U S Panama Accord Rumor Denied by Aide
Washington AP reports that Thomas C. Mann assistant secretary of state dismissed rumors of a Panama Canal Zone accord as unfounded noting no progress toward an agreement two weeks after Chamizal treaty hearings. Earlier two home made bombs exploded at the British Embassy residence veranda wounding none.
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Prize Money Sure Despite Blocked Balzan Funds
The Balzan Foundation faces blocked funds yet plans to award about 50 000 prizes in 1963 for history and literary criticism paleontology astronomy and astrophysics and political economy. Secretary general Col Aldo Danielli says he will cover any shortfall. A Balzan spokesman says prizes may be announced this weekend despite Swiss government freezing funds over the UN award dispute. Members of the prize committee say they were not consulted.
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Cosmos 25 Satellite Launch by Soviet Union
The Soviet Union launched the unmanned Cosmos 25 satellite to study space communications and test systems for future manned missions. Tass reported all onboard equipment functioning normally and a coordinating computing center processing data from the satellite.
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UPS
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Moscow Plans 1250 Mile Superhighway to Urals
Soviet authorities announced a 1250 mile highway from Moscow to Chelyabinsk in the Urals industrial region. Tass reported the road will bypass cities and bridge intersecting roads.
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Chelyabinsk
Urals
Tass
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Queen Mother to cruise Caribbean aboard royal yacht
Queen Mother Elizabeth will convalesce from an appendicitis operation aboard the royal yacht Britannia in the Caribbean next month. She will fly to Jamaica via New York, arriving March 12, and return to England April 1, her household announced Wednesday night.
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Britain to Merge Foreign Diplomatic and Trade Units
London report states the British government will unite foreign diplomatic and economic services into Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service starting January 1. The plan aims to end overlap among foreign Commonwealth and trade commissions, with a future merger into a Ministry of External Affairs. The Commonwealth Relations Office is set to disappear. a Plowden committee proposal was endorsed by Prime Minister Douglas-Home.
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Judge Swears In More Jurors For Ruby Trial
Dallas reporters barred as 50 more prospective jurors were sworn to hear Jack Ruby's murder with malice trial. Seven men and two women already seated, three more needed. If a juror is incapacitated, a mistrial could occur under Texas law. Attorneys hope to start testimony Monday morning after 110 questioned through Thursday.
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Pisa Considers Restoring Leaning Tower Tilt
Pisa asks Italy to spend over 1 million dollars to tilt the Leaning Tower back slightly and stabilize it. The 184 foot, 14,000 ton monument would be raised six feet and set on a new cement base. Officials warn the tilt could endanger the structure within a century.
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Belgrade Honors Kennedy Memory Plaza Dedication
Belgrade reports Zagreb University center square named John Fitzgerald Kennedy Plaza in memory of the late U.S. president. Tanjug quoted officials saying the plaza honors a distinguished statesman and a champion of peace who died, shaping world events.
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Soviet pays Denmark in war property settlement
Moscow reports Denmark accepts a 385000 dollar cash settlement from the Soviet Union for old Danish property claims in Soviet territories including Baltic areas seized during World War II.
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Auschwitz survivor credits American Jewess with killing camp chief
A Auschwitz survivor testified that an American Jewish woman shot the camp security chief at the gas chamber door moments before she was executed. The witness said the act improved the atmosphere, ending brutal rabbit hunts, while Nazis retaliated with random shootings. He identified the woman as part of a group with American passports sent to Auschwitz.
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UPI
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Nixon Urges Congress to Stop Cuban Trade
Former Vice President Richard Nixon urged Congress to force foreign firms to choose between the United States and Cuba. Speaking to about 2,500 at a Republican breakfast in Minneapolis Minnesota he called for a firm action if President Johnson does not act. He cited a British bus maker selling to Cuba and cars to the United States as proof firms must pick one market. Nixon warned of communist advance and predicted Minnesota would vote Republican, urging national leadership to avoid being pushed around.
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Africa Officials Duck Proposal of Nkrumah
Lagos Nigeria AP Africa foreign ministers sail away from a proposal by President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana that might have made him top man on the dark continent. At an OAU meeting 33 foreign ministers decided his idea for a continental government and military high command was outside their jurisdiction.
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Kwame Nkrumah
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Organization of African Unity
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Four Navy Men To Live Under Water 21 Days
Four Navy aquanauts will live and work underwater for 21 days at 620 feet depths near Bermuda aboard Sea Lab I. The 40 foot underwater lab will be carried by the YFNB 12 barge from Norfolk. Led by Capt. George F. Bond the project aims to test long term subaquatic living and rescue submarine crews.
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U.S. Navy
Panama City
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Liberals Win Canada Test in Confidence Votes
OTTAWA AP Prime Minister Pearson's Liberal government defeats two no confidence votes. First, Liberals beat Creditiste demand for higher family allowances 222 to 25. Second, Conservatives lose bid to extend family allowances to students 16-36 years old 134 to 113.
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