Gagarin dodges press at Moscow news conference
Maj Yuri A Gagarin avoided direct answers at a Moscow press conference after his 108 minute space flight. He answered only via written questions and avoided detail on landing the spacecraft and its reentry. He stated the ship and its parts can be used again and confirmed a porthole view despite prior Soviet claims.
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Tass
Russia
Maj
Yuri Gagarin
Moscow
Yuri A. Gagarin
Earth
Green
White House of Sciences
Outer Space
Gagarin
A. A. Blagonravov
Florence
Italy
Blagonravov
Siberia
South America
Africa
Alexander N. Nesmeyanov
Soviet Academy of Sciencies
Nesmeyanov
Kennedy asks Congress for quick action on education aid
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell says President Kennedy seeks rapid House action on a 4.7 billion education program. A 2.4 billion college loans grants and scholarships bill will reach the House floor by April 24, followed by a 2.5 billion public schools measure. The move comes after Soviets orbital flight last Wednesday. Ribicoff reportedly spoke for Kennedy. Powell expects passage of both bills with caution on teachers salaries and church-related school aid.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.y
House Education Committee
House
Powell
Ribicoff
Wage Bill Vote Set For Tuesday
The Senate agrees to move President Kennedy's minimum wage bill to a vote Tuesday after a low key debate. The plan limits debate on amendments to one hour and four hours on the bill, aiming to raise the wage from $1.00 to $1.25 and extend coverage to about 4 million workers in retail, service, and construction.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Tass Details Launch Night Before Yuri Gagarin Flight
Tass reports Gagarin slept 10 hours before dawn liftoff and woke fresh for space mission. The secret site described quiet preparations as people helped him into a warm, protective spacesuit.
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Moscow
Yuri Gagarin
Space
Tass
Air Force
Gagarin
U S presses for answer on Laos cease fire proposal
Washington says the United States has instructed Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson to press the Soviet Union for a yes or no reply on a Laos cease fire proposal. Officials report growing concern over the delayed Soviet response and urge a quick answer.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Laos
State Department
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Cuba raids spark invasion fears as planes attack Havana
Raider planes bombed Havana and Santiago airports and struck the Cuban Air Force at San Antonio de los Banos. Cuba charges direct U. S. responsibility and orders mobilization as bunkers report intense anti aircraft fire and a damaged B26 lands in Miami. Raul Castro accuses mercenary planes. Casualties undetermined. reports cite multiple aircraft involved.
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Havana
Santiago
San Antonio de Los Banos
Cuba
United Nations
New York
United States
Castro
Raul Castro
Raul
Capi
U S Must Pay To Beat Russians To The Moon
Space official says the United States could reach the moon by 1967 if it would pay billions for a crash program. Dr. Robert C. Seamans of NASA testified that such an effort would require major policy changes and cost far beyond current plans.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Robert C. Seamans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Annual Tax Battle With Uncle Sam Has Its Lighter Aspects
Washington AP notes the tax filing deadline moves to April 17 this year and shares comic missteps and odd deductions from IRS offices. Stories include bottle filled pill boxes, an aunt as dependent, a playpen deduction, stolen toupee as casualty, and a hearing aid deductible with a joke about not hearing.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Service
Red Cross
IRS
Two Bombers Land In Florida After Attacks
Two Cuban B 26 bombers landed in south Florida after attacking Havana and Santiago airports. One aircraft touched down at Miami International with a damaged wing and no bombs on board. Immigration detained the two Cuban crewmen while the pilot asked for anonymity due to family in Cuba.
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Jose Miro Cardona
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Foreign Ministry
Castro
Havana
Mariel
Santiago
Associated Press
Armed Forces Ministry
Armed Forces
Raul
South
Florida
Miami International
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Key West
Navy
Eisenhower Comment on Space Feat Ends Palm Springs Visit
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at a trainside press conference in California releasing thoughts on the Soviet space achievement. He said it is not necessary to be first in everything and praised the U S space program while declining to amplify on Birch Society claims. He concluded his two month Palm Springs retreat and prepared to return to Gettysburg.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
Soviet Union
United States
Robert Welch
John Birch Society
Eisenhower
Welch
Palm Springs
Gettysburg
Improving Economy Indicated By Ragsdale Report
Economic observers see signs of recovery with higher steel and auto production and a likely rise in home building. The Fed notes February trough, March output up slightly, unemployment benefits down for six weeks, and private housing starts at 1,283,000 annual rate in March with 102,100 private starts.
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W. B. Ragsdale JR
Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Sunday Enterprise previews primaries and local features
The Enterprise will publish tomorrow portraits and bios of Primary Day candidates for the May 2 city election and report on the campaign. A Bonnie Moore feature revisits Standard Chair Co. history before demolition. Braxton Younts profiles Hans and Inga Rotemeyer, new High Point residents.
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High Point
Enterprise Tomorrow
Standard Chair Co
Thomasville
Chair City
Sunday Enterprise
Bonnie Moore
Hans Rotemeyer
Inga
Java
Braxton Younts
Enterprise
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White House
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Yuri Gaga
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Tal
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House Science and Astronautics Committee
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