US Captain Gels 20 Year Sentence for Spying
Captain Joseph P. Kauffman of the U.S. Air Force, 45, was sentenced by a Wiesbaden court martial to 20 years at hard labor and dismissal for betraying U.S. defense secrets to East German intelligence. The panel found him guilty of giving information about bases in Greenland and U.S. Air Force personnel to East German agents via a Soviet contact. He faced automatic review and was remanded to the air base stockade.
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Germany
Air Force
Joseph P. Kauffman
U.S
Kauffman
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Greenland
Guenther Maennel
United States
Maennel
Sondrestrom Air Base
Castle Air Base
Calif
Berlin
East Berlin
Kennedy Heads to Palm Beach for Family Vacation
Washington AP reports President Kennedy and his family fly to Palm Beach Florida today for a vacation. The president's trip follows a busy schedule and will be spent at the winter retreat.
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Kennedy
Palm Beach, Fla
Valve Blamed In Kentucky Blast
Bradenburg Kentucky AP reports a faulty valve at Olin Mathieson Chemical caused four explosions that shattered 10 buildings and caused about 4 million dollars in damage. Ammonia mixed with ethylene oxide triggering a tank blast as 35 workers were on site. 29 were injured, three seriously. The plant plans limited production today with much resuming Thursday. several facilities were demolished or badly damaged and the site touted 22 million man hours without a serious injury.
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Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
New York
Organic Chemical
Kersey Sentenced After DUI Arrest at Warren Jail
Jim Kersey faces sentencing on a DUI offense after his arrest when he arrived at Warren County jail to serve a three day sentence. He pleaded guilty to violating the penal code and a pint of liquor strapped to his leg was found during a jail search by Sheriff Donald Allen.
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Warren, Pa
Jim Kersey
Warren County
Kersey
Donald Allen
U S Steel Chief Sees President in Cordial Talks
U S Steel chairman Roger M. Blough met with President Kennedy at the White House in a cordial session amid the price war. The pair discussed the move by U S Steel to raise prices, which Kennedy opposed as irresponsible, and Blough’s visit followed a week after his initial price increase. Officials said no link to AFL-CIO President Meany’s departure.
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Washington
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
White House
Kennedy
Executive Mansion
U.S. Steel
US. Steel
Blough
Andrew T. Hatcher
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Hatcher
White House aides link Blough visit to New York meeting
White House aides say Blough met in New York with Secretary of Labor Arthur J Goldberg after Big Steel rescinded the price increase. Officials see the 45 minute session as Kennedy aiming to keep relations with business leaders cordial and responsible. The White House reports about 700 telegrams on Kennedy and the steel issue, about five to two in support of his actions since the price hike reversal.
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White House
Big Steel
New York
Blough
Secretary of Labor
Arthur J Goldberg
Kennedy
Britain in West European talks blockers hit by Belgium Dutch
Paris AP reports six Common Market nations push for political unity but Belgium and the Netherlands block any move without Britain. London is negotiating entry and wants Britain to join discussions on foreign policy and defense. Spaak and Luns demand British participation. French, West German, Italian and Luxembourg ministers seek a signed accord only if Britain accepts.
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Paris
Britain
Jee
Pol
Luxembourg
Spaak
Luns
Spacemen Wanted for Gemini Astronaut Candidates
NASA invites jet test pilots 35 or younger and under 6 feet to apply for Gemini astronauts. Five to ten will be chosen by fall to support Mercury and join Apollo crews in the two man Gemini craft. Applications go to Robert R. Gilruth and close June 1.
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Washington
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Robert R. Gilruth
Space Agency
Apollo
Tax Man Takes All Tax Man Takes All
A Boise Idaho taxpayer sent in a worn checkered shirt with his state income tax return. Attached was a note saying Here is the shirt off my back The gentleman also paid his tax Floyd West state tax collector confirmed the payment and the item.
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Boise, Idaho
Floyd West
Slaying After East Germans ram Berlin Wall barrier
Three East Germans drove a gravel filled truck through a barrier into West Berlin. The driver was killed by Red machinegun fire and a passenger was wounded. A second incident saw two East German soldiers wounded or escape after attempts to breach fences near the southwest border. Police exchanged stones and tear gas across the wall during the incidents. A West Berlin paper cited a lieutenant colonel in an East German unit shooting himself during an escape attempt on March 28.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Beene Sue
Weather outlook for Easter weekend with cool damp conditions
Five day forecast calls for a cool damp Easter Sunday with temperatures about 8 degrees below normal. High near 57 and low around 35, with rainfall averaging 0.5 to 0.75 inches in showers Sunday and Monday. Tonight will be cool, low around 37. Thursday high near 64. Official high yesterday in Middletown was 50 at 2 30 p.m., overnight low 42 at 1 45 a.m.
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Middletown
Pilots Lift Strike Threat at Pan Am Amid Arbitration
The Air Line Pilots Association postponed the 1400 pilots strike against Pan American World Airways and will seek final and binding arbitration over crew size. President Kennedy urged both sides to accept a three to four crew reduction, with a three-arbitrator panel to decide the dispute.
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Washington
Air Line Pilots Association
Pan American World Airways
Arthur J .Goldberg
Goldberg
Kennedy
Pan Am
Pan American
State liquor stores close Friday for Good Friday
All state retail liquor stores will close Friday in observance of Good Friday, an announcement from the Ohio Department of Liquor Control said. The closure affects all state operated outlets across Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Nations seek test ban doomed as U S plans Pacific blasts
President Kennedy demands enforceable treaty with international inspection. The Soviet Union rejects inspecting on its soil, promising to test if the United States tests. Eight nation group proposes a detection scheme using national stations and sharing data with an international science panel.
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U.S
United States
Central Pacific
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Moscow
Geneva
International Commission of
Man Found Dead After Suburban Fire Ruin
Everett Williams 61 was found dead late Tuesday night in the remains of a small building burned in a suburban Plainville fire. Hamilton County sheriff's deputies reported the incident and ongoing investigation.
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Cincinnati
Everett Williams
Plainville
Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputies
United States proposes spot check method for world disarmament
AP reporting from Geneva: the United States outlines a broad disarmament plan using spot checks in select districts of major nations. Inspectors would sample military presence in one district at a time to project totals, with no fixed deadline and a UN peace force to enforce after final stage.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Russia
United Nations
Chuckle Man Proves Youthfulness by Trying to Impress
The Chuckle man humorously asserts he is as young as he feels after a playful attempt to prove his vitality. Lively, lighthearted scene highlights confidence and a wink at aging with a comic twist.
Dream Fulfilled But Then Brenda Gets Her Wish
Brenda Harrison 10 received a piano from an abandoned Sodus village school in Michigan. While trying to move the upright from a six inch platform it toppled trapping her beneath. Friends and neighbors lifted the piano but she died from head injuries at a hospital within an hour.
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Sodus
Mich
Brenda Harrison
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Brenda
Gene
Jimmy Long
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