Thant Pushes Cyprus Peace Talks at UN
U Thant presses for a Cyprus peace plan as he meets British diplomat Sir Patrick Dean and Cypriot Foreign Minister Spyros Kyprianou. The talks hinge on whether to reference the 1960 treaty of guarantee and on assembling a UN peace force. Cyprus mines face possible shutdown due to ongoing fighting.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N. Y
U. N
U Thant
Cyprus
Thant
Patrick Dean
Spyros Kyprianou
U.N
Canada
Makarios
Mediterranean
Turkey
Akritas
Poly-Corpus Georgadjis
TMT
Cyprus Mines Corp
Little Republic
Hoffa Expected On Witness Stand
James R. Hoffa president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is expected to testify in his jury tampering trial in Chattanooga. He is accused with five co defendants of trying to fix the Nashville jury that heard his 1962 conspiracy case. The trial enters its sixth week with Hoffa likely to call witnesses and government rebuttals planned.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
James R. Hoffa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Nashville
Hoffa
Larry Campbell
Detroit
Nicholas J. Tweet
Huntington
W. Va
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Thomas Parks
Ewing King
Ruby's Defense Prosecution Battle Jury Bias in Dallas
Jack Ruby's lawyers plan to file a mandamus in the Texas Supreme Court over whether television viewers of the Oswald shooting can serve as jurors. The trial enters a second week with 48 questioned and only two accepted, as both sides blame delays on bias and the televised killing seen by many in Dallas.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Texas
State Supreme Court
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Belman Morin
Tex
Belli
John F. Kennedy
Wade
Kennedy Belli
Tax Cut Bill Moves Toward White House Amid Civil Rights Battle
Congress plans to send the $11.3 billion tax cut bill to President Johnson this week as the Senate readies for a civil rights filibuster. Senate leaders aim to advance the measure soon, with House action expected Tuesday and Senate consideration the next day. The plan promises larger take home pay for workers starting mid March.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Judiciary Committee
Mansfield
Senate House
House
Today's Chuckle The Welfare State Cost
A witty line jokes that a welfare state is costly to obtain benefits for nothing, noting the paradox of spending to claim aid.
Johnson Praises Florida Swing After California Victory
President Johnson returns to Washington from California with sunburn and renewed energy for greeting voters. He plans a packed Florida itinerary including Jacksonville Palatka and Miami. In Los Angeles crowds surged as he climbed over a fence to reach admirers and shake hands.
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Washington
Johnson
California
Florida
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Jacksonville
Palatka
Miami
Los Angeles International
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Navy pilot survives 1000 foot fall with parachute failure
Lt Edward A. Dickson, a Wyoming, Pa. native and Navy pilot, plummeted 1000 feet from a disabled A4 Skyhawk in snow, hitting a pine tree. He survived with a broken right leg and is recovering at Oakland Naval Hospital. He fears driving but wants to fly again.
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Dickson
Wyoming
Oak End Naval Hospital
Oakland
Union Wheat Boycott Prolongs Shipments to Soviet Bloc
A persistent union boycott blocks multi million dollar U S wheat shipments to the Soviet Union. Longshoremen demand at least 50 percent of grain shipments go in American vessels and back presidential appeals to lift the blockade. Wirtz left Washington after talks failed. AFL CIO backs the unions, arguing government subsidies distort jobs and trade policy.
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Miami Beach
Fla
A _ union
U.S
Soviet Union
W. Willard Wirtz
Thomas W. Gleason
The
International Longshoremen’s Union
Wirtz
Washington
U. S
Johnson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
New Storm Threatens Northern Plains Yet Warming Appears Brief
A new storm center formed in southern Saskatchewan headed toward Montana bringing snow and strong northerly winds. Temperatures plunged to below zero in Michigan and parts of Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois while many northern areas stayed near zero. Readings reached into the teens as far south as Arkansas and northern Florida with notable warmth in the Rockies and Great Plains prior to the cold front.
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Saskatchewan
Vna
Montana
Pellston
Mich
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ova
Illinois
Arkansas
Florida
Appalachians
Canada
Rockies
Great Plains
Glasgow
Mont
Weather Outlook Light Snow and Warmer Temperatures
Light snow is forecast tomorrow after a trace from last night and a night low near 20. It will stay slightly warmer tonight with temperatures rising modestly into tomorrow.
Leap Year Day transforms Ottawa Illinois with women in charge
On February 29 Ottawa residents will see women assume city roles for a Leap Year Day. Joyce Hayne leads as mayor for a day, joined by Dorothy Bender and Natcy Hilton in roles such as police magistrate and judge. Funds raised will support a new mobile rescue unit. men face summonses in a playful court setup.
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Ottawa, Ill
Ottawa
Illinois
Joyce Hayne
Accounting Department of
Ottawa Silica Co
Fire Department
Illinois River
Dorothy Bender
Red China Supports Pakistan in Kashmir Tension
Twenty three Indian policemen are missing after clashes in Kashmir blamed on Pakistani troops who crossed the cease fire line along the Krishen Gana River. A joint communique with Chou En Lai pledges Chinese support for Pakistan as Ayub Khan presses for closer ties with Beijing and cautions against U S military aid to India.
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Alan M. Kennedy
New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Indian Defense Ministry
U.N
Nea Keran
Capital
Krishen Ganna
Nehru
Congress Party
Chou En-Lai
Chou
Mohammed Ayub Khan
China
Ayub
Hiself
Punjab
Rawalpindi
Peking
United States
Washington
U.S
Inma
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Central Treaty Organization
Ice Fishermen Rescued From Lake Erie Floe
Coast Guard crews from Marblehead spent three hours rescuing 25 ice fishermen, four women and four children, from a breaking ice floe near Camp Perry in Lake Erie. They were ferried two at a time to shore in a 14 foot skiff, with a helicopter lifting two rescuers during the operation.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Coast
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