Algiers Hit by Wave of Hazardous Explosions
A 90 minute assault in Algiers by European Secret Army Organization left 12 injured and 13 arrested as plastic devices shattered shop windows and sparked fires. The attack, aimed at mosques and Muslim-owned properties, ended at dawn with troops patrolling the city and European settlers praising the display.
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Algiers
European Secret Army Organization
Bab- El-Oued
Secret Army
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Nicola Caracciolo
Rome
Il Giorno
War Jitters Mount in Indonesia Over West New Guinea
War fever rises as air raid drills halt daily life in major cities. Indonesian authorities warn of raids by Dutch bombers from West New Guinea and anticipate tougher talks after Ramadan ends March 8. President Sukarno met U S envoy Howard P. Jones as the U S seeks a peaceful settlement.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Sukarno
U.S
Howard P. Jones
United States
Glenn heading back to Cape Canaveral after orbit milestone
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr returns to Cape Canaveral to resume Mercury program work after a week of parades and ceremonies. In New Concord Ohio crowds numbered in the thousands, town landmarks are named for him, and officials expect another visit soon.
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Glenn
Cape Canaveral
Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Fla
Earth
Arlington
Little Falls Presbyterian Church
Glenns
New York
New Concord
Ohio
Congress
United Nations
Zanesville
United States
Board of Trade
U.S. 40
John
Annie
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cambridge
John H. Glenn
Muskingum College
Powers Cleared by Board on U2 Flight
A special board found U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers generally complied with orders during the Soviet flight May 1 1960. Directors and lawmakers weigh whether to compel further testimony as debate continues over the craft's destruction and interrogation outcomes.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
John A
Powers
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
McCone
Full Armed Services Committee
Russell
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
John Sparkman
D-Ala
California CRA backs Nixon in bitter convention flareup
The California Republican Assembly endorsed its 1962 ticket with Nixon narrowly approved for governor over Joseph C. Shell while clashing over the John Birch Society. Delegates denounced founder Robert Welch after resisting broader anti Birch language.
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Berkeley
Calif
California Republican Assembly
John Birch Society
Richard M. Nixon
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
CRA
Birch
Robert Welch
Atomic Power Plant Goes Online at South Pole Base
The Atomic Energy Commission reports the first Antarctic portable atomic power plant at McMurdo Sound is operating with a controlled self sustained chain reaction. It will produce 1 500 net kilowatts for McMurdo Station, the main U S base for Antarctic science.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
Antarctic
McMurdo
U.S
African Air Crash Toll Tops Civilian Aviation Deaths
Rescue teams found 111 dead in a chartered British DC7C crash in a swamp near Douala Cameroon. The victims included 101 passengers and 10 crew from Britain South Africa Rhodesia Netherlands Germany Denmark Australia Ireland and Italy with many Britons living in Rhodesia.
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Douala
Japan
United States
West African Republic of
South Africa
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Europe
Africa
Air France
Sahara
Luxembourg
Britain
Trans-African Air Coach Ltd
Caledonian Airways
Prestwick
Scotland
Sabena
Cameroons
Germany
France
Balloon Moon Still Whirling Across Sky This Week
Echo satellite may appear faint as it shrinks to 25 to 50 feet in diameter and remains in orbit for 12 to 18 months. NASA notes fewer micrometeoroids than expected and cites Echo I passes over Ohio with specific dawn times and low southern sky sightings. Made of Mylar from Circleville Ohio, the spaceball launched August 12, 1960.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Echo
Earth
North America
Ohio
Circleville
Ohio Postman Ends Trek of 250 Miles
Ed Kline, a 31 year old Ohio postman, completed a 250 mile walk from Cuyahoga Falls to Frederick, Maryland to promote the National Association of Letter Carriers campaign for a 14 percent pay raise. He arrived Sunday and will attend a salary conference. Fellow carriers drove him the final leg.
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Washington
Ed Kline
National Association of Letter Carriers
Kline
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Frederick
Here
Hocking County Hit By 3 2 Inch Snowfall
Snow hit Hocking Valley with three inches in the morning and more expected. State routes are slick with crews clearing highways and salting while motorists are urged to take care.
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Hocking Valley
State Highway Department
Hocking County
Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Dayton
Columbus
Toledo
Marietta
Khrushchev Accepts Geneva Talks Start With Ministers
Washington reports Khrushchev will attend Geneva with Andrei Gromyko and hold a preliminary session with Dean Rusk and Lord Home. Foster says the West seeks tougher inspection and rejects Soviet self inspection. Kennedy returns from Middleburg and says tests resume in late April unless a test ban treaty is signed.
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United States
State Department
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
William Foster
Khrushchev
Moscow
Kennedy
Middleburg
Soviet Union
U.S
Harold Macmillan
Foster
New
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Meet the Press
Multiple Weekend Traffic Accidents Rattle Hocking County
Over the weekend four traffic crashes injured several people in Hocking County. Wallace Glenn, 78, of Columbus, hit a parked car owned by Melvin Edgar Logan. Glenn was fined for reckless driving. Elizabeth Nixon, Nancy Nixon, and Earl Bowers were involved in other one car incidents with varying injuries. In Circleville four were treated for injuries after a two-vehicle collision. The state reported 11 traffic deaths statewide.
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Hocking County
E. Front St
Wallace E. Glenn
Columbus
Melvin Edgar
Logan Rt
Glenn
Delmar Freeman
Ed Smith
Smith
Nancy Nixon
Buchtel
Old Hocking Canal
South Bloomingville
Rt. 56
Paul Thrush
Thrush
Earl M. Bowers
Front St
Sheriff's Department
Logan
Hocking
Circleville
Larry van Fossen
Laurelville
van Fossen Auto
Berger Hospital
van Fossen
Mary Jane McCabe
Judy K. Churchels
Robert Young
Dem Leaders Push For OK Of JFK Bills
Democratic leaders urge final action this week on two Kennedy administration bills a pension welfare fund regulation and a jobless retraining program debate looms Tuesday. Senate and House versions differ on retraining duration four years vs two. The House will also consider the fiscal 1965 $5.46 billion Post Office and Treasury funding bill and tax revision proposals seen as admin priorities with new incentives and loophole closures.
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Washington
Senate
House
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Ways and Means
Skyscooter Crashes Killing Its Inventor in San Diego
An experimental aircraft named Skyscooter crashed during a Civil Air Patrol demonstration in San Diego. Pilot Herman A. Saalfeld, 32, founder of Saalfeld Aircraft Co. of Santee, was killed when the craft fell from about 100 feet during solo flight.
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San Diego
Calif
Civil Air Patrol
Herman A. Saalfeld
Saalfeld Aircraft Co
Santee
Saalfeld
Khrushchev Calls for Farm Program Expansion
In a Central Committee meeting broadcast by Radio Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev urged intensified development of the Soviet agriculture while warning against neglecting industry. He cited a 3 percent growth in industrial output under the seven year plan and pressed agriculture as a nationwide priority.
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Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Radio Moscow
Communist Party of the
United States of America
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