The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-03-02
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
By
NV. LANCASTER, JR.
. ALGERIAN PEACE?
. DAYLIGHT SAVING
. STATE BUDGET

THE ALGERIAN parliament
Wednesday gave its government
In exile the go-ahead to negotiate
. final cease-fire with France.
The 54-member group debated
for six days the agreement work
ed out in secret talks between
French and Algerian representa-
6veS 0 m W h e e along the
French-SWisS border. The COM
munique did not say whether the
parliament h d approved the
agreement, which had already
been okayed by the French cabi-
net. but the wording indicated no
major obstacles remain. Officials
hope q cease-fire can be put into
effect by March Is ending the
712-year-old Algerian war, but
bombings by right-wing terrorists
determined to keep Algeria under
French control continue in AL
giers and Oran.
RISING COLLEGE COST
were noted as a major problem
in state financing by Del. How
ard Adams as he presented the
1924 state budget to the House
Wednesday, Adams, chairman of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee. said his group had no
doubt Of the gigantic increase in
the college population and of 1.-The
need to provide quality education
for qualified students" But he
said the committee was worried
about the tendency of so many
areas to seek local college facili-
ties with state support. The total
general fund budget as reported
by the committee is $57S, 065 ,227.
This is 14.9 per cent above 1860
81 appropriations, but less than
the 1873 per cent increase recon-
mended by Gov. Almond. The re-
ducti0n was due mainly to elini-
nation of funds for a new state
office building. The committee
actually added ST. million for
recurring expenses at institutions
of higher learning.
NEW YORK CITY was pre-
pared to give 1t. Col. John H.
Glenn, Jr. and his six fellow as
tronauts one of the biggest re-
captions in its history Thursday.
There was to be a traditional
ticker tape parade from the Bat
terry to City Hall where the astro-
nauts would be greeted by Mapor
Robert Wagner and others. A
luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel and other festivities were
to follow. On Monday a quarter
Of a million persons braved a
chilling rain to line the streets Of
Washington as Glenn arrived to
address a joint meeting of Con
greSS. A smaller but no less en-
thuSiastic reception awaits the
space hero Saturday in his home
town of New Concord. Ohio
ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN
NEEDY and his wife. Ethel, flew
from Paris to- Washington via
New York Wednesday on the last
leg of their 28-day world tour.
The Attorney General reported to
the President on his talks with
world leaders from Tokyo to Par
is. Meanwhile, Mrs. Jacqueline
Kennedy. wife of the President,
has postponed departure on a
goodwill tour to India and Pakis-
tan until March 10 because of a
slight sinus infection. Rumors
persist that Edward Kennedy,
brother to the President and At
torney General, will run for the
Senate seat once occupied by the
President.
RETURNS from midas parlia-
mentary elections indicate Neh-
rus Congress party won by a
landslide. The elections, which
took days to complete and even
longer to tally the results. were
said to be the largest in the his
tory of democracy. Nehru's con-
troyerSial defense minister Krlsh-
ma Menon. who was accused OF
pro- Communist leanlngs, won
easily over his opponents IN the
north Bombay area.
FRANCIS G. AIRY POWERS.
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