Two Fliers Span Polar Route in Light Plane
Two airmen from Sweden completed a polar crossing in a Piper Comanche single engine aircraft. Pilot Olie Ringstrad and businessman Sigurd Hallstrom began from Bodoe Norway and landed at Barter Island for fuel before finishing to Anchorage.
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U S Sailor On Trial as Soviet Spy
Navy Yeoman 1/C Drummond testifies in his trial for selling classified military information to the Russians. He claims he planned to kill his Russian contact if FBI did not intervene. Earlier, a Soviet delegation member was expelled from the U N.
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Congress to Repeal Silver Purchase Act
Washington Congress moves to enact President Kennedy's 1961 plan to end government silver backing. The House bill would retire the current $1 and $2 silver-backed notes and replace them with Federal Reserve Notes as silver demand and production diverge.
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Guns Blaze on Plain of Jars in Laos Clash
United Press International reports heavy artillery and machinegun fire between Kong Le Neutralist forces and the Pathet Lao on the Plain of Jars. Despite intensified exchanges, Kong Le troops remain under orders not to counterattack as reinforcements move toward Kiengkouang. A Kong Le patrol wrecked a truck convoy near Na Nou village.
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New Rulings Change Income Tax Exemptions and Averages
Congressional tax writers debate Kennedy proposals to repeal the $100 weekly sick-pay exemption, raise revenues by $160 million, and introduce income averaging for earners with volatile incomes. The Ways and Means Committee tentatively approved averaging for artists, actors, athletes, and others, detailing its effect on a sample taxpayer.
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Polish-born officer charged with spying in Paris
Jean Pikus, 35, a Polish-born officer in the French Navy Reserve, was arrested at Orly Airport and charged with spying for a foreign power and threatening state security. It marks the third such arrest this year in France as 17 people of Czech, Polish, or Romanian nationality were jailed for Soviet bloc espionage in the last 17 months.
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