Kennedy Stokes Fresh Fires Over 1962 Program
President Kennedy faces a balking Congress as Republicans attack his all‑inclusive program. Senate and House leaders line up hearings on urban affairs, Social Security funded medical care, and education aid while partisan tensions rise over the proposed $100 million U.N. bonds purchase and literacy standards for voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
Department of Urban Affairs
Robert €. Weaver
House
Chamber
Senate
John J. McClellan
D-Ark
Government Operations Committee
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
U.N
Everett M. Dirksen Ofllinois
Alba Tn
White House
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Mike Mansfield
Ajof Montana
Dirksen
Aerialists Die In Fall At Shrine Circus Collapse
A tragic accident at the Shrine circus at Michigan State Fair Coliseum leaves Dieter Schepp and his sister dead after a pyramid on the high wire collapsed. Wallenda family members plus other performers struggled to stabilize the act as the crowd froze, with a clown calming the audience while attendants rushed to help.
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Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Dieter Schepp
East Germany
Faughnan
Karl
Herman Wallenda
Miss Schepp
Herman
Gunther Wallenda
Ernie
Blinko) Burch
Burch
9. C. Hansen
Hansen
Tan
Hanesen
Burt
Weir
Jana
Sergus Faughnan
Jenny
Dieter
Latrobe Steel Firm Income Up in 1961 Second Half
Latrobe Steel Vanadium-Alloys Steel Co. reports net income for the last six months of 1961 at 742,028 dollars or 1.16 dollars per share, nearly double the 1960 period of 378,458 dollars or 59 cents per share. The figures were released Tuesday.
US Wins Vote Ousting Red Cuba
The United States failed to win a unanimous push to expel Cuba from the OAS despite a 14-1 vote. Latin American powers abstained or opposed immediate action, arguing no legal basis exists for expulsion without treaty amendments. The conference endorsed strong denunciations of Communist influence and Cuba’s Soviet alignment while backing progress programs.
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Rusk
United States
Castro
Latin America
Organization of American States
Cuba
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
Bolivia
Ecuador
Six Nations
OAS
Inter-American Defense Board
Castro Povernment
Bustas
Renpeds
Alliance For Progress
Pennsylvania Democrats Scan 62 Political Picture In Harrisburg
In Harrisburg leading state Democrats meet to discuss the 1962 political landscape. Gov. Lawrence notes he will join the policy makers while noting no gubernatorial candidate is yet declared. Philadelphia Mayor Dilworth looms as a top prospect with resignation planned for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lawrence
Democratic State Committee
Otis B. Morse
Joseph Barr
Pittsburgh
U.S
Joseph S. Clark
Philadelphia
Robert F. Woodside
Dilworth
Clarke
George S. Bloom
Hay
Rayburn Student Elected to U S House Seat
Ray Roberts a merchant and president pro tem of the Texas Senate won the U S House seat long held by Sam Rayburn in Texas 4th district. He defeated Bob Slagle in a runoff, leading 13,302 to 4,? and plans a victory meeting in Washington with Vice President Johnson. Roberts emphasized his lifelong Democratic stance and opposition to certain federal aids while praising Kennedy era policies.
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Robert E. Ford
Sherman
Tex
Ray, Roberts
Texas Senate
U.S. House
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Roberts
Robert
Bob) Slagle
Texas
Rayburn
Slagle
Kennedy
U.S
Johnson
Navona
Franklin de
Ohe
Delay Hearing On Fired Tutor
A hearing on the appeal of Erie County high school teacher George Pease, fired for refusing to chaperone an after school bowling club, has been delayed to February 28. The original Feb. 13 date was postponed at the request of both Pease and the Mill Creek Township school board.
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Erie
Erie County
Neil V. Musmanno
George Pease
McEwell High School
Pease
Millcreek Twp
Musmanno
Equitable Gas Hikes Rates in Pittsburgh
Equitable Gas Co announced a rate increase adding an average 5 cents monthly to non heating residential bills and 59 cents for heating customers. A temporary surcharge starts Feb 1 for three months, about 50 cents monthly for non heating and 2.35 dollars for heating customers, permitted by the Public Utility Commission to recover rate differences since January. An average freight locomotive uses about one ton of coal per nine miles.
