters for Sen. Capehart as the peak. Fauri urged adoption of Kennedy’s program.
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Washington
Congressional Republicans
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Senate
House
New York
Goldwater
California
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Homer Capehart
Indiana
King-Anderson
Ways and Means Committee
White House
CBS
Welfare
Abraham Ribicoff
Thomas B. Curtis
Fedele F. Fauri
National Conference On Social Welfare
Fauri
University of Michigan School of Social Work
New York City
Bid Opening Pushes Tampa Venice Waterway Prospects
Bids opened today for the Tampa to Venice section of the West Coast Inland Waterway. R C Huffman Construction Co of St Petersburg submitted the apparent low bid near the federal estimate, with four bids reviewed at the Jacksonville Army Engineers office.
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Venice
R. C. Huffman Construction Co
St. Petersburg
Jacksonville
U. S. Army Engineers
Huffman Company
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Venice Inlet
Tarpon Springs
Caloosahatchee River
Fort Myers
Boca Grande
Charlotte Harbor
Huffman Co
Carpenter Returns Home After Cape Canaveral Welcome
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter known as Bud or Marvelous Malcolm returns to Boulder Colorado amid a hometown parade from Patrick Air Force Base to Cape Canaveral. He is greeted by family friends officials and a cheering crowd as he shares moments with wife Rene and his children before a news conference.
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Boulder
Colo
America
Rockies
Malcolm
Scott
Patrick Air Force Base
Navy
Grand Turk Island
Cape Canaveral
Rene
Air Force Band
Carpenter
Candy
Marke Scott
Big Boy
Ruby Jay
Kristine Elaine
Florence Carpenter
Buoulder
Moonshine Increase Laid To Excessive Liquor Tax
Miami Beach AP report quotes Thomas J. Donovan of Licensed Beverage Industries saying excessive liquor taxes push millions to moonshine. He cites a 54 percent average tax, warns of lost public revenue and moonshine as a crime-driven market.
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Miami Beach
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Thomas J. Donovan
Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc
Donovan
Britons Accused of Provocation in Berlin Gun Battle
Berlin AP: East Germany accuses British troops and West Berlin police of prepared provocation after a Sunday gun battle at the border over a refugee fatally wounded while fleeing to West Berlin. It notes a second clash in five days and details an earlier border guard death and a wounded colleague after a 15 year old escaped.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Communist Wall
Burglars Take 2650 From Tampa Post Office Substation
Tampa deputies report burglars broke into a post office substation over the weekend and escaped with 2650 in cash. Most of the money belonged to H. G. Sweat the postmaster and was for operating the grocery store where the substation is located.
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Tampa
Sheriff's
H. G. Sweat
Sweat
Kennedy urges frank talks on American problems abroad
Atty. Gen. Kennedy says U S diplomats should openly discuss domestic issues to show democracy's strength. He notes the U S is among the least understood nations and calls for candor about racial strife and unemployment along with steps to address them.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
America
State Department News Letter
Kennedy
United States
U.S
U S Proposes Equatorial International Space Launch Site
The United States urged creation of an international launching site near the equator for space research at a UN subcommittee meeting. NASA’s Homer Newell called for a rocket range to supplement existing facilities, aiming to foster international cooperation in space research.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
Homer Newell
Space Sciences
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United Nations
Newell
2&Nation
David F. Martyn
Australia
National Committee On Space Research
Anatole Blagomarov
Soviet Academy of Sciences
FBI probes explosives theft link in deadly airline crash
The FBI investigates a possible connection between the May 16 theft of 350 sticks of dynamite and a May 22 Continental Airlines crash near Missouri. Agents cite timing but say no evidence links the two incidents yet. Thieves removed dynamite from a locked, unguarded magazine by shooting the locks off and also took 900 detonating caps.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Missouri
Hercules Powder Co
San Fernando Valley
Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
William G. Simon
Squall Line Moves East as Texas Storms Ease
Storms abated in central regions as a squall line stretched from Nebraska to the Texas Panhandle. A tornado struck the northeast Texas Panhandle Sunday injuring at least 13 people, none seriously, with other parts of the state also hit by stormy weather.
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Texas
Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
Kansas
Panhandle
Favoritism Denied By Official
A Federal official told a House subcommittee virtually all grain storage payments to Billie Sol Estes were for grain stored before the Kennedy administration. Roland Ballou of the A S C S testified that only 328000 of 7648474 dollars are chargeable to the Kennedy era, while the rest relate to prior administration storage.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Kennedy
Roland Ballou
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Estes
Ballou
House
Department
O Estes
Smathers Urges Demos To Unite Under Bryant
In Washington Senator Smathers urged Florida Democrats to unite under Governor Bryant. He said the governor should lead party machinery with the chairman as an executive officer and called for a unified fund to support elected officials. The intra party clash centers on leadership between Bryant and James Milligan amid funds disputes from the Miami Beach dinner to cover 1960 61 debts.
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West Texas
Ballou
Tallahassee
George A. Smathers
Florida
Smathers
Washington
Bryant
James Milligan
Orlando
Democrat Executive Committee
Jimmy Milligan
John Bailey
National Democrat
Kennedy
State Committee
Milligan
Orange County
Ben Griffin
Ocoee
Gainesville
State Industrial Commission
Worley Brown
Miami Beach
Southern States voteTuesday in three state primaries
Voters in Kentucky Alabama Florida and North Carolina cast party nominations for federal and state offices. In Alabama the governor race centers on Wallace and de Graffenried with party competition shaping House retirements. North Carolina and Kentucky set Senate and House contests while Florida voters confront new districts and runoff orders.
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Senate
House
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
Congress
Paul Kitchin
John P. Kennedy
Kitchin
Charles R. Jonas
Jonas
James Folsom
deGraffenried
Wallace
Washington
Monroe runoff looms in Florida House veteran versus county official
In Monroe County a tight runoff pits Bernie Papy the 50 year veteran lawmaker against 25 year old county commissioner Hilario Ramos Jr. after Papy failed to win renomination by 21 votes in the May primary. Ramos leads Papy in total votes with 5100 to 5557. Saunders remains strong in another district. Neblett backs Ramos while Papy counts Wilson Allen and Morales among his endorsers.
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KEY Whst
Monroe County
Bernie Papy
Florida
House of Representatives
Hilario
Charlie) Ramos Jr
Papy
House
Ramos
Charles Parra
Oliver Folmar
Jack A. Saunders
J. Y. Porter
Saunders
William Neblett
Howard Wilson
Joe Allen
Edelmiro Morales
Williams Warns Africa Could Spark Bloodshed If Belgium Quits
U S official G Mennen Williams warned in a TV interview that old racial tensions in Ruanda Urundi could trigger widespread violence if Belgian troops withdraw. He said the UN may need to send troops to stabilize the region after independence is endorsed for the Belgian trust territories. Williams cited dissatisfaction among Watutsi over Hutu election wins as a key fault line.
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Ruanda-Urundi
G. Mennen Williams
Williams
Africa
United Nations
New York
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
U.N. Commission
Ruanda
Urundi
Republic of the Congo
U.N. Trusteeship Council
General Assembly
Northern Territory
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