Segregated Schools May Be Penalized
A House Education subcommittee voted to withhold federal funds from segregated schools lacking a desegration plan by June 30 1964. The measure attached to a bill extending the impactsed areas program would require districts to file and implement a desegregation plan to receive next year’s funding, which totals about 350 million annually to 4,000 districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
House
Full Education and Labor Committee
John H. Dent
D-Pa
U.S. Office of Education
Subcommittee
Scranton Opposes JFK Wheat Plan Affecting Pennsylvania
Gov. Scranton criticized President Kennedy's wheat control referendum as harmful to Pennsylvania farmers who grow specialty wheats and rely on wheat imports for dairy and poultry needs. The national vote coincides with the Pennsylvania municipal primary and includes new eligibility for growers under 15 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Graves
Harrisburg
Scranton
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
House
Senate
Stage Set for Senate Action on New Tax Bills
The Senate Finance Committee gave initial approval to House tax bills raising the sales tax to five percent and the cigarette tax to eight cents per pack. Amendments restore merchant commissions, clarify exemptions, and rename the act to The Tax Act of 1963 for Education, with floor action set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Harrisburg
S AP
Senate Finance Committee
Henry J. Propert
R-Montgomery
Finance Committee
House
Youngsters Advocate Zoo in Somerset County
A Somerset Area Schools report collects student voices on a proposed county zoo. Youngsters express support, noting boredom, summer activities, and a desire for a local attraction like Pittsburgh and other cities with zoos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario Miller
Maple Ridge Elementary
Somerset County
Somerset
Connie Schafer
Pittsburgh
Wallace to sue Kennedy over federal troops in Alabama
Alabama governor George C Wallace vows a court challenge to President Kennedy's order sending federal troops to Birmingham. He calls the move a military dictatorship and says a suit is being prepared, with timing undisclosed as merchants fear an economic boycott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McKee
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Montgomery
Wallace
United States and Britain Seek to Salvage Test Ban Talks
US and Britain pressed for last-ditch ways to prevent the Geneva nuclear test ban negotiations from collapsing as Moscow signals no further concessions. Khrushchev reportedly told Kennedy and Macmillan last week he would not budge, while talks on a multilateral NATO force proceed against Soviet protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ochiltree
London
United States
Britain
Geneva
Soviet Union
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
British Nab Spy Before He Could Get into Action
Italian-born nuclear scientist Giuseppe Martelli was arrested April 28 at Southend on charges under the Official Secrets Act. Prosecutors say his Culham research on controlled fission was a cover while he planned to funnel information to Moscow after a trip to Euratom in Brussels.
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Southend
England
Giuseppe Martelli
Martelli
European Atomic Energy Community
Euratom
Britain
Culham
Moscow
Brussels
Europe Sees Cooper Flight Go Missing on TV Relay
West European viewers missed the Cooper space blastoff due to a BBC relay mix up. BBC blamed a U.S. switching error. NBC/ABC noted transmission faults at the control room. European networks canceled or faced poor reception while New York-based outlets offered spot reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Frost
London
Gordon Cooper
British Broadcasting Corp
United States
Europe
Cape Canaveral
New York
BBC
France
Belgium
American Broadcasting Co
Andover
Miane
ABC
Cooper
House Approves Higher National Debt Ceiling
The House passed a Democratic backed bill 213 to 204 to raise the national debt limit to 307 billion immediately and 309 billion from July 1 to August 31. Republicans and some Democrats argued for restraint while Mills warned against delaying. The measure now goes to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Treasury
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Heart Disease Still Tops Somerset County Deaths
The State Department of Health reports 327 Somerset County deaths from heart disease last year, nearly triple cancer with 125. Total deaths rose to 825 from 794 in 1961, with a county death rate of 10.6 per 1,000 and a birth total of 1,359 in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Harrisburg
Somerset County
State Department of Health
Robena Local 6321 Boosts Disaster Fund Total
Robena Local 6321 contributed 5 187 50 bringing the Robena Disaster Fund total to 84 251 as of Wednesday in Uniontown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Robena
Robena Disaster Fund
Cooper sets U S space travel record with eight hour rest
Cape Canaveral reports Gordon Cooper shattered the U S record for orbital flight by completing nine orbits and beginning an eight hour rest in Faith 7 as the capsule looped at about 100 miles up. He noted the rest period started over the Atlantic with 80 percent fuel in auto and 91 percent in manual systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Cooper
Atlantic
Chile
Ascension Island
South Atlantic
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Faith 7
Outer Space
Buddy
Rascal
Midway Island
Pacific
Allies to Reject Soviet Protest to NATO Force
Western Allies will send notes rejecting a Soviet protest against a NATO nuclear force. US Britain and West Germany aim to deliver in Moscow ahead of next week's NATO ministerial in Ottawa. The move supports a defensive NATO force while opposing spread of atomic weapons. Dobrynin plans to return to Moscow for talks as Geneva and UN activities proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Geneva
United States
Britain
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
Anatoly Dobrynin
U.S
Kremlin
NATO Council
Ottawa
Canada
London
Lewis Gulick Washington
NATO
Atlantic
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Nevada
U.N. General Assembly
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