Air Merger Plans Amid Opposition From Competitors
American Airlines and Eastern Airlines plan a merger to form a nation spanning network with 902 million in assets and 35194 route miles. CAB must decide public interest and competition impact while stockholders vote in April. United and TWA weigh responses in a sector facing heavy losses.
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New York
API
American
Eastern Airlines
Congress
Trans World Airlines
TWA
U.S
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
American Airlines
Pennsylvania
New York Central Railroads
American and
Eastern
United Capitol Union
National
Continental Airlines
Kennedy says major racketeers seek stock market entry
Atty Gen Robert F. Kennedy said the Justice Department probes into attempts by major racketeers to enter the stock trading business. He stressed the inquiry targets not the exchanges themselves and not the SEC’s recent criticism of the American Stock Exchange.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Securities Exchange Commission
American Stock Exchange
Kennedy
Kennedy seeks Eisenhower aid to push new trade plan
President Kennedy asks for former President Eisenhower’s help to rally support for a broad international trade program sent to Congress. Officials expect a possible four month fight to win authority to negotiate tariff cuts with the European Common Market, while Nixon may oppose the plan. Senate leaders say the issue crosses party lines and hinges on state impact.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Hisenhower
Eisenhower
U.S
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Five Satellite Collapse Ends Buckshot Space Bid
CAPE CANAVERAL AP A Thor-Able-Star rocket failed 20 minutes after launch destroying a five satellite group dubbed Buckshot. The upper stage did not reach required thrust and plunged into the Atlantic, ending the United States most ambitious multi payload test to date.
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Cape Canaveral
Cape
Defense Department
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Headhunting Revival Reported in Nagaland Mountains
AP dispatch from New Delhi notes renewed headhunting by Nagaland guerrillas amid clashes with village guards in Tuensang. Six guerrillas killed and decapitated as proof. Army long has hunted rebels, now entering jungle with Burma border as refug e.
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Nagaland
New Delhi
India
Jungied Mountains
East India
Shillong
Assam
Tuensang
Burma
Movieland seeks Miss VIP in regional beauty search
Universal-International Pictures and WYND radio join Movieland in a fresh beauty contest hunt for a local candidate. The feature film interest spotlights a new glamorous standard as auditions begin in this area.
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Universal - International Pictures
WYND
Movieland
Floridian Couple Charged After Bus Driver Shooting
A hitchhiker from Seattle and the wife of a Florida bus driver are held on $10,000 bail after arraignment on robbery and assault with intent to commit murder. Virgil L. Johnson remains hospitalized with a chest wound as the suspects allegedly shot him, robbed him of 166 dollars, and fled in his car after picking up the hitchhiker in Baton Rouge.
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Yrbka
Calif
UPI
Florida
Matthew P. Zaleck
Seattle
Wash
Mary Ellen Johnson
A. B. Cottar
Johnson
St. Augustine
Fla
Portland
Ore
Zaleck
Baton Rouge
Oregon
PR Men Can Take A Bow
The Star Edition highlights a Page 1 headline about PR success with two airlines Eastern and National. Voters may recall the public relations prowess praised for both carriers servicing the area.
Civil Defense booklet covers emergency health care in fallout shelter
Washington AP report notes a new Civil Defense pamphlet expands the prior fallout booklet. It covers birth to death in shelters, routine first aid, care for chronic illness, supplies like digitalis or insulin, and instructions about not leaving the shelter to bury the dead for 48 hours after a nuclear attack. The American Medical Association assisted in preparing the booklet issued by the defense and health departments.
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Washington
The
American Medical Association
Defense and Health Departments
Trudeau tells Senate censorship altered speeches but did not block message
Army Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau testified that censors altered some anti-Communist speeches used by the Pentagon and State Department, yet he said the changes did not stop him from delivering his core message. The hearings, led by Sen. Strom Thurmond, also cited Eisenhower’s letter questioning pre utterance censorship of top officials.
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Army
Arthur G. Trudeau
Trudeau
Army Research and Development
Army Intelligence
Senate
Pentagon
State Department
Defense Department
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Senate Armed Services
Thurmond
Robert 8. McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Soviet Defense Chief Warns U S Could Be Annihilated
Moscow AP reports Defense Minister Marshal Malinovsky told Pravda the Soviet Union could wipe out all U S industrial and political centers with a single rocket and urged improved Cold War deescalation. He criticized McNamara and Rockefeller and urged peace and disarmament.
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Moscow
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky
U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Soviet Union
Socialist
Malinovsky
Pravda
Senate Remarks Starve Jewish Life in Soviet Union
Senator Javits described the Soviet Jewish plight as grave and complex despite Moscow claims of anti prejudice ending. He cited closed synagogues scarce prayer books and restricted Hebrew education while noting 2,268,000 Russians identified as Jews in 1959 and that young Jews still seek worship.
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Washington
Jacob Javits
R-N
Javits
Soviet Union
Ousted NAACP Leader Backs Castro at Havana Rally
In Havana the so called peoples conference opened with Robert Williams, named as a North American representative, embraced by Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen after voicing support for Cuba. Williams was associated with prior NAACP leadership controversy and fled to Cuba amid Monroe North Carolina hostage case. The rally aligned with Punta del Este discussions as US pressure sought Cuba's ouster from the inter American system.
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Robert Williams
North America
Nicolas Guillen
Cuba
Williams
Robert F. Williams
Monroe
N. C
Union County
NAACP
Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Fidel Castro
Latin America
Villagers Clash Over Slot Machines At Ickworth
In Suffolk, Ickworth residents confront the marquis of Bristol over three slot machines placed near his stately home. A postmistress leads a local protest, while the marquis defends the devices as a non profit amenity for villagers amid fears of sex selling and vice.
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Harry Ferguson London
UPS
Suffolk
Marquis of
Bristol
Ickworth
Mickey Spillane
Las Vegas
Marquis of Bristol
Monica Bumstead
Marquis
Ickworth Automatic
Nixon Sees Individuals, NGOs Key Against Communism
Inglewood California AP Richard Nixon running for governor argues individuals acting through nongovernmental groups will wage the effective battle against communism He says churches press philanthropic groups and trade associations form the private institutions that defend liberty He advocates empowering state and local governments and private organizations over federal power.
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Inglewood
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Washington
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