Kennedy sends note to Khrushchev for better U S Soviet ties
President Kennedy sent a personal message to Soviet Premier Khrushchev via Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson to seek improved Soviet American understanding. Thompson briefed Kennedy and Rusk, then prepared to return to Moscow. The note signals a two edged aim: seek Soviet cooperation in space science and disease fight, and gauge intentions amid Laos and Congo unrest.
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Riots in Chinese city claim over twenty killed
Tatao News Agency of the Nationalist Chinese Justice Ministry said hungry mobs killed more than 20 Chinese Communist Party workers last week in Lian, capital of Shensi Province. The report cites underground contacts on the mainland.
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Kennedy Bill To Help Idle Set For Quick U K
President Kennedy seeks a $1.0 billion emergency plan to aid the long term unemployed. Ways and Means aims for prompt House approval with a companion child welfare measure and unemployment extension. A two year temporary tax increase would fund the program and extra benefits for those exhausting basic benefits after June 30, 1960.
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Washington Birthday Hardship in 29th Year at Mount Vernon
Washington faced fever pain crop troubles and debt while age 29 at Mount Vernon during Feb 22 1750s era. He battled illness political pressure and campaign stress as he sought re election to the Virginia House of Burgesses and managed debts land losses and calls for loans amid a crisis period before his presidency.
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Astronauts Eager To Fly First Mercury Mission
In Cape Canaveral Alan B. Shepard and John H. Glenn Jr express strong readiness to ride the next Redstone rocket into a suborbital Mercury flight. Virgil Grissom, stationed in Bermuda, also aims to fly. Alongside them seven men began final training for the Project Mercury mission plan.
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Six Killed In Phillips Plant Blast At Borger Texas
A blast at the Alamo plant of Phillips Petroleum Co in Borger Texas killed six workers with reports of many injuries. The explosion sealed the area as fire raged at the Phillips refinery gas plant and the cause remained undetermined.
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Girl Re-Enters Burning Home For Doll Dies
A six year old girl perished Tuesday night after returning to her burning home to recover a doll. The fire swept the Cameron residence near Lake George while her parents worked at their restaurant. Three sisters escaped. the uncle Jack Cameron was first on scene. A space heater in the kitchen is suspected to have exploded.
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Charles Cameron
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World Health Assembly drops data plan on planned parenthood
The World Health Assembly dropped a proposal to collect data on planned parenthood programs after objections from Belgium Portugal Spain and France over insufficient notice for the resolution.
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Inside Radio TV 2 Editorial Personals 4 Fulton
Inside notes from the newsroom with brief editorials on broadcasting, TV trends, and local media personalities. Short personal notices cover community happenings and staff changes. Fulton sports column reports latest scores and notable plays from local teams. Obituaries list recent passings with ages and towns.
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Katanga Troop Movements Freeze Amid Congo Peace Plan
Katanga leaders and U N officials agreed to halt troop movements likely to spark friction as part of a U N peace plan. Tshombe rejected the broader council action yet accepted a halt to offensive actions, while Duis Belgian mercenaries and diplomats weigh pressure and federation options.
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Opposition Eases to Rocky Rockefeller Student Aid Plan Albany
Opposition to Gov Rockefeller's 26 million student aid plan softened after revisions including a need test. GOP senators met in a closed conference as critics like the Protestant Churches Council revisit positions while Catholic voters push support. The plan offers 100 to 300 dollar grants for state residents and up to 800 for graduates based on need.
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American Jewish Congress
Gizenga Executes 15 In Revenge For Lumumba
British diplomatic sources report 15 Congo opponents executed by firing squad near Stanleyville in apparent revenge for Patrice Lumumba's death. Ten were deputies, five were army personnel. names not confirmed, one allegedly includes Alphonse Songolo.
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Communist Bloc
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Leopoldville
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U S Twin Satellite Shot Scores Partial Success
Washington reports that a Tuesday night launch from Cape Canaveral placed two satellites in orbit but at about 100 miles instead of 500. Transit II-B and Lofti may not have separated as planned, with John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory tracking the mission alongside NASA milestones and other satellite flights this year.
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Fla
Bipartisan probe into Thruway contract initiated by Legislature
A bipartisan committee was formed to investigate a $200-a-day contract for a long-range maintenance plan with Bertam D Tallamy, former Thruway Authority chair, who recently resigned as federal highway administrator. The panel includes Budget Director T Norman Hurd and Comptroller Arthur Levitt, with a third member to be named. Democrats call for cancellation amid nepotism charges. Republicans defend the arrangement as necessary and expert led.
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Michael H. Prendergast
Rockefeller
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UPI
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Arthur Levitt
GOP
Levitt
Meany backs plan to end airline wildcat strike
AFL-CIO President George Meany endorsed Secretary Goldberg's formula to end the six airline wildcat strike and urged Fight Engineers International members to return to work. Kennedy proposed a three-member advisory commission to study the dispute as industry losses mount and thousands of workers are laid off.
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Miami Beach
Fia Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
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Secretary of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Washington
Ron Brown
Flight Engineers International Association
New York
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Western Airlines
Hermit Solovich Feuds With Society In Oregon Gunfight
In Roseburg Oregon a mountain man known as Steve Solovich clashed with a pursuing posse on Cascade Mountain slopes. A two hour gun battle left deputies wounded and Solovich missing in evening fog after he halted hunters at gunpoint. He is a World War II veteran with a history of hospital escape and living secluded in the forest.
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Watson Talcott
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