Albany approves Rockefeller budget with $2.6 billion total
Legislative fiscal committees approve Governor Rockefeller's record $2.6 billion budget for the year starting April 1, sending it to a vote next week. Committees trim $30 million and roll some spending into 1963 64, with notable cuts to the State University and Melville school budgets but plans to reopen or continue projects as bids come in.
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Robert T. Gray
Albany
Legislative
Gov. Rockefeller
Senate Finance and Assembly
Ways and Means
State University
Fred W. Preller
Queens
Assembly
Melville
Speed limit hike urged for New York Thruway
Republican Sen. Thomas Laverne plans to push legislation to raise the Thruway limit from 60 to 70 mph unless the Thruway Authority acts first. He says 60 mph is unrealistic for a limited access highway, while Democrat Sen. Samuel L. Greenberg calls the raise dangerous.
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Albany
Samuel L. Greenberg
Brooklyn
Senate
Laverne
President Kennedy Urges Red Cross Support
President Kennedy called on Americans to contribute to the Red Cross in these difficult times. He emphasized voluntary giving as part of American tradition and urged generous, heartfelt support for disaster victims service members and hospital patients needing blood.
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Washington
Kennedy
Red Cross
The
Ssevicamen
President's Brother Back Home After World Trip
Robert F. Kennedy returned to Washington from a worldwide tour and spoke with President Kennedy at the White House. He said a broad goodwill potential exists but must be developed and noted two or three points to discuss with Secretary Rusk. He dismissed a rumor of a national broadcast and urged more international trips to explain U S policies. In Tokyo radioactive fallout over Japan has risen since mid January to levels seen last autumn after Soviet tests.
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Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Lean
America
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
United States
Communist Party
Bob Kennedy
Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Soviet Union
Arnold Sawislak
House
Goldberg
Senate
East Germans Get More Russian Aid
Premier Khrushchev met with East German leader Walter Ulbricht in secret talks and announced new Russian credit to East Germany. The move aims to ease the East German food shortage and soothe Ulbricht, while diplomats weigh implications for Berlin talks and Western concessions.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Mass and Radio
Ulbricht
East Germany
Berlin
West Berlin
Red Wall
Record Series Recounts Monitor vs Merrimack Anniversary
The Record Newspapers publish a two part series on Hampton Roads 1862 Ironclad battle by Civil War writer Philip Van Doren Stern. Today’s chapter appears on Page 6 with illustrations and maps detailing the Monitor and Merrimack clash and its impact on Civil War naval warfare.
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Monitor
Merrimack
Hampton Roads
Record
Philip van Doren Stern
Record Newspapers
Newspapers Enterprise Assn
Bitter Cold Wave Grips the Midwest
Bitter Arctic air shattered records across the Midwest with 49 below in Fraser Colorado and 44 below in Williston North Dakota on the eve of March. In BisMarck North Dakota temperatures hit 34 below and fumes froze in the air forming ice needles. At St Peter Minnesota the hospital thermometer shelterbox froze. readings required an auxiliary thermometer. A February low of 39 below in Huron South Dakota marked the coldest month in 46 years. Intense cold stranded hundreds of cars around Denver.
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Chicago
Midwest
Mercury
Fraser
Col
Williston
N. D
Weather Bureau
Bismarck
St. Peter, Minn. State Hospital
Huron
S. C
Denver
Portable Army radar detects moving targets up to a mile
The Army unveiled a handheld miniature radar developed at Ft. Monmouth that can be carried by a soldier. It identifies moving tanks jeeps and people in darkness or fog with audible alarms and a visual range dial. The device weighs under 10 pounds and ignores stationary terrain features.
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Washington
Army
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Signal Corps Laboratories
Kennedy thanks Spain for Mercury tracking base on Canary Islands
President Kennedy thanked Spain for co operating with the United States in permitting a Project Mercury tracking station on the Canary Islands in Madrid yesterday.
