Patent Hosiery Suit Prepares for Major Trial in Greensboro
A Greensboro court will hear a major patent case involving Getaz Ledwell and Slane hosiery processes used by leading North Carolina mills. Plaintiffs Adams Millis Bear Brand and partners seek damages and enforcement against Melrose Crown Harriss Covington Amos and others over three patents covering toe closure and seaming methods. Defendants argue prior art invalidates the patents. two weeks are set for hearings with many witnesses and exhibits planned.
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Greensboro
High Point
Aggms-Millis
Slane
Silver-Knife
Amos
Melrose Crown
Harriss & Covington
L. Richardson Preyer
U. S. Middle District Court
Welch Jordan
James T. Burns
William L. Mathis
Arthur O. Cooke
David Rabin
District Court
Court of Appeals
Everybody Gets In Hiking Act Faces Public Interest
Washington AP report says Kennedy era Council on Physical Fitness is flooded with inquiries and letters about the hiking act. Many seek publicity or profit, and officials expect the wave to subside after initial buzz.
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Washington
Kennedy
Council On Physical Fitness
Kennedy endorsed 50 mile hike becomes local craze
Richard Snider and W L Nicholson report on a U S Marine style 50 mile hike craze sweeping various groups from grandmothers to college students. Some praise the test, others mock it, while a caller jokes about hoops and a worker claims to walk 40 miles daily.
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Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. Marine
Richard Snider
W. L. Nicholson
Test Ban Talks Near Collapse
Geneva AP reports the 17 nation disarmament conference teetering after 42 years of effort as the United States and Soviet Union remain split on on site inspections. The Soviet Union accepts inspections but limits them to two or three per year on Russian soil while the Western demand of eight to ten is rejected. The plan shifts to seven to ten black boxes, with Moscow accepting only three. Plenary sessions continue this week despite the stalemate.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Senate
American Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
William C. Foster
Joseph B. Godber
Vassily V. Kuznetsov
Moscow
America
Hijacked Venezuelan freighter bound for Brazil
U S Navy planes intercept the Anzoategui as hijackers steer toward Belem Brazil. Rockets fired across her bow after two turns to Puerto Rico, ship reports attack while Brazilian asylum talks cloud fate of vessel and crew.
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Anzoategui
Caracas
Surinam
British Guiana
Belem
Recife
Brazil
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
U.S
Puerto Rico
South American
Haven
Venezuela
French Guiana
Horst Buchholz
Defense Department
Washington
Tax Cut Plan Draws Fire From Allies and Critics
Washington AP reports a split among lawmakers and economists over President Kennedy's $13.6 billion tax cut over three years. Sen. Frank Lausche warns it may trigger calamity and inflation. Leon Keyserling argues the plan does not go far enough to boost the economy or reduce deficits.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Leon H. Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisers
Truman
Lausche
Keyserling
Congress
Final bid for life ends as Iraqi leader Kassem is executed
Abdel Karim Kassem pleads for life to Col Abdel Salam Aref before execution after the Feb 8 9 revolution that toppled his regime. An army major recounts a 30 hour battle, capture of Kassem, and a court martial at the radio station where Aref presided.
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Alex Eftyvoulos
Baghdad
Iraq
Vienna
Abdel Karim Kassem
Abdel Salam Aref
Kassem
Defense Ministry
Tigris
Mmain
Wasfi Tahir
Abdel Salam
Abass Mahdawi
Mahdawi
Aref
Glenn Still Eyes Stars A Year After His Orbital Flight
Houston AP report on John Glenn reflecting a year after Friendship 7. He eyes future space travel to the moon, cites team ground work, and notes ongoing NASA efforts and public recognition. Glenn discusses family life and his image as a down to earth hero.
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Howard Benedict Houston
Tex
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Friendship 7
Noa
Cape Canaveral
Mercury Control Center
John Glenn
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Annie
David
Lyn
U.S
Manned Spacecraft
Virginia
Africans Seek West How to Continue Studies in Exile
African students stranded in Bulgaria pursue western education options amid travel costs and exit permit concerns. Ethiopian, Nigerian, and Ghanaian students seek placement in the United States, the Netherlands, and West Germany while Bulgaria restricts departures and airlines demand hard currency.
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Vienna
Austria
Bulgaria
Sofia
Belgrade
United States
Hague
Ghana
J. L. Appah Sampong
Netherlands
Bonn
West Germany
Fulbright Slams GOP Trip Over Foreign Policy
Sen. J William Fulbright says Gov Nelson Rockefeller and Sens Barry Goldwater and Hugh Scott endanger free world unity with partisan foreign policy attacks. He condemns De Gaulle criticism and cites Clare Boothe Luce remarks as suggesting Europe be treated as a U.S. colonial area.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
New York
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Scott
Clare Boothe Luce
Henry R. Luce
Charles de Gaulle
Gen. de Gaulle
Free World
Arkansas Democrat
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