Britain Countenances Voluntary Farm Controls and Trade Shifts
Britain begins tentative steps to bolster world trade and revive the economy after Brussels talks collapse. Prime Minister Macmillan plans a London meeting with Denmark’s Jens Otto Krag to discuss expanding EFTA and reducing reliance on the Common Market.
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Britain
Brussels
Harold Macmillan
Jens Otto Krag
Denmark
European Free Trade Association
EFTA
Krag
Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
America
United States
de Gaulle
Regent Act Approval A Must in Ohio Higher Ed Plan
Carrollton attorney and Ohio House Education Committee chair Robert H Longsworth says passage of a bill creating a seven member Board of Regents to govern Ohio higher education is essential. The plan, backed by Gov James A Rhodes, would set salaries and approve new programs and branch expansions while guiding university budgets.
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Columbus
Robert H. Longsworth
Carrollton
Ohio House Education Committee
Board of Regents
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Longsworth
Regents
Bonds and Conspiracy Claims Highlight House Debate
Rep. Thomas L. Ashley asks Congress to probe bonding firms use of independent judgment when denying Teamsters officers bonds amid charges of a government plot. In Lancaster a lie detector test and alibi clear an ex-convict in the Dec. 19 murder of Virginia Wagner. Rep. Wayne L. Hays of Ohio undergoes gall bladder surgery.
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Thomas L. Ashley
Ohio
Congress
Teamster Union
Ashley
Teamsters Union
Lancaster
Virginia Wagner
Jack Blazer
Hayes
Wayne L. Hays
Old trainer converted to fighter plane in new role
The T28 trainer redesigned as a fighter bomber for brush warfare features a Lycoming T55 engine with 2450 horsepower and can carry guns rockets bombs. Built at North American Aviation Columbus Division, it will undergo flight tests next month. A separate Denver tremor shook parts of the region and was felt in Boulder.
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Air Force
Navy
Viet Nam
North American Aviation
Tranquilizer Law Sought By Senators
Two Ohio Senators propose a bill to ban driving under the influence of hypnotic or depressant drugs and to set a blood alcohol content threshold. The measure aims to prevent misclassification of drivers with medical conditions as intoxicated. Senate action followed by House introductions and upcoming sessions.
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Columbus
Robert E. Stockdale
Portage
Edmund A. Sargus
Belmont
Senate
House
Reminds Taxpayers To List State Taxes
Cleveland report shows Melvin J. Burton district director of the Internal Revenue Service reminded Ohioans filing federal income tax returns to claim state tax deductions. He noted deductible state taxes include seven cents per gallon on gasoline five cents per pack on cigarettes twenty cents per fifth on whisky and fifteen cents per pint on beer.
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Cleveland
Melvin J. Burton
Internal Revenue Service
Trial Of Steel Begins Friday In Athens Court
Gene Isaac Steel, 30, faces a first degree murder charge in the Oct 20 death of his wife Helen, 29. Jury selection starts Friday at 9 a.m. with 75 names drawn. Judge John Bolin heard a defense motion to suppress evidence. subpoenas will be issued as jury selection nears.
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Gene Isaac Steel
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Helen
John Bolin
Steel
Athens
U S Criticizes Canada on Nuclear Defense Policy
Washington bluntly urged Canada to arm its defense forces with nuclear weapons to counter the Soviet bomber threat. The State Department stated that Ottawa has yet to present a practical plan while NORAD and NATO defenses rely on nuclear capable weapons. the comment stirred domestic political reaction in Ottawa with party leaders weighing the impact on the government.
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United States
John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Soviet Union
State Department
Ottawa
U.S
Western Alliance
NATO
NORAD
Diefenbaker
Social Credit Party
Robert Thompson
Lester B. Pearson
Liberals
Douglas Harkness
1961 Cuban Testimony May Be Released Now
Washington reports weigh release of long secret Senate Foreign Relations Committee testimony from 1961 on the Cuban invasion disaster. Witnesses said no U S air cover was promised to refugees, while questions linger over non U S air strikes and potential cancellations. Senate leaders urged release, citing national security concerns.
