Kennedy Considers Hot Pursuit in Red Attack Response
President Kennedy has asked the Pentagon to study revised standing orders that could authorize hot pursuit of attackers in the event of further Red surface assaults on U.S. shipping. He cautioned no decision has been made, but contingency plans may include hot pursuit extending into Cuban territory under international law.
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Washington
Kennedy
Pentagon
U.S
Cuba
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
U.N
Korea
Adm
Forrest Sherman
Naval Operations
Sherman
North Korea
U.S. Naval Institute
Cuban
Mercy airlift under way after Libyan earthquake blows town apart
U S planes and British forces launched a large mercy airlift to Al Marj Libya rescue hub after a series of earthquakes killed an estimated 250 to 500 people and left thousands homeless in the 20 square mile farming district. Shelters, tents, medicine and blankets flow in while Libyan Red Crescent appeals for aid. Rescue teams work through rubble as aftershocks continue.
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AL Marj
Libya
U.S
Radio
Air Force
Benghazi
al Mars
Wheelus
Tripoli
Mediterranean
College Building Step Up Okayed by West Virginia House
The West Virginia House passed two bills funding university and college construction. One authorizes up to 5.7 million dollars in revenue bonds for Marshall University and allows pledging tuition receipts for debt. A second bill speeds state higher education building by directing 50 dollar per semester student registration receipts to improvement funds and enabling revenue bonds backed by those fees.
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Charleston
House
Marshall University
Senate
Charles E. Lohr
D-Mercer
Soviet Defense Chief Warns U S Cuba Attack Could Trigger Last War
Soviet Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky warned in Moscow that an American attack on Cuba would trigger a third world war and that the Soviet Union would retaliate decisively. He told an audience of 6,000 that any war with the West over Cuba would be “the last war” and bury capitalism, with nuclear blows capable of destroying U S industrial centers. Khrushchev sat nearby but did not speak, as the event marked the eve of the 45th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces.
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Anvil
House
Lohr
Senate
Seibert
Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
United States
Cuba
Soviet Union
Malinovsky
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Uni
U.S
Armed Services Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
U. S
Khrush
Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet Warning and U S Policy Interruptions
The Russian defense minister warns that a U S attack on Cuba would trigger a second and final World War with capitalism destroyed. Khrushchev sits unseen as a general watches. U S defense debates hot pursuit in Cuban waters and unresolved international water rights. West Virginia redistricting advances with Kanawha County district. House hires tops staff to 120, saving about 40000 dollars. Nuclear test ban talks stall with limited on site inspections. Possible withdrawal of U S air forces from South Vietnam. April 5 6 Virginia meeting to discuss news handling. U S airlift to Libya aids quake victims with thousands homeless and 250 dead.
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South Viet Nam
Virginia
U.S
Libya
Inside Abby and the 10 Movies at Princeton
A compact page note lists the section Inside Abby with years and items across classifieds, comics, crosswords, editorials, and features. It mentions Goren and Graham, a 10 movie segment tied to Princeton, and a society note with Sperta. Weather and finance briefs fill the remaining spots.
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Abby
Goren
Graham
Princeton
Society
SFR Finance
Boy Shepherd Hurt By Speeding Burro
In Mexico City AP report, 11 year old Emilio Gomez Santiago, a boy shepherd, suffered a skull fracture after a burro, speeding recklessly, struck him while he tended his sheep. He was hospitalized for treatment.
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Mexico City
Emilio Gomez Santiago
Kanawha In Line For Gain In Redistricting Plan
West Virginia Senate Redistricting Committee endorses House reapportionment with Kanawha County gaining two more senators to reach four in the 17th district. The plan retains Kanawha as the 8th District while other counties gain or lose House delegates under a shift to 106 members.
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West Virginia Senate
Senate
Kanawha County
House
Mercer
McDowell
Charleston
R. E. Barnett
D-Mercer
Kanawha
Berkeley
Cabell
Hancock
Ohio
Wood
Fayette
Logan
Howard W. Carson
D-Fayette
Carson
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Dip Below Normal
The 5 day outlook shows lows averaging 6 to 12 degrees below normal, with normal lows at 22 north and 29 south and highs at 45 north and 51 south. Temperatures warm slowly over the weekend then turn colder by Tuesday or Wednesday, with little or no precipitation.
Cubans announce capture of eight CIA gunrunners
Havana reports eight counterrevolutionaries captured as they landed two hijacked Cuban fishing boats loaded with arms for guerrilla operations in central Cuba. Navy says arrests made Thursday night near the ba hamas? British island Key Elbow. Eight admitted CIA links.
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Havana
Cuba
Las Villas
Key Elbow
Key Sal
The
Bahamas
United States presses for broader on site inspections in test ban talks
The United States told the Soviet Union it might accept seven on site inspections to police a nuclear test ban if Moscow agrees to meaningful inspection procedures. Washington criticized Moscow for limiting talks and plans renewed Western pressure at Geneva to secure a reliable agreement to halt nuclear testing.
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U. S
Geneva
Russia
Soviet Union
Washington
United States
U.S
Ter
Widow Loops Town Evacuation Survives Ammonium Nitrate Threat
In Norphlet Arkansas 700 residents fled after a collision between a Missouri Pacific freight train and a gasoline truck sparked a fire near a boxcar of ammonium nitrate. One 60 year old widow Katie Lopez remained in town, watched the fire, then sheltered at home until the danger passed. Authorities later explained ammonium nitrate explodes only when burned without oxygen.
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Norphlet
Ark
Katie Loper
Civil Defense
Lopez
Harvey Ray Lopez
Monsanto Chemical Co
el Dorado
Monsanto
Labor Leaders Plan Personal Plea to Kennedy on Economy
AFL-CIO leaders at winter meetings agreed to urge President Kennedy to intensify push for economic aid. George Meany and Walter Reuther will seek a White House meeting to press for stronger tax cuts and bolder public statements to lift lagging production and job openings amid rapid technology shifts. Reuther expects a meeting soon. Meany said such talks are possible.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Congress
George Meany
Federation
Walter P. Reuther
White House
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Reuther
Meany
Frigid Weather Grips West Virginia with Subzero Temps
A brutal cold snap left West Virginia readings to minus 11 at one point with Martinsburg at 3 and Charleston hitting minus 1 a Feb 22 record. The Weather Bureau forecast cloudy skies with light flurries and temperatures 6 to 12 degrees below normal through Wednesday. Highways were mostly clear and few new snows fell as the Ohio River remained ice free away from small sections near Marietta and dams 49 and 50.
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Associated Press
West
Bluefield
Elkins
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Morsgantown
Huntington
State Road Commission
Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Marietta
Ohio
Ravenswood
Green River
Cumberland River
Kentucky
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Kenneth Anvil
D-Barbour
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Rules Committee
George H. Seibert Jr
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Mercer del. Lohr
Boy Shepherd
Burro
CIA
Florida Straits
Cuban Armed Forces Ministry
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Foster
Fos
Patches
Jim Hitch
Greeley
Colorado
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
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