April 16, 1963

Estes gets 15-yr prison term for mail fraud and conspiracy; freed on bond

Christian Dem party approves Erhard as Adenauer successor

exec budget asks $797,488,071 for fiscal '64; school authorities and teachers unions hold rise is only $37 million; Educ Bd pres Rubin says amt is $46 million below bd request; UFT pres Cogen attacks budget

WASHINGTON, April 15 The increase in nonfarm employment, which began in February, gained momentum last month, the Labor Department reported today.

Miro Cardona charges Kennedy has broken promises and agreements for new invasion in favor of 'peaceful coexistence' with Castro, statement on resignation from Revolutionary Council

PALM BEACH, Fla., April 15 The White House announced today that Mrs. John F. Kennedy would have a baby in the latter half of August.

Dugan et al v Rank et al; Delano Earlimart Irrigation Dist et al v Rank et al; Fresno v Calif et al: Ct unanimously dismisses landowners suit over diversion of water to Central Valley Reclamation Project; upholds Govt seizure of water rights, finds landowners only recourse is to sue later for compensation

USSR Communist party urges Africa be made 'atom-free zone'; says foreign bases must be removed as sources of 'aggression' against USSR bloc, ed in Pravda issue marking Africa Freedom Day

VIENTIANE, Laos, April 15 The military situation in the Plaine des Jarres, in northeastern Laos, "continues dangerous," the chairman of the International Control Commission for Laos declared today.

70,000 hold anti-nuclear rally, London, including 14,000 who marched from Aldermaston; clash with police; illus; 72 arrested; sponsors are Com of 100 and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament; Canon Collins, MP M Foot s; Lord Russell issues statement; Collins role protested by League of Empire Loyalists member; police continue to seize pamphlets on purported secret Govt hq following nuclear attack; rallies held, W Ger

Swearing in of Mayor Boutwell and new City Council in Birmingham seen raising hopes for lessening of tensions; 9 Negroes held for seeking counter service at 2 stores; 50 arraigned for parading without permit; Mrs M L King says Pres Kennedy phoned her, hoped that change of city govt would speed King's release; she talks with husband by phone; 50 hold prayer 'vigil' at State Capitol in Hartford, Conn, to protest Birmingham strife; NAACP asks Justice Dept intercession in Birmingham

Asked to resign by Gov Rockefeller for refusing to sign gen waiver of immunity and testify in grand jury probe of SLA; illus