Constellation Flyback After Engine Failure Over Pacific
A navy Constellation with 84 aboard diverted mid flight from Hickam to Hilo after two engines failed. Lt Cmdr Robert Eklund steered the plane back, landing safely with 13 minutes of fuel left. The flight originated in Japan with stops at Tachikawa and Hawaii before reaching Travis AFB.
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Hilo
Hawaii
UPS
Pacific
Military Air Transport Service
Midway Point
Honolulu
San Francisco
Navy
Japan
Hickam Air Force Base
Travis Afb
Robert Eklund
Air Force
Tachikawa Air Force Base
Misinterpreted On Brazil Statement Sparks U.S. Clarification
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it has never claimed and does not believe communists hold substantial influence in Brazilian policy. A prior one sentence remark about communist infiltration was described as torn from context and misinterpreted.
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Washington
State Department
U. S
Brazil
Bear, Byrd's Old Ship, Breaks Up in Nova Scotia Storm
The Bear, Admiral Richard Byrd's former vessel, is tearing apart in a storm off Nova Scotia while being towed from Halifax to Philadelphia for use as a museum.
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Halifax
Richard Byrd
Philadelphia
Nova Scotia
Minuteman Missile Veers Off Course Destroyed by Safety Officer
CAPE CANAVERAL AP report says a Minuteman missile veered off course Monday night and was subsequently destroyed by the safety officer on site. The incident details and any potential causes were not immediately disclosed.
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Cape Canaveral
Gunman Demands Welfare Funds From Paymaster Window
A gunman appeared at a plant paymaster window and demanded the welfare fund group insurance premiums pension fund and withholding taxes. Police investigated and secured the scene as workers sheltered. No injuries reported and no arrests were announced.
JFK Pushes Latin Drive Will Build Cuban Wall
President Kennedy meets six Central American leaders in San Jose to draft a declaration to resist subversion and expand economic aid under Alliance for Progress. He pledges continued U S aid, industrialization, price stabilization, and diverse growth to reduce dependence on few exports.
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JFK
San Jose
Costa Rica
Kennedy
U. S
Rolvaag Declared Winner in Minnesota Governor Race
A three judge court in Saint Paul ruled Democrat Karl Rolvaag the winner of the Minnesota governor election. The court denied Republican Elmer Andersen’s motion to dismiss the recount in which Rolvaag led by 91 votes. Andersen’s lawyers said no immediate appeal decision.
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ST. Paul
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
Elmer Andersen
Rolvaag
Andersen
Pre-Spring Rain Dampens Cedar Rapids Airport Fog
Cedar Rapids endured a strong pre spring rain that moved in Monday afternoon and lingered into Tuesday morning. Dense fog followed, delaying an eastbound United flight and forcing a westbound plane to reroute. Ozark Airlines reported disruptions as operations paused.
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Gazette
John Wolver
Cedar River
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Municipal
United Air Lines
Ozark Airlines
Bill To House Kills School Bus Ease Property Tax 12 Mills
DES MOINES A major revenue bill seeks 33 percent state share of public school costs and 12 to 13 mill property tax relief. House Ways and Means approves to send to floor by 17 to 8 vote with earmarked funds for tax replacement ending Jan 1 1969. Gov. Hughes backing private school bus riders measure faces opposition and procedural hurdles.
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Des Moines
House ,Ways and Means
Lawrence Carstensen
Clinton
Harold ‘Hughes
Iowa House
Scott Swisher
Iowa City
Swisher Defends Bus Bill as Equal Treatment for Private School Children
Swisher, a Presbyter ian and neighbor of Dr Marcus Bach, argues the bus bill lacks constitutional issues and that if the state stays in bus transport it must provide 100 percent educational support to all school age children, urging full funding rather than partial aid.
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Swisher
Marcus Bach
Letters Rap Vinton Light School Head
Local letters to the editor defend the head of Vinton Light School in Iowa against criticism. Citizens raise concerns over curriculum and school leadership while praising efforts to improve student outcomes.
Iowa blind officials clash over bill to reshape commission
Florence Grannis former Iowa Commission for the Blind librarian writes blind residents urging support for HF 3 to remove the Braille school superintendent from the commission. She claims Lee Iverson resents Kenneth Jernigan. Iverson denies jealousy and says the letter exerts pressure for passage. HF 3 cleared the House 102 to 0 and awaits Senate action.
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Florence Grannis
Iowa Commission For the Blind
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Braille and
Lee Iverson
Kenneth Jernigan
Commission For the Blind
Iverson
Commission
Vinton
the Gazette
Exile forces shell Cuban port camps and ship raid
Cuban exile groups Alpha 66 and the Second National Front of Escambray said they struck a Russian military camp and a Russian ship at Isabela de Sagua, Las Villas, from offshore boats. Some Russians were said killed, raiders reported back to base in the Caribbean, with details to follow at a Washington news conference.
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Miami
Havana
State Department
Pentagon
Cuba
Alpha 66
Second National Front of
Escambray
Second Front
Sagua la Grande
Las Villas
Isabela de Sagua
New York
Antonio Vaciana
Caribbean
Washington
Voice of the People
Newfane
Second
U.S
Alpha 6
Puerto Rico
Kennedy Nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Jr Approved by Committee
The Senate commerce committee on Tuesday approved President Kennedy's nomination of Franklin D Roosevelt Jr to be undersecretary of commerce. The vote was 14 to 2 with no disclosure of which members voted against.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Commerce
Ssay
Cooper Missile Arrives at Cape for Gordon Cooper Flight
The Atlas missile designed to lift Gordon Cooper into orbit has arrived at Cape Canaveral for several weeks of pre flight checkouts.
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Cooper
Cape
Cape Canaveral
Gordon Cooper
Premier Salah Bitar Arrives in Cairo for Unity Talks
Syrian Premier Salah Bitar landed in Cairo from Damascus to press ahead with unity discussions with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser amid regional efforts for Arab cooperation.
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Cairo
Salah Bitar
Syria
Damascus
Nasser
News publishers accuse government of deceiving the public
Newspaper publishers and broadcasters testified at House subcommittee hearings accusing the government of lying in crises. They warned that government deception erodes public trust and compared their news management to communist tactics, urging honesty and opposing a Pentagon rule mandating news contact be logged.
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House
Gene Robb
Albany Times-Union
Knickerbocker News
Russia
Cuba
Robb
Assn
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