1963 Missouri Legislature Opens With Ambitious Agenda
The 1963 Missouri legislature begins its six month session amid a focus on expanding higher education and scientific research, an educational television network, mental health centers in Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis, stricter highway laws, and ongoing state aid under the school foundation program. Democrats hold both chambers, with Sprath ing as Senate president pro tem and Graham as speaker.
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Missouri
John M. Dalton
Senate
House
Albert D. Sprathing
Dcape
Post Office Ban Targets Odd Shaped Mail Items
The Post Office Department issues a tender enforcing a ban on extremely small and nonrectangular mail pieces from midnight. The embargo, announced May 4, 1960, aims to speed handling with mechanized processing. The rule affects items under 3 by 4 inches and nonrectangular shapes, including souvenir animal and car cards, with rate hikes taking effect January 7.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Skybolt Missile Program Is Terminated
Washington AP reports the Defense Department formally ends the Air Force Skybolt bomber launched missile project. Immediate production halt is ordered and a detailed phaseout plan due by January 7. No further Skybolt test flights will occur due to technical difficulties delays and rising costs.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Pentagon
New Year Reflections Amid Struggles and Hope
A mixed year ends with reverent Watch Night vigils and sermons as 1962 yields to 1963. In Atlanta a New Year’s Eve sermon urged starting anew, while New York reports a nine day East Gulf Coast dock strike with 60,000 Longshoremen affected and shipments threatened. The year’s tone blends prosperity with poverty, and a cautious outlook for the future remains as America weighs gains and unresolved problems.
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Associated Press
Cimpatey
Cecil Myers
Atlanta
NEW York
Gulf Coasts
Asso
Puerto Rico
Timate
No Paper Wednesday and New Year’s Day Publication
Announcement states there will be no publication of the Capital News on Wednesday and no issue of the Post-Tribune on Tuesday New Year’s Day. The note informs readers to expect resumed papers after the holiday.
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The
Capital News
Post-Tribune
Savage Winter Storm Threatens Northeast U S
A ferocious winter storm battered the Northeast with subzero temps and 80 mph winds. At least 18 deaths were reported across Pennsylvania New York and Rhode Island as blizzard conditions closed windows and left thousands without heat or power.
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Associated Press
New England
Pennsylvania
New York
Rhode Island
U.S. Weather Bureau
Long Island Sound
42Nd Street
New York City
Upstate
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Newark
N.J
Stas
Maine
Bangor
Daily News
John H. Reed
Katanga Seeks Last Stand Around Kolwezi Stronghold
Katangan hopes for a last-ditch stand against U N Congo command center on Kolwezi 150 miles northwest of Elisabethville as Tshombe flies in from Salisbury to reform forces. U Thant calls immediate freeze on troop movements in Katanga and urges quick unification steps amid fighting near Elisabethville.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U. N
EN AE
United Nations
U Thant
Condo
Katanga
Thant
Elisabethville
Safest Ever Traffic Toll Estimate Revised Downward
Nationwide four day New Year holiday traffic deaths lag behind early predictions as safety council revises its toll to 350 to 380 after the first three days. Officials say conditions point to a potentially record low total for the period despite several multi casualty incidents.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Pyre
Bangkok
Thailand
Burma
Hill
Iowa City
Iowa
Long Island Sound
New York City
Goldwater slams Kennedy on Cuba U.N. Congo stance
Senator Barry Goldwater accused the Kennedy administration of watering down his Cuba line and making concessions to “international blackmail” by sanctioning prisoner ransom. He faulted U.S. support for the U.N. action in Congo’s Katanga and questioned missile removal assurances amid the Bay of Pigs deal. The veteran Republican warned the moves could fuel future chaos and hinder West’s unity.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Heriz
Kennedy
Cuba
Goldwater
U. N
Katanga
Congo
United States
Castro
U.N
Inhhe
Senator Dodd Calls UN Congo Actions an Unspeakable Tragedy
Sen Thomas J Dodd D Conn labels UN actions in Katanga an unspeakable tragedy and urges an ICJ inquiry. The UN government proceeds with airlifting equipment to the Congo while State Department declines to comment on Dodd's denunciation and reaffirms support for efforts to reintegrate Katanga.
