Remote chances for constitutional prayers override
Washington report notes congressional leaders doubt a constitutional amendment could override the Supreme Court ruling against public school prayers. Sen Dirksen and Rep Celler doubt passage, acknowledging the First Amendment precedent. The Supreme Court decision struck down a non denominational school prayer as establishment of religion. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion stressing government backing of a religious observance risks entanglement.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary Committee
United States
Celler
New York
Board of Regents
Hugo L. Black
Court Ruling Raises Questions on Church and State Aid
The decision, seen as reinforcing the separation of church and state, unsettles federal aid to church-supported institutions such as hospitals libraries and colleges. Senator John Sherman Cooper argues funds could only fund services needed regardless of attendance like health services and lunch programs. Representative William Ayres says the ruling complicates an already confused situation.
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Sen
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Congress
Wiliam H. Ayres
Ohio
Halt Ordered To Terrorism In Oran Area
In Oran, France orders a halt to sabotage by the Secret Army Organization as negotiations with the FLN continue. An oil harbor fire and damaged telephone infrastructure disrupt daily operations amid hopes for a peace accord before the independence referendum.
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Oran
Algiers
Secret Army
Rocher Noir
Jean Dufour
France
Rene Soyer
Moslem National Liberation Front
FLN
Soyer
Algeria
Cuba's Leading Red Leaves Mexico City
Blas Roca Cuba's No 1 Communist flew to Uruguay after a 24 hour visit to Mexico City just before President Kennedy's arrival. He denied agitating motives and avoided questions about Kennedy, while newspapers speculated on planned Communist demonstrations to greet the president.
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Mexico City
Blas Roca
Cuba
Uruguay
Roca
Kennedy
Mexico
Ohio Firm Labeled As Tax Dodger
The U S Tax Court ruled that Zanesville Investment Co of Ohio and affiliates used their control of Muskingum Coal Co to avoid federal income taxes. The court backed the IRS denying operating losses and asset sales losses, saying the mine acquisition served a tax purpose not a business purpose. IRS assessed 339322 in deficiencies for 1955 to 1958, with later determination of the final amount owed.
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Washington
Zanesville (Ohio) Investment Co
Muskingum Coal Co
U. S. Tax Court
Internal Revenue Service
Zanesville Group
Zanesville
Four Lutheran Units Prepare to Merge into One Body
Detroit report says four Lutheran denominations plan a Thursday merger forming a single church. United Lutheran Church president Dr. Franklin Clark Fry notes Christ desires unity while Augustana's Malvin H Lundeen says the merged church will preserve its life in a stronger form. The American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Suomi Synod join the accord, creating a 3.2 million member denomination, the sixth largest Protestant body in America.
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Detroit
Franklin Clark Fry
United Lutheran Church
Malvin H. Lundeen
Augustana Lutheran Church
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Suomi Synod
America
Probers Say Ag Department Had Advance Estes Tip
Senate investigators testified that the Agriculture Department was warned on December 20 1960 that Billie Sol Estes cotton acreage deals were illegal. Texas farm aid officials later approved all disputed deals, with Deputy Administrator H L Manwaring ruling the complex schemes should not be approved. McClellan noted 8717.8 acres were moved in 1961, 60 percent benefiting Reeves and Pecos counties and Estes.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Paul E. Kamerick
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Texas
H. L. Manwaring
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
McClellan
United States
Reeves and
Pecos
U S Books Orbit Flight Delayed To Late Summer
Clinton County board of education at Tuesday meeting announces staffing changes with Clifford Camp named secondary school supervisor to start August 1. Camp brings 22 years in public schools and is joined by Mrs Camp, Wilmington High’s home economics teacher.
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U.S
Martinsville
New Vienna
Clinton County Board of Education
Clifford Camp
Harveysburg
Robert W. Moyer
New Wilmington
Camp
Wilmington
Wilmington College
University of Cincinnati
Sharonville
Clarksville
State Board of Education
Sabina
Simon Kenton
Warren County Board of Education
Warren County
Clinton County
Warren Board of Education
Warren Board of Elections
Warren Board of Election
Warren School Board
Little Miami
Watkins Rd
Blanchester
Solons Move Toward Action On JFK Bills
Washington AP reports Congress edges toward decisions on Kennedy proposals. House Senate spats delay money bills while measures on sugar quotas debt limit trade expansion farm programs and higher education aid gain movement toward final action before deadlines. Senate talks also touch Social Security funded elderly medical care plan.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Senate House
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Rules Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
White House
Alliance Boy Hit By Hunter Bullet In Ohio Yard
Portage County deputies report three year old Ted Allen Nye of Deerfield was struck by a .22 caliber bullet fired by his uncle while he played in his Alliance yard. The child is in fair condition at Alliance City Hospital.
