House Budget Cut Urged by Appropriations Panel
Washington United States House Appropriations Committee leaders pressed members to slash President Kennedy's 98.8 billion budget with a minimum eight billion dollar goal in early talks. Chairman Clarence Cannon and Republican Ben Jensen warned on the deficit and national solvency as a major concern amid a high turnover in committee membership.
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Chilled Citizens Not To Expect Lasting Relief
Washington AP reports the U S Bureau cautions the cold spell will last longer and be more severe than the 1962 siege, though not yet matching 1899 or 1936. Forecasters attribute the chill to a persistent high pressure over the Gulf of Alaska driving a jetstream into the heartland with no near-term pattern change expected.
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Stennis Seeks Cuba buildup probe in Senate
Sen John Stennis says his Preparedness subcommittee will investigate what he calls a rapid Cuban military buildup. The Mississippi Democrat aligns with critics who say the Soviet missile withdrawal did not end the Cuban threat. He notes President Kennedy said there has been no recent offensive buildup.
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D-Mo
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Heroic Teacher Dies In Flames In Vidalia Ga
A teacher at J. J. Dickerson Training School perished Friday while rescuing students from a burning building. Miss Elnora Brannen, 4, reportedly saved one child before reentering to search for others. Several students were briefly trapped as firemen battled the blaze in frigid 19 degree weather.
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Spain seeks changes to 10 year US bases pact
Spain notified the United States eleven days ago that it wants changes to the ten year old air and sea base agreement. No specifics were disclosed. The move comes as President Kennedy reshapes Western Europe nuclear strategy by closing obsolete Mediterranean bases and relying more on Polaris submarines.
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United States
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JES' Ramblin Lasseter Assigned To Minuteman Wing
West Monroe sergeant Rayford E Lasseter joins the 341st Strategic Air Command Missile Wing operating the Air Force first Minuteman complex. He supports the maintenance team keeping missiles in combat readiness after Ouachita High School alum. West Monroe Kiwanis Club eyed revival as singing group.
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Rep Hagen attacked by robbers in Washington after night club visit
Representative Harlan Hagen of California said he was slugged and robbed early Friday after leaving a northeast Washington night club. He reported a swollen nose and facial cuts but no medical attention. Police investigate. Hagen estimated about $80 in his wallet.
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Machinists Walkout Is Forestalled
President Kennedy obtained a court order to forestall a nationwide machinists strike against Boeing Co. The temporary restraining order pauses action at 12:01 a.m. local time with a Feb. 1 hearing that could extend an 80 day injunction under Taft-Hartley law. The dispute involves about 40,000 workers at Boeing, maker of the Minuteman missile, KC-135, Vertol helicopters, and part of the Apollo program. The order covers IAM members and related unions in the bargaining group.
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United Auto Workers
Death toll climbs as deep freeze grips nation
Across the nation record cold persists with at least 132 deaths reported since Tuesday. The Mississippi River freezes above Cairo and near St. Louis, barge traffic halts at Starved Rock, and Ohio River ice complicates navigation. Upstate New York endures blowing snow and 21 degrees as Watertown totals 51 inches of snow and drifts reach 6 to 8 feet.
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South's Rare Temperatures Finally Rising
The coldest weather of the century eased in the Deep South with temperatures rising from below zero to freezing. The bitter cold had dropped as much as 60 degrees in some areas, hurting livestock, gas supplies, crops, plumbing and autos. In Bowling Green, Kentucky, readings fell to 11 below zero from 21 below, while Atlanta warmed from 3 below to 11 above then near freezing by noon.
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Senator Soaper on Budget Confusion and Track Program Fight
The piece jests at a vast budget of 98.8 billion and mocks political rhetoric, then imagines officials settling the NCAA versus AAU control dispute by a mile race. It playfully critiques administration emphasis and public complaints about fundraising and bird feeding.
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AAU
Prisoners for Guards Prison Crippled By Fund Outback
Sam Hanna revisits Angola State Prison to compare past admiration with present conditions. Officials outline funding gaps and evolving management as the facility faces resource strain and reform debates. The dispatch reflects on changes since 1958 and the ongoing challenges of running a high profile prison.
Robber Proof Angola Prison Struggles Over Budget Cuts
Angola Louisiana State Prison, once a model facility, is crippled this fiscal year by a $575,000 budget cut approved last July. Morning World inspection reports funding shortfalls threaten progress at the 18,000 acre facility in West Feliciana Parish on the Mississippi River bend. The prison, isolated in a hard hill country, rose from disgrace in 1949 to a nationally praised rebuild begun in 1953.
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West Feliciana Parish
Mississippi River
Stainless vest and bowler hat touted to thwart robbers
London report says tailor fashion trendsetter approves a steel mesh waistcoat with a steel lined bowler hat designed to resist bullets knives and other tools. The vest features 16 pockets capable of holding large sums and uses discreet brown gray or check outer cloth with a protective inside.
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Tailor and Cutter
O. K
Chuckle Says Keep Feet Moving Yet Grounded
A lighthearted line advises staying practical while keeping active. It frames movement as beneficial but not abandoning stability. The quip highlights a cheerful, commonsense view likely aimed at everyday readers.
Ambitious Space Voyage Targets All Day Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL April 2 target date set for Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr to complete a 34 hour 22 orbit Mercury mission. If successful the flight would eclipse Walter M. Schirra Jr’s six orbit record and likely end the Mercury program. Cooper undergoes capsule modifications and training at Morehead Planetarium as Gemini plans shift to two man flights after the first unmanned tests slip to 1964.
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Morehead Planetarium
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Cape
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Federal Space Agency
South Locals Defy ILA Return Order In Maritime Strike
The International Longshoremen's Association ordered a 34 day strike end, but locals from North Carolina to Texas refused. Negotiations in Miami stalled as Gulf Coast ports from Mobile to Galveston pressed for local contract changes, including a 39 cent wage rise in Galveston. The dispute centers on a feather bedding clause demanding a minimum crew, seen as excessive by shippers.
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James Reynolds
Kennedy
Weather warms up with rain in northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana sees a thaw with highs around 40 to 50 degrees and rain expected today. Frigid pockets linger as Saturday night drops to the 30s. Most of Louisiana remains cloudy with scattered showers through Sunday and a colder northwest tonight.
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