Bladen Lakes State Forest Offered as Bombing Range Site
Gov. Sanford proposes Bladen Lakes State Forest in Bladen County as a new bombing range for the Air Force to resolve a dispute over the Hyde County Lake Mattamuskeet site. The plan aims to protect hunting and wildlife while keeping Seymour Johnson Base pivotal to North Carolina.
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State Forest
Bladen County
Raleigh
Sanford
Bladen Lakes State Forest
Air Force
North Carolina
Tactical Air Command
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Lake Mattamuskeet
Hyde County
Bladen Lakes
Eugene Zuckert
Bladen Lakes Forest
Seymour Johnson Base
State Conservation and
Zuckert
East Germans hijack river boat to flee Berlin
Thirteen East Germans including eight men five women and a five month old baby hijacked the Friedrich Wolf, a 386 ton river excursion boat on the Spree. Police fired over 200 bullets as the vessel carried them toward West Berlin, with no injuries reported. The escape followed planning over a week and involved tying up the captain and engineer before dawn.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Friedrich Wolf
East Berlin
Spree
Vopos
Canal
Bodo K
Lieselotte W
Laos princes adjourn talks on coalition formation
Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma said the three princes summit will postpone until Monday to reflect on forming a coalition government. Prince Souphanouvong and Premiers Boun Oum and Gen. Phoumi Nosavan returned to Vientiane after a half hour session, with progress reported but no job allocations agreed. The plan envisions a troika style control of defense and interior ministries with cross faction approval.
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Khang Khay
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Boun Oum
Souvanna
Phoumi Nosavan
Vientiane
Defense
Interior
Pathet Lao
Phoumi
Bangkok
United Nations
Tempers Flare At Hearing On Military Censorship
Washington hearing on Thurmond charges that anti Communist censorship muzzles the military escalates as Arthur Sylvester argues back amid sharp exchanges with Thurmond and Stennis. Sylvester labeled Thurmond accusations gratuitous while the panel nears its windup in January started probe.
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Washington
Senate
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Thurmond
Arthur Sylvester
Defense
John Stennis
D-Miss
Sylvester
Stennis
South Carolina
U. S
Kennedy Seeks Five Point Tax Plan For 1962
President Kennedy outlines a five point tax package to start next January aiming to boost the economy. The proposal includes income tax cuts for individuals and corporations, depreciation writeoffs, standby authority to cut taxes, and tax relief for transportation. He urged quick congressional action and warned against a stagnant recovery amid market declines.
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Whitney
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Tax Talk
House
Ways and Means Committee
Soviet Union delivers sharp warning over West Berlin
In Moscow the Soviet Union warned Britain France and the United States it will not permit West Berlin to remain a base for revengist and militarist circles. Notes delivered to embassies accused Western powers of causing tension and signaled possible measures to fulfill commitments to East Germany. Khrushchev and Ulbricht held talks before the notes were issued.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Lit
Britain
France
United States
German Democratic Republic
Ahich
Europe
U.S
Berlin
Khrushchev
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Hodges Not Alarmed By Spending
Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges said a Kennedy tax cut would not alarm him as deficits persist. He urged lower taxes as sufficient stimulus and noted the economy was above 550 billion dollars in annual output despite a 7 billion deficit in the 1962 fiscal year ending June 30.
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Kennedy
Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
NBC ‘Today
Official Says $400 Received From Estes
James T. Ralph a former assistant secretary of agriculture testified he received two $100 money orders from Billie Sol Estes and his assistant William E. Morris received two more totaling $400. Republican counsel Robert E. Manuel charged many others also received such money orders including some Congress members and a high ranking administration official. Manuel claimed Estes pressured employees by invoking Sam Rayburn and Lyndon B. Johnson, though Johnson’s name did not surface in testimony.
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Washington (Ap
James T. Ralph
Manuel
Morris
Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Estes
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Ralph
Kennedy
Washington
Democratic National Committee
California
Demoratic Committee
National Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Methodists Adopt New Budget for Western NC Conference
The Western North Carolina Methodist Conference adopted an annual budget of 788,220 dollars for the year ending May 31, 1963. Apportionments by district include Albemarle 46,333 Asheville 56,313 Charlotte 102,295 Gastonia 74,487 Greensboro 81,133 High Point 68,766 Marion 43,495 North Wilkesboro 25,870 Salisbury 67,027 Statesville 65,884 Thomasville 44,307 Winston Salem 78,632 Waynesville 33,678. Minimum salaries start at 3,600 for singles and 3,800 for married ministers, with supplements by years of service and dependents. The budget compares with 779,820 last year, in a 3 million capital drive noted by the Commission on World Service and Finance.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Western North Carolina
North Wilkesboro
Salisbury
Statesville
Thomasville
Winiston-Salem
Waynesville
Commission On World Service and Finance
Herbert Wayne
Charlotte
Commission On Christian Higher Education
Methodists
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U.S. Army
Boston
Museum of Science
Graham
Hyde
General Assembly
The
Wildlife Resources Commission
Fayetteville
Wilmington
Kinstol
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