Fliers Return From Soviet Prison See Family After Welcome
Air Force Captains John R. McKone and Freeman C. Olmstead, freed after seven months in a Soviet prison, are headed home to Topeka with their wives. President Kennedy greets them at Andrews, and both say they want to see their children soon. Governors and mayors plan a welcome as guards stand by at home to deter crowds. Interview restrictions remain in place as State Department cautions on improving Soviet relations.
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Air Force
Freeman Olmstead
John McKone
Russia
Andrews Air Force Base
President Kennedy
James Olmstead
Capt. Olmstead
Washington
John R. McKone
Freeman C. Olmstead
Kennedy
Siberia
Olmsteads
McKones
McKone
Olmstead
Barents Sea
White House
Mechones
Topeka
Kan
John Anderson
Kansas
Ed Camp
Forbes Air Force Base
Six Americans Stand Trial for Cuba Conspiracy
Six Americans charged with crimes against the state face a Cuban military tribunal at La Cabana fortress in Havana. They arrived after entering Havana harbor on January 7 from Marathon Key Florida and may face the death penalty. lawyers from Cuba defend them as the regime intensifies anti insurgent campaigns while other defectors and a former Castro officer face related legal jeopardy.
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Havana
la Cabana
Fidel Castro
Marathon Key
Fla
Havana Harbor
George R. Beck
Norton
Mass
Tommy L. Baker
Dothan
Ala
Donald Joe Green
Clover
S.C
James E. Bean
Cedar Falls
N.C
Alfred Eugene Gibson
Six Chimpanzees Training for Flight From Cape Canaveral
Six young chimpanzees begin final preparations for a Redstone rocket test flight at Cape Canaveral to determine how a small passenger reacts to acceleration and weightlessness. One will be chosen as primary with an alternate. the event could lead to a human astronaut launch within months.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Missile Range
America
National Space Agency
Atlantic Ocean
Grand Bahama Island
Elephants Take Turnpike Stroll
Three Mills Brothers Circus elephants paused on the Ohio Turnpike near Brecksville when a van carrying two large elephants and a baby broke down with two flat tires. Patrol units and a service truck from Cleveland struggled in subfreezing conditions for hours to replace the tires, as two attendants watched the animals. The truck had broken down earlier en route from Jefferson to Detroit.
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Cleveland
Mills Brothers Circus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Brecksville
Jefferson
Ohio
Detroit
Atomic Engine Start For Jets On Nuclear Power
Idaho Falls report says Atomic Energy Commission scientists have started two turbojet engines and brought them to normal operating power using nuclear energy alone Marking a significant advance in atomic aircraft propulsion Previous tests needed conventional fuel to start then switch to nuclear.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Rebel ship Santa Maria may dock in Brazilian port
U S admiral moves to Brazil to arrange rendezvous with the Santa Maria as rebel Capt Henry Galvao signals willingness to bring the liner to a Brazilian port. Navy vows safe conduct to release 588 passengers including 42 Americans and no action against Galvao for docking or departing to discharge them.
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Recife
Brazil
U.S
U. S. Navy
Henry Galvao
Santa Maria
Cmdr
William Webster
Galvao
Webster
Robert L. Dennison
U.S. Atlantic
Navy
Adm
Allen E. Smith Jr
Caribbean Sea Frontier
Naval Headquarters
San Juan
Belem
Smith
Dennison
James Harrington
U.S Navy
West Africa
Tion
Caribbean
Venezuela
Dutch West Indies
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Pavlick is Ordered Committed in Kennedy Plot Case
Richard Pavlick 73 of Delmont New Hampshire was ordered to a federal mental hospital in Springfield Missouri until he is deemed competent for trial. The former postal worker denied threatening Kennedy in court.
