56 Dead and 78 Hurt in Saar Basin Coal Mine Blast
A massive explosion and cave-in at the Luisenthal coal mine near Saarbrucken killed 56 miners, injured 78, and left 190 to 200 missing. Rescue efforts, aided by U.S. Army personnel, battled gas and debris as authorities investigated the blast blamed on coal dust.
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Kennedy urges Japan youth to fight poverty and ignorance
US Attorney General Robert F Kennedy urged Japan's students to join a worldwide battle against poverty ignorance and disease during a six day visit to Osaka Kyoto and Nara. He praised youthful potential, met workers and students, and faced small protests from Communists while stressing shared responsibility for global progress.
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Fears Education Bill Would End Catholic School
Cardinal Spellman warned that Kennedy's education bill excluding federal aid to private and church schools could spell the eventual end of parochial schools. Speaking to 1,500 teachers and nuns, he urged fight for equal justice as the bill moves forward, calling it a dagger to church education.
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Cardinal Spellman
Warner Bros Buys My Fair Lady Screen Rights
Warner Bros paid a record 5.5 million dollars for the screen rights to the Broadway musical My Fair Lady after five months of negotiations. The deal was announced by Warner president Jack L. Warner and CBS chairman William S. Paley, with CBS as majority owner of the Lerner Loewe musical based on Shaw's Pygmalion.
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William S. Paley
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George Bernard Shaw
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South Pacific
Income Tax Course for Cuban Refugees in Miami
U S officials will conduct a Spanish language course today in Miami for Cuban refugees who chose life in democracy. The session covers U S income tax laws and how they apply to new residents and learners.
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Fidel Castro
Democrats Seek Vote Of No Confidence In Rockefeller Shelter Plan
Albany lawmakers faced a demand to censure Governor Rockefeller and Assembly Speaker Carlino over the national shelter program. Democrats urged repeal and full hearings amid ethics probes alleging a conflict of interest, while Republicans backed the plan as vital to security.
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Manhattan
Argentina Breaks With Cuban Reds
Argentina plans to break relations with Fidel Castro's regime later this week, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The report followed a boycott by Argentina's service secretaries and 24 top officers at a banquet for visiting ex-king Leopold of Belgium, as military leaders met to discuss shifting Argentina's foreign policy to the right and boycotting future functions until the break.
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Kennedy Seeks Quick Steel Contract Settlement
President Kennedy presses for a fast steel labor settlement within weeks to avert a strike and prevent overstocked inventories. Goldberg and administration push for early talks, aiming for a March 1 goal and to use early negotiations to avoid a labor walkout before the June 30 contract expiry.
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Rocket delay stalls Tiros IV weather satellite launch
Cape Canaveral reports a second postponement of the Tiros IV weather satellite launch as technical issues with the Thor Delta booster forced another countdown halt to within two minutes of liftoff. NASA announced the delay after the countdown neared the final moments.
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Uncertain fate for Kennedy education bill in Congress
Congress faces a split path as the Senate passed a $2.674 billion education measure including scholarships and classroom construction funds. The House backs a $1.5 billion construction focus, risking loss of scholarships, while Senate leaders vow to preserve the scholarship principle in final conferees.
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Auto Crash Kills Two in Guilderland Suburb
An automobile crashed into a tree Tuesday night in suburban Guilderland killing Edwin Pruskowski, 35, of Guilderland, and Patricia Ann Albright, 20, of Colonie.
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SAO Threatens Stepped Up Resistance Against France
Algiers reports state that the Secret Army Organization promises intensified resistance and mobilization against De Gaulle and his independence plan. It denies a putsch while pledging a massive, progressive rising to eliminate the French leader and secure French Algeria. Attacks persist as authorities report fatalities and robberies amid Ramadhan observances.
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Kennedy seeks world space network for radio TV and phone
President Kennedy urged Congress to charter a huge public stock corporation to build a worldwide communications satellite network for radio television and telephone. The plan calls for a million Class A voting shares available to the public and carriers at 1000 a share and aims to profit from renting satellite channels to telecommunication firms and other authorized users.
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E.C. Welsh
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Three US Army helicopters hit two lost in Viet Nam
In two combat actions over three days, three U S Army helicopters were struck by Communist fire near Saigon. Two were lost but no American crew casualties were reported, while reliable sources said Viet Cong fighters escaped before surround efforts could begin. About 15 American helicopters shuttled 564 Vietnamese infantry into the area.
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South Viet Nam
United States
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Viet Nam
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Pilot's wife says Pow ers has no hope of clemency
In Milledgeville Georgia Mrs Francis Gary Powers reports her husband an American U2 pilot imprisoned by the Russians has given up hope for leniency after receiving a letter stating he believes his ten year sentence for espionage is too serious for clemency or parole.
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Francis Gary Powers
Lawmaker Pushes Mule Statue on Capitol Lawn Georgia House
South Georgia Rep. William Kim mons proposes a public mule statue for the Capitol lawn to honor the Georgia mule. The resolution notes the memeory of travel and motive power of forebears and aims to educate future generations.
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Atlanta
South Georgia
William Kimmons
Georgia
Flight Of Glenn Delayed To Feb 14 For Atlas Boosters
Cape Canaveral officials pushed the John H. Glenn Jr. orbital launch to February 14 to allow more time for Atlas booster readiness. A full scale fueling test was conducted Tuesday with no new problems reported.
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John H. Glenn Jr
Memphis desegregates 30 downtown eateries quietly
Memphis Tennessee desegregates 30 downtown restaurants, lunch counters, and snack bars in department stores variety stores and two drugstore chains. The policy change, accomplished without incident, marks a shift away from rigid racial barriers while other venues remain unchanged.
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