Kennedy urges Congress to fund Latin aid plan
President Kennedy asked Congress to approve 600 million dollars as the first step in a 10 year cooperative aid program for Latin America. He warned of grave danger that despair could push nations toward communism and tyranny, naming Cuba and the Dominican Republic as concerns. He urged swift approval of 500 million for initial aid and 100 million for southern Chile reconstruction, tying the Bogota commitment to a hemisphere wide effort to strengthen democracies and reduce poverty.
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Kennedy
Congress
Latin America
South of the Border
White House
U.S
Cuba
Dominican Republic
U. S
Borota
Colombia
Chile
Bogota
Mr. Kennedy
Actress Belinda Lee Killed In Highway Wreck
Belinda Lee, 26, British film star, died when a speeding station wagon crashed after skidding 1100 feet near Barstow California. Her fiancé, Italian director Gualtiero Jacopetti, 41, was injured with a broken leg while Paolo Cavara, 34, suffered a sprained ankle. Driver Nino Falenga, 43, was in good condition. Three Italian movie makers, including Jacopetti, were returning from a Las Vegas scouting trip. a documentary crew of The Woman in the World was being shot by Cineriz of Rome. The accident occurred as the car left the road and flipped upside down. The injured were taken to Barstow Community Hospital.
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Calif
Belinda Lee
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Linda Leery
Miss Lee
Highway Patrol
Lee
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Barstow Community Hospital
Paolo Cavara
Nino Falenga
Ture
Cavara
Cineriz
Rome
Wife jokes on government spending and debt
A humorous quip from a wife to her husband contrasts personal debt with government budgeting. She comments that authorities disregard debt in pursuit of spending, mocking fiscal restraint with a playful edge. The line reflects light social commentary on public finance.
Catholic Prelates Push Loans Not Broad Parochial Aid
U S Catholic leaders urge long term low interest loans for private and parochial schools to match public school aid, urging the federal program be separate from public funds. Msgr Hochwalt testified to a Senate subcommittee on education. John Hayes calls loans the minimum to make the bill acceptable. welfare secretary Ribicoff declined to comment.
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Msgr
Frederick Hochwalt
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Department of Schools
Senate Subcommittee On
NCWC
Bish
Washington
U. S
John Hayes
Hayes
National Council of Catholic Men
Ops
Catholic Hierarchy
Ribicoff
Students Protest at University of the Philippines
In Manila an AP report notes about one thousand students demonstrated Tuesday against the investigation of communism at the government-operated University of the Philippines.
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Manila
University of the Philippines
Contractors Sued Over Bid Rigging in 12 Million Case
The justice department and TVA sue five electrical equipment makers General Electric Westinghouse Allis Chalmers Federal Pacific Electric and I T E Circuit Breaker Co for more than 12 million. The action targets a single large outdoor circuit breaker purchase by federal agencies including TVA from 1951 onward.
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Justice Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atty
Kennedy
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Allis-Chalmers
Federal Pacific Electric
I-T-E Circuit Breaker Co
TVA
Paris publisher unveils 220-pound illustrated Apocalypse
Paris based publisher Joseph Andre introduced a 220-pound illustrated edition of the Apocalypse, valued at about $200,000, during a Tuesday exhibit.
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Paris
Joseph Andre
Signs Seen Slump Has Hit Bottom
The February labor report shows a 375000 drop in nonfarm payrolls to 51,329,000 with 70 percent in steel, auto, and machinery. Unemployment rose to 5,705,000, a postwar high, while hours worked stayed at 38.8 weekly and earnings remained at 90.02. Some indicators suggest the recession may have bottomed, with potential upturn if seasonal factors ease.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Goldberg
Seymour Wolfbein
Wolfbein
U S Girl Missionary Is Rescued
UPI reports a Malayan U.N. patrol freed an American girl missionary from Congolese soldiers in Kivu, as 3,000 Indian troops arrived by air to bolster U.N. forces. The rescue comes amid accounts of atrocities against 300 whites including missionaries, businesspeople and nuns held by rebels, with two Belgian nun pleas for outside aid.
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Kivu
Leopoldville
Van Horne Man Killed in Crash
A two car collision at a highway 218 intersection near Waterloo left Ray Edwin Hemm, 65, of Van Horne dead. Roy W. Fisk, 49, suffered a concussion and multiple fractures. Injured were Edwin Miller, 18, Vin ton, with a fractured jaw, and Ronald Stock, 19, Dysart, with scalp cuts and bruises.
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Waterloo
UPI
Here
Ray Edwin Hemm
van Horne
Roy W. Fisk
Fisk
Edwin Miller
Vinton
Ronald Stock
Dysart
Miller
Stock
Khrushchev Foresees Manned Space Flight Soon
Premier Khrushchev said the Soviet government is confident the first manned space ship will dash into outer space soon. His Siberian speech was broadcast by Moscow radio.
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London
Khrushchev
Siberia
Moscow Radio
Rebel Rebuff in Laos Reported
VIENTIANE Royal troops recaptured Maone Kassy on Tuesday, halting a pro-Communist rebel offensive toward Vientiane, according to military sources. The move marks a counterattack in the ongoing struggle as forces secure the capital’s approaches.
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Laos
Vientiane
Maone Kassy
Castro Threatens Exile Governments If U S Attacks
Fidel Castro warned that Cuba will form revolutionary governments in exile starting with Puerto Rico if the United States sanctions Cuba. He tied the Kennedy ten year Latin American plan to new revolts and accused Washington of aggression after a ship fired on the Texaco refinery at Santiago de Cuba, with a Cuban sailor killed.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Puerto Rico
U.S
Kennedy
Latin America
Society of Free Men
Castro
Naval Base
Santiago
Texaco
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Castro Warns At Havana Speech After Bank Bombing
Castro raged through a three hour post midnight address before a rain soaked crowd at Havana University steps. A Vedado district Cuban National Bank branch exploded during the rally but no injuries were reported. He accused Kennedy of provoking attacks on Cuba and praised the Soviet bloc while denouncing the U.S. leader as a monopolies captive. Castro urged Latin American nations to reclaim natural resources and forecast Russian living standards surpassing the U.S. within a decade. He challenged Kennedy's program, saying small nations pose the moral and intellectual force to counter imperial power and linked Latin America to broader socialist solidarity from Asia to Indonesia and Indonesia.
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Castro
Havana University
Vedado District
Cuban National Bank
Cuba
Mr. Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Iowa House Rejects Chalupa Plan for Reapportionment
DES MOINES UPI The Iowa house, in its first vote Tuesday, defeated the Chalupa plan for legislative reapportionment 63 to 45. Debate showed the substitute plan by LeRoy Chalupa drew mixed support as it sought a 128 member house and 50 member senate, mirroring the earlier Wearin plan defeated in the senate.
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UPI
Iowa
LeRoy Chalupa
Pleasant Plain
Senate
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