West Prepares To Use Force On Laos Front
UPI reports Bangkok talks show cautious optimism for a cease fire while SEATO Allies plan military intervention against Laos amid Soviet silence. Rusk to New Delhi to meet Nehru as U S naval forces deploy in Gulf of Siam and South China Sea in readiness for action. Heavy rains foreseen in two weeks.
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Castro says Cuban program is communistic if that is the case
Premier Fidel Castro stated in a 24 hour speech to the association of young rebels that if his regime’s program is communistic he favors communism. He claimed land to farmers, schools from bar racks, reduced unemployment, and aid to the poor, adding if this is communism then we are in favor.
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Blind Woman Is Bumped From Flight After Overbooked Plane
Judy Davis, a 31 year old blind Manhattan secretary, extended a two week Las Vegas vacation when her return flight was overbooked and she was bumped. Airline spokesmen called it unfortunate while noting her blindness was not shown on her reservation card.
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Prosecution Nearing End in Peel Case
The prosecution will close its case against Joseph A. Peel Jr. in the Chillingworth murders and seek the electric chair for the former municipal judge. Circuit Judge D C Smith will release the jurors until Wednesday morning for consultations with attorneys on the charge to the panel. Peel, 37, is accused with his wife Marjorie of plotting in June 1955 near Palm Beach.
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Smiling Liz Flies Home To Recover
Elizabeth Taylor flies home to Hollywood to rest in the sun and recover from the double pneumonia that nearly killed her. She arrived in New York from London aboard a plane Monday, carried in a wheelchair and surrounded by Eddie Fisher her husband, her parents, and her physician Dr Rexford Kennamer.
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Midwest Floods and Southern Storms After Severe Weather
Widespread rain and flooding hit the Midwest and South after a violent Monday. The Cedar River neared a record crest in Waterloo while Arkansas to Texas saw tornadoes and high winds. Illinois reported one death and 19 injuries as Joliet recorded 100 mph gusts. Ministers and volunteers stacked sandbags in Waterloo and Cedar Falls to shield 65 000 residents. Governor Nelson declared emergencies in Crawford and Vernon counties Wisconsin, with further showers and icy jams reported across Minnesota and the Duluth region.
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Bird Is Free Parakeet Walk Sparks Shooting
In Tampa a parakeet escaped during a walk leading to a husband’s shotgun injury. William L. Wood, 38, in fair condition, says he argued with his wife after the escape. She claims the shooting was an accident and was briefly detained but released without charges.
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County Memo Reveals Local Legislation Delivery Costs
County commissioners and Rep. Gus Nelson arranged to deliver 53 proposals in 50 envelopes to the Florida Capitol by mail and plane. Calculations show total mailing cost $79.27 and Nelson’s travel $41.60, with net savings to taxpayers of $37.67.
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Gus) Nelson
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Court Gives John Lecky Life Term
John Lecky received life imprisonment after pleading guilty in circuit court to the December 30 slaying of Walter V. McCoy an elderly El Jobean storekeeper McCoy who ran a combined grocery and gas station was killed in the middle of the night by someone known to him Lecky had faced first degree murder charges from a March 7 indictment and the state did not seek the death penalty upon the guilty plea.
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Clue Sought On Survivor Of Air Crash
UPI reports officials are pursuing unconfirmed word that an American major survived a U S military transport shot down in Laos. The plane carried eight aboard on an intelligence mission for the royal Lao government and one Major Lawrence R Bailey of Laurel Maryland is named as the only major aboard.
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Woman Hurls Tots From Fourth Floor in Sarasota Tragedy
A woman is charged with murder after hurling four children from a fourth floor window at a building in Sarasota. Police say the group had been playing marbles and went to view newborn pups before the fall. One child, Marjory Hughes, died. three others were seriously injured.
GOP Bill Setback Looms In Congress
In Washington Republicans struggle to derail Kennedy aid for tired areas with a cheaper substitute. The House faces a likely defeat as southern GOP influence wanes and the administration bill moves toward passage despite opposition.
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UPI
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Charlies A. Halleck
Kennedy urges urgent defense spending boosts and missile programs
President Kennedy proposed a $2 billion defense increase and plans to arm the nation with more than 1,000 ballistic missiles by 1965. He called for Polaris submarine production at a one-a-month rate by June 1953, expanded Minuteman missiles, and Skybolt boosts, with limited manpower for wars. The revised 1952 budget totals $43.8 billion, widening the deficit to $2.7 billion. He sought $1.954 billion more for 1962 and later years, while slashing $430 million from current programs and canceling the 15-year-old nuclear aircraft program.
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Woman Cleared in Brevard County Murder Case
Mrs. Esther Delaney was cleared of first degree murder charges by the Brevard County grand jury. She said she shot her husband Thomas Delaney in self defense at their Merritt Island home and kept the body in a box for 17 months, moving with it to Titusville. Deputies found the body in her garage two weeks ago amid neighbors’ odor complaints.
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Typhoid Outbreak Claimed West Side Residents Inoculation Drive
Medical teams inoculated hundreds of residents in a two block West Side area Monday night to halt a suspected typhoid outbreak. Eight children from two families were taken to Cook County Hospital with fevers as doctors spotted a typhoid fever pattern.
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Florida Skies Cloudy With Showers Across State
The Associated Press reports cloudy skies and scattered showers general over northern Florida today and through Wednesday as a low pressure area moves through the Mississippi valley. Temperatures will reach the 80s statewide with lows in the 60s. Tampa Bay may see showers and winds 10 to 18 mph. Inland waters may be choppy.
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