Kennedy Urges Rights Bills And Voting Reforms
Senator Kennedy outlined a package of civil rights measures including extending the Civil Rights Commission for four years and creating a national clearinghouse for information and aid. He urged interim federal referees to assess voter qualifications in cases of pending voting rights suits and pressed a ban on applying different tests to different people while seeking literacy presumptions for sixth graders.
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Kennedy
Congress
Soviet Pullout Questioned as Cuba Troop Levels Reported
Washington officials say only a few thousand Soviet troops may depart Cuba by March 15 while four ships head to the island. The Baltika is noted as departed with unknown aboard, and U S officials seek a complete withdrawal though current force totals around 17 000. The administration emphasizes a progressive reduction and notes Moscow regards a full exit as unlikely for now.
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Washington
Cuba
Baltika
Moscow
United States
Dean Rusk
Times
Tad Szule
U.S
Latin America
Grim Choice Faces Disarmament Talks in Geneva
U S and British negotiators confront a stark choice between Soviet terms for a nuclear test ban or extended deadlock after four years of talks. Moscow demands only three inspections and three seismic boxes, while Washington and London seek seven. Khrushchev warns nothing more is expected from the USSR.
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Geneva
U.S
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Rancher's Wife Survives 32 Hours Trapped in Well
Mrs Arthur Hiscock 45 held on in a cave in well for 32 hours in Sanger California. A deputy and sheriff aided rescue lowering ladders and rope. She escaped and was treated for exposure, described as a remarkable woman by her rescuer.
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Pigg
Hiscock
North Carolina Highway Bond Sought to Shore Up Revenue
State Highway Chairman Merrill Evans told a Raleigh audience that a 200 million road bond would help but not solve NC highway funding gaps. He stressed the need for 33 million today to maintain service, and warned two lane roads will need four laning across up to 1000 miles over 10 years. The Senate and House Roads Committees plan a joint meeting March 7 with the Highway Commission.
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Raleigh
Merrill Evans
North Carolina
Evans
Irwin Belk
Mecklenburg
Senate
House
Highway Commission
IRS reports 1204 tax violators sentenced in 1962
The Internal Revenue Service reviews 1962 results showing 1,204 tax violators sentenced, totaling 308 years in prison and 3 million dollars in fines. IRS chief Alan Long said over 2,000 cases were recommended for prosecution, while the Justice Department secured 748 fraud indictments, 300 more than 1961.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Alan Long
IRS
Justice Department
Khrushchev Pushes Back From Public Dispute With Red China
Premier Khrushchev signals a potential Moscow Peking meeting to ease the split in world communism while avoiding public feud. He offers limited aid to Communist states under threat and defends Cuba amid Red China tensions, insisting Moscow alone can aid allies in danger.
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William L. Ryan
Khrushchev
Red China
World Communist Front
Peking
Moscow
Cuba
Berlin
Bipartisan Policy at Low Ebb Over Cuba Dispute
AP reports bipartisan foreign policy in Congress eroding amid dispute over Kennedy Cuba actions. Democrats and Republicans clash as GOP claims of being shut out conflict with White House decisions on the October arms quarantine. Sen Bourke Hickenlooper voices that no bipartisan policy exists while Republicans insist they were not consulted on major moves.
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Washington
Congress
Cuba
Arthur Vandenberg
R-hich
Harry S. Truman
Korea
Kennedy
GOP
White House
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Higher Education Plan Urged by North Carolina Leaders
A panel of educators and state leaders urged adoption of key recommendations from the governor's Commission on Education Beyond the High School. They urged modernization to keep pace with European markets, citing Tar Heel illiteracy and the need for expanded higher education, including a statewide community college system. The plan seeks redefining UNC as the top system unit and creating four year senior status for the university system, with future campus expansion.
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Raleigh
Irving Carlyle
Winston
North Carolina
Carlyle
William C. Archie
State Board of Higher Education
William C. Friday
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Maj. L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Board of Higher Education
Dallas Herring
Rose Hill
State Board of Education
Thomas J. Pearsall
Rocky Mount
UNC
Roger Kiser
Scotland
I. F E. Ready
University of North Carolina
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Anatoly Do
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Hemis
Sanger
Calif
Margo Manning
New York
Madison Square Garden
Manger
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