Brezhnev Plane Intercepted Off Algiers
French jets fired warning bursts at a Soviet Ilyushin 18 carrying Leonid Brezhnev off Algiers after the Soviet plane refused radio contact. Moscow denied illegal flight plans and condemned the action as banditry, while Brezhnev continued to Rabat unruffled.
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Algiers
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Rabat
Morocco
Guinea
Thurday
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Coup de Fresne
Algeria
Gromyko
Stanley Johnson
Johnson
Francis Gary Powers
West Africa
Senators Urge Gap Cold-Off in Missile Controversy
Senators from both parties call for a cooling of the missile gap dispute in Washington. Sen. Symington accuses the administration of withholding defense information from Kennedy during his White House campaign. Cooper says defense is not partisan and Kennedy should reveal the facts. Humphrey and Jackson cite confusion as a factor as the controversy cools briefly.
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Washington
Senate
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
Kennedy
White House
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Lumumba Escapes Captors Again in Katanga Farmhouse
Katanga announces Patrice Lumumba and two aides escaped Thursday night from a western Elisabethville farmhouse. They overpowered guards, fled in a black Ford with rifles and fuel for 60 miles, heading toward Angola or Stanleyville. Rewards totaling 7,000 francs and $1,900 were posted for Lumumba and the two companions, with Katanga troops and U.N. recon flights sought.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Elisabethville
Tio
Godefroid Munongo
Lumumba
Angola
Stanleyville
Congo
Oriental
Jadotville
Thysville
Leopoldville
Mutshatsha
Kasaji
Munongo
U. N
Weaver wins Senate confirmation as FHA housing chief
Robert C. Weaver is confirmed by the Senate as the nation’s top housing administrator. He becomes the highest ranking Negro in the federal executive branch. Weaver faces criticism over housing integration and possible impacts on Southern political support for Kennedy housing programs. The agency oversees nearly a billion dollars in new funds in the current budget. Weaver, 53, formerly NYC Housing and Redevelopment Board vice chairman, pledges to meet the trust placed in him and to push for higher housing starts amid the recession and construction slowdown.
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Washington
Robert C. Weaver
Senate
Weaver
Kennedy
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Congress
New York City
Senate Banking Committee
HHFA
Pony Players Lose Bid For Relief In House Vote
AP report from Boston states horse players who lose money when jockeys fall from horses they bet on will not receive legislative relief this year. The House on Thursday rejected a bill that would have reimbursed them, a move seen as hard on bettors and impacting those connected with the Weaver case.
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Boston
House
Kennedy aims six month window for talks with Soviets
Kennedy administration leaders estimate major negotiations with the Soviet Union could begin within six months. Khrushchev is urged to avoid new crises while Washington prepares, with Rusk and Kennedy re-examining foreign policies country by country to ease current crises in Laos and the Congo.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Berlin
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Dean Rusk
U. S
Laos
Congo
Chuckle Gossip: the art of saying nothing
A witty quote notes that today's chuckle lies in saying nothing while leaving nothing unsaid. It frames talk as clever phrasing that implies more than stated without declaring specifics.
French air force intercepts Brezhnev plane called regrettable
In Paris the government condemned the interception as regrettable and promised an investigation. In Lenzerheide a snow slide on Scalottas Mountain buried 13 vacationing Swiss pupils and their master. Police reported six pulled from the snow, three dead and one seriously injured.
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Ment
Leonid Brezhnev
Lenzerheide
Switzerland
Scalottas
Five day outlook shows near normal temps with scattered precipitation
The forecast calls for daily highs around 24 to 26 degrees with lows near 4. Colder weekend ahead with chances of rain or snow and Tuesday also cooler. Possible rain or snow Monday or Tuesday. Yesterday's high reached 40 degrees at 2 35 pm with an overnight low of 27 at 8 am today.
Robinson Case Set For Feb 17
Cincinnati AP report states Frank Robinson of the Reds faces a concealed weapons charge continued to Feb 17 in Police Court after he drew a loaded pistol in a restaurant during a dispute. He admitted taking the weapon from his coat pocket citing a threatening gesture by the cook. He declined comment when a club attorney requested the postponement.
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Cincinnati
Frank Robinson
Cincinnati Reds
Robinson
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Kennedy orders suits agai nst price fix firms
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy announced the government will sue electrical equipment firms that pled guilty to rigging bids on government contracts. First complaint due within two months, with GE and Westinghouse among defendants. Cities consider a joint suit for triple damages. In Peoria damages sought at 750 million on GE. GE reviews transactions with customers to see if fair value was given. Porter and Ingesoll Rand paid 70,000 in fines in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
E. Kennedy
General Electric
Westinghouse
Peoria
Ill
New York
H. K. Porter, Inc
Pittsburgh
Ingesoll Rand Co
U. S. District Court
Porter
Ingesoll-Rand
Time Will Aid Kennedy Health Proposal
Washington AP Kennedy administration seeks help from allies to push a Social Security based health plan for the aged amid heavy opposition. Time could yield momentum as the Ways and Means Committee prioritizes unemployment and child benefits hearings, possibly delaying a vote until next session.
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Kennedy
House
Ways and Means
Lien Filed Against Lanza Estate for Back Taxes
The Internal Revenue Service filed a $22,820 income tax lien against the estate of tenor Mario Lanza and his wife Betty for back taxes from 1955 to 1957. Lanza died October 7, 1959, followed by Betty five months later.
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Los Angeles
Internal Revenue Service
Mario Lanza
Betty
Monroe Stay In Hospital Not Expected Long
New York film star Monroe 34 was admitted to Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic for rest after an exhausting year of filming and marital strife. A spokesman said her condition is satisfactory and the stay is not expected to be prolonged.
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New York
Monroe
Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic
New York Hospital
Rocket Man Is Cooking Winner at National Contest
Bernard L. Troup, 49, electronics specialist at the Army Missile Center in Huntsville, Ala., won $1,000 in the men’s national cooking contest with a dish described as a potato chip lasagna. Runners up Art Butler of Scottsdale Ariz Rev Airmin G Wong Jr of Jena Al and Dr Henry Bornheimer of Mamaroneck N Y earned trip expenses.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Bernard L. Troup
Army Missile Center
Huntsville
Ala
Art Butler
Scottsdale
Ariz
Airmin G. Wong Jr
Jena
Henry Bornheimer
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Goldfine Found Mentally Competent to Stand Trial
Industrialist Bernard Goldfine of Boston, facing charges of evading $800000 in federal income taxes, was ruled mentally competent to stand trial after a six day hearing. Judge George C. Sweeney noted limited delusions but said Goldfine could assist his attorneys. Trial set for March 20. bail set at $5000. no drastic psychiatric therapy to be used before trial.
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Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Ment
Goldfine
George C. Sweeney
U. S
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
Sweeney
Kennedy scraps Ike policy on troop reductions in Europe
President Kennedy rejects Eisenhower's plan to cut or redeploy overseas troops as a means to ease the gold dollar crisis. He pledges no cuts to American fighting forces in Western Europe or elsewhere and says the U S will maintain its full NATO strength. The shift follows a Defense Department study reassessing bases for obsolescence rather than dollar savings.
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Kennedy
Moscow
U. S
Khrushchev
Washington
Eisenhower
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Europe
Particu
Defense Department
Knnedy
West Germany
State Department
United States
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