US Seen Gaining In Tariff Pact
The United States and the six nation Common Market agreed to resume talks on lowering barriers for American farm imports. The deal includes tariff cuts and staged reductions, with a potential 50 percent cut in industrial tariffs. Kennedy urged Congress to grant more negotiating power to advance tariff concessions. The pact covers Britain, France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and many others.
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Geneva
Brussels
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Europe
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Ways and Means Committee
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France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Austria
Canada
Japan
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Spain
Switzerland
Cammodia
Finland
Haiti
India
Israel
New Zealand
Pakistan
Portugal
Peru
3-Year Jobless Low At Election
Washington officials say unemployment may fall to a three year low around 3 million by November. February figures show the idle rate at 5.6 percent, a 19 month low, with 731000 more employed to 65.749 million and 120000 fewer unemployed to 4.541 million. President Kennedy hailed the February gains and noted recovery momentum despite earlier pauses.
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Labor Department
Kennedy
Seymour Wolfbein
Labor
Boy Rescued From Snow Drift
A 13 year old boy from Morrisdale was rescued after three hours buried head first in a snow drift in Philipsburg. He was rescued when his father Leroy Williams and neighbor Roger Sanker found him and pulled him from the drift. He was listed in fair condition at Philipsburg State Hospital five miles from home.
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Philipsburg
Morrissdale
Philipsburg State Hospital
James Williams
Leroy Williams
Roger Sanker
Roger
James
Kennedy urges Congress on tariffs and diplomacy
Kennedy told about 385 journalists and spectators that progress on a 24 nation tariff pact hinges on congressional support for reciprocal cuts. He warned that Summit hopes may disappoint without prior agreement and questioned energy in new nuclear free zones given long range missile reach. He also noted no plan to send surplus food to the Soviet Union and commented on high altitude bomber development slated for 1970.
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Kennedy
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
U. S
Geneva
Jacqueline Kennedy Starts Asia Trip From New York
Mrs John F Kennedy begins a 15000 mile semi official tour to India and Pakistan from New York aboard the Kennedy family plane. She will stay overnight in New York at the Carlyle Hotel with sister Princess Lee Radziwill before continuing to Rome and New Delhi for official engagements and goodwill talks.
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John F. Kennedy
New York
India
Pakistan
Kennedy
National Airport
White House
Caroline
John Jr
Florida
Palm Beach
Joseph P. Kennedy
News York
Carlyle Hotel
Princess Lee Radziwill
London
Newdlewnd
Rome
New Delhi
Hersulf
Lenin's tomb reopened to public in Red Square
In Moscow Lenin's tomb reopened after repairs with the coffin centered in the tomb sharing space with Stalin's body. Crowds lined up in snow to view the scene as Khrushchev era debate and denouncements echo through the Kremlin Central Committee, while Stalin's burial site remains headlined by shifting public opinion.
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Moscow
Lenin
Red Square
Stalin
Lenin-Stalin
Kremlin
Communist Party Congress
Khrushchev
Gan
Party
Central Committee
Coast Areas Battered By Storm Again
A severe coastal storm battered Virginian towns from Norfolk to Chincoteague, evacuating hundreds as high tides and wrecked structures struck Willoughby, Ocean View, and downtown ports. The Guinevere drifted 25 miles. two men drowned offshore and three aboard were missing. Northern states faced heavy snow, fires, and broad damage with a federal disaster plea in New Jersey and widespread beach and boardwalk destruction.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Willoughby
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Portsmouth
Chincoteague
North Carolina
Nave
Virgin Islands
Charleston
S.C
Rodney Strule
Heather
Duke Murtaugh
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Jersey Coast
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Seaate City
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Cape May
New York
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Lower Manhattan
Statensland
Sore Island
Long Island
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Bureau
Farmers push for higher road tax in Moberly district
Twenty seven farmers asked officials Monday night to raise road taxes for the Moberly special road district. Formed in 1902 the tan levy stood at 35 cents per $1000 valuation and has never been changed.
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Moberly
Guerrillas Press South Vietnam Fronts In Big Push
A Vietnamese guerrilla surge is reported near Anh Tan Long in Xuyen Province as Viet Cong and government forces clash. U S helicopters and several battalions moved in to support operations after a prior assault left 24 defenders dead and 40 captured. government rangers suffered an ambush loss, while observers note Viet Cong refuge in a mangrove swamp and widespread heavy fighting across seven major engagements with about 1,000 total casualties.
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Anh Tan Long
U.S
Kien Hoa
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Cong
McClelland Declines Run for Governor in Pa Primary
Former Pittsburgh dentist and coroner Dr. McClelland announces he will not run in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary. He cites lack of Philadelphia support and opposes endorsements from the same county. Richardson Dilworth is endorsed for Governor and Joseph S. Clark for U.S. Senator by the state Democratic organization.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Joseph S. Clark
McClelland
Dilworth
U.S
Pennsylvania
Dr. McClelland
Alegheny County
George M. Leader
Hoffa subpoenas McClellan to testify in Miami trial
Union leader James R Hoffa has a subpoena served on Sen. John L McClellan to testify as a defense witness in a Miami case charging Hoffa with mail fraud in a real estate venture. McClellan said he will check with his subcommittee and note the historic rackets committee links to Hoffa. The report notes McClellan’s prior role and criticisms amid the legal action.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R Hoffa
John L. McClellan
Miami
Fla
Hoffa
McClellan
Senate
Auer
McCrellan
McClelan
Haffa
Farr
Coal Miner Burned To Death In West Leechburg Car
Joseph Domski a about 40 year old Westmoreland County coal miner burned to death in his auto parked in front of his West Leechburg home neighbors could not rescue him firemen were called and state police and local police opened an investigation into the blaze caused by unknown factors.
