Crippled Airliner Lands After Turbulent Pacific Flight
A Military Air Transport Service plane with 85 aboard landed in Hilo Hawaii after losing three engines and a tire on approach. The aircraft had flown 1 200 miles on two engines with fuel for 13 minutes more. Passengers described calm conduct despite the emergency.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Military Air Transport Service
Pacific
Navy
Cmdr
Robert L. Eklund
Los Altos
Calif
Kennedy Touts Policy Shape After San Jose Welcome
President Kennedy arrived in San Jose Costa Rica after a huge 200000 strong welcome. He planned meetings with Panama and five Central American leaders to draft by nightfall a declaration aimed at improving living standards and boosting defense against Cuban influence. He urged a nation wide resolve to build a wall around Cuba with dedicated men.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Kennedy
United States
Panama
Western Hemisphere
Cuba
Highway panel backs 65 mph limit on some roads
A Raleigh House committee approved a bill enabling the State Highway Commission to set a 65 mph maximum on certain highways. The measure, backed by Rep. Fred Bahnson, includes a 45 mph minimum per an amendment from Rep. Earl Vaughn. Highway engineer C W Lee supported 65 as suitable for the interstate system, while Rep. Archie McMillan opposed raising from 60 mph.
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State Highway Commission
Fred Bahnson
Forsyth
Earl
Exile commandos shell Soviet camp and ship in Cuban raid
Cuban exile groups Alpha 66 and the Second National Front of Escambray said their operatives attacked a Soviet military camp and a Soviet ship near Isabela la Sagua in Las Villas Province. Some Russians were killed and the raiders fled, returning to a secret base.
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Miami
Fla
Alpha 66
Second National Front of
Escambray
Second Front
Sagua la Grande
Las Villas
Isabela la Sagua
New York
Antonio Vaciana
Caribbean
Washington
Voice of the People
Cuba
United States
U.S
Puerto Rico
Scheidt Opposed To Governors On N C Cars
Raleigh AP Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed Scheidt argued against a proposed bill to require governors on all cars sold in North Carolina after September 1 1964 capping speeds at 75 mph He said the measure is well intentioned but would raise enforcement issues and be costly and tamperable He noted traffic from other states would not be bound by the law and few drivers exceed the limit.
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Raleigh
Ed Scheidt
Scheidt
General Assembly
Sen
Lunsford Crew
Halifax
North Carolina
Task Group 77.5 Patrols South China Sea in Readiness
A U S Navy task force, including aircraft carrier 77.5 and four destroyers, prowls the South China Sea with two other 7th Fleet groups nearby. The crew of 3,720 trains for rapid war, ready to retaliate against any Communist attack and deliver nuclear or conventional power if ordered.
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77.5
U.S. Navy
South China Sea
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Red China
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Far East
Asia
Hawaii
Japan
GOP Sponsored Measure Killed
A Republican sponsored measure to bar publishing victims names in sex assault cases was killed in Senate Judiciary II. Senator Luther Hamilton of Carteret said more publicity about crime is needed, not less, arguing that covering up crime is the worst way to curb it.
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Raleigh
Senate
Senate Judiciary II
Luther Hamilton
Carteret
Hamilton
Government publishers accuse officials of lying during crises
A House subcommittee hearing heard from newspaper leaders that government lies erode public trust in crisis reporting. Gene Robb and Charles Rowe condemned deception and urged truth as the tool against totalitarian tactics, criticizing a Defense Department interview reporting directive as intimidation.
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Russia
Cuba
Robb
Washington
Newspa
Associaer
House
Gene Robb
Albany (N.Y
Times-Union
Knickerbocker News
U S Officials Probe Soviet Overflights of US Warships
Washington reports outline three possible aims for Soviet reconnaissance flights over U S carrier groups and Alaskan airspace. Senators Mundt Jackson Gruening urge stronger defenses as Alaska gap underscores defense questions.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Congress
Naissance
Constellation
Western Pacific
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Azores
North Atlantic
North Pacific
Defense Department
Midway Island
Sen. Mundt
South Dakota
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate redistricting and bank branch bills advance
A new redistricting bill would allocate the 50 Senate seats by population with area limits, while banking measures set paid in capital stock requirements for new branches. The Edenton Woman's Club invited lawmakers to a colonial pilgrimage as debates continued on university name changes.
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Raleigh
Senate
North Carolina General Assembly
University of North Carolina
House Higher Education Committee
P. D. Midgett
Dare
State Banking Commission
House
Edenton
Flu Affects 402 000 In State
North Carolina health officials estimate 402000 residents have been affected by the Asian flu epidemic now expected to run to April 1. At least 12 deaths attributed to the outbreak have occurred in eight weeks. Eastern and central areas are largely free of cases.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jacob Koomen
Koomen
Robeson County
Soaring 60s May Take Off in 66 Says Heller
Economist Walter Heller warned the 1960s may not surge until mid to late this decade or the start of the 1970s as rapid family formation drives demand. Other economists at Procter & Gamble and in the industry echoed cautious but optimistic timelines, with some predicting 1966 or 1967 as a turning point.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Walter W. Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Wilson Wright
Procter & Gamble Co
Wright
U. S. News & World Report
George Cline Smith
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Yoko Cray
Honolulu
Hickam Field
Travis Air Field
San Francisco
Raleigh (Ap
Havana
State Department
N.C
Charles S. Rowe
Fredericksburg (Va
Free Lance Star
Freedom of Information
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Rowe
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Subcommittee On
Foreign Operations
Sea of Japan
Nou
Tokyo
Berlin
N. J
Alaska
Henry M. Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ernest Gruening
Nome
Economist
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