Summit Meeting Is Nixed
Washington AP Secretary of State Dean Rusk rejects Khrushchev's proposal for an 18 nation disarmament summit next month. He says heads of government should only meet to approve work or bridge unresolved issues after lower level progress. Kennedy to respond soon. future summits possible if Geneva talks advance.
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Harold Macmillan
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Bamboo Shoots In Middletown Lemur Dilemma
NEW HAVEN Conn AP two lemurs from Madagascar arrived in the country with a bamboo shoots craving. They ate little celery and milk since Friday and staff rush to Bronx Zoo for bamboo supplies to feed the animals.
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New Haven
Conn
Richard J. Andrew
Bronx Zoo
New York
Got Shelter No Bombs Here’.s Good Use for It
In Winston-Salem a fuel oil truck owner connected a hose to a pipe beside L. H. Jackson’s home and pumped out over 1,000 gallons of fuel oil from a fall out shelter after a misdelivery. The driver shut off the flow, alerted the Jacksons, and the oil was dumped to remove odor from the house. The Jacksons reacted with disbelief and humor.
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N.C
L. H. Jackson
Fuel Oil Company
Severe Floods Hit Southeast Idaho
Severe floods swept Southeast Idaho as an irrigation dam breached and heavy rains deluged towns along the Teton River. Floodwaters destroyed downtown areas in Sugar City and forced hundreds to flee. seven counties declared disasters as manpower toiled against rising waters.
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Associated Press
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Pocatello
Teton
Sugar City
National Guard
Bancroft
Rexburg
Teton River
Ricks College
National Guardsmen
Rangely
Colo
White River
Colorado
Britons Eye Big 3 Talks This Year
London AP reports diplomatic sources expect a three power summit this year with President Kennedy British Prime Minister Macmillan and Soviet Premier Khrushchev likely to meet. Informants say ongoing communications between Khrushchev and the western leaders point to the summit as a probable outcome.
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London
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Western powers explore future East West contact approach
A Foreign Office spokesman said planning for East West contact remains fluid as Western powers consult on how to approach Khrushchev. Khrushchev proposed an 18 nation disarmament conference in Geneva start March 14 on a summit basis, potentially prompting a Western answer to Moscow this week.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Macmillan
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Ribicoff urges welfare kids to join scouting
Welfare Secretary Abraham A. Ribicoff urged the Boy Scout movement to recruit children from relief families. Speaking at the annual Construction Industry lunch, he called on states to provide funds for uniforms carfare meeting fees and camp costs to help welfare families access scouting.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
Boy Scout Movement
Ribicoff
Attempt At Orbit Depends On Sea CAPE CANAVERAL AP
The preliminary countdown for John H Glenn Jr.’s proposed Mercury orbital flight began amid improving but unsettled Atlantic conditions. An Air Force weather plane surveyed recovery areas as officials weighed delaying the launch beyond the planned 7 30 a m target with a two day countdown to midnights.
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Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
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Atlantic
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Project Mercury
Bermuda
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Weather outlook for Middleetown tonight through Wednesday
Cold damp weather expected with sleet or freezing rain changing to light rain tonight. Wednesday will see continued moisture with light rain or drizzle likely and a high near 40. Overnight low around 32 with yesterday's high near 3% and overnight low near 2% at 3 a.m. today.
Senators Seek Full Account of Powers Soviet Flight
Senators press for the complete story of Francis Gary Powers from his ill fortune over the Soviet Union to his return home. CIA agents will question the 32 year old pilot before any release to Congress or the public, while Powers' family remains discreetly kept apart from the process. Senator Thurmond urges Powers himself testify in a public session to ensure the American people hear his account.
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State Department
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Powers
Rudolf Abel
Sen. Strom Thurmond
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Today’s Chuckle About Growing Old Gracefully
A light joke notes that some people age with grace while others opt for the dreaded “Twist” dance end to end with a wink. The quip plays on graceful aging versus awkward novelty moves.
Mass Protest in Paris Marks Slaying Funeral March
About 100000 Parisians marched silently from Place de la Republique to Pere Lachaise Cemetery to honor four of eight demonstrators killed in clashes with police linked to the Secret Army Organization. Labor and left groups organized the funeral as transport and economy were disrupted by strikes and bad weather.
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Secret Army
Place de la Republique
Pere Lachaise
Acer
Cuban Airline Pilot Flees Fidel for Mexico Asylum
A Cuban Airlines pilot, 45 year old Carlos Cardo Lugo, slipped into asylum in Mexico Monday after telling crew he would go to the washroom. He climbed through a window at the airport drug store and requested asylum. Earlier, a first officer aboard Fundador Gerardo Arrechea Becquer defected and sought asylum, while low crewmen stocked up on goods in the airport.
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Mexico
Carlos Cardo Lugo
Fundador
Gerardo Arrechea Becquer
Norway Tightens Coastal Security Measures
Oslo reports broad coastal zones near key defense installations banned to foreign nonmilitary shipping. Foreign civilian ships over 50 tons must use a Norwegian state registered pilot and enter via designated sea lanes as part of tightened security.
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Oslo
Norway
Defense Department
Draft call drops again in Ohio for March inductees
Columbus Ohio selective service headquarters issued a March induction call for 392 men, down from 407 this month. March draftees must be at least 22 on or before the first of the month unless they volunteer. Last year the March call was for 153 men.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Kennedy Presses Sukarno on Peaceful West New Guinea
Robert F. Kennedy told Indonesian President Sukarno that the United States has done all it can behind the scenes to promote a peaceful solution to the Dutch-Indonesian dispute over West New Guinea. An embassy source noted Kennedy stressed U.S. strong interest and conveyed a message to neutralist Indonesia.
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Indonesia
Robert F. Kennedy
Sukarno
U.S
West New Guinea
Kennedy
Merdeka Palace
America
U. S
Subandrio
Abdul Haris Nasution
Gunawan
Ruslan Abdul Gha+i
Supreme Advisory Council
Paint Over Or Not Vanderbilt Nudes Raise Eyebrows
Hyde Park New York AP report notes renovation crews found a half century old mural at the Frederick W. Vanderbilt mansion showing a group of bare breasted women with an elderly man. Mrs Vanderbilt objected to the original painting and had it painted over. The mansion later became a national historic site under federal control. Now the Interior Department weighs whether to cover the mural again amid ongoing scrutiny and public interest.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Fredrick W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
Railroad
Cornelius Vanderbilt
U.S. Interior Department
Captain Afraid of Sea Confesses On Last Voyage
Geoffrey M. Fletcher, captain of the British liner Andes, admits after docking in San Francisco that he hates the sea and fears rough weather. The 60 year old, with 46 years at sea, says retirement awaits after this voyage and recalls entering seafaring due to poverty and tradition. He appears calm but stresses his reluctance to face rough seas.
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Geoffrey M. Fletcher
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