Alliance for Progress Pledges $20 Billion for Latin America
UPI reports U.S. Treasury Secretary Dillon outlines Kennedy plan to fight poverty in Latin America with a decade long $20 billion funding program. He calls for tax reform land reform housing and education overhauls and a 2.5 percent annual per capita growth goal.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
U.S. Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Dillon
USS
Limping Bandit Robs Phoenix Bank for 2900 Dollars
A lone gunman with an eye patch reputedly limped into a First National Bank of Arizona branch at Grand Avenue and Indian School Road and stole 2900 dollars. FBI and Phoenix police arrested Marion Ward Racobs, 40, of Glendale, two hours later. most of the cash was recovered.
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J. James Rowan
FBI
Ariz
Richard Twitchell
Racobs
Seventh Street
Rose Lane
Rowan
Glendale
27Th Avenues
PCL Umpire Faces Bomb Scare Charge
Honolulu report says Pacific Coast League umpire John Patrick Tobin faces arraignment on a bomb scare charge. He allegedly warned of a bomb aboard a Pan American flight carrying the Vancouver, B C team prompting a full airliner search.
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Honolulu
UPS
John Patrick Tobin
Vancouver
President Kennedy Signs New Farm Bill to Cut Surplus
President Kennedy signed a new farm bill at the White House aimed at cutting grain surpluses and raising farmers' incomes. It requires a 10 percent wheat planting cut next year with payments based on 45 percent of normal yield, durum wheat is exempt, and an optional 30 percent extra cut in 1962 for 60 percent yield payments. Wheat referendum Aug 24 and broader price support changes accompany the act.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Heat Sparks Oregon Forest Fire Danger
Heat and extreme temperatures pushed Oregon forest fire danger toward the explosive level as fires raged. Firefighters kept the state’s blazes under control while 90s and 100s across the region raised the risk of new fires amid bolstering reinforcements from Montana and Wisconsin.
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Oregon
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Calif
Imperial
North Platte
Neb
Montana
Forest Service
Wisconsin
Auto Industry Told To Install Smog Devices
Welfare Secretary Abraham Ribicoff urged automakers to voluntarily fit blow by devices to cut fumes, warning of legislation to mandate them on 1964 models if not adopted. Industry officials, led by Harry A. Williams of the Automobile Manufacturers Association, said they were studying feasibility.
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Washington
API
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Harry A. Williams
The
Automobile Manufacturers Association
German Pastor Niemoeller Injured In Car Wreck
UPI reports 69 year old Martin Niemoeller in serious condition after an automobile crash in Denmark. His wife Maria was killed and another woman died later. Niemoeller, a WWI submarine commander and noted anti war activist, rose to prominence after WWII.
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Aabenraa
Denmark
UPI
Martin Niemoeller
Niemoeller
Maria
Dublin's Jewish mayor plans U S trip for St Patrick's Day
Dublin's Lord Mayor Robert Briscoe, first Jewish citizen to hold the post, plans a U S tour before Christmas and a longer trip in March, including a Chicago St Patrick's Day visit with Mayor Daley. He defeated Protestant Maurice Dockrell to win a second term and vows to aid housing and foreign affairs.
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Dublin
UPI
Robert Briscoe
St. Patrick’s Day
United States
Briscoe
Maurice Dockrell
Bob
Eamon de Valera
England
de Valera
Fianna Fair
Chicago
Richard Daley
Daley
Opera stars press White House to salvage Metropolitan season
Labor dispute forces cancellation of the Metropolitan Opera's 1961 62 season. Rise Stevens appeals to President Kennedy for intervention to avert loss of the nation's premier opera and its tour audiences. Musicians seek higher pay and longer seasons, with union demands adding $78 weekly and longer pre season rehearsals.
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New York
UPI
Metropolitan Opera Association
Anthony A. Bliss
Musicians Union
White House
Rise Stevens
Presi
Defense Plant Strike Threat Evaporates
In Burbank California 2800 engineers and scientists guild workers reach last minute agreement with Lockheed before a planned strike. Union says 76 percent approved a two year contract with pay raises from 3 to 5 dollars weekly for salaried workers and 7 cents hourly for wage earners. Union estimate exceeds 1.75 million dollars.
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Burbank
Calif
UPI
Engineers and Scientists Guild
Lockheed California Co
Lockheed
Walt Schuster
Bomb scare clears Phoenix Greyhound depot
An anonymous call prompted a bomb scare at the Greyhound bus depot in downtown Phoenix last night. Police and FBI searched over 60 pieces of luggage and escorted more than 70 people from the depot for about 90 minutes before deeming the area safe.
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Phoenix
UPS
Greyhound
FBI
United Press International
Six Astronauts Dine in Washington Meeting
Six of the seven U S astronauts gathered in Washington Monday for dinner. Their business manager C Leo D Orsey declined to reveal the occasion, noting the gathering had nothing to do with the space program or government business.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Leo D’orsey
Five Die as 58 Ton Silo Door Squeezes Workers
In Denver area Titan missile site construction a 58 ton concrete door collapsed onto a work platform killing five men and injuring eight. Two names were confirmed as Jerry Brando and George Graham. others unnamed. Injured were treated at St. Josephs Hospital.
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Denver
UPS
Corps of Engineers
Jerry E. Brando
George Graham
Aurora
Colo
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Charles Postle
Howard
Roswell
N.M
Lowry
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