JFK Proposes Steps to Expand U S Health Services
President Kennedy outlines how to spend 1.6 billion in health funds for the coming fiscal year, including training more doctors, dentists, and nurses, extending Hill-Burton hospital funding, boosting nursing homes, widening modernization costs, and promoting medicare proposals while stressing aging health needs and stricter drug and cosmetic controls.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
National Institutes of Health
United States
Burglars fail safe, take cookie jar loot in Easton
State police described burglars breaking into the bottled gas distributor office Tuesday night. They tried to open the safe with a screwdriver, chisel, hammer, maul, hacksaw, torch, hatchet, and pick, but settled for a cookie jar after taking only a few dollars in change.
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Cookie Jar
Easton
Labor Says Rock's Auto Fee Hike to Hurt 1964 Ambitions
In Albany a dispute over Governor Rockefeller's plan to raise motor vehicle fees faces GOP pushback. The State AFL-CIO issued a strong anti increase stance, warning higher costs threaten citizens' mobility and labor goals. The coalition in the legislature shows growing opposition.
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Labor
Rock
Albany
Rockefeller
Raymond R. Corbett
Afl-Cio
Assembly
Paul R. Taylor
Yates County
Theodore Day
Seneca County
Joseph C. Finley
Wayne County
Fred L. Warder
Ontario County
Corbett
Labor Organization
State University
ITU Leader Heads to New York Strike Talks
International Typographical Union President Elmer F Brown travels from Colorado Springs to join mediation amid the New York newspaper strike now in its 62nd day. Local 6 head Bertram Powers cites Mayor Wagner's request as Brown weighs the call plus other international union leaders sit in on talks. Colorado Springs votes on a three percent salary assessment to support ITU members amid the broader walkout.
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New York
Colorado
Bertram A. Powers
Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
ITU
Elmer F. Brown
Colorado Springs
Robert F. Wagner
Brown
Cleveland
Buffalo Woman Killed Crossing Busy Street
Mrs Stella Wylupski aged 52 of Buffalo was fatally struck by an automobile while crossing a city street on the east side. Police said the incident occurred this afternoon as she attempted to cross near her residence. Investigators are reviewing the scene for further details.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Stella Wylupski
Ie Street
Bishops Ordered to Stay in Rome for Vatican Council
Pope John XXIII tells Roman Catholic bishops they must remain in Rome for the next session of the Vatican Ecumenical Council until work is completed. In a 3000 word papal letter dated January 6, he urges progress toward Christian unity and emphasizes a positive conclusion to the council. The letter covers recess work of drafting commissions and plans for the next session.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Rome
Froggies Cause Commotion Aboard Mohawk Flight
Ten frogs escaped from a shipping box on a Mohawk Airlines flight from Buffalo to Boston prompting an airborne frog hunt led by stewardess Dottie Pratt. With 40 passengers aiding, the last frog was rounded up near Providence. The frogs were part of a shipment of 80 from J R Schettle Frog Farm Inc to CH Mumley in Alburg Vermont. Mumley sells about 100000 frogs annually to medical and research centers.
