Peru Coup Is Smashed by Military Junta
Lima reports the Ricardo Perez Godoy led regime says it crushed a vast Communist plot financed by Moscow Prague and Havana. Over 300 arrests followed civil guarantees suspended, raids on targets including airports bridges and power plants, and a clandestine radio setup near the Bolivian border.
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Lima
Peru
Ricardo Perez Godoy
Moscow
Prague
Havana
Red
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Miami
Fla
Teens Say Teens Need Driver Class
Ohio youths at the seventh annual Ohio Youth Traffic Safety Assembly Conference urged that 16 to 18 year olds be required to complete driver education before getting a license. About 400 teenagers and adult advisors attended, emphasizing high school traffic safety projects like safety councils driving rosters juvenile juries and vehicle safety checks.
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Columbus
Ohio Youth Traffic Safety Assembly
Roomer Dies In Ohio Cafe Fire at Old Barn Cafe
In Orrville Ohio fire leveled the Old Barn Cafe, one of the town’s oldest buildings, killing a man believed to be Homer Hall 68 a roomer who lived above the tavern. The corpse was found burned beyond recognition by authorities investigating the blaze.
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Orrville, Ohio
Old Barn
Orrville
Homer Hall
Peace Corps Nigeria grows to 300 volunteers
Lagos Nigeria AP reports 112 new volunteers arrived Friday night, boosting Peace Corps personnel in Nigeria to a total of 300. The add builds on ongoing U.S. aid and cultural exchange programs across Nigerian communities.
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Lagos
Nigeria
U.S
Peace Corps
Mona Lisa Extended Display In Washington Return
American fans cheer as Mona Lisa’s Washington stay is extended to Sunday Feb 3. John Walker says French government allows public viewing before heading to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art from Feb 7 to March 4, then back to Paris aboard United States on March 7. The 450 year old Leonardo da Vinci portrait arrived Dec 19 on loan from the Paris Louvre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walker
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Paris
United States
Leonardo da Vinci
Nehru proposes World Court for Malayan border row
New Delhi says India would refer the Sino Indian border dispute to the International Court of Justice if China accepts a truce and restores pre Sept 8 positions. Nehru informed Premier Chou En Lai by letter last Tuesday, a step noted in a diplomatic note which denounced Red China as using gunboat diplomacy.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
China
International Court of Justice
Peking
Ladakh
Chou En-lai
Inside World A Safer Place Since Cuban Crisis
A brief page guide notes debates among diplomats on whether the United States stance during the Cuban crisis and Soviet retreat made the world safer. Features reference a 1930s Charles Boyer label, Middletown school plans for fall registration, and local sections like Valley News and Family Weekly with page numbers for features and columns.
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United States
Soviet Union
Middletown
Cules Wewnenia SB. Boi
Aorta
Valley News
Ckeasatu
Taylor Disagreed With Chiefs Over Skybolt Missile
Gen Maxwell D Taylor reportedly dissented with the top military chiefs on supporting the Skybolt bomber missile. He favored starting toward Nike Zeus antimissile production and questioned the Skybolt's value given cost. McNamara pressed to drop Skybolt while Kennedy weighed defense funding.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Wesuum Chiefs of Staff
Robert S. MacNamara
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Force
Kennedy
Skybolt
McNamara
Defense Department
Paint attack on U.S. Embassy in Brussels shocks city
Police report two minor attacks on U.S. property in Brussels. Belgians angered by U.S. policy supporting UN forces in Katanga threw red paint at a U.S. diplomat’s home, hitting the neighboring house. An American’s parked car was damaged and tires deflated.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.S
U.N
Katanga
France to Launch Second TV Channel in April 1964
Paris reports that France will introduce a second television channel in April 1964. The government owned network announced the planned expansion, signaling broader broadcast access.
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Paris
France
Rusk Sees Real Hope For Congo Settlement
Secretary of State Dean Rusk after a two hour session with President Kennedy said there is a real chance of a quick Congo settlement. He noted Katanga President Tshombe must cooperate and indicated Tshombe favors Thant reconciliation in principle.
