Kennedy Sees Trade Bill Passing After Reciprocal Law
Democratic leaders in Washington say Kennedy will gain broad authority for a new trade expansion but only after the reciprocal trade law expires June 30. The House Ways and Means Committee still faces at least 10 days of sessions with key issues unresolved before moving the bill to the Rules Committee and the full House.
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Kennedy
Congress
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Ways and Means Committee
Mother Plans To Visit Son In Red China
Mary Downey of New Britain Cann arrives in Tokyo en route to visit her son John Downey, imprisoned in Communist China since 1982. Accompanied by her son William, they decline to discuss entry plans. They expect to enter Red China near Hong Kong after leaving Triv o for the British colony.
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Mary Downey
New Britain
Cann
John Downey
China
William
Downey
Red China
New York
Hong Kong
Trivo
Dillon Heads to Rome for Monetary Conference
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon left Idlewild Airport by plane on Saturday en route to Rome for the monetary conference of the American Bankers Association. He said he would also meet U S and British officials in London before the May 15 to 18 session.
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Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Rome
American Bankers Association
Idlewild
London
Carpenter to Orbit in Aurora 7 Spaceflight
The United States prepares to launch Malcolm Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 from Cape Canaveral on Pad 14. He will circle the Earth three times, following John Glenn's pioneering flight, with the mission aiming to advance knowledge for future U.S. spacemen toward the Moon and beyond. Carpenter, a 37 year old Navy lieutenant commander, will pilot the capsule and observe a trailing balloon, with the event marking a major step in space exploration.
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Atlas
New World
Glenn
Mars
Venus
Navy
Leutenant
Badge Of Bravery Emblem Highlights Middletown Police Week
The Middletown Journal features the badge of bravery story on page 23, detailing officers honored for valor and plans for Police Week including a police station open house. Also notes TV portrayal shifts and distant avalanche tragedy coverage across pages 20 and 34.
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Middletown
Besa
Todays Journal
Dividend Withholding Idea Gains Ground in Senate Panel
President Kennedy’s plan to withhold tax on dividends and interest gains support in the Senate Finance Committee though it remains uncertain on the floor. Senator Douglas says momentum grows amid the administration’s push while McCarthy cautions the plan may fare worse on the Senate floor. The panel’s 17 members show a potential eight votes for withholding and seven against, with changes likely before a vote in June.
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Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Paul H. Douglas
D-Nl
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Senate
Douglas
Dillon
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
Administration
Two Nuclear Tests Conducted Saturday
The United States carried out two more nuclear blasts on Saturday. An air drop test near Christmas Island in the Pacific had an intermediate yield, while an underground intermediate yield test occurred in Nevada. This marked the second consecutive day with two blasts in the current series, the Pacific test being the 10th in its sequence and the Nevada test the 32nd underground test.
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Christmas Island
Pacific
Nevada
Fire Wrecks Canton Plant
A general alarm fire in Canton Ohio burned out of control for two hours Saturday night at Industrial Forge & Steel Co No one was hurt. Firemen estimated damage may exceed 1 million dollars. The blaze began about 5 3 pm in a sheet metal tool shop of a 15 acre complex at 1502 Allen Ave. All 15 fire units were called out and more than 160 firefighters fought the flames until under control at 7 15 pm. The fire threatened an adjacent building with tanks of titanium. The building housed a machine shop and a casting plant for steel forgings.
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Canton, Ohio
Forge & Stee! Co
Allen Ave
Canton
Rebels advance drives Laotians toward Thailand border
Fleeing royal Laotian troops poured into Thailand as pro Communist rebels push beyond the cease-fire line. Rebels claim Tanoun fell and troops fled toward Mekong crossings. Bangkok and Vientiane scramble as a state of siege eyed and UN notice prepared.
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Vientiane
Laos
Thailand
Mekong River
Tanoun
PE A Aar
Berders
Pete Sarasin
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Bangkok
Baltimore man sentenced for biting mother on Mother's Day
Louw J Hewlette 4, a bar ber, was sentenced Saturday to months in the Maryland House of Correction for biting his mother Claudia Hippie on the hand and wrist Friday night. Hewlette denied the assault charge, saying his mother was bitten by her dog.
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Maryland House of Correction
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Shepard Day Proclaims Alan Shepard Day in Manchester
Manchester New Hampshire AP designates June 9 as Alan B Shepard Jr Day to honor the US astronaut. Shepard will visit his hometown of Derry and other communities in the state marking his historic space flight and return to New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire
Alan B. Shepard Jr
America
Shepard
Derry
Evening at the club sparks cheeky question
A young man and his date share a playful moment as they glance at expensive menu prices at a night club and he makes a flirtatious remark about her as a "plump little doll."
15 Killed In Greenland Air Crash In Denmark
A Canadian charter flight carrying Danish government workers and nurses crashed on approach to Gedthaah Greenland. Fifteen aboard died including three Canadian crew. survivors include Vincent Kies Richard Woolride and Mon Nielsen. The Catalina aircraft belonged to Eastern Commercial Airways and was chartered by the Danish Civil Greenland Air Service for a 220 mile flight from Sender Strom fjord to Gedthaah.
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Richard M. Woolride
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Hative
Canadian Eastern Commercial Airways
Danish
Civil Greenland Air Service
Sender Stromfjord
Gedthaah
Three Alarm Fire Ravages Carlton Clothes Co Store
A three alarm blaze erupted Saturday night at the Carlton Clothes Co store on 211 S Main St Akron downtown. Deputy Fire Chief Don Adams said 100 firefighters were summoned. the second floor fire was under control within an hour. Firemen used gas masks to move through dense smoke affecting the tailor shop on the upper floor. damage estimates were unavailable though stock of mens clothing was damaged by fire or water.
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Carlton Clothes Co
S Main St
Don Adams
Hun Prp
Iene Eodanens
A and Framen
Corporation Officials Back Tariff Program
At Sterling and Hot Springs Va the Business Council of top corporations voiced strong support for President Kennedy's trade and tariff plan after its spring meeting. Howard Petersen said the 19 industrial leaders would study foreign markets and import competition to aid tariff reduction talks. Juan Trippe noted the council had worked on the trade expansion bill for six months and urged advisory input from industry and labor groups in shaping the U.S. bargaining position with the European Community Market. The session also covered Kennedy's Alliance for Progress in Latin America with George McGhee and Edwin M. Martin presenting.
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Hot Springs Va
Business Council
Kennedy
Howard Petersen
Industratots
Congress
Juan Trippe
Pan American World Airways, Inc
Council
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
George McGhee
inter-American Affairs
Edwin M .Martin
United States
Souvanna Phouma
Paris
Laos
Rusk
Phoum Nasavan
Hus i
Pathet Lao
Southeast Asia Crisis Pushes U S Forces Toward Laos
President Kennedy alerted land, sea and air units for possible movement into Southeast Asia as Laos crisis deepens. A 7th Fleet carrier task force with about 2,000 Marines sails toward the region while Kennedy and top advisers weigh options including potential direct intervention and moves from Okinawa and near by naval units.
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Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Laos
U.S
7Th Fleet
Southeast “Asia
Okinawa
Western Pacific
Tth
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