Laos warns USSR over airlift to Pathet Lao rebels
The Laotian government threatens to take appropriate steps if the Soviet airlift to pro Communist rebels continues. The U S delivered four armed planes and other aircraft to Laos to monitor Pathet Lao movements, amid protests from Communist nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
Soviet Union
London
United States
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
U.S
Kong le
North Viet Nam
Two Negroes Enroll in Georgia University Classes
In Athens Georgia Charlayne A Hunter and Hamilton E Holmes, both now 18 and 19, joined psychology and zoology classes as federal court rulings ended long standing segregation. The scene was calm with minimal disruption as peers observed and some spoke. In Atlanta, officials debated funding tied to integration while normal university operations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
University of Georgia
Charlayne A. Hunter
Hamilton E. Holmes
Atlanta
George L. Smith
B. E. Thrasher Jr
Corn Tester Explodes Start Fierce Ra line Fire
A Racine Minnesota fire destroyed two elevators and an office building owned by Vernon Crum and son Lloyd Crum, with losses around 100000. Fire started when a corn tester exploded. crews from Stewartville Spring Valley Grand Meadow and Rochester Rural battled flames amid limited water supply. seed and warehouse areas mostly saved.
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Paul Deegan
Racine, Minn
Racine Elevator Co
Vernon Crum
Lloyd
Crum
Spring Valley
Grand Meadow
Rochester
Racine
Stewartville
Lke Hailed as Great Man Man of Peace
A tribute to Lke hailed as a great man and a man of peace. By Hal McClure the piece lauds his leadership and enduring influence in the community.
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Lke
Hal McClure
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Tribute to Eisenhower aired as nation honors president
The NBC program featured leaders like Kennedy Nixon Macmillan Nehru Adenauer and emphasized Eisenhower as a great man and peacemaker. Kennedy praised the transfer of power while Nixon defended Eisenhower’s hard but right decisions under a vast international audience.
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John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
NBC
Kennedy
Nixon
Harold Macmillan
Jawaharlal Nehru
Konrad Adenauer
Bult Nixon
America
Soviet rebuff ends Laos control commission revival effort
Soviet Ambassador Menshikov told Secretary Herter the USSR rejects reviving an international Laos control commission backed by Britain. The plan would include India Poland and Canada with US backing if King Savang Vatthana and pro West Lao government accept. State Department notes no negotiations implied.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Laos
Christian A. Herter
Mikhail Menshikov
Menshikov
Herter
State Department
Britain
India
Poland
Canada
United States
Savang Vatthana
Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Southeast Asia
Lincoln White
Menshikovy
U.S
Kennedy completes State Department top command with Ball as undersecretary
President-elect Kennedy fills State Department senior ranks naming George W. Ball as undersecretary for economic affairs, Henry H. Fowler as undersecretary of the Treasury, Robert V. Roosa as monetary undersecretary, Angier Biddle Duke as chief of protocol, and top aides after conferences in New York and Palm Beach. Ball, a longtime Stevenson adviser, will be the No. 3 in the department. Duke previously served as a Foreign Service officer and leads the Inter-American Affairs council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
State Department
High Command
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ball Long
Stevenson
Kennedy
United Nations
Ball
Jan
Palm Beach
Washington
Treasury Department
Henry H. Fowler
Treasury
Fowler
Angier Biddle Duke
Duke
Argentina
Spain
Council On Inter-American Affairs
New York City
N.Y
Castro Says Army Strength Could Deter U.S. Invasion
Fidel Castro may tell Cubans the strength of the Cuban army deterred any invasion by the United States. Authorities trumpet expected U.S. Navy maneuvers and a Franklin D Roosevelt visit to Guantanamo Bay as demonstrations unfold.
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Castro
U.S
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Eisenhower
White House
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Navy
Caribbean
Franklin D Roosevelt
Guantanamo Bay
United States
Presidential
Puerto Rico
McNamara to Put Ford Stock Proceeds in Trust
Robert S. McNamara, then secretary of defense, plans to place the money from the sale of his Ford Motor Co. stock into a trust fund.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Ford Motor Co
Two Negro Students Integrate University of Georgia
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, the first African Americans admitted by a federal court to the University of Georgia in 175 years, face hostile crowds on campus as they register. Holmes says he feels no fear, while Hunter notes support from some classmates. Authorities brace for possible outside trouble as demonstrations erupt after Gov. Vandiver’s order to close the university.
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Athens
Hamilton Holmes
University of Georgia
Hamilton
Ernest Vandiver
Holmes
Charlayne A. Hunter
Atlanta
Miss Hunter
Maj
Charles Hunter
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
Althea Hunter
Alfred E. Holmes
Government Guard Kills 2, Himself, Wounds 2 Others
In Washington a guard at a government building shot four people then killed himself. Victims include John Pledger a Navy guard who died, and Zelma Pledger his wife. two coworkers were wounded. Dr. Monroe G. Gregory of Annapolis was killed. two other coworkers were hospitalized. Police traced the spree from the Navy building to Gregory’s office.
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Washington
John Pledger
Navy Building
Constitution Ave
18Th St
Pledger
General Services Administration
Zelma
Monroe G. Gregory
Annapolis, Md
Augustus Valentine
Navy Bureau of Ships
George Washington University Hospital
Theodore Wells
Navy
Lets
Mrs. Pledger
Dr. Gregory
Joseph W. Shimon
Shimon
Guinea Leader Sekou Toure Continues East Europe Tour
Sekou Toure, president of Guinea, continued his Communist East Europe tour in Belgrade and Sofia after six days with Tito. He visited Belgrade, then flew to Sofia, Bulgaria to meet officials.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sekou Toure
Guinea
East Europe
Tito
Sofia
Bulgaria
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Uruguay
Buenos Aires
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