Teacher Pay Hike Measure Advances in Texas Senate
The Senate passed a $139 million teachers pay raise with a 30 to 0 vote after near five hours of debate and 10 amendments. The plan boosts salaries by $810 annually, adds over $30 million for transportation and operations, and updates funding from state and local sources.
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Bob Booker Austin
House
Senate
Sen
A. M. Aikin
Wardlow Lane
Center
Aikin
Ben Ramsey
Price Danel
House Elections Committee
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Ray Roberts
Byrd's Amendment Appears Doomed in Senate Vote
In Washington the Byrd amendment to require annual congressional review of Kennedy loan authority faces likely defeat as the Senate set a late session to vote on the five year eight point one billion dollar foreign aid loan program. Byrd argues against borrowing and warns of rising debt while administration leaders expect to defeat the measure by five to seven votes.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Finance Committee
Treas
House
Mansfield
Small Nations Push for Aid at Inter-American Conference
At the Inter-American Economic Conference in Punta del Este Uruguay smaller nations press to secure a share of Kennedy's 20 billion Alliance for Progress aid. Bolivia wins a small-nation priority motion while the U S coordinates with larger neighbors amid calls for direct aid and private investment involvement.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Latin America
Kennedy
United States
Alliance For Progress
Bolivia
Braal
Richard S. Aldrich
New York
International Basic Economic Corporation
IBEC
Aldrich
Miami
Fla
The
Bahamas
California Cats Land In Honolulu Fuzz Pad
Two 17 year old California boys from Panorama City arrived in Honolulu with little money and no prospects. They stayed in a Waikiki area bath house after police found them there sleeping in bushes and trying to reach their parents. They hoped for summer work to earn plane fare home for school, but were detained by juvenile authorities.
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California
Honolulu
Waikiki
Joel W. Mueller
Robert C. Coughlin
Panorama City
San Fernando Valley
Hawai
Joel
Robert
Juvenile Crime Prevention Bureau
Waikiki Beach
Coughlin
Mueller
Waiad
East German Talks Begin Amid Refugee Clampdown
East Germany announced negotiations are under way and pledged steps to halt refugee flights through West Berlin. Foreign Minister Lothar Bolz and Deputy Premier Willy Stoph told Parliament in East Berlin that measures to curb travel to Berlin and West Germany are possible even before any peace treaty, as Khrushchev presses for a treaty.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
East Berlin
Lothar Bolz
Willy Stoph
Khrushchev
West Germany
Germany
Ivan S. Konev
Warsaw Pact
Neues Deutschland
Boly
Parliament
Stoph
German Democratic Republic
Election Bill Debate Is Set
AUSTIN AP A hurried vote in a House committee set two runoff bills for debate. The Elections Committee approved HB4 and HB5 on a voice vote, adding an amendment by Rep. Tom James to require party affiliation on ballots.
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Austin
House
Bill Walker
Cleveland
Senate
Tom James
Dallas
Note Sent To Cuba On Hijacked Planes
The United States sent Cuba a note on hijacked aircraft and ships. The note was given to the Swiss Thursday night for relay to Cuba. Cuba had replied to an American demand from July 24 for release of the Eastern Air Lines plane hijacked to Havana. The Cuban regime suggested exchanging the airliner for a Cuban patrol boat and an agreement to return property seized.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
U.S
Eastern Air Lines
Havana
Khrushchev Ramps Up War Warnings at Kremlin Rally
Premier Khrushchev declared the United States must respect the Soviet Union as a great power and warned that hundreds of millions could die if war erupts. He pledged a peace treaty with East Germany while attacking Western leaders and NATO bases, singling out Italy and Greece. He spoke bluntly to praise for Italian oranges and urged U.S. respect amid Cold War tensions.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Communist Party
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
East Germay
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Fanfani
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Greece
Norway
Titov and Vostok II land separately after 25 hour flight
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov said he was ejected from Vostok II and parachuted to earth after a 25 hour orbital flight. He noted two landing options and that the ship landed nearby. Titov reported no ill effects despite weightlessness and acceleration.
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George Sylvertsen
Moscow
Gherman Titov
Titov
Major
Moscow University
Weather forecast for Texas regions shows warm, unsettled periods
The forecast notes high temperatures around 92 degrees with warm, partly cloudy skies across North Central to Southeast Texas. Tonight’s lows near 70s to 78, with scattered late thundershowers mainly in the southern and northern areas. Winds from east to southeast at 6 to 18 knots in several districts.
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Snyder
Texas
Rusk Reports To President On Berlin Crisis Plans
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with President Kennedy after returning from Western Europe where he reported growing confidence that Khrushchev cannot win negotiations over the Berlin dispute. Rusk, accompanied by Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson, discussed military and diplomatic steps likely to precede any settlement.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
Rusk
Western Europe
Khrushchev
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Europe
Brita
France
West Germany
Italy
Konrad Adenauer
Amintore Pantani
Paris
Llewellyn Thompem
Moscow
Peesiuna
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Peru
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Charlotte Cadon
Pan American World Airways
Albert Charles Cadon
Krush
Matislav Keldysh
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Keldysh
Mars
Moon
Venus
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