Kennedy halts plans for New York Moscow air pact
President Kennedy Suspends signing a civil air transport agreement with the Soviet Union citing the international situation The plan had envisaged a New York Moscow route with Pan American Airways and a Soviet partner The move drew mild Soviet reaction and leaves open the possibility of renewal if conditions change
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
State Department
New York
Moscow
U.S
Lincoln White
Yevgeni F. Loginov
New York-Moscow
Pan American Airways
United
House Approves Death Penalty For Hijacking
The House passed a bill instituting the death penalty for aircraft hijacking by a 373 to 5 vote. The measure, similar to the Senate version, allows a jury to impose death when force or threats were used to seize a plane and adds penalties for onboard disturbances and false hijack threats.
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Washington
House
Senate
William Fitz Ryan
D-N.y
Miniature roller coaster slips free in Middle town
Residents believed a new roller coaster would arrive free of charge when a small ride on a homemade trailer slipped off and landed roadside. State Police summoned a local firm to remove the coaster with its wrecker. The Shawnee Fire Hall underwent a fresh red and grey paint job by company members. James Walter Lewis of Cedar Grove reports a tomato weighing 3 pounds with five lobes.
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Middletown
Shawnee
James Walter Lewis
Cedar Grove
Mr. O'Connell
Harry Cain
Jack Owens
Dick Owens
Jim Owens
Harry Rainsberger
Robert Legge
Jim Knicely
Bernard Groves
W. B. Michaels
Velma Newcome
Holmes Newcome
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
L. M. Allen
Taylor L. Barr
Gochenour
J. T. Boyd
Francis Funk
CVWFA
WINC
Sarah Zane
Slo-Mo-Shun Club
South End
Mary
Ann Crowser
Black Angels
Friendship
Hoppers Auto Club
Reuss
Knights of Erin
Sparky Group
Sparky Grup
Winchester Rescue Squad
Douglas High School
Earl Shade
Enders
Berryville
Strasburg
Washington Fire Company
Mechanicsburg
McSherrystown
Greencastle
Carlisle
New Oxford
Harrisburg
Sparky
Littlestown
Free
Over 80 Units Entered In CVVFA Parade Here
More than eighty units are entered for the CVVFA parade in Wey-Volunteer Firemen's Convention week. Douglas J. O'Connell announced 83 units in the lineup with more to come. The event features a carnival each night on Sears Parking Lot and Baker Street.
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CVVFA
Douglas J. O'Connell
South End
Sears
Dacent Baker St
U S Airs Its Views on French Tunisian Dispute
At the United Nations the United States presented its stance in the Bizerte dispute amid Cold War tensions. The briefing touched on Western bases including Guantanamo Bay and other Latin American facilities as part of the broader debate over foreign military installations.
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U.S
United Nations
N.Y
U States
Bizerte
Platon D Morozov
U.N. General Assembly
Adlai E. Stevenson
France
United States
Berlin
Stevenson
Morozov
Tunisia
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Armed Services Authorize 10,000 Civilian Workers Addition
The Defense Department authorized the armed services to hire 10,000 additional civilian employees as part of the defense buildup. This would raise nonuniformed manpower from 1,040,000 to 1,050,000, with further civilian hire increases under consideration beyond Kennedy’s request for 133,000 more active personnel.
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Washington
U.S. Defense
Armed Services
Defense Department
Pai
Kennedy
Farmers Vote on Marketing Quotas Thursday
Frederick County and Clarke County farmers will vote Thursday on marketing quotas for 1962 wheat. Eligible voters are those who planted 13.5 acres or more in any of 1959 60 61, with voting set 8 am to 6 pm at ASC offices in Frederick and Clarke counties. The Winchester ASC office page 2 column 4.
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Frederick County
John T. Wolfe
Efa Ees
ASC
N. Loudoun St
Hansbrough and Carter
County Court House
Clarke County
N. Church
Berryville
Senate Leaders Abandon Civil Rights Commission Extension
Senate leaders paused plans to extend the Civil Rights Commission's life for two years. The bulletin provides a brief snapshot of ongoing legislative maneuvering with no immediate vote planned.
