Eisenhower and Truman Back Test Ban in Senate Hearing
Former President Eisenhower offered qualified support to the limited nuclear test ban while former President Truman voiced full backing. The statements came at a Senate ratification hearing as Kennedy planned talks with the Soviet Union to pursue further arms-relaxation options.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Kennedy
Andrei Gromyko
Anatoly Dobrynin
White House
Khrushchev
U.S
Eisenhower
United States
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Arthur H. Dean
Wife of Chilean Consul General Slain in Home
The wife of the Chilean consul general in New York City was beaten to death by three masked robbers who ransacked the house and fled with jewels in Spring Lake New Jersey. The Chilean consul general Alfonso Grez, 70, returned home unaware of the killing.
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Spring Lake
N.J
New York City
Lucy Grez
Hilda Cervantes
Ecuador
Russell H. Harden Sr
Grez
Alfonso Grez
New Jersey
Harden
Miss Cervantes
State Says Voluntary Bible Reading Banned in Schools
Pennsylvania Attorney General Alessandroni ruled that voluntary Bible reading and prayer cannot be conducted as devotional exercises in public schools. Silent meditation may be allowed as part of the program, and Bible study may occur as literature or history. The decision follows the 1949 law and the 1963 Supreme Court ruling.
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Eleanor Engle
New Berlin Brothersvalley Elemenaary School
U. S. Supreme Court
Walter Alessandroni
Pennsylvania
Harrisburge
Atty
Walter E. Alassandroni
U.S. Supreme Court
Alessandroni
Supreme Court
Charles H. Boehm
Boehm
John D. Killiand
Constitutional Revision Proponents Optimistic
Proponents of a State Constitutional convention in Harrisburg see reasonably good odds for voter approval in November. Obstacles include fear of a graduated income tax legislative opposition and past defeats. Scranton backs the campaign, endorses the convention, and appointed Shafer and Blatt to lead the Governor's Committee on Constitutional Revision. a nonpartisan citizen group vows a grass roots effort.
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Harrisburg
Gov. Scranton
Scranton
Raymond P. Shafer
Genevieve Blatt
Shafer
State Committee For Constitutional Revision
Lodge Presents Credentials to Diem in Saigon
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge formally presented credentials to President Ngo Dinh Diem in Saigon as martial law presses in. The meeting was cordial after a 12 minute ceremony with Diem asking about Lodge’s Tokyo stop and a note from President Kennedy reaffirming U S policy.
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Roy Essoyan
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Lodge
Tokyo
Kennedy
Washington
White House
United States
Vu van Mau
Mau
India
Senate Debating Bill to Avert Railroad Strike
The Senate opened debate on a bill to head off a nationwide railroad strike as new work rules threaten a walkout. Republicans and Democrats held separate sessions trying to map a least painful path with two days left before the rules take effect and unions threaten action.
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Senate
Gardner L. Bridge
Associated Press
Washington
Amber
Democrats
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
In Friend's Ketch Bill Whipple Crossed from Hawaii in 35 Days
Bill Whipple formerly of Somerset now in Hawaii sailed from Honolulu July 9 1963 with Ron Linderman in a 34 foot ketch named Free Flight. They reached Santa Barbara 35 days later after facing calms gales and navigational challenges, detailing provisions charts and improvised repairs at the masthead with the Genoa jib.
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Bill Whipple
Somerset
Hawaii
Honolulu
Ron Linderman
Santa Barbara
Calif
Charles Whipple
W. Lanner St
Bill
Railroad Strike Threat Poses Stranding Risk for Marchers
Washington faced a possible rail strike two days before the march for jobs and freedom risking hundreds to thousands of marchers being stranded at terminals. Officials estimated up to 20,000 through 371 buses, while railroads weighed whether to run fre- dom trains through the deadline. Logistics at Lincoln Memorial to Union Station could take hours and affect thousands returning home after events.
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Washington
Howard V. Cowall
Forces of Law and Order
Union Station
Freedom
Lincoln Memorial
Israel ready to guard security amid Syrian border tensions
Prime Minister Eshkol warned Israel will take defensive steps if peace is not restored along the Syrian border. He noted restraint in face of Syrian provocations. An exchange of fire near Jerusalem left one Israeli soldier dead and damaged a Latin convent and nearby holy sites. A complaint was lodged with U N observers as tensions with Jordan and Syria mount.
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Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Israel
Syria
U.N. Security Council
Eshkol
Tersanta Francisco Fathers
Msgr
Lino Zanini
U. N
First One Hoisted Out At 2 07 a.m
Hazleton Pennsylvania AP reports Henry Throne 28 and David Fellin 58 had been trapped underground 14 days. Throne was hoisted first at 2 07 a.m in a safety harness through an 18 inch escape shaft. Fellin followed at 2 41 a.m. by hand.
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Hazleton
Henry Throne
David Fellin
Throne
Hazleton State Hospital
Dave Fellin
James V. Lamb
Associated Press
Hazleton, Pa
H.B. Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Fellin
Chambury
Charmbury
Recertification Required for Somerset Surplus Food Recipients
Recipients in Somerset County must recertify at their local food center on their September commodity day. Each person must provide Social Security number Public Assistance number and household size.
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Somerset County
Deadline set for delinquent 1961 taxes in Somerset County
The Somerset County Tax Claim Bureau fixes Sept 9 as the deadline to pay 1961 delinquent property taxes to avoid a tax sale. Delinquents may seek a four installment plan, with pre-1961 taxes due in full. Public distribution schedule for Sept and note on self-provided containers for food recipients.
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Somerset County Tax Claim Bureau
Bureau
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