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Pittsburgh
Equitable Gas Co
Equitable
Agreement Near On Algiers Cease Fire and Independence
Paris reports that de Gaulle's government and FLN rebels are nearing an Algerian settlement possibly including cease fire and independence. A Vevey meeting was cited as reaching agreement, with Paris newspapers noting developments this week while official confirmation was awaited. French troops moved into Algiers center late Tuesday as a precaution.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Geneva
Vevey
Switzerland
Algeria
de Gaulle
Algiers
National Liberation Front
FLN
Kennedy unveils farm program with wartime measures
President Kennedy outlines a comprehensive farm plan with price supports tightened and acreage controls for corn oats barley and sorghum. He proposes marketing quotas and land diversion payments while keeping surpluses manageable through sales to markets and aid for food programs.
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Turkey
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Deny Writ To Convicted Pike Official
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a habeas corpus writ for James F. Torrance, a former Turnpike commissioner, jailed since July for a three to four year term after conspiracy and misbehavior in office in a 1956 main mine contract swindle.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Supreme Court
James F. Torrance
Torrance
Gilbert J. ‘Helwig
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Dauphin County
Helwigs
Long Fife
Turnpike Commission
Main-Mine Research and Development Co
US Supreme Court
Supreme Courts
U.S. Circcuit Court of Appeals
John C. Bell
State Supreme Court
Yurrance
Bell
Negro Pepsi Cola Vice President named
Harvey Russell, a Negro, was named vice president of Pepsi Cola Co in charge of special markets. The board cited merit and his 12 years tackling tough issues, with a salary near 20000. Russell, 43, from Louisville, discussed progress for African Americans in business and his family life in Yonkers New York.
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Harvey Russell
Pepsi Cola Co
John T. Cunniff
NEW York (Ap
Pepsi- Cola Co
Herbert Barnet
Pepsi
Russell
Harvey
Louisville
West Kentucky State College
New York
Yonkers
N.Y
Jacqueline Denison
Chicago
Huntingdon Fire Destroys Homes Injures Four Persons
An explosion and ensuing fire in Mapleton destroyed four homes and injured four people. Delayed cause. gas system repair by Snare and Burkey reportedly triggered a blast when a door opened. Loss estimated at 560,000. People injured include Mrs. Bell in fair condition and Mrs. Anderson, Richard Snare, Clyde Burkey in good condition.
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Huntingdon
Mapleton
Vernon Bell
Bell
Huntingdon Hospital
Eugene Anderson
Richard Lee Snare
Clyde R. Burkey
J. Frank Matren
Martha Bennett
Anderson and Bell
Buddy Keyler
Snare and Burkey, Huntingdon Gas Co
Obituary for Charles Nipps of Nanty Glo Pa 1962
Charles Nipps 65 of Cardiff Road Nanty Glo died unexpectedly January 30 1962. Born October 9 1896 in Belsano he was a C and I Railroad car inspector retired and member of Belsano Methodist Church. Survived by wife Susanna Lewis Nipps two sons three brothers three sisters and three grandchildren. Services at Belsano Methodist Church with Rev. Kenneth McKay and Rev. Clarence Bennett. interment Belsano Cemetery. Robinson-Lytle Indiana in charge.
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Charles Nipps
Cardiff Road
Nanty Glo
Belsano
John
Nora Sowers Nipps
Belsano Methodist Church
Kenneth McKay
Clarence M. Bennett
Belsano Methodist Cemetery
Robinson - Lytle's
Indiana
Jobless rate dips below 6 percent in 1962 outlook
Labor Secretary Goldberg says the nation still faces a hard-core jobless problem as long-term unemployment remains high. He cites a need for 5.5 million new jobs in 1962 to reach a four percent goal, urges pass of Kennedy training programs, and notes 29 Area Redevelopment Act training projects aiding 4,200 trainees across nine states.
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Goldberg
Kennedy
Labor Department
UN Force Guards Congo Americans Mission In Kivu
An armed Maclayan troop column advances into Kivu Province to protect twelve American Protestants at a Maniema mission. UN officials report no specific danger but act cautiously amid the missing Kama station word. Missionaries connected to Grace Testimony of Wheaton.
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Peter Grose
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Stricks
Kivu
United Nations
U.N
Kama
Whedton
Kama Station
Uns
Protestant Evangelical Mission of
Maniema
Grace Testimony
Wheaton
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Andy West, Jr
el Segundo
Calif
West
Don Timoney
Jeff
Sioner
Frank G. McCartney
FBI
Fred A. Froh‘bose
Tne
Equitable Gas
Manitoba
Negro Pepsi Cola
Gazette
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