Echo 2 satellite to enable US Soviet communications trial
The Echo 2 balloon satellite, 135 feet in diameter, is set for launch and may allow the first US Soviet radio communications via satellite. Signals on 162 megacycles could carry voices tones telegraphic code or facsimile. The Russians may track it by radar but are not launching it.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Space Agency
Russia
Bréand
Space Agency
Peron Recovering After Prostate Operation in Madrid
Doctors treating Juan D. Peron say the 63 year old former president is recovering well after an operation Monday for a prostate ailment. Peron, an ex-dictator, lives in exile in Spain and remains under medical care.
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Madrid
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Spain
Tanganyika Mutiny Calms as Britain Deploys Troops
Tanganyika's capital Dar es Salaam reports calm amid a military mutiny that left at least 14 dead and 120 injured. Britain rushed nearly 2,000 troops and an aircraft carrier to Tanganyika's borders as Lt. Elisha Kavana reportedly took command, replacing Brig. Patrick Sholto-Douglas.
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Tanganyika
Dar Es Salaam
Africa
Zanzibar
Associated Press
London
Britain
Tanganyikan
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
Tanganyika Rifles
U.S. State Department
U.S
U.S. Information Service
Peace Corps
Elisha Kavana
Patrick Sholto-Douglas
Nehru Declines Khrushchev Invite for Rest Abroad
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru cannot accept an invitation from Soviet Premier Khrushchev to recover in the Soviet Union. A government spokesman said Nehru’s doctors advised against leaving India while his illness recovers and noted his progress.
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New Delhi
Nehru
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Indira Gandhi
India
Ruby Described as Fighter by Psychiatrist in 1959 Cuba Trip
Dr. Walter Bromberg testified Jack Ruby was a fighting man bent on attack, and that he did not understand his act when he killed Lee Harvey Oswald. He linked Ruby’s Russian father and a 1959 Cuba trip to jeep sales as possible influences on his state of mind.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Ruby
Cuba
Walter Bromberg
Pinewood Psychiatric Hospital
Westchester County
N.Y
Ibond
Oswald
Melvin Belli
San Francisco
Belli
Bromberg
Fidel Castro
Dist. Atty
Henry Wade
Asst. Dist. Atty
William Alexander
Rubenstein
Alexander
Russia
New Orleans
Roy Schafer
Yale University
Austen Riggs Center
Stockbridge
Mass
Schafer
Chicago
South Side
Hecht
W. F. Alexander
Israeli Premier Stands Firm on Jordan Water Plan
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol rejected Cairo decisions by Arab leaders to halt Israel's water diversion from the Jordan. He said Israel will proceed with drawing water from the Sea of Galilee as part of a unified plan and will oppose unilateral moves while using diverted waters for irrigation. The Cairo meeting led by President Nasser aimed to form a united Arab response, but its details were not made public.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Cairo
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Panamanian Charges Aggression Over Canal Zone Crisis
Panamanian delegate to the OAS Miguel J Moreno heads to Washington to press aggression charges against the United States in the Canal Zone crisis. Aides Juan A Tack and Arturo Morgan Morales accompany him. U S marshal C A Red McLelland, from the zone, urges a firm U S stand as violence leaves 25 dead including four soldiers.
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Panama City
API
Miguel J. Moreno
Organization of American States
Washington
United States
Canal Zone
Moreno
Juan A. Tack
Arturo Morgan Morales
Foreign Ministry
U.S
C.A
McLelland
Page
Camden, Ark
Hell
Dore Schary and wife escape Manhattan fire
Motion picture producer Dore Schary and his wife Miriam escaped a blaze that damaged their 13 room Manhattan apartment. Schary received oxygen for a sprained left arm and they returned home after the blaze was contained. Origin of the fire was not determined.
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New York
Dore Schary
Miriam
Manhattan
Schary
France Rejects U S Protest Over China Recognition
Paris officials said the French government rejected Washington’s protest notes on France’s plan to recognize Communist China. President de Gaulle’s terse reply avoided merits and demerits, signaling no change in policy despite U.S. concerns. Bonn voiced worry over the Franco German treaty, sending a minister to Paris to relay concerns.
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AP Ant Upi
Paris
U.S
France
China
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Heinrich Krone
Pris
Kennedy meets Malaysian leader in push for peace talks
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy met Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis. He said progress is being made after a 1 hour 40 minute discussion and scheduled more talks, including a possible summit with Sukarno and Macapagal.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Robert F. Kennedy
Tunku Abedul Rahman
Manila
Kennedy
Rahman
Sukarno
Diosdade Macapagal
Borneo
Macapagala
Philippines
Tokyo
Jakarta
Pearson Seeks Closer Ties With Johnson and De Gaulle
Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson visits Washington to discuss easing the rift between President Johnson and French President Charles de Gaulle. Talks include a White House conference, a Canadian embassy dinner, and exchange of notes on the 1961 Columbia River power and flood control treaty for expanded Northwest power.
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Pearson
Johnson
de Gaulle
John M. Hightower
Washington
Lester B. Pearson
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
China
Atlantic Alliance
White House
Dean Rusk
Paul Martin
Columbia River
Northwest
Diplomat School Opposed By Acheson Letter Drives Debate
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson told Congress the proposed foreign service academy is based on false assumptions. He urged using the Foreign Service Institute and war colleges instead and warned the academy could stifle criticism of policy by faculty. He compared it to an auto maker limiting engineers from critiquing its models.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Acheson
Congress
Foreign Servicerf
Acheson
State Department
Foreign Service Institute
Service War Colleges
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Academy
China
Europe
Joseph R. McCarthy
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MAY Engineering CO
Adam St
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Houston
Miguel J. Moxeno
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Krone
Adenauer
Robert Kennedy
Wendell Pharmacy
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Fred McCarthy
South Street
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New England
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Diplomat School
Abe
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