Bahamas police probe eyes Elbow Cay kidnapping plot
Bahamas colonial authorities and the British navy joined an on scene inquiry into claims Fidel Castro's men trespassed in British waters to seize two Americans and 10 Cubans near Elbow Cay. Charles Ashmann, Miami lawyer for the captives, says the men were fishing. Cuban radio calls them pirates.
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Cay Lobos
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AP Photofax
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Kenneth Walmsley
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Charles Ashmann
Miami
Fla
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Washington
United States
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Great Britain
Mars viewing balloon mission lands near Pulaski
A tandem balloon rig carrying a 15 inch telescope landed about 10 miles north of Pulaski Tennessee after a Mars observation flight. Scientists hoped to gather data on life potential while deputies guarded the instruments and Huntsville scientists prepared to retrieve the gear near Columbus Georgia.
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Huntsville
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Khrushchev Ad Runs in London Daily Mail
Soviet Premier Khrushchev is not a candidate in Britain but appears in a two page ad in the Daily Mail to promote his February 27 speech in Moscow. He complains Western press has underplayed his talks, with local Soviet embassies placing them in papers such as the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune and the London Daily Express.
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Khrushchev
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Daily Mail
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Paris
New York Heraldy Tribune
Lonnen Daily Express
Return of Ship Hijackers Demanded by Venezuela
Caracas demanded Brazil return nine leftists who hijacked the Venezuelan freighter Anzategui last Monday and sought political asylum in Brazil. A note said the hijackers are accused of piracy, international terrorism and assault on the high seas, not political crime. Brazilian officials say asylum could be granted if offenses are treated as political.
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Foreign Ministry
Brazil
Anzoategui
Brain drain accusation denied by U S officials
Washington officials reject Britain's claim that the United States funds a high pressure campaign to recruit British scientists. They note the U S produced 93 000 engineers and scientists in 1961 with only 3 900 immigrants, 4 percent, of which 5 percent hailed from the United Kingdom, suggesting no major brain drain.
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Britain
United States
Lord Hailsham
House of Lords
National Science Foundation
The
National
United Kingdom
Democrats in Mississippi Aim at Kennedy
Mississippi Democrats maneuver for a House showdown on Gov. Ross Barnett’s plan to block national party loyalists from the 1964 presidential ballot. The Senate backed a presidential primary 30 to 11, with coauthor Sen. George Yarbrough citing a choice between “Royal Mississippians” and Kennedy Democrats. Senator Flavous Lambert accused rightists of rigging election machinery to keep national influence out.
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House
Ross Barnatt
National Party
Senate
George Yarbrough
University of Mississippi
Sen
Flavous
Lambert
Missigsippi
French Miners Threaten Army Duty Over Strike
French miners enter a second day of strikes with nearly 200,000 workers, mostly in coal pits of northern and eastern France, demanding an 11 percent pay rise and a 4 hour week with outsized pay. President de Gaulle’s government refused the demands and warned strikers could be drafted if they do not report to work. The action risks spreading to nationalized industries as other unions await outcomes.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Solons Put Higher Debt Limit Aside
Washington reports that Congress postponed raising the national debt limit amid tax and budget fights tied to Kennedy’s economic program. House Ways and Means aides shelved the issue for a month as Democrats seek restraint while Republicans hint at curbing overall spending. The debt stands near 302.5 billion with a ceiling of 308 billion, set to drop to 285 billion by July unless further action is taken.
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John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
GOP
Posiione Aviran
Congoss
Deny Goldwater Report on Cuban Flight Reconnaissance
Washington Senator Barry Goldwater says the United States halted low level reconnaissance flights over Cuba on February 9 and now uses electronic listening planes off Cuban waters. The Navy and Air Force planes operate at high altitudes, avoiding Cuban airspace, while low level flights are replaced by high altitude U2 and electronic surveillance.
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Barry Goldwatt
R-Ariz
United States
Cuba
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
Robert
MacNamara
Orion
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Air Force
McNamara
Prisoner Burned in Jail Fire at Polk County Jail
Des Moines reports a prisoner, Donald Raymond Prise, 34, was badly burned in a padded cell during a jail fire after an escape attempt. Forty-two inmates were moved to the city jail as smoke filled the three floors. Jailers Martin Gruin and Bobby Grund and others suffered smoke inhalation. Prise had been placed in the padded cell Thursday after an escape bid. cause of ignition remains unclear.
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Polk County
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Wilbur ‘J. Hildreth
Martin Gruin
Bobby Grund
Prine
Russians Depart Havana by Soviet Liner amid Ambiguity
About 2,000 Russians left Havana aboard a Soviet liner, with authorities declining to name the ship or confirm its destination. The White House cited Kremlin plans to withdraw several thousand military personnel from Cuba by mid March, while other departures included Soviet specialists aiding Cuban armed forces.
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Ti Dee
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Tomas San Gil
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Mundo
Manuel del Valle Carat
Sie
le Spy el Work
Harmonious Paper Strike Talks End in Frayed Stalemate
Eight hours of discussions between printers and publishers in New York aimed at ending the Bi-day newspaper strike concluded with reports of harmonious sessions. Mayor Robert F. Wagner, mediating since January 26, said both sides reported harmonious meetings, noting they were tired but ready to resume in the morning. Subcommittees of the Publishers Association of New York City and Local 6, AFL-CIO International Typographical Union led the talks, with no comments from either side.
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Blackon
Robert F. Wagner
Publishers Association of
New York City
Local 6
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Plane With 27 Aboard Is Missing
A Manila Philippines dispatch reports a plane carrying 27 persons disappeared over Mindanao near Davao City. A constabulary detachment said wreckage was sighted on rugged interior terrain but no follow up details were given. A search party was en route to Mala lag area about 60 miles southwest of Davao after radio contact ended saying the pilot was ready to land at Davao.
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Mindanao
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Cobar
Davao
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Philippines
Preston Man and Youth Die in Highway 6 Crash
A man and a 16 year old boy died when their westbound car left Highway 6 and hit a bridge about a half mile east of Preston. The victims were listed as Donald Kotelson, 22, and Joe Driscoll, 16, both of Preston. The car was demolished and its motor thrown to 75 feet from the scene. The wreckage was hauled away and it was not determined who was driving.
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Preston
Donald Kotelson
Joe Driscoll
Uth
TM Tt
Mecca accuses Egyptian raid on Saudi port and airfield
Mecca radio charged on Friday that four Egyptian planes bombed and strafed the Saudi seaport of Qivan and claimed a fighter was shot down in the Red Sea. It said this was the second Egyptian raid in two days, the first targeting a Saudi airfield near Yemen.
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Syria
Mecca
Qivan
Red Sea
Yemen
Colorado approves poll tax ban amendment
Denver Friday ratified a U S Constitution amendment to abolish the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting. The action completes the ratification process with Colorado joining other states, reinforcing voting rights nationwide.
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Denver
U. S
Legislative action After recess on Iowa tax issues
Unsolved tough problems for the 1963 Iowa Legislature remain after spring recess. Key issues include tax revision and property tax relief as Speaker Robert Naden and House leaders plan to prioritize revenue measures, while steering and sifting committees organize bills to avoid overload.
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Des Moines
Endac
Robert Rigler
New Hampton
Senate
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Mowry
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