Satellite Telcasts On Spring Schedule Across Atlantic
A European American TV exchange via Telstar will send 10 to 20 minute live programs between the United States and Europe this spring. Telstar, funded by AT&T and NASA, will relay signals from Andover Maine to Goonhilly Downs Cornwall then to European homes and back. A Seville meeting will finalize cooperation with Murrow’s group and Eurovision linked systems.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Broadcasting Union
United States
Europe
New York Times
Rove
Telstar
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seville
Spain
Broadcasting Co
Columbia
Intervision
Soviet Union
Eurovision
Murrow
Atlantic
Bell System
Andover
Maine
Goonhilly Downs
Cornwall
British Broadcasting System
Nw York
London
U S Fly Hatchery Plans to Reduce Screwworm Pest in Texas
Washington reports U S government aims to hatch 75 million flies weekly to combat screwworm infestations in cattle across Texas and curb livestock losses. The plan may extend to barriers at the Mexico border using a fly curtain while avoiding sensational branding.
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Washington
M AP
Texas
Mexico
United States
Steel Pact Near as USW Eyes Wage Agreement
United Steelworkers committees and President David J. McDonald prepare for a potential contract proposal to be reviewed by the Wage Policy Committee. Negotiators report long talks and hope for a near settlement as major producers weigh heads together.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
Icee
Cooper
Weather Update From Topeka Kansas Forecast
Cloudy chilly conditions persist in Kansas with little change through Saturday. Highs today range from the 30s in the west to mid 40s to 50 in the east, and lows drop to the 20s west and upper 30s southeast. Snow reported in western Kansas earlier, with a northerly air flow from Texas keeping the state cool.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Texas
Kansas Cition Dies In Truck Trailer Collision
Rogie McGrew aged 55 was killed and two others injured when a pickup collided with a trailer on Seventh Street. The trailer carried power mowers worth $8,000 and mower damage was reported at $3,000.
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Kansas City
Kan
Rogie McGrew
Seventh Street
Mountaineer Busy In Vicious Circle
Police report Johnny Ellis of Lookout Mountain acted in four hours Thursday night. He was jailed for drunkenness, treated for a head wound, overpowered a hospital orderly and escaped, then robbed a liquor store of 46 dollars before being stopped by a detective and jailed again on armed robbery charges.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Johnny Ellis
Lookout Mountain
Cuban Invasion Prisoners Admit Guilt at Trial
Havana papers report more than 1100 prisoners on trial for the April invasion confessed guilt on day one. Commissioned tribunal head Augusto Martinez Sanchez allowed prisoners to speak as a confessional letter from Capt. Jose A Perez San Roman surfaced, claiming naivety about a U S backed operation and noting the prisoners’ condition as healthy.
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Havana
Augusto Martinez Sanchez
Hoy
Jose A. Perez San Roman
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report For March 1962
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Friday listing 1 fatality for March 31, 1962. The comparable 1961 period shows 109 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lenten Series Officers Find Spiritual Influence in Police Life
Garden City police chief writes about how officers encounter death and tragedy daily yet feel compassion and faith. He cites comforting lost children, notifying families, delivering babies singlehandedly, aiding the needy, and supporting public safety as paths to serve God.
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Mitch Geisler
Guido Assumes Office As Argentine President
Jose Maria Guido formally assumed the Argentine presidency amid military oversight and chants of Viva Frondizi. The ceremony followed a political crisis, with the military demanding actions including outlawing Peronistas and Communists and placing Argentina under federal control. The new president signed the succession act with Frondizi ministers and military cabinet members also signing as tensions persisted.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Argentina
Senate
Supreme Court
Arturo Frondizi
Guido
Frondizi
Raul Poggi
Army
Cayo Antonio Alsina
Air Force
Adm
Agustin Penas
Navy
Cere
Mobile X-Ray Unit Spots 958 Neosho County Residents
The Kansas State Board of Health mobile unit has X-rayed 958 residents in Neosho County. Chest x-rays were free, with 85 at Stark, 525 at Erie, 146 at St Paul, 82 at Galesburg, and 120 at Thayer. The unit visited Chanute today and will continue at local sites this week.
