Castro Regime Offers Asylum To Hijackers
Venezuela protests hijacking of the freighter Anzoategui by nine members of the Armed Forces for National Liberation. Fidel Castro’s government pledges asylum to Venezuelan revolutionaries if the ship reaches a Cuban port and says it will hand the crew to UN Secretary General U Thant. Betancourt calls for regional help as Caracas enforces an all-out interception, with rumors of US warships aiding the search but no official confirmation.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Fidel Castro
Anzoategui
Caribbean
Santiago
Havana
U.N
U Thant
Romulo Betancourt
Armed Forces For National Liberation
Betancourt
Washington
Kennedy
U.S
State Department
Navy
Plot To Kill De Gaulle Thwarted In Paris
Six high ranking army officers were arrested in Paris on suspicion of plotting to kill President Charles de Gaulle. The plan targeted a military school visit with a rifle fitted with a telescopic sight. De Gaulle proceeded with his schedule as police raided sites and detained a French English teacher at the school.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Lausche Bill Would Aid Transit Cos
Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio introduced a tax exemption measure to help public transit systems by freeing income set aside for equipment reserves from federal tax. The bill aims to let states form joint transit compacts and would create a Commerce Department division for urban transportation, moving the current urban program from the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Commerce Department
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Jury Favors Brown In Assault Action
A Common Pleas Court jury in Cleveland sided with Cleveland Browns star Jim Brown in a four year old assault and battery case. Brown, 27, denied hitting Robert L. Brown, 25, after an argument in March 1959 at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport parking lot in suburban Parma.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Cleveland Browns
Jim Brown
Brown
Robert L. Brown
Parma
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
Air National Guard planes to bear standard Air Force markings
Ohio and 27 other states plus Puerto Rico receive 5 670 000 for forest public works projects. Ohio share 35 000. Five day forecast shows temperatures 8 to 12 degrees below normal with light precipitation. mostly snow central and rain or snow south toward Sunday and mid week.
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Columbus
Ohio Air National Guard
U. S. Air Force
Ohio
Ohio Air Guard
Washington
Puerto Rico
The
Forest Service
Tracking Stations Seek Missing Syncom Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida United States tracking network scanned the skies for the Syncom satellite lost after launch. The 86 pound satellite vanished seconds after the transfer rocket fired into a circular synchronous orbit. Officials doubted recovery would enable use as a communications tool though NASA has a backup plan. A Delta booster rocket may be fired in weeks if telemetry pinpoints the problem.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Syncom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Home Injury Is Blamed In Strange Death
Sarasota Florida report says injuries before leaving home caused the death in Uniontown Pennsylvania of Mrs Jean Wagner Francis. Her sister in law was murdered in Ohio last December. Husband Paul Sr. said a suitcase slipped and struck her head as she packed for Lancaster Ohio. Medical authorities cited a brain hemorrhage from the head blow as the cause. Police seek the killer of Mrs Wagner.
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Sarasota
Fla
Uniontown
Jean Wagner Francis
Ohio
Paul Sr
Lancaster
Francis
Virginia Wagner
Chris
705 Deaths Due To Flu in 108 Cities Follow Week
The U S Public Health Service reports outbreaks of influenza like illness most active in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic states. For the week ending Feb 9 there were 705 pneumonia influenza deaths in 108 cities, 157 more than expected.
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Atlanta
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
U.S
Public Health Services
Proclamation Declares February Heart Month and Heart Sunday
Mayor Raymond Shepard proclaims February as Heart Month and February 24 as Heart Sunday, granting Heart Fund officers permission to sell balloons in Athens on February 23. In other news, the Weather Bureau notes above normal temperatures boost small grains planted last fall, while the Agriculture Department reports January milk production at 596 pounds per cow on average.
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Raymond Shepard
Heart
Heart Fund
Athens
Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Agriculture Department
Steel Labor Not Seen As Trouble Spot
Miami Beach report notes prospects for 1963 steel labor talks to be settled peacefully if opened under the May 1 reopen clause. AFL-CIO Steel Workers President David J. McDonald says no decision yet and cites 1962 earnings as a factor. White House word on reopening remains unreported. Comparisons to Kennedy administration pressure in earlier talks are mentioned.
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Miami Beach
Fla
David J. McDonald
Afl-Cio Steel Workers Union
McDonald
White House
Kennedy
Kennedy to send negotiator on NATO nuclear plan
President Kennedy will dispatch special negotiator Livingston T. Merchant to Europe within about ten days for urgent talks with NATO members on a unified nuclear striking force. He said European allies deserve a greater say in West defense strategy and must share higher costs while defining who decides in a sudden emergency to use nuclear weapons.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West
Soviet Union
Livingston T. Merchant
Merchant
United States
Rhodes Hesitant On School Tax Bill
COLUMBUS The governor signals cautious support for a proposed district income tax for school operation while warning harsh metropolitan burdens could push industries away. House Speaker Cloud endorses the measure after a Taxation Committee hearing. Ohio Council for Education opposes it citing lack of an equalization formula.
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James A. Rhodes
House
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Rhodes
Cloud
Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Ohio Council For Education
Ohio
Labor Leader Promises Britain Nuclear Arms Withdrawal
Harold Wilson, youngest Labor leader, calls for Britain to exit the Nassau Polaris pact and keep nuclear arms to the United States and Soviet Union. He aims to become prime minister if Labor wins the 1964 election, after defeating George Brown and ahead of Macmillan. Wilson favors an orderly withdrawal talks with the United States.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
United States
Wilson
Soviet Union
Labor
Harold Macmillan
Laborites
Macmillan
George Brown
Nassau
Kennedy
German firm chooses Ohio site for $1.8 million plant
Ohio officials report a large German corporation has picked a location in Ohio for a new 1.8 million dollar manufacturing plant. The site and company identity will stay confidential until AR A approval is secured. Also notes an influenza like epidemic in Cincinnati waning with at least three deaths.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development
Ohio
Robert W. Cochran
Washington
Area Redevelopment Administration
Cincinnati
Kennedy Pushes Tax Cuts to Avert Downturn
President Kennedy warned Congress a downturn looms unless a tax package is enacted. He proposed rate cuts and revisions with a three year net tax reduction of 10.2 billion, arguing inaction would slow growth and raise unemployment amid a 11.9 billion deficit projection. He pledged to fight for a timely bill while stressing U.S. commitment to Europe and Latin America.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
United States
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
France
U. S
Cuba
Brazil
Secret Service probes pennies shrunk to dime size at UF
Secret Service agents head to Gainesville to investigate pennies filed down to the size of dimes found in campus vending machines. Mutilating a U S coin is a federal offense. Senator Stephen M Young of Ohio joins the Senate Armed Services Committee after leaving the Agriculture Committee. New Ohio gubernatorial appointees include Don R Goddard to the Banking Advisory Board.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Secret Service
University of Florida
R. M. McDavid
Gainesville
U. S
Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Senate Armed Services Committee
Agriculture Committee
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Don R. Goddard
Washington County
Banking Advisory Board
IRS Policy On Tax Settlements In Disputed Cases
Revenue officials explain why the IRS often settles disputed back taxes for far less than claimed. Lack of complete records and year allocation causes adjustments, with some cases dropping penalties. Settlements reflect what the government can realistically collect rather than a formal admission of partial defeat.
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Revenue Service
Bardenheuer
Earle C. Clements
Kentucky
TRS
IRS
West Virginia
Corpus Christi
Tex
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