Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Heads to Senate Late Today
The limited nuclear test ban treaty goes to the Senate late today as 26 nations sign the pact at the State Department. President Kennedy will send a ratification message, with Senate approval expected in about a month after reservations are addressed.
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Senate
Washington
State Department
Kennedy
Henry M. Jackson
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Howard Beale
Moscow
London
France
China
Jackson
House Atomic Energy Committee On
Haiti Rebel Drive Seen Bogged Down
In a clash over Haiti, Duvalier says exiles were crushed after hours of fighting in north Haiti and rebels, led by Gen. Cantave, were driven toward the Dominican Republic. Exile sources in Santo Domingo insist columns advance past Cap Haitien toward Gonaives with defections swelling the force. Haiti has complained to the OAS.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Dominican Republic
George J. Figaro
Duvalier
Leon Cantave
Adrien Raymond
Foreign Office
Cantave
Santo Domingo
Cap Haitien
Gonaives
Kennedy Baby Patrick in Serious Condition at Boston Hospital
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, one day old, remained in serious condition after birth at Otis Air Force Base Hospital. Doctors credited a hopeful first night and the White House said updates would be limited to the known diagnosis idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome while the President visited and Mrs. Kennedy recovered.
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President Kennedy
Children’s Medical Center Hospital
Boston
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Salinger
White House
Boston Children’s Hospital
Yester
Jacqueline Kennedy
Hugh Auchincloss
Kennedy
Boston Children’s Medical Center
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Patrick
Pierre Salinger
Cleveland
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
John Jr
Palm Beach
Fla
Georgetown University Hospital
Bouvier
UN Tackles South Africa Embargo Question At General Assembly
The Security Council calls for a worldwide arms embargo against South Africa over apartheid. Members split on enforceability with Britain and France abstaining, the United States pledges no arms after year end, and African states demand stronger action in November.
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United Nations, N.Y
South Africa
U.N. Security Council
U.N
J. Rudolph Grimes
Liberia
Britain
France
Roger Seydoux
Patrick Dean
Dean
Charles W. Yost
United States
Council
Stand and Deliver: Modern Dick Turpins Rob British Mail Train
A gang of 20 to 30 masked men halted the Glasgow to London mail train near London at 3 am and stole about 120 registered mail bags plus a large amount of used yet valid currency and a shipment of diamonds. Engineer Jack Mills and assistant were assaulted. workers were bound. The robbers uncoupled coaches and dumped bags to awaiting cars below a bridge before fleeing.
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Cheddington
England
Post Office
U.S
Plymouth
Mass
London
Jack Mills
Inside Dartmouth covers Connecticut Valley culture
The article notes On the Inside Dartmouth examining culture in the Connecticut Valley. It mentions heavy rains flooding Buffalo and Niagara Falls in New York and previews Deepening Crisis series on what it feels like to be an American Negro.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Korea Is Cooler Says 1st Cavalry Commander
Maj. Gen. Charles F. Leonard, new commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, said the Korean truce line has cooled off and predicted no further stirring for some time. He told a newsman that North Koreans learned the division is alert after testing it.
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1St Cavalry Division
Korea
Charles F. Leonard
Leonard
1St Cavalry
Vermont considers town road revisions for efficiency
Gov. Hoff's highway task force studies major changes to Vermont town highway records to curb overstatement of state aid. A biweekly meeting August 15 will discuss excessive primitive roads and potential legal trails to remove towns from maintenance burden. Also, three executive orders tighten stream pollution protections, banning gravel removal without Water Resources approval and requiring culverts at stream bed level.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Vermont
Central Planning Office
Highway Department
Paul H. Guare
Governor’s Planning Council
Randolph
Water Resources Department
Fish & Game Department
Johnson Coleman in Mississippi Runoff
Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and former Gov. J. P. Coleman seek Sulllivan backers in the August 27 Democratic runoff after a tight first primary. Sullivan finished third as Phillips prepares to face the winner in the November general election.
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Ross Barnett
Coleman
Johnson
Rubel Phillips
Funeral services for Rep Karl E Hayes in Guildhall
Rep Karl E Hayes 70 died after long illness at a Lancaster New Hampshire hospital. He served as Guildhall town clerk treasurer and member of the state legislature at the time of his death. Services are set for Saturday.
Hunger strike by 108 Buddhists in Hue Viet Nam
A 48 hour hunger strike began in Hue as 108 Buddhists protest Ngo Dinh Diem policies. Shops in the city closed in support and strikers demand punishment for police and troops over clashes on July 27 and 31 that left one Buddhist dead and 56 injured.
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Hue
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Thuc
Saigon
Vermont colleges face tangled meals tax collection
Vermont's new meals tax targets colleges with halls and snack bars charging the levy on certain foods for visitors and outsiders. At Bennington College confusion grows as social dining quirks complicate who pays. Tax commissioner Charles Shea advises colleges to request formal opinions on each new scenario.
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Bennington College
Williams College
Stanley R. Pike Jr
Tax Department
Couple Forced to Give Up Surplus Foster Children
Two teenage foster brothers in the Tinkham home north of Bennington, tied to New York law limiting foster homes to six children under 16, were moved to other homes via Vermont state agency action. The Tinkhams, married 31 years, had hoped to keep all nine foster children but could not find suitable Vermont housing or afford it.
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Charles Tinkham
North Hoosick
N.Y
Bennington
New York
Vermont Department of Social Welfare
DSW
Tinkhams
The
Banner
Vermont
Claire E. Ralph
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