Massive Probe of Illicit Drug Traffic Planned
Senate investigators prepare a broad inquiry into illicit narcotics trafficking touching major U.S. cities. Interpol and foreign governments aid the effort as Chairman McClellan seeks hearings and a schedule for related probes including gambling on sports. The panel also examines Pentagon contracting for the Air Force Navy TFX fighter project and its handling.
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Senate
United States
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Interpol
International Police Agency
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Jerome Adlerman
Subcommittee
McClellan
Adlerman
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Pentagon
General Dynamics Corp
San Diego
Grumman Aircraft Co
Millions Ring In New Year Across World Tonight
AP reports a tense year ends and a hopeful 1963 begins as millions celebrate in varied scenes from snow to sunshine. crowds seek safety on highways with free coffee and lodging offered. Adaman group aims a Pike's Peak ascent fireworks display. Philadelphia readies for the Mummers parade. Japan resumes the Choai-in Gankoji temple bell after two decades.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey Turnpike Commissions
Travelers Hotel
la Guardia
New York
Adaman Group
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Philadelphia
Japan
Iowa
Iowa State University
Cuba first to see TV via high altitude relay
You Know Cuba was the first nation to see a television program relayed through a high altitude transmitter. Between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2, 1954, World Series games were fed to an airplane that picked up the signal from Florida and sent it to Havana.
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Cuba
Radio Corporation of America
Florida
Havana
Khrush Hints Concessions Are In Order
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged compromises to avoid thermonuclear war and settle East West issues. He cited the Cuban crisis as proof of concession for concession, offered to halt nuclear tests if the West does likewise, and proposed UN troops in West Berlin as a middle path amid Berlin tensions. He warned against one state dominating others and said the Cuban crisis will reshape international relations.
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UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Berlin
London Daily Express
Tass
United Nations
West Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
ICC Approves Giant Merger of Railroads
In Washington, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved Chesapeake & Ohio gaining control of Baltimore and Ohio, a step toward larger East Coast rail unifications. The action keeps C&O and B&O operating separately while signaling future merger potential amid severe winter weather in New England and nearby states.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore
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C&o
B&o
Chicago
Detroit
Buffalo
N.Y
Cincinnati
Newport News
Cleveland
Heller Sees Four Billion Bid for Tax Cut
Walter Heller, head of the Council of Economic Advisers, says the Kennedy administration will seek more than 4 billion dollars in tax cuts. He favors a big balanced plan with lower bracket relief, higher investment incentives, and corporate rate cuts to spur growth despite deficits. Secretary Hodges warns 1963 growth will slow from 1962 levels but remain sound.
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Washington
Walter Heller
Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Heller
Abc-Tv
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Chiang Sees Khrush-Mao Death Struggle
Chiang Kai-shek in a New Year message says Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Chinese Communist chairman Mao Tse-tung are in a life or death power struggle likely to end with Mao's liquidation. He warns that Khrushchev ousting Mao could yield a more subservient but equally dangerous Chinese Communist leader bent on expanding a global Marxist order. He calls the split dangerous but hopeful for weakening world communism and urges united action to topple the regime.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
China
Kremlin
Chiang
Israel’s Meir Says Kennedy Is a Sincere Friend
Golda Meir, returning from the United States, said her 70 minute talk with President Kennedy left her convinced she was speaking to a sincere friend and to a nation friendly toward Israel. She declined to disclose details, noting the interview covered world and Middle East affairs.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Golda Meir
United States
Kennedy
West Monroe dance and musical auditions announced
The West Monroe Riding Club and Jaycee sponsor a Fair Grounds dance tonight at 7 p.m. with the band at 9 p.m. Tickets available at the door or from club members. Tryouts for Annie Get Your Gun run Wednesday to Friday at 7 30 p.m. at Strauss Playhouse Lamy Lane. Monroe Little Theatre seeks 50 performers including five children under 12.
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West Monroe
Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Richard Clark
Monroe Little Theatre
Crash Survivors Eight Siblings Begin New Life
Eight Bentley children survive a deadly car crash and find refuge at the Church of God orphanage in Kannapolis with help from welfare worker Andrea Triplett. The siblings, split among six foster homes, will join the infant Terry Wayne at the orphanage once eligible, while donations provide a Christmas they could not have with their parents.
