Five-Year Defense Plan Presented to Congress
Secretary of Defense McNamara outlined a five-year plan to preserve U S military strength against Soviet progress. He warned current defenses are vulnerable to a nuclear first strike and described a mixed bomber missile force plus threats from satellite launched missiles. A system to detect and identify satellites would require placing a satellite in the same orbit as space objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
U.S
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
United States
Pentagon
Navy
Air Force
Light Snowfall For Southern NE Weather Update
An offshore weather disturbance brings light snow to southern Nebraska with little accumulations. Northern areas face mostly cloudy skies and seasonally cold temperatures, with daytime lows in the teens or lower 20s. Another offshore storm keeps clouds through tomorrow night, but snow remains confined to southern portions.
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Boston
New England
Weather Bureau
Pownal Discusses Immediate Zoning Steps For Race Track
A Pownal public meeting urged immediate land use controls as Taconic Racing plans a 4 million track. Rep. William Jay Smith led the session with 60 attendees as Garfield Langworthy urged a town wide ordinance via a preliminary zoning committee for a multi year plan.
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Pownal
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
William Jay Smith
Rep. Smith
Warren Mason
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Langworthy
March
Cleveland Dodge
United States
Vermont
Canada
Vermont Development Department
Philip Hoff
Burlington
Norshaft Democratic Club
Hoff
President Criticized For Reserve Callup
Rear Adm. John E. Harlin of the Reserve Officers Association criticized the Kennedy administration for calling up reservists during the Berlin crisis. He said the move violated long held policy that reservists are used only in total mobilization.
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San Diego
Calif
Reserve Officers Association
Kennedy
Berlin
John E. Harlin
USNR
Indoors man Takes to Woods for Eight Day Dare
Tony Wedal a 33 year old probation officer from Clare Michigan heads into a snowbound forest to prove he can live like a backwoodsman for eight days. He packs a tent sleeping bag food pistol ice fishing gear and will be plane checked daily for safety.wedal hopes to win a 150 bet sparked during a local deer hunting chat amid record cold with temps near 10 below zero.
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Clare
Mich
Tony Wedal
Wedal
Goodby
Lower
Michigan
Atures
Courtney Bower
Swimmer Shigematsu Fails to Beat World Mark Recheck
In Wellington Japan’s Morito Shigematsu did not break the 220 yard breaststroke world record after a recheck. He was timed at 2 minutes 36.3 seconds, short of Terry Gathercole’s 2 36.5 mark. Gathercole’s record had been surpassed earlier by Chet Jastremski with 2 34.1.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Japan
Morito Shigematsu
Australia
Terry Gathercole
Gathercole
Indiana
Chet Jastremski
Kennedy Meets U Thant in New York Lunch and Broadway Visit
President Kennedy travels to New York to meet acting UN secretary-general U Thant in a private lunch. They discuss pending UN matters with no specifics revealed. Kennedy then attends How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Mayor Wagner and returns to Washington the next morning.
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New York
Kennedy
United Nations
U Thant
Thant
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
Waldorf-Astoria
46Th Street
Robert Morse
Rudy Vallee
Robert F. Wagner
Washington
Pierre Salinger
Wagner
George Galusha Dies at 94 in Shaftsbury Vermont
George Galusha lifelong Shaftsbury resident and descendant of Gov Jonas Galusha died at a Bennington nursing home at age 94. Survivors include three great great great grandchildren and three daughters. Funeral services set for Monday at 1 p.m. at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with calling hours Saturday and Sunday.
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George Galusha
Shaftsbury
Vermont
Jonas Galusha
Bennington
Mr. Galusha
North Bennington
Poly Meadows
Shaftsbury Center
Edith L. Frisbie
Bryce
Admiral George Dewey
U. S. Naval Fame
Galusha
Herbert Daniels
Center
Shaftsbury Baptist Church
Janet Russell
Waterbury
Luella McLean
Hanson, Walbridge
Violinist Kesner Dies in Auto Crash
Richard Lowell Kesner 46 a concert violinist formerly with Lawrence Welk's orchestra died in a car crash in Reseda California He may have suffered a heart attack while driving before his car plowed into construction workers killing James Kennedy 56 and injuring others police said.
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Reseda
Calif
Richard Lowell Kesner
Lawrence Welk
Kesner
Los Angeles
James Kennedy
Dominican Republic shakes off dictatorship with balance of power shift
Dominicans celebrated the return to constitutional government after a countercoup ousted Maj. Gen. Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria and jailed him. Vice President Rafael Bonnelly was sworn in as chief executive while Joaquin Balaguer resigned from politics. Eleven dead in the violence, Balaguer denies responsibility, and Rodriguez Echavarria faces possible exile.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Luctantly
Balaguer
Rodriguez Echavarria
Sevenman State Council
Rafael Bonnelly
Rodriguez Echevarria
Rafael L. Trujillo
Air Force
Republic
Town Sewage Use Bills Move Forward With Few Objections
Town officials report mailings and collections of the 1961 sewer disposal charge proceed with little trouble. Alma Langlois says only a few object to the charge. Norton Barber explains it funds operations not capital costs and that a lien can be placed on properties if needed. Hogan notes revisions to the billing list and that May 1962 bills are underway with later bills for 1963.
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Alma Langlois
Norton Barber
Selectmen
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Hogan
Laos Princes Move Forward in Coalition Talks
In Geneva three Lao princes agreed to outline a national unity government with Souvanna Phouma as prime minister and 10 of 18 posts for his backers. Boun Oum and Souphanouvong factions would hold eight posts, but defense and interior ministries remain blocks. Final ratification hinges on pro-Western Boun Oum's supporters.
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Geneva
Laos
Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Prince Souphanouvong
Phoumi Nosavan
Neu
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