Astronaut Glenn completes three orbit flight in space
Astronaut John Glenn begins his 3 orbit mission aboard Friendship 7, after 10 delays. He reports all systems go and discusses periscope views and celestial navigation plans while circling 100 to 160 miles high. Ground teams monitor heartbeat and oxygen as he passes Canary Islands en route to Africa.
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Globe
Bermuda
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Friendship 7
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Christopher Columbus
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tax Deductions For Entertaining Getting Tougher
House Ways and Means Committee approves a plan to curb entertainment deductions, allowing up to 100 percent write offs only when outlays are directly business related. New rules target clubs, yachts, hunting lodges with use shown as business, replacing earlier limits and affecting an estimated revenue near 160 million dollars annually.
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Vincent J. Burke Washington
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Treasury
Kennedy
Winter Storm Dumps Snow Across New England And West
United Press International reports a major winter storm delivering up to 32 inches of snow in the Upper Midwest and New England, with widespread travel disruptions and dozens of school closures. Cold air and multiple storms produced icy roads, while Southern California faced mudslides and storms. Death tolls rise with 22 reported nationwide, and notable snowfall hit Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire along with heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada and coastal California mountains. Cities from Boston to Los Angeles reported significant winter impacts, including hail and record rainfall in parts of California.
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United Press International
Midwest
New England
California
South Dakota
Aberdeen
S.D
Fargo
N.D
Dixie
Greenwood
Shreveport
Bossier City
Wisconsin
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
North Dakota
Iowa
Connecticut
Maine
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Boston
New York
Albany
N.Y
New Bedford
Mass
Portsmouth
N.H
Providence
R.I
Minnesota
Nevada
Utah
Mt. Baldy
San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
Latins Ask UN To Ignore Cuba
Latin American nations planned to ask the General Assembly to ignore Cuba s charges of U S aggression and avoid voting on a Communist resolution recognizing Havana s allegations. The move relies on African and Asian nations choosing to stay hands off, framing the dispute as a hemispheric issue. Costa Rica s ambassador paused the issue by adjourning the meeting.
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United Nations, .Y
UPI
General Assembly
Cuba
U.S
Fidel Castro
Havana-Washington
Assembly
Costa Rica
Gonzalo Ortiz
France confident of peace accord in Algeria talks
Paris officials said there would be no basic changes to a pact ending the seven year war though minor edits possible. CNRA rebels plan to meet in Tripoli to study the agreement after returnees reported progress. French cabinet and assembly likely to approve with de Gaulle’s influence strong. Ceasefire date projected post late February or early March.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Tunis
National Council of the Algerian Revolution
CNRA
Tripoli
Libya
Saad Dahlab
Dahlab
Lakhdar Ben Tabbal
Dle
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
First American in Orbit Glenn Reports Normal Flight
Chronology of John Glenn aboard Friendship 7 detailing launch at 10 a.m. reaching orbit in 92 minutes, first food in space, weightlessness over Kano Nigeria, observation of Perth lights, ground control notes on heartbeat and respiration, transitions to flyby wire control, and sighting of luminous particles outside the capsule during the first orbit with only minor control issues.
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Nigeria
Glenn
Globe
Perth
Australia
Friendship 7
Guamas
Mexico
Earth
French Security Forces Alerted Over Algerian Uprising
About 400,000 French security personnel were mobilized in Algeria to quell a potential right wing uprising linked to a reported deal between Algerian rebels and French negotiators. European residents in Algiers Bone Oran and Constantine fear loss of strong ties to France as Moslem Algerians may assume greater power. The alert comes as hopes for a cease fire loom, amid past upheaval and casualties since January.
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Algeria
UPI
Bone
Oran
Constantine
France
Ray Fairchild Admitted for Mountain State Co. Treatment
Ray Fairchild of 214 Russell Street is listed in poor condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being admitted Wednesday for treatment for Mountain State Equipment Company.
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Ray Fairchild
Russell St
Mountain State Equipment Co
Raleigh General Hospital
Keating Raps Segregation In Armed Forces
Senator Kenneth B. Keating urged Congress to protect Negro soldiers and National Guardsmen from segregation. He pressed the issue at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, highlighting on base and off base housing and segregated schooling despite a 1948 equal treatment order. The discussion also touched on whether Congress has acted on dishonorable discharges without courts martial.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Sam. J. Ervin
D-N.c
Ervin
Keating
House
Robert Kennedy Arrives in Rome for Papal Audience
UPI reports Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arrived in Rome for a two day visit with his wife Ethel. The unofficial trip includes a private audience with Pope John XXIII at the Vatican and a chance to rest before continuing to Berlin. Kennedy said he looked forward to sightseeing and reflecting on his Asia tour.
