U Thant polls UN members on disarmament meeting
Thant opens a poll of 114 UN members to gauge support for an immediate meeting of the Disarmament Commission after the Soviet call. Stevenson says the Geneva 17-nation committee is the better forum for concrete proposals, but supports a wider UN meeting if approved. The likely date noted is April 14.
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Power Projects In Maine Linked For Joint Growth
WASHINGTON AP The Passamaquoddy and Dickey-Lam projects in Maine were linked for joint development by Interior Secretary Stewart Udall at a news conference. Udall said interest rate rises hurt Passamaquoddy alone and the project should not be judged solely on cost benefit. He noted potential cross border hydroelectric cooperation with eastern Canada could benefit both nations.
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Rome Alters Prayer for Jews in Good Friday rite
The Vatican released the new Good Friday prayer for the Jews replacing the old prayer for their conversion. The old text called for God to withdraw the veil from their hearts so they may acknowledge Jesus Christ. The new version asks God to make his face shine on them and help them recognize the redeemer.
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White Dissenter Hanged in South Africa Protest Bombing
Frederick J. Harris, 27, a white anti apartheid activist and former Nonracial Olympics Committee chairman, was hanged in Pretoria for bombing the Johannesburg railway station last year. He admitted planting the device to protest racial segregation. a white elderly woman died and others injured. An appeal to President Swart from British MPs failed.
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Dulles and Lodge Back Viet Nam Policy
Former CIA chief Allen W. Dulles at Harvard Business School advocates Johnson Viet Nam policy and CIA role. Former ambassador Cabot Lodge, speaking at Brandeis University, argues victory requires steadfast stance, warns against premature talks and appeasement, cites Greece Korea Malaya and Philippines as precedents.
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Volpe weighs options on Massachusetts pay raise
Gov Volpe said he will decide after the pay raise bill reaches his desk. He noted public opposition to higher salaries but voiced sympathy for the need. The measure would lift legislators pay from 5200 to 7500 dollars and expenses from 400 to 900.
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Food for Peace Cost 2.7 Billion in 1984
President Johnson told Congress that the United States spent 2.7 billion last year on its Food for Peace program shipping surplus agricultural commodities overseas. The total program cost since July 1954 reached 22.5 billion, with 27 percent of agricultural exports and 28 percent of food exports tied to the program. Foreign governments purchase U.S. food with their own currencies under Public Law 480.
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Nevada bill lets casinos mint tokens for slots
Carson City Nevada AP reports the assembly passed a bill to allow token use in slot machines to ease a coin shortage. Casinos would mint their own tokens subject to gaming commission approval and the measure now awaits Governor Grant Sawyer's signature.
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De Gaulle Opens Six Nation Summit Talks Conditions
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle said he will attend a six nation late summit with the five European Common Market partners on unity projects only if farm policy is agreed by June 30, if the conference is well prepared and preceded by a foreign ministers meeting, if objectives are agreed in advance, and if prospects for success look good. Information Minister Alain Peyrelidle announced after a cabinet meeting.
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Cigarette Tax Jump In New York Tops Nation
Albany reports New York State doubled cigarette tax at midnight to 40 cents per pack, highest in the nation, with retailers expecting sales to normalize within a month. The move leaves New York tax higher than Pennsylvania Massachusetts Vermont and exceeds Connecticut and New Jersey by several cents.
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City of Lowell Gets Youth Corps
Washington AP UPI Labor Secretary Wirtz announced a 506,440 Neighborhood Youth Corps NYC project for Lowell Massachusetts and an 11.00 program for Pawtucket RI. The Lowell plan funds part time work for 450 in school enrollees and 343 out of school youths with $365,400 federal support. The Pawtucket effort provides part time work for 198 in school youths with $54,300 federal support.
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Negotiators Hope To Avoid News Strike In NYC Papers
Negotiators from the International Typographical Union and the Publishers Association of New York City expressed optimism a contract could be reached without a walkout at seven major daily papers. With the strike deadline avoided, a written agreement to summarize marathon talks at City Hall was prepared after a session that started late Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday. The papers include the New York Times, Daily News, Herald Tribune, Journal American, World Telegram and Sun, Long Island Press, and Long Island Star-Journal.
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Lady Churchill Reaches Age 80
London reports Lady Churchill marking her 80th birthday after Winston Churchill's death. The Churchill family plans a quiet private lunch organized by Randolph Churchill and Marvy Soames, with about 20 relatives attending. She has just returned from a Bahamas vacation and bears the toll of the late prime minister’s illness and funeral.
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