East Is Plagued With Many Fires
A weekend of brush fires and building blazes across the eastern states left at least six dead and hundreds homeless. Emergency crews battled thousands of fires from Maine to Virginia, destroying 350 homes and burning about 300000 acres.
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Maryland
New Jersey
Maine
Virginia
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Staten Island
Bernard Bartlett
New York-New Jersey
Baltimore
Lake Yields Man's Body
The body of William R. Erler, 42, of Columbus, was found at Buckeye Lake ten days after he fell from his boat. A companion, Woodrow Garrett, 40, said Erler slipped from the rear of a 17 foot boat on April 11 while he was in the front.
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William R. Erler
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Lake Patrol
Woodrow Garrett
Erler
May Free Americans From Cuba Promise of Release
Miami reports James B. Donovan said Castro authorities agreed to free all Americans jailed. About 20 to 27 prisoners, some held over three years for counterrevolutionary activity, to depart on a Pan American plane with medicines. Also 1000 refugees may leave Cuba aboard the ransom ship American Surveyor this week.
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Miami
Fla
United States
James B. Donovan
New York
Donovan
Pan American Airways
Cuba
American Surveyor
Berlin First Coach Appointed At Northwestern
Larry Glass, 28, named head basketball coach at Northwestern University to replace Bill Rohr who resigned to become athletic director at Ohio University. Nixon joins unity push with Rockefeller Goldwater as potential 1964 Republican ticket.
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Evanston, Ill
Larry Glass
Northwestern University
Bill Rohr
Ohio University
Congress Has Little Work Done This Session
Washington reports Congress returns from a 10 day Easter break to find only two of numerous annual appropriation bills moving toward enactment. Interior and Treasury Post Office departments funds are the only ones advanced, with both having passed the House. In Lorain production resumes at Ford's large assembly plant after a shutdown since April 12 due to a strike. In San Bernardino California Dr Roy L Smith a 75 year old Methodist minister and former editor of the Christian Advocate dies Saturday.
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Defense Spending Out Asked
Defense Secretary McNamara orders belt tightening to curb overseas costs. A memo to the Joint Chiefs and defense agencies outlines savings in overseas personnel and operations, with attention to the Communications Zone backing the U S 7th Army in Europe. Marathon dancing record attempt in Marietta ends in a draw after 62 hours 30 minutes.
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Khrushchev links German problem to disarmament talks
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told Il Giorno that solving the Germany and Berlin dispute must come before disarmament and other world issues. He blamed the United States for stalled talks and suggested concessions on nuclear tests if Washington drops insistence on inspections. Khrushchev warned of withdrawing offers on inspections and criticized U.S. naval moves near the Vatican, tying timing to Italian elections. American officials said no new points emerged.
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Ohio focuses on jobs via new development department bill
Ohio lawmakers move a rewritten measure to create an industrial development department with revenue bonds to spur up to 200000 jobs. A separate unemployment compensation overhaul aims to raise employer contributions to about 450 million and tighten benefit rules. House leaders target May 1 floor votes on the general appropriation bill and a June uptake for the $1.3 billion money bill.
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James A Rhodes
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Roger Cloud
Senate
Rail Truck Battle in Ohio Legislature Over Truck Length
In Columbus the truckers push a House bill to raise haul-away truck length from 50 to 60 feet to move one more standard car per trip. Railroads oppose as unsafe but rely on autos moving by rail with triple deck cars carrying 15 vehicles. Ohio reports its highest weekend highway toll since early February over a 54 hour period.
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Interstate Cooperation Committee
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Still Seek Reason For Sub Disaster
Portsmouth naval and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution teams continue to investigate the loss of the submarine Thresher with 129 men. The Atlantis I research vessel retraced to the 8400 foot depth 220 miles east of Boston, hoping new equipment will pinpoint the wreck site. The Thresher was built at the Portsmouth shipyard and was under overhaul when the disaster occurred.
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Woods Hole
Court of Inquiry
Revolution grows in Haiti call for May 15 uprising
Leaflets scattered by airplane urge Haitians to join a May 15 revolt against President Francois Duvalier. The notice, signed United Revolutionary Forces, warns residents to leave Port au Prince. Duvalier, elected six years ago, extended his term by a rigged 1967 extension. Also reported, the Soviet Union launched Cosmos 15, an unmanned satellite.
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Haiti
Francois Duvalier
United Revolutionary Forces
Duvalier
National Assembly
Abuse and Propaganda Wars Across Cold War Broadcasts
The piece surveys Communist psychological warfare from Radio Hanoi Moscow and Havana, highlighting charges like imperialism and bacteriological war. It contrasts this with USIA countermeasures via Voice of America, noting reliance on truth and selective fabrication by both sides.
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Radio Moscow
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