Kennedy seeks unprecedented tariff cutting authority
President Kennedy urged Congress to grant sweeping five year powers to slash tariffs by up to 50 percent in reciprocal talks and to negotiate with the European Common Market. He warned against protectionism and proposed aid for workers and companies hit by imports while retaining limited subsidy safeguards. The plan targets the six nation Common Market and aims to preserve non Communist leadership amid a shifting world trade map.
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UPI
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Congress
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Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Showdown on Urban Affairs Planned by JFK
President Kennedy clashes with Congress over a proposed Cabinet Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. After the House Rules Committee defeated the bill, Kennedy announced a reorganization plan to push the department forward, with Robert Weaver slated as first secretary. Critics say the move masks legislative defeat and politicizes civil rights.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Washington
Kennedy
Department of Urban Affairs and Housing
Congress
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Rules Committee
Robert Weaver
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Brown
Weaver
Connecticut
Homer Thornberry
Peter Fonda eyes JFK role in wartime PT boat story
United Press International quotes Peter Fonda saying he would need voice lessons to imitate the Boston Harvard accent if he lands the part about John F Kennedy's wartime PT boat command. In New Jersey a captured fugitive taunts police during recapture. In California Governor Brown criticizes Nixon while Moroccon leader El Alaoui recalls Eisenhower as a hero and president of peace.
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United Press International
Hollywood
Peter Fonda
John F. Kennedy
McDowell Plan Approved in West Virginia ARC Action
ARA approved the overall economic development plan of McDowell County West Virginia bringing the number of approved plans in the state to 22. Forty three of 55 counties have filed plans with the Area Redevelopment Authority so far.
West Virginia Weather Forecast Summary
Fair today and tonight with highs near 50. Increasing clouds and mild Friday. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and muddy, Lake normal and cloudy with 10 gates open. Roosevelt Utah reports 18 below zero as the coldest temperature in the U.S. this morning. Fort Myers reached 85 for the high yesterday.
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Beckley
Ccesveceeres
Oak Hill
Fey
Momoy
Hinton Hild
U.S. Weather Bureau
Roosevelt
Utah
Fort Myers
Chances For Manned Shot Saturday Good
Cape Canaveral forecast boosts UPI reports that John Glenn’s first manned orbital flight may launch Saturday. Ranger-3 around the moon proceeds toward its lunar landing while final checks on Friendship-7 proceed smoothly. weather remains favorable for the Atlas-Agena launch in the Cape Canaveral area.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
Cape Canaveral
UPI
U.S
John H. Glenn Jr
Miami
Glenn
America
Moon
England Files For Re-Election
Wyoming County delegate J Paul England, a Democrat with four House of Delegates terms, seeks another run. A longtime representative and Pineville teacher, he chairs the Pollution and Insurance committees, serves on Education, and has been active in conservation and stream pollution. Born 1920 in Hanover, he was appointed to a Southern Regional Meeting in Tampa last summer.
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Pineville
J. Paul England
Wyoming
England
House of Delegates
Tampa
Fla
Pineville High School
Wyoming Insurance Agency
Hanover
Four Lehigh students die in turnpike crash
Four Lehigh University students were killed when their car was struck broadside by a tractor trailer near the Donegal Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The victims were Philip DeHuff III Bruce Gilfillan Thomas Scanton and Richard Duncan, all 19 to 20, from Bethel Park Carnegie Parkersburg. Police said the westbound car spun out crossed the median and into the truck.
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Greensburg
UPI
Lehigh University
Donegal
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Philip G. DeHuff III
Kings School Road
Bethel Park
Bruce S. Gilfillan
Old Ox Road
Thomas E. Scanton
Segrid
Burke, White Testify Today In Gay Probe
Two former service chiefs will testify on military censorship before a Senate subcommittee. President Kennedy backs current policy while offering guidance to officers on sensitive topics. Burke and White are to address censorship of anti- Communist speeches, with Pentagon focus shifting to the State Department for questions on speech censorship.
