Six New Red Battalions in Laos Reported
U S and government forces moved as 15 helicopters from the U S 7th Fleet arrived in Thailand en route to aid Laos. The Laotian government, under attack since March 7 by Pathet Lao forces aided by Soviets, accused three North Vietnamese battalions of assault near Kam Keut as SEATO urged unity. Kennedy outlined U S policy seeking neutral Laos and international negotiations to end fighting.
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U.S
Vientiane
7Th Fleet
Thailand
Pathet Lao
Kam Keut
Laos
North Viet Nam
Kennedy
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Shato
Bangkok
SEATO
Khrushchev
Southeast Asia
Jungle
Soviet Union
Lawes
U.S. Paratroop Force Readiness Amid Laos Tension
Gen. J. D. White announced that 1,500 paratroopers could be dropped into Laos within hours as a show of readiness. He detailed two hour alert for the Okinawa based Airborne Battle Group and a 12 hour roll for the 25th Division in Hawaii. The Pacific force on call totals about 400,000 servicemen with 3,400 planes and 400 ships.
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Honolulu
J. D. White
Pacific
United States
Laos
White
Okinawa
Hawaii
Army
Navy
Air Force
Mexico City Phone Strike Ends with 6500 Return to Work
A nine hour national telephone strike in Mexico City ended Thursday as about 6,500 workers resumed jobs. Workers accused contract violations and cited labor concerns during the stoppage.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Lincoln Wood Products fire in Merrill destroys main factory
A night blaze at Lincoln Wood Products Co in Merrill Wisconsin destroyed the factory section of the main building. Fire Chief Arnold G Russell estimated losses at 100000 dollars. Firemen saved the office warehouse and nearby shed while 48 workers were employed at the firm.
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Merrill
Wis
Lincoln Wood Products Co
Arnold G. Russell
Cardinal Wins Compliance of Priests In Poland
Warsaw report says Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski secured 300 priests backed by Communists to disband or face expulsion. Caritas Association of Priests reportedly voted to disband with the cardinal ordering dissolution by Easter, citing the March 14 deadline.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Caritas Association of Priests
Ike Endorses Kennedy Stand On Laos Crisis
Former president Dwight Eisenhower endorsed President Kennedy's firm Laos stance and said the nation would not be pushed around. The report cites his public support amid other late bulletins on justice action, tax evasion conviction, a Redstone rocket test, and a Palais Bourbon fire.
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Dent Kennedy
Laos
Wisconsin Assembly kills state wage bill in 51 42 vote
The Wisconsin Assembly defeated a $1 per hour minimum wage measure by a 51 to 42 vote on Thursday. Democrats urged relief for workers earning under a dollar, while Republicans called the bill a fraud for excluding farm labor and other groups.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
George Molinaro
Kenosha
Robert Hasse
Marinette
Hasse
Assembly
Glen Pommerening
Rauwatosa
Wisconsin Senate
Robert Moser
Milwaukee
Carl Lauri
Superior
Horace Wilkie
U S Angola Mission Attacked in Luanda Riot
A mob of several hundred blacks whites and mixed race people attacked the American Evangelical Mission building in Luanda the capital of Portuguese Angola. No Americans were hurt though a car with a banner reading Down with Stevenson and his gang was seen during the riot according to the Lusitania news agency.
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Lisbon
Portugal
American Evangelical Mission
Luanda
Portuguese Angola
Lusitania
Stevenson
Nickel Sandwich Back in Milwaukee Speak Easy Nite
The Big Stein tavern in downtown Milwaukee hosts "Speak easy Nite" with a 5 cent nickel sandwich and liquor sold in coffee cups from midnight to 3:30 am on Saturdays. Owner Al Singer runs a password entry and door duty, claiming strong turnout and surprising newcomer crowds while police supervision remains minimal.
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Milwaukee
Big Stein
Singer
Kennedy signs first anti recession bill providing jobless aid
President Kennedy signs the first anti recession measure worth one billion dollars to extend unemployment benefits. A government report shows 101 of 150 major industrial centers as distressed with unemployment above six percent. The Labor Department notes 25 cities added to distressed list. 90 percent expect employment pickup by May.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Labor Department
Weather Outlook and City Temperatures Report
The forecast shows fair and warmer weather with a low tonight between 25 and 33 and a high tomorrow in the fifties. Noon readings ranged from 45 at Southport to 50 at American Motors, with an overnight low of 37 and Thursday’s high 42 and low 35 along with .05 inch of rain. The sun rose at 5 48 and will set at 6 07.