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Albany
Mohawk Airlines
Syracuse
Buffalo
Boston
Dottie Pratt
Erie
Miss Pratt
Providence
J.R. Schettle Frog Farm Inc
Stillwater
Minn
CH. Mumley
Alburg
Mumley
Wet Weather Widespread Across U S East and Northwest
The eastern half of the nation and parts of the Pacific Northwest faced cloudy wet weather with light temperatures. Rains diminished along the Carolina coast while snow and rain affected the Upper Mississippi Valley and Atlantic coast. Ice jams on the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers threatened floods in Montana, with rail reroutes and easing conditions in some areas.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
New England
North Carolina-Virginia
Carolina
Mississippi Valley
North Atlantic
Central Atlantic
Washington
Augusta
Maine
Yellowstone
Missouri
Montana
Yellow Stone
Custer
Townsend
Milwaukee Road
Northern Pacific
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Clinton
Northwest
Idaho
Clearwater
Coeur D'Alene
Odessa
Wash
Tragedy mars Queen's visit to Auckland
The Queen's visit to New Zealand was marred by tragedy when a bus carrying Maoris returning from the welcome plunged over a 130 foot bank. Fifteen people were killed and twenty one injured, some seriously, as the royal tour faced a deadly accident.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Elizabeth II
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Former Cornell veterinary dean Dr William A Hagan dies
Funeral services for Dr William A Hagan former dean of Cornell Veterinary College will be held Friday at Sage Chapel on the Ithaca campus Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery The 70 year old headed the animal disease laboratory at Ames Iowa and died January 31 en route to Geneva Switzerland for a conference
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Ithaca
William A. Hagan
Veterinary College
Cornell University
Sage
University
Pleasant Grove
Hagan
Animal Disease Laboratory
Ames
Iowa
Geneva
Switzerland
Soviet Arms in Cuba Guided by High Level Briefing
Washington reported a televised briefing on Cuba showing the dismantling of offensive weapons. Defense Secretary McNamara stated all missiles and bombers had been removed, while Senator Keating pressed for fuller disclosure. The session included flight photographs and intelligence methods, and noted some Soviet personnel and equipment remaining in Cuba.
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Washington
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Robert S. McNamara
Keating
McNamara
Cuba
Pentagon
State Department
Defense Robert S. McNamara
John T. Hughes
Joseph Carroll
Defense Intelligence Agency
Kennedy
New York
United States
U. S
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
Senate Armed Services
McCone
Soviet Union
Defense Secretary
Florida
Hughes
U.S
Chrysler Splits Stock TwoforOne and Boosts Dividend
Chrysler Corp reports record 1962 earnings with $65.4 million for the year and $50.3 million in Q4. Directors approve a twoforone stock split, a 25 cent regular dividend, and a 25 cent dividend on stock to be outstanding after the split, with a special stockholders meeting set for April 16. The gain is aided by defense and space business amid the auto sector’s strong year. In Washington, the Senate fails to pass a tighter anti-filibuster rule, 54 to 42, as debate ends and adjournment follows. a two-thirds threshold was required to move forward.
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New York
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Washington
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Quick-Witted Teller Foils HoldUp at New York Bank
A bank teller at the Amalga mated Bank in New York foiled a hold up when a man handed a note demanding money. The teller feigned ignorance, saying they had none, and the robber fled. No one was harmed and police investigated the incident.
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New York
Amalgamated Bank
Diefenbaker urged to soften anti Americanism in campaign
Ottawa faces pressure from inside and outside the Conservative party to ease anti American rhetoric as Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker dissolves Parliament and calls elections for April 8. Liberals led by Lester B. Pearson urge keeping anti Americanism out of politics while stressing unemployment, growth, and national confidence as campaign issues.
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Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
House of Commons
Senate
Commons
United States
Liberal Party
Lester B. Pearson
Ottawa Journal
Yankees
Pearson
Inconclusive first ballot in British Labour leadership race
Britain’s Labour Party faced an inconclusive first ballot as 249 MPs vote in a three man race to succeed the late Hugh Gaitskell. Harold Wilson, George Brown, and James Callaghan vie to unite the party and determine Britain’s next prime minister amid fears of ongoing splits over disarmament and nationalization.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Labor
George Brown
Wilson
James Callaghan
House of Commons
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Miller to push seat belt mandate in new Georgia cars
Georgia State Senator Zell Miller says he will introduce a bill when the Legislature reconvenes to require seat belts in all new cars sold in the state starting in 1964. The plan aims to make seat belt use a legal requirement for automakers and buyers in Georgia.
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Atlanta
Zell Miller
Georgia
Detroit note seeks good home for abandoned dog
A note found beside a mon grel dog asks for a good home. The dog was left in a paper board box on a city bus and the child’s scrawled plea mentions a father not working. The scene reads as a desperate family situation captured in a stray dog incident.
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Detroit
Tootsie
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