Ball Drives Cyprus Talks to Athens Amid Crisis
In Athens US Undersecretary George Ball leads efforts to broker a modified peace force for Cyprus. Greece accepts reform, Turkey has reservations over UN oversight and minority rights. Ball aims to avert Soviet veto while coordinating with Britain and the United States ahead of Washington talks.
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London
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Turkey
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Alec Douglas-Home
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Ankara
East Mediterranean
Security Council
Moscow
Russia
Strikebound Railway Damaged by Dynamite Attacks
Investigators hunted saboteurs after two dynamite blasts struck the 91 car Florida East Coast Railway trains near North Miami Beach and U S 1. No injuries were reported though damage topped 250000 dollars. FBI and local detectives led the probe as unions deny blame.
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Miami
Florida East Coast Railway
W. L. Thornton
Panama Claims U.S. Pact to Renegotiate Canal Treaty
A Latin American source says Panama charges a 1962 memorandum committed the United States to renegotiate the canal treaty. The State Department denies any secret agreement, stating no change from 1962 policy and describing the memorandum as a possible discussion note, not an agreement.
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Washington
Panama
United States
State Department
Inter- American Peace Committee
Arturo Morgan Morales
White House
New York
Macmillan Quits British House Seat on 70th Birthday
Harold Macmillan announced he will not stand for Parliament again after 40 years in the House of Commons. In a letter to Bromley Conservative officials he cited inability to perform full duties and said he will devote time to family publishing. He may join the Lords, as predecessors Eden and Attlee did, though Churchill did not.
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House of Commons
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Kennedy
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
North Africa
Gen
Eisenhower
Labor
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House of Lords
Clement Attlee
Maurice Macmillan
Commons
Crawford term ends after special session ruling
Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman ruled Gov. Hughes cannot resubmit Corbin Crawford’s name to the upcoming special session for reappointment. Crawford’s term will expire 30 days after the Feb 24 session begins because his original appointment was never confirmed by the Senate.
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Senate
Soviet KGB Officer Seeks U.S. Political Asylum
Yuri Nossenko, 36, KGB security official, requested political asylum in the United States. He disappeared from Geneva and was identified by Soviet officials as a member of the Russian delegation at the 17 nation disarmament conference.
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Washington
State Department
Yuri Nossenko
KGB
U.S
Nossenko
Geneva
House Vote Sets Timetable for Civil Rights Bill Debates
The House moved to end debate on the civil rights bill by a 211 to 73 vote and push toward a final roll call. A fully printed bill with amendments may be demanded, risking hours more delay, while 28 amendments have been adopted with more anticipated. three minor titles remain to be acted on.
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House
Washington
Queen comments on Goya portrait at London exhibit
Queen Elizabeth II viewed a Goya painting of a Spaniard at a London exhibition and remarked that the sitter has a Beatle haircut. The remark drew attention as she studied the portrait during the art event.
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London
Principals Say Students Still Smoke Across Nation
High school principals at a Chicago convention report most students smoke regularly with 20 to 60 percent prevalence. Fifty six percent say government smoking and lung cancer reports have not deterred students, while many schools expand health instruction and show anti smoking films. Some schools note enforcement gaps in state laws and take local action.
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Chicago
Sibley High School
West St. Paul
Mass boycott planned of Cambridge public schools
In Cambridge Maryland and Dorchester County a one day mass boycott of public schools is called for Tuesday by Gloria Richardson leader of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. She says it protests de facto segregation and seeks transfers by residence along with school facility integration and curriculum standardization. The National Guard maintains bans on demonstrations as county schools prepare for the action.
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Cambridge, Md
Gloria Richardson
Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee
Dorchester County
Cambridge
James G. Busick
Theasdor Murray
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson asks Congress to approve aged medical insurance plan
President Johnson urged Congress to vote a hospital insurance program for the aged this year and to fund it by raising the Social Security base from 4800 to 5200 and by a 0.25 percent increase for workers and employers. He also created a Commission on Heart Disease Cancer and Strokes to report by year end and proposed a five year extension of hospital construction aid plus more federal support for nursing homes and chronic care facilities.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Johnsson
Commission On
Firing Guantanamo Cuban Labor Urged
An eight man navy survey group led by Rear Adm John Chew returned from Guantanamo Bay with recommendations to reduce Cuban worker employment at the U S naval base. Defense officials said the report went to Defense Secretary McNamara after the hurriedly formed unit arrived in Washington. The orders came from President Johnson to devise plans with the base commander to cut employment among the 3000 Cuban nationals at the base.
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Navy
Guantanamo
U. S. Naval Base
Defense
John Chew
McNamara
Johnson
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