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Washington
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
Johnson Reports On Historic Berlin Trip To Democratic Leaders
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson briefed Democratic congressional leaders in the White House on his weekend West Berlin mission. He witnessed 1,500 American troops arriving to reinforce the garrison and affirmed U.S. resolve to defend West Berlin as Kennedy and Johnson pledged ongoing Western alliance support.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
West Berlin
Johnson
Kennedy
White House
Republic
U.S
Salay
Berlin
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
Goya Portrait Stolen From National Gallery in London
A Goya portrait of the Duke of Wellington was stolen from Britain's National Gallery in London overnight. Scotland Yard detectives were called as the painting, bought for 140,000 pounds, disappeared from the main entrance display area amid a national treasure designation.
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London
Duke of Wellington
Britain
National Gallery
Scotland Yard
In Yard
Charles Wrightsman
New York
Kennedy
United States
Wrightsman
Aix-en Province
France
Miller's Hardware Promotes Chatty Kathy Dolls
Hardware store Miller's Hardware at 112 N. Loudoun St. announces new shipment of Chatty Kathy and McCall dolls with limited stock and a fast sellout warning. Online and in-store purchases encouraged to secure these popular toys.
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Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Auto Firms Offer 6 Hour Wage Hike
Detroit AP reports General Motors Ford Motor Chrysler offer six cent an hour increases annually or 2 percent of base pay with cost of living protection. They propose more fringe benefits for short weeks and SUB boosts from 30 to 35 dollars. GM hints at pattern changes. American Motors seeks profit sharing. Moving allowances and enhanced pensions and medical life cover included.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers New Three
Ycc
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors Corp
President declines to hold Cuban ship over defecting crew
President Kennedy refused to hold the Bahia De Nipe as ransom for the families of 10 defecting crewmen, saying it could provoke retaliation and harm innocent travelers. The case centers on a legal battle as U S Marshals and Coast Guard dispute seizures and jurisdiction over the 3,800-ton freighter with a $600,000 cargo.
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Norfolk
Kennedy
Jorge Navarro
Bahia de Nipe
United States
McGeorge Bundy
Navarro
Lynnhaven
U.S
Coast Guard
Walter E. Hoffman
Coast‘ Guard
Hoffman
Cuba
Washington
Kennedie
AF Colonel Goes on Trial In Radar Tower Collapse
Air Force colonel William M. Banks faced a court martial in Newburgh New York on charges of neglect of duty in the Texas Tower collapse that killed 28 people. The three seaward towers were to warn of air attack and the Old Shaky structure disappeared after a storm. Banks defended his actions and readiness for any rescue duties.
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Newburgh
N.Y
Air Force
Texas
Thomas King
William M. Banks
Banks
Texas Tower
New Jersey
Stewart Air Force Base
Atlantic Seaboard
Raleigh
W. Va
National
Adenauer Tours Berlin Barricades Amid Jeers From East
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer toured the Berlin barrier today, facing jeers from East German hecklers led by Gerhardt Eisler. Communist loudspeakers blasted from the wall as Adenauer visited the West Berlin refugee center at Marinfelde, drawing cheers from East Berlin crowds. Police cleared paths as he moved between checkpoints, with signs reading Washington is closer than Bonn.
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Eisler
East Berlin
Adenauer
Christian Ceety
Eae Sa
East
West Berlin
Adon
T Lyi
Washington
Bonn
Marinfelde
Avesta
East Grmany
Mikoyan Ends Visit to Japan With Warning
Anastas Mikoyan concludes a nine day Japan trip with a warning to Western allies to sign peace treaties with East Germany or lose access to West Berlin. He stated after a Tokyo news conference that after a German peace treaty the U S must sign with the East German republic for Berlin access. He blamed the United States for the Berlin crisis and suggested access to the city could become a minor point or require an overall settlement.
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Tokyo
Anastas Mikoyan
Japan
East Germany
West Berlin
Mikoyan
Moscow
Berlin
Soviet Union
Germany
United States
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Lyndon Johnson
West Germany
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Winchester
Bulletin
Moose
Jeer Adenauer
Goya
Hecklers
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