U S Eyes Congo Step In Slaying
UPI reports the U S embassy will monitor the investigation into the slaying of Lt Col Helen Stogner assistant army attache in Leopoldville, and the arrest of his personal secretary Miss Elizabeth Thring. Thring, 21, was held in protective custody while Congolese authorities pursue charges. An American attorney will represent her as the case proceeds.
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UPI
State Department
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Congo
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Helen Stogner
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Andrew W. Tully, Jr
Helen D. Stogner
Makala
Washington, D.C
Stogner
Kennedy assigns emergency defense duties to federal departments
President Kennedy assigns major federal departments to craft plans for national emergencies including limited war, nuclear attack, and post attack rehabilitation. Budgets Director David Bell notes gaps in postattack recovery plans and highlights leadership by the Office of Emergency Planning. Departments like Commerce and Agriculture receive specific roles in resource control and allocation during emergencies.
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Kennedy
United States
White House
Budgeet
David E. Bell
Office of Emergency Planning
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Martin Slated For Envoy Post
President Kennedy announced plans to appoint John Bartlow Martin as U S ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Martin, a Highland Park Illinois writer, would be the first U S ambassador since relations were reestablished last month. He previously worked on speech writing for Kennedy in 1960 and for Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956.
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Kennedy
John Bartlow Martin
U. S
Dominican Republic
Martin
Highland Park
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Togo Leader Olympio to Visit United States
The White House said Sylvanus E. Olympio, president of Togo, accepted President Kennedy's invitation to visit the United States. He will stay in Washington for two days starting March 20 as the president’s guest, then proceed to New York City for three days.
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White House
Sylvanus E. Olympio
Republic of
Togo
Kennedy
United States
Asst
Andrew T. Hatcher
Olympio
New York City
GOP Divides $440000 From Fund Drives Among Committees
Republicans allocate net receipts from four dinner fundraisers totaling 440000. The House campaign committee led by Rep Bob Wilson gets about 89000 and the Senate group led by Sen Barry Goldwater gets about 40000. The national committee retains the rest to cover expenses and to pay down its 1960 deficit. Goldwater led the fundraising with major receipts from Cleveland Ohio.
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National Committee
Senate
House
Bob Wilson
California
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
G.O.P
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilson
AFL Cio
Navy Volunteers Seal In Fallout Shelter For Two Weeks
One hundred Navy volunteers entered a 25 by 48 foot underground fallout shelter at the Bethesda Maryland Navy Medical Center for a two week simulated stay. Led by Lt. (jg) John T. White the group will remain below ground as two man radiation teams report safe outside radio activity.
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UPI
Navy
Steel Arch
Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Great Lakes
John T. White
David Minard
Kennedy Signs Bill for New Commerce Department Aide
President Kennedy signed a bill Saturday authorizing an additional assistant secretary of commerce. The White House will announce the appointment Monday. The new post will focus on science and technology duties.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Science
Elizabeth Taylor Taken To Rome Hospital
Actress Elizabeth Taylor was taken by ambulance to Salvador Mundi hospital in Rome for an advance rest and checkup. An Italian ambulance driver and a nurse gave brief details amid conflicting reports on her condition and the purpose of the visit.
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UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Salvador Mundi
Ansa
Miss Taylor
Hollywood
Kurt Frings
Red Cross
Paolo Renzini
U S Critiques Rio Grande do Sul Phone Seizure
The United States called the seizure of an American owned telephone system by Rio Grande do Sul a step backward in Brazil's economic development under the Alliance for Progress. State Department spokesman Francis W. Tully did not specify possible effects on U S assistance, while reports said the company valued at 6 to 8 million dollars and Governor Brizola arranged about 400 000 in compensation.
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United States
Brazil
Alliance For Progress
State Department
Francis W. Tully
U.S
Rio Grandé Do Sul
Companhia Telefonica National
Snow and Wind Create Hazardous Iowa Roads
A major winter storm drenched Iowa with heavy snow and strong winds. Widespread eight inch totals expected by Sunday morning, with five inches in Leon and three in Lenox. motorists urged to limit travel as highways became slick and traffic jams formed in Des Moines. Colder air to push in Sunday night and Monday.
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Weather Bureau
Lenox
Leon
Des Moines
New Primate of Greece Enthroned in Athens Cathedral
Archbishop Chryssostomos of Athens was enthroned as Orthodox primate of all Greece in Athens Cathedral. More than 3,000 people shouted Worthy, worthy as the ceremony honored the 82 year old successor to Archbishop Iakovos who resigned January 25 under government pressure.
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Greece
Chryssostomos
All Greece
Iakovos
Dominican Govts Agreement for $25 Million Credit
In Santo Domingo the United States and the Dominican government signed a credit agreement for 25 million dollars. Repayment is over 20 years with a nominal interest rate of about 4 percent. The deal concludes a month of negotiations.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
CBS Plans 38 Story Skyscraper Near Rockefeller Center
The Columbia Broadcasting System announced Saturday night a 38 story CBS skyscraper to rise a block north of Rockefeller Center in New York It will be the first and only skyscraper designed by Eero Saarinen.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Rockefeller Center
Eero Saarinen
British Send More Troops to Guiana
The Ministry of Defense ordered additional troop reinforcements flown in to British Guiana after British and Jamaican soldiers landed from frigates Troubridge and Wizard. Street battles flared as anti government mobs clashed with police and soldiers in Georgetown igniting the business district and threatening independence efforts.
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UPI
Ministry of Defense
British Guiana
Troubridge
Wizard
Cheddi Jagan
Georgetown
City Almost Isolated by New Storm
Cedar Rapids faced a severe midwinter blizzard that halted most traffic Saturday night. All commercial transport was suspended or delayed as Cedar Rapids Municipal airport closed after 4 p.m. and later became snowed in. Bus service ran two to three hours late or not at all, with Greyhound service affected.
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Cedar Rapids
Greyhound
Lightning Strikes KCRG Tower Knocks Radio Off Air
Lightning hit KCRG's tower on old Highway 30 east of Cedar Rapids causing transmitter and phone circuits to fail. Station manager Redd Gardner said equipment would be moved overnight from studio to the tower site to restore broadcasts by Sunday morning.
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Old Highway 30
Cedar Rapids
Redd Gardner
Des Moines Stranded as Blizzard Bites Highway 6 and Cedar Rapids
Snow and high winds cause widespread disruption as residents flee and drivers abandon private vehicles. Linn County deputies report many cars stranded with two major chain-reaction crashes, one involving 12 cars at Mt Vernon Rd SE and Seventeenth St. No injuries reported as winds reach blizzard intensity and streets empty by nightfall.
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Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Mt. Vernon Road
Seventeenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Eleventh Street
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