NAACP Sets Civil Rights Conclave Amid Controversy
NAACP adopts a resolution calling a national civil rights convention in Washington Aug 6 8 to press for stronger reforms. It seeks a Fair Employment Practices Commission with enforcement powers, broadened AG authority to file suits, and sanctions against discriminating unions. Roy Wilkins warns Republicans face a tough test in Congress on civil rights.
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Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
Emery
Kennedy
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Congress
Wilkins
Republic
Neger
British Security Storm Over Philby Case In Commons
London AP report says a security storm surrounds Prime Minister Harold Macmillan after disclosures that Harold Philby, once exonerated, may have been a Soviet agent. Laborites prepare questions over Philby's 1955 clearance and 1951 tip that helped Burgess and Maclean flee to Russia.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Harold Philby
Foreign Office
Philby
Britain
Washington
Donald Maclean
Guy Burgess
Burgess
Maclean
Russia
Moscow
Labor Party
Earl Attlee
Adenauer Sees Europe Must Tie With U S For Unity
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned that European unity must grow through a close partnership with the United States while defending the France Germany friendship treaty. He reflected on his 14 years in office, the reintegration of West Germany into free nations, and his planned memoirs as he nears retirement.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Adenauer
Associated Press
Federal Republic
Community of Free Nations
Ludwig Erhard
Rhine
Rheendorf
Lake Como
Italy
Soviet Union
de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atlantic Alliance
Kennedy Meets Pope as Pontiff backs racial efforts
In Vatican City Pope Paul VI hosted President Kennedy, blessing American efforts to end racial discrimination and praising U.S. strides in space and world peace. The audience followed Kennedy's ten day European tour, with talks also covering East West tensions, multination nuclear force ideas, and universal brotherhood. The Pope urged equality of all people and highlighted moral principles from Pacem in Terris.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Commerce Committee
Sens
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Cooper
Vatican City
Paul VI
Pope Paul
Vatican
United States
Paul
Antonio Segni
Italy
Rome
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S. Central Intelligence
John XXIII
Credit Card Owner Liable If Card Lost and Used
A Bronx real estate man must pay charges from a found gasoline card. The New York State Appeals Court upheld a Civil Court ruling, holding that the owner is responsible for purchases made after loss if the finder uses the card. The case involved fuel, tires, and oil bought after the card went missing.
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New York
Bronx
State Supreme Court
Pageant Featured At Gettysburg Site
Gettysburg Battlefield Pennsylvania hosts a mammoth two hour pageant parade marking the centennial of the Civil War battle. Maj. Gen. Henry K. Flack leads as grand marshal while five military bands and 15 historical and high school bands pace the procession. Meade and Lee decisions on Cemetery Ridge and Pickett's charge frame the commemorations. About 3 000 attendees despite heat near 100 degrees, with wreaths, a blue gray five cent stamp, and a Torch of Peace ceremony concluding ceremonies.
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Henry K. Flack
28Th Infantry Division
Pennsylvania National Guard
Robert KE. Lee
George Gordon Meade
Meade
Cemetery Ridge
Lee
George Pickett
Kennedy meets Pope Paul VI in audience at Vatican
The Associated Press reports President Kennedy had an audience with Pope Paul VI. West German Chancellor Adenauer says European unity must grow with the United States, while U.S. officials doubt ousting a Russian diplomat will dent U.S.-Soviet ties. Senators press AG Kennedy on public accommodations coverage. Gettysburg commemorations mark the battle’s 100th anniversary with a large pageant and parade.
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Kennedy
Pope Paul VI
Konrrad Adenauer
John M. Hightower
Bonn
United States
Washington
U. S
Alty
Robert F. Kennedy
Officials Take Soviet Spy Ouster Lightly
Washington officials say the expulsion of Soviet diplomat Gennadi Sevastyanov for attempting to recruit a CIA employee will not derail U S Soviet relations. FBI observed meetings with the agent codenamed John, with Sevastyanov labeled an agent of the KGB. The case also entailed the CIA employee’s brother, who reportedly entered Washington last April under cover as a Soviet official.
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United States
Kremlin
Moscow
State Department
Gennadi G. Sevastyanov
CIA
John
FBI
Sevastyanov
U.S
Committee For State Security
KGB
Soviet Union
Britain
Sweden
Sevastya
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Buckle UP For
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National Safety Council
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Maine Supreme Court
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High Tribunal
Chequinn Corp
Tide Inn
Tapley
Wul
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Maine
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Storer St
Saco
Ocean Park
Randall Avenue
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
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Lucienne C. Metayer
Armand E. Reny
Louis R. Pomerleau
Fernand Goulet
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M. Ernest Regan
Lillian J. Viger
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