House Votes Federal Pay Increase
Washington June 12 AP Fatter pay checks for most federal workers in prospect after House passage of a pay raise bill. The measure includes 7500 dollar a year raises for Congress and judges Cabinet officers top federal executives and varied increases for 1.7 million workers. The package totals 333 million dollars and awaits Senate action.
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Church Support Bill Opens Civil Rights Debate In Congress
Five hundred delegates to the Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ unanimously approved a civil rights measure before the U S Senate. A separate report from the GOP study group urged annual tax cuts tied to budget balance and controlled spending, led by Raymond J Saulnier and Milton S Eisenhower, arguing growth in revenue could fund periodic tax reductions if deficits are cut and spending is restrained.
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Montana Threatened With New Flooding
Montana faced renewed flood threats as Shelby residents sandbagged two large farm reserves near the Canadian border. The third dam in the reservoir breached Thursday, flooding about 300 Shelby homes with no injuries reported. The Jefferson River in southern Montana flooded lowlands and destroyed a bridge. previous flooding left at least 30 dead and many missing.
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Two Africans, one white man jailed for life in SA raid
Pretoria June 12 AP two nationalist leaders and six defendants in South Africa major sabotage trial were sentenced to life in prison after charges included training guerrillas to invade from outside and topple Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's white government. A death penalty possibility loomed but UN pressure was noted as possibly influencing the outcome.
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Never Return To That Hell Couple Back After Trying Life In Russia
Morris and Mollie Black and their 13 year old adopted daughter Joanna return to New York from five years in Russia. They describe loneliness poverty and lack of freedom in Odessa. They criticized socialism and Soviet citizenship while noting their U S citizenship remains.
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Governors Elect Cleveland at National Conference
The National Governors Conference elected Democratic Gov. Grant Sawyer of Nevada as chairman, succeeding Republican Gov. John Anderson Jr. of Kansas. Sawyer, 45, takes the helm of the organization.
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Red Spy Sentenced in Sweden for Spying
Stockholm Sweden Col Stig Wennerstrom of the Swedish air force was sentenced to life in prison for spying for the Soviet Union. He is eligible for parole after 10 years. The peacetime sentence is Sweden's severest. The ruling came 10 days before Khrushchev's visit to Stockholm.
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