Defense Dept. Says Russian Planes Viewed Carrier
Four long range Russian reconnaissance planes made nine passes over the aircraft carrier Constellation in the Pacific on March 16. Interceptors from the carrier carried out a routine intercept about 100 miles from the ship. The overflight followed earlier reports of Russian overflights near U.S. carriers and bases.
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Washington
Constellation
Pacific
Defense Department
Midway Island
U. S
Alaska
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Subic Bay
Philippines
Bears
Pentagon
Forrestal
Azores
Kennedy Wins Hearts in Latin American Tour
President Kennedy wins Costa Rica praise during a three day Latin American conference in San Jose. He seeks Central American support for Cuba policy and Alliance for Progress sacri fices while addressing a crowd of about 200000 and outlining a wall around Cuba of determined friends. He plans a declaration on Central America and emphasizes economic integration over immediate action against Castro.
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Costa Rica
Kennedy
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
el Osque
Latin America
Central America
Soviet Union
Organization of American States Oas
Fidel Castro
Honduras
Guatemala
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Panama
U. S
Orante National Theater
Castro
OAS
la Sabana
JFK
Mt. Irazu
Francisco Orlich
Orlich
Restaurant Owner Blinded in Lye Attack in San Francisco
San Francisco deli owner Harry Goldman, 48, blinded after a caustic lye attack at his kosher delicatessen in the Fillmore District. Police, with a $1,000 newspaper reward, have one suspect who was cleared. Goldman may lose sight in his right eye despite surgery on the left.
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San Francisco
UPI
Harry Goldman
Goldman
Fillmore District
Presbyterian Hospital
Supreme Court expands indigent criminal defense nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled that state courts must provide free legal aid to indigent defendants in criminal cases, overturning a 1961 ruling in Gideon and establishing a broad right to counsel. The decision also touched Georgia’s county unit election system as unconstitutional, with Justice Harlan noting limits to the counsel rule.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
High Court
High Tribunal
Georgia
John M. Harlan
Maryland
Mississippi
High Bench
Clarence Earl Gideon
Gideon
Harlan
Florida
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Printers Move in Effort to End New York Newspaper Strike
Printers International officers urge Local 6 to reverse its rejection of a settlement as the 102 day New York strike drags on. The Photoengravers Union strikes over hours and vacation while Cleveland talks with strikers and publishers push toward a contract. Arbitration in the Southern Pacific dispute also advances this week.
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New York
International
Saginaw
Mich
Cleveland
Ralph Locher
Robert F. Wagner
International Typographers Union
Elmer Brown
Local 6
Brown
International Union
Photoengravers
Locher
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railway
Lyons Break-in Yields No Missing Goods
Greene County Sheriff Dale Horn reported a break-in at the Massey Ferguson Implement Co. in Lyons. Entry was gained by a window Sunday night, the office ransacked, but nothing reported missing. Deputy Marshall W. O. Jackson found the break-in at 1 a.m. Monday. investigation continues.
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Massey- Ferguson Implement Co
Lyons
Greene County
Dale Horn
Horn
Marshall W. O. Jackson
Group seeks safer crossing at Sykes Road Indiana
Residents of Ross Township Lake County petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission for added protection at a rail crossing labeled dangerous. They urged Grand Trunk Western Railroad to install a flagman or automatic signal at Sykes Road Nebraska Street. Two petitions from Baltimore and Ohio Railway asked PSC authority to discontinue agency stations at Holton and Medora.
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Indianapolis
Ross
Lake County
Indiana Public Service Commission
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Sykes Rd
Nebraska St
PSC
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Holton
Medora
Tornado Damage Near Bucktown Reported
A possible tornado touched down near Bucktown around 1 p m. James C. Jackson reports heavy damage to his house barn and shed with a shed blown onto a car. No funnel observed. Washington pp Senate committee backs Franklin D Roosevelt Jr for undersecretary of commerce and approves Dr Richard H Holton for assistant secretary of commerce for economic affairs.
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Bucktown
James C. Jackson
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Richard H. Holton
Franklin D. Roosevet
Judges to Rule on Minn Governors Recount Challenge
A three judge panel in St Paul prepared to rule on Republican efforts to void the Minnesota governor recount that put Rolvaag ahead by 91 votes over Gov Elmer Andersen after a canvass showing Andersen leading by 142 votes. Morton argued 167,445 ballots in 1,881 precincts were improperly sealed.
