Bill Would Keep Patrol Out Of Air
North Carolina lawmakers debate prohibiting the State Highway Patrol from using aircraft in traffic enforcement. Rep. I C Crawford argues planes waste resources, while supporters say aerial spotting aids patrol and raises conviction rates. The bill follows talks during sessions aboard the USS North Carolina in Wilmington.
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Raleigh
State
Highway Patrol
I. C. Crawford
Buncombe
House
Senate
R. D. McMillan
Robeson
Crawford
Joe Garrett
Dave Lambert
Garrett
North Carolina
Wilmington
Oral Yates
Haywood
Wildlife Protectors
Oppenheimer To Get High AEC Award
Atomic physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, denied security clearance in 1954, is selected for the AECs Fermi Award worth $50000. The decision was announced by a commission spokesman and expected to be confirmed by the White House, fueling talk of secret work and efforts to dispel the security cloud. He directed 4500 workers at Los Alamos from 1943 to 1945, later leading the Institute for Advanced Study and chairing the AECs general advisory committee.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Commission
White House
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos
N.M
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N.J
Lewis L. Strauss
Eugene M. Zuckert
Joseph Campbell
Thomas F. Murray
Henry D. Smyth
Smyth
Enrico Fermi
Argentine Truce Talks Stalled as Navy Revolt Continues
Loyalist army chiefs and rebel negotiators failed to meet at sunrise to discuss surrender terms for Argentina’s navy revolt. A late-night session produced no detailed terms, and Puerto Belgrano, the rebels’ key base, gave no word on accepting conditions that could halve the 35,000-strong fleet.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Navy
Puerto Belgrano
Here
Adm
Eladio Vazquez
Lunik 4 Flies Near Moon in Early Space Effort
Soviet space probe Lunik 4 passed within about 10 0 miles of the moon and remained about 226 800 miles from Earth at 6 p.m. Moscow time. Tass said speed slowed from 18 000 to 6 700 miles per hour due to Earth’s gravity as experiments aboard aid future moon missions.
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Moon
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
U.S
Earth
Crimea
Forest Fire Danger Closes North Carolina Woodlands
Gov. Sanford signs a proclamation barring hunting fishing and camping statewide due to severe forest fire danger. The order prohibits fires within 500 feet of woodlands and halts the mountain trout season until at least April 13. Firefighting efforts involve 150 plus personnel and assets across Hyde Tyrrell and surrounding counties with hundreds of fires reported.
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Associated Press
Sanford
State Wildlife Resources Commission
North Carolina
Paul Tillman
Fairfield
Hyde County
Washington
Tyrrell
Tillman
Soviets Ready To Accept Direct Washington Kremlin Link
The Soviet Union said it will accept a direct telecommunications link between Washington and the Kremlin to avert accidental nuclear war. Tsarapkin proposed immediate talks to outline where the red line ends in each capital and ensure rapid forwarding to governments. The exchange followed US backing for the idea and a German mediation proposal toward broader nonaggression steps.
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Washington-Kremlin
Geneva
Soviet Union
Washington
Kremlin
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
United States
Tsarapkin
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Warsaw Treaty Bloc
West Germany
Rusk Defends Foreign Aid in House Hearing
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee defending Kennedy's foreign aid plan of 4.5 billion dollars. He warned that cuts would let Communists gain ground worldwide and urged steadfast support to keep freedom secure. The hearing opens a lengthy debate, with expectations of possible aid reductions below 3.9 billion from last year.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
House
Eign Affairs Committee
Rusk
Europe
Latin America
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kennedy
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Congress
Mediterranean
South Asia
Far East
Africa
Fire Blaze Ravages Pinebluff and Pinehurst Area
A forest fire driven by 15 mph winds burned a crescent 12 miles long and two wide from Pinehurst to Pinebluff, destroying nine homes and two businesses plus farm outbuildings. Two firefighters suffered minor burns. Fort Bragg troops aided as 20 patients were moved from Pinebluff sanitarium. the blaze reached Pinebluff in four hours and was controlled near midnight.
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Pinehurst
Pinebluff
U.S. 1
Ft. Bragg
E. H. Mills
Lawrence Wicker
Aberdeen
Harold Pate
Southern Pines
Forestry
State Payments To Cities Proposed
A special study commission recommended the state pay about 1 million dollars yearly to cities and counties in lieu of taxes on state property. It urged uniform payments for state land inside and outside municipal borders and covering costs when towns extend water and sewer lines or build streets. Governor Sanford praised the report and called for General Assembly review.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Gov
Sanford
Paul Bernhardt
Salisbury
LeMay protests TFX action overruled military findings
Air Force chief of staff Gen Curtis LeMay told a Senate subcommittee civilian officials overruled a military panel selecting the Boeing bid for the TFX warplane. He said the decision was not explained and noted the military findings were rejected despite four favorable recommendations for Boeing. The subcommittee ordered an independent GAO cost study, possibly two months.
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Washington
Air Force Chief of Staff
Curtis E. LeMay
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
LeMay
General Accounting Office
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Boeing
William F. McKee
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
McClellan
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