Civil Rights Bill Faces Senate Roadblock in 1960s Fallout
President Kennedy faces a likely filibuster as Republicans and Dixie Democrats gird for a political showdown over a bill to revise literacy tests for federal voters. The measure, from Senate Democrat Mansfield, seeks a two thirds vote to curb debate, with hearings possible on a rider approach.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Mansfield
Rules Committee
Javits
Eastland
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Decree Reference in Ritter Estate Master Commissioner Hearing
Notice from Frederick County Circuit Court dated 1961 directs Master Commissioner John F. Anderson to report on Eldridge Lee Ritter real estate taxes liens rental value and future sufficiency of assets to cover liens and to confirm all parties are before the court. Hearing fixed for February 16 1962 at 10 AM in Winchester Virginia with continuation if needed.
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Marcella W. Ritter
John F. Anderson
Eldridge Lee Ritter
Winchester
Virginia
East Boscawen Street
SalIbuyey ZuTysUr Joesod
Valley plans 10000 seat stadium at fairgrounds
Richard W. Smith announced a new 10 000 seat stadium to be built at the municipal fairgrounds adjoining Gypsy Hill Park. The facility would seat 3 400 and could be ready for use next fall according to the former mayor and project chair.
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Staunton
Richard W. Smith
Gypsy Hill Park
New Texas Congressman Takes Seat
Texas Democrat Graham B. Purcell Jr. takes his seat in Congress with praise for the Kennedy administration and reservations about federal aid to education and medical aid under Social Security. He defeated Joe Meissner and succeeds Frank Ikard, as the House sits 259 Democrats, 174 Republicans, four vacancies.
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Washington
Texas
Graham B. Purcell Jr
Congress
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Purcell
Joe Meissner
John
Wichita Falls
Trim Purcell
Frank Ikard
The
American Petroleum Institute
House
Farm Worker Kills Self With Empty Pistol
Ramon Figueroa Picard, 43, a Puerto Rican farm worker, told friends at a bar that the pistol had no bullets. He fired the weapon into his stomach and died later at a hospital. The incident occurred Sunday night in Fort Myers Florida. Bermuda note about islands appears as a separate, unrelated line.
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Fort Myers, Fla
Ramon Figueroa Picard
Picard
Sheriff's Deputies
Ranger 3 Moonshot Misses Moon by Wide Margin
Moon pictures failed to capture lunar details as Ranger 3 missed the moon by 22 862 miles after launch from Cape Canaveral. The mission only yielded gamma radiation data while tumbling in solar orbit and one transmitter intermittently worked.
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Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ranger 3
Earth
Ranger
65 Letter Carriers Fall on Ice
Buffalo AP reports 65 letter carriers slipped since Christmas with 43 bruises 13 sprains 8 strains and 1 broken ankle totaling 107 man days lost. Post Office officials urge property owners to clear walks.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Post Office
Eleven-year-old survivor in deadly Buckland farmhouse fire
In Buckland Massachusetts an early morning blaze killed nine people including a mother, a brother, grandparents, and five cousins. Eleven-year-old Robert Deame Jr survived by leaping through a rear car window and was later admitted to Monson State Hospital. Police cite a possible basement heating plant explosion as the fire’s cause.
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Mass
Massachusetts
Robert Deame Jr
Robert Deame
Charles
Raymond R. Crandall
Young Dearie
Charles Hunt
Frank Hunt
Monson State Hospital
Palmer
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Hunts
Hunt House
Timothy Keane
Police Hunt Child Bitten By Rabid Dog
Authorities seek the R. F. Perry family en route to Everett Washington after their 3 year old Lecia Ann Perry was bitten by a dog suspected of rabies. Police report her siblings Robert six and Donna Elaine eight may also have been bitten as neighbors say the Perrys traveled by bus through Atlanta Cincinnati Chicago and Butte Montana.
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Jacksonville, Fla. AP
R. F. Perry
Everett, Wash
M. H. Arnold
Lecia Ann Perry
Robert
Donna Elaine
Arnold
Perrys
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Chicago
Butte
Mont
Four Fairfax Children Die In Roaring Fire At Clifton
A two story frame dwelling in Clifton burned in minutes killing Verella Jackson 10 Sylena 7 Syrena 7 Angus 6. Lou senda 11 survived after escaping through a window as firemen arrived. Parents Samuel and Grace Jackson were at a club gathering when the blaze started likely from an oil heater.
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cRal Easy Coin
Clifton
Fairfax County
Verella Jackson
Sylena
Syrena
Angus
Lousenda
Samuel
Grace Jackson
TI Tried To Get Down the Stairs, But It Was Black and Hot and Smoky.” Lousenda
Robert Burke
Jackson
Police Fire At Rioters in Salisbury Meeting
Police shot at about five thousand rioters at a nationalist party gathering in Salisbury Southern Rhodesia wounding six. Violence flared in Highfield Township when a Zimbabwe African People's Union speaker was arrested for antigovernment remarks led by Joshua Nkomo.
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Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Highfield Township
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Joshua Nkomo
Mirror Tilts With Margaret Princess Drops Public Plea
The Daily Mirror attacks Princess Margaret calling her perverse and unsettled raising questions about her future. It notes her Caribbean vacation with Lord Snowdon kept their infant David behind and a $230000 Kensington Palace facelift amid wage crisis, suggesting she may retire from public life.
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London
Margaret
The
Daily Mirror
Lord Snowdon
Caribbean Sun
David
Royal Party
Antigua
Kensington Palace
Mirror
Tony
Snowdon
Sunday Times
Expensive Pet Care Rates Highlight Lab Dogs and Rodents
A report from American Cyanamid Company says keeping a laboratory dog costs about $500 monthly including overhead, while a single rat costs $50 per month. The figures underscore high ongoing expenses in pet care for research settings.
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New York
American Cyanamid Company
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