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UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
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Europe
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Berlin
Kennedy
Ethel
Beirut
Southeast Asia
Vatican
McNamara Finds Viet Nam Aid Growing More Effective
Defense Secretary McNamara said U S military aid to South Vietnam was becoming more and more effective in the fight against Communist guerrillas. He spoke after returning from Pacific headquarters in Hawaii and reaffirmed that no U S troops would be sent into combat.
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Andrews Air Force Base
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Kennedy
U.S
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Far East
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Grace Bumbry Says You Don't Say No To The President
Washington mezzo Grace Bumbry, who cut a Paris engagement to sing for President and Mrs Kennedy at a state dinner, states you simply do not say no to the President. The event occurs tonight in Washington.
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Washington
Negro Mezzosoprano
Grace Bumbry
Paris
Mrs. Kennedy
West Virginia Governor Delivers 147 Speeches in Year
Gov. W. W. Barron spoke 147 times from Jan 16, 1961 to Jan 16 this year, with only four outside the state. Two outside West Virginia were in Washington DC, one in Canada, and one at the Southern Governors conference in Nashville. The longest talk lasted 48 minutes at his January 16, 1961 inauguration.
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Charleston
UPI
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Don Hardman
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Canada
Nashville
Tenn
Rickover Attacks U S Education Standards
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, a famed advocate of technical prowess, criticizes American education in McCall's March issue. He argues Europeans teach vocabulary, math, and science earlier, producing more scientists and technicians, and says Americans lag in democracy literacy to counter Soviet critique.
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UPT
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
McCall's Magazine
Iit Rickover
Court rejects appeals of two 3 time losers
The UPI report notes the Supreme Court's 5 to 4 ruling against James W. Oyler and Paul H. Crabtree of West Virginia, both life sentences under the Habitual Criminal statute. Justice Clark wrote the majority opinion, while Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black, Douglas, and Brennan dissented on the issue of required notice before trial.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
West Virginia
James W. Oyler
Paul H. Crabtree
Tom Clark
Oyler
Crabtree
Clark
Earl Warren
William C. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
William R. Brennan Jr
Virginia Senate votes to regulate hairdressers
In Richmond, Sen. Harry C. Stuart quips Your wives told you to vote for it as the Virginia Senate, by a 32 to 4 margin, votes to set up state regulations for hairdressers. In New York City, the Board of Education holds about 5,000 out of tune pianos awaiting tuning, constrained by a $5 per piano budget while typical rates run $10 to $12.
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Richmond
UPI
Virginia Senate
Harry C. Stuart
New York
Board of Education
President seeks $1 billion white collar pay raise
President Kennedy asks Congress for a $1 billion, three year pay hike for 1,640,000 white collar federal workers to align salaries with private industry. The plan adds grades 19 and 20, spans three years starting 1963, and sets minimum increases from $40 to $168 for low and mid level grades with varying percentage boosts.
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UPI
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Senate
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U2 Pilot Given Truth Serum During Quiz
Newsweek reports CIA interview with Francis Gary Powers included a lie detector test and likely administration of a truth serum. Powers, secretive since returning home, allegedly did not reveal new Soviet disclosures and hinted the U2 was damaged by an unknown near miss rather than a direct hit.
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UPS
Francis Gary Powers
Central Intelligence Agency
Newsweek
Powers
CIA
Pentagon
Air Force
State budget boosts personnel and pay for key agencies
Charleston UPI reports the 1962 Legislature approved a 142.8 million operating budget for 1962-63 raising funds for the state auditor, tax, commerce, agriculture, and state police. The net budget is about four million below current allocation, with ADC aid cut about six million, leaving an end-year balance near 145,500.
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Charleston
UPI
Se Eet
Tony
State Auditor’s Office
State Tax Department
Commerce Department
Agriculture Department
State Police
State Welfare Department
Legislative Auditor's Office
West Virginia
Tobacco Vote Today Nationwide referendum on government controls
A nationwide vote runs today to decide if tobacco farmers want to keep government controls. In Beckley Raleigh County the ASCS office on Prince Street serves voters and in Pineville Wyoming County the county agent annex at the courthouse handles ballots. Voting starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m.
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ASCS
Prince Street
Beckley
Wyoming County
Pineville
Kennedy to hold news conference at 4 p.m. EST
The White House announced a news conference by Kennedy at 4 p.m. EST Wednesday. There were no network requests for live radio or television coverage.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Measure of a man's success raised by income tax debt
A reflective line notes that true success is linked to needing to borrow money to pay income tax, signaling frustration with fiscal pressures and personal finance.
