Kennedy Sees West Dams On Political Trail
President Kennedy tours three major water works projects across South Dakota Colorado and California highlighting the Oahe dam Arkansas Fryingpan project and San Luis dam and canal system. The trip blends reclamation goals with ongoing political considerations in South Dakota Colorado and California.
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Oahe
Missouri River
Pierre
Colorado
San Luis
California
San Joaquin Valley
Los Banos
Castle Air Force Base
Merced
Yosemite Valley
President Kennedy urges unity at Oahe Dam opening
President Kennedy urged national economic unity during a visit to the Oahe Dam in Pierre South Dakota. He warned against waste and delay while stressing power development across farms factories and regions. The trip touched on upcoming races including McGovern Bottum and Nixon Brown.
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Oade
Kennedy
Oahe
Missouri River
Pueblo
Colo
Merced
Calif
White House
Colorado
Richard M. Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
George McGovern
Food For Peace
McGovern
Joe Bottum
Senate
Sweden Grants Abortion for Sherri Finkbine
Sweden's Medical Board approved Sherri Finkbine's request for abortion here to end a pregnancy she fears could produce a drug-deformed baby. The operation date was not announced. The Arizona housewife and TV performer expressed relief and gratitude to Swedish doctors while her husband Robert urged a quick procedure and a return to normal life.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Sherri Finkbine
Arizona
Robert
Finkbine
Royal Medical Board
Medical Board
Sherri
Europe
Pello Errs in Proposed Lincoln Street Plant Closure
Joseph A Pello Jr, chair of the Trustees Gas Investigation Committee, claimed to close Vermont Gas Corp Lincoln Street plant under village bylaws but a village legal official said he lacks authority without a Board vote. Trustees have not acted. The meeting at the Village Office ran long with VGC reps present, media barred, and no clear result.
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Joseph A. Pello Jr
Trustees’ Gas_ Investigation Committee
Vermont Gas Corp
Lincoln Street
Bennington Village
Pello
VGC
Reuben Levin
James B. Gibney
David Carver
Henry Mallory
Ormal Pierce
Charles Bodine
Hilda Hurley
George Ryan
Frank Prideaux
Atty
William Sennett
Bruce Griffith
Sennett
New Hampshire Teen Finishes 3500 Mile Bike Trip to Seattle World Fair
Concord NH student Bill Manning, 16, rode 3500 miles to visit the Seattle World's Fair in 53 days averaging 85 miles daily. He slept in a bag when lodging was unavailable and began with $50, using kindness received along the way. Manning saved a park caretaker from the Des Lacs River in Minot North Dakota and plans a 10 day stay at the fair before bus travel home.
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Bill Manning
Fairgrounds
America
Minot
N. D
Joseph Clementich
Des Lacs
Bill
Pump
Concord
N.H
Seattle World’s Fair
Loss Now 1.5 Million Leads Press Robber Search
Rhode Island police deny questioning an ex convict claiming knowledge of the Plymouth mail truck holdup. Providence police report 12 men questioned, all released. The FBI cites $1,551,277 stolen cash while authorities pursue a local gang with intimate knowledge of the area. 60 postal inspectors assist as Henry Montague vows the case will be solved.
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Massachusetts
Tony
Buster
Boston
Rhode Island
Peter O'Connell
Providence
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Bobby Wilcoxson
Duke, Okla
Albert Nussbaum
FBI
Brooklyn, N. Y
Henry B. Montague
Pittsburgh
Miami
Rebels Free Five Americans and One Filipino Captives
Five Americans and one Filipino freed after more than a year held by pro Communist forces in Laos. They arrived in Vientiane on a Soviet plane and showed signs of weight loss. Bailey appeared weak and needed help. others looked healthy or tired.
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Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Frigillana
U.S. Air Force Clark
Manila
Wolfkill
Shore
McMorrow
Friglana
Ballenger
Bailey
Maj
Estes Cohen
Air America
Six Orbits Limit of Next Space Flight
A top NASA official says Walter M. Schirra Jr. will be limited to six orbits on his Project Mercury mission with recovery near Midway Island. Holmes noted the six orbit plan will not be affected by Soviet long-duration flights, and outlined upcoming 18 orbit missions. He spoke at Virginia Tech, defending Mercury pilots Glenn and Carpenter against criticisms of limited scientific findings.
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Walter M. Schirra Jr
Midway Island
D. Brainerd Holmes
United States
U.S
Holmes
Schirra
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Mercury
John J. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Powell declines campaigning in New Hampshire Republican primary
Governor Wesley Powell announced he will not actively campaign for renomination in the September 11 Republican primary in Concord New Hampshire. He said a recent heart attack on March 17 and doctor's orders require him to rest for six months.
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Concord
N.H
Wesley Powell
Powell
Symington Ends Hearing after Claim Humprey Insulted Senate
Senator Stuart Symington accused former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey of insulting the Senate and adjourned further testimony on nickel contract records tied to the Hanna mining interests. Humphrey and Hanna officials disputed destruction claims with auditors seeking clarity on missing checks and invoices.
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George M. Humphrey
Senate Armed Services
Humphrey
M. A. Hanna Co
Art Symington
D-Mo
the Treasury
Senate
Cleveland
Hanna
Eisenhower
W. A. Marting
Hanna Mining Co
Robert A. Shhiff
Naremco Services Inc
New York
Hanna Company
Stuart Symington
Schiff
Symington
Walter H. Henson
Henson
Marting
Subcommittee
Khrushchev May Propose Visit to the U.N.
Moscow reports say Premier Khrushchev may announce a trip to the United Nations General Assembly in September to meet President Kennedy. Diplomatic circles expect a bid to gain public backing for Soviet disarmament and Berlin policies.
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U.N
Moscow
Red Square
Black Sea
Space Twins
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Kennedy
Berlin
Olympic skiers Mrs Penny Zimmerman gives birth to son
LACONIA N H AP Penny Pitou Zimmerman former Olympic skiing star and wife of Eivon Zimmerman welcomed a baby boy at Laconia Hospital yesterday. The Zimmermans who live in Gilford run a ski school and Penny is a two time Winter Olympic silver medalist.
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N.H
Penny Pitou Zimmerman
Laconia Hospital
Penny
Eivon Zimmerman
Zimmermans
Gilford
Strike shadows moon program as NLRB aid sought
Huntsville Alabama AP The Marshall Space Flight Center representing NASA asked the National Labor Relations Board to seek court aid to end a strike that threatens space research and a $1 million daily cost. Local 558 of IBEW protested non union hires by Baraco Electrical Construction Co. of Pensacola at three gates.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space Flight Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Labor Relations Board
Marshall
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Baraco Electrical Construction Co
Pensacola
Fla
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