New Federal Agency To Run LBJs Poverty War
Washington AP reports a new federal agency will coordinate and direct poverty programs for President Johnson. It will oversee Youth Conservation Corps and National Service Corps while resolving a bureaucratic tug of war among Labor Welfare Interior Defense and Agriculture.
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Lbjs
Washington
Johnson
Youth Conservation Corps
National Service Corps
Congress
Sargent Shriver
Ing
Departments of Labor, Welfare
Interior
Defense
Agriculture
Walter Heller
Presidnt
Council of Economic Advisers
Shriver
Welfare
Indian General In Line For Command
UNITED NATIONS N Y AP A 52 year old Indian general appeared almost certain today to command the UN peace force for Cyprus but six men were being mentioned for the mediator post. Sec Gen U Thant has chosen Lt Gen Prem Singh Gyani to command the force pending replies from troop contributing nations. The Security Council authorized the operation and Thant to name the force commander and mediator in consultation with Cyprus Turkey Greece and Britain.
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U.N
Cyprus
U Thant
Prem Singh Gyani
Gyani
Britain
Imperial War College
Thant
Turkey
Greece
Galo Plaza
Ecuador
Lebanon
Jose Roiz-Bennett
Guatemala
London
United States
Carl W. A. Schurmann
Washington
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Netherlands
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Security Council
Makarios
Sweden
Finland
Ireland
Brazil
Officer Testimony Shows Ruby Aimed Three Times
Dallas AP report says Officer D R Archer testified Ruby stated within minutes after the Oswald shooting that he intended to shoot him three times. Archer, Graves and Leavelle described Ruby’s actions and words as the trial debates temporary insanity. The defense and prosecution plan to present the film of the shooting to jurors.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
D. R. Archer
Ruby
Oswald
Archer
L. C. Graves
J. R. Leavelle
Graves
Leavelle
Melvin Belli
Wade
John F. Kennedy
Belli
Asst. Dist
William Alexander
Tornadoes and storms sweep six states killing eleven
Weather Bureau reports at least a dozen tornadoes across six Southern states with warm Gulf air meeting a cold front. Fatalities total eleven with seven in Arkansas and others in Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi. Widespread damage and heavy rainfall noted along with snow in the Midwest and Northeast.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Kentucky
Forrest City
Ark
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Georgia
Beech Creek
Magnolia
Hardin
Kentucky Lake
Fairdealing
Kirksey
Paducah
Henderson
Owensboro
Louisville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Pickwick Dam
Biddeford School Board Votes To Issue Diploma
The Biddeford Board of Education voted to issue a diploma to Edward Caron Jr in line with Justice Siddall’s Maine Judicial Court opinion. Action included a plan for graduation logistics, a lunch program review, and scheduling a March 18 meeting to review procedures and policy.
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Biddeford
Board of Education
Cecil J. Siddall
Maine Judicial Court
Edward Caron Jr
Atty
Lincoln Spencer
Joseph Patane
Stebbins
Gradua
Tion
Biddeford High School
Raymond Kenneally
Old Orchard Beach
Louis DeAngelis
Mary Smith
McNamara notes rising North Vietnamese aid to Viet Cong
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said evidence shows North Vietnam has increased support to the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. He cited Chinese-made 75 mm and heavy weapons, mines, and sabotage gear, and said the situation is grave as he prepares for a fact finding trip to Vietnam with an eight member team.
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Washington (Ap
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Joff
McNamara
North Viet Nam
U.S
Defense
Saigon
Ine
South Viet Nam
Assumption Corporation
Biddeford
Willie Pomerleau
Assumption Society
Richard Beausoleil
Banner Year Predicted for Maine Business and Tourism
Governor Reed told about 25 Maine Small Business Association members that 1964 should be a banner year with unprecedented tourism from the New York World's Fair and increased business from pulp and paper sectors. He urged Maine firms to buy locally and cited tax cuts boosting consumer spending as key to higher retail sales and income. Association President Richard Learnard and Portland director Charles Bollard spoke briefly.
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Augusta
Maine
Reed
Pine Tree State
Smaller Business Association of New England
Association
Richard B. Learnard
Boston
Charles W. E. Bollard
Portland
Cuban workers fired at Guantanamo base prompt Navy replacements
More than 1,000 Cuban workers were discharged from the Guantanamo base as the United States ordered Navy sailors to replace them. The move followed Fidel Castro halting water to the base, with plans for a $10 million desalination plant and water shuttling by tankers to maintain operations.
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Washington
Guantanamo Naval Base
Navy
U.S
Associated Press
United States
Fidel Castro
Castro
Guantanamo
Florida
Cuba
U. S
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