Disabled Were Said Slain To Free Beds for Nazis
LIMBURG Germany UPI tens of thousands of handicapped Germans including children were killed to free hospital beds for wounded soldiers Doctor Hans Hefelmann testified at the German War crimes trial saying the bed shortage determined killings He claimed the program began in May 1939 and that adults were murdered in 1941 while children were killed until the regime collapsed Prosecution said midwives were paid to report handicapped babies to his office He denied ordering killings saying his office only processed reports In a Braun schwarz trial ex SS trooper Ott Kieshorn said SS guards forced Jewish children to watch fathers shot to death before their own executions He testified about victims stripped of valuables and forced to strip before machine guns
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Hefelmann
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Ott Kieshorn
Kielborn
Pinsk
Soviet economist urges shift to consumer goods rise
Pravda reports Anushavan Arzumanyan calls for narrowing the gap between consumer goods and heavy industry. He cites the United States as an example of expanding consumer production without harming heavy industry and criticizes Stalin for neglecting personal consumption in Soviet growth policy.
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Pravda
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Arzumanyan
United States
Stalin
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War on Poverty Sparks Overseas Care Package Confusion
Rep. Otto Passman said the war on poverty has been misunderstood abroad. Immigrants in his district receive care packages from relatives overseas, mistaking the U S poverty claim as widespread starvation. He called it a reverse- misinterpretation of Johnson's 20 percent poverty figure.
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Otto Passman
Johnson
Louisiana Democrat
Japan and Chiang in Full Harmony
Tokyo reports that Shigeru Yoshida and Chiang Kai-shek have cleared up misunderstandings between Nationalist China and Japan. The elder statesman met Chiang after strains from rising Japanese trade with Red China and Tokyo’s deportation of a Chinese defector who wished to go to Formosa.
Jetliner Tragedy Scene Probed for Bodies and Clues
NEW ORLEANS AP Boats and divers tested the Lake Pontchartrain crash site of the Eastern DC8 as authorities recovered wreckage and fragments of bodies. The plane with 58 aboard disappeared nine minutes after takeoff from New Orleans International Airport at 2 01 am bound for New Orleans Atlanta Washington and New York.
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Eastern Air Lines
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans International Airport
Goldwater Delegates Slated by Massachusetts GOP
Supporters of Barry Goldwater formed a delegate slate for the Massachusetts Republican primary to back his nomination. Two delegates and two alternates were named from most districts, challenging a slate from Richard Treadway and other leaders. First District candidates Walter Campbell and Carl Keyser announced, with alternates Patience Allan and Mabel Wardwell. Massachusetts Goldwater chair Lloyd B. Waring said secured signatures aim for 500 per candidate by today’s 5:00 pm deadline.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Powell Appeals For Nixon Write-Ins In New Hampshire
New Hampshire Governor Wesley Powell made a TV appeal urging write-in votes for Richard Nixon in the New Hampshire presidential primary. He sang and teased Nixon as an able candidate, citing past campaign moves and the need to consider Goldwater group support in surrounding districts. Stassen outlined an automation job training plan with government allowances for workers testing for ability.
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Texas
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Brain Drain due to lag in research
Dr. Ian Bush a 35 year old British scientist heads a 10 member research team moving from England to Worcester to begin October 1. He cites government grant cuts as the reason for leaving Birmingham University after 1957 and 1982 budget reductions triggering a national furor over a brain drain from the country.
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Worcester
Mass
Ian Bush
England
Bush
Worcester Telegram
Birmingham University
Rowan Confirmed as U.S. Information Agency Director
Washington AP confirms Carl 7. Rowan, 38, longtime Minneapolis Tribune prize winning reporter and author of several books, will become the first Black member to regularly sit in Cabinet and National Security Council sessions.
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Senate
Carl
Rowan
U.S. Information Agency
Howan
Minneapolis Tribune
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National Security Council
Birmingham adopts one cent sales tax with elderly exemption
Birmingham officials approve a one cent sales tax effective March 1 that exempts residents over 65 earning 2000 dollars or less per year. Finance Director B R Winstead calls the exemption unworkable while noting the measure aims to aid the poor elderly.
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Birmingham
Ala
B. R. Winstead
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