Soviet farming slowdown noted by Ekonomika Voprosy
Moscow report in Ekonomika Voprosy warns that despite repeated reorganizations Russia’s agricultural output grows slowly. Per-acre gains average about 1%% since 1958, while total land under cultivation has risen over a third. The piece notes Khrushchev's latest reorganizations and calls for more capital for fertilizer and machinery.
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Moscow
Ekonomika Voprosi
Ivan Volovchenko
Konstantin Pysin
Soviet Union
Four Double Fatalities in Iowa Crashes
Four double fatality traffic accidents occurred in Iowa over two days. The latest near Davenport killed Edgar Hungate and Connie Harland, while Thomas Harland was critically injured. Earlier, Donald Weiland and Donna Weiland died near Hampton. the truck driver survived with minor injuries. In northwest Iowa, Harold Karsh and Sherry Hayworth died near Cherokee, with Hayworth's family hospitalized. A Madison county crash near Earlham killed Daniel Higgins and Dennis Lorimer, with Keith Brittain hospitalized. Phillip Moore was treated and released.
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Iowa
Davenport
Edgar Hungate
Rock Island
Connie Harland
Walcott
Hungate
Waterloo
Donald H. Weiland
West High School
Donna Jean
John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works
Hampton
John Cohoon
Boone
Harold Karsh
Cherokee
Sherry Hayworth
Anthon
Karsh
Sherry
Dale Hayworth
Virginia
Hayworth
Earlham
Madison County
Daniel Higgins
Dennis Lorimer
Keith Brittain
Phillip Moore
Adenauer Goes To Italy For Four Week Vacation
Bonn Chancellor Adenauer departed Saturday for a four week visit to Cadenabbia in northern Italy. The trip aims to rest from political duties and mark a pause in postwar leadership duties.
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Adenauer
Italy
Bonn
Cadenabbia
Louisville Girl Is Named America's Junior Miss
Diane Sawyer 17 of Louisville was chosen as America's 1963 Junior Miss at the national pageant in Mobile Alabama. First runnerup was Carol Case of Rapid City South Dakota, with Roxanne Hooper of Springville Arizona in third, Pam Robinson of Dayton Ohio, and Kay Shenesky of Koppel Pennsylvania receiving other honors. Sawyer performed an original Civil War themed monologue and song.
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Mobile
Ala
Kentucky
Diane ‘Sawyer
America
Louisville
Rhode Island
Jean Leslie Allen
South Dakota
Carol Case
Rapid City
Roxanne Hooper
Springville
Ariz
Pam Robinson
Dayton
Ohio
Kay ‘Shenesky
Koppel, Pa
Miss Sawyer
Experiment shows atomic plant economical future power
ROWE Massachusetts AP An experiment at New England's first atomic power plant proves future plants can be economically competitive with conventional producers. Glenn Reed of Yankee Atomic Electric Co notes boric acid extends control rod life from 10 to 20 years, reducing initial costs and allowing cheaper dollars per installed kilowatt.
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Rowe
Mass
New England
Glenn Reed
Yankee Atomic Electric Co
Reed
Connecticut
Sabin oral polio vaccine drive in Linn County clinics
Linn county residents over three months invited to receive Sabin Type I oral polio vaccine at noon to 6 pm across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns with multiple school sites. A 25 cent donation is requested to cover costs, and no one is turned away. Rides available via Cedar Rapids Citizens Band Radio club EM 3-8474.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Fillmore
Truman
Grant Wood
Wright, Jefferson
Washington
Prairie and Johnson
Marion
Springville
Mt. Vernon
Alburnett
Central City
Cedar Rapids Citizens Band Radio Club
Norbert Collins
Kennedy Replies To 10 Year Old About Little People
In Fremont California Mark Aaron Perdue sent a letter to President Kennedy asking about the little people. The President replied on March 14 saying belief makes them real and describing them with tall hats green coats long white beards.
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Fremont
Calif
Kennedy
Mark Aaron Perdue
Alameda County
Mark
St. Patrick’s Day
President Kennedy
Promised land dream ends at wilderness
A quip notes the modern urge to reach the promised land without enduring the necessary hardships. It frames people seeking easy results and highlights the value of perseverance.
Typhoid Cases Reported in Swiss Ski Center
More than 20 typhoid fever cases were confirmed Saturday in Zermatt the famed Swiss ski center crowded with 7000 tourists mostly foreigners. Additional cases were reported among vacationers returning to Britain.
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Zermatt
Switzerland
Britain
Soviet Overflight Tests American Reflex in Arctic
Washington analysts say the Soviet overflight of Alaska aimed to test American reflex in a remote, undefended area and to display power. The move mirrors a recent Soviet flight over a U S aircraft carrier, signaling prestige and pressure on U S defenses.
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Washington
Alaska
U. S
Atlantic
Pentagon
Father of Welfare in Britain Dies
London AP reports Lord Beveridge aged 84 died at his Oxford home. The Liberal politician authored the World War II Beveridge report that formed the basis for Britain’s welfare state and the National Health Service. Beveridge, born William Henry Beveridge, studied at Oxford and early on worked in London’s East End slums shaping his life and philosophy.
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London
Lord Beveridge
Oxford
University College, Oxford
Beveridge
Britain
Sevenwe
Wall
S. D
Rapid
Winter's fury grips the plains with blizzards and fires
A March blast grips Colorado and Kansas with grass fires and high winds while a massive blizzard slams the Northern Plains. Iowa Missouri and Illinois also see twisters as subzero cold presses New England. Rapid City and Black Hills endure 12 to 18 inches of snow with travel paralyzed and warnings issued.
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Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio River
New England
Black Hills
Rapid City
South Dakota
Dakotas
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Nebraska
U S Chamber Proposes 8.4 Percent JFK Spending Cut
U S Chamber of Commerce urges Congress to trim 4.5 billion from Kennedy spending request for 1963-64 and beyond. Chamber President Plumley argues cuts across 117 items would not cause recession, citing a 9 1 billion potential savings and defense to migratory bird programs. He criticizes planned deficits and urges Kennedy to modify current and future requests.
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Washington
Chamber
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Kent
Kennedy
Tates
Plumley
Southern Pacific Talks Are Settled
SAN FRANCISCO UPS Southern Pacific railroad and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks reached a settlement of their automation dispute on Saturday night in a move praised as unique in railroad history. The agreement ends a two month threat of a strike by the 11 000 member union that could have disrupted traffic in seven states.
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San Francisco
UPS
Southern Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Southern Pacific
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House of Commons
Wasta
S.D
Cape Girardeau
Equality
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U.S. Chamber
Congress
Plumsley
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