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Southport
American Motors
Minimum Wage Bill Edges Toward House Vote
The Democratic leadership pushed a patched wage bill toward a House vote amid a split chamber. The plan preserves a two step raise from 1 to 1.25 dollars while yielding on coverage to win Southern backing, with key figures including Speaker Rayburn and Rep. Vinson debating the compromise.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Sam Rayburn
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Lawrence O'Brien
Rayburn
Adam C. Powell
D-N.y
House Labor Committee
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Vinson
Wisconsin to Extend Jobless Benefits Under Federal Plan
The Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Division estimates about 5000 workers in the state will gain from a temporary extension of federal jobless benefits signed by President Kennedy. The extension applies to those still unemployed who exhausted benefits, with eligibility limited to jobs lost since June 1960 and weekly pay at roughly 50 percent of the average weekly wage up to $49. The state moves to participate fully, with maximum benefits rising to 39 weeks from 34.
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Kennedy
Congress
Madison
Wisconsin
Paul Raushenbush
Raushenbush
Gaylord Nelson
Early Thaw Cuts Off Mackinac Island
Fog-bound Mackinac Island in the Straits of Michigan is cut off as an early thaw collapses the ice bridge to Upper Michigan. The Coast Guard considered airlift for 76 year old Ella Chambers, the island's sole doctor said to require hospital care for glaucoma. If needed an icebreaker could clear a path and supply lines are dwindling with mail and groceries piling in St Ignace.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Coast Guard
Joseph Solomon
Ella Chambers
Traverse City
Michigan
Upper
Lower
Upper Michigan
Cmdr
Lavine Hubert
Kalamazoo
St. Ignace
Kennedy budget fault lines mark $5 billion two year deficit
President Kennedy warned Congress of a combined $5 billion deficit over the next two years, with 1962 civilian shortfalls and a record national debt. He rejected Eisenhower’s surplus projections, pegging 1962 receipts at $81.4 billion against $83.2 billion in outlays, amid defense and postal costs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Khrushchev Returns From Hinterland Tour
Premier Nikita Khrushchev returned to Moscow from Alma Ata after about three weeks away. Tass reported he attended a series of regional agricultural conferences during the trip.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Alma Ata
Tass
Khrushchev
WellAged Whisky Sealed Since 1943 Drains in Bradford
In Starke Florida a cache of whisky seized in 1943 during Camp Blanding operations in a dry Bradford County was finally disposed of. Sheriff P D Reddish with county approval poured 141 fifths 150 pints and 273 half pints of the aged liquor into a sewer after seals and caps had been broken and the bottles lost value.
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Starke
Fla
Blanding
Bradford
P. D. Reddish
Britain and U S in talks on Laotian crisis
The British government said it will continue consultations with the United States over the Laotian crisis and stressed that the use of British forces has not arisen.
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London
United States
Subcommittee Inspects Green Bay Reformatory and Hospital Conditions
Public welfare subcommittee of the Joint Finance Committee visited overcrowding sites at Green Bay Reformatory and Winnebago State Hospital to review conditions and management.
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Green Bay
Green Bay Reformatory
Winnebago State Hospital
Joint Finance Committee
Grant County D A Charged in Tax Case
Dane County Court Clerk files complaints against Grant County District Attorney Rolland Roggensack for failing to file 1958 and 1959 state income tax returns. Also charged are Roger Klassy of New Glarus and William P J Dietrich of Monroe for 1956 to 1959 returns. Tax Dept drives enforcement as 22 actions filed nationwide with 50 more records to review.
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D.A
Grant County
Madison
Jpb
Dane County
Todas
Grant County Dist
Atty Rolland R. Roggensack
Lancaster
Asst. Dist
Richard Lent
State Tax Department
Lent
Roggensack
Roger Klassy
New Glarus
William P. J. Dietrich
Monroe
Tax Department
Wisconsin
John Gronouski
Milwaukee
Appleton
Gronouski
Man Admits Killing Three in Tragic Love Triangle
Readings Pa. stemmed from a bizarre case as 50 year old Adam Stamm confessed to strangling John F. Hyneman Jr. and Peggy Timmins and burning their bodies with Timmins daughter Carla. The three victims were found in smoldering wreckage along with the minor’s remains. The arraignment revealed the love triangle involving 23 children and Stamm’s role as a factory worker from Mohrsville.
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Reading
Peggy Marie Timmins
John F. H. Hymeman Jr
Adam Stamm
Mohrsville
Frederick O. Brubaker
Brubaker
Stamm
Timmins
Harriman Delays Return to Resume Talks With Nehru
A Averell Harriman postponed his Washington departure to continue talks with Prime Minister Nehru in New Delhi over the evolving Laotian situation.
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New Delhi
India
A. Averell Harriman
Washington
Nehru
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