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U.S
State Department
Pentagon
Burke
Subcommittee
John D. Stennis
D-Miss
Postal
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
Senate Post Office Committee
House
House Education Committee
GOP
Earth Heat System For New York City
Rutgers geologist Dr. Herbert P. Woodward envisions drilling 12 miles underground to heat New York City. If temperatures reach 600 degrees, rock heat could steam water for citywide heating. Project cost could reach 25 million dollars.
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New Brunswick
N.J
UPI
New York City
Central Park
Herbert P. Woodward
Rutgers University
Newark College of Arts and Sciences
New York
Woodward
Dying Turkish doctor bids Highland goodbye
In Highland Illinois the front page farewell from Turkish born Dr. S A Kayar reveals he is dying of pancreatic cancer and must end his services to patients. Kayar 41 father of three, recently treated for obstructive jaundice at Jewish Hospital St Louis.
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Highland, Ill
UPI
Illinois
S. A. Kayar
Highland News-Leader
Kayar’s
Greenville
Elmer Winter
Kayar
Turkey
Jewish Hospital
St. Louis
Statehouse Case Director Retires
CHARLESTON UP I State Police Lt E L Roush who directed the investigation of the record 352000 Statehouse robbery 18 months ago retired from the Department of Public Safety to become an assistant state fire marshal Roush 47 and a native of Parkersburg joined the department in 1936 and has been second in command of Company B at South Charleston Earl H Matthews 32 of Marmet is serving 1 to 10 years for the robbery at Huttonsville Medium Security Prison State Fire Marshal B E Wright see Statehouse Page 2.
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Marmet
Huttonsville
B.E. Wright
Stacy files for state senate in ninth district
Beckley insuranceman Fred T. Stacy became the third Democrat to announce candidacy for the Ninth Senatorial District seat in the West Virginia Senate. Stacy seeks the post now held by G. C. Porter who has filed for re election. Another Beckleyan O D Hall filed for the Democratic nomination. No Republicans have filed.
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Beckley Insuranceman
Fred T. Stacy
West Virginia
Senate
Stacy
G. C. Porter
Beckley
Beckleyan
O. D. Hall
President Defends Officials Attacked as Security Risks
President Kennedy defends two State Department officials named by reporter as security risks. He protests the term used by Sarah McClendon, notes William Wieland is cleared, and says both officials can perform their duties without harming U.S. interests or their reputations. The exchange occurred at a news conference.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
State Department
Sarah McClendon
Texas
New England
United States
Rusk Seeks Exclusion of Cuba by OAS
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the OAS foreign ministers to decide on excluding Fidel Castro's Cuba from inter American systems and to have the council implement the move. He softened prior calls for immediate suspension, favoring a legal path and signaling suspension as the likely outcome. The conference discussed timing and authority, with U.S. and Argentina shaping decisions in private channels.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
UPI
Dean Rusk
Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Rusk
Council of the Organization of American States
U.S
Castro
OAS Council
Havana
Mexico
Brazil
United States
Argentina
Macmillan to visit United States in April
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan plans a delayed April trip to the United States to discuss major Allied policy decisions with President Kennedy. He will speak to the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York on April 24 and seek a second Bermuda meeting with Kennedy, their second in under four months.
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United Press International London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Macmillan
United States
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Bermuda
Tour ist Center Near Navy Radio Telescope Proposed
In joint session the House and Senate finance committees were told the Sugar Grove site in Pendleton County would draw about 250000 visitors annually. State Natural Resources Director Lane estimated an $850000 allocation for an information and exhibition center with land and access road, supported by Gov. Barron and Commerce Commissioner Smith. The Navy would complete scientific and technical displays.
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Charleston
UPI
House
Senate
Navy
Sugar Grove
Pendleton County
State Natural Resources
M. Lane
Lane
W. W. Barron
Hulett C Smith
Disabled Miners Back Pinecrest Bill Expansion
The Disabled Miners Association of West Virginia urged Raleigh County legislators to support House Bill 25 to open Pinecrest and Homemon t tuberculosis sanitariums to other diseases. President Steve Sokola said the 700-member group backed the measure and sent telegrams to Charleston before the debate.
