Freeman vows steps to curb further Estes era scandal
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman told a Senate Investigations subcommittee he has issued directives and policy statements to prevent any repeat of the Billie Sol Estes episode in his agency. He said the measures make clear that irregularities will be dealt with sharply.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Freeman
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Eisenhower
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
Department
Charles S. Murphy
Estes
Pecos
Orville Freeman
John McClellan
Kennedy Victory as House Passes Trade Expansion Bill
President Kennedy and allies win House approval 298 to 125 for a far reaching trade expansion bill. The measure would replace the old law, allow tariff cuts up to 50 percent, and provide aid to firms and workers hurt by imports with new provisions for tariff zeroing in some cases. The Senate fate hangs on early consideration.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Western
Congress
Lnés
United States
Pierre Salinger
White House
Marmoset Candy Trick Sparks Store Hubbub
Obie the marmoset at a local dime store caused a ruckus by freeing parakeets and leaping between displays before staff restrained him. Weather notes predict clouds tonight and rain next week with temperatures rising to 78 today.
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Eatherman
General Lee presses attack at Savage Station
100 years ago today reports say General Lee continued his attack on McClellan at Savage Station as Civil War action intensified.
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Lee
McCellan
Savage Station
Hospital Bids Exceed Expectations for Winchester Memorial Work
Bids for general contracting on the Winchester Memorial Hospital addition were opened yesterday at 2 p.m. Hospital administrator Carl Napps said the lowest bid was higher than expected and a conference today will seek a solution to the price figure.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carl Napps
Stephens City sets hearing on 18 144 budget and 10 cent tax hike
Stephens City schedules a public hearing for tomorrow at 7 30 p m on a proposed $18 144 budget and an increase in real estate tax from 60 to 70 cents per 100 of assessed value, while personal property tax remains at 90 cents. The town plans a detailed water budget of 5 726 and notes real estate assessed at about 20 percent of cash value.
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Stephens City
Lynn H. Comer
Frederick County
Robinson Denies GOP Congressional Candidacy Effort
J Kenneth Robinson denies pressure to run for Congress in the Seventh District. He states efforts are without his consent and he will not attend the Harrisonburg convention where Dr. Thomas M. Hall is the only announced candidate.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
Fruit
Thomas M. Hall
Page County
Robinson
Harrisonburg
U S Urges Israel to Return Soblen
Soblen,41? No, 62, a fugitive former Rockland State Hospital psychiatrist, is hospitalized in Ramleh Prison as Washington seeks his return to New York to begin a life term for spying. Israel studies the request, noting no extradition treaty but possible political crime exemption.
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Tclaviv
Israel
Robert A. Soblen
U.S
New York
Soblen
Justice Ministry
Washington
United States
Rockland State Hospital
Orangeburg
N.Y
U.S. Supreme Court
Former Disc Jockey Faulk Wins 3.5 Million Libel Verdict
New York AP reports former disc jockey John Henry Faulk won 3.5 million dollars in libel damages after an 11 to 1 jury verdict against Aware Inc Vincent W Hartnett and the late Laur ence A Johnson The panel awarded 1 million in compensatory damages and 1.25 million in punitive damages against Aware and Hartnett with Johnsons estate not liable The case linked Faulk to a Communist conspiracy damaging his broadcasting career andmarked one of the area s largest libel awards The trial coincided with Faulks 14th wedding anniversary.
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NEW York
John Henry Faulk
Faulk
Aware, Inc
Vincent W. Hartnett
Laurence A. Johnson
Syracuse
N.Y
Bronx
Aware
Hartnett
Johnson
Faulks
Nizer
Donald J. Giancola
State Supreme Court
Abraham N. Geller
Justice Geller
Geller
Kennedy Receives Massive Welcome In Mexico City
In Winchester Circuit Court 27 year old Mrs Minnie Berg Ridgeway faces first degree murder charges for the December 3 slaying of her husband William Jennings Ridgeway. Commonwealths attorney Joseph A Massie Jr argues premeditation and calls more than 20 witnesses while defense counsel Lynn Lucas cites psychiatric illness. The proceedings reveal a domestic quarrel ending with Ridgeway’s stabbing and a rifle attack after the couple’s three week silence.
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Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Frederick County
Ridgeway
Massie
Commonwealth
Lucas
Elliott Marshall
Valley Mill Road
Berryville Pike
Winchester
Sweden pays off last US debt 21 years early
The Kingdom of Sweden paid in full its remaining debt to the United States, 21 years before schedule. The Treasury received 16,217,506.85 dollars including 197,506.85 dollars interest, settling loans advanced under the postwar Marshall Plan. The loan agreement had set a due date of December 31, 1983.
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Washington
Kingdom of Sweden
United States
Treasury
Sweden
Congress Moves FY End Bills With Debt Raise
Congress acts to finish fiscal 1962 items as debt ceiling rises to a record 308 billion for 1963. Emergency spending through July approved. scrap metal duties suspended for another year. Kennedy signs measures extending certain Korean War taxes while cutting others on transport tickets and air fare taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
Appropriations Committees
House
Kennedy Urges Alliance for Progress in Mexico Visit
President Kennedy arrived in Mexico City amid mass welcome and called for a new peaceful revolution to advance economic and social progress in a hemispheric Alliance for Progress. He emphasized shared revolutions guiding democratic governments toward social justice and development with US Mexico dialogue on Castro’s Cuba. The tour showcased central sites as López Mateos hosts discussions on regional unity and disarmament context.
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William L. Ryan
Mexico City
Kennedy
Mexico
United States
U.S
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Americas
Lopez Mateos
Castro
Alliance For Progress
Geneva
Los Pinos
National
Cortez
Avenida Juarez
Forma
Rusk Reports on Visit to Europe
Secretary of State Dean Rusk briefed President Kennedy on his 10 day European trip and said the president was pleased with the results. Rusk indicated the mission cleared up misunderstandings though NATO divisons remain and he and Kennedy then traveled to Andrews Air Force Base for the Mexico weekend trip.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Rusk
North Atlanta Treaty Organization
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Mexico
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