Glenn Wins Valley Forge Award for Civic Service
Glenn was named winner of the Freedom Foundation's top honor for exemplary citizenship. The award, the George Washington Award carrying 5000 dollars, recognizes his patriotism and service. 922 others received national and local honors including Lauris Woorstad for leadership and several notable individuals.
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Valley Forge
John H. Glenn Jr
U.S
Freedom Foundation
Glenn
Foundation
Rockefeller Meets Adams in Lincoln New Hampshire
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller diverted from his campaign schedule to meet briefly with former Eisenhower aide Sherman Adams at the Lincoln Hotel. Rockefeller praised Adams’ support, while Adams refused to discuss the GOP primary and joked with reporters as he left.
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UPI
Lincoln
N.H
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Hampshire
Sherman Adams
Rockefeller
Adams
Lincoln Hotel
New York
Franconia
Franconia College
Littleton
Littleton Town Mall
Eisenhower
Bernard M. Goldfine
Boston
Mr. Rocketeller
St Josephs Mount Greylock Slug It Out In Scores
High school basketball sees St Josephs parish team edge Mount Greylock 78 71 while Lee posts 66. College Williams defeats Bates 81 82 in a tight finish. Pro NBA action features Philadelphia 144 over Boston 119 and Baltimore 115 over St Louis 113.
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St. Joseph's
Mount Greylock
Lee
Seealstars
College Williams
Bates
NBA
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
St. Louis
Delegates Invited to Yale Inauguration and Program
New Haven Connecticut UPI reports Yale University invited over 200 delegates from American and foreign schools to the inauguration of President Kingman Brewster Jr on April 1. A related program on April 10 will discuss the relationship of higher education to the national government.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
Tate University
Preslder Kingman Brewster Jr
East-West Radio Beam A Success
Tass reported the first Soviet American space communications venture with British cooperation was successful. A radio beam from Jodrell Bank hit Echo 2 and bounced to Zimenki Observatory near Gorki on the Volga, traveling over 1800 miles in space. The test marked the start of earth space earth radiograms under a 1962 agreement.
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Moscow
Tass
Britain
Jodvell Bank Observatory
U.S
Zimenki Observatory
Gorki
Volga River
Echo 2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
Zimenki
JURY SELEC TURNS PAGE IN RUBY MURDER TRIAL
In Dallas AP report, 39 year old industrial engineer Allen W. McCoy becomes the second juror in Jack Ruby murder case. He joins Max Causey, 35, electronics engineer, as the first two jurors seated as the trial proceeds with peremptory challenges tallied at seven for the defense and two for the state.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Allen W. McCoy
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
McCoy
Max Causey
Wayne State U Debuts Volkswagen Foot Rac ing Event
In Detroit the AP notes Wayne State University introduces a Volkswagen foot racing sport where teams push a small car 100 feet then climb in and speed in reverse to the start. Unlimited team members may ride in the car.
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Detroit
Wayne State University
Ban on Cuba Travel Upheld by Split Court
NEW HAVEN UP I reports a three judge U S District Court panel upheld the state department ban on travel to Cuba in a split decision. Zemel of Middlefield challenged his passport denial for a 1962 Cuba trip, with dissents arguing on jurisdiction and travel freedom. The majority said passport controls serve broader security policy and foreign relations goals. Zemel plans an appeal.
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New Haven
UPI
U.S. District Court
State Department
Cuba
T. Emmet Clark
Louis Zemel
Middlefield
Zemel
Powder Hill
Castro
J. Joseph Smith
MM. Joseph Blumenfeld
Clarie
Smith
Fudge Claik
Congress
United States Opens Polaris Base at Rota Spain
Madrid reports the United States has announced the opening of the Polaris submarine base at Rota on Spain’s south coast amid a Washington Madrid dispute over Cuba trade. The base will host Mediterranean based missiles and serve as a joint U S Spanish naval and air facility.
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Madrid
Spain
United States
Rota
Washington
Cuba
Rola
Scotland
Holy Loch
Proteus
U.S
Francisco Franco
Castro
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Turkey
Italy
Lone Young Skier Found Dead on Slope
In Bristol Connecticut a 19 year old skier Thomas Desjardins Jr was found dead at Rock Swell Park foot of a slope after a ski broke. His father Thomas Desjardins searched all night for him after he failed to return home Thursday.
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Bristol
Conn
Thomas Desjardins
Thomas Jr
Rockswell Park
Meany Wirtz Clash Over 30 Hour Week
Miami Beach AP report on Secretary of Labor Wirtz clashing with AFL CIO leader Meany over a proposed 35 hour week. Meany argues it would create millions of jobs while Wirtz cautions a shorter week could raise prices and unemployment in some cases. The AFL CIO council backs a 35 hour mandate to spread jobs amid poverty and unemployment concerns.
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Miami Beach
Fla
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Johnson
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Aflcio
Executive Council
Meany
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Met
Vernon
Virginia Assembly
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Houdon
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Lauris Woorstad
Air Force
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
U.S.A
Republic
Margaret Lane Arnold
Concord
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. M. Newton Jr
The
Tampa
Fia
Tribune
Russell Potter Reeder Jr
West Point
N.Y
Sharon Sue Rountree
San Angelo
Tex
Elfrieda Freeman Tice
Mitchell
Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rocky
Sherm Adams
Yale
Soviet
VW Fun Racing
Split
Navy
Usrc
Sevilla
Tugae
Morocco
Lance
Qo, “Miler
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lopez Mateos
Mexico
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