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Disabled Miners Association of
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Pinecrest
Steve Sokola
Charleston
Hopemont
Joseph Hodgson
Sokola
Disabled Miners Association
Kinzer Seeks Clerk's Post in Raleigh County Race
D W Woody Kinzer a WV House of Delegates member since June seeks the Raleigh County Clerk seat joining a Democratic field. Kinzer known for Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Program, received a community citation after the group’s annual Fair. He uses vacation for community work and raises purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle at Mariwood Farm on Willowood Road.
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Raleigh
D. W
Woody" Kinzer
West Virginia
House of Delegates
W. W. Barron
Kinzer
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Program
Association
Mariwood
Willowood Road
Delegate Kinzer Opposes Pinecrest Bill in Raleigh County
Raleigh County legislator Delegate D. W. Woody Kinzer voiced the first definite opposition to a bill altering Pinecrest and Hopemont sanitariums. He said he will fight the bill as introduced and favors amendments to limit admission to tuberculosis related treatment. He expects the bill to be amended to exclude the aged infirm and chronically ill.
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Raleigh
Pinecrest
Hopemont
D. W
Woody” Kinzer
Kinzer
Kinzer Honored for WV Conservation and Education Work
Kinzer, longtime principal and teacher in McDowell County, helped make the Dry Hill Prosperity County Life Group an award winning model in West Virginia. Born 1910 in Cucumber McDowell County he attended Big Creek High School and Concord College. He played football and basketball and belonged to Phi Delta Pi Fraternity. He served on the state course of study revision committee for West Virginia Clubs and his students’ WV woods and wildlife displays were featured in magazines. Hunting was a hobby.
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Marion Meador
West Virginia
Kinzer
Cucumber
McDowell County
J. F. Kinzer
Big Creek
Concord College
Phi Delta Pi
West Virginia School Journal
Atty Gen Kennedy Drops Cook-In Plan for Teens
Washington UPI report says Attorney General Robert F Kennedy agreed not to grill hamburgers for more than 100 teens in his office fireplace. He heeded William Geoghegan who suggested pre cooked fried chicken for the FBI tour lunch. Kennedy, 36, had wanted to cook but deferred to policy and told Geoghegan he is getting old and crotchety.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
William A. Geoghegan
Geoghegan
Kennedy
FBI
British officer frees surviving Congo priest in massacre aftermath
Maj Dick Lawson, 35, flew into Kongolo and rescued Father Jules Darmont, the lone surviving European priest from New Year’s Congo massacre. Neither has met the press yet. UN officials said Col Joseph Pakassa was recaptured after escaping Stanleyville jail. he is related to deposed official Gizenga. Meanwhile America’s Instant ICBM flew 3200 miles from Cape Canaveral. Sophia Loren seeks equal billboard billing with Charlton Heston in El Cid. court schedule set for expanded trial. Fire at Hotel Westlake in Rocky River forces 200 from homes. no injuries reported. John M. Steeves named new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. Georgia Legislature bans use of timing devices for speed enforcement by municipal police. Transport Workers Union seeks to block Pennsylvania-New York Central merger in federal court. President Ken.
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Dick Lawson
Kongolo
Jules Darmont
Lawson
Father Darmont
United Nations
Col
Joseph Pakassa
Antoine Gizenga
Pakassa
Stanleyville
America
Minuteman
Cape Canaveral
Sophia Loren
New York State Supreme Court
Charlton Heston
Samuel H. Hofstadter
Westlake
Rocky River
Cleveland
John M. Steeves
State Department
U. S
Afghanistan
Henry A. Byroade
Georgia
Jones Lane
Transport Workers Union
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Ken
Rebels Attack Provincial Capital In Laos
Pro Communist rebel forces pressed a strong offensive against the provincial capital in Laos and the city was expected to fall within hours. Separately in Washington the UPI reported the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the merger of United Air Lines and Capital Airlines, after approval by the Civil Aeronautics Board.
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Nam Tha
Laos
UPI
Toy Pistol Kills Woman in El Paso Store
Four year old Bobby Preusser, in cowboy attire, fired a toy pistol found on a shelf at Mrs. Ruth Wicker in a store. The weapon discharged, hitting her in the stomach. She died en route to hospital twenty minutes later. Bobby’s mother said he had never seen a real gun.
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Tex
UPI
Ruth Wicker
Bobby Preusser
Bobby
Tekie Ne Bone
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