Indiana Scouts Launch First Authorized Amateur Rocket
Explorer Scouts in Portland Indiana achieved a successful 4 foot zinc dust rocket launch, the first authorized amateur test in the state. The team faced prior failures, raised about 1500 dollars from Lions Club support and student fundraisers, and plan to attempt again in April with a mobile radar to ensure airspace safety.
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Indiana
State Aeronautics Commission
Virgil M. Kesler
Kesler
Red Key Lions Club
Nixon Supporting GOP Farm Program
Vice President Nixon will back Eisenhower Benson farm plan in 1960 to presentan Republican alternative and maintain distance from Benson on campaign trail. Nixon sources say he may craft a separate GOP program, appealing to farm states while avoiding tied to Benson. Democrats warn of Benson influence shaping Nixon’s farm policy.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Nixon
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Eisenhower
Indianapolis
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Washington Post & Times Herald
Benson Fire Department
Government to tighten rules on hidden income deductions
Washington officials announce new IRS reporting rules to curb executives dodging taxes on hidden income and improper expense deductions. Dana Latham will unveil the plan at a 3 p.m. press conference, detailing 1960 income returns for 1961 filings. The changes demand more expense data while preserving ordinary and necessary deductions.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Dana Latham
IRS
Treasury
Board Of Inquiry Hears Industry Views On Strike
The hearing highlights an eight month stalemate as the union blames the industry for the deadlock. Cooper cites costs near the limit of inflationary tolerance and Flo argues for a non inflationary settlement. Taylor seeks a formal industry stance and weighs third party settlement recommendations proposed by James P. Mitchell and George Meany.
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Cooper
Flo
Eisenhower
Taylor
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Arrests in Havana target former Diario de la Marina director
Revolucion reports over 35 arrests in Havana including Eugenio de Sosa Chabau, ex Diario de la Marina director and former Santa Regina mill owner, linked to a group plotting to seize Casa Blanca naval arsenal. A second group, including one woman, sought dynamite for terror uses after meeting on a Honduran ship.
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Havana
Diario de la Marina
Revolucion
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Movement
Eugenio de Sosa Chabau
Santa Regina
Oriente
Casa Blancas
Castro
Allies Propose Summit Dates in Paris for Four Power Talks
The text notes May 3 to 14 as proposed dates for a four power Paris summit. Eisenhower remarks in a letter to Khrushchev that he understands the difficulty in agreeing on a mutually acceptable date.
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Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Paris
Macmillan
de Gaulle
High Level Talks Tread Path on Nuclear Test Halt
President Eisenhower convened a high level meeting with Secretary Herter Secretary Gates Gen Twining and AEC Chair McCone plus Wadsworth and Fisk to discuss halting nuclear tests. Indefinite moratorium extension expected as Geneva talks continue with no fixed expiry date. Soviet pressure looms as Geneva moves forward.
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Christian A. Herter
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John A. McCone
Atomic Energy Commission
James P. Wadsworth
James B. Fisk
United States
Geneva
Eisenhower
Esenhower
Soviet Union
Kennedy Nixon May Enter Primary Contest
Discussion centers on whether Kennedy and Nixon will run in the Wisconsin April 5 primary and possibly separate tickets. Humphrey’s allies prefer the Kennedy clash to test New England strength while saving ammunition for the Midwest. Nixon plans limited campaigning before the July Chicago GOP convention and aims to aid Eisenhower’s program in Congress.
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Bert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Kennedy
Wisconsin
New England
Midwest
Nixon
New Hampshire
Wesley Powell
Powell
Bernard L. Boutin
Chicago
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Rockefeller
Alexander Wiley
New York
Chester Bowles
D-Conn
Nelson Rockefeller
Bowles
Hutchinson Longtime Club Pro Spent Winters in Florida
PGA Hall of Famer Jack Hutchinson 75 spent winters in Fort Lauderdale Florida and summers in Golf Illinois where he served as Glen View Club pro for 40 years.
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Dunedin
Fla
Wreck Fatal and Driver In Skid Report
Patrolman Allan Lindley described a crash involving a truck and trailer. The rig driven by Ernest Albert Rice Jr., 33, slowed for a car that braked, but after braking it began to skid and the trailer swung into the southbound lane, killing Wreck Fatal and injuring Barbara Jean Hill, 21. William Robert Moser, 22, was also involved.
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William Robert Moser
Barbara Jean Hill
Allan Lindley
Ernest Albert Rice Jr
Lindley
Snowbound highways strand hundreds as storm roars ashore
Snow clogged roads across the Midwest and East as the Christmas storm dumped ice and wind. Widespread outages disrupted communications and power while planes, buses, and rail service faced delays, with raging winds upsetting lake shores and shipping along the coast. Sirens in New York sparked a brief scare before officials confirmed an electrical fault.
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Pasadena
Calif
Midwest
Plains
New England
Philadelphia
Delaware Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
East Coast
National Airport
Washington
New York
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Superior
Wis
South Dakota
Rulers Smarter More Deranged Says Prof Lunden
Prof Lunden outlines three types of rulers who reach high office and notes higher crime rates among leaders. He cites inadequate psychopaths aggressive bosses and ethically aberrant yet intelligent figures as common in Europe and the Americas, with more fraud and embezzlement in the United States but hope for change.
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Lunden
Prof
Europe
Asia
North
South America
Lunde
United States
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