Worst Freeze This Century Hits South
The coldest weather this century hit Dixie with subzero readings from Atlanta to Nashville and Jacksonville. Record lows closed schools and businesses as arctic air pushed south toward Miami. Nine deaths were linked to the frigid conditions and utilities faced outages as heating needs surged.
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Alabama
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Former Wife of Hospital Director Charged in Slaying
SHREVEPORT La AP Mrs Johy Harmon former wife of a Shreveport hospital director was held by police in connection with the killing of her son in law Joseph S Jenkins 56 of Bossier City shoots three times with a .25 caliber pistol outside his home Wednesday night Jenkins a father of two died at the scene Police said she claimed he was going to hit her Harmon has not yet been charged
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Johy Harmon
Shreveport
Joseph S. Jenkins
Bossier City
Walter Harmon
Confederate Memorial Medical Center
Jenkins
Harmon
Retrial Set For George Smith in Baton Rouge Case
In Baton Rouge UPD A March 11 retrial was scheduled for George D. Smith former assistant superintendent at the State Industrial School for Colored Youths on a manslaughter charge. Hosea Fountain of New Orleans died after being beaten with a leather strap. The first trial ended in a mistrial as jurors were deadlocked. Four other staff members have pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and await sentencing.
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Hosea Fountain
New Orleans
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Senate committee approves Bell for foreign aid head post
Washington UPI The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved the nomination of David E. Bell former budget director to head the foreign aid program The committee also approved former Secretary of State Christian A Herter as Kennedy s representative in tariff negotiations under the new Foreign Trade Act
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UPI
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
David E. Bell
Christian A. Herter
Kennedy
Cold weather blamed for two deaths and school closures
Two weather related fatalities occurred as below ten degree temperatures returned. In Jonesboro a 95 year old man Henry Scott and his dog perished in a frame house fire. frozen water pipes and an overheated heater were cited as causes. Bastrop saw three year old Angelo Kennedy die in a blaze at 523 Pruitt Street. kitchen area suspected, cause undetermined. Bastrop fire chief urged extra caution when thawing pipes and drying clothes by open flames as area schools closed Wednesday.
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Ruston
Bastrop
Jonesboro
Henry Scott
Tin Qja
Maurice Newton
Angelo Kennedy
Pruitt Street
Maurice Grimes
Indian Woman Who Recalled Yankees Dies in Oklahoma
Mary Brandy Choctaw elder of Louisiana memory dies in Idabel Oklahoma at nearly 111. Born in Alexandria on February 14 she recalled Civil War days when Union soldiers in blue uniforms roamed the region and food was scarce as she aged.
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Idabel
Okla
Mary Brandy
Louisiana
Brandy
Alexandria
Shrine Club to Hold Annual Officer Election Tonight
The Northeast Louisiana Shrine Club schedules its annual election of officers at 7 30 p m in the Shrine Club house on Cheniere Lake. Shrine members are urged to attend. Workmen install silver sky blue vinyl fabric in the new Quachita Parish Health Unit halls and lobby. The Regional Laboratory building nears completion with vinyl tile flooring ongoing per Health Unit Director Dr W Carroll Summer.
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Cheniere Lake
Quachita Parish
DeSiard Street
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Early 20th Century Heating Talk Sparks School Closings Debate
Dr Summer recalls bitter winters and school closures due to heating failures. Parish Chief Otha Trapp counters by noting his school never lacked heat unless there was no wood. The exchange highlights differing memories of cold weather and infrastructure in education.
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Sanitarian Otha Trapp
Man Still Loves Wife Despite Plot To Kill Him
San Diego California AP salesman's wife Doris Saunders was convicted of plotting to kill him by sabotaging his electric toothbrush. After the verdict, husband Larry Saunders testified he still loves her and believes in her innocence. He and Doris seek to remain together. The plan involved a killer for hire and $50,000 life insurance, uncovered by police. The judge gave Doris Saunders five years probation and a $2,500 fine.
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San Diego
Calif
Larry Saunders
Doris Saunders
William Mahedy
Saunders
Marion man electrocuted in Olin shop accident
A 52 year old Marion man Fred Maroney was electrocuted at the Olin Mathieson Chemical shop in Huttig Arkansas while guiding a bulldozer part as it was hoisted. Four Marion men worked nearby including a brother. The 13 000 volt line contact caused his death.
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Marion
Maroney
New Trial Refused For Estes In Pecos Case
Tyler Texas UP I Bankrupt courtroom for the sentencing. Farm tycoon Billie Sol Estes, convicted of swindling Pecos farmer T J Wilson in a mortgage deal for fertilizer tanks, was refused a new trial and sentenced to eight years in state prison. Attorney John D Cofer said he would appeal. Estes was freed on a $5 000 bond.
