Berlin Border Tensions Rise As Soviet Armor Seized At Checkpoint
In Berlin the Cold War escalated with U S Military Police blocking Soviet armored cars at the border for 45 minutes amid volleys of rocks and tear gas. East West clashes continued through the night near Bernauer Strasse with 126 people detained for identity checks.
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Berlin
Soviets
USS
U.S
East Berlin
West Berlin
Bernauer Strasse
West Police
Tremors batter southern Italy after major quake
Severe earthquake in southern Italy leaves at least 10 dead and dozens injured. Hospitals report 60 injured in Naples area as buildings collapse and water and communications fail in Avellino and Bari. Hundreds of thousands spend the night outdoors as aftershocks ripple through the region.
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Naples
Italy
Port
Jacqueline Kennedy
Ravello
Kennedy Villa
Caroline
Bari
Adriatic
Avellino
Bay of Naples
Congressmen Eye Adjournment in Election Year
Democratic leaders face a choice between dropping parts of Kennedy’s program or keeping Congress in session until September. Senate action targets six bills including farm, drug control, veterans’ compensation, and tax reform. Tax credit fight and oil depletion debate promise heavy amendments and loud debate as campaigns heat up.
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Washington
CAP
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Finance Committee
Political Comeback for Milward Simpson in Wyoming Senate Primary
Former Gov Milward L Simpson 65 won the Republican nomination for the US Senate in Wyoming. Kenny Sailors conceded after a tight race as Simpson led 17 878 to 11 709 with 473 of 662 precincts reporting. Hickey led Democratic rivals in governor and Senate races as results came in from 572 precincts.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Milward L. Simpson
Cody
US Senate
Wyoming
Kenny Sailors
Jackson Hole
Simpson
Joe Hickey
Hickey
Sailors
Keith Thomson
Thomson
Senate
Jack Gage
Will
Scotty) Jack
Gage
Jack
Clifford P. Hansen
Jackson
Hansen
Charles M. Crowell
Cas
R.E. Cheever
Williaa Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
U.S. House
Lou Mankus
Laramie
Stephen Moyle
Senator Nye Returns From Grave In Capitol Hill Tale
The retired North Dakota senator Gerald Nye writes from Over Here to Pageant magazine rebutting a story about Henry Clay Hansbrough’s burial on Capitol Hill. Nye claims he buried Hansbrough’s ashes under an elm tree and that Hansbrough’s spirit still tucks into Capitol life. He describes life beyond as similar to life on earth with gardening and taxes, and admits the ashes produced the greenest grass.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Nye
Capitol Grounds
Pageant Magazine
Capitol Hill
Henry Clay Hansbrough
Union
U.S
Hansbrough
Sen. Nye
Howard Cohn
Pageant
Senate
Sen. Hansbrough
Earth
Cohn
Sen, Nye
Porary Life Coping Amid Chuckles and Captain Tales
A fragment from a local page hints at a lighthearted life-piece featuring Captain Sen and Chuckle good, with TEM characters and corporate mentions. The note suggests temporary themes and humor in everyday events.
Kittery Yard To Build Sub
Senator Edmund S Muskie of Maine announced the Navy will include one nuclear powered attack submarine in this year’s shipbuilding plan. The vessel will be constructed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery Maine. The cost was not disclosed. The submarines pursue enemy subs using sonar and torpedoes.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
Navy
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kitttery
Maine
Boucher resigns Biddeford Dolloff committee post
Biddeford mayoral candidate Boucher resigns as chairman of the Dolloff for Governor committee. He urges biddeford and York county Democrats to unite behind Dolloff, says his duties will focus on the Dolloff campaign while supporting a strong countywide Democratic turnout.
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Gilbert R. Boucher
Biddeford
Dolloff
York County
Banker Hails Textile Mill Exodus and Quebec Secession
Canadian city manager Gerard Reny urged equal treatment to help the United States combat communism while noting Quebec independence could push toward secession and U S reliance. Richard Hill of Boston National Bank called New England textile mill losses a relief, saying new industries may raise wages.
