JFK Trims Bid for Aid 420 Million
President Kennedy cut his foreign aid request by 420 million to 4.5 billion for fiscal 1964. The reduction follows the Clay committee's recommendations and shifts funds across military aid development lending and contingency. Senate and House reactions varied, with calls for larger cuts and renewed emphasis on self help and private investment credits.
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UPI
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Lucius Clay
Otto Passman
D- la
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Passman
Senate
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Latin America
U.S
Railroad rule changes set for April 8
The nation's railroads announced that at 12:01 a.m. April 8 they will implement work rule changes that could cut about 65,000 jobs. Union leaders expect an emergency board to be named to avert a strike while seeking a peaceful settlement. Plans include eliminating roughly 40,000 diesel firemen, changing crew sizes, ending demarcation lines between crews, and revamping mileage pay to 160 miles per day.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Secretary of Labor
Threat of Snow Prompts Cooler Iowa Forecast
Forecasters warn of snow flurries mixed with rain over northern and western Iowa Tuesday night with a strong cold front ushering cooler readings. The system, approaching from the central Rockies, will bring showers and possible severe weather in Woodbury and Monona counties before easing Wednesday. High temperatures Wednesday expected from mid 40s northwest to low 70s southeast.
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Woodbury
Monona
Rockies
Parsons College Grading Charged as Lenient by Faculty
A group of Parsons College faculty members filed charges with the North Central Association, alleging questionable practices and a too lenient grading philosophy. Dr. Norman Burns of the accrediting agency confirmed the report and said the association will investigate and share findings with the college.
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Millard G. Roberts
Robert Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Argentine Rebels Seize Radio Stations in Bid to Oust Guido
Two retired Argentine generals led a revolt against President Jose Maria Guido, winning naval support and prompting threats to sail to Buenos Aires. Guido proclaimed the revolt stamped out then issued an ultimatum to surrender while rebels pressed to block June elections seen as benefiting Peronists.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Juan Peron
Officials Seek Lie Tests Over TFX Leak
Washington AP reports officials may be required to take lie detector tests if investigators deem it appropriate. Top officials and others under scrutiny are being asked to sign waivers and answer questions posed by Air Force Inspector General Major General Blanchard. The probe follows McNamara and Kantor testimony and Fort Worth Press reporting on General Dynamics as contract winner prospects.
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Pettion
Zuckert
Ple
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TFX
Guiry
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Arthur Sylvester
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Air Force
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Eugene Zuckert
Blanchard
Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara
Washington Evening Star
Senate
Sylvester J
Fort Worth
Seth Kantor
General Dynamics
Kantor
Scripps-Howard
McNamara
McClellan
Churchill Bill To Honor Churchill Passed by Senate
The Senate approved by voice vote a resolution to make Sir Winston Churchill an honorary citizen and sent the bill to the White House for approval.
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Washington
Kennedy news conference to air on KCRG radio TV
President Kennedy's news conference set for Wednesday will be broadcast live by KCRG radio at 3 p.m. and carried by KCRG television at 4 30 p.m. This schedule informs local listeners and viewers of the presidential event.
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Kennedy
KCRG
Cedar Rapids to Take 18 Atkins Students Next Year
Atkins high school loses state accreditation and 18 of its 84 pupils will enroll in Cedar Rapids schools on a tuition basis next year. The Cedar Rapids board approved the plan for one year, saying space is tight and no further tuition influx is guaranteed.
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Atkins High School
Cedar Rapids
Supt
Arnold Salissbury
Jefferson High
Roosevelt Junior High
Roosevelt
B. A. Jensen
Harry Sargeant
Mechanicsville Act Clears Legislature for Cedar County Project
The Iowa House approved the act by 100 to 2 paving a $270000 street project in Mechanicsville. Gov Hughes is expected to sign soon, completing the measure exempting four property owners from assessments while contractor Iowa Road Building Co. bears costs for adjoining paving. Rep Dewey Goode sought amendments but was opposed.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
House
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Iowa Road Building Co
Fairmont
Minn
Helen Simpson
Beulah East
Merle O’connor
Velma Taylor
Cedar County District Neit
Supreme Court
Goode
Iowa Woman Slain By Housekeeper In Burlington
Mrs. F H Fink aged 84 was found dead in her Burlington home Tuesday in what police say appears to be a stabbing by Margaret Ann Keever 18 of Gladstone Indiana a housekeeper hired days earlier Four stab wounds were reported with the left chest attacked while the woman read a newspaper Keever reportedly told authorities she killed to be with her dying brother and mother and mentioned treatment at a Illinois hospital and two weeks in Burlington.
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Burlington
F.H. Fink
Robert Dunham
Margaret Ann Keever
Gladstone
Russia launches unmanned moon probe Lunik V
Moscow reports Russia fired a 3130 pound interplanetary research station toward the moon. The unmanned craft, Lunik V, is to reach the moon in 314 days and prove technology for manned lunar landings amid a history of mixed space attempts by the United States and Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Russia
Moscow Radio
Tass
U.S
Miles
Governor Hughes orders meeting on penitentiary reforms
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes said he would meet with a board of control officials to discuss custodial and rehabilitation procedures at the state penitentiary after an attempted Monday night breakout. He questioned conflicts between custodial and treatment staff and urged better communication and staff conferences, plus implementing federal recommendations and addressing overcrowding and instructor shortages.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
Board of Control
Hughes
Prisoner Shot As Iowa Prison Break Is Foiled
One inmate was hospitalized and three others were placed in maximum security cells after a prison break attempt at the Iowa penitentiary in Fort Madison. The incident prompted additional security measures as authorities continued to investigate.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
Iowa Penitentiary Hospital
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