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Austin
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Estes
Otis T. Dunagan
Cofer
Dunagan
Pecos
Tex
T. J. Wilson
Kennedy News Conference Broadcast Plans
President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. broadcast live by ABC CBS Mutual and NBC radio networks with ABC TV live coverage and CBS NBC telecasts delayed by one hour.
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Washington
Kennedy
ABC
CBS
Mutual
NBC
Artists and Athletes Could Get Fairer Tax Treatment
President Kennedy proposed an income averaging provision to give fairer tax treatment to artists actors authors and others with income that swings yearly. Treasury to present this plan to Congress as part of the tax program and it would cost about 30 million dollars annually.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Kennedy plan compares 1963 64 tax with 1962
Washington AP outlines a two step reduction proposal by President Kennedy. The table shows how individual income tax payments for 1963 and 1964 would compare to 1962 for married couples filing joint returns. Income column reflects taxable income after exemptions and deductions.
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Washington
Kennedy
48 Hour Strike In Italy By 40000 Miners
Rome AP Italy's 40000 miners began a 48 hour strike today after unions both Communist and non Communist called for action to protest stalled negotiations over a new labor contract.
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Rome
Italy
Defamation Trial Ends As State Rests
New Orleans AP reports the defamation trial of District Attorney Jim Garrison concluded its defense phase as the state rested after Judge J Bernard Cocke testified. The defense announced it would present no witnesses. Cocke called Garrison a big turncoat and political hypocrite amid a feud over gambling crackdown expenditures.
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J. Bernard Cocke
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Donald Organ
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Robert and Ethel Kennedy Expecting Eighth Child
Mrs Robert F Kennedy wife of the attorney general is due in June with her eighth child. The Kennedys have four boys and three girls. She has been active and well after spending over four hours at the Supreme Court last Thursday to hear her husband argue his first case. She attended a Democratic National Committee fund raising program Friday night.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Supreme Court
Democratic National Committee
Arrow Likely Killed Man in Tennessee Slaying
In Chattanooga authorities corrected an initial knife murder report after an autopsy showed a black arrowhead in Dillman Thrasher’s chest. A feathered shaft was discovered nearby, suggesting death by a crossbow rather than stabbing.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
UPI
Dillman Thrasher
Thrasher
Coalition Leftists Demand US Aid Mission Exit Laos
In Vientiane the left wing of Laos fragile coalition urged immediate withdrawal of the U.S. aid mission and Air America for alleged violations of the 1962 Geneva agreement. Pathet Lao called for IC C to supervise a rapid pullout, warning consequences if the United States refuses. A U.S. Embassy spokesman dismissed the charges as ridiculous.
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International Control Commission
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Canada
Poland
United States
Phoumi Vongvichit
Quinim Pholsena
Pholsena
National Committee For
Souvanna Phouma
Coast Guard resumes search for five men after oil boat capsizes
In the Gulf of Mexico near Cameron Louisiana the 120 foot Diversity sank after overturning. Five men from Morgan City were left missing as small craft warned of harsh weather. Coast Guard boats and planes searched a seven square mile area and officials said survival chances were mixed but hopeful, with life rafts and life jackets on board.
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UPI
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Gulf of Mexico
Morgan City
Federal Treasury
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Twenty Grand Towing Co
Gulf
Cameron
4-S
Louisiana
Kennedy urges Congress to cut taxes by 3.2 billion in 1963
President Kennedy outlines a three year tax program with retroactive 1963 cuts to Jan 1. The plan promises up to 39 percent savings for about 10 million low income households and an average 9 percent cut for higher earners. The retroactive effect depends on new law and withholding changes by July 1.
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Washington
Kennedy unveils sweeping tax overhaul plan with net cuts
Kennedy proposes combining 13.6 billion in individual and corporate rate cuts with 3.4 billion in revenue-raising changes, aiming for a net 10.2 billion reduction. He warns that if revenue changes are weakened, rate cuts must be adjusted so the net reduction stays within limits. He urges broad reforms to itemized deductions oil depletion allowances capital gains sick pay and other entrenched provisions, pushing early action as fuel for job growth.
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Congress
Graf
Civilian government threatened as Korean power struggle erupts
In Seoul the South Korean military rulers face a rift as retired Brig. Gen. Kim Chong Pil loses a slot in a new ruling party he organized. The junta orders him to quit amid claims of confusion. Former premier Song Yo Chan demands Park Chung Hee abandon civilian candidacy next spring. Park calls for clear division between military and political affairs. The dispute suggests ongoing tensions may hinder civilian rule.
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Korea
UPI
South Korea
Kim Chong Pil
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Song Yo Chan
Park Chung Hee
Park
Kim
Central Intelligence Agency
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