Chamber Backs Kennedy Tariff Cut Plan
The U S Chamber of Commerce endorsed President Kennedy's bid for broad tariff cutting powers to raise trade. It backs reducing duties by up to 50 percent in some categories and eliminating tariffs on goods tied to the United States and the European Common Market, while urging offset measures for displaced workers and warning against overcosting competitiveness.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Kennedy
Chamber
United States
Richard Wagner
Wagner
Peiping Demands U S Halt to Vietnam Aid Threat Claim
Peiping radio broadcast a Foreign Ministry statement saying U S military aid to South Viet Nam endangers Red China’s security and calling for immediate international talks to avert war. It urged withdrawal of U S personnel and equipment and objected to Gen. Paul D. Harkins leading a new Military Assistance Command in Saigon. US officials in Washington declined to detail a new policy, reiterating defense of South Viet Nam.
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Tokyo
China
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
Red China
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Red Chinese Foreign Ministry
Peiping Radio
Viet Nam
Paul D. Harkins
U.S. State Department
Washington
SIU Wins JIAC Cage Title
SIU captured the JIAC basketball crown as Bobby Brown of West Frankfort poured in 52 points, setting records across the game.
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Herrin
C & el
Muirsery School
Siu
Bobby Brown
West Frankfort
British Agree Kennedy Rejects Summit for Disarmament Accord
President Kennedy rejected Khrushchev's bid for a March summit and urged a foreign ministers meeting on disarmament. The letter to Moscow, checked by Secretary Rusk, was reportedly approved by Britain and emphasized that inspections must cover forces in being as well as those eliminated.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Moscow
State Department
United States
White House
Palm Beach
Fla
Dean Rusk
Rusk
David Ormsby-Gore
Geneva
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
France
Morday
Foumation
RFK Predicts No War On Unification
Robert Kennedy told university students in Bonn that the United States should not go to war to reunify Germany. He said attacking West Germany would be the same as attacking the U.S. and noted no ready solution for Berlin or German problems. He met Chancellor Adenauer after a private talk and press conference saying the U.S. and West Germany are in full agreement on all matters.
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New York Times
Bonn
Robert Kennedy
United States
Germany
West Germany
U.S
West Berlin
Washington
Berlin
Adenauer
Kennedy
Sick baby returns to hospital by 23 mile walk
Mae Sharon Hayes and Alice Fazon walked 23 miles from Long Beach to the Los Angeles Navy hospital to visit Hayes's month old daughter Margurite Mary. Hayes, aided by Navy relief funds and favorable luck, supported by neighbor in a drive to see her child amid medical bills and car troubles.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Mae Sharon
Hayes
Alephone
Navy
Margurite Mary
Memorial Hospital
Kor
Alice Fazon
French Troops Move Into Algiers After Bloodbath
Algiers sees twenty-thousand French troops deploy to the European Bab el Oued quarter after a terrorist attack left 19 Muslims and 11 Europeans dead. A 5 pm curfew is imposed as authorities warn of organized violence amid looming cease-fire talks in Tripoli.
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Algiers
Algeria
Bab-e] Gued
Bab-el Oued
Rumors Fly Do Reds Hold Fidel
Exile leaders say Fidel Castro is in Cuba under tight Communist guard near a Havana estate called Mulgoba with guards including Juan Arbitrates and a man named Gemoneda. Two weeks absent from public view, rumors spread he sought refuge in embassies though officials caution embassies are crowded with Castro escapees and deny his presence there.
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Miami
Pla
Fidel Zastro
Castro
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Havana
Communist Party
Counicil
Identi
Juan Abrabantes
Gemoneda
Manuel Urrutia
Fidel
Moscow
Dominican Aid Plan Started in Dominican Republic
The United States began the Alliance for Progress with a first $11.2 million installment to the Dominican Republic after signing a $25 million credit last week. US Charge d Affaires John Calvin Hill met with President Rafael Bonnelly. Volunteers worked in cane fields to protect the sugar crop from sabotage fires, with officials saying much of the crop was salvaged. Bonnelly blamed pro-Communists and Trujillo followers for burning about 245,000 tons of cane valued at $2.7 million.
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United States
Dominican Republic
Alliance For Progress
U.S
John Calvin Hill
Thafael Bonnelly
Bonnelly
Rafael Trujillo
Principal warns against conformity in automated age
St Louis AP report quotes B Frank Brown of Melbourne Florida as he urges a renaissance of the individual. He warns mass media and automation threaten imagination and initiative in schools while praising his non graded high school's research oriented program. He cautions against rigid majority rule in education and the need to tailor programs to each student.
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St. Louis
United States
Brown
B. Frank Brown
Melbourne
Fla
National Association of
Naion
Maga
IBM
Glenn Heads to Washington for Capitol Parade
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. will arrive in Washington from Florida with President Kennedy aboard the presidential plane. A helicopter landing at the White House is planned at 11:50 a.m. with the parade to begin at 12:10 p.m. Lyndon B. Johnson will lead the motorcade as Kennedy broadcasts along the route. Glenn relaxed on a Florida boat trip with his wife and children, watched by NASA security and staff.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
White House
Capitol
Florida
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
Lyndon B. Johnson
Voice of America
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles Buckley
John A. Powers
William Douglas
NASA
Weekend Weather Outlook With Rain Showers Likely
Cloudy and warmer Sunday and Sunday night with rain and showers and a possible thundershower. High Sunday in the 40s and low Sunday night around 40. Rain ending Monday and turning colder by evening. Low Friday 33. Saturday high 34 to 40 with precipitation about 1.08 inches from Friday 7am to Saturday 7am. Sun rises 6:39 am sets 5:48 pm.
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East Germany
Mrs. Mae Sharon Hayes
Baby
Margarite
Mary
Committee For National Liberation
Tripoli
Libya
Oran
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