Senate backs lifetime penalties for air hijacks
A Senate subcommittee approved a measure mandating life imprisonment for airplane hijacking and making murder or other violent acts in flight federal crimes. The bill, aiming to mirror piracy law, could receive final approval by weekend. hearings followed recent hijack incidents and calls for tougher aviation security including armed crew and locked flight deck doors.
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Washington
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Senate
Rep. A. S
Mike) Monroney
Aviation Subcommittee
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House Aviation Subcommittee
Frank Chelf
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New Gadget Accessories Flood the Car Market
A rumored Detroit project promises a flood of car gadgets from portable TVs to air conditioned seats and tire inflators. Attachments span from modest to costly, with items like a refrigerator, road lights, a pump for tires, and a plug in tape recorder. The piece notes the battery impact and questions how much room a car has for all these innovations.
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Detroit
Latin America Faces Time to Embrace U.S. Aid Drive
U S pledge sought to beat Soviet loan terms as Latin American delegates push a rapid, multibillion dollar alliance to raise living and literacy standards. Dillon’s address drew immediate enthusiasm from officials amid strong leftist pressures. Chile’s Eduardo Figueroa warned of fighting against time as Uruguay’s Juan Eduardo Azéini opened with a boiling hemisphere. Guevara observs with interpreters during the speech.
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U. S
Latin America
Dillon
Eduardo Figueroa
Chile
Juan Eduardo Azéini
Uruguay
Guevara
France and Tunisia clash over Bizerte base dispute
Editorial remarks debate French actions in Tunisia after the 1961 Bizerte crisis. The piece cites French refusals to evacuate the base, Tunisian protests, and NATO dynamics as President Bourguiba seeks French help while De Gaulle maintains a hard line. It notes shifting diplomacy and the need to choose a path amid Cold War tensions.
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France
Tunisian
Sakid- Sidi-Youssef
Charles de Gaulle
Bourguiba Sr
Bizerte
RTE
U. S
Guantanamo
Cuba
Bourguidba
de Gaulle
Tunisia
Daz Hammarskjeld
Pearl Harbor
NATO
Algeria
Bourguiba
Bar Chief Highlights Kennedy ABA Ties on Judges
The BarChief report praised President Kennedy for partnering with the ABA to appoint high caliber judges. It notes Kennedy will appoint 126 federal judges in his first year, aided by 73 new judgeships created recently. House of Delegates elected John C. Satterfield of Yazoo City, Miss., as president to serve Friday, with Sylvester C. Smith Jr. of West Orange, N. J., chosen as next president elect for 1962.
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ABA
Committee On
Bernard G. Gal
Philadelphia
House of Delegates
John C. Satterfield
Yazoo City
Miss
Sylvester C. Smith Jr
West Orange
N. J
Brazilian officials, Japanese engineers visit to study Sete Quedas plant
Brazilian officials and Japanese engineers visited Brazil to survey construction sites for the 600000 kilowatt Sete Quedas hydroelectric project. They examined railway passenger and freight rate impacts as deficits rise, targeting completion by the first quarter of 7901.
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Sau Paulo
Rio DE Janetro
Pasenger
Brazil
Droelectric
Swan Ties Up Traffic on Busy Sixth Avenue
A jaywalking swan, likely escaped from Central Park, caused a traffic tie up on Sixth Avenue in New York City Monday until patrolmen Fred Waldorfer and Albert Rehberg corralled the bird and guided it back toward its lake.
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New York
UPI
Central Park
Sixth Ave
Fred’ Waldorfer
Albert Rehberg
Foreign travelers rise in South Viet Nam amid war
The AP reports that foreign air travelers to South Viet Nam have doubled in three years despite ongoing Communist civil war, according to the Immigration Service.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Immigration Service
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