Castro announces drastic rationing of food in Cuba
Castro admitted serious problems in the Cuban revolution and announced nationwide rationing of rice beans lard cooking oil and other staples. Beating shortages will cap rice at six pounds per person and beans at 1 12 pounds monthly while beef milk vegetables and eggs also face limits. Soap toothpaste and detergents will join the ration list in major cities.
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George Arfeld
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
Kennedy
Cuba
Havana Radio
Four Babies in Critical Condition After Salt Formula
In Binghamton New York four babies at Binghamton General Hospital are critically ill after a salt laden formula was fed to them. Seventeen others have been discharged and six more are under watch as investigators probe possible salt poisoning.
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Binghamton, N. Y
Binghamton General Hospital
Lawrence Finberg
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Jason K. Moyer
Moyer
Finberg
John E. Kiley
Albany Medical College
Outer Banks disaster aid sought after $12 million damage estimate
Raleigh AP report: North Carolina seeks federal major disaster designation for storm wreckage on the Outer Banks after a meeting with Governor and Civil Defense officials. Damages pegged at 12 million with 10 million private property, 1.5 to 2 million public facilities.
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Raleigh
Kennedy
North Carolina
Thomas H. Goodman
Office of Emergency Planning
Thomasville
Goodman
Sanford
Highway Department
Duck
Hatteras
Oregon Inlet
Englehard and
Civil Defense
Edward F. Griffin
West withholds plan at disarmament conference
U S and Britain decide not to present detailed proposals to guard against secret nuclear tests as the 17 nation disarmament conference opens. Rusk and Gromyko meet for three hours with no agreement. Berlin and peace treaty issues surface amid wary Soviet insistence on on site bans. Kennedy calls for realistic avenues to move from nuclear peril toward security.
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Arthur Gavshon
Geneva
United States
Britain
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gormyko
Berlin
Retary Lord Home
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
U.N
U ‘Thant
Gromyko
France
Kennedy says US ready to act on disarmament at Geneva
President Kennedy says the United States is prepared to take immediate action on any agreement reached at the Geneva disarmament conference. Senate leaders say the goal is a complete disarmament program under international control and broad early agreement.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
U.S
United States
Rusk
Geneva
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
McCormack
Dense Fire Decimates Wilmington Business Complex
Dense smoke poured through downtown Wilmington as a fire hit the McMillan and Cameron complex housing an electric store a filling station and the citys largest downtown garage. Thirty five off duty firefighters were recalled and twenty more helped contain the flames in fifty five minutes. The blaze started from an exploding neon light in the store and flames were limited to the two story building near City Hall. Cars were moved from the garage. Only partial loss estimates were given by owners Dan and Bruce Cameron and Fire Chief E E Millner.
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Wilmington
N.C
McMillan and Cameron
E. E. Millner
Dan
Bruce Cameron
Kennedy seeks 4.9 billion for foreign aid in 1963
President Kennedy formally proposes a 4.8785 billion dollar foreign aid program for fiscal 1963 with 3.3785 billion for economic help and 1.5 billion for military aid. Hearings begin Wednesday as Congress faces potential cuts, and a new 3 billion Latin America fund is requested for four years with 600 million planned for the coming year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mili
Alliance For Progress In
Latin America
President Kennedy's Mother Undergoes Pelvic Hernia Operation
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy aged 71 underwent a successful pelvic hernia operation at St Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston. The procedure lasted 1 hour 5 minutes and was performed by Dr Roy J Heffernan with no malignancy found. The president was fully informed and Edward M Kennedy was expected to stay near the hospital.
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Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Graham Reports Broad Good Will Toward U S In South America
Billy Graham said his South American trip showed a large reservoir of friendship for the United States. He cited Cuba discontent, the Alliance for Progress, and the Kennedy visit as three factors shaping warm Latin American sentiment. He blamed anti American protests on a core of agitators, some Communist inspired, and urged President Kennedy to visit South America again.
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Raleigh
Billy Graham
South America
United States
Latin America
Graham
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
Kennedy
Gov. Sanford
Council of State, Justices of the State
Mrs Kennedy Visits Indian Aid Fueled Center
Mrs John F Kennedy toured the All-India Medical Institute funded by U S aid and Rockefeller support as two young heart patients welcomed her with roses. She later attended a luncheon with President Prasad and prepared for a Ganges sail and a visit to the Taj Mahal.
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New Delhi
India
John F. Kennedy
All-India Medical Institute
U.S
Rockefeller Foundation
Kennedy
Rajendra Prasad
Nehru
Rome
Ganges
Banares
Taj Mahal
Amoeba Rumor Causes City Wide Phone Inquiries
A Greenville radio report about an amoeba on the loose sparked many calls to WQOK on Monday. DJ Rick Fight said the misinterpreted broadcast began after a science student’s call claiming an amoeba was loose.
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Greenville
S. C
Rick Fight
WQOK
Senator Hart's Wife Pushes First American Woman in Space
Mrs. Hart and Jerrie Cobb press for a female astronaut program. She seeks Johnson and NASA support to break the all male space roster, arguing scientific value and future need for women in long term satellite missions.
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Washington
Phillip A. Hart
Lyndon B. Johnson
Michigan Democrat
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Hart
Jane Briggs
Detroit
Johnson
National Aeronautics and Space Council
James E. Webb
NASA
Webb
Jerrie Cobb
Oklahoma City
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Long Beach Island
N. J
Ailee Detergent
Mantec
Outer Banks Beach
Kitty Hawk
West Withholds
Rose Kennedy
South Amerca
Mrs. Kennedy
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