Nigerians campaign to outlaw stick toothbrushes
In Lagos millions of Nigerians reportedly skip brushing with real toothbrushes, using shredded ends of dried sticks instead. The trend spreads to work commutes and schoolchildren as a campaign labels the practice primitive, while eyeglasses fad grows with colored frames and fake jewels. An optician notes fashion and utility drive sales, with one peddler claiming up to 300 dollars monthly profit.
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Nigeria
Kennedy signs jobless benefits bill after Senate vote
The Kennedy administration wins an 84-4 Senate vote on emergency unemployment benefits, with a two vote margin over conservative bids to strip a state by state financing provision. The measure mirrors the House version, now headed to conference, with payments for up to 13 weeks and an estimated $927 million funded by a temporary four tenths of 1 percent tax increase on employers.
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White House
Arthur J Goldberg
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Chuckle Today's Justice Theme Reveals Revenge Motive
A brief quip notes a character driven by thoughts of justice hoping to earn rewards and deliver to neighbors what they deserve, reflecting a moralistic stance and local flavor.
Missionaries Freed After Congo Captivity at Kasongo
Thirty missionaries held by Congolese soldiers in Kasongo, Kivu, reached the U.N. base at Kindu after intervention by the Kivu Minister of Justice. U.N. officials said 23 were Americans but nationality was not clear. The group said a fanatic sect of about 100 pagans threatening whites is in the Kasongo area.
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Mundt Raps Pay Racket At Canaveral
Washington senator Kar E Mundt charged that workers at Cape Canaveral and other missile bases gouged the government with wildcat strikes slowdowns and wages up to 1000 dollars weekly. He urged early public hearings to expose the conditions found by staff investigators as public concern grows over rising costs to the missile program.
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R-S.d
Cape Canaveral
Mundt
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Florida
California
Soviet Union
Miller Re-Elected Restaurateur's Head
Philadephia report notes Edward S. Miller of Cincinnati was re-elected president of the 450000 member Hotel and Restaurant Employes and Bartenders Union on Thursday.
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Philadelphia
Edward S. Miller
Cincinnati
U.N. says mission group ready to return to Kama station
U N sources report an American mission group arriving earlier in Kindu plans to resume work at Kama in Kivu Province. The group includes a girl rescued by U N forces after she was raped by four Congolese soldiers. A U N spokesman also notes the lifting of a short Congolese airport blockade at Coghlhatville in Equator Province where Mobutu loyalists control the area.
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Man Found Alive In Wreckage In Chicago
Rescue teams pried through debris to free William McCoy 31 after a building collapse that left two men entombed and fourteen hurt. McCoy, rescued after nearly 19 hours, showed good spirits and was taken to University of Illinois Research Hospital with a possible leg fracture and frostbite clues.
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M AP
Hope
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McCoy
University of Ilinois Research Hospital
DiSalle Refuses To Halt Execution
COLUMBUS Ohio AP Gov Michael V DiSalle refuses to intervene in tonight s scheduled electrocution of H B Pen elton a 29 year old Richland County slayer
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Columbus, Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
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U S and Soviet near disarmament talks committee
UN reports grow that the United States and the Soviet Union are close to forming a negotiating committee for disarmament talks. Adlai Stevenson and Andrei Gromyko may meet again today for their fourth exchange in 11 days. The plan includes a General Assembly resolution outlining basic principles, committee makeup, and talks timing and location.
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Soviet Union
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Andrei A Gromyko
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Man who found $240000 funds up to fame
Douglas Johnson, a handyman in Los Angeles, found a canvas bag with $240,000 in unmarked cash and handed it to the FBI. Brink's recovered the money, offered Johnson a $90 weekly guard job and a college scholarship for his eldest son, drawing mixed reactions from the public. Johnson remains modest, saying he would act the same again.
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Douglas William Johnson
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Brink's
Honest reward offer at company for truthful worker
A company official says the job was offered as a reward for honesty. Johnson, described as self-employed, voices doubt about daily truck work, noting the heat and confinement. The source presents a fragmented quote.
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Recession Signs Hint at Bottom in February Report
Washington AP February data from the Federal Reserve shows a pause in the six month decline of industrial production, marking first signs the recession may be ending. Output stood at 102 percent of the 1957 average, equal to January but well below January 1960 peak. Republican leaders warned against excessive government spending as a cure. Senator Douglas cautioned against mistaking a seasonal upturn for permanent improvement.
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All Irish Strut in 1960 St Patrick Parade in NYC
Glorious St Patrick’s Day celebrated as 60 marching groups totaling 120 000 wafted down Fifth Avenue in a green spectacle. The Fighting 69th band led the parade with mounted NYPD protection as Cardinal Spellman and dignitaries viewed from St Patrick’s Cathedral steps.
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
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Willy Brandi
West Berlin
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
Laurance J. McGinley
S.J
Fordham University
Thomas J. Kiernan
United States
Frederick H. Boland
Ireland
United Nations
U.N. Assembly
Frank Aiken
GE Official In Fix Case Resigns Job
William S. Ginn a General Electric executive who served a jail sentence in a price fixing and bid rigging conspiracy resigned on Thursday. Ginn 45 was vice president and general manager of GE's turbine division. He was one of seven executives from 29 electrical firms who went to prison and were released after serving 25 or 26 days in 30 day sentences.
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NEW York
William S. Ginn
General Electric Co
Ginn
Irish parade touted as largest in world by Erin sons
The Sons of Erin claim their parade is the largest and greatest globally, sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, with Irish dignity protected, bans on vehicles and floats, and noted absence of playwright Brendan Behan who was barred as a disorderly person and sent to Jersey City, New Jersey where Irish marching is tolerated.
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Sons of Erin
Order of Hiberniany
America
Brendan Behan
Behan
Jersey City
N.J
Weekend Rain Outlook With Mild Temperatures Ahead
Tim e ED SHOWERS stooks as if were in for a rainy weekend. Showers are on tap tonight with temperatures in the mid-30s. Saturday will be cloudy and mild with more showers. Five day outlook shows highs near 54 and lows around 35. Period stays mild to cooler through Wednesday with up to an inch of precipitation. Rain expected Tuesday night and Wednesday. Thursday high reached 44 degrees at 4 p.m. Overnight low was 24 at 6:30 a.m. today.
Savannah Wear in the Green
Savannah Ga city celebrates St Patrick's Day with Thomas Woolley named honorary mayor supervising up to 1000 pounds of orange dye dumped from 20 boats into the Savannah River. The dye turns green in sunlit water and remains for about an hour before tides carry it away. Woolley, hotel food and beverage manager, remarked the dye works and was once just a pigment of his imagination.
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Thomas Woolley
Savannah
Woolley
Peaceful St Patrick Day in Dublin as pubs open legally
On St Patrick's Day Dublin moved to a labor truce and legally opened pubs for celebrations. The AP notes bars are open for the feast day for the first time since Ireland proclaimed its republic, with locals enjoying the legalized drink and cautious revelry in Mooney's bar.
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Mooney
Dublin Road to Bars Returns After Bus Strike Lockout
Dublin crowds flocked to back bars on St Patrick's Day after six days of walking due to a bus strike that became a lockout. A truce between Dublin's jokers and the government Transport Board ended the standstill as green double deckers rolled again through the capital.
Strike lockout resumes on St Patrick's Day
Busmen walked off last Saturday demanding higher pay and vowed weekend strikes until met. They returned Monday to find Transport Board refusing re employ ment, turning the dispute into a formal lockout.
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