Russia proposes 14 nation Laos peace conference
Associated Press reports Moscow backs an early cease-fire and calls for a 14 nation peace conference to end Laos fighting. Britain and the Soviet Union would co chair the Geneva process while Russia urges belligerents decide when to stop. President Kennedy welcomed the move as a possible path to neutrality and stability for Laos.
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Laos
Great Britain
Britain
Soviet Union
Maos
Frank Roberts
Moscow
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Roberts
Foreign Office
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Thompson
Mr. Kennedy
Rusk
Palm Beach
Tornadoes and Floods Strike Southland Hit Areas Hard
Severe weather across the South caused deaths and injuries as tornadoes and windstorms ravaged multiple states. Unadilla Georgia reported one death and 13 injuries with $500000 damage. two Orlando men drowned on Lake Conway. Mississippi saw high rivers and hundreds evacuating as eight inches of rain fell and highways closed.
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Orlando
Fla
Lake Conway
Mississippi
Alabama
Phenix City
Ala
Columbus
Plot Against All Four Kennedys Warned by Informant
Palm Beach officials report a suspected pro Castro Cuban group may target the Kennedy family. Secret service watches four Cuban plotters seen in Palm Beach area with no arrests yet. Caroline Kennedy, age 3, under double alert as Easter visits her grandparents. President and family uninvolved per White House statements.
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Palm Beach
Kennedy
Secret Service
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline
Pierre Salinger
White House
Johnson Trip To Include 3 More Lands
Washington AP Johnson departs for first overseas mission with President Kennedy visiting Senegal Geneva Paris and Spain to mark Senegal independence and to meet nuclear talks and defense officials. Johnson aids urge equal employment opportunity and ending racial discrimination in apprenticeship programs.
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Paris
Spain
Africa
Arthur Dean
U.S
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Lauris Norstad
Defense McNamara
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
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Moscow
South America
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Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
Boy Jimmie Franck Found Dead Near Home
The body of four year old Jimmie Franck, missing since March 7, was found about 9 30 this morning less than a quarter mile from his farm home. He apparently collapsed from exhaustion and froze to death, while attempting to crawl toward home in a muddy field after becoming mired in snow.
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Jimmie Franck
John Loecke
Buchanan County
Everett Franck
Joseph Shull
Waterloo
George J. Hill
Stanley
Arnold Langner
Jimmie
Iowa
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UAR Customs Seize Horsehair Shipment Bound for Israel
Port Said Egypt customsmen seized a shipment of horsehair bound for Israel used for making brushes. The seizure occurred Saturday and involved materials destined for brush production.
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Port Said
Egypt
Israel
United Arab Republic
Cedar River levels drop as city ends emergency
Cedar Rapids reports the Cedar River level fell from 19.66 to about 17.50 feet in 24 hours. The emergency status ends at 3 p.m. Saturday though some dike concerns remain. Federal aid deemed disaster area. damage to dike system and waterworks noted. volunteers and 100 National Guardsmen remain on duty.
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Cedar Rapids
Mississippi
Indian Creek
Old Bertram Road
Old Highway 30
Kennedy
Iowa
Ellis Park
Penn Avenue
W. W. Stolba
U.N. Sends 1000 Indian Gurkhas to Katanga Mission
United Nations dispatches 1000 Gurkha troops from India to Katanga as an emergency move to avert renewed Congo civil war after Katanga reports seizure of Manono. UN stresses negotiations first and uses force only to prevent peace breaches. Tshombe may view airborne troops as an act of war.
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Leopoldville
U.N
India
Katanga
Congo
Manono
Antoine Gizenga
Baluba
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Catholics Carry 12-Foot Cross In Montreal Pilgrimage
About twenty four Catholics walked a 70 mile route around Montreal on Saturday carrying a 12 foot wooden cross weighing 100 pounds in a religious pilgrimage.
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Montreal
U S boosts missile arsenal with 59 on line and 32 more planned
The United States says 59 missiles with hydrogen bomb warheads are ready and the arsenal will rise to 91. Notable systems include the 5500 mile range Atlas ICBM and the submarine Polaris with a 1200 mile reach. Kennedy notes U S missile strength compared to Russia remains partially secret. 9 Atlas missiles were recently launched from bases near Offutt Air Base in Nebraska for SAC readiness.
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U.S
Russia
Kennedy
Offutt Air Base
Omaha
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Missile submarines and rockets boost U S strategic arsenal
The report notes 32 Polaris missiles aboard the George Washington and Patrick Henry, 16 missiles on the Robert E Lee, and 16 on the Theodore Roosevelt as firing drills proceed. The Atlas system lags behind Minuteman which may be operational next year with 500 000 to 600 000 ton yield and 800 mile longer range but solid fuel promises reliability and speed.
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Cheyenne
Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
Nebraska
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Robert E. Lee
Theodore Roosevelt
Minuteman
Atlas
Five Children Die in Buskirk Fire in Kentucky
Five siblings under six perished in a wind whipped Buskirk blaze that swept a five room frame house. Their widowed mother Vivian Damron, 38, escaped with burns and was in fair condition. Investigators believe coals from an open grate started the fire.
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Pikeville
Buskirk
Vivian Damron
Shrapnel Removed After 44 Years in Italy
Giacomo Freggiaro 74 was diagnosed with chest pains in Novi Ligure Italy. A doctor removed a shrapnel fragment he had carried since being wounded in World War I, ending a 44 year mystery.
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Novi Ligure
Italy
Giacomo Freggiaro
Freggiaro
Canada population grows 2 percent in year to March 1
Ottawa AP reports Canada’s population rose 2 percent in the year ended March 1, the smallest increase in more than a decade. The slower growth reflects ongoing demographic trends and migration patterns across the country.
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Ottawa
Canada
Chuckle Golf Parody Delivers Tax Like Twist
A humor item frames golf as a tax joke about driving to the green only to end in the hole. The quip references the effort versus outcome in a light satirical tone suitable for a comic page.
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