Handicapped Children Write Poignantly
President Kennedy will receive a batch of letters from handicapped children thanking him for the Easter seal drive. Messages from young writers describe braces crutches and hopes to walk and play, with some letters printed and others handwritten.
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Chicago
Kennedy
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
White House
Susi
President Kennedy
Jimmy
Blanche B
Miles
Toolco Remains Silent On Hughes In Northeast Hearing
Hughes Tool Co promised to produce next Monday documents on communications with Northeast Airlines and Atlas Corp in a CAB hearing. Howard Hughes would not attend, and Toolco argues many records are privileged. Attorney Davis noted the company may test privilege in court.
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Ruhlen
Toolco
Northeast
Atlas
Trans World Airlines
Hughes
Davis
CAB
Toolce
Funny Quip Questions Methuselah Taxes
In a lighthearted feature new to the comics page a joke notes Methuselah could not have survived a long night of income tax calculations. The caption cites a cartoonist credit and a corporate feature tag.
Reds Face Alcohol Issue Across Iron Curtain
R Brinkley Smithers, president of the National Council on Alcoholism, told the council on Friday that Communist nations behind the iron curtain now report growing alcoholism problems. He says they had denounced it as a capitalist disease in the past.
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New York
National Council On Alcoholism
R. Brinkley Smithers
Council
Kennedy Wins Major Steel Price Rollback Prompting Industry Surrender
President Kennedy used federal power to force a three day drive that caused U S Steel and rivals to cancel a 6 a ton price rise. The move followed a sharp Kennedy attack and prompted investigations by the Justice Department and two congressional committees while Atlantic Fleet maneuvers began as new optimism spread.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S. Steel Corp
United States
Atlantic
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
New York Federal Grand Jury
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Inland Steel
Bethlehem Steel
U.S. Steel
Big Steel
Cuban Prisoners Showing Courage Under Strain
An inside Havana prison report describes 1 179 invasion prisoners at Principe Prison facing a treason trial. After a four day deliberation a five man military tribunal convicted all and sentenced them to up to 30 years unless a 62 million ransom is paid. The letter notes orderly conduct despite provoked shouting by prisoners and guards, with Capt. Jose A Perez San Roman restoring order as the prisoners remained united.
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Washington
Principe
Havana
Miami
San Roman
Leftovers Lead To Promising New Cancer Drug
Researchers report a drug derived from the periwinkle plant shows promise against several cancers. Vincristine, also called leurocristine, emerged from laboratory waste study at Eli Lilly. Early tests in mice and humans suggest it may slow malignant growth while sparing normal cells.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Atlantic City
American Association For Cancer Research
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Lilly
Western Allies Propose Four Berlin Negotiation Ideas
The United States and Western allies circulated four Berlin negotiation ideas to London Bonn and Paris including an international authority to run West Berlin supply lines with East German participation A nonaggression pledge for NATO and the Warsaw Pact a ban on new nuclear weapons to nonnuclear states and East West German committees to handle practical issues were also proposed Rusk Dobrynin and Thompson were to meet as Kennedy Macmillan planned talks at Glen Ora late April 28 29.
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United States
Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
London
Bonn
Paris
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Europe
Germany
Poland
U. S
West Germany
NATO
Dean Rusk
Edly
Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
U.S
Llewellyn K. Thompson
Kennnedy
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Glen Ora
Virginia
Reed Returning to Augusta After Weather Delay
Gov. Reed arrives in Augusta delayed by weather after a quick flight from Ft. Campbell Kentucky where Maine National Guard troops train.
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Augusta
Reed
Maine National Guard
Ft. Campbell
Khrushchev vows to match Western nuclear tests
In Moscow Khrushchev rejects Kennedy Macmillan appeal for a controlled end to tests. He pledges to match Western tests blast for blast including underwater ground atmospheric and space tests. He says Russia will not permit international inspections and urges a trust based unpoliced test ban. Britain notes Soviet advantage from last fall tests at Geneva and backs no inspections.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Pacific
Macmillan
Tass
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Russia
Geneva
Britain
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