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Kannapolis
N.C
Church of God
Andrea Triplett
Abner Avery Bentley
Morganton
Bentley
Miss Triplett
Caldwell County
Terry Wayne
Five Children Die in Maryland House Fire
Five children perished in a Maryland suburb fire that consumed a cinder block two story home in Prince Georges County. Fifteen firefighters battled the blaze, which investigators tentatively blamed on a stove on the first floor.
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Washington
Prince Georges County
Maryland
William Bell Jr
Donald Brown
Bell
Wilma
Brown
Shirley
Today’s Chuckle About Grandma’s Spring Cleaning
A lighthearted remark contrasts Grandma’s harder work with a modern housewife, noting that her spring cleaning would not have swept out a swimming pool. The quip highlights changing domestic chores and humorously imagines an older generation tackling unusual cleaning tasks.
Delicate Surgery Success for Rickie Lewis in 1963
Rickie Lewis an 11 year old West Monroe boy returns home after successful open heart surgery performed by Mayo Clinic surgeons at St. Marys Rochester Minnesota on December 13 1962. He will stay home until February 15 to recover then return to school. Rickie and his mother express gratitude to supporters who helped secure the operation.
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Rickie Lewis
West Monroe
Rickie
Mayo Clinic
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
B. A. Lewis
Accidents Claim 3 Lives In State
Three deaths were reported in Louisiana during the New Year period though state police denied highway traffic fatalities. Weldon Hebert, 20, of Bridge City drowned when his boat sank in a drainage canal. A drowning in Belle Chasse and a Lake Providence fire death are also cited in a UPI tally. Elliot McGee, 77, of Vidalia, died from injuries in a traffic crash.
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Louisiana
United Press International
New Orleans
Belle Chasse
Lake Providence
Weldon Hebert
Bridge City
Brenda Mae Gilmore
Elliot McGee
Weather forecast calls for milder temps this week
The weatherman predicts highs of 54 to 58 today and 58 to Tuesday after a 24-degree reading and frost last night. Tonight will be warmer with lows of 40 to 44. Partly cloudy conditions are forecast for today tonight and Tuesday. The high Sunday was 53.
Castro offers Cuba flight resumption for Pan American
Havana reports welcome Castro government proposal to permit more Cubans to depart for the United States if Pan American Airways restarts Havana to Miami flights. Pan Am in New York shows reluctance to resume full Cuba service due to losses from past restrictions and travel curbs. Official Cuban release notes continued policy to allow departures once Pan Am resumes. James Donovan says Castro agreed to admit 2,500 more relatives of Bay of Pigs prisoners to the United States as ransom deliveries continue.
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API
United States
Pan American Airways
Miami
Pan American
New York
Cuba
Island
State Department
Fidel Castro
Castro
James B. Donovan
Lake Placid
N.Y
Donovan
Schools Reopen Here This Week After Holiday
Northeast Louisiana students were on holiday but will return to classes Wednesday morning. Monroe city system students resume Thursday due to football championships won by Neville and Carroll high schools. Ouachita Parish students resume Wednesday. Northeast State College remains closed until Thursday.
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Northeast Louisiana
Monroe City System
Holiday traffic toll falls short of early estimates
United Press International reports New Year's holiday traffic deaths appeared to head for the low end of an estimate of 420 to 480, with 167 killed by 5:30 am EST on the four day period. California led with 17 deaths, Texas 16, Illinois 10, New York and Pennsylvania nine each.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Texas
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Virginia
Contraceptive Ad Accepted By Church Magazine
Washington based report notes a full page contraceptive advertisement appeared in the January issue of Christ Herald edited by Daniel A Poling. Empire of St Louis manufactures an aerosol vaginal foam claimed effective as birth control and widely tested, with potential mail delivery under the 1873 Comstock Act though officials expect no action. Several state bans on contraceptives exist across Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Washington Wisconsin Wyoming.
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UPI
United States
The
Christ Herald
Daniel A. Poling
Emire
St. Louis
US Post Office Department
Christian Aid
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Arkansas
Ifornia
Colorado
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
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