Kennedy seeks $600 million aid for Latin America
President Kennedy urged Congress to approve $500 million as the initial step in a decade long inter American program of mutual aid. He warned that without help desperate peoples could turn to communism or tyranny and highlighted Cuba and the Dominican Republic. He cited the Bogota commitment and urged swift funding to fund social development and democratic institutions.
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Kennedy
Congress
Latin America
White House
United States
Cuba
Dominican Republic
U.S
Bogota
Colombia
Chile
inter-American Fund For Social Progress
Hemisphere
White House East Room
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Mexico
Antonio Carrillo Flores
Society of Free Men
Jet transport contract ordered for rapid troop moves
The Kennedy administration awarded a billion-dollar contract to Lockheed to develop and produce long-range high-speed jet cargo and troop carrier planes. More than 100 SCR182 aircraft will be built at Marietta Georgia and ready by mid-1964 to improve U S ability to project forces in brush fire wars without nuclear weapons.
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Washington
U.S
White House
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Marietta, Ga
Kennedy
Military Air Transport Service
Laos Troops Recapture Muong Kassy in Laos War
Royal Lao forces retook Muong Kassy about 100 miles north of Vientiane, forcing back a Pathet Lao offensive. The move bolsters the government's bid to work with former neutralist premier Souvanna Phouma toward peace talks, though rebels show no talk of surrender.
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Souvanna Phouma
Muong Kassy
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Sala Phou Koun
Plaine Des Jarres
Laos
High speed transport plane for troops and cargo
A proposed aircraft would carry troops or heavy cargo at 440 to 500 nautical miles per hour, capable of distances up to 5550 nautical miles based on load. It would use four turbo-fan engines and a pressurized cabin to lift troops above 25,000 feet.
Castro Says JFK Plan Is Revolt Against Him
Fidel Castro denounced President Kennedy's Latin America program as a revolt against Cuba and warned of exile governments beginning with Puerto Rico if the U S presses action. He claimed U S counterrevolutionaries attacked the Santiago refinery, and accused Washington of aggression while praising the Soviet bloc and denouncing Kennedy as a captive of monopolies.
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JFK
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Puerto Rico
United States
Eee
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
America
Latin America
UN Patrols Rushing Aid To Captives In Congo Crisis
Malayan U N patrols move toward rebel held Kivu Province to reach about 300 white missionaries, businessmen and nuns. Rescue teams relay accounts of atrocities by Congolese soldiers, including rape of an American missionary girl and brutal beatings of Belgian nuns. Messages from Leopoldville describe fear and pleas for outside help as operations unfold in the Maniema region.
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Congo Lap
U.N
Kivu
Maniema
Belgan
Kasongo
United States Applies Cautious Nod to Congo Confederation Plan
The United States gave cautious approval to a proposal for a Congo confederation of semi independent states. The plan envisions tribal and economic divisions shaping the new political arrangement and governance.
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United States
Congo
Birth Notice Sparks Story Of City Ad
Memphis AP reports James Shackelford could not pass out cars, so he used a newspaper classified ad to announce the birth of his son on March 6, 1961. The message praised his wife and urged husbands to love their wives as he does. The father trains with the Tennessee National Guard in San Antonio, Texas.
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James Shackelford
San Antonio Tex
Tennessee National Guard
UN Assembly President Boland Seeks Action To Move Session
In New York Frederick Boland of Ireland, president of the U N General Assembly, steps in after a week of stalled talks between the United States and the Soviet Union. He may urge the two powers to meet by Thursday to drop or delay agenda items. A 21 nation steering committee may be convened to allocate items and aim to end the session by April 21.
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U.N. Assembly
Frederick H. Boland
United States
Soviet Union
Boland
Assembly
Storm lashes New York and Midwest with snow and rain
A slow moving storm sweeps from the Great Lakes to New England bringing snow up to five inches in parts of New York state. Hazardous driving is warned as four inch plus accumulations are forecast for Maine Vermont and New Hampshire. Rains and wintry mix affect the Ohio Valley Pennsylvania and Michigan while Florida and Pacific Northwest see continued precipitation. Temperatures dip tonight then rise tomorrow with a sunny mild day forecast.
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New York State
The
Weather Bureau
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Vermont
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Rochester
Syracuse
N.Y
Albany
Utica
Binghamton
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Florida
Pacific Northwest
Brookings
Ore
Ohio
Atlas Missile Fails Fourth Time In Five Tests
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP reports a more powerful Atlas intercontinental missile failed for the fourth of five test launches. The Monday night flight aimed for a 9042 mile India Ocean record but suffered main sustainer engine trouble and plunged into the Atlantic more than 200 miles down the tracking range.
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Fla
India Ocean
Atlantic
Crash Kills Actress Belinda Lee 26 in California
British actress Belinda Lee 26 dies in a high speed wreck near San Bernardino as a station wagon that may have exceeded 100 mph skids and overturns. Three Italian filmmakers in a documentary crew, including director Gualtiero Jacopetti, are injured. Jacopetti suffers a broken leg. Driver Nino Falenga and Paolo Cavara also hurt. The group, employed by Cineriz of Rome, was three quarters through filming The Woman in the World.
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Calif
Belinda Lee
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nev
Miss Lee
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Barstow Community Hospital
Paolo Cavara
Nino Falenga
Chuckle Be friendly with folks you know
A light quip urges kindness to those around you. It notes that without familiar faces you would be a stranger, nudging friendly behavior in everyday interactions.
Dean Leaves for Geneva to Push Nuclear Test Ban
Special Ambassador Arthur H. Dean travels to Geneva with Kennedy instructions to push a nuclear weapons test ban with the Soviet Union. The aim is a climactic, possibly final round. Progress could ease East West tensions and open broader disarmament talks. Failure would likely restart tests. Dean, a New York lawyer, has long negotiating experience with Communists.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Arthur H. Dean
Geneva
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Dean
United States
New York
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
JFK's Sister Mrs Shriver Hospitalized for Appendectomy
Mrs. R. Sargent Shriver sister of President Kennedy was operated on for an appendectomy at St Elizabeths Hospital in Boston today. The procedure was uneventful and she is reported in good condition. The family declined further comment.
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Shriver
Boston
R. Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
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