Kennedy urges Laos talks amid hazardous stalemate
President Kennedy pressed for speedier unity talks in Laos to prevent a fragile cease fire from collapsing. He urged royalists, Communists and neutralists to form an independent government while warning that adding American troops would be equally risky. He also addressed tax evasion and US Soviet talks on Berlin.
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Konrad Adenauer
Tax Revision Bill Faces Senate Hurdles Amid Looming Plea
Washington AP report notes secretary of the treasury Douglas Dillon returns to press the tax revision bill before the Senate Finance Committee after more than 200 witnesses. Kennedy opened a news conference defending withholding on dividends and interest, arguing taxes would be collected like wages. Critics warn hardships for elderly relying on dividend income.
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Former Dayton Mayor Charles J Brennan Dies
Dayton Ohio AP Former two term Dayton mayor Charles J Brennan died today after an extended illness He was 83 Brennan had served as US referee in bankruptcy from 1990 until his hospitalization last March 23 He was elected mayor in 1954 serving in the post until 1962
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Atlas Not At Fault In Centaur Explosion
Centaur upper stage exploded on its maiden flight after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. Analysis shows stage separation began about 35 seconds into the ascent, prompting questions about the Atlas first stage. NASA and Project Mercury officials proceed with plans to launch astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter on May 17, pending further ground and flight testing.
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Weather outlook with showers and storms tonight
Showers and scattered thunderstorms are forecast for tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight with a low around 4, cooler Friday with a high near 68. Official high yesterday in Middle Town reached 2 at 4 pm, overnight low 42 at 6 am today.
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Taxpayer Pleads Restless Guilt Over Missing Taxes
A humorous Chuckle Letter to the Internal Revenue Service jokes about underpaid income tax. The writer admits to cheating on last month’s tax, says he cannot sleep, and sends 25 dollars with a promise to pay the balance if sleep does not return.
Balubas Moved Out To Country
In Elisabethville Katanga the United Nations Command began relocating over 42 000 Baluba tribesmen from a ramshackle refugee camp near the provincial capital. The plan aims to send about 5 000 Balubas weekly back to their home townships after eight months seeking UN protection from Katanga President Moise Tshombe.
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Moise Tshomibe
McNamara Reviews Vietnamese Defenses In Viet Nam
Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara observed Vietnamese combat forces in training near Nha Trang 200 miles northeast of Saigon with map and notes in hand. He noted a serious communications shortage hindering U S aid planning and said the troops are an extremely able group of men.
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South Viet Nam
Robert S McNamara
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
Stop Laos Battle, Red Rebels Told
VIENTIANE Laos AP Prince Souvanna Phouma orders pro-Communist Souphanouvong to withdraw Pathet Lao troops behind the cease-fire line after rebels seize Nam Tha and Muong Sing. He cables rebels and acting premier to arrange withdrawal while calling for renewed coalition talks. Kennedy says rebel advances breach the cease fire and urges Geneva partners to press the Soviets to pull back forces.
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Submarine and freighter collide near San Francisco
A nuclear powered submarine and the Matson freighter Permit collided 30 miles west of San Francisco. Both vessels reached port under their own power with no injuries to 137 crew aboard the submarine and 47 on the freighter. Damage was limited to the submarine’s superstructure. cause under investigation. Cmdr John D Pillsbury reported the submarine surfaced and was not in danger. Coast Guard escorted the sub to port as the Hawaiian Citizen headed to Alameda from Honolulu with a mixed cargo.
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Satellite launch failure ends up in Atlantic coast
A Thor Able Star rocket failed to ignite its second stage during a Cape Canaveral mission carrying a 355 pound geo detic satellite. The Defense Department said initial telemetry pointed to no orbit and that the $3.5 million booster and payload likely burned in the Atlantic northeast of Cape Canaveral. A backup payload is ready for a future launch after analysis.
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Warren's Son Backed Brown Named VP On California Committee
Warren's son Earl Warren Jr. was named vice chairman of a statewide committee to support Governor Edmund G Brown. The Sacramento attorney Young Warren, son of former California governor, switched parties on his 32nd birthday in January.
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Pitcairn Mutiny Descendant Sees the World in Fort Lauderdale
Fletcher John Christian, great great great grandson of Mutiny on the Bounty’s leader, visited Fort Lauderdale on a 24 hour stop aboard the Willem Ruys. The Pitcairn Island chief magistrate, 60, marveled at modern buildings, declined comparisons to his home, and spoke of his island’s fishing, gardening and tourist souvenirs earning about 450 dollars a year. He recalled watching the original Mutiny on the Bounty film in Pitcairn harbor in the 1990s.
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American Sentenced In Germany
Harold N. Borger, a 42 year old New York native and former U S Army and Air Corps officer, is sentenced by West Germany's supreme court to 2 years and two months in prison for betraying U S military secrets to Communist intelligence. The court reduces the term by 1 month 2 weeks for time already served since his arrest in March 1961.
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Political unrest spurs Bible demand across tense regions
Periods of political unrest raise demand for Bibles in areas facing tension and revolution. The American Bible Society reported Wednesday night.
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Price Fixing Executives Plead Not Guilty in Soviet Antitrust Case
Four steel firms Bethlehem Steel United States Steel Erie Forge and Steel and Miivale Heppenstall face charges of price fixing and bid rigging under the Sherman Act. The Open Die Forging Institute in New York is named as the trade association. Executives Gurney Barnes Lang appear in court on recognizance.
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Three Survive Brazilian Air Crash Near Rio de Janeiro
A Convair 440 with 22 passengers and crew crashed while landing in a storm at Vitoria, Brazil, exploding on impact. Police reported only three known survivors as officials fear many onboard may be foreign. The wreckage burned for hours and the body of one victim was recovered immediately.
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Man Buries Two Workers in Sewer Trench Accident
In Trois-Rivieres Quebec two men Paul-Fimile Panneton and Yvan Vincent were buried alive when a fellow worker operating a mechanical shovel unknowingly backfilled a trench they were digging with several feet of earth. The incident occurred Wednesday as the shovel operator filled the trench.
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Terrorists Kill Moslem Women in Oran and Algiers
In Oran and Algiers the terrorist gunmen killed nine Moslem women by noon and wounded many others. European gunmen killed or wounded 27 people in total, most victims Moslems, as authorities imposed vehicle bans in Moslem neighborhoods and urged calm. Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda urged ending attacks as the country faced heightened violence.
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