Kennedy invokes executive privilege in Pentagon speech texts
President Kennedy invoked executive privilege to bar disclosure of anti-Communist speech texts by Pentagon personnel. Chairman John Stennis upheld the plea, supported by Defense Secretary McNamara and Kennedy, who asserted the move preserves the public interest and protects individual censors from harassment.
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Kennedy
Pentagon
John Stennis
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Stennis
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Strom Thurmond
D.S.C
Thurmond
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
George Washington
Congress
Willis D. Lawrence
McNamara
Lawrence
Army
Arthur G. Trudeau
House Space Committee
New Hargrove In the Army
Pvt. Marion Hargrove of Martinsville National Guard unit is named honor guardsman of the month. The article notes he is not the author of the WW II classic See Here Private Hargrove and is adjusting to Army life.
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Marion Hargrove
Hargrove
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Martinsville National Guard
Three-way roll-off crowns Young Champs in Evening Star duckpin
Young Champs won the three-way roll-off for the first half title in the Evening Star duckpin league. Jackie Fleming Nancy DeSchon and Loma McIntire, all from the 1953 National Junior Girls Championship team, competed. F&M Bank fell to the basement in the second half opener. Kern Motor Chief maintains lone unbeaten mark in City League.
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Jackie Fleming
Nancy DeSchon
Loma McIntire
King David
F&m Bank
Shipwrecked on Island Jayne Mansfield and Husband Rescued
Actress Jayne Mansfield and her husband Mickey Hargitay along with a Florida friend were rescued near Rose Island in the Bahamas after a water ski trip led to a capsized boat and a night on a coral atoll. Mansfield was treated for shock and exposure, while Hargitay received care for a cut leg.
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Bahamas
Jayne Mansfield
Mickey Hargitay
Jayne
Miss Mansfield
Hargitay
Florida
Rose Island
Jack Drury
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Blades
Mickey
Drury
Nassau Yacht Club
Coral Island
Atoll
Truckers Bill Gets Public Airing Today
Virginia House debated administration bills to renew tobacco liquor and beer taxes for two years with 78 vote against 21. A truckers bill to raise highway weight limits to 70 000 pounds and height to 13 feet was set for a public airing before a House committee, facing some opposition but few blockages.
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Tobacco Belt
General Assembly
House Roads Committee
Senate
Garland Gray
Waverly
Kennedy to Battle For Aid to Schools
President Kennedy vows a three year 2.1 billion push for federal aid to public schools only, not parochial, seeking Congressional action this year. He reiterates religious school aid remains unconstitutional without Supreme Court change. He also defends McNamara on censorship links and warns against harassment of censors.
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Kennedy
Congress
Atarerbaere
Pentagon
Senate
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Supreme Court
State Department
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Final Day Of Session In Budget Deadlock West Virginia
On the last day of a 30 day session in Charleston lawmakers faced a three way budget deadlock among the Senate House and Board of Public Works. Budget totals differed with the Senate at 143.9 million and the House at 141.3 million as they sought a compromise. The pari mutuel tax bill was being finalized with a multistage rate structure for harness betting and a one year extension of a 5 to 6 percent increase for thoroughbred tracks.
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House
Board of Public Works
Senate House
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Charles Town
Shenandoah Downs
Saar
Voelklingen
Foreign Ministers Meeting Proposed on Nuclear Arms Race
Washington reports that the United States and Britain propose elevating the 14 nation disarmament conference to foreign ministers level for a major effort to control the nuclear arms race. Kennedy signals possible atmospheric tests and aims to maintain U.S. deterrent strength amid Soviet testing.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Union
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London
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Geneva
Kennedy
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Atomic Energy Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Burnside Breaks Roanoke Island in Civil War
A federal force led by Gen Ambrose E Burnside captured Roanoke Island North Carolina marking a pivotal Civil War action reported as happening 100 years ago today with emphasis on the decisive Union operation and strategic impact on theNorth Carolina coast.
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Ambrose FE. Burnside
Roanoke Island, N. C
Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shoppe Announces Footwear Reductions
The shop promotes further reductions on footwear with special group prices of 2.85 and 4.85, highlighting bargains for customers seeking affordable footwear options.
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Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shoppe
New Weather Satellite Tiros IV Placed In Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP United States launches weather satellite Tiros IV aboard a Thor Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral at 7 44 am The 285 pound satellite will provide cloud cover images as NASA notes initial pictures were received and the orbit target is about 400 miles high
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Fla
United States
NASA
Robert Gray
Winkfield
England
Tiros IV
U. S
Weather Bureau
John H. Glenn Jr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Glenn
Atlantic
Cape
U S Thai Alarm Over Red Activity In Southeast Asia
The United States and Thailand voiced concern over Communist rebellions in Southeast Asia as Washington created a new four star commanded to lead expanded aid to South Vietnam. President Kennedy nominated Gen Paul D Harkins to head the command. Thailand weighed sending troops to Laos border as a gun duel erupted near Nam Tha and Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat warned forces were ready.
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Thailand
Southeast Asia
U.S
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Washington
Kennedy
Paul D. Harkins
Pacific
Laos
Nam Tha
Red China
Sarit Thanarat
Thanom Kittikachorn
Bangkok
Sarit
Light Snow Forecast and Mild Weekend Ahead
Light snow is forecast this afternoon or tonight but not expected to last. Warmer weather is predicted to tomorrow with occasional rain. Saturday is expected to be cloudy and mild with showers. The day’s high reaches 39 degrees after a low of 17. a year ago today the high was 32 and the low 24.
246 Bodies Found In Mine Wreckage
Rescue teams in Saarbrucken recovered 246 bodies as West Germany faced a coal mine disaster at Luisenthal. Seventy eight survivors remained in hospitals in critical condition, with many miners still trapped underground and hundreds unaccounted for.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Luisenthal
Saarland
Kennedy Tours Countryside in Japan Campaign Stop
Robert Kennedy greeted cheering crowds across Kyoto and Osaka while facing hostile displays from about 300 Communist protesters outside a textile mill. He called the reception friendly and continued his meet the people tour en route to Tokyo.
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Robert J . Kennedy
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