Diem regime reports major air power victories over Viet Cong
South Vietnamese forces with U S helicopters and U S supplied bombers scored two major Viet Cong defeats over the past two days officials said The battles centered near Bo Tuc Tay Ninh and Phuoc Thanh with hundreds of guerrillas killed wounded or captured and the post at Bo Tuc burned Vegetation descriptions reference a large Viet Cong force and government counteroffensive details reflect the year’s biggest gains for the Diem government
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Phuoc Thanh
Song
Tay Ninh
Bo Tuc
U2 Pilot Francis Powers to Testify Before Senate Panel
Pilot Francis Gary Powers steps from isolation to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the downing of his U2 over the Soviet Union. He describes a bright explosion and a second parachute sighting while weighing whether engine trouble, a Soviet rocket, or other forces caused the crash.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moscow
Khrushchev
Snowstorm To Dump Up To 20 More Inches In West Virginia
The latest winter storm was forecast to drop 10 to 20 inches of new snow on the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, adding to the already heavy blanket of snow.
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Greyhound
Des Moines
Iowa
Charleston
W. Va
Panhandle
West Virginia
Weather Wrapup for Middletown Area Ends Winter Spell
The Middletown area recorded a 15 inch snow layer since 8 a.m. Monday. Colder temperatures expected tonight with an icy low around 14. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 28. Overnight and early morning readings showed a low of 22 and an official high of 29 at 1 a.m.
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Middletown
Speedy bill would raise highway speed limit in Georgia
Georgia lawmakers approved a plan to lift the superhighway speed limit from 60 to 75 mph. The bill, however, mistakenly made speeds below 60 on other roads and below 35 in cities unlawful.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ernst Vandiver
Snowstorm Dumps Record Snow Across Central Ohio
A March blizzard dumps record snowfall from Columbus to Lima with Kenton 12 inches and Lithopolis 11. Columbus 9 inches rising to 10, Springfield 7, Lima 6, Youngstown 4, Toledo 8, Cincinnati 1. Emergency declared in Columbus. Interstate 70 jackknife incident. 107 and 69 accidents reported. some southwestern floods close roads. airports back to normal after disruption.
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Ohio
Kenton
Lithipolis
Columbus
Springfield
Lima
Findlay
Youngstown
Toledo
Cleveland
Akron
Cincinnati
Ralston Westlake
Queen City
Hamilton County
The
Highway Patrol
Revamping Of Schools Is Urged By Top Educators
Chicago AP report cites Oliver J. Caldwell urging a 14 year public education model. Two additional years would offer semiprofessional or vocational training for some students and extended academic work for others in a broad national reform.
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Chicago
Oliver J. Caldwell
Office of Education
Caldwell urges tougher college system and 18 year education plan
In a speech to the 17th National Conference on Higher Education, Caldwell proposed a new four year liberal arts college model starting where the junior year begins. He argued graduate and professional education should follow 18 years of formal schooling rather than 16, and said the current 12 year K-12 system is inadequate for rapid growth in knowledge.
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Caldwell
National Conference On Higher Education
B58 Zooms to Records Shattering Transcontinental Run
An Air Force B58 bomber set three speed records for a Los Angeles to New York to Los Angeles round trip totaling 4 hours 2 minutes 32 seconds. The mission caused widespread sonic booms and window damage across multiple states. Gen. Power cited military value while noting costs of broken windows will be borne by the Air Force.
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Los Angeles
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
California
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New York
Long Beach
Bertha Long
Broadway
Anaheim
Calif
Riverside
St. Joseph Mo
Ichillicothe
Kansas City
Moslems Protest After Oran Prison Fire Raid
In Oran Algeria hundreds of Moslems protested after a fire raid by Secret Army Organization commandos killed two prisoners and wounded 30. Riot squads and troops guarded the prison as Special convoys rushed to the area. Authorities say the attack aimed to punish Moslem terrorists tied to Algerian independence.
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Oran
Algeria
Secret Army Organization
Vielle Nouvelle
Soviet Mission Erects Berlin Style Wall in Manhattan
The Soviet Union adds to its United Nations mission at 136 East 67th Street a 16 foot high brick faced wall on an elevated patio, drawing Berlin parallels. Residents complain but Buildings Commissioner Birns notes diplomatic immunity shields the block from zoning rules after the 12 story cooperative building change of ownership on February 21.
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New York
Soviet Union
United Nations
Berlin
E. 67Th St
Berlin Wall
Harold Birns
Nuclear test fires underground at Nevada site
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated another low yield underground nuclear shot at the Nevada test site. The new test, about 20 000 tons of TNT in equivalent yield, is part of the current series announced Monday.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Kennedy replies to Khrushchev as Geneva talks loom
President Kennedy answered Soviet Premier Khrushchev in a letter delivered in Moscow paving the way for a Geneva foreign ministers meeting on nuclear testing and disarmament. Khrushchev urged heads of state attend the conference and criticized inspection rules and U S test ban aims while Kennedy and Macmillan pressed for a March 14 opening.
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Washington
Kennedy
Krushchev
Geneva
Khrushchev
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrej Gromyko
Moscow
White House
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Khushchev
Maccmillan
Khrushchev Outlines Food Shortage and Farm Reforms
Khrushchev warned the Central Committee that poor management of collective farms jeopardizes the seven year plan as Soviet meat shortages intensify. He blamed a daed agricultural scientist Vasily Williams for long adopted methods and proposed plowing up a third of grass land to grow corn sugar beets and legume to boost food and livestock feed.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Communist Party Central Committee
Vasily Willams
Williams
Stalin
Joey Jay Signs Reds After Holdout
Tampa AP Joey Jay a two game winner in Cincinnati last season ended his holdout by signing with the Reds for about 28000 dollars.
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Tampa
Fla
Joey Jay
Cinati
Reds
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