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Neosho County
Kansas State Board of Health
Ed Harrison
Chanute
Stark
Erie
St. Paul
Galesburg
Thayer
Kennedy confesses Harvard exam aided by friend
Edward M. Kennedy revealed he was asked to leave Harvard in his freshman year after a friend took a course exam for him. He called the act wrong, regretted it for years, and said the friend did it as a favor but responsibility lay with him. He discussed the matter in a Boston Globe interview as he seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Harvard College
Kennedy
Harvard
Boston Globe
Massachusetts
U.S
Too Pretty to Cry: Last Words in Atlanta Jail Cell
Police say the body of 25 year old Margaret Elizabeth Shuler was found suspended by a mattress cover in an Atlanta jail cell. A prisoner who saw her crying reported hearing the line Dont cry Youre too pretty to cry before her body was discovered. Shuler had been arrested on several traffic charges.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Margaret Elizabeth Shuler
Miss Shuler
Benny Paret in Critical Condition as Mother Heads to NYC
Former welterweight champion Benny Kid Paret remained in a moderate coma and critically ill. His mother planned to fly from Cuba to be at his bedside in New York.
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New York
Benny
Kid) Paret
Cuba
Kennedy Tax Revision Victory Moves To Senate Clash
In the House the Kennedy administration won final passage 219 to 196 with 225 Democrats backing it and Republicans split. The bill cuts 1.2 billion yearly on business investment and withholding tax on interest and dividends while tightening rules for entertainment deductions and foreign income. Senate hearings begin with Secretary Douglas Dillon as the first witness and over 200 witnesses slated.
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Washington
Congress
Rich
Kennedy
H. Poff
Virginia
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Likely Names For Successor To Whittaker
Washington AP report says President Kennedy nearly picks a Supreme Court replacement for retiring Justice Charles Evans Whittaker. Contenders include Abraham Ribicoff Arthur Goldberg J Paul Freund Eugene Rostow and William Hastie with late speculation on a historic first African American appointment.
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Washington
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Whittaker
Welfare
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Arthur J. Goldberg
Chicago
Ribicoff
Hartford
Goldberg S
Whittaker
J. Paul Abraham Freund
Harvard
High Tribunal
Eugene Victor Rostow
Yale Law School
Walt Whitman Rostow
State Department
Policy Planning Council
William Henry Hastie
The
Virgin Islands
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Break-in at filling station on Lincoln Avenue reports missing cash
Overnight burglary at 219 N Lincoln Station resulted in missing money from a cash register including a 50 cent roll and about 3.50 in loose coins. Items stolen include three flash lights, six batteries, five inner tubes worth 27.80, entered through a west side men’s room by breaking a window pane.
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N. Lincoln
Liz No Joint Statement on Taylor Romance Links
Miss Taylor 30 telephoned from Rome about her husband's condition and spoke with his doctor. Fisher 33 flew from Rome allegedly on business tied to the movie Cleopatra being made by Taylor. Public hints suggest Eddie left Italy to avoid divorce from Taylor following his earlier split with Debbie Reynolds in 1959.
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Miss Taylor
Rome
Fisher
Eddie
Italy
Sove
Debbie Reynolds
State bank call not issued this quarter
Kansas Bank Commissioner J A O Leary announced no state bank call will be issued this quarter. A national call was issued, and state banks not in the Federal Reserve System will save about 4000 by not publishing statements. Member banks must publish their reports.
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Topeka
J. A. O'Leary
O'Leary
Federal Reserve System
Two Commies Deny Charge
Gus Hall and Benjamin J. Davis, top U.S. Communist Party officials, pleaded innocent to charges of violating the Internal Security Act of 1950 for failing to register the party. Each was released on $5,000 bond. They spoke after the brief hearing claiming innocence and condemning the prosecution as pro racist.
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Washington
Gus Hall
Benjamin J. Davis
U.S
Communist Party
Hall
Davis
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Matthew F. McGuire
McGuire
House Un-American Activities Committee
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