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Sen. Dodd
U.N
Congo
Washington
U. N
Katanga
State Department
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Leslie Munro
International Commission of Jurists
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Army Contract To Iberia Firm
WASHINGTON AP Award of a $1,222,967 Army contract to Theria and Meta Missouri was announced Monday. The offices of Sen Stuart Symington and Sen Edward V Long Missouri Democrats said the contract is for 147,880 raincoats. They said the Defense Department also allocated $2,135,000 under an existing Rocketdyne contract with North American Aviation for Atlas missile work at Neosho Missouri and Canoga Park California. The senators also said Washington University at St Louis is receiving a $224,483 grant for brain research from the National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Blindness.
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Washington
Theria
Meta
Stuart Symington
Edward V. Long
Missouri
Defense Department
Rocketdyne Division
North American Aviation Inc
Neosho
Canoga Park
Calif
Senators
Washington University At
St. Louis
National Institution For Neurological Diseases
British luxury tax cut trims sales to 25 percent
The British treasury reduced the sales tax on luxury goods to 25 percent from 45 percent, affecting televisions, radios, record players, records, and cosmetics, with a marginal cut last month for motor cars. Spain issues six million one-peseta stamps for the Vatican Ecumenical Council. Coroner's verdict finds death by suicide for Fred J. Luth. Japan to import 6,000 foreign cars in 1963 under an 11.2 million dollar budget. Indonesia raises flag in West New Guinea as Sukarno pledges Mag to fly by January 1, 1963.
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London
Tokyo
Japan
Hollandia
West New Guinea
Sukarno
Indonesia
Mag
Eight Traffic Deaths Reported by State Patrol
State Highway Patrol reported eight traffic fatalities in Missouri during the holiday period as of 11 p.m. Monday. Troop F noted three injuries accidents in Mid-Missouri, while Troop I logged six noninjury crashes that day. A separate Pueblo Mexico dispatch described a 5:50 p.m. work-site accident on U.S. 50 near Route 5 West demolishing a home, with Stanley Shaw cited for careless driving after a stop-sign failure. a long list of damages followed, including a $910 loss. In Boone County, Judge Albert R. Alexander, sworn in last week, was reported in a probate matter. A Kansas City note announced a major realignment of Ford Motor Co.’s dealer sales region to 15 states, expanding westward.
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State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Troop F
Mid- Missouri
Troop I
Aleed
Puebla, Mexico
West
Moniteau
Stanley Shaw
New Bloomfield
James Edward Comfort
Dalia
Shaw
Comfort
Plattsburg, Mo
Albert R. Alexander
Rock
Clinton County
Boone County
Cecil Lee Gregsworn
Inory
Columbia
Harry Paul Ballew
Kansas City
Iion
Ford Motor Co
Kansas
Mexico
Middlewestern
Carson Ray Albert
Volta Aluminum to Build $3140 Million Smelter at Tema
Accra reports the Volta Aluminum Co. Ltd. will construct a 3140 million aluminum smelter in 1963 at Tema, Ghana’s main harbor, per the Volta River Authority. The firm is a Kaiser Aluminum and Reynolds Metals consortium.
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Accra
Ghana
Volta Aluminum Co. Ltd
Tema
Volta River Authority
Volta Aluminum
Kaiser Aluminum
Reynolds Metals
What Kind of Man Is H K Smith In Nixon Program
A battered narrative questions Howard K. Smith and Alger Hiss with Nixon as focus. The piece cites Edwin McDowell in the Los Angeles Times describing Hiss as a formante liberal, and notes the controversy over Hiss appearing on Smiths ABC TV program. It also reports a separate U S case as ranchers challenge grazing on St Leonard Wood reservation with a restraining order and damages sought.
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Alger Hiss
Nixon
H. K. Smith
Smith
Richard M. Nixon
Abc-Tv
McDowell
Howard K. Smith
Abc-Tvs
New York Times
Jank Gould
Hiss
Edwin McDowell
Los Angeles Times
Comnews
Richard Nixon
Witch Master
U.S. Snes
Ft. Wood Reservation
Kansas City
Laclede
Pulaski
St. Leonard Wood Reservation
Russell Millin
U. S. Distict
Ito
C&O B&O Merger Authorized Amid Protests
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway won ICC approval on a plan to gain control of the financially faltering Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Critics warned of job losses for more than 2,300 workers and reduced rail competition. The decision becomes effective in 35 days, February 4, with possible court challenges likely.
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ICC
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