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...suggestion certainly gave the Russians something to bargain about, but all the signs pointed to flat Soviet rejection. On the day after the main conference began, Soviet Delegate Semyon ("Scratchy") Tsarapkin met U.S. and British delegates to hear details of President John F. Kennedy's offer to cancel-in exchange for an inspected nuclear test-ban treaty-the U.S.'s own nuclear test series scheduled to begin in the central Pacific in late April. Tsarapkin abruptly rejected the offer...
...damage suit against the union, claiming it struck "wrongfully, willfully and wickedly." Mayor Wagner charged that Weinberg purposely provoked the strike to force a fare raise, and vowed that New York wanted no part of Weinberg. The mayor then ordered his city Board of Estimate to cancel the "temporary" city franchises under which Fifth Avenue operates 38 of its 80 routes, also petitioned the Republican-dominated state legislature to grant him immediate power to seize the rest of the company's city routes and to condemn its property. Harry Weinberg geared for battle. He had been through many struggles...
...major Alpine title in 1961. Ferries will have to lick an old jinx: in 28 years of trying, no U.S. male skier has ever brought home an F.I.S. or Olympic Alpine championship. He may also have to beat the F.I.S.-which at week's end was threatening to cancel the championships because East Germany's ski team had been refused papers for travel in the West. But even if the F.I.S. cleared the slopes, Cyc Ferries would remain the most devastating cyclone on skis...
...those with one-week reservations. The carriers are left with empty seats that they might have sold, and the no-shows demand (and get) their money back. The U.S.'s eleven major airlines recently reached agreement on a new policy: in the future, no-shows who do not cancel their reservations before flight time will not be refunded the full price of their ticket-the penalty will be about 50% of the fare up to a maximum of $50. If CAB approves, the new rule will go into effect March...
...Isidro airbase, Hill delivered his blunt message to the general. The U.S. would not recognize his puppet junta. The U.S. would provide no Alliance for Progress help. The U.S. would close down its training program for Dominican military officers. The U.S. would cancel $55 million worth of sugar-quota imports...