Kennedy calls Congress to cut duty free goods limit
President Kennedy urged a sharp reduction of the duty free allowance for foreign goods to 100 from 500 dollars. He framed the move within a broad gold problem plan, urging calm action and avoiding trade barriers while seeking international monetary reform. The proposal targets tourist purchases and foreign gold flows.
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Free World
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Castro takes over Guantanamo water supplier
The Yateras Aqueduct Co. which supplied Guantanamo Bay since 1939 has been nationalized by Fidel Castro’s government but the base reports no water disruption. Navy plans to use tankers if needed and the new administration says operations will continue. The takeover cited owner abandonment of the property and the 20 year contract renewed to 1969. Weekend remarks by Castro aides linked the church and Kennedy administration to Cuban counterrevolutionaries as a government move against private and Catholic schools looms.
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Washington
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Four Natives Die in Luanda Riots and Firefight
Lisbon reports four killed seven wounded in Luanda as a funeral procession for slain policemen and soldiers sparked gunfire. Gov Gen Ta vares says victims were rioters and claims Communist influence aims to implant Sovietism in Iberia. Canadian eyewitness ties clashes to a police crackdown on drunken revelers.
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Avalanches in Italy Kill 37 Across Alpine Regions
In Italy, springlike weather after snow storms triggers avalanches that block highways and railroads, isolating mountain villages. Two large slides 60 miles apart kill eight people Sunday, pushing total fatalities to at least 37.
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Avco Names Hart to New Production Engineering Post
Avco Corp. announces the appointment of Louis E. Hart as manager of production engineering for its electronics and ordnance division, a newly created position in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Avco Corp
Louis E. Hart
Electronics and Ordnance Division
State Legislators Eye Washington For Developments In Jobless Aid
Ohio lawmakers reconvene to extend unemployment benefits beyond 26 weeks. Republicans push a House bill with Senate readiness to amend to align with federal aid. Congress may offer states loans to fund a 50 percent rise in benefits for those exhausting benefits since Oct. 31. Gov DiSalle to present a special message on utility rate formulas.
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Aristov Named Ambassador to Poland in Kremlin Shakeup
Pravda reports Averki Aristov, a Moscow Presidium member, moved to Poland as ambassador. The demotion is seen as part of Khrushchev’s purge of agricultural failure critics, while Eyodor Abramov’s post is unsettled. Molotov was last Presidium member reassigned in similar fashion.
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Pravda Todny
Averki Aristov
Communist Party Central Committee
Poland
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Khrushchev
Eyodr Abrasimov
V. M. Molotov
Outer Mongolia
UN Atomic Agency
Vienna
Rocket Flight Tests Liquid Hydrogen Under Weightless Conditions
A rocket launched from Wallops Island Virginia reached about 94 miles in altitude to study how liquid hydrogen behaves in near weightless conditions.
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Washington
Wallops Island
Red Rebels Killed in South Viet Nam Clashes
South Viet Nam government reports 34 Communist rebels killed and 36 captured in battles last Thursday. Two government soldiers died and two were wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
East Digs Out From Crippling Snow As New Midwest Storm Gains Force
The Northeast struggles to recover from a historic blizzard that buried the region under up to 40 inches of snow while a new storm moves northeast from the south central states, bringing more snow and sleet to Oklahoma Texas Kansas Arkansas Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Kennedy to Seek Five Year Foreign Aid Plan
Senate Democratic leader Senator Mansfield said President Kennedy may ask Congress to authorize a five year foreign aid program. The plan would favor development loans and technical assistance over military aid, targeting newly independent nations and inviting other free nations to share the burden.
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United States
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RC Prelate Ousted From Haiti Diocese
The Roman Catholic bishop of Gonaives Msgr Paul Robert was ordered from his diocese after demonstrators looted the bishopric warehouse with government sanction. He was lodged at the papal nuncio's residence in Port au Prince awaiting Vatican orders.
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Want Ads Urge Use for Lost Item Recovery
A brief notice encourages readers to use the Want Ads to place or read ads for lost items. It highlights calling LY 3 1242 for want ads and promotes buying selling finding renting or hiring through the section.
Pedaling professor faces court over bike zoning in Evanston
for 27 years Malcolm Dole rode a bicycle from home to Northwestern University through Evanston. a police officer ticketed him for riding in streets zoned for motor vehicles. he will appear in Evanston municipal court today challenging the zoning as undue restriction on a minority.
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Ill
Northwestern
Malcolm Dole
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Evanston Municipal Court
DiSalle names Sacharow to Liquor Control Board
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle appoints Bernard P. Sacharow of South Euclid as a Democratic member of the Liquor Control Board. His term runs until February 1965.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Bernard P. Sacharow
South Euclid
Liquor Control Board
Contracts Fall Behind in Ohio Construction
The F. W. Dodge Corp reports Ohio construction contracts for the past fall dropped 6 percent from the 1959-dollar volume, signaling slower activity.
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Cleveland
F. W. Dodge Corp
Ohio
Connell Said Slammed for Washington Appointment
Gov. Michael DiSalle confirmed reports that his top administrative assistant Maurice J. Connell is in line for a Washington appointment.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Maurice J. Connell
Washington
Bowling Green Opens Memorial Hall at State University
Bowling Green State University officially opens Memorial Hall costing 1 350 000 dollars. The ceremony marks a new campus center in Bowling Green Ohio with university officials presiding.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Bowling Green State University
Major firms fined in bid rigging indictments across industry
Six large electrical companies including General Electric and Westinghouse faced a total $150,000 fine on the first of twenty federal indictments. The action targets bid rigging and price fixing alleged to violate antitrust laws.
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Philadelphia
General Electric
Westinghouse
JFK Names NLRB Chief
President Kennedy selects Frank W. McCulloch to chair the National Labor Relations Board replacing Boyd Leedom who remains on the board. McCulloch, 55, was an aide to Sen. Paul Douglas and a Chicago lawyer after Harvard Law School graduation in 1929.
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Frank W. McCulloch
Paul H. Douglas
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Kennedy
National Labor Relations Board
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Boyd Leedom
NLRB
Leedom
Eisenhower
Arthur Kimball
Chicago
Harvard Law School
Eisenhowers Head West for California Trip
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower depart Harrisburg bound for California in a journey reported as a routine presidential swing with stops planned along the way. The president and first lady travel from Pennsylvania as part of a western itinerary.
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Harrisburg
Dwight
Mamie Eisenhower
California
NO TRACE OF SPUTNIK ENIGMA SHROUDS SOVIET FATE
Western observers report no trace of the seven ton Sputnik after its launch and Soviet silence. Prof Yevgeny Klinov suggests the satellite is unmanned while Western experts speculate on possible failure or secrecy. The craft's size raises questions it could carry an astronaut, perhaps two.
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Soviet Union
Sputnik
Yevgeny Leonodivich Klinov
James M. Gavin Chosen U S Ambassador to France
Washington Kennedy selects James M. Gavin a 53 year old retired Army lieutenant general to be U S ambassador to France awaiting French government clearance. Gavin earned fame as a jumping general with combat jumps into Sicily Normandy and Holland during World War II leading the 82nd Airborne Division. He was deputy chief of staff for research and development before retiring in March 1958.
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James M. Gavin
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