U S appeals to allies for tighter noose over Cuba
Washington reports that President Johnson splits Guantanamo from the Cuban economy and water supply, directing self sufficiency at the base and urging Western Hemisphere and NATO allies to weigh responses. Secretary Rusk and Defense picture Castro pressing for the base. Dorticos vows to reclaim the base by any means.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Johnson
Guantanamo Naval Base
State Department
Fidel Ca Tinistro
Naval Base
White House
Kremlin
Osvaldo Dorticos
Havana
Rusk
Guantanamo
Dorticos
Defense Department
Castro
Janitor Fired After Refusing to Empty Ash Trays
Santa Monica California Douglas Aircraft Co. fires a janitor who refused to empty ash trays citing fear of cancer from cigarette butt contact. The worker was influenced by a surgeon general report on health hazards of smoking.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Co
U.S
Boy Toy Gun Cause a Scare in New York
President Johnson was leaving the Waldorf Astoria when police reported a man with a rifle on a rooftop nearby. Patrols found an abandoned building and a boy with a toy gun, three blocks east of the Waldorf on 49th Street between First and Second Avenues.
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New York
Johnson
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Carlyle Hotel
49Th Street
First and
Second Avenues
the Waldorf
Weather Summary: Partly Cloudy and Cold
Partly cloudy skies and cold temperatures forecast for today with brisk winds. Local highs near freezing and lows below freezing overnight. High humidity not expected. light southwest breeze. Stay warm and check for any changes in the forecast.
Cold Air Moves Into Arkansas Weather Outlook
Cold air moved into Arkansas as skies cleared with cool weekend temperatures expected. Maximums Thursday mostly in the 50s to 60s and overnight lows near 20s. Five day outlook shows 2 to 6 degrees below normal with minor day to day changes and precipitation of a quarter to three quarters of an inch mainly in the south early next week.
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Arkansas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Piney Woods District Marks Scout Week 1964 Events
Piney Woods District including Hempstead Howard Lafayette and Nevada counties celebrates Scout Week February 7 to 13 marking the 56th anniversary of the movement's incorporation. Anniversary Day features a rededication at 8 15 PM with pledges renewed at home and elsewhere. Scouts wear uniforms for Scout Sunday church services and a Methodist Church service titled Scouting on the Trail of Life. District membership rose by 40.85 percent in 1963, serving 308 boys 77 adults and 10 units registered in Hope.
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Piney Woods
Hempstead
Howard
Lafayette
Nevada
Washington, D.C
America
Hope
Charge Right Wing Films in Schools in Memphis
Labor leader William Ross of the city AFL CIO Labor Council charged that school films on communism brainwash children. He denounced three parochial and county shows sponsored by Freedom Projects as anti-labor propaganda. The Catholic and county officials defended the films as protective of wage earners against communism.
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Memphis
William Ross
Aflcio Labor Council
John Elliott Dioceasan
Roan Catholic
Tennessee
Arthur Rauscher
Freedom Projects
Brookfield
Mass
National Education
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Herbert Philbrick
Hope Festival of Fine Arts Planning Meeting Planned
Representatives of city groups met at 4 p.m. Friday in the Hotel Barlow dining room called by Mrs. B C Hyatt to organize for the Hope Festival of Fine Arts April 26 to May 10. The Friday Music Club plans to expand its Spring Music Festival into a broader arts festival with cooperation from local organizations. Further details and central meetings will be announced later.
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Hope Star
Barlow
B. C. Hyatt
Hope Festival of Fine Arts
Mary Anita Laseter
Kenneth Daniels
George W. Peck
Buddy Porter
Travis Ward
B.C. Hyatt
Dorothy Redd
B. N. Holt
Bill Flanders
Mitch LaGrone
Eddie Whitman
Roger Pitts
George Frazier
Howard Prichard
Calvin Smith
Talbot Feild, Jr
Arch Wylie
Hyatt
Southwest freezing storm kills and halts travel
Unusually heavy back-to-back blizzards crippled communities across the Southwest with up to 30 inches of snow and freezing temperatures near zero. Rescue efforts by National Guardsmen and air bases aided stranded ranch families while several deaths were reported in Texas and New Mexico. Roads remained hazardous and closures lingered as officials warned of ongoing danger.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
San Miguel
Union
Quay
Texas Agriculture
John C. White
Texas
Cannon Air Force Base
Texas Panhandle
U.S. 66
Amarrillo
White Deer
Tex
Judge Seeks Special Election in 6th Senatorial District
Gov. Faubus said three of four county judges in the 6th District favor a special election to fill the late state senator’s seat. Roy W. Stockton Ray Sikes and Jones Floyd support the move, while Sevier County Judge Tom Coulter does not object. The district would lack representation until a successor is elected and qualified.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Roy W. Stockton
Polk County
Ray Sikes
Little River County
Jones Floyd
Howard County
Faubus
Sevier
Tom
Coulter
Iterm
Nathan G. Coulter
Nashville
Young McLarty Tells About Washington Trip for Arkansas
Mae McLarty, Arkansas junior senator, returns from a Hearst Foundation sponsored week in Washington D C with 102 delegates from all states and DC. He met Senators McGovern Fulbright and McClellan and Representatives Harris and Mills. The group toured landmarks, visited the Kennedy grave, and attended a White House tea. The trip cost about 120000 with FBI visit and a flag presented by state senators later given to Hope High School.
