Kennedy Attends Mass For Saint Joseph Costa Rica
President Kennedy joined a Mass at San Jose for St. Joseph patron of Costa Rica then held a closed briefing with six Latin American presidents. An archbishop presented him a gold Virgin of the Angels medal and the event highlighted the Alliance for Progress and efforts to curb Cuban influence in the region.
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OAS
National Theater
San Jose
Costa Rica
Ydigora Fuentes
UPI Radiotelephoto
St. Joseph
Carlos Humberto Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Panama
Francisco J. Orlich
Alliance For Progress
United States of America
Hemisphere
Joe Kennedy
U.S
Cuba
Snowstorm Halts Roads Across Upper Midwest
Heavy snow and rain snarled travel in the Midwest. Wet snow depth reached 11 inches in Minnesota with trunk roads open only for emergencies. Eastern South Dakota saw up to a foot of new snow as Ohio and Cumberland River valleys faced continued rainfall and flooding.
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Midwest
Ohio
Cumberland River
Minnesota
Highway Department
South Dakota
Sleet and snow cause widespread travel disruption in the region
Drizzle sleet and light rain glazed area highways as rivers rose in La Crosse and surrounding streams. The Mississippi near La Crosse reached 6.9 feet, with forecast to climb to 8.1 feet by Friday. Kickapoo River exceeded flood stage in Vernon and Crawford counties, closing several schools. Weather forecasts warned of more freezing rain, rain and thunderstorms across the Midwest, with icy conditions from Wisconsin to New York and additional snow in parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota.
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Coulee
Mississippi
la Crosse
Carl Peterson
Hokah
Caledonia
Vernon
Crawford
Viroqua
Westby
Gays Mills
de Soto
Seneca
Readstown
West Lima
Viola
Soldiers Grove
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Kentucky
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Rockies
Missouri
Iowa
Texas
Indiana
Soviet overflights puzzle U.S. officials
U.S. officials weigh why Soviet reconnaissance planes are flying over U.S. carriers. Theories include tit-for-tat behavior, demonstrating strength after Cuba missile setbacks, or aligning with China. Senator Mundt urged warning that such flights threaten conflict. Alaskan lawmakers pressed for stronger defenses after incursions into Alaskan airspace. The Defense Department said carriers’ airspace was international waters and legal for the bears to operate, with the latest overflight near Midway Island.
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Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
U.S
Congress
Alaska
Defense Department
Constellation
Pacific
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Azores
North Atlantic
North Pacific
Midway Island
Sen. Mundt
South Dakota
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France conducts atomic test in Sahara angering Algeria and Morocco
Algeria denounces a new French underground nuclear test in the Sahara as a direct attack on its sovereignty. King Hassan II of Morocco protests to Paris, and Algeria calls a special Assembly session to review cabinet decisions.
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Algiers
France
Algeria
Hassan II
Morocco
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Ministry of Defense
Hadj Hamou
National Assembly
Ahmed Ben Bella
Rabat
Abdelatif Rabat
Charles de Gaulle
Sa‘hara
Sahara
Nigeria
Hassan
Morroco
Publishers and broadcasters accuse government of lying
A Washington hearing heard publishers and broadcasters charge the government with deceiving the public in crises. They urged ending news restrictions and cited lies about the U2 flight, Bay of Pigs, and Cuba quarantine, saying credibility is collapsing. They warned that only a single lie can erode trust and criticized a Pentagon rule requiring news interviews to be reported by defense personnel.
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Washington
Government
House
Knickerbocker News
Subcommittee
Russia
Bay of Pigs
Cuba
Robb
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Rowe
Pentagon
Defense Department
Moss urges better crisis information planning
Rep. John E. Moss, chairman of the subcommittee on foreign operations and government information, called for advance planning to keep the public accurately informed during crises while avoiding aid to opponents. Decrying silence, Rowe argued that deceit harms the public’s right to know what is wrong and why.
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Rowe
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Exile raid hits Cuban north port targets Soviets
Cuban exile groups Alpha 66 and the Second Front claim a hit and run raid on a northern Cuban port city. They say raiders shelled a Soviet military camp at Isabela de Sagua and fired on a Soviet ship, with some Russians killed and attackers retreating. Havana radio mentioned wounded sailors but gave no raid details.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
State Department
Pentagon
Alpha 66
Second National Front of
Escambray
Second Front
Cuba
Sagua la Grande
Las Villas
Isabela de Sagua
New York
Antonio Vaciana
Caribbean
Washington
Biting Pinscher Pinched Sentenced to the Doghouse
A Milwaukee County Court imposed a two year confinement for a Doberman named Byron tied to a shop burglary case. Judge Christ Seraphim suspended a $50 fine on owner Henry Zastrow, ordering the dog kept in a kennel inside the shop during business hours and allowed to roam the store at night, after three witnesses testified the dog bites. The owner bought Byron for 1500 dollars last November as a trained guard for the shop.
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Milwaukee
Byron Weiskoff
Christ Seraphim
Byron
Seraphim
Henry Zastrow
Zastrow
Dirksen urges another budget cut before Kennedy actions
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen urged President Kennedy to send the 98.8 billion dollar budget back to the Budget Bureau for another reduction. He noted Kennedy had already trimmed spending by more than 125 million in January and said further cuts could help narrow the 11.9 billion dollar deficit forecast for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Kennedy
Budget Bureau
Congress
Dirksen
Senate
White House
Explosion hits San Francisco airport mail room
US postal inspectors hunted for the sender of a live hand grenade after a blast in the San Francisco airport mail room. Clerk Robert Kingman 42 suffered a broken wrist when he set a mail bag on a processing table. another clerk David Belbow 46 was injured by shrapnel as windows shattered.
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San Francisco
Robert Kingman
Kingman
David Belbow
Airliner Skims 1200 Miles To Safe Landing
A Military Air Transport Service plane carrying 85 people skimmed nearly 1200 miles over the Pacific on two of four engines and landed safely at Hilo Hawaii. Engine failures and a tire blowout occurred during the emergency, but passengers remained calm. Commander Robert L. Ekelund, 41, said the flight originated in Japan and returned to Hickam after losing engines and hitting fuel limits. The craft departed Hickam seven fifty p.m. Monday and landed six twenty nine a.m. today, marking the fourth MATS emergency landing in Hawaii this year.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Military Air Transport Service
Pacific
California
Navy
Robert L. Ekelund
Los Altos
Calif
Yoko Cray
Ekelund
Hickam
Honolulu
Japan
No. 3
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
MATS
Sleeping in Basement Prairie Boy Dies in Fire
Prairie du Chien Wis a 12 year old boy died while four family members escaped when fire damaged a basement living area. David Otteson 12 was found in water at the foot of the basement stairs after pipes burst from the heat flooding the area. Fire damaged the basement and a first floor room. three alarms sounded and one firefighter was hospitalized. Damages estimated between 6000 and 3000 dollars.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
David Otteson
Ernest Otteson Jr
Joe Mara
Mara
The
Fam
Ily
Mike
Sue
Richard Kossman
Metcalf
Bloomington
Ottoson
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