Labor Leaders Plan Cautious Protest to Kennedy Economic Policy
AFL-CIO leaders at winter meetings in Miami Beach decided to file a bitter protest directly with President Kennedy over domestic economic policies. They prepared statements for weekend release criticizing tax cuts and overall policy, while Meany favored a diplomatic approach and Reuther urged stronger public language. They aimed for an early private meeting with Kennedy to deliver the criticism.
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White House
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Meany
Record Cold Registered Over Ohio
Winter deepened across Ohio with subzero readings on Washington's Birthday period. Temperatures at Cleveland Hopkins Airport dipped to four inches of snow, winds 20 to 30 mph, and forecasts called for 5 to 10 below zero with Ohio River freezing possible in coming days. Forecasters anticipated moderation by Saturday, possibly reaching freezing.
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Washington
Cinnenti
Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Cleveland Hopkins
Columbus
Mercury
Cold Temperatures Persist As Thermometer Sags
The forecast warns of slowly rising temperatures tomorrow but expects another subzero morning. Yesterday’s high reached 9 degrees with a low near six, while today’s low was 4 below zero and the sun offered little warmth through the chill.
Injuries Are Fatal In Collision With School Bus
Cincinnati AP report says Margaret Kay Dunphy aged 72 died from injuries after a passenger car collided with a school bus on February 11. Seven children in the car sustained minor injuries in the crash.
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Cincinnati
Margaret Kay Dunphy
Four escaped prisoners recaptured after barbershop stop
In Brooksville Mississippi four inmates who fled Aberdeen jail on Thursday were recaptured in a local barbershop after overpowering a jailer a trusty and his wife and then robbing a store of ammunition and arms officers said
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Aberdeen
Aid rushed to Libyan quake area
In Libyan towns Al Marj and Benghazi rescue teams work amid aftershocks after a powerful quake that killed many and injured hundreds. U.S. Air Force teams deployed field hospitals surgeons and medical personnel from Wheelus base to the quake zone as the Libyan government declares nationwide emergency.
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Libya
al Marj
Benghazi
U.S
Air Force
Wheelus
Quade
Congress Pressed by Cuba Crisis Over Troop Drawdown
Congress remains impatient for word on Soviet troop withdrawals from Cuba after a MIG foray against a U S shrimp boat. President Kennedy pledges forceful US reaction to future attacks and orders defense action against vessels or aircraft in international Cuban waters. Senators view the shrimp boat event as a test of defensive weapons used offensively. Castro may be leveraging the incident as Russians stay in Cuba amid mounting tensions.
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United States
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Fidel Castro
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Kenneth B. Keating
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Strom Thurmond
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Pentagon
Caribbean
Theater Doors Open To Negroes In Baltimore
A Baltimore theater will admit both Negroes and whites today after six days of student picketing from Morgan State College Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College. Police made mass arrests with 413 jailed on disorderly conduct trespassing charges. An order released imprisoned students on their own recognizance after a conference with Mayor Goodman.
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Northwood
Philip Goodman
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Johns Hopkins University
Goucher College
Red Chinese Trade Official To Visit Britain
Lu Hsu chang deputy minister for foreign trade will visit Britain in late March to discuss expanding business. The Board of Trade said talks will cover normalizing trade relations and Britain exporting war potential materials to China as part of the policy stance voiced by Prime Minister Macmillan and other leaders.
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Health Care Plan Delayed Amid Tax Bill Conflict
Washington AP reports Kennedy’s health care plan for the aged faces delays as Ways and Means focuses on a tax reduction and revision bill. Public hearings span next month with committee action not before May and likely not until House acts on the tax measure, possibly June, delaying healthcare action further in both chambers.
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Child Stealer Faces 5 To 30-Year Term
Cincinnati AP report Henry Lee Jones 27 faces 5 to 30 years in prison for grabbing 7 year old Karen Barnes from a parked car on Sept 4. Common Pleas Court Judge Louis J. Schneider imposed the term Thursday. The case centers on the alleged child stealing incident.
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Henry Lee Jones
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Louis J. Schneider
Jones
Karen Barnes
If Washington Were President There Would Be No Cuba
Senator Winston L. Prouty argues that if George Washington were president today he would not have approved the Bay of Pigs plan. He says isolationism is impractical amid scientific progress and notes concerns about fiscal policy and debt. Rep. Laurence J. Burton echoes similar reflections on Washingtons guidance.
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Washington
George Washington
Winston L. Prouty
Khrushchev
Prouty
Prouty Notes Unspoken Farewell Address By Washington
Prouty reflects on the notion that Washington never delivered the 1796 farewell address. The remark ties to historical texts and questions whether the famous speech was ever publicly presented as written.
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Prouty
Washington
Plane Attack On Shrimp Boat Off Cuba Described
Two crewmen from the Aland Washington, a 72 foot Fort Myers shrimp boat, recounted a Cuba based MIG attack about 60 miles north of Cuba. The plane dipped low fired a spray they believed to be machinegun fire. Rockets were denied by defense officials and the Cuban government denied any attack. The pilots circled for 15 minutes as the men watched, certain they were unarmed.
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Fla
Benjamin Washington
Paris Jackson
Fort Myers
Alaland Washington
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Cuba
Defense Department
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U.S
Kennedy
United States
Minnesota Faces Historic Governor Election Trial
In St Paul a precedent setting trial opens to decide who won Minnesota's governor race after 96 000 ballots were recounted. About 1 500 to 2 000 disputed ballots from the Rolvaag versus Anderson contest are reviewed by three district judges to resolve the 138 vote margin.
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Minnesotta
State Supreme Court
Karl Rolvaag
Rolvaag
Elmer L. Anderson
Anderson
William ‘Braatz
Braatz
Chuckle on luck and success of those we dislike
A light column jokes about belief in luck explaining how some people we dislike seem successful. It plays on the idea that luck favors certain individuals, offering a humorous take on why success appears to defy sentiment.
Kennedy warns U S forces may strike Cuban targets
President Kennedy declared that U S firepower would hit any Cuban warships or planes that attack American vessels or aircraft and signaled possible hot pursuit if attacks continue. He ordered changes to standing rules to allow action against attacking ships or planes, with faster jets on heightened alert along Cuba's coast.
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Cuba
Key West Naval Air Station
Florida Straits
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