Al Marj Quake Tragedy Strikes Libyan Town
A powerful sequence of earthquakes devastates Al Marj in Libya causing hundreds dead or injured. U S Air Force and British relief teams rush aid, ambulances, field hospitals, and tents to Benghazi and Al Marj as Libyan authorities declare an emergency.
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Radio Libya
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Air Force
Tripoli
Barce
U. S
Cyprus
U.S
Wheelus
North Africa
Agadir
Morocco
Cyrenaica
Mediterranean
8Th Army
Record Low Temperatures Hit Much of Nation
Freezing weather blanketed much of the United States with many cities posting record low temperatures for the date. In the Northeast and Midwest subzero readings persisted while parts of Florida and the Far West escaped the chill.
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Associated Press
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Mich
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Stillwater Reservation
Adirondacks
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N. Y
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26 Below Zero In Adirondacks
Albany reports a widespread sub zero morning with 26 below at Stillwater Reservoir and 20 below in Boonville in the Adirondacks. Roads icy, drifting snow near Oswego on the North South Expressway. Overnight lows include Watertown 14 and Plattsburgh 10 with many other towns under zero.
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Massena
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Glens Falls
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Binghamton
Rome
Olean
Oneonta
Newburgh
Norphlet Evacuates After Ammonium Nitrate Boxcar Threat
In Norphlet Arkansas a town of about 700 residents was evacuated after a box car rumored to carry ammonium nitrate was involved in a crash with a freight train and a transport truck at a mid town crossing. Firefighters contained a fire near the locomotive before railroad officials warned of the potential explosion.
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Norphlet
Ark
Arkansas
el Dorado
Kennedy warns to blast Cuban warships or planes
President Kennedy threats U S firepower to strike any Cuban based warships or aircraft that attack American vessels in sea or air operations. He limits chase to Cuba for now but signals hot pursuit if attacks continue. Officials say orders broaden rules allowing open fire on approaching hostile ships or planes in Caribbean waters.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S
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Florida Straits
Fidel Castro
Congress
Orde
United States
Pentagon
Caribbean
VU. S
U S May Face Guerrilla Warfare in Cuban Area
Washington reviews possible guerrilla war scenario around Cuba as Fidel Castro could use Soviet supplied arms including MiG fighters. President Kennedy says strike on a shrimp boat near Cuba remains unclear and monitors whether a pattern of attacks develops in the region.
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Cuban MIG attack on shrimp boat reported off Cuba coast
Paris Jackson, captain, and Benjamin Washington, mate, of the 67 foot Fort Myers shrimp boat, said Cuban based MIG fighters fired on their disabled vessel about 60 miles north of Cuba. The Defense Department reported rockets used. Cuba denied the attack. Coast Guard rescued the two men after three days adrift.
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Paris Jackson
Fort Myers
Ala
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Defense Department
Jackson
Coast Guard
Flu Increases Death Toll Across Nation In Feb
The Communicable Disease Center reports 759 pneumonia influenza deaths through the week ending Feb 16 from 108 cities up 54 from the prior week. Outbreaks spread from the Atlantic coast westward with new states affected. Asian flu confirmed in multiple states and DC. no cure exists, vaccination urged as prevention.
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Fire at Troy Sanitarium Injures Fireman
Fire believed caused by defective wiring heavily damages the Marshall Sanitarium and forces evacuation of ten patients from the main three story brick building on Linden Avenue. Fire Captain William E. Phoenix Jr. suffers burns to hand and arm. no other injuries reported as patients move to the annex protected by fire walls.
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Marshall Sanitarium
William E. Phoenix Jr
Linden Avenue
First Radar Contact With Planet Mars
Pasadena scientists report the first radar contact with Mars using a 25 billion watt signal. After a 125 million mile round trip, only a tiny fraction returned, yet enough to show Mars has rough and smooth surfaces like Earth and the Moon.
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Calif
Mars
Earth
Moon
Kennedy invites media to unusual April information talks
The White House invites representatives from all news media to a two day private conference April 5 6 at Airlie House near Warrenton Virginia. Pierre Salinger coordinates the event as critics cite federal information practices while the administration seeks to respond and challenge press criticisms. The gathering could devolve into a heated exchange between officials and reporters.
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Donnybrook
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Warrenton
Pierre Salinger
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Airlie House
Virginia Hunt
Arthur Sylvester
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Sylvester
George Washington Still Hero to U S Small Fry
Dayton report shows Beavercreek Fairbrook School fourth to sixth graders describe George Washington in vivid lines. Excerpts reveal the boyhood lies, brave deeds, and early nation building as seen through students’ eyes.
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U. S
Small
Dayton
Ohio
Beavercreek
Fairbrook School
Virginia
Diana Keighley
Randolph Ison
Dover
Mary Ball
Tim Minch
Valley Forge
Don Sagraves
Penny Rice
Mount Vernon
S. Washngton
Mike Ozias
New prayers aim to fit 1963 world says Anne Hopkin
London housewife Anne Hopkin, mother of six and wife of an Industrial Christian Fellowship director, proposes new prayers reflecting modern life. She cites stories of self sufficient food as less relevant to children and offers examples praising a plastic boat a television and a nylon coat.
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London
Anne Hopkinson
Industrial Christian Fellowship
MacArthur Speech Cited As Top 1962 Public Address
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s West Point address on Duty Honor and Country was named the top public address of 1962 by the Freedoms Foundation. The 14th annual ceremony honored about 900 individuals and groups for writings speeches actions and photographs. MacArthur, now Remington Rand board chairman, receives 500 and a medal.
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U.A
West Point
Douglas MacArthur
Freedoms Foundation
MacArthur
Foundation
Remington Rand, Inc
Woman 60 Hikes 50 Miles in Ten Hours for Fitness Campaign
Dr Barbara Moore, 60, completed a 50 mile hike in ten hours in Newbury England to support President Kennedy's physical fitness drive. She previously crossed America coast to coast in 1960.
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Newbury
England
Barbara Moore
Kennedy
Escapees Recaptured After Haircut Stop
Four prisoners who escaped from jail in Brooksville Mississippi were recaptured Thursday after stopping for a haircut.
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Brooksville
Miss
Kennedy Family Heads to Florida for Washington Birthday Weekend
President Kennedy and family spend a Florida weekend amid cloudy skies and warming temperatures. They hosted Washington diplomats at a formal reception and relaxed press restrictions while planning yachting and a visit with Joseph P. Kennedy near Palm Beach.
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Florida
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Andrews Air Force Base
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Lincoln jailed after drunken driving arrest
Van Nuys California police say Abraham Lincoln, 55, a self employed musician, was jailed on suspicion of drunken driving after side swiping a parked truck on Thursday night while Washington's Birthday was observed in the area.
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Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Lincoln
Shoppers Riot at Alexander’s Washington Sale in Bronx
A crowd of about 5000, mostly women, smashed two windows and caused injuries during Alexander’s Washington’s Birthday sale in the Bronx. Police and an ambulance responded as bargains included toothpaste 29 cents, mink coats 999 dollars, electric broilers 1.99, and phonograph records nine cents. Assistant manager Bernard Gaor said the event drew an unprecedented throng.
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