Kennedy unveils broad consumer protection plan
President Kennedy sent Congress a jumbo package of consumer protection proposals costing about 10 million dollars annually. He urged safer drugs and cosmetics, clearer TV channel labeling, true cost ratings on installment plans, and stricter meat inspections, outlining steps to aid homemakers and curb illegal drug sales.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
America
Ateps
Council of Economic Advisers
Consumers’ Advisory Council
Post Office Department
White House
Bat
Dr Compton Dead Noted Scientist Led Atomic Work
BERKELEY AP Dr Arthur Compton 69 Nobel Prize winner and key figure in the atomic bomb project died from a cerebral hemorrhage after a March 1 hospital admission for dizziness. He helped unfold the first nuclear chain reaction at Chicago and shared the 1927 Nobel for X ray studies. He served as Washington University professor and UC Berkeley professor at large, planned seminars statewide. He championed peaceful uses of nuclear energy. He was born in Wooster Ohio in 1892 and married Betty McCloskey in 1916.
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Berkeley
Arthur
Htmm
Compton
Alta Bates Community Hospital
Washington University
St. Louis
University of California
University of Chicago
Charles T. R. Wilson
Cambridge University
Wooster
Ohio
Wooster College
Princeton
Department of Physics
Chicago
National Academy of Science
Betty C. McCloskey
Arthur Alan
Manila
John Joseph
Vanderbilt University
Wilson Compton
Washington State University
Pullman
Wash
Carl
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Snow Storm Clears West and Central Texas After Heavy Snow
Snow moved out over West and Central Texas after a major storm. Abilene to Colorado City reported over 9 inches, with up to 6 inches in a broad belt from New Mexico to Louisiana. Rainfall reached 1.10 inches in Brownsville and Colorado City, while temperatures dropped to the low 20s to 30s across the state.
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Texas
Snyder
West Texas
Dalhart
Abilene
Colorado City
Newxico
Louisiana
Texas Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Victoria
Galveston
Houston
College Station
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Lufkin
Dallas and Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Midland
Waco
el Paso
Wink
Weather Summary From Local Forecast
Readings show a high near 33 degrees and a low around 24 degrees this morning. Cloudiness decreases today and Friday with light rain or drizzle possible in parts of the north central region. Northeast Texas should see decreasing clouds and a low around 28 tonight with a high near 65 Friday. Northwest Texas forecasts clear to partly cloudy conditions and a warmer trend with a low of 23 to 30 tonight and a high of 57 to 70 Friday.
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Rio Grande Valley
A. H. Cerrus
Karcher
Abilene
Texas
Amarillo
Lubbock
Marfa
el Paso
San Angelo
Childress
Wink
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Jon
North Central
Sid
Officials of Standard to Be Honored at Chamber Luncheon
The Chamber of Commerce hosts a noon luncheon at Martha Ann Woman's Club honoring Standard Oil Company of Texas officials. Houston executives W. L Taylor H. L. Smith and L. W. Clark will attend along with Midland and local SACROC Pasotex officials. The event marks the opening of Standard's new office building on Thirty‑seventh Street and Av. Friday tours precede Saturday open house for the office and a nearby Standard service station.
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Chamber of Commerce
Standard Oil Company of Texas
Harold Lacik
Martha Ann Woman's Club
Standard
Thirty-seventh Street
Av Company
Houston
W. L Taylor
H. L. Smith
L. W. Clark
Tom Sinclair
M. L. Broman
D. C. Shaeffer
Pasotex Pipe Line Co
Midland
Paul Jones
City Council
County Commissioners Court
Sig Line
Bill Line
Carrie Line
Reds Resume Flights Despite Warnings In Berlin Corridor
Soviet Union resumes military flights in the Berlin south corridor despite Western warnings. Three flights were observed with no incidents and no impact on commercial traffic between Berlin and Frankfurt Stuttgart and Munich.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Frankfurt
Stuttgart
Munich
Steel Talks Resume Between Steelworkers and Firms
United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald announced resumed negotiations with steel industry negotiators on new contracts for about 430 000 workers after President Kennedy urged progress. Talks had collapsed March 2 with little sign of agreement before resuming.
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Pittsburgh
United States
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
R Conrad Cooper
Kennedy
Kennedy Medical Care Plan Faces Senate Action Push
President Kennedy presses for an all out push to win Senate and House votes on his elderly medical care proposal linked to Social Security. The AMA opposes the plan as socialized medicine while Republicans and conservative Democrats doubt House action, and Kennedy aims to force records before the session ends.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Congress
The
American Medical Association
AMA
Republican National Committee
New York
United States Senate
Ways and Means
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Howard Smith
D-Va
Farm Disaster In Red China Reported
U.S. official Harriman warned of a serious sericultural disaster in Communist China and said both the Soviet Union and China had failed in their agricultural programs. He described a cordial talk with Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei and noted Kennedy’s stance to aid South Vietnam. He praised Formosa’s economic progress.
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Taipel
Chiang
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Harriman
Formosa
Powers Finally Is Out Of Spotlight
U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and his wife Barbara were able to be alone at the home of Barbara Powers mother in Milledgeville Georgia. They arrived after midnight from Rome following his release from a Soviet prison in an exchange for a Soviet spy.
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Powers
Milledgeville, Ga
Francis Gary Powers
Barbara
Monteen Allen
Mrs. Powers
Rome
Oil commission sets April eight day crude pattern
The Railroad Commission kept the April oil allowable at 2 769 913 barrels a day in an eight day pattern. The plan, approved at a statewide proration hearing, increases daily output by 49 311 barrels due to one fewer day in April. Pre hearing nominations totalled 2 494 184 barrels a day. The Bureau of Mines forecasts Texas crude demand at 2 500 000 barrels daily in April.
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Bob Booker Austin
Railroad Commission
Bureau of Mines
Texas
Mrs Kennedy Views Taj Mahal in Agra Visit
Jacqueline Kennedy toured the Taj Mahal in Agra with awe, admiring the white marble memorial to a 17th century Mughal love story. She traveled from New Delhi by train with Prime Minister Nehru’s family, then continued to Fatehpur Sikri before heading toward Jaipur and New Delhi.
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Agra
India
Jacqueline Kennedy
Yaj Mahal
Mrs Kennedy
Shah Jahan
Taj Mahal
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Delhi
Kennedy
Fatehpur-Sikr
Suchita Kripalani
Nehru
Congress Party
Kripalani
V. K. Krishna Mennon
Bombay
America
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Geneva
U.S
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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del Rio
Rio Grande
Reds
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Home
Red China
Mrs. Kennedy
Famous Memorial
Frances Lewine
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