Vatican Hosts Khrushchev Son-in-Law After Meeting Pope
Pope John XXIII privately meets Alexei Adzhubei editor of Izvestia in the Vatican library after an 18 minute discussion. Adzhubei, accompanied by wife Rada, is identified as an atheist. The exchange occurs as the Pope accepts the Balzan Peace prize amid reporters and goodwill remarks.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Khrushchev
Alexei Adzhubei
Rada
Soviet Union
Adzhubei
Izvestia
Vatican
Pope John
Papacy
TV Audience Ratings Under Fire by Ex NBC Chief
Former NBC president Sylvester Weaver tells a House subcommittee that ratings are a flawed yet relied upon measure of TV audiences. He warns the industry has fallen into a "never never land" by overemphasizing audience measuring reports and notes possible 20 percent errors, while networks defend their use.
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National Broadcasting Co
Sylvester Weaver
House Commerce Subcommittee
Soviets Said To Store Weapons In Cuban Caves
The military intelligence chief told a Senate panel that the Soviets may store ammunition vehicles and aircraft in thousands of caves in Cuba hidden from top Cuban officers. Aerial photos show road extensions to cave sites and reports of underground storage. no confirmed missiles or warheads are believed in Cuba though nukes could be used if present.
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Washington
Army
Cuba
Alva R. Fitch
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Fitch
North Carolina daylight saving bill advances in committee
The House Judiciary Committee in Raleigh backed a daylight saving time bill after an 8 8 tie, with Rep. Steve Dolley breaking the deadlock in favor. Sponsor Rep. Claude M. Hamrick argued for moving the state to DST from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October, while critics cited business and scheduling confusion and past defeats.
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House
Judiciary
North Carolina
Steve Dolley
Gaston
Claude M. Hamrick
Forsyth
David Britt
Robeson
Hamrick
C. E. Leatherwood
Lincoln
A. A. MacMillan
Wake
Powell’s Funds Cut By House
The House reduced nearly half the funds Powell sought for his Education and Labor Committee and halted the special task force under his sole control. Critics cited junketing and overreach as motives while Powell reportedly recuperated from flu in Puerto Rico.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Education and Labor Committee
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Puerto Rico
North Carolina considers 250 million road bond plan
Evans proposes a 250 million road bond with 100 million to secondary roads 100 million to primary roads and 50 million to cities If sunken interstate funding is requested Stikeleather notes Asheville Chamber backs interstate roads and Evans doubts voter support He suggests continuing the 1 cent gas tax for 15 years to fund the bonds and urges municipal street funding under Powell Bill based formulas
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Legistate
Stikeleather
Asheville
Powell
James K. Glenn
Forsyth County
Commission
Department of Motor Vehicles
Highway Fund
General Fund
Dam Burst Drowns Five in Norwich Center Flood
Five people died and one missing after a 20 foot dam failed, unleashing flood waters through Norwich Connecticut center. A boiler explosion followed at a cord plant, destroying a wing as the river of water swept through the business district.
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Norwich
Moody Boys
Connecticut
Lewis Sears
Harold Walz
Public Works
Anna Barrett
Madeline Atterbury
Alex Pobol
Helen Roode
Season of the Soviet Spy profile by FBI chief
FBI chief warns spies have no fixed image and can be anyone. The piece cites cases like Klaus Fuchs David Greenglass Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Ruth Greenglass and others to illustrate diverse profiles and long reach of Soviet espionage. It notes spies can be anyone from a typist to a scientist and mentions Quebec and Col. Rudolf Abel cases.
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John Edgar Hoove
Federal Bureau of Investigate
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Moscow
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
David
Ruth
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
FBI
Col
Rudolf Abel
Quebec
Col. Abel
California Goldwater drive targets two million signatures
A committee led by Del Kirk Patrick of Anaheim launches a Goldwater for president campaign in California aiming for two million signatures and over one million dollars to back conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater for the Republican nomination next year.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
del Kirkpatrick
Anaheim
Kirkpatrick
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Cabbie Finds 1000 Dollar Bill After Big Tip
New York taxi driver Harry Kuester picked up two men in the Bronx around 2 a.m. The rider paid with a bill he believed was a $10 note for a 40 cent fare. Kuester later learned it was a $1,000 bill and handed it to police to determine if it came from crime. if not claimed, it will be returned to Kuester. He called his wife and mother before deciding to involve authorities.
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New York
Harry Kuester
Bronx
Kuester
Elsie
Lillian
Rusk cites discontent in Cuba and exile urge
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Cuba faces growing discontent with hundreds of thousands seeking freedom abroad. He described a grim economy under Fidel Castro and noted no elections since 1959, warning the regime has transformed Cuba into a satellite economy.
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Dean Rusk
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Rusk
Afl-Cio
Castro
East Germany
Viet Nam
Cape Fear Bridge Backers Pack Raleigh Auditorium
Between eight hundred and one thousand supporters from southeast North Carolina gathered at the Highway Building Auditorium to push for a seventeen million dollar Cape Fear River bridge at Wilmington. Highway Chairman Merrill Evans pledged a decision within thirty days and announced a special meeting set for March twenty first. The Cape Fear caravan traveled on fourteen buses and several cars, with a bus proclaiming Big Men Build Big Bridges. Evans defended the pause for consideration with the crowd's questions about the 30 day wait.
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North Carolina
Highway Building
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
Merrill Evans
Highway Commission
Evans
Commission
New Hanover
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