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Alliance, Ohio
Deerfield
Alliance City Hospital
Portage County
Ted Allen Nye
U S Far East Policy Aims to Prevent Red China War
Washington officials say current U S diplomatic and military moves in the Far East seek to deter a clash between Red China and Nationalist China. President Kennedy to discuss Formosa and Quemoy Matsu defense policy. 7th Fleet deployed to deter and discourage nationalist moves. George W. Anderson Jr. says no real trouble in Formosa Strait. U S reportedly warned Red China it will not back any invasion by Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
U.S
Far East
Red China
China
Kennedy
Formosa
USS
Quemoy
Matsu
Eisenhower
United States
7Th Fleet
Formosan
George W. Anderson Jr
Formosa Strait
Las Vegas
Nev
Warsaw
Chiang Kai-shek
Rifles Sent for Ballistic Tests in Boy Murder Case
Seven confiscated .22 rifles were sent to the London Investigation Bureau for ballistic tests to identify the shooter of 13 year old David Hoch of Kirkersville. Hoch was shot in the neck and killed while reading a book in his backyard on Monday. Neighbors reported two hunters in a nearby wooded area.
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Newark
Ohio
London Investigation Bureau
David Hoch
Kirkersville
David
Clyde Mansfield
Jerry Lewis Robbed in Jewelry Heist at New York Suite
Police report a theft at a New York hotel suite belonging to comedian Jerry Lewis and his wife Patti. Jewelry valued at $185,000 was stolen Tuesday night during their television studio taping.
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New York
Jerry Lewis
Patti
Miami Strip Joints Shut as Fire Traps
Miami Beach police closed all five strip joints describing them as fire hazards. Testimony to a Senate committee in Washington last week linked some clubs to underworld control and prostitution. Police Chief Michael Fox said the operation had been planned for months.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Senate
Washington
Michael Fox
Separate Ratterman civil rights case set for new trial
In Covington Kentucky a U S District Court jury failed to reach a verdict in the case involving six defendants charged with conspiring to violate civil rights and actually violating them during a May 1961 raid on the Glenn Hotel Newport. Judge Mac Swinford ordered a new trial date to be set on September 24 after 14 hours of juror deliberations.
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Ratterman
U.S. District Court
Mac Swinford
Campbell County
Pidge
Glenn Hotel
Newport
Glenn
Edward
Marty) Buccieri
Tito Carinci
Atty
Charles Lester
Fort Thomas
Pat Ciafardini
Joseph Quitter
Upshore White
New Farm Bill Studied by Congress in Agriculture Panel
The House Agriculture Committee drafts a new farm bill with stricter rules than current law to replace the rejected administration plan. Proposals include ending the 1958 feed grain program and returning to a system where the secretary sets corn and feed grain support prices from zero to 90 percent of parity with acreage allotments but no marketing quotas.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
House
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Ulbricht Rejects Four-Power Berlin Talks Move
East German leader Walter Ulbricht rejects Western four power talks to calm Berlin border tensions and free movement. He says only removal of the occupation regime in West Berlin is negotiable and blames West Berlin provocations and RIAS for fueling trouble.
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Berlin
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Berlin Wall
Ulbricht
East German
Communist Party
West Berlin
RIAS
ADN
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
East Berlin
East
Schirra Gets Assignment as Next Astronaut
NASA announced Walter M. Schirra Jr. will pilot the next manned Mercury orbital flight, planned for up to six orbits later this summer. Mission duration could reach nine hours with five or six orbits, launching from Cape Canaveral and potentially landing northeast of Midway Island. L. Gordon Cooper named backup pilot. flight plans depend on technical factors evaluated up to launch.
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Washington
United States
Walter M. Schirra Jr
D. Brainerd Holmes
Manned Space Flight
Civilian Space Agency
Earth
U.S
Midway Island
Pacific Ocean
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midway
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
L. Gordon Cooper
Schirra
Navy
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
New Jersey
San Diego Union
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Union
Officer Kills Man Fleeing From Hospital
Cincinnati police officer shoots and kills James Eugene Sanders 31 who fled General Hospital after brandishing an empty whisky bottle. Patrolman Daniel Bagot pursued Sanders across a driveway and street after a scuffle and says Sanders advanced while threatening to kill him, prompting three shots.
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Cincinnati
General Hospital
Daniel Bagot
James Eugene Sanders
Bagot
Sanders
Mary Hawkins
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Frank Cain
House Subcommittee
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