Countdown Started Better Weather Buoys Hopes For Orbit Attempt
Astronaut John Glenn Jr. eyes a Tuesday launch toward an Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral after a split countdown. Weather outlook improves while recovery ships adjust to the plan. Lt. Col. Powers cites 60-40 odds in favor as a cold front may delay the flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.p
John H. Glenn Jr
Project Mercury
Atlantic
Col. Glenn
Florida
ABA urged to relax ban on courtroom coverage
The ABA faces a push from the FCC chair and media representatives to allow photographers and broadcasters in trials. They urge Canon 35 be revised so judges decide if and how reporting by radio, TV, or still cameras may occur with safeguards.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
Federal Communications Commission
Radio
ABA
Newton Minow
FCC
HELP YOUR CHILD SUCCEED IN SCHOOL EDITOR'S NOTE
Parents are crucial in child education and shaping attitude toward learning. This series urges family involvement to foster curiosity, plan study spaces, encourage questioning, and integrate learning into daily life through reading, discussions, and visits to libraries and museums.
Within 50 Years Catholic Educator Predicts Majority in U.S.
Very Rev John P Leary president of Gonzaga University Spokane predicts Catholics will be a majority in America within half a century He cites demographic trends noting Catholics comprise about one sixth of births now and one third of children born in the last five years He argues federal aid to private and parochial schools will be settled by numbers and time at the American Association of School Administrators meeting.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Atlantic City
N.J
John P. Leary
Gon
Zega University
Spokane
Wash
Lonvention
The
American Association of School Administrators
Father Leary
144 Dead After German Floods Across North Region
In Hamburg and surrounding areas disaster teams worked in near freezing weather to recover 144 bodies with over 100 missing. Hamburg reports 120 deaths, Bremen seven, Lower Saxony revised to eleven with additional fatalities in Schleswig-Holstein. Five soldiers died in rescue operations.
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Hamburg
Germany
North Germany
West Germany
North Sea
Bremen
Lower Saxony
Schleswig - Holstein
Allied Planes Counter New Soviet Pressure
Allied aircraft moved through the Berlin Hamburg corridor to counter renewed Soviet pressure on vital air lanes. Western Allied flights challenged Soviet Northwest corridor flight plans while citing safety rules and the right to civilian and military transport to Berlin.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
Berlin- Hamburg
Red Air Force
Hamburg
Moscow
Frankfurt
Hannover
Trol
East Germany
Red
Midwest hit by weekend blizzard with up to two feet snow
A Midwest storm belt from the Dakotas to Michigan dumped up to two feet of snow and sheets of ice. Sioux Falls recorded 31 inches as the heaviest snow of the season. The system spread to North Dakota Nebraska Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Michigan and moved into Indiana Ohio and the northeastern region. Roads highways and airports were blocked with thousands stranded and many schools and churches canceled.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Dakotas
Michigan
Sioux Falls
S.D
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Upper Lakes
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rockies
Sheboygan
Ozaukee
Secret Algerian talks end as Paris weighs ceasefire
Paris reports secret negotiations between France and Algerian rebels concluded with discussions held in France. Rebel leader Dahlab says talks continue while a government meeting and parlia mentary input are anticipated. A formal feint toward ceasefire margins and a market dip in gold prices mark the development.
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David Mason
Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Tunis
Saad Dahlab
Cuban Exiles Form Paper Army Aiming to Overthrow Castro
In Guatemala AP reports Cuban exiles plan an Army of Liberation of Cuba to attack Castro. Gen Jose Pedrza y Cabrera leads, but no troops are trained here yet. Officials say arms from the United States are needed and no backing has been secured.
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Guatemala
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U. S
Army of Liberation of
Jose E. Pedraza Y Cabrera
Pedraza
United States
AFL-CIO Leaders Sound Armsist Peace After Dec Peace Pact
AFL-CIO leaders at the winter meeting report the two month old armistice between rival union wings is holding well. The building trades and industrial union departments reached a peace pact at a December convention, enabling joint legislative pushes in Congress on previously divergent issues.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
Afl-Cio
Building Trades and Industrial Union
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Congress Starts Public Works Push With $2 Billion Plan
President Kennedy sent to Congress a standby authority for up to 2 billion dollars in public works to jumpstart projects during recessions. The plan would speed federal projects and provide grants and loans to states for high priority improvements, aiming to reduce unemployment within 12 months. Supporters call it prompt economic action. critics warn of increased congressional overreach.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
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