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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1961

Page

2

Khrushchev Says USSR Has Hydrogen Warheads and Rockets

In a speech to agriculture workers in Sverdlovsk, Khrushchev claimed the Soviet Union possesses sufficient hydrogen and atomic weapons to blast an aggressor off the earth and owns the world's most powerful rockets capable of carrying nuclear bombs. Tass released the report on eve of the 99 nation UN General Assembly session in New York.

Moscow Khrushchev Soviet Union Tass General Assembly New York Russia Sverdlovsk

Legislative turmoil echoes in Sacramento amid reforms

Fragmented OCR text shows references to state action on Ambulance regulation, annual physical exams for old-age recipients, and educational policy, with figures like Teale and SB measures. It mentions Assembly votes, court decisions, and budgetary frames across San Joaquin Delta regions, San Mateo, and Butts counties.

Teders San Joaquin Delta Suiporikes Snel Lane Uine Yame SB Ems Teale D. Beaty Autthor Codey Ambul Wineries Butts Game Garmanent West giTitariaks Alter Dayis Perronerty Francis San Mateo Saryaoe

Deferment for Peace Duty For Peace Corps Members

President Kennedy's Peace Corps volunteers likely will receive draft deferments for the length of their service, with possible additional deferments after completion if they stay in national interest work or study. General Hershey emphasized this as an estimate, not a firm promise, depending on future crises.

Washington Kennedy Peace Corps Selective Service Lewis B. Hershey Hershey

Mrs Churchill Rests as Peace Corps Draft Policy Stated

The President stressed that Peace Corps volunteers will not receive automatic draft deferments. During the campaign talk circulated about using the Peace Corps as a substitute for military service. Sargent Shriver said the draft chief conveyed the no deferment stance to him after Lady Churchill, 75, entered hospital for routine examination following a two year hitch.

Peace Corps Hershey Sargent Shriver Thhief London Churchill Winston Churchill Shriver Tors

Jackie Well Flies to Isle Near Gulf

Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy after bronchitis flew from Palm Beach Florida to Boca Grande Island near the Gulf of Mexico to confer with Henry F DuPont, chairman of a decor committee she appointed to study White House furnishings. She traveled with a Secret Service agent and socialite Mrs Charles B Wrightsman.

Washington UPL Jacqueline Kennedy Palm Beach Fla Gulf of Mexico White House Pierre Salinger Boca Grande Island Henry F. DuPont Executive Mansion

Ghana Nkrumah Luncheon Snub Draws Cold Soviet Warning

UNITED NATIONS N Y The Soviet Union snubbed a high level diplomatic luncheon for Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah signaling continued opposition to Congo peace plans with UN Secretary General Hammarskjold and a potential rift among Asian African nations. Gromyko met Nkrumah briefly hours earlier and later visited the African leader at the Astoria Hotel as Bulgaria and Romania joined other communist delegations in explaining the Soviet stance.

United Nations N. Y Soviet Union Dag Hammarskjold Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Congo U. N General Assembly Nkrumah Andrei A. Gromyko Gromy Nkrumah Atcott Bulgaria Walmania Comdorf-Astoria

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