Wallenda Duo Return to High Wire After Tragedy
The Wallendas and Gene Mendez risked a five minute performance at the State Fair Coliseum with a substitute aerialist flown in. Herman Wallenda 60 and his son Gunther faced the wire three stories above the floor, honoring show tradition after two deaths the previous night. Mendez joined the trio to reinforce the act as crowds watched in tense silence. Funeral plans mentioned.
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Kennedy asks $193 million welfare expansion plan
President Kennedy urged a permanent extension of the $100 million per year dependent children program and broader federal aid to welfare, seeking a long term overhaul of relief with more rehabilitation, child welfare grants, and easier eligibility rules. He warned against cuts and highlighted rehabilitative success in restoring families to self reliance while pledging new messages on elderly care and education. The plan would raise federal share for rehabilitation to 75 percent and expand permanent welfare funding.
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Department— Health Care For
Fifteen Die in Dwelling Fires Across the Nation
Fifteen persons perished Thursday in residential fires nationwide with many victims reported to be children. The Associated Press notes multiple blazes and confirms a grim toll across several communities.
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Associated Press
Hope Dims For Trawler
Air Force planes join search for 18 men from a French trawler off Newfoundland as blinding snow reduces visibility. Wreckage and lifebelts wash ashore. several fatalities reported from other incidents include a fire in Newark and a deadly home blaze in New Jersey and Michigan, with victims identified in scattered reports.
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UPI
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Argentine Foreign Minister Resigns Under Military Pressure
Argentine military leaders condemned the government's Cuba policy and forced the resignation of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Carcana. Carcana quit after army chiefs demanded breaking relations with Cuba and the dismissal of ambassador to the Inter-American Conference in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. The Punta Heliste dispute followed Cuba's removal from the Americas roster after a 14‑to‑0 vote.
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Punta Helste
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
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RFK Heads on Month-Long Asia Europe Goodwill Tour
Ambassadorial trip begins with Gen. Robert F Kennedy and wife Ethel departing Baltimore at Friendship International Airport for six nations in Asia and Europe. The entourage will visit Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, undertaking diplomatic outreach and goodwill missions.
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Europe
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Iran
Haly
Germany
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Index of sections and page references
A fragmented index listing daily section names and page numbers such as Around 7a, Page 12. Death Notices, Page 4. Features, Page 35. Sports, Pages 22 and 23. and scattered garbled entries for Combes and other notes.
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Enanein
Goren
Tage Ragle-Tv
Pi Society
Weather forecast notes mild late week with cooler nights
A late week forecast calls for partly cloudy and mild conditions on Thursday and Friday with cool Thursday night. Winds will be light and variable, mainly southerly during the afternoons, with highs in the low to mid 70s. Temperatures show Wednesday's high at 76 and Thursday morning low near 43.
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Kennedy Proposes Broad Federal Wiretap Law
Atty. Gen. Robert F Kennedy urged Congress to enact a nationwide wiretap law to protect privacy while giving law officers a new tool. The bill requires federal court orders for taps, with limited exceptions for treason espionage sabotage or atomic secrets. Local taps require state court approval, limited to serious crimes including murder kidnapping blackmail narcotics. Penalties include up to two years in prison and a $10 000 fine for illegal tapping.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Lyndon B Johnson
Senate
Kennedy pleased with press conferences plan weekly meetings
Washington report says President Kennedy is pleased with more frequent news conferences. He is likely to schedule another next week and may make them a weekly practice. Wednesday's session was his third in 16 days.
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Gagarin Honored by UAR President at Cairo State Dinner
President Nasir awarded Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin the Order of the Nile and hosted a state dinner in Cairo as he toured the United Arab Republic.
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Nas Ser
Yuri Gagarin
Mild Weekend Forecast For Los Angeles Area
Weather outlook for Los Angeles shows mild temperatures and increasing cloudiness into the weekend. No significant rainfall expected through Saturday while southerly winds rise. Thursday and Friday bring considerable sun with cool nights and temperatures around 75 degrees.
Thompson and Gromyko discuss Berlin crisis talks in Moscow
In Moscow, Ambassador Lewellyn Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko spent two hours and five minutes in talks aimed at arranging Berlin crisis negotiations. Thompson left the Foreign Office after his third discussion with Gromyko in an amiable mood and declined to disclose any details, telling reporters in freezing temperatures he could not provide information on the talks.
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Andrei A. Gronyko
Berlin
Foreign Office
Gromyko
Molotov Reported Hospitalized With Heart Attack
MOSCOW AP reports usually well informed sources say Vyacheslav Molotov, former foreign minister, is hospitalized with a heart attack. A foreign office spokesman declined to confirm or deny the report, calling it of no political importance.
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Foreign Office
Clouds Gather In South Texas Weather Outlook
Clouds thickened over the Rio Grande Valley and the lower Texas coast bringing the first rain prospect of the week. Temperatures ranged from 37 degrees in Lubbock to 53 in Corpus Christi before daybreak, signaling unsettled conditions statewide.
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Texas
Lubbock
Corpus Christi
Quake Jolts California Area in San Luis Obispo County
An earthquake described as moderately strong jolted parts of southern San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday. No injuries or damage details provided in the readable text. Further specifics such as exact locations, time, or magnitudes are not available in the fragment.
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Calif
San Luis Obispo County
South Rises Again for Brief Revenge on Yanks
Boston reports a Civil War exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts used a 12 pound cannon loader to celebrate arrival. A misfire with a one pound charge shattered 47 windows of a nearby five story apartment building amid subfreezing conditions. glaziers boarded up the damage as staff cleaned the scene.
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Compromise Loan Shark Bill Called Strongest Yet
A conference committee reached a compromise on the loan shark bill, touted as the strongest regulation in the nation. It caps loans at 800 with rates up to 3 percent monthly on smaller sums, requires Texas ownership, and imposes penalties. A separate aging bill details spending and a small loan commissioner under the Finance Commission.
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