Kennedy Warns Khrushchev Over Laos Crisis
President Kennedy urged Soviet Premier Khrushchev to halt the Laos rebel offensive to avoid a U S Soviet clash in Southeast Asia. He cited SEATO obligations and signaled possible increased U S intervention if no negotiated settlement emerges. Rusk heads to Bangkok for SEATO foreign ministers meeting to shape allied action plans.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Laos
Moe Tae
Southeast Asia
U.S
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Free World
Rusk
Bangkok
Dean Rusk
Thailand
Tost
U. S
Tting
Fire destroys Lincoln Wood Products factory in Merrill
Fire swept the Merrill Lincoln Wood Products Co. destroying the factory section and causing an estimated 100 000 in damage. Fire Chief Russell said the office and warehouse area were saved while the single story frame plant burned from 1 05 a m to 6 30 a m with off duty crews called in. Nightwatchman alerted firefighting efforts after smelling smoke.
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Merrill ‘Ap
Lincoln Wood Products Co
Amneld G. Russell
Wafehouse
Spraeling
Russell
I4man
Tom Klulawinsk
Laos accuses six battalions of Reds in Laos border clash
The Laotian government says new battalions from North Vietnam attacked across the border. The United States sent 15 helicopters to aid Laotian forces. Three battalions struck Kam Keui, 40 miles north of Thakhek, as officials contest proof of Vietnamese involvement.
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Vientiane
Laos
Viet Nam
United States
Kam Keui
Thakhek
Cabnet
Nhoug Abhay
U S Forces Ready to Act Fast in Laos
Gen. T. E. White said U S forces in the Pacific can drop 1300 paratroopers into Laos within hours. He noted the Okinawa Airborne Battle Group could move on two hours notice and the 25th Division 12 hours. White cited nearly 600000 servicemen on call with 3400 planes and 400 ships amid Kennedy’s Laos warning.
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Honolulu
T. E. White
Pacific
United States
Red
Laos
White
Okinawa
Hawaiti
Kennedy
Wisconsin Assembly Kills 1 Dollar Minimum Wage Bill
The Wisconsin Assembly voted 51 to 42 to kill a bill to set a $1 per hour minimum wage. Democrats denounced the measure as unfair for excluded groups such as farm workers, students, and part time workers. An amendment to include farm workers was rejected, and the session also defeated a proposal removing nonresident scholarships for University of Wisconsin students.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Robert Hasse
Marinette
Hasse
Assembly
William Steiger
Roshkosh
Molinaro
Glen Pommerening
Rwauwatosa
University of Wisconsin
Denied plan to house Green Bay inmates at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy commandant Col Willie M Thomas reports 5th Army HQ rejected Wisconsin Governor Nelsons request to use part of the post for housing inmates from Green Bays crowded State Reformatory. Welfare estimates had priced barracks conversions, but the decision cites conflict with the camp program.
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Camp Mccoy
Willie M Thomas
Sth Army
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
Green Bay
State Welfare Department
Cal. Thomas
5Th Army
Albany approves optional high school course on communism
The Legislature last night approved a bill permitting a high school course on communism its methods and its destructive effects. The course would be optional with each school.
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Albany
UPI
Areas Added to Jobless Lists Rise Slowing Economies
Washington reports two thirds of major industrial areas show substantial unemployment with additions including Chicago Cincinnati Indianapolis Milwaukee San Francisco Oakland Seattle Syracuse New Orleans Miami and Boston. Labor data foresee a hiring pickup by mid May amid anti recession measures funding unemployment benefits. 9 of 10 areas expect some job gains March through May.
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Washington
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
San Francisco-Oakland
Seattle
Syracuse
Arthur J
New Orleans
Miami
Boston
Goldberg
Kennedy
Congress
Aido
Fresno
San Jose
Stockton
Calif
New Haven
Conn
Altered Pay Bill Steered To House Vote
The Democratic leadership pushed a patched minimum wage bill to a House vote amid a sharply divided chamber. The compromise keeps a 25 cent raise but narrows new coverage, with key Southern and Republican opposition and a last minute Rayburn huddle guiding decisions. Vinson’s stance remained unclear as negotiators pressed for support.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Sam Rayburn
Arthur J. Saldberg
White House
Lawrence O’brien
Rayburn
Adam C. Powell
Dn.y
House Labor Committee
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Caril Vinson
D-Ga
Vinson
Woman Seeks Unusual Stamps for Wedding Invites
Audrey Wendt asks a postal clerk in Cleveland for stamps marked unusual and dedicated to Patrick Henry. The stamps quote his line Give me liberty or give me death.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Upi
Audrey Wendt
Patrick Henry
Kennedy Sees Record Debt as 1962 Deficit Forecast
President Kennedy told Congress the civilian deficit in 1962 would top 1.8 to 2.2 billion, with total public debt rising toward a record near 290 billion by mid-1962. He criticized Eisenhower projections as overly rosy, urged defense funding and a postal rate increase, and warned no temporary tax cuts were planned to curb a business slump. The budget aims to balance at 83.2 billion in revenue and expenditures, with defense costs reshaping the outlook.
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Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Congress
Redstone Missile Test Spoils Crux of Manned Flight Plan
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Redstone rocket with a dummy space capsule blasted off on a key test to gauge readiness for a possible suborbital astronaut ride within six weeks. Commanders Shepard and Glenn were present for the launch. The capsule carried no instrumentation and was not recovered.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Wallops Island
Atlantic
Alan B. Shepard Jr
John H. Glenn Jr
Redstone
Fog Bound Island Faces Food Shortage Amid Ice
On Mackinac Island in Michigan Coast Guard crews monitor for a break in ice to airlift supplies and potentially move patient Ella Chambers 76 for treatment. The island with 600 residents is iced in three days and the ice bridge to Upper Michigan has collapsed.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Coast Guard
Joseph ‘Solomon
Ella Chambers
Michigan
Upper
Lower
Upper Michigan
Traverse City
Cmdr
Lavine Hubert
Mackinaw
Minning Loa
Stisnace
Hike Budgets For Treasury And Post Office
The House Appropriations Committee approved budgets for the Treasury and Post Office and urged belt tightening. It noted interest on the national debt now costs about 17 thousand dollars per minute, and recommended 5.28 billion for the agencies for the next year, less than requested but more than current year. It dismissed automation dreams such as using the moon as a mail relay and emphasized Earth surface delivery.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury and
Post Office
House
Treasury and Post Office Department
US Tax Court
Treasury
Lextra Customs
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
J. Edward Day
United States
Wisconsin Highways Mostly Clear, Some Patches Reported
The Lafe Trail Patrol said all Wisconsin highways were in good travel condition except for some slick spots near Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield, and Medford in the north central portion of the state.
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Madison
APY
Lafe Trail Patrol
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids
Marshfield
Medford
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MIE
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Merrill Firm
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Lincol Wood Products Co
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Cranial
Hadant Macenan
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