Mansfield challenges GOP Cuba charges in Senate clash
Senator Mansfield defended Kennedy on Cuba policy and rejected Arends and Keating claims of misled public and suppressed intelligence. He noted briefing attendance, rebutted calls for a full Cuba story, and asserted that intelligence details and sources were disclosed.
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Washington
Mansfield
D-Mont
Kennedy
Cuba
Rep. Arends
R-Ill
Arends
G.O.P
St. Petersburg
Sen
Keating
R-N.y
Senate
Thomas Gerrity
Air Force
Caribbean
Strategic Air Command
Navy
Army
Floods In Ohio Valley Forcing Thousands From Homes
Backwaters of the Ohio river receded as floods swept three states causing thousands to flee lowland houses. Residents in West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania faced damaged roads, mucky debris, and river rises with two child fatalities reported in the region. Governor Rhodes opened flood headquarters in Columbus.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Ohio River
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Chartiers
Pittsburgh
Tower Hill
Cincinnati
Phone Solicitation Ban Ruled Invalid
In Ames the city telephone solicitation ordinance was struck down in municipal court. Judge John McKinney dismissed charges against Philip E. Dusenberry for employing four Ames women to solic it orders by phone for Olan Mills Studio. He ruled the ordinance unjustly limits lawful occupations and exceeds police powers.
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AMES
John McKinney
Philip E. Dusenberry
Washington
Dusenberry
Olan Mills
Springfield
Ohio
McKinney
Iowa
Cuba laminates U N protest over U S aggression in Cuba
Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa delivered a 4000 word letter to U Thant accusing the United States of preparing aggression against Cuba and risking nuclear war. Havana charged U S acts and Cuban exile provocations while the armed forces cited six incidents on land and sea and questioned U S spy activities at Guantanamo Bay and in Espionage cases involving nine American divers.
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Havana
Raul Roa
U.N
U Thant
U.S
Cuba
Thant
Roa
Castro
Cuban Armed Forces Ministry
Camaguey Province
Central Intelligence Agency
Labor Department Turns 50 Amid Kennedy Era Toasts
Washington AP reports the labor department marked its 50th anniversary with speeches from President Kennedy and former chiefs Frances Perkins and James Mitchell. Perkins recalled old roaches at the agency. Kennedy praised progress and urged ongoing reform. Goldberg cited past government intervention during steel talks. Leaders urged shared responsibility to resolve disputes without federal help.
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Associated Press
Frances Perkins
Labor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Washington
Labor Department
Miss Perkins
William Wilson
Roosevelt
New England
Mitchell
Arthur Goldberg
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Goldberg
Organized Labor
Boys Cling 8 Hours to Tree in Flood Rescue
In Xenia Ohio an air force helicopter from Wright Patterson base rescued two youths after they clung to trees for nearly eight hours above a flood swollen river. Robert Page 15 was helped first, then Carl Henderson 17. The river swirled 300 feet wide while the chase to safety followed a prior failed attempt at night.
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Xenia, Ohio
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Base
Robert Page
Carl Henderson
Clyde Jacobs
Dayton
Earl May
Socialist Norman Thomas Signals 1964 Presidential Bid
AP reports Norman Thomas, socialist leader, said Monday night he may try again for the presidency in 1964. He indicated a seventh bid could be pursued, signaling continued national political activity.
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Providence
Norman Thomas
Shakeup of Tax Offices is Scheduled
Washington AP Treasury Secretary Dillon announces IRS reorganization to save about 5 million annually. Twelve district offices will trim this year, four more merged next Jan 1, reducing nine regional offices to seven with two regional consolidations in Boston and Chicago. Automatic data processing centers cut to seven locations, with attrition as primary staffing tool. Between 150 and 200 jobs affected. some may resign or take pay cuts. Chicago region gains six states including Iowa.
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Washington
Treasury
Dillon
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
New York
Boston
Omaha
Chicago
Iowa
IRS restructures not affecting Des Moines office
Des Moines district office will keep its staff and services but supervision shifts from the Omaha to the Chicago region. Director Ernest W. Bacon said the changes announced Tuesday do not alter local operations.
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Des Moines
Internal Revenue Service
Omaha
Chicago
Ernest W. Bacon
Financier Sentenced Seven Years in Swindle Case
Vergil Dardi a 58 year old San Francisco financier was given seven years in prison and fined 40000 dollars for his role in a 5 million dollar swindle of investors in United Dye and Chemical Corp stock.
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New York
Vergil Dardi
San Francisco
United Dye and Chemical Corp
Faithful survivor recounts East River bus tragedy
Elizabeth Newton, 41, says only faith saved her after a hospital bus plunged into the East River near Welfare Island. Richard Haas, 36, dragged her to safety as the driver, John Alberts, 51, died or remains missing along with others. Nine aboard were alive after the wreck, with bodies recovered as a crane lifted the submerged vehicle.
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New York
East River
Elizabeth Newton
Richard Haas
Welfare Island
John Alberts
Alberts
Manhattan
Queens
Haas
Iowa Preps for Tournament Amid Traditional March Snow Storm
A major Iowa storm hit Tuesday bringing up to 10 inches of snow sleet and freezing rain as prep for the girls basketball tournament continued. Travel was hazardous with many accidents and long bus delays while western Iowa faced the heaviest snow.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Des Moines
Maquoketa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Patrol
Cedar Falls
Onawa
Denison
Cherokee
Sloan
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Boone
Oelwein
Chuckle Opens With Fringe Benefits Line in Job Talk
A personnel manager tells a female applicant that the firm offers several fringe benefits including two weeks’ vacation paid-up insurance a pension plan and two unmarried vice presidents. The quip illustrates workplace gender humor and corporate culture.
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Marion Movies Society
Norman Walker
Aflcio
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Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
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Thomas May
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