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Leechburg, Pa
Westmoreland County
West Leechburg
Joseph Domski
Domski
Kennedy Says Geneva Talks May Ease Berlin Southeast Asia
President Kennedy indicated peace talks at Geneva next Wednesday could ease tensions in Berlin and Southeast Asia. He warned against optimistic predictions but welcomed high level discussion on nuclear disarmament, test bans, and inspection plans led by Dean Rusk. He noted zones banning nuclear weapons should be discussed with location and nonnuclear forces considerations.
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United States
Geneva
Berlin
Southeast Asia
iSecretary
Dean Rusk
Kennedy hints at Taft Hartley use in steel talks
President Kennedy warns a midsummer strike could threaten health and safety and hints at stepping in with a Taft Hartley injunction. He says resumed steel talks aim for an agreement while noting the union seeks costly job security gains beyond a wage increase. Hoffa accuses the administration of heavy handed federal meddling in bargaining and criticizes wage price controls.
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Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Kennedy
Free Trade Unit
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Teamsterpion
Obituaries From Indiana County Community Remembrances
Obituaries list BERT CLAIR BROWN 83 of Deckers Point died March 7 1962 at home in Grant Township. Survived by wife Nannie Myrtle and children Hazel Myers Edna Brown Clair Brown Ethel Kinter. eight grandchildren six great grandchildren. funeral Saturday 2 PM at East Mahoning Cemetery. Also remembered are WILLIAM ALEXANDER BIERER 82 of Shelocta RD Died March 7 1962 in Armsdale Home. survived by daughter Martha Merle and son Clarence Bierer. burial Gastown Cemetery. ME AFOOSE widow of Benjamin Me Afoose died March 8 1962 in Kittanning Hospital. survived by son Mae E Me Afoose. services Sunday 2:30 PM at Rural Valley Pleasant Union Lutheran Cemetery. JAMES VIRGIL SMITH 50 of 487 North Fifth Street Indiana died March 1 1962 in Indiana Hospital. survived by wife Frederica Douglass Smith. three sons James R South Douglass Clyde Gary Dean. daughter Patricia McAvoy. brother Lester Smith. sisters Mrs Hoover and Mrs Kisie. services Friday 1:30 PM at Robinson-City’s Oak Orchard Cemetery.
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Grant Township
Indiana Co
Deckers Point
Brown
David C
Catherine Stonebraker Brown
East Mahoning Township
Antioch Lutheran Church
Nannie Myrtle
Clyde) Brown
Ford
Hazel B.) Myers
Indiana
Edna Brown
Clair Brown
Clymer R.D
Clair
Ethel) Kinter
Marion Center
Murry
Dora) Edwards
Commodore R. D
Earl Brown
Freedom
H. D. Raleigh
Hillsdale
Clayton Straw
John Laning
East Mahoning Cemetery
Purchase Line
William Alexander Bierer
Shelocta RD
Armsdale
Kittanning R.D
Gastown
Plumcreek Township
Armstrong County
George A
Mary Elizabeth Rearick Bierer
Russell
Martha) Merle
Columbus
Ohio
Clarence Bierer
Menter
William
Matilda) Smail
Cora Calhoun
Elderton
Bierer
Clarence P. Clark
Margaret Milliron
Afoose
Dayton R.D
Echo
Benjamin McAfoose
Kittanning Hospital
Wayne Township
Jacob and
Mary McIntyre Millican
Echo Area
Echo Methodist Church
Mae E. Me
Ft. Moyer
Fla
Tomer Heilman
Kittanning
Roy W. Carson
Rural Valley
A. J. Musselman
Pleasant Union Lutheran Cemetery
James Virgil Smith
North Fifth Street
Indiana Hospital
Beaver Falls
Grace Mikesell Smith
James Leonard Smith
Star Furniture Co
Frederica Douglass Smith
James R. South
U.S Army
Panama Canal Zone
Douglass Clyde
Gary Dean
Jacek
Patricia) McAvoy
Indiana R.D
Lester Smith
Akron
Russell Hoover
Pleasantville
Washington Do
Charles Kisie
Derry
Denisa Ann McAvoy
Robinson -Cytle
Roy C. Hoch
Oakland Cemetery
JFK Coast Visit Confirmed by Palm Springs Official
Palm Springs manager Treivo confirms President Kennedy will visit the desert city later this month. Rear Adm. Dane J. Wapner says Washington relayed word that Kennedy will arrive March 23 from Berkeley, stay a few days, then return to Washington. He is said to be pursuing a degree at UC Berkeley.
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