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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 5, 1964 the stars and stripes Page. S civil rights test ban tax Cut despite its dragging finish Congress passed major Bills Washington a the88th Congress lived through the National trauma of a presiden tial assassination enacted Laws that will loom Large in the his tory books and wound up its business not with a bang but whimper. They were saying in the cloak rooms that the late speaker of the House Sam Rayburn should have told somebody before he died How to adjourn , his successor speaker John w. Mccormack and the Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield lingered As the Day lengthened into october in the forlorn Hope of getting through some last minute controversial must Bills at the urging of the new Man at the other end of Pennsylvania  seeming Drift and inde aviation spotlight to focus on first showing of Texo Edwards air Force base Calif. Up the publicity Fon fare Italy slated for production. The general dynamics proposal for the plane was approved by do plans Call for rolling the tfx started under president Ken out of the fort Worth tex., Nady. T " customary mrs. Philip Nichols or. B so enthused after her hns hand was sworn in to be a judge of the . Customs court la Washington that the hugs president Johnson and receives a Kisson the Cheek ii return. A photo presidents hardly Sway High court Stewart says for the 2.000-Mik an hour. __yf12a interceptor now being fens Secretary Robert s. Me test flown Here. Is to be followed Namura Over a military prefer quickly with a spotlight on the once for the Boeing company controversial tfx fighter plane j proposal. This led to a Cong res it was Learned that present Sincl investigation. Rte r or the tfx is to be a radically advanced fighter plane with movable wings that can be swept Back for High Speed flight. Theair Force will Call it f11a and May buy 1,500. The Navy Wil Call it f11b and is Down for 200. Two other new planes Are on View Here. One is the Mammoth xb70 which has made one shortest flight and is due for another soon. Intended As a 2,000-mphbomber and begun under the Eisenhower administration it will not go into production. Only two Plant of general dynamics  into Public View for the first time about oct. 20.the first test hop for the 1.850 Mph tfx subject of a year Long congressional investigation is expected to come in late Decem Ber. With these and other project sin the news the Johnson administration seems to be finding it self blessed with riches at an opportune moment in the new military aircraft department. There has been Republican cult Cleveland up associate Justice Potter Stewart of the . Supreme court declared Here that any citizen has the right. To criticize the rulings of the supreme court. However Stewart told West Ern Reserve University Law Stu dents the implication brought up in this presidential Campaign that the executive has Power Over the court is a Little bit false to our traditional constitutional separation of  Stewart said As he understand sit sen. Barry Goldwater has said he would if elected exercise his influence by his appointments to the court through legislation an through constitutional Amend ment. Stewart a former Cincinnat Justice called these More or less legitimate uses of presidential authority. However. I do not know of any Campaign in the Pastin which candidates made this an  a number of Strong presi dents have been critical of the court in our history said Stewart citing Abraham Lincoln both Roosevella and Andrew Jackson. Stewart noted that president traditionally have appointed per sons to the supreme court who they believed agreed with their Points of View. Historically it has t always worked out that Way. Some presidents have been surprised he said. Society s criticisms of chief jus ice Earl Warren Stewart said in Many cases i have disagreed Drunken flying. Incidents cited Washington up Drunken flying May be approaching the seriousness of Drunken driving. Tho Federal aviation Agency disclosed that autopsies per formed on one third of the Pri vate pilots killed in crashes last year revealed the presence of Al Cohol in 35 per cent of them in significant  or. M. S. White Federal air surgeon said the autopsies involved 198 individuals with 5having a significant amount of alcohol in their blood. The figures were Given to Thefan s National symposium on aviation problems during a two Day closed session Here. Caslon at the tag end of the two year term however does not obscure the Many major task completed by this Congress. Among the most far reach ing were the following the civil rights Bill of 1m4,most sweeping in the nation s history. For the first time get Ting Down to the brass tacks of racial discrimination voting be ing served in restaurants and hotels an equal Chance in  opposed bitterly by southerners but also predictably passed by an overwhelming coalition of Northern Republican Sand democrats. The test ban treaty a agreement of the major nuclear Powers not to test bombs in the atmosphere any More. Opposed by some As weakening the .nuclear stance vis a vis Russia but hailed by Many As an historic first step in controlling the danger of nuclear holocaust. Tax reforms the tax Bill a reduction of personal and corporate income taxes of 111.6 billion plus minor reforms in the tax Structure. Naming these things and som others Mccormack said any one of those Bills would make this an historic  mans Sonal  House Republican Leader Charles a. Halleck said beyond the fact that this was the most expensive Congress i peacetime history the biggest accomplishment of the Democrat cell experimental models arc to be  01 me  that the Pentagon under the a a mental map arc to leadership was getting it and democrats is favouring missiles a a c141 a Arii Ter also is a Jan a in inks to  neglecting air planes. The yf12a was publicly unveiled Here As a twin engine two Man interceptor armed with Long Range missiles for destroying invading bombers. Formerly called the All the plane was put under development in 1959 and announced by president Johnson a Briary. " exists in at being test flown Here and the first plane is scheduled to be turned Over oct. 19 to the military air transport service for Crew train ing at tinker air Force base Oklahoma City. The first Jet air plane developed i jul i  from the Start As a cargo Carrier. This was the Congress that raised its members pay from 122.500 a year to 130,000, along with smaller hikes for thousands of other government  was the Congress that investigated Bobby Baker. Bill Lac sol Estes Joe Valachi television ratings and the tfx  also was the Congress that paused in shocked miser last november to Honor John f. Kennedy and to Bury him. Ken Nedy Laid much of the ground work for the legislative record of the 88th Congress but much opposition to him developed and he suffered some severe setbacks in the first  was left to president John son to get Many of the Kenned Bills through Congress and this he did with zest gusto and a insider s knowledge of which but tons to press and which arms to twist. 24 must Bills of 30 Bills or. Johnson Lis Tedas musts Congress passed 24. Declaring War on poverty  left his Brand on the 88th Congress with a package Fanti poverty Bills aimed at marshalling Federal state and local forces in programs to help the poor. The chief emphasis Ison Job opportunities retraining and education in the Hope of breaking the Cycle that keeps generations of families on  separate Bill expanded the food stamp plan to improve the diets of the nation s neediest families. But or. Johnson did t get ii billion in Aid for the improver. I shed Mountain Region of Appa Llachlan health care for the aged under social Security or More Money for the area redevelopment program. In spite of the intense interesting problems of presidential Suc cession and inability following final Check workmen at general motors Boxwood Road Assembly Plant near Wilmington dd., collect final paychecks covering wages earned before Icey went on strike. A photo president Kennedy s assassination nothing conclusive was Dona by Congress about either  
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