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Madrid
UPI
Kennedy
United States
Canary Islands
Algerian Peace Pact Near, Talks to End 74-Year Conflict
Paris reports say French and Algerian rebel spokesmen agreed final negotiations will open soon perhaps by week end. Rebels in Tunis say delegates may meet Saturday or Sunday along the French Swiss frontier to finalize an accord for self determination and independence.
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David Mason Paris
Tunis
Algeria
Paris
de Gaulle
Louis Joxe
National Assembly
France
Al-gerians
Ben Youssef Ben Khedla
Mrs Kennedy to Visit Rome Briefly en route to India
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy will stop in Rome on March 10 for a private eight to nine hours before continuing to New Delhi on March 12 as part of her Asia trip. White House press officer Jay Gildner noted no Vatican visit is planned and no detailed schedule exists.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Rome
India
Pakistan
White House
Jay Gildner
Kennedy
Vatican
Glenn Foresees Space Autos and Shifts in Orbit
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. envisions future space vehicles as powerful autos able to maneuver between orbits at will. He notes current Friendship 7 tech limits while discussing future capable spacecraft with Alan Shepard Jr. and Virgil Grissom amid Senate and Home committees and a New York City parade.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Space
Glenn
Alan B Shepard Jr
Virgil J
Gus) Grissom
Senate Space Committee
Home Space Committee
Ucker
New York City
Powers Postponed Appearance Before Congress
Francis Gary Powers was delayed from testifying before congressional committees investigating his 1960 spy flight over the Soviet Union. CIA Director John A. McCone postponed a briefing pending review of a special board report, with a decision on Powers’ appearance expected after his testimony. The government had indicated the final decision rests with McCone.
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James D. Cary Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Russia
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Powers
Special Board of Inquiry
McCone
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Rudolf Abel
United States
White House
E. Barrett Prettyman
Nehru Explains India's Stance to Garden City Senior
Priscilla Jeffery, a Garden City High School senior, submitted a theme titled Nehru's New Neutrality It includes a letter from Jawaharlal Nehru clarifying India's nonalignment in world affairs The letter notes India is not aligned with any military bloc and emphasizes coexistence while defending national interests In her report Priscilla cites Nehru's words about fear and hatred hindering peace and praises the Indian leader's thoughtful response
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Garden City
Nehru
India
Priscilla Jeffery
Garden City I High School
Priscilla
Tam
Jawaharlal Nehru
Priscila
Roland T. Jeffery
Millions To Greet Space Hero
John H Glenn Jr and his spacemen will arrive in New York to a hero’s welcome of cheers and shredded waste paper as offices honor the space mission. The city’s celebration emphasizes practical commemoration over flowers, reflecting a bustling public reception.
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New York
John H Glenn Jr
Spacemen
Glenns Schedule Lt Col John H Glenn Jr in New York City
AP reports a March schedule for Lt Col John H Glenn Jr in New York City. Events include arrival at LaGuardia at 8:15 am EST motorcade to Bowling Green 12:05 pm ticker tape parade, City Hall ceremonies and luncheon at Waldorf Astoria with TV coverage starting at noon and radio from 11:15 am.
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New York
John H. Glenn Jr
New York City
LaGuardia
Bowling Green
Manhattan
Broadway
City Hall
Waldorf- Astoria
NBC
ABC
CBS
Col Glenn Parade Promises Welcome Snowfall Of Paper
In 1927 Lindbergh's return sparked feverish acclaim in Gotha with a reported "greatest snowfall in history of Paper." The passage references a potential similar paper confetti cascade for Col Glenn's forthcoming parade entry downtown.
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Charles ‘A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Gotham
Col. Glenn
Atlas E ICBM Launch Delivers 4000 Mile Pacific Flight
At Vandenberg Air Force Base a new Atlas E intercontinental ballistic missile launched from an above ground coffin type launcher. The test sent the 390 000 pound thrust weapon 4000 miles down the Pacific range in a Silver Spur operation. It was the first Atlas B launch from the base and followed a prior Atlas D flight to orbit Lt. Col. John Glenn.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
John Glenn
Pacific Missile Range
Air Force
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