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Miami, Fla
Richard Pavlick
Delmont
N.H
Kennedy
Palm Beach
U.S
Missing Yank Intelligence Aide Located
Former U S intelligence employee Martin B Hibling 35 of San Francisco was found at his Anaheim home after a nine day disappearance following his resignation from a top secret post in Berlin He had not appeared for a government flight and was last seen in Helmstedt before plans to return to the United States undefined Army said he was no longer obligated to report.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Anaheim
Calif
Martin B. Hibling
San Francisco
Berlin
Army
Hibling
Helmstedt
West Berlin
East Germany
United States
Bremerhaven
American Forces Network
West Germany
U2 Pilot's Family Holds Fresh Hope
The parents and wife of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers express renewed optimism for his release from Soviet confinement. Powers wrote they should not be overly hopeful, while his father and Mrs. Powers urge action toward freeing him and other captured pilots amid Kennedy Khrushchev dialogue.
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Norton
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Oliver Powers
Kennedy
Milledgeville
Barbara Powers
Khrushchev
Record Cold Hits 22 Below In Hocking County
The 7:30 a.m. reading of 22 degrees below zero in Hocking County marks the coldest temperature here and the winter’s lowest reading to date. Forecasters warn of more frigid weather with freezing temps statewide and ice on the Ohio River from Huntington to Warsaw amid a nationwide cold spell.
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Hocking County
Deep South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Key West
Laramie
Wye
Windsor Locks
Conn
New England
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Huntington
W. Va
Warsaw
Ohio Skies Clear Then Subzero Readings Cause Cold Weekend
The Weather Bureau reports Ohio clearing in western counties Friday night with subzero temperatures by Saturday morning. Columbus 4 below, Dayton 5 below, Akron and Youngstown 3 below, Marietta 4 below. A low pressure system from the northwest brings increasing cloudiness, winds, and light snow tonight and Sunday with colder temperatures Sunday morning.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dayton
Akron
Youngstown
Marietta
Christmas greeting redirected to Indiana Joneses in Peru
A Christmas card addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E Jones in Peru Indiana was delivered to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J Stone of Lima Peru and is being forwarded to the Indiana Joneses.
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Lima
Peru
Thomas E. Jones
Ind
Thomas J. Stone
Indiana Joneses
New Orleans Boycott Broken and Family Fired
The father of Gregory Thompson, a 9 year old white student who entered McDonogh No. 19 amid desegregation tensions, was fired from his $73 a week job after his son attended the school. Thompson vows to seek other work as activists and officials assess potential backlash.
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New Orleans
Hell
John H. Thompson
Associated Press
Thompson
J. C. Adams
McDonogh No. 19
Gregory
McDonogh
Thompsons
Alabama
Michael
Atlanta
Georgia
U S Red China talks delayed to March in Warsaw
The U S Embassy in Warsaw announced postponement of talks with Communist China on the release of five Americans held in Chinese jails. The meeting between Ambassador Jacob Beam and Wang Pingnan was moved from February 2 to March 7 for administrative reasons.
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Warsaw
Jacob D. Beam
Wang Pingnan
U.S
Washington
China
Soviet Union
U S Envoy To Report On Laos Situation
Ambassador Winthrop G. Brown left Vientiane for Washington consultations with the new Democratic administration on the Laos civil war. Negotiations for a settlement are under way in Moscow and London as Washington plans a policy shift to ensure Laos neutrality. On the ground, Premier Prince Boun Oum's forces ordered a two pronged attack on the Pou Khoun junction to clear the road to Xieng Khouang and the rebels’ stronghold.
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Vientiane
Laos
J. S
Winthrop G. Brown
Washington
Mascow
London
Brown
Prince Boun Ooun
Pou Khoun
Luang Prabang
Xieng Khouang
Murrow Named to Head U S Information Agency
Edward R Murrow of CBS News has been chosen by President Kennedy to head the U S Information Agency. Murrow is known for Person to Person and See It Now with a furrowed brow deep voice and a lighted cigarette.
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Washington
Edward R. Murrow
CBS News
Kennedy
U.S. Information Agency
Murrow
Starr-Washington school asks lease of Section 16 for coal strip
Starr-Washington school board met in special session Tuesday night and passed a resolution asking the state auditor to lease the original school land in Starr Two for strip mining. The board cites potential revenue and urges leasing mineral rights with conditions to impound water for lakes, level and reseed land, reforest it, and use Starr Township labor where possible.
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Starr-Washington
Starr Two
Ohio Territory
Starr
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