Minnie Duckworth dies. funeral set in Crab Orchard
Minnie Christian Duckworth 69 of Crab Orchard died Monday in Beckley hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Crab Orchard Baptist Church, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She was born October 22, 1892 in Greenville, widow of Russell R. Duckworth. Survivors: two daughters Betty Reynolds of Orlando Florida and Lois James Harris of Clinton Ohio. five brothers Ernest Wilbur Canterbury Addison Canterbury Frank Canterbury and Jack Canterbury. a sister Ella Sarver. The funeral home will transfer the body to her residence Wednesday afternoon.
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Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Shirley Donnelly
J. B. F. Yoak
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Duckworth
Beckley Hospital
Greenville
Andrew J
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Russell R. Duckworth
Methodist Temple
A. B
Betty) Reynolds
Orlando
Fla
Lois) James Harris
Clinton
Ohio
Ernest
Wilbur Canterbury
Bozoo
Addison Canterbury
Indian Mills
Frank
Jack Canterbury
Ballard
Ella Sarver
Spanishbury
Williams Funeral
Mrs Roxie Dotson Passes Away in Charleston After Illness
Mrs Roxie Dotson 70 of Charleston formerly of Wyoming County died at 12 10 am Sunday in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. Born near Herndon she was sister of Howard Shrewsbury of Wickham and daughter of the late Tom and Nancy Ann Wood Shrewsbury. She is survived by husband Charlie two daughters Ethel and Pauline of Charleston and brother Luther Shrewsbury of Niagara Falls NY. Body at Simpson Chandler Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Charleston
Wyoming Counity
Herndon
Wyoming County
Dotson
Howard Shrewsbury
Wickham
Tom and
Nancy Ann Wood Shrewsbury
Charlie
Ethel
Pauline
Luther Shrewsbury
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Simpson- Chandler
Final rites for Mary Virginia Aliff at Fanrock church
Mary Virginia Aliff, 19, of Fanrock, died Monday in a Welch hospital from pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Christian Nation Church, Fanrock, with Rev. Edgar Beverly officiating. burial in Morgan Cemetery. Born February 27, 1942, in Wayne, she was the daughter of Floyd and Maggie Stevens. Survived by husband David Aliff and sister Gertrude Smeltzer. Body to be taken to mother-in-law June Aliff’s home after cremation preparations at Evans Funeral Home, Oceana.
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Fanrock
Christian Nation
Edgar Beverly
Morgan Cemetery
Aliff
Welch Hospital
Wayne
Floyd
Maggie Helmondollar Stevens
Rock
David Ali
Negro Soprano Grace Bumbry to Sing at White House Dinner
Grace Bumbry the 24 year old Negro mezzo soprano will be guest entertainer at a state dinner for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson Speaker John W. McCormack and Chief Justice Earl Warren. She has broken an Paris engagement to perform at the White House and comes to Washington with a rising European fame including Venus in Wagner Festival at Bayreuth. More than 100 guests invited to the white tie event and their wives.
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UPI
Grace Bumbry
John F. Kennedy
Paris
White House
Santa Barbara
Calif
Europe
Venus
Bayreuth
Germany
Lyndon B. Johnson
John W. McCormack
Earl E. Warren
Nuclear blasts continue at Nevada test site
The United States detonated two more underground nuclear explosions at the Nevada test area described as low yield. These were the 15th and 16th announced blasts since resumed testing last September.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Nevada Test Area
Air Safety Meeting To Tackle Air Collision Menace
Representatives of the aviation industry are to attend a March 5 meeting in Washington with the Federal Aviation Agency to discuss approaches to end the air collision menace.
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Washington
API
Federal Aviation Agency
Anniversary notice recalls a bold college flight stunt
A campus alumni notice marks the 20th anniversary of a class gradation and recalls a pair of students, Joe and Squeak, who staged a risky experiment. Joe attempted a four story flight from the administration building ledge toward a drug store but blacked out. he survived, while Squeak fainted and hurt his thumb. The tale ends noting college life has changed.
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Washington
UPI
Joe
Squeak
College Administration
Runaway Girl Turns Self In
A 14 year old girl missing from Chicago Illinois turned herself in to the Ra leight County Sheriff's office around 11 am. She was with a group of juveniles and two other girls are also reported runaways. Deputies notified the parents of the girl and are continuing to search for the others in the group.
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Chicago
Ill
Raleight County Sheriff's Office
Fallout shelter test volunteers report high morale
Bethesda Maryland UPI reports 100 Navy volunteers in a fallout shelter survival test have communicated by radio that morale remains high and no one is hungry. The Monday bulletin says conditions are normal inside the shelter with rations reduced due to inactivity and not all food being eaten.
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Bethesda, Md
UPI
Navy
Grant To Congo Gets $15 Million From U S
United States announces a 15 million dollar grant to the United Nations for Congo economic aid. It marks the first such 1962 contribution to the Congo program, with the nation having previously granted 27.9 million in earlier years.
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Washington
UPI
United States
United Nations
Congo
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