Ransom payments to Castro questioned by U S judge
U S District Judge Ernett C Choate signaled possible steps to probe ransom flows to Fidel Castro amid a dispute over 53 million in shipments to Cuba. He rejected claims treason, but allowed briefs on jurisdiction to halt further deliveries as 1138 refugees arrive via airlift.
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Fidel Castro
U. S
Ernett C. Choate
Cuba
Choate
Havana
Douglas R. Voorhees
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Castro
Logan
Pan-Am
Alberto Ferrer
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Tax plan to raise 152 million faces House floor
The Indiana House Ways and Means Committee sends back an appropriations bill that would require an added 152 million in state revenue next biennium. Republican leaders demand Gov. Welsh back a tax program to fund the proposed operating costs budget for the next two fiscal years.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Matthew E. Welsh
GOP
Welsh
Richard W. Guthrie
Senate
Air and sea hunt for missing Marine Sulphur Queen
Coast Guard and merchant ships comb the Southern Atlantic and Gulf for the 7,240-ton tanker Marine Sulphur Queen with 39 crew. Four aircraft searched overnight. 11 more joined in the morning as ports were told to debrief masters who might have seen the vessel carrying molten sulfur.
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Portsmouth
Atlantic
Gulf
Coast Guard
New York
New Orleans
Beaumont
Tex
Norfolk
Hasler & Co
Occasional Snow Forecast For Hoosierland
Light snow fell over parts of Indiana with a forecast of cold and occasional snow tonight and Sunday. Temperatures to stay below freezing except in the south where readings may reach the mid 30s Sunday. Lows 12 to 26 degrees. areas see occasional snow and a partly cloudy, cold Monday. Fort Wayne Terre Haute Evansville reported readings from 9 to 28 degrees.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Evansville
South End
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Yugoslavia Assured Protection for Diplomatic Missions
United States and Belgium pledged protection for Yugoslavia's diplomatic missions after recent violent incidents at Yugoslav posts in Chicago and Brussels. A Belgrade government spokesman said assurances were received Friday.
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United States
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Chicago
Brussels
Dunes Park Plan Sees Growing Support and Port Aid
Senator Paul Douglas says national dunes park plan gains momentum with pledges of support from the National Park Service and 18 senators. He offers to help Indiana secure federal aid for a Lake Michigan port and suggests multiple site options including East Chicago Whiting and Michigan City.
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Indianapolis
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Indiana
Park Outlook
Lake Michi
Lake County
Michigan City
Porter County
Chicago- Whiting
Weather Map Summary for Page 12
The Weather Map from U S Weather Bureau notes river stage at 1.6 feet and rising. Sunrise at 6 49 and sunset at 5 19. Times listed include 6 am 21 Noon 30 9 am 23 and 2 p m.
Local Conditions Report Reveals Small Temperature Spread
Yesterday saw a high of 28 and a low of 15 degrees with trace precipitation. The weather summary notes modest moisture and no significant storms, reflecting a calm day and night in the region.
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and nearby regions
Cloudy and cold with light snow likely tonight and Sunday. Lows near 20, highs upper 20s to 30s. Indiana mostly cloudy with little change, light snow possible. lows 18 to 26, Sunday highs 20s to 30s. Southern Illinois: light snow ending tonight, colder. lows 18 to 25, Sunday cloudy and cold. Temperature readings show 22 in the morning and 32 at 2 p.m.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Terre Haute Board to consider sale of 7.8 million sewer bonds
Terre Haute Board of Sanitary Commissioners will meet on Feb 18 to decide next steps on selling about 7.8 million dollars in bonds for a storm and sanitary sewer system. No objections were filed by the midnight Thursday deadline. no hearing was requested. Mayor Tucker seeks a 1.1 million federal grant restore.
