Baker Wins Ban on TV Hearing as Baker Balks
In Washington, Bobby Baker won a ruling to bar television cameras from a Senate Rules Committee hearing where he refused to answer questions about his fortune. Williams argued the hearing was staged for TV and Baker would not testify or turn over subpoenaed documents. Sen. Scott protested the claim, while Sen. Curtis urged Williams to withdraw or face possible contempt.
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Washington
UPI
Robert G
Bobby) Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Democrats
Baker
Edward Bennett Willliams
Williams
Wiliams
Hugh D. Scott
R-Pa
Republican Committee
Carl T. Curtis
Congress
OAS Names Cuba Aggressor as Venezuela Seeks Sanctions
The OAS committee accused Cuba of promoting subversion and political aggression in Latin America since 1959, citing propaganda, funding for subversive groups, training of pro-Communist agents, and arms shipments to Venezuela. Venezuela urged an early meeting of hemispheric foreign ministers to consider sanctions under the Rio Treaty, with a ministerial conference likely in March.
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Cuba
Organization of American States
Washington
Rodolfo Weidmann
Argentina
Venezuela
South America
UPI
Hemisphere
OAS
United States
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Colombia
OAS Council
Fidel Castro
Casjtro
Republic of
Latin America
Space Center Vote Signals Boston Electronics Hub Plan
The House Space Committee approved a proposal to set up a multi million dollar NASA Electronic Research Center in the Greater Boston area by 18 to 13, with Senate approval pending. The piece frames Boston as a fast moving research city, home to MIT and Harvard near a cluster of public and private labs, industry and 81,000 students. 5 communities in the area host 31 industries with R&D facilities as context.
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Boston
NASA Electronic Research Center
House Space Committee
Senate Space Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Paul Revere
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space
James E. Webb
NASA
Earth
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Harvard
M.I.T
Lincoln Laboratory
Air Force Electronic Systems Division
Hanscom Field
Harvard College Astronomical Observatory
Smithsonian Astro‘physics Observatory
Greater
Burglar Note Found After Hurley Tobin Store Burglary
A burglar who stole thousands in cash and merchandise from the Hurley Tobin department store left a note saying Thank you Smife. State officials discovered the burglary Monday when they came to work.
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Wheneon, Nd
Hurley-Tobin
Smife
Democratic slate left off ballot for official convention seats
An April 28 primary ballot will not show an official Democratic delegate slate due to a clerical error. Only 56 names were submitted for 58 at large delegates, leaving two blanks. Voters must cast ballots for individual delegates. Senators Powers and Fantasia will attend as ex officio members. Democratic chair Doherty explained the omission aimed to allow voters to select delegates separately.
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Roston
Democratic Party
Secretary of State
Senate
John IE. Powers
Boston
Mary Fantasia
Gerard F. Doherty
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu Declared an Outlaw
In Saigon AP dispatch, former South Viet Nam First Lady Ngo Dinh Nhu is declared an outlaw with a standing arrest order. She has lived in exile in France since the November coup that toppled Ngo Dinh Diem. Paris comments label the move cynical. Government spokesmen note the order is a legal technicality unless she returns to the country.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
APY
Ngo Dinh Nhu
South Viet Nam
Justice
France
Ngo Dinh Diem
Paris
Foreign and Interior Ministries
Clay Fined 2500 At Weigh-In For Display
Cassius Clay was fined 2500 after a wild weigh-in for the Liston title fight. Clay weighed 210½ pounds while Liston was 218. Medicals showed Clay’s pulse racing at 120, Liston 80. The challenger defied the Miami Beach Boxing Commission by shouting and brandishing during the ceremonies.
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Miami Beach
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Clay
Louisville
Liston
Morris Klein
Miami Beach Boxing Commission
Fifth Juror Is Selected In Ruby Trial
Dallas UPI reports the fifth juror, Douglas J. Sowell, a 33 year old airplane mechanic, is chosen in the Jack Ruby murder trial as the jury nears one third completion after an eighth day. Luther Dickerson was fourth juror, having said he had not seen Oswald slaying on TV. Melvin Belli asked to classify such viewers as witnesses, a stance rejected by the Texas Supreme Court.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Douglas J. Sowell
Sowell
Luther IE. Dickerson
Lee Harvey Oswald
Melvin Belli
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Soviet Pledges Aid To Viet Nam Reds
The Soviet Union pledged support for the Communist guerrillas in South Viet Nam, as Tass, the government news agency, stated it would aid the liberation struggle. It warned the United States against expanding the war and accused Washington of violating the Geneva accords.
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Viet Nam
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
United States
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Vietnamese National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
South Vietam
Theas
U.S. Sets Viet Nam Policy Shift and McNamara Trip
U S officials say McNamara will visit Saigon within 10 days to assess the war and deny plans for expanding combat into North Viet Nam. A high level interagency committee will coordinate policy as U.S. aims to clear Viet Cong from the Mekong Delta while casualties and costs rise.
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Saigon
United States
Viet Nam
White House
State Department
McNamara
U.S
Herbert Hoover Bedridden Again in New York
In New York, 89 year old Herbert Hoover the 31st president has been bedridden for 48 hours with a kidney ailment complicated by a respiratory infection and fever doctors report. Hoover's age and fragile condition are noted by his physicians.
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New York
UPI
Herbert Hoover
United States
Large Operation Launched At Border of Cambodia
SAIGON Viet Nam AP South Vietnamese forces launched a large operation in the Cambodian border area 120 miles west of Saigon with heavy initial contact reported. The action is described as the heaviest since the lunar new year holidays. Meanwhile the U S Embassy canvasses American officials for ideas on war press strategies.
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Viet Nam
MacNamara
Saigon
Neuven Khanh
Deong van Minh
U.S
Defense Departments
Cen iSouth
Ural Intelligence Agency
CIA
Mecosta
Kong River
Dean Ruski Munist
Airliner Disappears Into Lake Pontchartrain
Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 with 58 aboard vanished minutes after takeoff from New Orleans en route to Atlanta. Coast Guard recovered seats and wreckage, with clothing and possible body parts. Indicates explosion midair or on impact. debris spread over six miles south of the lake.
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New Orleans
Eastern Air Lines
Mexico City
New York
Lake Pontchartrain
Coast Guard
Lake Pontcharrtrain
Eastern
New England
DCS
New Orleans International
Atlanta
Excise Taxpayers Granted Five Week Extension
Boston State Tax Commissioner Leo E Diehl announced a five week extension for filing Massachusetts excise returns by banking, business and utility corporations. The new deadline is March 40 due to delays in corporate tax forms and limited preparation time.
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Boston
UPT
Leo E. Diehl
Massachusetts
Diehl
Reynolds presses for comprehensive high school plan in Pittsfield
Supt. James P. Reynolds urged building a comprehensive high school despite a population dip from economic woes. Speaking to the Pittsfield Good Government Association, he noted national college-going rates and Pittsfield trends rising, and the School Committee was to meet to discuss endorsing the comprehensive proposal.
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James P. Reynolds
Reynolds
Pittsfield Good Government Association
Crosby Tunior High School
Plunkett School
Supt. Reynolds
Pittsfield
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Tee
Space Center
UPE
James R. Hotta
Chattanooga
Teamsters Union
Edward G. Partin
Hoffa
Associated Press
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
William H. Sullivan
William WW. Sullivan
Cambodia
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