Kennedy flies to Berlin unmolested amid cheers
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy flew the 195 mile air corridor to West Berlin with his wife Ethel and a party of about 15 landing in a snowstorm. Thousands greeted the visitors as they passed the Communist wall and headed to City Hall. Western pilots followed air safety rules amid Soviet aviation suspense.
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Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Albert Watson II
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert
Edward
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Frankfurt
Berlin
Hamburg
Air Safety Center
Algeria peace talks edge toward Algerian independence
Algerian National Council in Tripoli meets to approve a four fifths vote on a French backed accord ending the 72 year reign. Paris already endorses the plan with France backing a cease fire and self determination referendum.
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National Council
Tripoli
France
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Ibya
Algeria
Quckly
Geria
Louis Joxe
de Gaulle
Weather prompts widespread stormy conditions across eastern US
A wide storm system battering the eastern half of the nation brings snow in the north and heavy rain with hail and strong winds in the Southeast. Blizzard warnings span eastern Montana and Wyoming, the Dakotas and western Nebraska as the Midwest to Northeast see continued snow.
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Canada
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Dakotas
Nebraska
Midwest
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New England
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Macon
Weather Bureau
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Georgia
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Love at first sight on an eight hour pass
A soldier on an eight hour pass from an army base jokes it must be love at first sight. The quip reflects a playful take on military life as he chats with a comrade. The line is attributed to a general feature group.
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Fea. Corp
Astronaut Glenn’s Welcome Plans Highlight Florida Visit
Cocoa Beach readies a large homecoming for astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. as crowds gather along the main street. President Kennedy is set to award a medal and visit the Cape, with Glenn still in the Bahamas for tests and family members traveling to Palm Beach.
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Bahamas
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Lyn
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H. W. Castor
Air Force
Joseph P. Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Patrick Air Force Base
Brevard County
William M. Walker
Thomas S. Kennedy
White House
Train Crash Kills 26 in Colombia
A head on collision between passenger and freight trains in western Colombia killed 26 people and injured about 100. Among the injured were five cadets from the California Maritime Academy aboard the Golden Bear training ship. The collision happened between Cali and Buenaventura near Buenaventura.
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Colombia
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California Maritime Academy
San Diego
Cali
Buenaventura
Golden Bear
Freight Derails on Overpass at Westbrook
An 87 car freight train derailed three cars on an overpass in Westbrook. No injuries were reported though the bridge and cars were badly damaged. One car hung six feet over the street and another tangled in high tension wires. Cause not known. Also, FBI Director J Edgar Hoover named 1961 Freedom Honoree by Freedoms Foundation.
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GETS
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Freedoms Foundation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Depression Era Law Used To Put Exeter Bank In Conservatorship
Washington AP The government used a 1930s depression era law for the first time in 25 years to place First National Bank of Exeter Pennsylvania into conservatorship. Depositors may withdraw 10 percent as the bank is reorganized after a $440000 shortage and embezzlement charges against former officials.
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Saxon
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Exeter Bank
August J. Lippi
George J. Daileda
Lippi
Kennedy Signals Space Coop Hope With Khrushchev
President Kennedy urged Khrushchev to pursue joint space exploration at a news conference after Glenn's orbit. Kennedy vowed concrete proposals and swift meetings to discuss cooperation while noting Powers' U2 case remains under inquiry. He also touched on urban affairs Berlin taxes Southeast Asia and other topics.
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United States
John H. Glenn Jr
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White House
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Soviet Union
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Group eyes federal aid push after tight Queens vote
Citizens for Educational Freedom aims to broaden political activity after Republican Thomas F. Galvin, a Catholic pro parochial aid candidate, nearly beat Democrat Benjamin Rosenthal in a Queens district. The national group with 17 state chapters plans to back lawmakers favoring federal aid for private schools, challenging Kennedy’s public-school focus.
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Queens
GOP
Thomas F. Galvin
Citizens For Educational Freedom
Mark Murphy
Brooklyn-Queens
Galvin
Murphy
U.S
Vincent Corley
Citizens Group
St. Louis, Mo
St. Louis
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Liberal Party
Kennedy urban affairs plan killed by House vote
The House defeated President Kennedy's Cabinet level urban affairs department by 264 to 150, ending Weaver based at Housing and Home Finance Agency from becoming the first urban affairs secretary. The vote split along party lines with 111 Democrats and 153 Republicans against the plan, while 13 Republicans joined 137 Democrats supporting it. Kennedy blamed sectionalism and said cities and the country lose.
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House
Kennedy
Robert C. Weaver
Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Congress
John M. Bailey
Battle Line
Republican National Committee
Rep
Robert N. C. Nix
Philadelphia
Conference Set On Merger Of Railroads In Florida
Alfred E. Perlman of the NYC and James M. Symes of the Pennsylvania Railroad arrive in Bal Harbour to meet with union leaders amid union opposition to the NYC Pennsy merger. Unions warn mega mergers may curb service and cost jobs, while AFL CIO calls for a halt to mergers until broad transportation study.
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Alfred E. Perlman
New York Central
James M. Symes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Afl-Cio Executive Council
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