Soviets Reject Offer To Merge Test Ban Talks
In Geneva the Soviet Union refused to merge the nuclear test ban talks with disarmament negotiations. Soviet delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin reiterated insistence on a three nation framework and a unilateral test moratorium. He said Moscow seeks a national control network for detecting clandestine tests rather than the international system previously agreed.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
U. S
Charles C. Stelle
Britain
Michael Wright
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
Moscow
Living Costs Dip in December as Auto Gasoline and Clothing Drop
December sees a one tenth of one percent decline in the consumer price index to 128.2 from 1947 49. Food costs rise slightly while services continue to climb. Labor official Myers notes January February may see tiny gains but 1962 overall price stability. Factory worker earnings rise to 35.17 weekly for a four person family amid higher after tax income. Used car prices fall nearly 3 percent, though year over year still up about 14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Labor Statistics
Myers
Rights Battle Rises in Senate Over Literacy Tests
Senate debate heats over civil rights legislation as Senator Mansfield introduces an administration bill to bar literacy tests from blocking voting rights. Javits supports adding desegregation aid and enforcement provisions while Southern Democrats warn of states rights conflicts. Mansfield proposes six years of schooling as the voting test, targeting presidential and congressional elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Civil Rights Commission
Kennedy
Congress
Executive Branch
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
James
Eastland
D-Miss
Rockefeller split may force own divorce in out-of-state move
Newsday reports Mrs. Nelson A Rockefeller will not pursue an out-of-state divorce from New York Governor Rockefeller. If he wants a divorce he must establish out-of-state residence, risking loss of his state office. The couple’s separation was announced last November.
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Garden City
N.Y
Newsday
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Long Island
Clark
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Arrives After 2500 Mile Stop
Carolee Ream of USC arrives in Roanoke for the Sigma Chi dance weekend after Brendan Cavanagh, a Roanoke College senior, and campus fundraising covered his 330 dollar plane fare. A city key from Mayor Willis Anderson greets her amid photographers.
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Brendan Cavanaugh
Roanoke College
Salem
Carolee
Sigma Chi
Roanoke
Cavanaugh
California
Los Angeles
Beau
Carolee Ream
University of Southern California
Brendan Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Miss Ream
Miami
Tau Chapter
Raffles
Signa Chi
Willis Anderson
Brendan
Flu Epidemic Expected To Peak Next Week In NC
Health officials say North Carolina faces a flu outbreak likely to peak next week with four to six weeks total in the state. Virus B predominates, hitting schoolchildren hardest. Wadesboro and Morven schools report closures while Anson County remains open.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Jacob Koomen
Dr. Koomen
Wadesboro
Morven
Anson County
Uruguay Backs Leniency Threatening Action Over Cuba
In Punta del Este Uruguay joins the soft seven opposing stern measures against Castro regime. Delegates clash over sanctions and a watchdog committee, extending the Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference deadline as Brazil and Mexico balk at the U S plan.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Soft Seven
Havana
Fidel Castro
Organization of American States
Homero Martinez Montero
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Marcos Falcon Briceno
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Fulk
Mexico
U.S
inter-American Defense Board
U S Ready To Launch Moon Ranger 3 From Cape Canaveral
The United States readies the Atlas Agena B rocket to launch Ranger 3 toward the moon. If successful, the mission will televise lunar imagery and record moonquakes, aiding future manned lunar landings planned for 1967. Rangers 4 and 5 are planned later this year as repeat efforts after earlier partial successes and failures.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Ranger 3
Moon
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Soviet Union
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Calif
Senators Probe Censoring of Military Speeches
The Armed Services Committee examines censorship of anti Communism speeches with some editors using odd terms like pica gunish to describe changes. Witnesses include Gen Lyman Lemnitzer and Adm Arleigh Burke as Eisenhower testimony frames budget talks and command streamlining.
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Washington
Picagunish
Ali
Armed Services Committee
Army
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Thomas D. White
Air Force Chief of Staff
Arthur G. Trudeau
Army Research and Development
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ydigoras Claims Plot Under Way
President Miguel Ydigoras declared a state of siege and martial law after alleging an assassination plot by Cuban Communist direction targeting him Cabinet ministers and Archbishop Mariano Rossell Arellano. He said Cuban directed gunmen staged the attack and ordered a curfew.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
Mariano Rossel Arellano
Ydigoras
Cuba
Central American
Glenn well prepared for world orbit mission risks emphasized
Cape Canaveral AP described John H. Glenn Jr as well prepared for his historic orbit attempt. Officials noted the risks remain despite calm seas and clear skies and outlined oxygen and carbon dioxide limits for the space capsule. A Ranger 3 moon reconnaissance mission was also planned barring delays.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Aeronautics and Space
Glenn
Governor Donald Nutter Dies In Montana Plane Crash
Gov. Donald G. Nutter, 46, and six others including his secretary, the agriculture commissioner, and three crew members died when a C47 twin engine plane crashed in turbulent weather near Wolf Creek. Lt. Gov. Tim Babcock will assume the office.
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Wolf Creek
Mont
Donald G. Nutter
Montana
Nutter
Dennis B. Gordon
Billings
Edward C. Wren
Cascade
Cliff Hanson
Joseph Devine
Death of Lucano chief Charles Lucky Luciano in Naples
Naples Italy bulletin reports the death of Charles Lucky Luciano a prewar US vice lord from a heart attack in Naples two named as Luciano. The report notes his notoriety as a crime figure in the United States.
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Naples
Italy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
United States
Mutineers threaten massacre in Congo town Kindu
UN reports Congolese mutineers threaten to massacre Catholic missionaries in Kindu, following the Kongolo massacre. Brig. Dick Lawson, who surveyed Kongolo, calls the Kindu situation dangerous as troops move through the town. UN Command awaits New York instructions.
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Peter Grose
Leopoldville
Congo
Kivu
Kindu
Kongolo
United Nations
U.N
New York
Dick Lawson
Lawson
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G. Milton Kelly
GOP
Tim M. Babcock
Babcock
Maxine
Ed Wirth
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GOV
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