McNamara Denounces Cuba Claims in House Clash
Defense Secretary McNamara sharply rebuked lawmakers for questioning Pentagon figures on Soviet forces in Cuba. Rep Stratton accused Sen Keating and Sen Thurmond of sensationalism while stating missiles may remain hidden. the Pentagon denied the claim as false.
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Norman G. Cornish
Washington
UP1
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
Cuba
McNamara
House
Armed Services Committee
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Sen
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Keating
Strom Thurmond
D S.C
Pentagon
Donald C. Bruce
R-Ind
U.S
Bruce
State Department
United States
Monthly Bills Loom You And I One 61 5 Billion
The piece reports that U S consumers owed 61 5 billion on installment purchases as of last November, with mortgage debt rising to about 160 billion. Credit expansion is driven by more products and banks willing to extend credit, while delinquency stands at 1 percent and installment payments represent about 13 percent of income.
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You
Joseph D. Hutman
Washington
UPI
U. S
Federal Reserve Board
Benefit Set For Delta Negroes
Chicago comedian Dick Gregory and Oscar Brown plan a benefit show to fund air transport of more than five tons of federal surplus food to Greenwood Mississippi for needy Negroes in the Delta LeFlore County. The flight would occur on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation centennial as a protest against loss of food aid tied to voter registration pressures. The initiative is supported by Lawrence Landry of the SNCC.
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Chicago
UPS
Greenwood
Miss
Dick Gregory
Oscar Brown
Gregory
Mississippi
Lawrence Landry
Student Non - Violent Coordinating Committee
LeFlore County
Vehicle output rises in free world to over seventeen million
Automobile Industry magazine reports 17,167,000 vehicles produced in the free world last year, up 21.3 percent from 1961, reflecting strong growth in global manufacturing and demand.
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Free World
Automobile International Magazine
Nuclear Rocket Development Slow
United States space experts warn progress on a nuclear rocket has been slower than hoped after eight years and about 400 million dollars. A flight test may not occur until 1968 with years more testing before manned deep space missions. Engineers cite formidable temperature and material challenges and note the Apollo lunar goal forced reliance on chemical rockets for the 1960s.
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United States
UPI
Joseph L Myler
Washington
Mars
Atomic Proving Ground
Nevada
Russia
Measures Introduced in Legislature Monday
A roundup of new bills in Charleston includes H B 5 by Bias to seat and heat rail maintenance crews on trips over five miles, H B 306 raising the levy to fund police and fire pensions, H B 307 rotating candidate names on ballots, H B 309 revising sales tax, H B 310 ensuring uninsured motorist coverage, H B 311 additional fees for uninsured vehicle registration, H B 312 distributing uninsured motorist funds, H B 313 restricting deceptive auto ads, H B 314 allowing hunting licenses fees, H B 315 removing long blade bulldozer blades before street transport, H B 316 placing a simple majority levy bond approval on the 1964 ballot. Senate S B 180 lifting muni fire and police funds levy, S B 144 registering land surveyors, and S B 185 updating professional engineer registrations.
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White
J-Harrison
Seibert
Ohio
Poling
R-Jackson
Singleton
D-Monongalia
Steptoe
D-Berkeley
Haden
R-Monongalia
Mentz
D-Mcdowell
Michael
R-Tucker
Mills
D-Wayne
Davidson
Given
D-Webster
Wilson
D-Marion
Senate
Kaufman
D-Kanawha
Miller
R-Wood
McCourt
De Gaulle Memoirs Show Long Range European Dream
Paris UPI Charles de Gaulle’s memoirs reveal a long standing plan for a European third force between the United States and Soviet Union. He pursued a strong France and a united Europe, envisaging a Rhine to the Urals alliance and a powerful president-led state.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
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United States
Britain
France
Russia
Presi
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Rhine
Alps
Pyrenees
English
Mediterranean
Germany
Iceland
Istanbul
Gibraltar
Urals
The
Atlantic
Wall Street Firm Behind Pike Bill?
The Daily Mail says a Wall Street investment firm likely to profit from refinancing Virginia Turnpike debt backs a bill to let the State Road Commission lend up to 3 million dollars to the Turnpike Commission. Kuhn Loeb & Co. tied to the plan via attorney Brown, with Gov. Barron denying administration backing. The bill proposes bondholder exchanges and staged interest payments, while the Turnpike faces about 11 million dollars in unpaid interest.
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Charleston
UPI
The
Daily Mail
Wall Street
Virginia
State Road Commission
Turnpike Commission
W. W. Barron
Bonn Brown
Elkins
West Virginia
Barron
Lee M. Kenna
Kuhn Loeb & Co
Brown
Kenna
Kuhn Loeb
House
Julius Singleton
Senate
Howard Carson
SRC
Man Hires Digging Crew After Five Day Water Blockage
John Glyn n Barton says his family has lacked water for five days as officials refuse to inspect a blocked main. He hires workers with picks shovels and pneumatic drills to dig in the street seeking relief. He condemns red tape and regulations delaying access to water.
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London
UPI
John Glynn Barton
Father bars daughter from church play over pregnancy
William Mahon of Portsmouth refuses to allow his 14 year old daughter Marilyn to portray an unmarried pregnant teenager in a local church production. He says the role is not suitable for her age.
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Portsmouth
England
UPN
William Mahon
Marilyn
Almanac note for February 5 1963 and history tidbits
The Almanac lists February 5 1963 as the date with 329 to follow and notes the moon’s approaching full phase Venus as morning star and Mars Jupiter as evening stars. Historical entries include Roger Williams arrival 1631 and World War II Siegfried Line breakthrough in 1945.
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Roger Williams
America
Salem
Mass
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Korea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
U.S. 3Rd Army
Germany
Obituaries for Smith Walter Lee Jr Bolen Dewey Harris Lydia Ann
Walter Lee Smith Jr 53 of Detroit dies with funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel Rev Everett Shafer burial Blue Ridge. Dewey Bolen 58 of Fireco funeral 2 pm Wednesday Mountain Valley Baptist Church burial Hannah Lilly Cemetery. Lydia Ann Harris 75 of Ury dies Sunday night after long illness funeral 1 pm Wednesday February 6 Sophia Methodist Church Rev Dewey Wilson and Rev L R Mason officiating burial Family Cemetery Pineville Williams Funeral Home and pallbearers listed.
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Walter Lee, Jr
Detroit
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Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Everett R. Shafer
Blue Ridge
Bolen Bolen
Dewey
Fireco
Mountain Valley Baptist Church
Hannah Lilly
Harris Harris
Lydia Ann
Ury
Sophia Methodist Church
Dewey Wilson
L. R. Mason
Pineville
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
A S Widick
Walter Gentry
Clyde Murphy
Paul Hite
Carson Gillenwater
J. R. McGean
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