Marietta Bid To Build Two Hydrographic Ships
Marietta Manufacturing Co. of Point Pleasant bids over 7 million dollars to build two hydrographic survey ships for the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey. Walter M Windsor says the contract would add about 300 Mason County jobs pending Maritime Administration review. He cites low living costs and a favorable labor market as factors behind the bid.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
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Mason County
Ohio River
Maritime Administration
Washington, D.C
Windsor
Marietta
Armored cars used by Soviets to guard Red war memorial
Soviet armored cars returned to West Berlin to guard the Red war memorial near the Brandenburg Gate despite Allied pressure to switch to buses. British, with the United States and France, had set a Saturday deadline, and the convoy was halted as it left the memorial area. The armored carriers have operated since August 21 after buses were stoned amid a refugee shooting incident, with a shorter cross via Sand Krug Bridge now used.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Red War Memorial
United States
France
Brandenburg Gate
Sandkrug Bridge
Indian border tension with China near disputed frontier
The Indian government said Chinese troops appeared near an outpost on the northeast frontier with no clash reported. Sources claim about 300 Chinese soldiers entered Indian territory, surrounding a post and possibly advancing toward Towang, near the tri-junction of Bhutan, NEFA, and Tibet. Kennedy holds a news conference at 6 p.m. EDT.
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New Delhi
Assam Rifles
India
Foreign Ministry
Bhutan
Northeast Frontier Agency
Tibet
Towang
Dalai Lama
Kennedy to address Cuba buildup and reserve bill fate
President Kennedy plans a direct statement on the Cuban military buildup at his news conference. Senate Democratic leaders report readiness to advance standby authority to call 150 000 reserves to active duty, while Republicans seek tougher action and amendments. Humphrey and Mansfield push for bipartisan handling before adjournment.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Herbert H. Humphrey
Minn
White House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Democratic
GOP
Humphrey
Mansfield
Congress
Ohio Faces Potential Call-Up Of Thousands Of Reservists
Columbus report outlines 74,580 Ohioans eligible for active duty under Kennedy call-up authority. About 60,580 Army reservists and 14,000 Army National Guardsmen could be ordered, with Navy Marine Reserve Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units also involved. Uneligible groups include certain Air National Guardsmen and Army reservists. The piece notes paid, part time reservists and standby pools as part of the potential mobilization.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kennedy
Navy
Marine Corps Reserve
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Navy Bomber Crash Kills Nine at Seal Beach California
A Navy P2V Neptune patrol bomber crashed in flames near the naval ammunition depot at Seal Beach after skimming rooftops of a crowded residential area. All nine aboard were killed, identified as Georgia reservists. The plane departed from Los Alamitos NAS and wreckage fell in a vacant field away from depots. Witnesses described a long ribbon of flame as the aircraft veered northeast in a bid to stay aloft over homes.
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Seal Beach
Cal
Naval Ammunition
Navy
Georgia
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Castro Puts Newsmen In Cuba Jail
Canadian reporter George Bryant arrived in the United States saying Fidel Castro agents jailed three Western correspondents and are tracking others. He named John Blands Reuters Paul Casanas NYT and Sarita Valdes of NBC as missing and jailed. Remains of Austrian soldiers recovered from the Adamello Range in Italy after 46 years.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
United States
George Bryant
The
Toronto Star
Bryant
John Blands
Reuters
Paul Casanas
New York Times
Sarita Valdes
National Broadcasting Co
Trent
Italy
Adamello Range
Senator Sanders Wins Georgia Governorship
Georgia voters elevate Carl E. Sanders, 37, from state senate to governor, defeating veteran Marvin Griffin and signaling a decisive shift in state politics. In Washington, Senator Hubert Humphrey forecast an October 5 adjournment for Congress.
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Atlanta
Carl E. Sanders
Georgia
Marvin Griffin
Berlin Wall Will Stand Says Ulbricht
East German leader Walter Ulbricht told a Leipzig labor conference that the Berlin Wall will stand until the militarists are reined in. He said West Germans should not think the regime loves the wall and insisted it remains in place.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Leipzig
Ulbricht
West Germany
Steel firm granted patent for finish
Armco Steel Corp says it has been granted a patent on a process that upgrades the finish on aluminum coated steel. The new finish is especially important in construction products including building panels.
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New York
Armco Steel Corp
Republicans Adopt Platform Endorsing Rhodes Jobs Plan
Rhodes greeted by convention as delegates approve a 1500 word platform backing job creation and the New Jobs and Industrial Development Authority. Speakers attack Democratic spending while urging local funding for higher education and community colleges to expand Ohio’s economy.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
RKO Palace
Rhodes
Kennedy pledges U.S. moon landing by 1970
President Kennedy after tours of space facilities declared the United States will beat Russia to space with a man on the moon by 1970. He visited McDonnell Aircraft in St Louis to view Gemini craft and Houston briefing by five astronauts emphasized mission goals at the Manned Spacecraft Center.
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Kennedy
NASA Center For Manned Spaceflight
Houston
Tex
United States
Russia
Washington
McDonnell Aircraft
St. Louis
Gemini
Manned Spacecraft Center
Clash Reported In Katanga Sparks UN Tension
In Katanga Province a clash between United Nations troops and gendarmes of Moise Tshombe’s breakaway region occurred amid doubts about the UN plan to unite the Congo. Tshombe accused the UN of triggering the incident and claimed two gendarmes were killed. UN officials said Katangans fired first and denied casualties.
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Elizabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Congo
Tshombe
Greek Ships Refuel in Greek Port on Cuba Route
Greek and Soviet ships carrying Communist supplies to Fidel Castro’s Cuba refueled in Pylos, while the U S State Department urged NATO allies to halt chartering ships for Soviet Cuba shipments. Hong Kong reports say at least two Communist officials were wounded near the Chinese border amid ongoing bombing after six weeks. Frankfurt prosecutor discloses four German war crimes suspects tied to mass shootings of Jews in White Russia and Ukraine.
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Greece
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Pylos
Ethnos
U .S. State Department
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hong Kong
Frankfurt
Germany
White
Russia
Ukraine
Nixon Comes Out Fighting in Governor Campaign
Richard Nixon launched his fall campaign with militant speeches in Pomona San Diego Sacramento and Oakland focusing on anti communism as the central theme of the governor race. In Nashville Tennessee Maria Beale Fletcher arrived as a freshman at Vanderbilt University.
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Oakland
Calif
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Pomona
San Diego
Sacramento
Nashville
Tenn
Maria Beale Fletcher
Vanderbilt University
Dismissal of Red China Planned Aircraft Charge
Washington denies Chinese charges that Americans direct U2 flights over the mainland calling it propaganda. State Dept officer Joseph Reap declined further comment. In Columbus, polio case reports note a six year old boy and a five year old girl as the city’s first cases of 1962 with vaccine questions unresolved.
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Washington
United States
China
Joseph Reap
State Department
Columbus
U S Plans Space Probe To Study Man Made Radiation Belt
NASA announced an Explorer series satellite will be launched before year end to study the artificial radiation belt created by a U S high altitude nuclear test. The satellite will track effects on future satellites, orbit between 170 and 10 350 miles, complete a 5 hour orbit, and operate for at least 60 days.
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Washington
United States
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
World Scientific Community
NASA
Earth
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