Mohole funds cut off over political contributions
The House voted 108.59 to block a Senate plan to provide 19.7 million for Mohole. Rep. Rumsfeld cited a $25,000 donation by George Brown and family to the President’s Club, linking it to delays after Brown and Root held Mohole prime contract in Houston. Brown denied any influence.
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Washington
House
Illinois
President's Club
Donald Rumsfeld
George R. Brown
Johnson
Senate
Brown and Root
Ing Firm
Houston
Tex
Mohole
Rumsfeld
President’s Club
Democratic Party
Brown
King Vows Continued Open Housing Marches In Chicago
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr told more than 1 000 attendees at a Southwest Side church that open housing marches will continue in all white neighborhoods despite a possible court injunction. He pledged to test real estate dealers for nondiscrimination with visits to 100 firms in 10 neighborhoods including Bridgeport where Mayor Daley resides. He warned against any injunction turning back the march for equality in housing.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
King
Southwest Side
Bridgeport
Richard J. Daley
Chris Vidnjevich
American Nazi Party
Barbara Walker Crowned West Virginia Dairy Princess
Barbara Walker a Marshall University business administration student was chosen state dairy princess at Jackson’s Mill. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Walker of Monroe Union County and was crowned by Gus R Douglas at the West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Barbara Walker
Marshall University
Miss Walker
William Walker
Monroe
Union County
Gus R. Douglas
Jefferson nickel design chosen from open competition
Sculptor Felix O Schlag won with the design after beating 390 artists. He found a key Jefferson portrait in a secondhand Chicago bookshop. The reverse shows Monticello, a choice favored by President Roosevelt.
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Jefferson
United States
Felix O. Schlag
Schlag
Thomas Jefferson
Chicago
Monticello
Franklin D. Roosevelt
House Group Challenges Defense Savings Claims
A House Armed Services subcommittee sharply challenged Defense Department cost reduction claims. Auditors cited specific overstatements, including $51.8 million for modified tanks and $329,634 for zipper trousers, with broader concerns about repeated annual claims and automatic 25 percent savings on certain contracts.
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House Group
Defense Savings Claims
Washington
House
Defense Departent
Marine Corps
Harold H. Rubin
Rubin
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Congress
Defense Department
Navy
Hardy
Rockefellers Expecting Second Child
Albany AP report says Gov Nelson Rockefeller and his wife are expecting their second child early next year. The couple, married in 1963, already have one son, Nelson Jr., born in May 1964. The announcement provides no further details.
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Albany, N.Y
Gov
Nelson A. Rockefellers
Nelson Jr
California
Rockefellers
Rockefeller
James S. Murphy
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Goa
Thomas
France
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Air Force
Springfield
Hell
Kelly Springfield
Millwood Ave
Winchester
Kelly
Spa
Kelly Road
Winchester Evening Star
U.S.S. Constellation
Baltimore
Constellation
United States Navy
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