Marine Medal of Honor recipient skips White House dinner
Arthur J. Jackson, MOH winner, declines a Kennedy invitation to a White House medal dinner to avoid embarrassing the president. White House confirms the change of plans. 234 recipients and spouses expected to attend. Jackson, a former Marine captain now a California mailman, notified Kennedy by telegram. The incident follows the 1961 Guantanamo Bay killing of Ruben Lopez and the ongoing lack of further comment from the White House.
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Minuteman Chief Describes Missile Progress and Doubts
Brig. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, head of the Minuteman program, outlines solid fuel missile advances, range and payload enhancements, and few failures. He dismisses reports of serious snags as baseless and notes Wing 6 improvements aim at greater accuracy and expanded force readiness.
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Children Suddenly Grow Up, by Hal Boyle
New York AP column observes how age shifts behavior in a ten year old girl. The writer notes faster maturation, quieter enthusiasm, changing speech, cooking interest, and evolving parent daughter quarrels.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tracy Ann
Jebie
Day For Children Observed In Mexico City Schools
Mexicans marked Children’s Day with festivals and gifts across thousands of schools. Eva Samana de Lopez Mateos presided over events and sent a message praising children as Mexico’s future, saying they deserve joy and entertainment. Within a human-interest detour, a Puebla report notes a pre-Columbian cave site Tepeyolco Texcal Grade near the Vals Nuilla Dam yielding pottery remains.
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