Hijackers Believed Ready To Surrender To Brazil
Belem Brazil residents and U S officials report the Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui anchored in Brazilian waters with pro Communist captors ready to seek asylum. A Brazilian source says the ship will be taken into custody and the hijackers granted asylum rather than handed to Venezuela.
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Brazil
Amapa
Maraca
Wilmar Medina Rojas
Belem
Beruoga
Navy
Anzoategui
Havana
Armed Forces For National Liberation
FALN
Recife
Romulo Betancourt
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
Betancourt
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
U.S
Gibbs
Associated Press
Paramaribo
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
Edwin M. Martin
inter-American Affairs
House Foreign Affairs
Pentagon
Martin
U. S. Defense Department
$83 Million House Office Building Faces Budget Clash
The construction of a new House office building worth 83 million dollars prompts critics like Rep. Russell Mack to question extrav agant spending as Congress weighs budget cuts. The Rayburn Building will provide 169 three room suites and ample facilities, with total project costs nearing 100 million including renovations of existing offices.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Russell Mack
R-Wash
Mack
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Capitol
Senate
Mercury Rises In Most of U S
Cold weather spread across northern Midwest and New England while most of the nation stayed at or above seasonal norms. Reports described widespread wet spots but no major storms, with subzero readings in Watertown New York melting to 58 inches of snow, and a fresh cold air batch pushing into North Dakota and Minnesota. freezing lines stretched from northern Maine to southern South Carolina and into northern Georgia and Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Midwest
New England
New York
Watertown
N. Y
North Dakota
Minnesota
Mercury
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Maine
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Plains
Pacific Coast
Javits Joins Banking Committee After Senate Shuffle
Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York will join the Banking Committee following a recent Senate reshuffle. His office said Javits moves come after maneuvering with Senators Hugh Scott and Kenneth Keating, with Keating set to join the Space Committee.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
Senate Appropriations Committee
Banking Committee
Javits
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Kenneth B. Keating
Keating
Senate
Socialist Brandt Wins Confidence Vote in West Berlin
In West Berlin, Willy Brandt and his anti Communist Socialist party won 89 of 140 seats as the city’s new Parliament, while the Communist vote fell to 13 percent. The election leaves the broader West German political scene unchanged with coalition potential limited to broad basis cooperation. Brandt signaled willingness to form a wider government but urged coalition partners to align with his campaign platform.
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Berlin
West
Christian Democrats
Franz Amrehn
Brandt
Socialists
Free Democrats
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
West Berlin
Khrushchev
East Berlin
Young Africans Break With Communism in Africa
In Vienna, a batch of Ghanaian and Ethiopian students who left Bulgaria report disillusionment with Communist ideology. They describe racial discrimination, police brutality, and forced indoctrination during their studies, concluding that Communism failed to win their dignity and trust.
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Vienna
Africa
Bulgaria
Sofia
Veteran Actor Monte Blue Dies
Monte Blue aged 76 veteran screen actor and circus press agent died at Deaconess Hospital Milwaukee after a coronary attack. He had been in Milwaukee to publicize the Tripoli Shrine Circus opening today. His wife Betty was at Beverly Hills when he worsened. Blue's film career stretched from silent westerns to later roles.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Monte Blue
Deaconess Hospital
Blue
Hamid - Morton
Tripoli Shrine
Betty
Beverly Hills
Calif
Floods and Landslides Leave 17 Dead in Europe
European Mediterranean regions face deadly floods and landslides after severe winter weather. Seventeen people are confirmed dead across Italy Spain and Portugal as unseasonable snow and freezing conditions persist.
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Ss. Europe
Rome
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Waterloo Girl Faces Removal Of Other Leg
Seven year old Deborah Marcucilli of Waterloo lost her right leg in a school bus crash that injured 28 pupils. Officials said surgery would remove the remaining leg due to lack of circulation after initial attempts to save it. Deborah remained in critical condition as four pupils and a bus driver were hospitalized.
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Waterloo
N. Y
Deborah Marcuccilli
New York
Deborah
Taylor-Brown Hospital
Spread of Flu Prompting School and Hospital Closures
Schools closed and hospitals limit visiting hours to slow influenza spread as pneumonia influenza deaths rise for the fifth week. Asian type flu outbreaks are confirmed in New York Maryland North Carolina Kansas Michigan and Washington DC with a confirmed case in upstate New York after a Albany physician returned from Baltimore. Milwaukee health officials warn of possible epidemic spread while Memphis hospitals suspend visiting hours for many upper respiratory cases.
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Associated Press
GOP Leaders Tell Rockefeller License Hikes Won’t Pass
Albany reports say Republican legislative chiefs told Governor Rockefeller the current license fee plan will be rejected in its present form. They will craft an alternative, possibly a flat 25 or 26 dollar auto fee, and may cap liquor license increases to quell hotel, restaurant, and liquor-store objections.
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Albany
Rockefeller
GOP
Senate
Walter J. Mahoney
Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
Carlino
Mahoney
Moreland Act Commission
State Board of Social Welfare
Moreland Commission
U S Leadership a Looming Strain on Allies
President Kennedy warned of a difficult burden for allies as U S leadership faces a central problem amid Western alliance tensions. He argued for decisive action under NATO including possible five minute notice nuclear responses, and questioned who should hold that delegated authority for Europe.
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Western Alliance
U. S
United States
Kennedy
Charles Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Wagner to Resume Mediation in NYC Printers Strike
Mayor Wagner will restart City Hall mediation with publishers of the nine closed New York dailies as a 73 day old blackout continues. Printers' union leader Bertram Powers says members are not wavering in unity and remain free to negotiate with other unions. Javits praised the effort as a terrific attempt to settle the dispute.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
U.S
City Hall
Bertram A. Powers
Printers’ Union
Powers’ Local
New York City
Albany
Empire State District Council
Afl-Cio American Newspaper Guild
Wagner
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Terrier Turns Tables On SPCA Inspector
In Hexham England George Lamb an inspector for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals faced a dangerous encounter when ordered to destroy a troublesome terrier. The dog leaped as Lamb raised his gun, the weapon fired, and a bullet struck his leg before the terrier fled.
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Hexham
England
George Lamb
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Lamb
Arson Suspected After Two Darrow School Fires
State Police pursued the theory an arsonist started two major blazes at Darrow School near the NY Mass line within two weeks. The century old gymnasium burned Sunday night with no injuries. Dining hall fire Feb 4 forced meals into the gym. headmaster John F. Joline puts Sunday loss at 50,000 and earlier fire losses above 100,000.
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Lebanon Springs
Darrow School
New York-Massachusetts
John F. Joline
Urge Latitude Making Arrests
A New York all day conference of state law enforcement groups proposed three laws to broaden police latitude in arrests. They seek: allow misdemeanor arrests on reasonable grounds of crime, relax warrant notice by searchers, and permit temporary detention and questioning of individuals in public spaces when crime is suspected.
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New York
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