Rules Committee Showdown Looms In Rayburn Plan
The House faces a pivotal vote on Speaker Rayburn's bid to enlarge the Rules Committee. A razor-thin edge hinges on last minute maneuvers and possible absences. Compromise talk persists as Walter proposes letting the House decide the plan, with party splits and Kennedy administration aims fueling the debate.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Rules Committee
Rayburn
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Kennedy
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Walter
Inland Waterways Gripped by Ice Across Midwest and Northeast
The Associated Press reports icebound rivers from the Mississippi to the Hudson choking traffic. The Hudson is frozen solid from West Point north with a convoy of four vessels trapped in 18 inch ice. Mississippi traffic near Cairo, Illinois, halted by three ice jams up to eight miles long. Grand Haven saw Coast Guard efforts to free a cutter in Lake Michigan ice. Milwaukee Clipper repeatedly ice-locked. Allegheny River standstill near Pittsburgh with slow Monongahela and Ohio. Temperatures stay below freezing from the Mississippi Valley north, while a warming trend reaches Rockies to Gulf states with 66 in West Palm Beach and minus 13 in International Falls.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Misssissippi
Hudson
West Point
Albany
New York City
Mississippi
Cairo
Ill
Big
Grand Haven
Mich
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
New England
Rockies
Central Plains
South Atlantic
Gulf States
West Palm Beach
Fla
International Falls
Minn
Chuckle on crossing trains and air travel folly
Brief quip notes not to race trains to crossings and warns that ties cost defeat. Mentions Copt General Feature Corp in a light moral tone about air travel trends showing less of more.
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Fea. Corp
Chimpanzee Rides Rocket On Historic Space Journey
A chimpanzee rode a Redstone rocket into space, lifting off at 11 55 a m and aiming for a 290 mile Atlantic run as part of Mercury program test. The mission seeks to test survivability and pave the way for a human flight within two months.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. A
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Grand Bahama Insland
Transportation strike shuts down Boston transit network
Nearly 700000 people in Greater Boston were without normal public transit as an unauthorized strike by operating employees halted rapid transit and bus service. Gov. Volpe urged settlement as 1600 workers reported sick, parking garages filled, and downtown traffic gridlocked amid a wage dispute over a proposed two year contract.
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Boston
Greater
John A. Volpe
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Carmen
State House
MTA
Kennedy summons emissary to Washington for talks
President Kennedy called the U S ambassador to Russia back to Washington for consultations on all aspects of Soviet American relations. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson was summoned as U S and Soviet ties faced possible strain amid ongoing tensions.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S
Russia
Llewellyn Thomp
Hills Beach erosion study due for review this spring
Biddeford officials expect a Hills Beach erosion report by spring. The U S Army Engineer New England Division has notified progress and a review will occur in Washington D C within two months. Final report to Army chief of engineers planned after review, with resident input sought. Initial studies began over three years ago.
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Cials
Biddeford
Ralph Binette
Binette
U. S. Army Engineer New England Division
Washington, D. C
Hills Beach
Army Chief of Engineers
John W. Leslie
Chinese Reds May Spurn Offer Of Food
Chiang Kai-shek proposes 100,000 metric tons of rice to alleviate famine on the mainland and calls on Formosa to aid with food, clothing, and money. The Free China Relief Association prepares 10,000 ration kits and air drop plans while Peiping reportedly considers accepting relief via ports and shipping.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Free China Relief Association
International Red Cross
Chiang
Peiping
Hong Kong
China
Spaak resigns as NATO secretary general to return home
PARIS AP PaulHenri Spaak 62 resigns as NATO secretary general after leading Belgiums Socialist opposition through a strike and split. He plans to leave early March to head his party in national elections. The move aims to mend Socialist rifts before ballots. NEW ORLEANS AP An 8yearold white boy joins his brother at McDonogh No 19 in integrated school widening the boycott rift. Federal marshals escort Gregory Thompson and later three Negro first graders amid jeers from about 25 onlookers as tensions rise in the neighborhood.
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Paris
Paul-Henri Spaak
INATO
Belgium
Socialist Party
Jord Ismay
Britain
Spaak
New Orleans
McDonogal No. 19
Michael Thompson
Gregory
U.S
Thompson
McDonagh
John N. Thompson
Margaret Lezina
Thomonson
Republicans Move To Slow Kennedy Economic Plan
Republicans on Capitol Hill voiced sharp objections to President Kennedy s State of the Union and urged extensive hearings on his proposals. Senate GOP leader Dirksen signaled a slowdown to prevent ill digested measures, challenging the food for peace, peace corps, and conservation corps ideas while questioning adherence to Eisenhower era budgets and broader defense and social programs.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
GOP
America
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Congress
Dirksen
Peace Corps
Conservation Corps
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Capitol Hill
Bill Seeks End Of Seven Rep Per City Rule In Maine
A Portland representative filed a constitutional amendment to remove the seven representative limit on cities in Maine. Rep. Catherine I. Hendricks seeks to let cities exceed seven reps based on population, with an exception for mergers. Another Portland lawmaker filed a bill to reimburse state tax on fuel used on the Maine Turnpike.
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Augusta
Portland
Catherine I. Hendricks
Richard A. Berry
Maine
8 Year Old Dropped From Hotel Roof in Los Angeles
Police report a 17 year old man admitted dropping Christopher Mayfield eight from a hotel roof to his death on the sidewalk five stories below. Christopher had just arrived with his parents from San Jose California. The mother Yolande Mayfield 40 was nearby in the lobby when the incident occurred. The teen was booked on suspicion of murder.
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Los Angeles
Christopher Mayfield
San Jose
Christopher
Brian
Yolande Mayfield
P. R. Brooks
John B. Raleigh
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Lucille Melo
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