Kennedy Signs Low in Spirits Areas Bill
President Kennedy signed the $451 million low in spirits areas bill to spur job creation in chronically unemployed urban and rural regions. William Batt Jr. will be administrator, supervision by Secretary Hodges. The measure offers $200 million in federal loans, a $100 million public facilities fund, and up to $75 million in grants with $76 million for training and subsistence pay. Vacant plants modernization and new industrial sites receive support, with safeguards to prevent shifting industry.
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UPI
Kennedy
William Batt Jr
Pennsylvania
Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
Batt
Congress
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lion
Astronaut May Face Weather Delay for Space Flight
Weather forecasts threaten Tuesday launch of America's first man in space. Wind limits and blue sky required over Cape Canaveral and Atlantic recovery area. 21 mph winds expected, gusts to 23 mph possible. Countdown begun. a postponement would disappoint many, but safety comes first.
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Aps
America
National Space Agency
Redstone
Project Mercury
Atlantic Missile Range
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Navy Set to Retrieve First Spaceman From Atlantic
A fleet of seven Navy ships sails into the Atlantic to pick up the first U S spaceman after splashdown off Cape Canaveral. The mission aims for swift recovery with strict silence until the astronaut speaks. Marine helicopter teams under Marine Air Group 26 will aid in extraction aboard the 40,000 ton carrier with a recovery circle eight miles wide. Wayne Koons, a Lyons Kansas lieutenant, may be among the first witnesses.
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UPI
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America
Atlantic Missile Range
Cape Canaveral
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G. P. Koch
Carrier
Wayne Koons
Lyons
Kan
Koons
Marine Air Group 26
Weather Outlook Showers and Cooler Temperatures Ahead
Showers and scattered thunder today and tonight with highs in the 60s and lows 45 to 55. Tuesday partly cloudy and windy, cooler with scattered showers. Five day forecast calls for 5 to 15 degrees below normal, cooler Tue-Thu, warmer Fri-Sat, scattered showers Tue and Fri/Sat, total about a quarter inch. River and lake levels vary, Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake level 18 ft above normal then falling. Heat highs reached 103 in Presidio Texas. lows 17 at Huron South Dakota.
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Greenbrier
New York
UPI
Presidio
Tex
U.S. Weather Bureau
Huron
S. Dak
Purpose Threefold U S Not Matching Russia In Space Flight
Cape Canaveral UPI reports the United States aims to threefold Project a with its first manned sub orbital flight. It seeks manned brief spaceflight experience including liftoff, flight, weightlessness, entry and landing, testing manual spacecraft control, and studying physiological reactions.
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Chiles Coleman
Cape Canaveral
UPI
United States
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Coffee Inspector Jedlicka Retires On Own Time
Anton G Jedlicka 70 longtime chief coffee inspector for the armed forces resigns from the Quartermaster inspection service in Chicago stating a half century of work is enough He will continue enjoying coffee on his own time and retains an interest in the beverage.
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Chicago
UPI
Anton G. Jedlicka
Armed Forces
Jedlicka
Quartermaster Inspection Service Command
Three Vehicle Crash Kills Two Sets Of Sisters
Four teen girls died and five people injured in a three vehicle crash near St Paul Kansas. Victims Marilyn J McClung 18 Cathleen 15 Carla Carroll 15 and Ruth A Carroll 18 all from Walnut Kansas were in the car driven by McClung.
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UPI
St. Paul
Marilyn J. McClung
Cathleen
Carla Carroll
Ruth A. Carroll
Walnut
Highway Patrol
Marilyn McClung
Kasavubu Seen Making Power Bid In Congo
Congolese army officers report Katanga President Moise Tshombe under house arrest in Leopoldville awaiting transfer to a secret detention site. President Kasavubu seeks to curb Tshombe's influence to solidify control, with Bomboko stating the move aims to restore central authority over Katanga. The conference accuses Tshombe of obstructing Congo crisis solutions after talks in Madagascar.
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the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Leopoldville
Joseph Kasavubu
Tshombe
Kasavubu
Congo
Victor Nendeka
Nendeka
Justin Bomboko
United Nations
Bomboko
Tananarive
Malagasy Republic
Three Nations Seek Laos Cease Fire Role
Canada India and Poland said they are ready to help secure a Laos cease-fire via the International Control Commission. In New Delhi they reviewed the situation and sent their report to the Geneva co chairs. The commission may oversee talks from start to finish as Laos factions dispute sites. Western capitals fret over rebel gains and delays. U S Marines and allied jungle troops landed in British North Borneo, 600 miles from Laos.
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United Press International
Canada
India
Poland
Laos
International Control Commission On
Indochina
New Delhi
Britain
Russia
U. S
British North Borneo
May Day rally in Moscow vows bloc support for Cuba
In Red Square Malinovsky warned that the entire Communist bloc would oppose any aggression against Fidel Castro. Yuri Gagarin led the May Day parade with Khrushchev nearby as rockets and modern weapons rolled by. Castro received a Lenin Peace Prize and his portrait marched in the civilian section.
