Small Nations Move To Shape Geneva Test Ban Talks
At Geneva the 17 nation disarmament conference eyes a larger role for smaller countries in negotiating a test ban. Nigeria's Jojo Wachuku urges full membership on the nuclear subcommittee, as pressure on the Soviet Union grows over international inspection. The shift signals hope to avert a new atomic race if talks advance.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Russia
Howard Green
Jojo Wachuku
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrej A. Gromyko
Anti Jungle Chemicals Big Flop in South Viet Nam
U S officials report the defoliation program in South Viet Nam has failed to produce the hoped for stripping of jungle leaves. ARPA backed effort aims to expose guerrillas by thinning canopy but observers doubt its effectiveness. A new attempt is planned with the rainy season starting in May.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Defense Department
Advanced Research Project Agency
U.S
Saigon
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Dixie
Senate
Debt status joke comments on modern finances
A humorous line remarks that those not in debt today are likely under privileged, poking fun at current economic pressures and financial norms.
Convict in Love Seeks Freedom to Marry
Joseph A. Flaherty, 39, a convicted robber and rapist, and Fran McKearney, 33, seek parole approval to marry. The parole board, weighing their romance since 1956, is expected to decide in about two weeks. McKearney says she fears and hopes for his reform as she delivers 2000 letters and weekly visits.
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Joseph A. Flaherty
Flaherty
Fran McKearney
Massachusetts
Cherry Hill
Old State Prison
Charlestown
Robber Escapes After Salon Shoot of Toy Pistol
James W. Higgins 28 who rushed Vincent and Vincent’s beauty salon with a shiny toy pistol attempted a robbery Friday night. He fled with handbags as assistant manager Niki Witty fought him with a spike heel until police arrived. Higgins was treated at a hospital and charged with robbery.
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Washington
James W. Higgins
Vincent Et Vincent
Higgins
Niki Witty
Mrs. Witty
Flooding Threat Seen in Midwestern Rivers This Spring
Weather Bureau observers warn midwest spring floods are possible but not imminent. Snowpack on the Missouri and Mississippi basins could surge if heavy rains and a warm spell occur in coming weeks, with Ohio River risk remaining low unless rainfall intensifies.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
St. Louis
Weather Bureau River Center
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Car Makers Land Auto Smog Probe
The Automobile Manufacturers Association credits a House committee for adding 1 million to the Public Health Service for research into auto smog and a cure. It says the panel unfairly criticized private industry research while noting 1963 models will use positive crankcase ventilation to reduce emissions. California reports 800,000 cars with such systems. SAE experts in Detroit acknowledge progress yet say 10 to 40 percent of hydrocarbons persist from crankcase fumes.
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Automobile Manufacturers Association
House
Public Health Service
Association
John T. Middleton
California
Middleton
Society of Automotive Engineers
Geneva and St Charles Councils Sweep Intersection Bet
A joint Geneva and St Charles council session settled a bowling bet by 31 pins. Losers, St Charles Mayor George Neumark and eight council members, must sweep the pavement at Geneva’s State and Third streets intersection.
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Geneva
St. Charles
George Neumark
Navy chiefs press Frondizi to resign in Buenos Aires
Reports say Argentine navy commanders planned to meet President Frondizi to demand his resignation. Generals including Pedro Aramburu, seen as a constitutionalist, reportedly failed to mediate the crisis. La Prensa echoed navy plans. it is unclear if other services back the move.
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Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Pedro Aramburu
Juan D. Peron
Frondizi
Navy
la Prensa
Air Force
Peiping attacks U S aid to South Vietnam in renewed blast
Beijing denounces stepped up American military aid to South Vietnam calling it a grave threat to regional peace. It accuses U S Air Force and pilots of direct involvement in the war while U S officials insist troops are non combatants. China vows to oppose what it calls U S armed aggression in Southeast Asia.
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Tokyo
Red China
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Peiping
United States
U.S
U. S
China
Park Takes Over As Korean Chief
Seoul AP reports General Chung Hee Park takes over the presidency after Yun Po-sun resigns. The 28 man Supreme Council unanimously accepts Yun's resignation and names Park acting president until elections in summer 1963.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Yun Po-sun
Supreme Council
Yun
Park
Fidel Castro Circus Trial Of Cuban Invasion Rebels Slated
The trial of more than 1 000 rebels captured in the Cuban invasion begins Thursday. U S propaganda experts warn of stage managed proceedings as Cubans in exile and elsewhere react with distress. President Kennedy calls it a matter of national concern. Cubans in exile urge delay to April 15 amid talk of a food-for-prisoners deal.
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Ben F. Meyer Washington
Fidel Castro
U.S
United States
Castro
Cuba
Kennedy
Nothing To Lose Now European Standoff in Algiers Turmoil
French troops ring Bab el Oued as 15 soldiers and several settlers die in five hours of street fighting over Algeria's move toward independence. Air strikes and tanks shore up loyalist forces amid rumors of a broader revolt by European settlers supported by a right wing secret army.
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Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
bab-el-Oued
France
de Gaulle
Bab el-Oued
Kennedy Visits Eisenhower and Watches Atlas Rocket Test
President Kennedy breaks protocol for a courtesy call on Dwight D. Eisenhower at his California retreat. He also visits Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and witnesses an Atlas D intercontinental ballistic missile launch at Vandenberg, noting the mission’s 5,000 mile flight and a near miss reported by General Power.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
California
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Eisenhower
Eldorado Country Club
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
University of California
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Berkeley
John H Glenn Jr
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Thomas S. Power
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