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St, Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Rolvaag
Elmer L. Andersen
Democratic- Farmer -Labor
Andersen
J. Neil Morton
GOP
State Supreme Court
Morton
Kennedy in Chicago to push crime probe and gangland focus
A nine hour visit by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to Chicago aimed to spur investigations into the city’s gangland slayings and a wave of restaurant bombings. Officials planned to seek Kennedy’s guidance on curbing the 28 bombings over three years while also reviewing Milwaukee area crime probes. Black, West Side politics figure Benjamin F. Lewis noted the emerging power of organized crime in Wisconsin counties.
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Chicago
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Benjamin F. Lewis
West Side
Dept. Atty
John R. Reilly
Courtney Evans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Edward Guthman
U.S
John J. P. McShane Kennedy
Milwaukee
John Reynolds
John Doe
Wisconsin
Anthony J. Tony Biernat
Businessmen Back Railroad Merger in Logansport Hearing
In Logansport Indiana business executives urged a Pennsylvania New York Central merger would benefit firms by improving railroad facilities and service. City and county officials warned of negative local impacts including trains cut, Erie shop operations risk, and anticipated fall in tax revenues.
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Logansport
Ind
Pennsylvania
New York Central
International State Commerce Commission
City Hall
Louis B. Hartlake Jr
Louisville Cement Co
Speed
Louis W. Schaller
General Grain Inc
Schaller
Carolyn Britton Seeks New Trial In Coram Nobis Plea
Carolyn Sally Britton seeks a writ of error coram nobis in Greene Circuit Court for a new trial. She is serving life at Indiana Women's Prison for the 1960 poisoning death of her husband Roy Britton at the couple’s farm home south of Spencer. The petition, filed by deputy public defender Cid Cleveland, contends she was insane when she pled guilty to second degree murder and seeks to overturn the conviction and verdict. Special Judge Joe Lowdermilk presided. trial venued from Owen County.
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Greene Circuit Court
Carolyn Sally Britton
Indiana Women’s Prison
Roy Richmond Britton
Spencer
Cid M. Cleveland
State of
Indiana
Plane Lands Safely With 84 Aboard
A Navy Constellation with 64 persons on board including 9 children landed at Hilo Airport with 13 minutes of fuel remaining after two engines failed. Lt Cmdr Robert L. Eklund piloted the aircraft back from 1,000 miles out with escort from a C130 and C124.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Pacific
Military Air Transport Service
Honolulu
San Francisco
Navy
Japan
Hickam Air Force Base
Travel Afb
Robert L. Eklund
Hickam
Constellation
Air Force
Tachikawa Air Force Base
Severe Weather Forecast For Indiana South Of Lafayette Muncie
The Weather Bureau warned of severe thunderstorms with hail and damaging winds across Indiana south of a line from Lafayette to Muncie. The threat includes the area and extends into parts of northern Kentucky and southwest Ohio with possible tornadoes between 2 and 8 p.m. EST.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Lafayette
Muncie
Kentucky
Ohio
Sandborn Alumni to Meet at Masonic Hall for Plan
Sandborn alumni officers and committee members will gather at the Masonic hall in Sandborn at 7 30 p m Thursday to plan the annual banquet An invitation is extended to any alumnus wishing to attend.
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Sandborn
Pauper Attorney Sought in Forgery Case Returns to Court
Joseph Smith charged with forgery and habitual criminality asked the court for a pauper attorney. The judge appointed Mahlon Gilbreath Jr. The case moved from Lawrence County to Greene Circuit Court.
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Joseph Smith
Mahlon Gilbreath, Jr
Greene
Lawrence County
Two Postal Workers Injured by San Francisco Explosion
A hand grenade suspected as a souvenir from the Far East exploded Monday at the US postal facility at San Francisco International Airport. Two mail distribution clerks, David Bellow of Redwood City and Robert Kingman of San Francisco, were treated for cuts and bruises as flames from the blast damaged mail sacks and blew out facility windows.
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San Francisco
Far East
San Francisco International Airport
Viet Nam
Korea
David Belbow
Redwood City
Calif
Robert Kingman
Accident Victim Dies In Washington Hospital
Charles William Overbay 27 of Bicknell died at Daviess County Hospital after being struck by a car Sunday. Driver Melvin Earl Bruner 74 of Washington was at the wheel. Overbay born December 26 1935 in Bicknell was a laborer and Salvation Army member. He is survived by his parents a sister and three brothers. Body sent to Wampler Funeral Home Bicknell for pend ing arrangements.
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Bicknell
Daviess County
Charles William Overbay
Overbay
Melvin Earl Bruner
Washington
Thomas B
Bertha B. Hooten Overbay
Salvation Army
Mary Pearl Scroggins
Linton
David J
Germany
Thomas
Michael
Wamler Funeral Home
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