October 31, 1963 In Malis Presidential palace, the leaders of Algeria and Morocco yesterday signed a cease-fire agreement, effective midnight Nov. 1, to end their undeclared Sahara border war. The compromise measure called for a neutral demilitarized zone and the convening of a meeting of 30 African foreign ministers. Recent assurances to the contrary, it was authoritatively reported in Paris that the withdrawal of a 5,000-man armored cavalry regiment from West Germany has been planned by the United States. Secretary of State Rusk and Army Secretary Vance have both said that no reductions were contemplated. At the United Nations, the chief Soviet delegate charged that Washingtons plan for a mixed-manned nuclear fleet was meant to give nuclear arms to West Germany. After a cool reception in racially disturbed South Philadelphia, President Kennedy gave a forceful account of the civil rights progress in his Administration. But he also told a Democratic fund-raising dinner that the issue is still very much with us. (1:3) Following their implication in a spy ring, three members of the Soviet mission to the United Nations were ordered to leave the country within 48 hours. A fourth Russian and a New Jersey engineer, accused of passing Strategic Air Command secrets to the diplomats, were held without bail. The State Department moved to restrict foreign diplomats to the tax-free purchase of one automobile a year. With a couple of Democratic innovations, a bill raising the national debt limit to $315 billion until next June 29 was passed by a partisan vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. Italian Premier due to quit in week. Laotian Premier asks Soviet to help bring peace. Kennedy appoints moderate to Reserve Board. Rose Kennedy tells of her retarded child.
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