Sinking Ordered Probed after Voyager Collision
Prime Minister Menzies ordered a public probe into the sinking of Australia's first pushbutton destroyer Voyager after a collision with the carrier Melbourne off the coast near Jervis Bay. Nine of Voyager's 17 officers are among the missing, with 259 rescued and the search ongoing.
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Gordon Tait
Sydney
Australia
Robert Menzies
Voyager
Melbourne
Navy
Menzies
Jervis Bay
Alexander J. Forbes
Airline Sued For Expenses In Finding Cat
Alice Starr, a college professor, sues Delta Air Lines for $874 in expenses after her car escaped from a Charleston Airport kennel in 1960. A judge ruled punitive damages are not sought. a jury will decide airline liability for the search costs after Inky the cat went missing for two months.
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Charleston
S. C
Delta Air Lines
G. Badger Baker
Alice Starr
Inky
Miss Starr
California
Nationalist China Breaks Ties With France
Paris reports Nationalist China severed diplomatic links with France, prying President Charles de Gaulle from a regional bind. De Gaulle had hoped to leverage France’s shift to recognize Red China to influence Southeast Asia, while Red China stalled. Taipei’s move appeared to satisfy his aim by ending ties with Chiang Kai-shek’s government. French officials had signaled a break was imminent.
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Paris
China
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Southeast Asia
Red China
Formosa
Taipei
Fies
Chiang Kaishek
$800 Raised For Free Lunches In Beaufort County
Beaufort County residents collected over 800 dollars to fund free lunches for children of unemployed farm laborers. School Superintendent W F Veasey said more than 200 children will likely need aid until farm jobs resume in late March.
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Washington, N. C
Beaufort County
W. F. Veasey
Veasey
North Carolina
Hard Freeze Expected Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports light snow in the North Carolina mountains with minimal accumulation and a hard freeze forecast for the state tonight. Schools closed in Buncombe Yancey and Haywood counties and Canton. icy spots on highways with chains advised on U S 441 over Soco Gap. Temperatures drop to the teens in mountains and 20s elsewhere with highs in 30s to 50s.
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Associated Press
Carolina
Buncombe
Yancey
Haywood
Canton
Highway Patrol
U.S. 441
Soco Gap
Tar Heel
Piedmont
North Carolina
National Park Service
Cherokee
Newfound Gap
Swain County
US 19
Nantahala Gorge
Illinois
Health care plan locked in committee in Congress
President Johnson pressed a five year elderly care proposal under Social Security. The House Ways and Means Committee may hold hearings in March as it debates hospital and medical services expansion. Supporters cite growing need while opponents warn of cost and scope under the present plan.
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Edmond Lebreton
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Means
Oren Harris
House
Harris
Carl Albert
Oklaho
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Fone
John F. Kennedy
Civil rights bill passes House amid broad support
The House approved sweeping civil rights legislation after months of effort, aimed at ending racial discrimination in employment public accommodations voting schools and federally aided programs. A new community relations service would mediate racial disputes.
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John Beckler
Washington
Senate
Mike Kion
House
Men of
John Levery
America
Congress
Snow and Boycott Uncertain Amid Snowfall
In Cambridge Maryland a mass boycott by Negro students of Dorchester County public schools faces uncertainty as up to three inches of snow fall. Police arrest two photographers amid access restrictions around schools. Superintendent Busick doubts who absentees will affect attendance. Mrs. Gloria Richardson questions impact.
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Tom Stuckey Cambridge
Dorchester County
James G. Busick
Gloria Richardson
Cambridge
County Board of Education
Bruce G. Hoertel
Washington, D. C
Columbia Broadcasting System
Larry Krebs
WMAL
Washington
Greek students clash with Cyprus police in Athens
Thousands of Greek students protested a U S and British backed peace plan to police Cyprus as Undersecretary George Ball visited. Ball faced delays while Greek leaders signaled approval contingent on UN Security Council backing, with Cyprus President Makarios uncertain and seeking council control.
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Philip Dopoulos
Athens
Greece
U.S
George Ball
Cyprus
U.N. Security Council
Soviet Union
Nicosia
Makarios
Security Council
Fair trial doubts grow for Ruby in Dallas
In Dallas, two civic leaders testified that Jack Ruby would likely face an unfair murder trial for killing Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas. They cited local bias as defense seeks venue change while trial date looms and defense argues a Dallas blueprint to deny a fair outcome.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Stanley Marcus
Nieman-Marcus
Clayton Fowler
Dallas County Criminal Bar Association
Ruby
Oswald
Kennedy
J.D. Tippit
Fowler
Marcus
Kowler
Belli
Ohio Loses Half Million In Cigarette Taxes
Ohio Treasurer John D Herbert reports a half million dollar drop in cigarette tax revenue since the cancer link report issued January 11. Collections fell $353,000 versus last year and were down about $220,000 the prior week, marking two straight weekly declines. At five cents per pack, the revenue drop equates to 11,460,000 fewer packs for a 10 million plus population.
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Vewumbus
Ohio
John D. Herbert
Herbert
Newsmen Barred From Base Over Cuban Crisis
Washington AP says the Defense Department will not allow newsmen to travel to Guantanamo Bay for on-the-spot reporting during the Cuba crisis. The government cites national interest and reviews the matter daily, while a British Telegraph reporter at the base has limited dispatches and is set to fly out on the next Navy plane.
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Washington
Defense Department
Guantanamo Naval Base
Pentagon
Associated Press
United States
Cuba
Guantanamo
U.S
London Daily Telegraph
Fidel Castro
Tetlow
Notasulga High School Boycott Halts Classes
In Alabama a white pupil boycott emptied Notasulga High classrooms while six Negroes, ordered by a federal judge to enroll, faced a barrier after fire-prevention rules blocked them at the door. At Shorter High, six Negroes entered under federal orders, as police reported no white pupils present during the opening bell.
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Notasulga
Ala
Parker
Notasulga High
Rockingham
N.C
K A. C. Godwin Jr
Shorter High
Godwin
Notasulga High School
Opelika
State troop guards at schools amid private academy boycott
A small force of state troops remained at several schools as Notasulga reported no onlookers. The State Board of Education had ordered a private academy in Tuskegee to open its doors to boycotting pupils, while a court suit sought to block state aid tuition grants to private schools and prohibit funds for migrants in aid.
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Notasulga
State Board of Education
Tuskegee High
aIand
Lschool
Voting and public accommodations provisions outlined
The attorney general could request a three judge court for voting rights cases and establish uniform literacy presumptions for federal elections. Public accommodations would extend to hotels, restaurants, theaters, etc, with AG power to seek injunctions and civil actions for violations. contempt could follow ongoing violations. private suits could be aided by AG intervention.
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Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Miss
Kentucky
Atlantic
Cereres
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Geneva
Tsarapkin
Yuri I. Nossenko
Welfare Board
Alabama
Macon Academy
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Ligh
Shartor
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