Diefenbaker Government Faces Possible Toppling in Canada
Ottawa reports a growing no confidence challenge to Prime Minister John Diefenbaker as Canada confronts a nuclear warhead crisis. Defection, resignations, and party splits threaten to topple the Conservative government with votes looming in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Diefenbaker
House of Commons
Commons
U. S. State Department
Defense
Douglas Harkness
Harkness
U. S
Liberals
Social Credit Party
U S Planes patrol all sea lanes to Cuba
Washington reports that U S patrol planes and Navy ships monitor every ship route into Cuba and that no vessels have slipped into Cuban ports undetected since the blockade was lifted. Sen. Keating suggested two Soviet ships may have used a security gap, but officials say such vessels would be spotted nearing Cuban ports.
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Washington
Cuba
Cuban
Kenneth B. Keating
RN. Y
Keating
United States
Caribbean
Venezuela
Puerto Rico
U. S
Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Guantanamo Naval Base
Navy
Coast Guard
Defense Department
Pentagon
Senate
Kennedy proposes plan to halve mental hospital population
President Kennedy submits a radical program to Congress aiming to cut the nation’s mental hospital population by half and prevent thousands of mental retardation cases. The plan centers on hundreds of new comprehensive community mental health centers and involves hundreds of millions of dollars in funding.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Kennedy
Third Suspect In Slaying Is Held By FBI
The FBI arrested Salva Balliro, 26, of Roslindale Massachusetts, in an apartment at 15 Sixty-fourth Street West New York New Jersey. He faces a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder in connection with a fatal Boston gunbattle that killed a woman and child. Balliro was to be arraigned in Jersey City before U S Commissioner M Lester Lynch. He was accompanied by cousin Joseph Balliro a Boston attorney.
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New York
N. J
FBI
Boston
R. W. Bachman
Newark
Salvatore Balliro
Roslindale
Mass
Sixty-fourth Street
Joseph Balliro
Balliro
U. S
M. Lester Lynch
Jersey City
Rocco
Albert Ciocco
Mild Weather Signals Warm Spell Across Indiana
Mild temperatures in the 50s were forecast for parts of Indiana for at least three days, contrasting with a lingering winter cold snap. Monday saw highs from 36 at South Bend to 47 at Louisville, with Indianapolis at 39 the highest since January 18, and the outlook called for daily highs generally in the upper 30s to upper 40s, edging toward the 50s midweek.
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United Press International
Indiana
Mercury
South Bend
Evansville
Louisville
Indianapolis
Weather Map Snapshot and River Stage Data
The weather map shows times from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with values 8 and 9 at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The sunrise is 6:54 and sunset 5:14. River stage reported at 10 feet and stationary.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday's high reached 40 degrees and the low was 22 with no precipitation. No rain or snow recorded.
Weather Update For Terre Haute And Vicinity
Fair and mild through Wednesday with highs in the 40s. Tonight lows in the upper 20s. Indiana expects fair and cool conditions with partly cloudy skies and mild Wednesday highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Illinois outlook shows generally fair and mild weather with little temperature change. Street thermometer readings show 6 am 71 and 2 pm 46.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Central
Illinois
Jackie Kennedy Delights Broadway in Zany Forum Evening
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attended a Broadway performance of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Alvin Theater. Zero Mostel ad libbed a White House joke to Mrs Kennedy, drawing loud applause from the audience.
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New York
Jacqueline Kennedy
Zero Mostel
Soviet Mars rocket probe nears halfway mark
Tass reports the Mars mission is about 30 million miles from Earth halfway to its target, with the Soyuz craft continuing its interplanetary journey toward Mars.
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Moscow
Russia
Mars
Earth
Tass
State Park Fees May Be Raised
Indiana officials weigh allowing the department to raise park admission rates to start self funding. State Conservation Director Donald E. Foltz cautions the 20 cent per person plus 20 cent per car base may be near the limit, as committee members push for broader powers and higher park revenues.
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Indianapolis
Donald E. Foltz
Foltz
Mondae Afbnnen
Ways and Means
State General Fund
Inns
House
McNamara Questions Offense Missile Policy
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara says there are undoubtedly missiles in Cuba a remark that raises questions about U S offensive missile policy amid ongoing Cuba crisis coverage.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Cuba
Vehicle production rises 21 percent in free world
Automobile International Magazine reports 17 670 000 vehicles produced in the free world last year, up 21.3 percent from 1961, highlighting robust growth across major markets.
