Titan II Missile Explodes in Ocean Test
Calif coast reports a 105 foot Titan II missile self destructed moments after launch. Debris fell into the Pacific as Air Force officials noted the blast occurred near the silo. Observers recalled by a radio staffer saw debris mainly into the ocean. prior Cape Canaveral tests reached long ranges. Titan II’s liquid fuels allow long store by keeping the missile underground with massive doors.
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Vandenberg Air Force
Basf
Calif
Air Force
McGraw
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NAM Says Budget Can Be Cut
The National Association of Manufacturers urged Congress to trim the proposed 98.8 billion dollar federal budget by at least 8.7 billion, citing savings from housing civil defense foreign aid and public assistance. It proposed 434 million eliminated defense family housing units 218 million cut civil defense shelters 2.345 billion reduce foreign economic assistance 410 million cut public assistance and 1.215 billion rejected educational aid. It argued tax reform is essential to growth and should take priority over nonessential spending.
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The
NAM
Congress
Ohioan Killed Driving Wrong Way On Turnpike
An Ohio man, Jack D. Bregar, 36, of Cincinnati died after driving eastbound into the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike seven miles west of the Donegal interchange. Samuel Pulliam, 46, of Newport, Kentucky, was driving another car and was injured. Police report the collision occurred Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, Frick Memorial Hospital treated the surviving driver.
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MT. Pleasant
Ohio
Jack D. Bregar
Cincinnati
Frick Memorial Hospital
Westmoreland County
Bregar
Samuel Pulliam
Newport
Pulliam
Donegal
Anti Compulsory Union Shop Laws Worrying Labor
Labor leaders fear a growing wave of state reforms banning compulsory union shops as 20 states, including Wyoming, enact right to work measures. AFL CIO plans a counterdrive to repeal Taft Hartley section 14B, aiming to remove state option provisions and strike a blow against forced union membership.
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Norman Walker
Miami Beach
Fla
Wyoming
Afl-Cio
Congress
Maine
Oklahoma
Bay of Pigs veterans join US armed forces
Washington AP Cuban veterans of the 2506 Bay of Pigs invasion will be allowed to enlist in the U.S. armed forces. About 1,000 to 1,500 of the 2,500 brigade are expected to volunteer, with options to train as officers or serve as enlisted personnel. Training spans 22 weeks for enlisted and 12 to 14 weeks for officers. A briefing at the Miami Cuban refugee center will launch the program.
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Washington
U.S
Defense Department
Pentagon
Cuba
Miami
Lenny Bruce Trial Ends In Hung Jury
Beverly Hills California AP reports comedian Lenny Bruce faces retrial after a hung jury in a case over obscenity in his nightclub act. Judge Henry Drager set February 25 for a motion on retrial. Bruce, 27, also awaits a March 4 Superior Court felony narcotics trial date.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lenny Bruce
Henry H. Drager
Bruce
Superior Court
Cincinnati Man Dies From Salamander Refuel Blast
A Cincinnati man, severely burned when a salamander exploded during refueling on a sewer project, died at St Anthony's Hospital. George Brown, 31, suffered burns over 95 percent of his body and passed away Friday. Funeral services will be held in Cincinnati.
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Columbus, Ohio
Cincinnati
St. Anthony's Hospital
George Brown
Brown
New Neighbor Delivers Glamour Line Across Hall
A new male resident in the apartment building calls a glamorous young lady across the hall and delivers a flirtatious line about being her sugar from across the neighbor. The moment captures a lighthearted meet cute in shared living space.
NATO Force Project To Be Speeded Up By Hightower
The United States and Britain plan detailed talks in Washington on Monday to assign air and sea nuclear striking forces to NATO. The plan envisions a three part force under NATO command with a U.S owned and manned segment, a British national force, and a jointly funded international force. Italy West Germany and Belgium are expected to participate. Negotiations led by William R. Tyler and Denis Greenhill follow Kennedy Macmillan talks in Nassau.
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United States
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Italy
West Germany
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Europe
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Belgium
State Department
Asst
William R. Tyler
State and Defense Departments
Atomic Energy Commission
Denis A. Greenhill
Greenhill
London
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Bahamas
Macmillan
Fires devastate five businesses and twelve apartments in Leadville
Fire swept through a downtown Leadville building on Harrison Avenue housing five businesses and twelve apartments. Fire Chief Joe Plute suggested arson may be involved, with estimated damage ranging from 250000 to 500000. The blaze mirrors three prior downtown fires in the past two months, though none were serious. The 1880-built structure housed a department store tavern jewelry and sporting goods store and two television radio centers.
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Leadville
Colo
Joe Plute
Plute
Harrison Avenue
Cuba Policy Attack From Congress on Kennedy
Washington AP report on congressional attack over intelligence gaps in Cuba surveillance from September 1962 to October 14. McNamara cited limited footage from 400-plus sorties and omitted the September period. Senator Keating flagged missiles in Cuba. Sen. Stennis to lead closed hearings on national posture and Cuba with possible classified testimony.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Cuba
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Stennis
Milk for Blood Trade Draws Many Donors in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH Ohio AP five dairy firms offered a gallon of milk for a pint of blood during the Red Cross bloodmobile visit. The two day collection yielded 392 pints, exceeding Scioto County's 250 pint quota while residents had donated 318 pints last month without bonuses.
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Portsmouth, Ohio
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Red Cross
Scioto County
City Commissioners split on eleting city leadership
A debate over whether city commissioners should be elected by words divides voices. The dispute, noted on page 2, contrasts opposition from current commissioners with support from another speaker.
House Tax Cut Study to Begin 14 Weeks in Meet
The House Ways and Means Committee will start a 14 week push on President Kennedy s tax reduction plan aiming for a vote in June. Administrations leaders seek a net reduction over 10 billion dollars annually in three stages though final terms may shift. Hearings resume as urgency rises in support of the program.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kennedy
Tral Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Nuclear Test Ban Talks Teeter Toward Collapse in Geneva
Geneva AP negotiations over a nuclear test ban near failure after 4 1 2 years of talks. The Soviet Union accepts on site inspection but limits to two or three a year on Russian soil, while the United States and Britain seek 8 to 10 inspections. Western demand for international posts and on site checks clashes with Soviet fears of spies. The plan shifts to national detectors plus seven to 10 black boxes, with Moscow proposing only three.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Senate
Africans Seek Western Universities Amid Bulgarian Education Turbulence
In Vienna and The Hague African students angered by Bulgaria’s schooling consider studying abroad. Ethiopian youths visited the U S Embassy in Belgrade seeking US study possibilities while Ghana’s ambassador met Dutch officials in Sofia about remaining in the Netherlands. Some have already gone to Bonn for dentistry studies, but most students face money shortages delaying travel.
U S Navy Rockets At Hijacked Venezuelan Freighter
U S Navy planes fired rockets across the bow of the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui as it steamed south along the South American coast. The hijackers refused to alter course toward Puerto Rico amid Brazilian port threats and Venezuelan destroyers in pursuit.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
U.S. Navy
Anzoategui
Puerto Rico
South America
Brazil
French Guiana
Venezuela
Assassins Named In France Link To De Gaulle Plot
Paris AP reports a pipe smoking woman language teacher Paule Rousselot de Liffiac and navy artillery captain Robert Poinard confessed auxiliary roles in a De Gaulle assassination plan. They said the plot was called off before custody. Mastermind Georges Watin led the operation.
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Navy
Charles de Gaulle
Paule Rousselot de Liffiac
Robert Poinard
de Gaulle
Georges (the Limper
Foreign
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