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Young McLarty
Washington
Arkansas
Washington, D. C
Mae McLarty
Hearst Foundation
Morton
Keating
Randolph
McGovern
South Dakota
Fulbright
McClellan
Harris
Mills
District of Columbia
Houston
Tex
Alaska
Senate
Kennedy
White House
Joltson
Mac
Mrs. Johnson
Lynda Bird
Lynda B
Lucy Baines
Hope
Mayo Lee
Clarendon
Congress
Dean Rusk
Far East
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Mayflower Hotel
Mayflower Ballroom
Instructor Faces Trial After Heavy Traffic Fines
New York AP reports Kathryn Macinick, 35, of Bayside Queens, charged with reckless driving driving with out a license speeding driving with improper lights failing to obey a police signal and changing lanes. She has paid 480 in fines for other violations. No other charges listed. Macinick once taught at a driving school.
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NEW York
Kathryn Macinick
Bayside
Queens
Two frostbitten encyclopedia salesmen survive Sierra snow ordeal
Paul Froelich and James Ginrich, both trapped 15 days in a car during a Sierra blizzard, were rescued by a sheriff constable after Froelich’s wife reported them missing. They endured frostbite and hunger, survived on melted snow, and hiked to Tom Penland’s cabin before being fed and aided.
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Fresno
Calif
Sierra
Tom Penland
Paul Froelich
Pleasant Hill
James Ginrich
Sudbury
Ontario
Penland
Froelich
Ginrich
Yooks
Jim
Senators Help Defeat Oil Depletion Amendment in Tax Bill
Senators J William Fulbright and John L McClellan of Arkansas helped defeat amendments to a tax reduction bill. One proposed removing the 10 percent federal excise tax on live theater tickets, which Fulbright supported while McClellan opposed. They also voted against a measure to cut the oil depletion allowance from 274 to 15 percent for oil and gas firms with 1 to 5 million dollars in gross income, which failed.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
John L. McClellan
Fulbright
McCellan
Bids on Canal to Be Opened
Army Engineers will open bids April 16 for the western six miles of the Arkansas Post Canal to connect the Arkansas and White Rivers in Southeast Arkansas. Estimated cost is 4 million dollars.
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Little Rock
Army Engineers
Arkansas
White Rivers
Demo Leaders Set Goal For U S Tax Cut
Washington AP Democratic congressional leaders backed by President Johnson set February 19 or 20 as the target for final action on the largest tax cut in U S history. The Senate approved an 11.6 billion version. conferees planned to reconvene February 18 or 19 to hash differences, with benefits to begin about March 1.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Senate
Capitol Hill
Senate House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
House
Ten-Year-Old Gives Birth by Caesarian in Mexico City
A government hospital spokesman reported that a 10 year-old girl delivered a baby boy by Caesarian section. The infant faced severe respiratory trouble and was placed in an incubator without weighing. The mother was identified as Martin Sanchez Gonzalez, a servant, with the father unknown.
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Mexico City
Manuel Tenorio Ojeda
Martin Sanchez Gonzalez
Soviet Warning on Cyprus in Cyprus Crisis
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned the United States Britain and NATO to keep hands off Cyprus calling a proposed 10,000 man peace force an armed invasion. Moscow delivered notes to U S Britain France Greece and Turkey accusing efforts to block a UN solution while Cyprus seeks UN control of any peacekeeping troops. London called the note gross misrepresentation and deadlock persisted at the London peace conference amid renewed clashes near Kyrenia.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Makarios
Khrushchev
Moscow
Britian
France
Greece
Turkey
Atlantic Alliance
U.N. Security Council
Pavel Yermoshin
Khrushchky
Arios
Une U.N
Uniteds
London
Prus
Aegasion
Kyrenia
I Cyprus
Wheat deal with Russia sparks longshoreman boycott threat
AFL-CIO official Neil Gleason warned at a Maritime Administration hearing that 55,000 longshoremen would refuse to load Continental Grain exports to the Soviet Union unless more U.S. ships are used, citing foreign-flag vessels dealing with the enemy and urging action against shipments. He argued for a waiver allowing less than 50 percent U.S. shipping on the nearly 1 million ton wheat program.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Thomas W. Gleason
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen's Association
Maritime Administration
Gleason
Executive Council
Continental
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