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Rusk
Congo
Kennedy
NATO
Thomas K
Finletter
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
McCone
White House
Paris
NATO Council
Thievery Trials Rise in Polish Construction Theft
Warsaw reports more than 300 defendants in 142 cases since last September over thefts from construction sites. The loot totals about $720,000, according to Polish papers.
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Warsaw
Congo warfront stalls as peace talks loom
Katanga’s leadership under Moise Tshombe faces pressure from Belgian and British diplomats to meet U.N. representatives in Elisabethville while U.N. forces pause their advance toward Kolwezi. Washington hints at terms requiring cooperation with central Congo unification. Tshombe’s forces reportedly rebuild and receive arms via Angola from Portuguese administrators.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Katanga
Katangan
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Kolwezi
Nodola
Northern Rhodesia
Jean Tasnier
Tasnier
Congo
United States
Washington
Jadotville
Associated Press
Adrian Porter
Angola
Africa
Porter
United Nations
Yanks Practice With Bagpipes In Scotland Welcoming Henley
In Dunoon Scotland AP crews aboard the Proteus intensified bagpipe practice to greet the USS Henley as she nears the Holy Loch on Wednesday Henley will relieve Proteus which returns to the United States for refit and re assignment Proteus has been at Holy Loch since March 3 1961.
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Dunoon
Scotland
U.S
Proteus
Holy Loch
Henley
United States
Dor Mant volcano shows activity near Colina Mexico
Mexico City AP reports Volcanic activity signs at Dor Mant near Colina in Jalisco State. Professor Felix Sobota notes observable tremors and minor emissions raising concern for nearby residents and authorities.
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Mexico City
Colina
Jalisco State
Felix Sobota
Lausche Warns Tax Cuts Need Spending Cuts to Avoid Chaos
Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio warned that a Kennedy tax cut without spending restraint risks economic chaos. He argued that large federal deficits erode purchasing power, raise debt, and invite financial instability, calling $7 to $10 billion in tax relief insufficient and potentially disastrous for the country.
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Washington (Ap
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Congress
Lausche
H. Ladd Plumsley
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Kennedy
Plumley
Chase New Commerce Director Named in Ohio
Chase H. Chase, retiring Ohio Bell vice president, was named state commerce director by Gov elect Rhodes. The Cleveland Heights resident, 64, attended Hiram College Case Institute and Harvard Engineering. He will join Industrial Development Director George Wilson to lure jobs and industry to Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio
Warren H. Chase
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Chase
Cleveland Heights
Hiram College
Case Institute of Technology
Harvard School of Engineering
Ohio Bell
George Wilson
Ohio
Cleveland Engineering and Scientific Center
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Institute
Chuckle: man seeks to lump worries into one complex
A man visits a psychiatrist and asks to lump all his nagging worries into one big complex so he can get it over with. The joke hinges on a play on medical terms and the desire for a simple solution to multiple anxieties.
War name list from Saigon reveals Operation Waves of Love
Saigon officials announced a new military operation titled Waves of Love, continuing a habit of colorful, pictorial codenames for campaigns. Other past names include Sunrise, Blue Mountain, Pacification, Sea Swallow, and People’s Move.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Blue Mountain
Scientists urge space life search as top goal
A group of about 100 leading American scientists urged the government to elevate the hunt for life beyond Earth to the top priority of the space program. They warned that life-detection experiments may not be ready in time for the first unmanned Mars probe in 1966 and criticized NASA for insufficient focus on sustaining astronauts on long missions.
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Washington
Earth
Mars
NASA
Wien
Ges Whan
National Aeronautics and NASA
Space Science
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Mt. Vernon
Roomer
Mona
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Red China
Charles Boyer
Sae
Skybolt Seuttle
By Fred S. Hoffman
Lemay
Adm
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
Army
Earle G. Wheeler
Navy
Gen. Taylor
Gen. Lemay
Lobitoe
Frank Lausche
By Neil Gilbride
Chase New Commerce Director
Space Life Search Urged
By Frank Carey
Moon
Space Science Board
National Academy of Sciences
State University of Iowa
National Space Agency
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