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United Press International
Free World
Automobile International Magazine
Dollar Day Drives Terre Haute Merchants Gift Buy
Merchants from throughout the Wabash Valley converge on Terre Haute for Dollar Day a tradition now 40 years old. The semi annual sale, sanctioned by the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Division, seeks to outdo past efforts as stores plan for 1963 activities.
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Wabash Valley
Terre Haute
Terre ‘Haute
Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Welsh Opposes Sunday Closing Laws In Indiana
Gov. Matthew E. Welsh voiced strong opposition to Sunday closing laws calling enforcement impossible. He said this applies to both the existing law and proposed measures, comparing enforcement challenges to Prohibition. He would not commit on a veto but will review any bill when it reaches his desk.
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Indianapolis
Matthew E. Welsh
Welsh
General Assembly
Kennedy to Host Lincoln Birthday Reception in Centennial Year
President and Mrs. Kennedy will host a reception in Washington on February 12 for about 800 guests marking Lincoln's birthday and the Emancipation Proclamation centennial year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Lincoln
Kennedy plan pledges vast mental health funding and centers
President Kennedy calls for hundreds of millions to states for mental health research and hundreds of new community centers. He notes current spending around 2.4 billion yearly, with underfinanced, understaffed, overcrowded state institutions posing fire and health risks and poor care. He urges identifying causes of mental illness and retardation and strengthening programs and facilities.
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Kennedy
President urges action as budget outlines 1964 measures
The President declared we cannot procrastinate and proposed four new bills in a 98.8 billion fiscal 1964 budget package. The message emphasized starting operations now and set the framework for continued coverage on further details.
Fifty Member State Senate Will Prevail
An Indiana Senate Republican caucus concluded that most members would drop the plan to expand the Senate from 50 to 60 members. The move aimed to ease a compromise with Democrats on reapportionment, as Republicans and Democrats debated the chamber’s size. A committee meeting would decide if the 60 member feature would be removed.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Senate
Evansville Man Convicted of Manslaughter in Wife Dispute
A jury finds High E. Muncy of Evansville guilty of manslaughter in the death of Odie B. Hicks after an argument over Hicks’s wife. Muncy faces a 2 to 21 year sentence at Friday hearing.
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Evansville
Ind
High E. Muncy
Odie B. Hicks
Hicks
Mundy
Explosion Area Carefully Checked
Residents of South Seventeenth Street remain out as gas crews inspect lines after a blast at 904 South Seventeenth Street. Homer Dowden and his wife, both in their eighties, suffered shock and minor injuries. two gas workers and a Pais ton Bros. employee were hospitalized with burns but in fair condition. Police and Civil Defense guard evacuated blocks from Park to Franklin and Eight eenth from Park to Washington. Most residents returned this morning. a two block section remained closed for inspection.
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South Seventeenth Street
Park Street
College Avenue
Terre Haute Gas Corporation
Homer Dowden
Dowden
Lillian
Gas Company
Paitson Bros
Norman Fesler
Seventeenth Street
Franklin
Eighteenth Street
City
Civil Defense
Park
Franklin Street
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
Washington Avenue
Wheel snaps off car injuring Indiana trooper
Indiana State Trooper Byron Thrasher was listed in satisfactory condition at St. Anthony Hospital recovering from injuries after a high speed chase south of town. A right rear wheel snapped off during a curve causing a crash. the 16 year old suspect, driving without a license, fled east of U S 41 and was later captured and referred to juvenile authorities.
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Indiana
Byron Thrasher
St. Anthony Hospital
Thrasher
Shelburn
U. S. 41
Oregon Church Road
Plan for New School Facility Under Study
Vigo County School Corporation proposes a new vocational technical and adult education building at 318000 cost with audio visual library and conference facilities. Trustees heard curriculum expansion for a large high school enrollment while considering bids contracts and staff moves.
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Vigo County School Corporation
Board of School Trustees
Carl Riddle
C. Huston Isaacs
State Department of Public Instruction
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Sheldon Hannig
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