Colossal Propaganda Circus Opens as UN Assembly Starts
Max Harrelson reports from United Nations as the 1960 General Assembly opens in a charged atmosphere. The session centers on Soviet accusations against the United States and disarmament talks, with analysts predicting little in the way of major achievements. A notable outcome will be the admission of several new African nations strengthening the nonaligned bloc.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
General Assembly
N. Y
United States of America
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Assembly
World Organization
Congo Support Pushed by Asian African Nations at UN
Sixteen African and Asian states urged the General Assembly to back Hammarskjold in Congo while the Soviet Union pressed to bypass UN channels. The 82 nation body weighed the resolution during an emergency session as Khrushchev arrived for the session open.
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N. Y
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Soviet Union
Hammarskjold
Nikita Khrushchev
Assembly
Victor Andres Belaunde
Peru
New York
Khrushchev
Crowds clash as foreign chiefs arrive for UN summit
Brawling demonstrators, many Baltic and Ukrainian, clash with police in New York as Fidel Castro and other anti American leaders arrive. Khrushchev arrives to boos but asserts belief in improved Soviet American relations amid rain at Pier 73. He reads a three page statement condemning hostile forces and urging calm. Khrushchev then travels to the Soviet delegation HQ on Park Avenue.
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New York
United Nations General Assembly
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Fidel
Castro
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Antonin Novotny
Eisenhower
Park Avenue
United Nations
Khrushchev
Ukraine
Idlewild
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
East River
Baltika
Pier 73
68Th Street
Mobutu reveals thwarted Congo assassination bid
Col. Joseph Mobutu said he foiled an assassination attempt in Leopoldville naming Capt. Vital Bakasa as the gunman. Lumumba emerges from hiding and seeks U.N. protection as UN peacekeepers outline a 60 mile no man’s land along the Katanga Kivu border to calm tensions.
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Patrice Lumumba
Mobutu
Vital Bakasa
Bakasa
United Nations Peace Mission
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Echo Viewing Schedule For Athens Area
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration released a timetable for Echo I visible passes in Southeastern Ohio from Sept 19 to 24. Times are Eastern Standard. Each pass has direction from the viewer and elevation in degrees as the satellite travels southeast.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ohio
Ohio five day forecast hints at near normal temps
Ohio forecast calls for average temperatures with normal highs near 76 and lows around 50. Expect minor day to day changes and scattered thundershowers eastern portions from today through Tuesday and again Thursday, totaling about half to one inch of precipitation.
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Ohio
World Airways DC6B crash kills 77 in Guam
A World Airways DC6B transport crashed on a jungle hill in Guam killing at least 77 people, mostly American military personnel and their families. Seventeen survived at first, but one died hours later. The flight had just taken off from a refueling stop on a contract for the U S Military Air Transport Service amid conflicting reports of the cause.
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Forbes Field
America
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Project Mercury Flight Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Virgil Grissom
Fresh Storm Florence Aims Toward Cuba Coastal Waters
Tropical storm Florence tracks westward through the Atlantic behind Florence's sister. The Miami Weather Bureau reports Florence about 540 miles southeast of Miami near Great Inagua Island with top winds 50 to 55 mph and 30 to 45 mph in its outer bands. A gradual turn northward could bring the center near Cuba’s northeast coast as warnings go out to the Bahamas and Cuban shores for rising winds and rough seas.
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Florence
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Miami Weather Bureau
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Bahamas
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Vivid Contrasts in West Germany from Farm Poverty to Forest Wealth
The piece tours Freiburg and Baden Baden in Southwest Germany, noting stark contrasts from poverty in the Rhine valley farms to vast pine forests. It describes forest wealth, age-old laws on property, and a rebuilt Freiburg with modern shops, ending with the Swiss border’s scenic beauty.
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Freiburg
Germany
Schwarzwalds
Heidelberg
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Rhine Valley
Black Forest
West Virginia
Baden Baden
Khrushchev welcomed in New York amid heavy rain
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in New York to a speedy, favorable radio report. A large crowd gathered to greet him despite heavy rainfall, signaling strong public interest in the visit.
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London
Moscow Radio
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Ship Kirovsk Carries Tractors to Fidel Castro
The Soviet vessel Kirovsk departed Riga for Havana carrying over 300 tractors bulldozers and other machinery for Fidel Castro's regime.
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Kirovsk
Riga
Havana
Fidel Castro
Religious issue fuels heated presidential campaign
The 1960 campaign stalls on two themes leadership and the Russia contest. The only heat comes from Protestant objections to Kennedy's Catholicism, a spark neither candidate created, with expectations rising that events at the United Nations may force change. Nixon defends Eisenhower while promising to advance his foundation and prove he is more than a copy. Kennedy adopts leadership rhetoric and positions himself as the answer. Nixon argues for national pride and optimism while criticizing Kennedy as a gloom prophet.
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Washington
Russia
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
New York
Nixon
Kennedy
Eisenhower Foundation
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