Investigators Probe Heart Attack Link To Jamaica Bay Crash
Investigators recovered what may be the bodies of two crewmen from an American Airlines jet that crashed in Jamaica Bay killing 95 aboard. They hope autopsy tests confirm a theory that the pilot suffered a heart attack just after takeoff from Idlewild Airport en route to Los Angeles.
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UPI
Skindivers Sunday
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Los Angeles
James T.S. Heist
Rolling Hills
Calif
Balloon explodes during Stargazer mission over Sierra Nevada
A 400 foot high helium balloon carrying a telescopic camera exploded at about 42 000 feet over Quincy California during Air Force Project Stargazer. The gondola with the equipment dropped into Sierra snow as recovery plans began for the unmanned craft.
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Calif
Air Force
Quincy
Sierra
Cheyenne
Wyo
Snow Slams Midwest and Rockies Threaten Travel
Severe winter storms sweep the Midwest causing transport hazards as heavy snow and strong winds lash the area. A missing plane search is hampered by 10 foot drifts near Denver and the Continental Divide.
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United Press International
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Northwest
Rockies
Denver
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Continental Divide
Las Vegas
Nev
Cloquet
Minn
Pellston
Mich
Millionaire son seeks wife amid strict list of demands
An advertisement in a West German weekend paper seeks a wife for a 25 year old millionaire's son, asking for a partner to manage a large household and provide musical and social skills. Mama specifies many staff roles and emphasizes health and background checks, while money is deemphasized.
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Bonn
UPI
Hamburg
Essen
Berlin
Paragon
West Germany
Federal Statistical Office
Wiesbaden
Mama
Khrushchev Opens Meeting With Farm Plea
Moscow Premier Khrushchev opens a central committee session amid a Pravda flood of farm complaints as the USSR enters year four of the seven year plan. He proposes measures to boost crop output including less fallow land and more plowing while criticizing Western disarmament talks.
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Pravda
United States
Britain
Geneva
Stalin
Weather summary Amarillo and vicinity and northwest Texas
Fair to day through tonight with warmer afternoon. high near 40 in Amarillo area and 55 to 64 in Northwest Texas. New Mexico fair and warmer with highs 50 to 65. Temperatures by hour shown. sunrise 7 12 am sunset 6 46 pm. Precipitation for the prior 24 hours totaled 2.
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Texas
New Mexico
Press men warned as Algerian crisis deepens
American and British journalists in Algiers were warned by the European Secret Army to limit reporting on Algerian developments. Italian correspondent Nicola Caracciolo stayed despite threats, escorted by 25 Western reporters to government headquarters as police protection proved unavailable.
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Algiers
Secret Army Organization
Nicola Caracciolo
Rome
H Giorno
Fernando Natale
Natale
Caracciolo
Altt
West to seek tight controls on nuclear tests
Washington reports that U S chief negotiator William Foster said the West will demand strict testing controls at the Geneva disarmament conference opening March 14. He warned of risk even if Soviets accept the measures and rejected claims of looser controls than proposed last year.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
William €. Foster
Foster
London
West
Surplus food and consumer spending in Kennedy era note
Dear Editor letter from D. E. Scott of Wellington critiques President Kennedy’s claim that food surpluses will grow as Americans gain wealth. He predicts surpluses may vanish with rising money, citing demand shifts and possible cotton surplus impact.
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Kennedy
Indians Fight Peru Troops Over Seized Ranches
In Cerro de Pasco high in the Andes hundreds of Indian peasants armed with knives and slingshots battled government troops trying to oust them from four large cattle ranches they had seized. The clash left seven dead and 18 wounded reported by the Cerro de Pasco station as troops used tear gas and rifle fire after attacks on a patrol.
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Lima
Peru
Cerro de Pasco
Andes
National Guard
Humberto Quea
Manuel Prado
Quea
Cerro de Paseo
Pas
Plane crashes on takeoff near Douala in French Cameroon
A chartered Caledonian Airlines DC-7 with 110 aboard crashed on takeoff into a swamp near Douala in the French Cameroon Republic. The airline spokesman said survivors were not yet known as rescue teams faced a very inaccessible site. The aircraft carried a mix of South Africans Rhodesians and Europeans among the 100 passengers and 10 crewmen whose nationalities were not immediately confirmed.
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London
Douala
French Cameroon Republic
Caledonian Airlines
McCone to report Powers loyally served on ill fated U2 flight
CIA Director John A. McCone will testify before a Senate watchdog panel to present findings of a CIA inquiry into Francis Gary Powers. The board led by Judge E Barrett Prettyman concluded Powers did his best under contract though he could not destroy the U2 and its secret gear after the Moscow flight.
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UPI
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
Francis Gary Powers
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Powers
McCone
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Smiliar
Full Armed Services Committee
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Mittee
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
MccCone
US. Court of Appeals
E. Barrett Prettyman
Prettyman
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