Kennedy struggles with press leaks and news control
Washington dispatch on President Kennedy facing a media blitz over leaks from Stevenson Cuba coverage. Life Magazine scrutiny, Bartlett Alsop Post pieces, and White House denials show Kennedy’s tension with managing news. Sources note similar leaks from UN and State Department roles.
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Life Magazine
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Cuba
Stevenson
Washington
John Steele
White House
Pierre Salinger
Saturday Evening Post
Ambassador Stevenson
Cleveland newspapers strike faces two-pronged drive
In Cleveland a two front effort to end an 11 day old strike resumes talks today at the Federal Building between the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Press and the American Newspaper Guild. The civic committee led by Mayor Locher invites guild and Teamsters Local 473 to a meeting tonight as negotiations continue. The Teamsters voted to return to work until January 3 while editors and other unions hold firm. The strike has idled about 3,000 workers at daily circulations around 500,000.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Afternoon Press
Scripps - Howard
American Newspaper Guild
Federal Building
Civic Committee
Guild
Teamsters Local 473
Ralph Locher
Volved
Teamsters
Guid
James MacPherson
Cleveland Typographical Union Local 53
MacPherson
Rhodes studies giant job program proposal for Ohio
Gov elect Rhodes reviews a $200 million plan to create 200000 new jobs in Ohio. Organized by James Nance the two part program aims to attract industry and boost research development with a proposed Ohio Development Authority and commissions for financing and R&D. It envisions regional offices, possible Washington office, and coordination with the Highway Department to aid underdeveloped areas. Rhodes plans immediate legislative action after cabinet formation.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Cleveland
James Nance
Nance
Rhodes
Department of Industrial Development
Financing Commission
Development Financing Commission
Research and Development Commission
Washington
Highway Department
Plazas face Blue Law questions on Sunday sales
The Chronicle Telegram reporters test the Blue Law on turnpike plazas run by a state commission. They note provisions about food type and pricing, 24 hour operations, and lack of a Sunday sales rule. Questions probe commission awareness, exemptions, patrol guidance, and potential new rules for Sunday sales at the plazas.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Hartshorne
Commission
State Highway Patrol
Columbus
Freshman Sets 1000-Round Dryer Spin Record
William G. Warner of San Angelo, a 19 year old at Abilene Christian College, claims a new college fad record by spinning 1,066 rounds in a coin operated dryer for 25 minutes at 25 cents. Seven witnesses verify the feat with slight dizziness as the only effect. The prior mark was 73 spins by a Vanderbilt student.
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Abilene, Tex
UPI
Abilene Christian College
William G
Bul) Warner
San Angelo
Warner
Vanderbilt
United States backs UN birth control program proposal
The United States voiced support for a UN program to assist member nations with birth control efforts. Richard N. Gardner said population growth links to development and that food and housing shortages are pressing issues in underdeveloped states. The 13 nation resolution seeks UN aid but opposes dictates on methods, drawing mixed reactions from France, Italy, Pakistan, Syria, and the Soviet bloc.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPD
United States
United Nations
U.S
Richard N. Gardner
Gardner
France
Italy
Pakistan
Syria
Georgi Arkadiev
Ohio House Speaker Roger Cloud Injured in Crash
Ohio House of Representatives speaker Roger Cloud sustained multiple injuries when his car slid off U S 33 and hit a utility pole near Bellefontaine. He was hospitalized at Mary Rutan with a possible concussion cuts to the face and fractured ribs. Cloud, 52, Republican, was en route from Columbus to DeGraff when the crash occurred around midnight. He was described in good condition and faced possible head injury checks pending x rays. He had been in Columbus for legislative planning and meetings with GOP and Democratic leaders.
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Belle Fontaine
UPD
Roger Cloud
Ohio House of Representatives
U.S. 33
Cloud
Mary Rutan Hospital
Highway Patrol
Columbus
DeGraff
Logan County
Lican Party
House
Robert Beckman
Cincinnati
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
Aid for Ghana tops sub-Saharan U.S. aid programs
U.S. Ambassador William P. Mahone said on Monday the U.S. aid program to Ghana is the largest in sub-Saharan Africa and the third largest on the continent, with grants and loans totaling 175 million dollars.
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Accra
Ghana
UPI
U.S
sub-Sahara
William P. Mahone
Airman dies as parachute fails over Finger Lakes region
In Alpine New York a KC97 tanker fire forced ten crew to bail out. S Sgt Huston Childress, 31, died when his parachute failed after the craft tipped from automatic control. Nine other airmen parachuted to safety. Captain Riley Godfrey, 34, reported the fire began around 60 p.m. EST and the plane headed north. Police and Canadian authorities had no crash reports. Childress lived at Plattsburgh AFB with his wife and daughter. Remaining crew included T Sgt Robert Mrobideau, 30. Capt Lewis James, 28. Capt Gerald Morissey, 33. T Sgt Arthur Renfroe, 52. S Sgt Thomas Dougherty, 37. Capt Clinton Wagner, 23. 1st Lt Norman Wissing, 26. Capt James Lace, 28.
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Alpine
N.Y
UPI
Air Force
New York
Finger Lakes
Huston Childress
Riley Godfrey
Garfield
Okla
Platts Air Force Base
Childress
Plattsburgh
Susan
Cynthia
Margaret Childress
Miller St Lexington
Robert Mrobideau
Malone
Lewis E. James
Piggott
Ark
Gerald R. Morrissey
Maryville
Arthur J. Renfroe
Atlanta
Thomas A. Dougherty
Morristown
Clinton E. Wagner
Cambridge, Ohio
Norman H. Wissing
Chicago
James R. Lace
Canaseraga
Snowstorm slows but leaves record cold across Great Lakes
United Press International reports a massive arctic air mass across the plains plunging temperatures below zero as a severe snowstorm stalls over the Great Lakes region. Indiana and Ohio brace for continued blizzards with drifts up to eight feet in towns like South Bend, 28 plows keeping roads open, and at least 76 weather related deaths nationwide. Eight states report fatalities. travel banned except emergency in northern Indiana. Cold waves threaten Florida crops while citrus growers brace for chilly conditions.
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Great Lakes
Indiana
Ohio
Plains
Ashtabula
South Bend
County Aighway Department
United Press International
Michigan
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
Illinois
Chicago
Dickinson
N.D
Minot
N.C
Mercury
Lake Erie
New York State Thruway
Florida
Ohio marine slain by guard at Camp Pendleton
Pvt. Austin G. Kraps aged 24 was shot in the head while on guard duty at the headquarters battalion motor pool at Camp Pendleton California. The weapon was an M14 rifle. Pvt. John K Judkins, 22, of Pasadena California, is held as a suspect amid an ongoing investigation. His father is Francis F. Kraps of Mc Connellsville Ohio. A social party notice follows for a Vermilion American Legion Hall event on Web. 7:95 at E Liberty St.
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Ohio
Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
Austin G. Kraps
Marine Corps
Francis F. Kraps
McConnellsville
John K. Judkins
Pasadena
American Legion Hall
E. Liberty St
Vermilon
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JFK
Marguerite Higgins
Charles Bartlett
Stewart Alsop
State Department
U Thant
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Khrushchev
Herald Tribune
Casitra
Associat
Stevenson Camp
Bartlett
Alsop
Post
Rhodes Studies
Mission
America
Lorain County
Fairfax
Plazas
Michael Angela
Broad St
Boston
Cambridge, Mass
Police
Willmay’s Gift House
Lorain
Vermilion
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