AEC weighs converting shut plutonium plants to power units
The Atomic Energy Commission says shut plutonium plants may be converted to civilian power plants and invited utilities to study economic and engineering viability. At Savannah River and Hanford, groups plan feasibility work on converting heavy water and other reactors to large scale electric power, potentially surpassing existing capacity.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Johnson
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Hanford
Wash
Savannah River
S.C
Southern Utility
Pacific Northwest
Hanford Center
Ex-deputy cleared as polygraph reveals hoax in three policemen slayings
In Lawrenceville Georgia Sheriff Quill Sammon says former Gwinnett deputy Samuel Powell lied about ambush claims after polygraph tests. Powell admitted shooting himself to gain sympathy from Dot Atwood who had filed two warrants accusing him of assault with intent to murder over a April 4 incident. Investigators remain cautious amid a long, unresolved probe into the officers Ralph Davis Marvin Gravitt and Jerry Everett slayings.
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Lawrenceville
Gwinnett County
Quill Sammon
Powell
Atwood
Gwinnett
Ralph Davis
Marvin Jesse Gravitt
Jerry Everett
Col
Lowell Conner
Conner
Jury issue spurs pro rights push in civil rights bill
Washington AP reports a leadership sponsored jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill aims to break the Senate stalemate. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen prepare to unveil a compromise drawing on the 1957 act, offering potential retrial by jury after certain contempt findings.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Washington Highlights Security Risks and Tax Probe News
The State Department disclosed 63 security risks in its ranks last year, most homosexual, with 68 employees resigning after evidence was shown. Bobby Baker forged an accountant’s name on 1961 tax returns, resigning as Senate aide. The U S may sell a synthetic rubber plant to Romania amid Cold War tensions. Senator Harrison Williams to hold a May 4 hearing on health insurance misrepresentations.
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Washington
State Department
Baker
Internal Revenue Service
Bobby Baker
Mortimer Caplin
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Senate Rules Committee
Caplin
Milton L. Hauft
Dorothy
Ocean City
Senate
Democrats
United States
Soviet Union
Ses. Harrison
A. Williams
D-N.j
Schweitzer Defies Rush Toward Western Progress in Africa
In Lambarene Gabon Dr Albert Schweitzer age 69 Nobel Peace Prize winner runs a jungle hospital along the Ogooue River. He asserts Africans should be left to determine their own path while his hospital has treated over 50 000 Africans in its 40 year history. He notes a new French built hospital on Lambarene Island but insists patients prefer his traditional wards despite squalid conditions.
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Lambarene
Gabon
Ogooue
Albert Schweitzer
Africa
Lambarene Island
Schweitzer’s Africa Clinic Sparks Global Debate
An AP Special Report portrays Dr. Schweitzer amid criticism over Westernizing Africa while his staff treats thousands. The piece notes patient care relies on family roles, limited hospital staff, and African households sharing meals and washing patients, with many cured patients returning to forest villages.
New Red Chinese Rulers May Alter Foreign View
U S intelligence reports based on 1961 Chinese military papers foresee two leadership crises in the next 10 to 15 years as Mao ages and successors rise. The studies warn of shifts in China’s stance toward the United States and the world, while noting focus on revolutionary movements abroad and a developing atomic program.
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Washington
China
U.S
Red China
United States
Red
Africa
Communist Party
State Department
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Thomas L. Hughes
House Appropriations
Communist
Hughes
Library of Congress
Associated Press
Ralph L. Powell
American University
John Wilson Lewis
Cornell University
Laos Premier Reaches Accord With Rebels Amid Crisis
VIENTIANE Laos Premier Souvanna Phouma and his cabinet accept the rebels demands for a larger government while coup leaders insist on military control until a compliant administration is formed. Pathet Lao approval remains uncertain as ongoing power struggle unfolds in Laos.
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Vientiane, Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane
Lou- Vanna
Prince Souvanna
Kouprasith Abhay
Siho Lamphouthakoul
Souvanna
Pathet Lao
Laos
Stillwell Named Chief of Staff in Viet Conflict
The Defense Department named Maj. Gen. Richard G. Stilwell chief of staff of the U S Military Assistance Command in South Viet Nam. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Richard G. Weede who heads to Marine Corps headquarters in Washington. Stilwell, 47, has led operations staff in the MACV since April 1963. He is not related to WWII commander Gen. Joseph Stilwell.
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Defense Department
Richard G. Stilwell
U.S. Military Assistance Command
South Viet Nam
Stilwell
Richard G. Weede
Washington
Marine Corps Headquarters
Military Assistance Command
Joseph
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Burma
Joseph Stilwell
Joseph W. Stilwell
Viet Nam
U S. Army Support Command
Not Responsible for Debts by Luther Lewis Jr 1964
Georgia Thomas County notice states Luther Lewis Jr will not be responsible for debts contracted by anyone other than himself. Dated April 17, 1964 Adv.
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Georgia
Thomas County
Luther Lewis, JR
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