Second spaceman U S to launch in May or June
UPI reports the United States aims to launch Donald Kent Slayton on a three orbit Mercury flight in May or June. Slayton, a Air Force major, will follow Glenn’s 1962 mission with similar altitude and duration and attempt to complete experiments, including weather photos and weightlessness nutrition observations.
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UPI
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John Glenn
Mercury
Donald Kent Slayton
Air Force
Glenn
America
Halls
Congress
New York
Space
Slayton
Earth
West Monroe girl wins 1962 Miss Stock Show title
Judith A. Cathey 19 of West Monroe claimed the Miss Stock Show crown sponsored by the Monroe Jaycees after a modern jazz dance. First runner-up was Cherry Janean Moberly of Tallulah, second runner-up Barbara Jean McCoy of Monroe, and Peggy Ann Cook of St. Joseph won Miss Congeniality. Cathey received 100 dollars, luggage, roses, a loving cup and a 17 jewel watch and becomes eligible for the Miss Louisiana Pageant at Lake Providence.
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Delhi
Northeast State College
Judith A. Cathey
West Monroe
Cherry Janean Moberly
Tallulah High School
Tallulah Lions Club
Barbara Jean McCoy
Monroe
Peggy Ann Cook
St. Joseph
J. J. Pullen
Vicksburg
United Nations
Louisiana
Lake Providence
Capital Set To Honor Space Hero
Washington prepares Monday ceremonies for space hero John H. Glenn Jr following his orbital flight. A White House parade to the Capitol, a joint Congressional address, and nationally televised receptions mark the tribute, with thousands of students and government workers joining the celebration.
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UPS
John H. Glenn, Jr
White House
Capitol
Congress
Glenn
Earth
Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
New York City
Lyndon B. Johnson
Marine Corps
Marine Band
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
President Coolidge
U N Security Council Called To Address Cuban Complaint
United Nations New York AP reports the Security Council was summoned to meet at 3 pm Tuesday to discuss a Cuban complaint alleging the United States plans an invasion. Adlai Stevenson, as council president for February, called the meeting following a letter from Cuban delegate Mario Garcia Inchaustegui submitted Thursday.
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U. N. Security Council
United States
Cuba
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Council
Mario Garcia- Inchaustegui
Stevenson
Parents and teachers to attend Monroe PTA meeting film
Members of the Kiroli School Parent Teacher Association may attend as spectators at the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Americanism program. The film Crisis for Americans will be shown at the PTA monthly meeting at 2 pm Friday.
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Kiroli
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
PTA
Red China Denounces U.S. Viet Nam Aid and Demands Pullout
Peiping radio quotes the Chinese Foreign Ministry saying U S military aid to South Viet Nam threatens security and calls for immediate international talks to avert war. It condemns the new U S Military Assistance Command led by Gen Paul D Harkins and demands all U S personnel and equipment withdraw from South Viet Nam.
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China
United States
South
Viet Nam
U. S
Red China
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Red Chinese Foreign Ministry
Peiping Radio
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Military Assistance Command
Paul D. Harkins
Ngo Dinh Diem
Jefferson Polaris Sub Is Launched
The submarine Thomas Jefferson, fourth Polaris boat from Newport News Shipbuilding, launches with 16 missiles. It will carry two crews, Blue led by Cmdr Rathbun and Gold led by Cmdr Priest, alternating patrols beneath the oceans.
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Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Leon H. Rathbun
Blue
Charles Priest Jr
State faces cash problems as call for special session rises
Gov Jimmie Davis resists a special session as Louisiana weighs oil lease sales and oil bonus revenues. Officials warn of payless days if April 11 lease sale flops, risking the general fund before the May 14 legislative start and June 30 fiscal year end. Educators fear tighter budgets amid uncertain mineral leasing outcomes.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana
A. P. Tugwell
State Mineral Board
Tugwell
James S. Reily
Youths Take Court Action On USS Visa
Conservative youth group Young Americans for Freedom filed suit in District Court seeking a State Department ruling on Katanga President Moise Tshombe's visa application. The group argues the lack of decision harms Tshombe's planned March 7 rally in New York City.
