U2 Pilot Powers Reveals Escape From Moscow Holdout
In a string of dramatic details from the U2 incident, Powers recounts leaping from a crippled craft at 15,000 feet after tearing free his oxygen line. He describes an orange glare, a violent nose dive, and a choice not to detonate the plane’s self-destruct charge. Captors interrogated him for 100 days with long sessions, yet he says he was not physically abused.
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CIA
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Powers
Russell
CHA
John A. McCone
Tias
Sverdlovsky
Moscow
Jet Bomber Crashes in Fort Worth Killing 3 Aboard
Fort Worth Texas witnesses describe a B S R jet bomber crash and explosion Monday night killing Capt. Robert Eugene Hatter 34 Capt. D. W. Jones 29 and 1st Lt. James T. McKenzie 28. A bystander recalled the fireball lighting the sky near a drive in theater as two smaller blasts preceded the final blast. Aboard the jet were three crewmen who perished in the crash while another BS R plane had set cross country speed records hours earlier. Officials report no evidence of Soviet espionage tied to the crash and no instruction indicated death by suicide.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lennard Sanders
Star-Telegram
Robert Eugene Hatter
D. W. Jones
James T. McKenzie
Unrest hits Algeria as prison raid escalates violence
Extremist groups attacked a prison in Algeria briefly freeing inmates then retreating after damage and casualties. Reports say up to 35 killed, 130 injured nationwide as rebels head toward ceasefire talks at the French Swiss border. Two alleged Secret Army men attacked a news photographer and fled.
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Secret Army
Algeria
Mons
Kennedy Urges Steady Path to Disarmament Talks
President Kennedy urges the United States and its allies to pursue real progress toward disarmament rather than propaganda. He says to join in supporting and directing the work of representatives, aiming for March 12 preliminary discussions and an open inspection system acceptable to the West. Khrushchev warns of grain shortages and plans to shift land use to corn and beets to feed a growing Soviet population.
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Dent
Geneva
Russia
International’ Inspection
Khrushchev
Gage
Gromyko
Lord Home
Rusk
United States
John F. Kennedy
Communist Parity Central Committee
Vasily Williams
Jong
Williams
Stalin
California legislature debates gambling ban and tax property
Governor Brown rejects gambling expansion as a demoralizing influence in California and public officials push a special session to curb or ban draw poker and low-ball poker in counties. Assemblyman George Willson plans eight bills, while other items include a three-senator increase for Los Angeles County and bond proposals for schools, state construction, recreation, and veterans housing. Daylight saving time extension would go to a June vote if the ballot measure proceeds.
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Brown’s
Los Angeles
California
George Willson
Huntington Park
Cudahy
Paker- Parlors
Willson
Boards of Supervisors
Gardena
Sea Beach
Local Telegram Office Earns Subscriptions In Long Beach
Partial OCR reads that a local office in Long Beach California handles carrier delivery with a $125 charge. It notes an audit by the Audit Bureau of Circulation and mentions Sunday publication, Pine Avenue address, and a membership or circulation matter.
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Hot
Long Beach
Cali
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ally
Pine Ave
East Coast hammered by heavy snowstorm with travel bans
Heavy snow and high winds disrupted the East Coast with 4 to 5 inches by 1.8 am. Emergency rules threatened arrest for blocking roads without chains or snow tires. Unmanned Navy destroyer Monssen towed to Philadelphia ran aground off Beach Haven Inlet. Flights delayed at Idlewild. 12 canceled. Virginia highways blocked. Ohio and Columbus report nine inches in parts. Cincinnati reports 107 accidents. Storm spreads across Kentucky Tennessee and into the southern mountains.
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Beach Haven Inlet
N. J
Monssen
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Bayonne
N.J
Philadelphia
New York
Idlewild
Virginia
Toledo
Findlay
Cincinnati
Springfield
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Alabama
Atlantic Air Group Charters Cut Fares to May First
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved Atlantic routes to offer group charter trips across the Atlantic at 38 percent below current economy fares through May 1. The measure applies to airlines operating such transatlantic services and aims to stimulate travel demand.
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Atlantic Air
Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Board
Atlantic
Classified ad promising easy cash through selling articles
A brief classified line touts easy cash by selling items with a phone contact HE 2-5959. It presents a quick, general offer without specifics on items, dates, or people.
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