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Terre Haute Board of Sanitary Commissioners
Vigo County Auditor’s
State Board of Accounts
Ray Harris
Frank Sabla
Otis Jamison
Ralph Tucker
Harris
Washington
Tucker
Department of Labor
Board
Explosions in Terre Haute Prompt State Inquiry
Governor Welsh called the Terre Haute blasts serious awaiting state fire marshal and investigators reports to determine cause. Traffic was blocked around 1600 Lafayette as police sealed the area after two recent blasts, with three blasts in January and February 1963 noted.
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Mathew Welsh
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
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Fort Harrison Avenue
Delaware Avenue
Brown
Homer Dowden
South Seventeenth Street
Home Packing Company
Lafayette
Fort Harrison
Delaware Avenues
Ray McManus
Ira Anderson
McManus
Will Call 10 000 Draftees in April
The Defense Department issued a call for 10,000 draftees for the Army in April. The April quota is 1,000 higher than March and the highest since 15,000 men drafted in January 1962. Drafts for March and April total 20,000 under a policy to allow extra Army drafting in the first half of the year.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
88th Congress Still Scoreless After Month
The 88th Congress is one month old and has a blank legislative scorecard. Next week is an unofficial Lincoln holiday with limited sessions in both chambers. Since Jan 9 the Senate debated filibusters and决定 nothing, while the House has passed two bills including loaning tents to the Boy Scouts for the Jamboree and making bookkeeping changes in payments.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Senate
House
Army
Evansville Youth Killed by Freight Train
Patrick Berray age 16 of Evansville was struck and killed by a Louisville & Nashville freight train late Friday. A witness said he walked along the side of a rail car and police theorize he tried to slip between cars as the train moved slowly.
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Evansville
Ind
Patrick Berray
Louisville & Nashville Railrad
Glamorous ancient cities of Iraq noted by World Almanac
United Press International reports that Ur Nineveh and Babylon, famed in the Old Testament, stood in what is now Iraq according to the World Almanac. The World Almanac ties these historic sites to the Mesopotamian region.
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United Press International
Nineveh
Babylon
Iraq
JFK Optimistic On Soviet Cuba Troop Withdrawal
President Kennedy expresses confidence that Russian combat troops will leave Cuba by end of March and plans possible joint action with the Organization of American States if withdrawal delays. A Latin American official and other sources note Kennedy drafting a personal message to Khrushchev to speed up the 17 000 troop exit amid partisan criticism of intelligence estimates.
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Washington
UPD
Kennedy
Cuba
Organization of American States
Nikita Khrushchev
Labor Department to Aid Jobless in Indiana
The U S Labor Department authorizes about 35000 for training 342 unemployed Washington County residents under the Area Redevelopment Act. Indiana Employment Security Division will receive 29250 for subsistence costs as trainees study boot and shoe production in Salem city schools with state Vocational Education supervision.
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Indianapolis
U. S. Labor Department
Washington County
Indiana Employment Security Division
Lewis F. Nicoligi
IESD
Salem City
State Vocational Educational Education Department
Woman shoots private eye during raid in Princeton
Barbara Johnson 31, daughter in law of a wealthy industrialist, is charged after firing four shots at seven private detectives who raided her Princeton mansion seeking divorce evidence. Detective Harvey Blount 50 was wounded critically as Johnson waited outside with two lawyers. Johnson is son of John Seward Johnson, president of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Co, and has been unemployed living in Newark hotel.
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Princeton
N. J
Barbara Johnson
John Seward Johnson Jr
Harvey Blount
Johnson
John Seward Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Co
Military Park
Newark
Plan review of disaster fund planned for Monday
An open meeting of trustees of the Home Packing Company Disaster Fund is set for 9 o'clock Monday morning at the Family Service Association, 912 Chestnut Street. Trustee Wayne Stewart announced the fund has more than $52,000 in contributions and will discuss distribution plans and an accounting of receipts and disbursements.
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The
Home Packing Company Disaster Fund
Family Service Association
Chestnut Street
Wayne Stewart
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