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Washington
State Department
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United States
Young Americans For Freedom
Tshombe
New York City
Congo
Thomas O'Malley
U.S. District Court
Edward M. Curran
O'Malley
Curran
Robert Schuchman
Yale University
American Civil Liberties Union
American Jewish Congress
Longshoreman Arrested in Record $25 Million Heroin Haul
Anthony Fuca, 31, a Bronx longshoreman, was seized by NYPD and FBI agents with 40 kilograms of heroin valued at about 25 million dollars. Police say the haul is the largest heroin cache ever seized by U S police. Fuca claimed the drugs came from a large country in Europe.
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New York
FBI
Bronx
Anthony Fuca
Bryant Ave
Edward F. Carey
Fuca
Carey
Europe
Twin Cities Forecast: Sunny to Cloudy With Rain Possible
Today will be mostly sunny in the Twin Cities with a high near 68 degrees and a low around 46 tonight. Increasing cloudiness is expected this evening with a chance of rain before Monday morning. yesterday's high was 70 and low 51.
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Twin Cities
Heart Sunday Drive Mobilizes 400 Volunteers in Twin Cities
Heart Sunday gathers 400 volunteers to canvass 15 residents each in local neighborhoods. Envelopes for contributions are handed out with optional anonymity. National Heart Fund drive backs the Louisiana Heart Association as the nation’s leading fight against cardiovascular disease.
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Heart Sunday
Twin Cities
Heart Association
Winona McCormack
Heart Fund
Louisiana Heart Association
American Heart Association
Your Heart Association
Winona McCormick
Algae as Future Food and Other Light Observations
A collage of wry comments on topics from algae nutrition and menu writing to anniversaries in Russia and school design. It touches the space age aiding vocabulary and ends with a humorous office call line about not going to work.
Snow Storm Strikes New York and New England
A northwest storm dumped up to a foot of snow in western New York with five deaths attributed to the wind damaged weather. Central and northern New England saw six inches to a foot of snow while southern New England received up to four inches. Winds up to 35 mph produced heavy drifts and stranded motorists. Airlines canceled all flights as the U S Weather Bureau predicted clearing by Sunday and cold temperatures.
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Central
New England
Watertown
N. Y
Plattsburgh
N.Y. Champlain
Ellenburg
Moores Forks
Oswego
N.Y
Glens Falls
U.S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Bronx Officer Survives Close Call With Train During Rescue
Patrolman Francis Fallon, 23, leaped across two tracks to help a man retrieve a dropped hat when a southbound train stopped within a foot of them at Longwood Avenue station. Motorman John Giehl said it was a near calamity as Fallon signaled the train to halt. Luke Horkanchuk, 64, of the Bronx, was the man Fallon saved.
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New York
John Giehl
Francis Fallon
Longwood Avenue
Bronx
Fallon
Luke Horkanchuk
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Shelter financing offered for a decade by builders
Construction firms advertise ten year payment plans for fallout shelters suggesting a lighter perceived threat as the world situation relaxes.
Woman Walks 23 Miles To Visit Baby In Hospital
Mae Sharon Hayes, 20, walked 23 miles from Long Beach to White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles to see her 11 month old daughter Margarite Mary Hayes treatment for an intestinal ailment. She carried 40 cents left and rode with a neighbor for gas after nurses raised funds. Her husband Roland, a radioman second class, slept through the plan until a receptionist helped them reach the hospital six and a half hours later.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Mae Sharon Hayes
Navy
Margarite
Mary Hayes
White Memorial Hospital
Algiers Siege Deepens After Bab el Ouard Terror
Twenty thousand French troops moved into Algiers as a bloodbath in Bab el Oud sparked a deadly racial clash. Authorities report 11 Europeans killed and much of the Moslem quarter seen as organized murder by a rightist plan. Curfew placed, streets sealed, and troops manned the barriers between European and Moslem sections.
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Algiers
Bab el Oued
Algeria
Bab-el Oued
Alexandria man confesses to 1945 Wisner bank robbery
Richard Dees 43, arrested for drunkenness in Shreveport, admits to the $4,000 Wisner Franklin State Bank robbery on Sept 1 1945. He claims sole involvement, says trio planned the caper, and that a barn fire was a distraction. FBI to interrogate. deputies note possible three robbers.
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Shreveport
Alexandria
Franklin Parish
Richard Dees
Wisner
Franklin State Bank and Trust Co
Dees
FBI
A. J. Stephens
J. R. Brown
Winnsboro
West Monroe
Holly Ridge
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