Mass Lowlands Evacuation Triggers as Esther Approaches coast
Hurricane Esther threatened the North Carolina coast with 150 mph winds prompting mass evacuation of low lying areas from Cherry Point to Cape Hatteras. Warnings extended north to Virginia Capes and Cape May as tides rose and swells battered the coast. The Navy moved 240 aircraft inland and ships to Chesapeake Bay while two offshore Texas radar towers were evacuated in preparation for the storm.
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Esther
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Cherry Point
N. C
Virginia Capes
Cape May
N. J
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
Morehead City
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Georgia
Florida
Savannah
Gilbert Clark
Navy
Norfolk
Randolph Wasp
Valley Forge
Anchorage
Chesapeak Bay
Texas
New England
Stevens Backs Bi State Study of Kittery Bridge
Augusta report shows Senator Stevens backing joint Maine New Hampshire study on a Kittery Portsmouth Interstate bridge. He recommends both legislatures hire the same consultant and aim for final joint recommendations. If agreed a bridge could open by 1966 with no delay to four lane plans Augusta to Bangor.
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Stevens
Kittery Bridge
Augusta
Bare
Legislative Research Committee
New Hampshire
Kittery-Portsmouth
Bangor
Maine
Highway Commissions
Pace
UN faces crucial session as bids for secretary general loom
The opening of the United Nations General Assembly under Dag Hammarskjold's death faces a potential East West deadlock on leadership. Candidates from Asia and Africa vie for support while the Soviet veto threat looms. 95 items on the agenda include Red China, nuclear issues, and Berlin. President Kennedy is set to address the assembly to reaffirm U S support, with a White House timeline placing his speech this week or next.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Secretariat
World Organization
Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
General Assembly
Red China
Berlin
Kennedy
U.S
White House
World Mourns Hammarskjold After Plane Crash
Dag Hammarskjold, UN secretary general, died in an African plane crash while on a peace mission. Global leaders voiced grief, praising his dedication to a peaceful world and warning of risks to the United Nations’ mission. Leaders from Kennedy to Nehru lauded his service and commitment.
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Associated Press
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
West
Hammarskjold
U.N
Foreign Ministry
India
Nehru
U.N. General Assembly
Roy Welensky
Central African Federation
Katanga
Moscow
Peiping
Evacuations At Esther Threatened Radar Towers Off New England
Air Force evacuated 65 men from Tower No 3 about 50 miles off Nantucket and 65 from Tower No 2 about 100 miles east of Chatham as a precaution against Hurricane Esther. Crews are returning to Otis Air Force Base. two helicopter flights completed the move. Tower No 4 collapsed last January off New Jersey.
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Air Force
No. 3
Nantucket Island
No. 2
Chatham
New Bedford
New Jersey
Chicken Fat Returns to Schools With Willson Tune
Kennedy administration seeks to battle youth fat by a 62 minute calisthenics program set to a Meredith Willson ballad. The plan awaits funding as civic groups are asked to raise 30000 dollars to produce school recordings. Willson composes and performs the routine for free while shedding pounds himself.
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Kennedy
Meredith Willson
Willson
Bill Whitman
Physical Fitness Council
Chuckle Today on Profits and Hiring an Accountant
A humorous line notes that after making money one must hire an accountant to explain how it was earned. The quip cites a general financial scenario and credits Copr. Gen. Fea. Corp for the joke.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
U N. Delegation Seeks Progress In Katanga Peace Talks
A high ranking U.N. delegation led by Mahmoud Khiari arrived in Ndola to pursue Katanga peace talks after Dag Hammarskjold's death in a plane crash. Britain aids contact with President Tshombe while caution remains about the wreck. One survivor, Harry Julien, describes explosions before the DC6B crashed.
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Northern Rhodesia
U.N
Katanga
Dag Hammarskjold
Mahmoud Khiari
Congo
Leopoldville
Hammarskjold
Britain
Moise Tshombe
Neu
Tral
Tshombe
Ben Matlick
U.S
Pers
Harry Julien
Matlick
Ndola_ hospital
Maurice Barber
Central African Federation
Bjorn Egg
Western nations seek UN crisis fix amid Hammarskjold death
Secretary of State Rusk and Ambassador Stevenson press behind the scenes to shield the United Nations from paralysis as the Security Council veto by the Soviet Union blocks a new secretary-general. They seek a caretaker administration via the General Assembly to keep U.N. work moving in Congo and beyond.
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Asia
Africa
United Nations
Hammarskjold
Security Council
N.Y
Dean Rusk
Adlai E. Stevenson
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
Berlin
World Organization
Congo
U.N
Moscow
General Assembly
Khrushchev
Stevenson
The
Assembly
Decision Day at GM as UAW Eyes Agreement or Walkout
Detroit news reports decision day in GM UAW talks with the union council to approve or reject a new three-year contract. Progress noted, but potential for nationwide strikes looms. Canada furloughs 6,000. 40 plants operating, 40 on strike, 15 at partial or full shutdowns as parts supply dries up.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Louis G. Seaton
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Council
Canada
General Motors of
Oshawa
U. S
GM of Canada
GM Council
Abuses Seen Few In New Government Food Plan
A nationwide survey by The Associated Press finds surprisingly few abuse cases in the expanded government food programs begun under President Kennedy. Officials say most beneficiaries use aid to improve diets without abusing the system.
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Associated Press
Uncle Sam
Cadillacs
Sec. of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
America
Kennedy
Agriculture Department
Dis
Trict of
Columbia
Territories
Unce
Bureau of Indian Affairs
John Sanford
Commodity Unit
Oklahoma Public Welfare Department
Marvin E. Larson
Kansas
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