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State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Senate
Everett M. Dickson
Illinois
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Republican Policy Committee
George D. Aiken
Rvt
Aiken
U. S. Air Force
U S Seeks To Save Bleeding Congo Invasion Aid Plan
A six man US mission led by Harland Cleveland arrived in Leopoldville to discuss halting Congo's economic collapse and reducing UN military strength after Katanga's cessation. They will address inflation, shortages, unemployment, smuggling, aid misuse, and provincial disputes while Katanga finances and central army strains loom.
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The
Congo
Harland Cleveland
U.S
Katanga
World Organization
United States
Cyrille Adoula
Civil Service School Jobs On Docket
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to rehear a statute granting municipal civil service commissions authority over non-teaching city school employees. The case, brought by Mary E. Karrick and seven Findlay School District employees, challenges 1960 rules on residency age and exams that excluded them. The high court previously invalidated the rules but will reconsider after a unanimous decision last month.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Civil Service Commissions
High Court
Mary E. Karrick
Findlay
Findlay Civil Service Commission
Commission
Common Pleas Court
Educational TV Planned In Chillicothe
Chillicothe school officials move from planning to installation of a citywide educational television distribution system. The board awarded a contract to Tower Communications Systems of Columbus and Cleveland to set up the system for closed circuit programs, citywide transmissions, FM radio, and language laboratory programming.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Board of Education
Tower Communications Systems, Inc
Columbus
Cleveland
U.N. Congo Toll 127 Dead 133 Wounded Reported
United Nations disclosed casualties from July 1960 to present in the Congo operation, listing 127 dead and 133 wounded among the U.N. force. The update comes from a Wednesday briefing at United Nations headquarters in New York.
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N. Y
U.N
Congo
Kennedy proposes voluntary farm controls and aid shifts
President Kennedy urged Congress to extend government help for farm production while shifting to voluntary controls for surplus management. He favors payments to cut output, supports a wheat plan via grower referendum, and seeks to expand food stamps, rural job training, and a revolving loan fund for rural power and housing.
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Kennedy
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower Administration Soil Bank
Milligan Proposes Ohio Unemployment Fund Bill
Rep William W Milligan plans a Monday bill to shore up Ohio unemployment compensation. The measure would raise the employer tax from 3.2 to 4.7 percent and tax the first 3600 of wages, not 3000, boosting annual income to about 230 million dollars. In seven years the fund would reach a safe level.
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Columbus
William W. Milligan
Shelby
Ohio
Milligan
Ohio House Industry and Labor Committee
Bitter Arctic Invasion Deepens Midwest Freeze
Arctic air from the Rockies spread into the Midwest on the last day of January, bringing subzero conditions across central and northern plains into Indiana and western Ohio. Alpena Michigan hit 18 below, Moline Illinois 16 below, Chicago 5 below. January becomes the city’s coldest month on record with 15 days of subzero readings, surpassing February 1875.
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Midwest
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Plains
Indiana
Ohio
Alpena
Mich
Moline
Chicago
BG Aims At Dorm Project
Bowling Green State University advances dorm construction by selling 5.5 million dollars in revenue bonds. Stranahan Harris Co. of Toledo and the Ohio Co. of Columbus led an 18 member syndicate to finance the 1400 bed center at 3.57 percent interest.
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Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
Stranahan, Harris & Co
Toledo
The
Ohio Co
Columbus
Engineers Seek Bids for Dam Cleanup at Meldahl Site
Huntington telegraph reports engineers plan to request bids by Feb 26 and open them about a month later for roughly 500000 dollars of cleanup work at the Capt Anthony Meldahl Dam on the Ohio River.
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W. Va
U.S
Capt
Anthony Meldahl
Ohio
Ohio Education Statistics Report Highlighted by NEA
The National Education Association's annual school statistics report shows Ohio with 2,076,728 students enrolled, an average teacher salary of 5750 dollars, and total current expenditure of 817,400,000 dollars.
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Washington
National Education Association
Ohio
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