Sir Alec Pledges Full U S Alliance Amid Crisis Speech
British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home pledged to mobilize all diplomatic resources for close Britain United States ties after JFK’s assassination. He insisted Britain must retain its nuclear arsenal and rejected acting as a Moscow Washington middleman, signaling a cautious push for East West reconciliation following Mikoyan’s informal invitation.
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Alec Douglas-Houme
East
John F. Kennedy
Grantham
United States
Alec
Britain
Washington
Moscow
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Kennedy
Bolivian Capital Airport Named for Kennedy
The Bolivian House and Senate approved naming the new international airport in La Paz for President John F. Kennedy. The facility is set to open next year and will serve as Bolivia’s primary international gateway.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
John F. Kenedy
House
Senate
Morals Overhaul Urged by FBI Head
J Edgar Hoover urged a prompt and thorough overhaul of American morality in the Law Enforcement Bulletin. He warned Americans as condoners and appeasers of a practice we distrust but will not overtly oppose. Hoover spoke before Kennedy's assassination.
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J. Edgar Hoover
IFBI
Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Paris Students Riot Over Study Facilities
Paris reports describe a Friday street clash in the Latin Quarter as students protested crowded classrooms high textbook prices and housing. Police used batons water hoses and massed near Sorbonne while arrests followed campus unrest.
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Paris
Soviets Find Glass in Wheat From Canada
Russian inspectors report glass fragments in Canadian wheat sent to the Soviet Union. A Canadian official says contamination likely came from beer bottles discarded by longshoremen aboard seven freighters loading the grain. The grain, part of a 350 million purchase, was deemed unfit for consumption.
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Man
Soviet Union
Taga
Frank Hamilton
Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners
Russia
Condolence Deluge After Kennedy Assassination
Washington AP reports over 185,009 letters and 50,000 telegrams of condolence received at the White House following President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. The flow reflects widespread national sorrow and official acknowledgment of the tragedy.
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White House
Kennedy
Dallas
Conte Asks FBI Probe Of Dallas Ad
Reps Grabowsky and Conte urged an FBI inquiry into the American Fact Finding Committee of Dallas Texas. They cited a full page Dallas Morning News ad published the morning of President Kennedy s assassination as vicious cruel and abusive. News executives said the publisher accepted such material on the morning of the assassination.
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FBI
Dallas
Washington
Tex
Bernard F. Grabowski
D-Conn
Silvio O
Ted Dealey
The
News
Bernard Weissman
American Fact-Finding Committee
Weissman
Raytheon Gets $30 Million Job on Hawk Missile
The Raytheon Co in Lexington Mass received a 30 736 349 contract for guidance and control system work on the Hawk air defense missile. Most tasks will be completed in Andover Mass. An additional 8 431 757 was awarded to Avco in Wilmington Mass for Minute Man reentry vehicle work.
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Washington
Raytheon Co
Lexington
Mass
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
Andover
Air Force
Saltonstall
Avco
Wilmington
Congressional Record Becomes Best Seller
Washington AP reports last Monday's Congressional Record is rapidly becoming a best seller. The six page record of Senate and House proceedings features a heavy black border on the cover as the first published after President Kennedy's assassination.
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Washington
Senate
House
Kennedy
Lodge Back in Saigon Hears J.F.K. Eulogized
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge attended a Buddhist memorial for John F Kennedy at Xa Loi pagoda in Saigon and heard the late president praised as a champion for liberty and equality. Vietnamese junta leader Duong Van Minh and Premier Nguyen Ngoc Tho attended. Thich Tan Chau praised Kennedy for religious freedom and equal worship. Lodge said the United States would provide maximum support to South Vietnam as it continues its struggle for independence.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
John F. Kennedy
Loi Pagoda
Ngo Dinh Diem
Allends
Lodge
Duong van Minh
Diem
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
Thich Tan Chau
Kennedy
Washington
United States
Hawaii
Johnson
Viet Nam
Honolulu Greets Early Santa Claus
Honolulu welcomes Santa Claus arriving by catamaran, parachute, and outrigger canoe. He will be picked up off Diamond Head for a parade through the city, parachute into a Windward shopping center, then jump into Kaneohe Bay and be brought ashore in an outrigger canoe.
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