France's stance risks NATO unity and aims in Europe
AP report notes France holds key NATO heartland but its attitude hampers planning and defense cooperation. A potential full empty chair in the European Community crisis could weaken the alliance, with Kennedy warning against division. Britain bears NATO costs while France has withdrawn forces and ships, threatening shared security.
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William L. Ryan
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
NATO
NATO Council
Council
Atlantic
Britain
Kennedy
DeGaulle
United States
Europe
Germany
Mediterranean
Never a Negro on Oregon State Teams Sparks Controversy
A Salem controversy centered on Oregon State University basketball squads. A state legislator asserted no Negro players were ever on teams coached by Amory T. Gill. Gill denied any racial discrimination charges, calling them false after 35 years as coach.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State University
Amory T. (Slats) Gill
Gill
Oregon State
Marine Officers Begin Hike To Prove Physical Fitness
Marines conducted a 50 mile hike led by Brig. Gen. R. McC. Tompkins to test fitness. Lt. Marty Shimek from Hazen Arkansas excelled, finishing 12.1 miles in 1 hour 45 minutes before a heel blister slowed him slightly. Rain and humidity marked the grueling march as the group pressed on with no losses to report.
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Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marty Shimek
R. McC. Tompkins
Shimek
Hazen, Ark
State University
Gen
Tompkins
David M. Shoup
Teddy Roosevelt
State railroads warn coal via pipelines threatens railways
Albany reports the State Association of Railroads urged the Legislature to ban coal shipments by pipeline to New York. A proposed $100 million West Virginia to New York line would mix coal with a liquid to form coal slurry and move it through pipes, challenging current rail transport.
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Albany
New York
State Association of Railroads
West Virginia
New York State
Snowstorm Halts Travel Across Hudson Valley and Albany
A southern city snowstorm blankets New York State with rain turning to heavy snow on the Hudson Valley. Albany and Poughkeepsie report travel disruptions and the worst traffic jam in the city’s history as freezing streets form ice. The Weather Bureau warns six inches plus in the eastern half and four inches or more near Ontario, with temperatures in the 20s Wednesday.
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Fla
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Chicago
Rockies
Upper Great Lakes
New Mexico
Ohio Valley
Warren Urges Law Modernization Amid Science Drive
Chief Justice Earl Warren told Georgia Tech students the law lags science and must evolve to prevent discoveries from being used destructively. He praised Tech's strides in science and noted desegregation milestones, while security precautions accompanied his Deep South visit. A separate winter storm blanketed the East with heavy snow, freezing temperatures, and school closures from Maryland to Alabama.
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Atlanta
Earl Warren
Warren
Georgia Tech
Deep South
Supreme Court
White House Honors Lincoln With Civil Rights Themed Party
President Kennedy hosts a White House birthday reception for Lincoln with 800 invited officials and civil rights leaders honoring Lincoln’s memory and civil rights progress. A 250 page historians’ report will be presented to Kennedy at a private ceremony. press coverage is largely banned.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
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Lincoln
GOP
Commission On Civil Rights
Adler to Remarry in San Francisco This February
Mortimer J. Adler aged 60, author and educator, and Caroline Sage Pring 26 announce plans to wed February 26 in San Francisco. Adler just received a final divorce decree from his wife of 34 years, Helen Boynton Adler, in November 1961. They have two grown sons, Michael and Mark.
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Chicago
Mortimer J. Adler
Caroline Sage Pring
San Francisco
Adler
Helen Boynton Adler
Michael
Mark
Rebels in Iraq Arresting Reds of East Europe
A Beirut led report states Iraq under Kassem is cracking down on Eastern European Communists. German traveler Gunter Stocker said people from East German and other Communist states face harsher treatment, with three executions noted and several advisers arrested. Civilians are said to be armed to fight backers of communism. In Basra police reportedly fired on 3000 demonstrators bearing Kassem portraits, with hundreds killed.
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Lebanon
Iraq
Europe
Gunter Stocker
Duesseldorf
Baghdad
Kassem
Abdel Karim Kassem
Tehran
Iran
Basra
Senators Attack Kennedy Cuba Policy Clash in Senate
In Washington Democrats led by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Hubert Humphrey rebuked Republican charges on Kennedy era Cuba policy. They insisted Democratic criticism be grounded in facts and urged Republicans to verify information with appropriate departments rather than publish unchecked claims.
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D.mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kenneth B. Keating
Kennedy
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Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Rockefeller
United States
Scott
Khrushchev
Europe
Keating
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Long Newspaper Strike Seen As Talks Collapse
New York publishers of nine closed newspapers say a contract settlement with 3,000 striking printers will be extremely difficult if not impossible to achieve through normal bargaining and a long test of economic strength appears inevitable. Mayor Wagner led a mediation effort as talks collapsed after an 18 hour session.
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Publishers Association of
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Cleveland
Ohio
Flu Like Illness Closes Sharon Springs School
In Schoharie County Sharon Springs Central School shut down after 135 students and eight staff members fell ill with flu like symptoms. The district enrollment is 425 and will stay closed until next Monday. State Health Department reported unconfirmed Asian flu cases in New York City but no epidemic. Absenteeism was higher in Hoosick Falls due to mumps and upper respiratory infections. No flu vaccination centers planned at present.
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Albany
New York State
State Health Department
Sharon Springs
Schoharie County
New York City
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
Fire damages stage at Cortland College auditorium
Fire extensively damaged today the stage area in the auditorium of a building under construction on the campus of State University College Cortland. Fire officials estimated the loss at 25000 dollars. A lighted cigarette may have ignited the wooden stage, completed Monday. The building, to house a cafeteria and classrooms, was due for completion April 1. Construction superintendent said the fire would not delay the project.
New Storms Hit Italy Weary Rome Faces Losses
Rome reels under a fresh blast of wind rain snow and deadly landslides. The century's worst winter leaves at least four dead and raises the season toll to 1M.
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Rome
Italy
Four Die In Niagara Falls Plane Crash
A single engine plane crashed in a field near Horseshoe Falls killing four aboard. Pilot identified as T Stevens of St Catharines Ontario. Bodies of three others remained trapped pending crane removal. Craft belonged to St Catharines Flying Club. No flight plan filed. plane took off from St Catharines Airport around 10 am. crash occurred while sightseeing over the ice jammed Niagara River.
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Ont
Horseshoe Falls
T. Stevens
St. Catharines
Niagara District
Missing tanker Marine Sulphur Queen searched coast to coast
Four Coast Guard planes scanned the Yucatan Channel off Cuba and the Florida Straits for the missing American tanker Marine Sulphur Queen. The vessel with 39 crew left Beaumont, Texas ten days ago and was to reach Norfolk, Virginia five days ago, as search efforts covered about 30,000 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic.
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Coast Guard
Yucatan Channel
Cuba
Florida Straits
Beaumont
Tex
Norfolk
Gulf of
South Atlan
Rockefeller plan triggers tax fight over racing and liquor fees
Albany dispatch reports the Senate and Assembly clash over Gov Rockefeller's plan to raise 48 million a year by boosting motor vehicle and liquor license fees. Democrats attack the package while Republicans push procedural support and a plan to extend harness racing to gain revenue. A liquor industry council opposes a 57 million annual liquor license fee rise, warning price hikes and industry layoffs.
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Albany
Sens
Rockefellers
Assembly
Seymour R. Thaler
Queens
Thaler
Rockefeller
GOP
Joseph F. Carlino
Elisha T. Barrett
Senate Finance Committee
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N. Y
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