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CBONO
United States
Gerard Reny
St. Foy
Que
New England Managers Institute
Reny
Canada
Quebec
U.S.A
Richard Hill
Boston
First National Bank
New England
Hill
New England City and Town Managers Association
Buffalo and cattle offered in Interior sale on wildlife refuges
Interior Department auctions live buffalo and longhorn cattle from national wildlife refuges. Buffalo priced at 180 dollars, longhorns to highest bid. Packaged frozen buffalo meat 220 to 270 per carcass, elk carcasses 110 to 145, quarters and halves available. Orders go to Wichita Mountains Refuge, Cache Oklahoma. Fort Niobrara Refuge, Valentine Nebraska. National Bison Range, Moiese Montana. Public auctions for longhorns and elk dates specified. Drawing if demand exceeds supply.
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Interior Department
National Wildlife
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Cache
Okla
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
Valen
Tine
Neb
National Bison Range
Moiese
Mont
Wichita Mountains
Wichita Mountains Refuge
Fort Niobrara
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Washington
D.C
Government forces launch big pacification push in Mekong Delta
South Vietnamese troops report 134 Viet Cong killed as first phase of Operation Big Pacification concludes with 54 killed in ground fighting and 80 by air strikes. Government losses count six dead and 14 wounded. Captured arms and fuel mark a first sizable contact since the operation began. The drive shifts to Ba Xuyen Province toward the delta with about 1,600 Viet Cong believed active nearby.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam Pi
Mekong River
Bac Lieu
Ba Xuyen
Viet Nam
Paul D. Harkins
U. S
Thailand
Lere
Ca Mau
Change In House Rules Committee Power Shifts Ahead
Washington AP reports the House Rules Committee, enlarged in 1961 for a liberal majority, faces possible unpacking next year to restore a conservative balance. The 15-member panel shifted from 12 to 15 under Sam Rayburn with eight Democrats, four Republicans. but key Democrats often sided with Republicans, raising questions about future leaderships and whether to keep the enlarged strength.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
William M. Colmer
Mississippi
Rayburn
White House
Smith
Colmer
House
Reed Speaks Before State's Older People
AUGUSTA AP Maine's growing 65 plus population presents a challenge and an opportunity, Governor Reed said at the Maine Three-Quarter Century Club gathering. He urged private groups, state government, and communities to meet elder needs and support senior living, noting life expectancy has risen from 50 to over 70 since 1900.
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Augusta
Maine
Aroblem
Goreed
Reed
Lions Clubs
Two Girls Found Safe In Vacant Alexandria Apartment
In Alexandria Virginia two seven year old girls Maria Teresa Moreley and Rita Ohlgren were found safe late Tuesday by FBI agents after being trapped for two days in a windowless second floor bathroom of an unoccupied apartment. They had entered to use the bathroom while playing near home and were discovered hungry but unharmed. They described using a hook end of a spring to attempt the broken lock and spent hours drawing with crayons before sleeping in a lavender bathtub. Their frantic families welcomed them home to relief.
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Alexandria
FBI
Maria Teresa Moreley
Rita Ohlgren
Maria Teresa
Catholics Map Fund For Latin America Loan Plan
Cardinal Cushing urged $1 million to launch Friendship Loans to Latin American Endeavors FLAME a low interest program for church projects in Latin America. He noted high local loan rates and urged funding and support from K of C to aid bishops and priests in acquiring affordable financing.
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Catholics Map Fund For
Latin America
Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Knights of Columbus
John XXIII
Friendship Loans
Latin American Endeavors, Inc
FLAME
Cardinal Cushing
Society of St. James the Apostle
United States Episcopal Committee For
Mexico
Central America
Chile
Brazil
South American
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James F. Kelleher
J. Edward Day
Philip Schena
Patrick Barrett
William F. White
Postal Inspection Service
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Cape Cod
Randolph
Lynn
Michael J. Cullinane
Brothers of Christian Instruction
St. Joseph Church
Louis Parisien
Rene Bouffard
Saco
Fabian
Whittaker
O. P
Providence College
R. 1
Msgr
Elie Hevey
Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
Story
Sen
Ea, Corp
Kittery Yard
Boucher
Mittee
Boucher and Associates
Chase
Confederation of Canada
House Rules
State
Atkinson
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