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Moscow
UPI
Rodion Malinovsky
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Malinovsky
Red Square
Whch
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet Union
United States
Gagarin
Nikita Khrushchev
Free
U.S.A
Castro
Laos Intervention Nears Decision For President
President Kennedy and top advisers near a decision on sending Allied troops to Laos to halt a Communist takeover. Kennedy to meet the National Security Council as the U S and allies face the risk of Pathet Lao advances and SEATO action. Rusk and others confer, with two main questions: whether to invoke SEATO military intervention and how effective it would be compared to diplomacy.
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Donald May Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Laos
National Security Council
Council
United States
Middleburg
Washington
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. MoeNamara
Rusk
State Department
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
NASA chief warns risk in first U S manned rocket flight
James E Webb, administrator of NASA, calls the first U S manned rocket flight a serious step with risk to human life though all precautions are said to be taken. Hollywood friend of Gary Cooper notes his high spirit amid illness. Terence Powell predicts legalized off track betting will end street bookies' influence.
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United Press International
Cape Canaveral
Fra
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
London
Terence Powell
Street Bookmakers Federation
Marilyn Monroe denies remarriage to DiMaggio plans dating others
Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe rejects reports she will remarry Joe DiMaggio and says she intends to date other men. She asserts she is happier than ever in her life and focusing on her career and personal well being.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Joe DiMaggio
Eichmann Faces Signed Death Warrants In Court Proof
In Jerusalem two handwritten death warrants signed Eichmann prove he ordered executions. One ordered four Jews killed in Ciechanow, the other seven Jews hanged in Neu Hof. A spectator challenged the defense by crying blood hound as police restrained him outside.
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Harry Ferguson
Jerusalem
UPI
State of Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Ecchmann
Robert Servatius
Eichmann
Gestapo
Gideon Hausner
Poland
Zwi Sheffer
Eisenhower backs Kennedy on Cuba plans witch-hunt debate
Former President Eisenhower voiced support for Kennedy on Cuba and urged a full congressional inquiry into the failed invasion, calling it a potentially inadvisable witch-hunt. He avoided broad political criticism, urged GOP unity, and noted cancellation of a Japan trip due to world tensions. He blamed himself for arming anti-Castro refugees but warned against a new drive without a Cuban leader. He declined to assess Laos and warned against a Communist bridgehead in the hemisphere.
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Merriman
Republican Party
GOP
State Department
Japan
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Laos
Bodies Of 2 Girls Found Scout Sought
Two girls missing since Saturday were found near their Holland, Michigan homes in Allegan County. A murder warrant was issued for 16 year old James Scott Stephens, a Boy Scout, in connection with their disappearance.
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Holland, Mich
UPI
Ottawa
Allegan County
James Scott Stephens
Carol Gee
Margaret Chambers
Beckley Girl To Undergo Heart Examination In Bethesda
Sandra Harmon a Beckley high school sophomore with a congenital heart defect will travel with her mother to Bethesda Maryland for NIH examination and possible surgery. She has an opening in her heart wall and has led a busy school life despite illness.
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Beckley
Bethesda
National Institute of Health
Sandra Harmon
Ethel Harmon
Hawthorne St
Libby
Castro to Proclaim Cuba Socialist Republic Today
Fidel Castro was expected to declare Cuba the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere. The May Day rally in Havana would mark the creation of the Cuban People's Socialist Republic as Havana Radio heralded a historic celebration amid invasion defeats. Buses and trains were ordered for the event.
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Francis L. McCarthy
Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Cuban People’s Socialist Republic
Havana
Socialist Revolution
Notable World Events and Personal Updates
A close friend reports cancer stricken Gary Cooper is comatose and deteriorating. Dean Rusk testifies on Capitol Hill defending U S handling of Cuba and the Bay of Pigs aftermath. President Bourguiba arrives in Montreal for a state visit. Monaco’s Prince Rainier and family vacation near Philadelphia. Memorial services planned for Pamela Garroway after sleeping pill overdose. Census Bureau says 33 million U S families own homes. House moves to rewrite Kennedy era minimum wage bill this week. Ngo Dinh Diem begins second term vowing to fight Communist imperialism. Harvard team wins national collegiate debate at West Point. Kings College finishes second. Nyasaland nationalist unrest noted.
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Gary Cooper
Dean Rusk
Capitol Hill
Senate
Latin America
U. S
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Montreal
Canada
Prince Rainier
Monaco
United States
Princess Grace
Philadelphia
Dave Garroway
Pamela
Census Bureau
Kennedy
House
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
No Man’s Land
Harvard University
West Point
N. Y
Kings College
Wilkes- Barre
Nyasaland
News conference set by Kennedy for Friday morning
Washington reports President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Friday. The event will not be broadcast or televised live.
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UPS
Kennedy
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