Nuclear Threat Urged to Defend Berlin Says Smith
Sen Margaret Chase Smith urges US to threaten use of nuclear weapons to defend Berlin. She criticizes President Kennedy for prioritizing conventional strength, arguing Khrushchev may be deterred if Washington shows clear nuclear will. She warns against signaling weakness and warns against basing Berlin policy on Laos and Cuba signals.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
United States
Khrushchev
Berlin
Senate
Kennedy
Laos
Cuba
United Nations to Debate China Admission in Full Assembly
The United States and Soviet Union moved to put the Chinese question on the General Assembly agenda. Washington seeks Peiping's exclusion while Moscow aims to admit its Chinese ally. African nations may swing the vote as sharp debate continues on nuclear test treaties and UN population aid.
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China
Africa
Denmark
U.N
PSOE
United Nations
N.Y
Assembly
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Sweden
Episcopals Move Toward Unity With Ceylon Church
The Episcopal Church tentatively offered fellowship to a new United Ceylon Church uniting Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians. The House of Deputies voted overwhelmingly to recognize the church, which will number about 100,000 Christians and unite distant denominations. The move is praised as a significant step toward Christian reunion.
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George W
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Mass
Ceylon
Episcopal General Convention
House of Deputies
Lakdasa de Mel
Kurunagala
United Ceylon Church
Hurricane Esther Leaves York County With Minor Damage
Hurricane Esther produced torrential rain and minor impacts across York County. No flooding or major emergencies occurred as Civil Defense coordinated preparedness and radio patrols from Kennebunk Beach to Pine Point. Seawalls held, sandbags remained in place, and coastal areas saw only scattered washouts.
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Esther
York County
Saco
Camp Ellis Beach
Surf Street
Timothy Crowley
Ocean Park
Old Orchard Beach
Civil Defense
Kennebunk
King's Highway
Kennebunk Beach
Biddeford
Alden G. Jacobs
Hills Beach
White's Wharf
Coast Guard
Fletcher's
Esther Folds Tent And Heads Quietly To Sea
Tropical Storm Esther moved away from the U S coast with center winds under 70 mph. The storm veered to sea avoiding landfall at Cape Cod, sparing New England heavy damage. evacuation included Caroline and John F Kennedy Jr from Hyannis Port to Otis Air Force Base.
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Atlantic
Esther
New England
Cape Cod
Cape
Eisenhower Wins Big in Shipboard Crap Game
aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam Dwight D. Eisenhower won about $60 in a crap game, Mamie fared well at roulette, aboard the ship sponsored by the New York City Committee of the American Cancer Society. Notables including Gov. Meyner and other elites joined, with only a few staying clear of gambling as the liner sailed beyond Hoboken. The couple later said the night played out and won, after initially planning bridge.
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Robert Holton
Nieuw Amsterdam
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Larly
Social Lions
Damon Runyon
Hoboken
New Jersey
New York City
American Cancer Society
Gosh
Robert E. Meyner
Runyon
Nathan Detroit
Harry the Horse
Rockefellers
Drexels
Frelinghuysens
Gerrys
Huttons
Charles Goren
Automobile Strike Near Settlement
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers union called in officers and shop committee men from 24 local unions to push a quick settlement of at the plant strike issues and restore GM production. The IUE GM deal ends the single local strike at Packard Electric Warren Ohio. IUE represents about 25,000 GM production workers and UAW about 325,000 hourly rated workers. Local unions in all but 24 of 123 factories have agreed to new at the plant working agreements, supplementing the national contract.
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United Auto Workers Union
UAW International
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Packard Electric
Warren
Ohio
UAW
Clappison Reelected AMVETS Post Commander in Saco
Earl Clappison was reelected commander of the Boucouvalas Dupuis AMVETS post at the post home in Saco. New officers include James Fennell first vice commander Paul Ouellette second vice commander Joseph Ouellette third vice commander Benjamin Currier adjutant Reggie Blanchard provost marshal Walter Fougere finance officer and Gene Moody judge advocate. Richard Cote conducted the election and the slate will be installed October 21 by State Commander Ralph White with the first social of the season following. White noted two state officers from the Saco post and urged attendance at installations in Bath October 9 and New Gloucester October 14.
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Earl Clappison
Boucouvalas- Dupuis Amvets
Spring Street
Saco
James Fennell
Paul Ouellette
Joseph Ouellette
Benjamin Currier
Reggie Blanchard
Walter Fougere
Gene Moody
Richard Cote
Ralph White
White
Saco Post
Harold Strout
Amvets
Bath
New Gloucester
Neighbors Protest Nude Sunbathing In Backyard Trial
In San Mateo California Kay Ellis 58 faces an indecent exposure trial after neighbors complained of frequent nude sunbaths by her backyard pool. Prosecutors cite Peeping Tom stories. Police Chief Carl Lollin testified he saw her completely nude and warned her to stop.
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San Mateo
Calif
Kay Ellis
Burlingame Police
Carl Lollin
Rusk Urges UN Fast Pick For New U.N. Leader
In New York Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the United Nations General Assembly to quickly name an outstanding world leader to assume powers of secretary general temporarily. He warned events cannot permit drift and indecision and urged filling the void after Dag Hammarskjold’s death amid East West tensions. Rusk’s advance statement came ahead of a Foreign Press Association luncheon.
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New York
Dean Rusk
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
Rusk
United Nations
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Foreign Press Association
United Nations Assembly
Andrei Gromyko
U. N
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Smith to head Senate Military Affairs subcommittee
Senator Margaret Chase Smith has been named to lead a Senate Military Affairs subcommittee tasked with investigating charges that the Pentagon muzzled officers speaking against communism. Senator John Stennis will chair the panel.
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Sen
Smith Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Meine
Senate
Pentagon
John Stennis
D-Miss
Palm Springs salesman admits theft of $670000 paintings
Edward Henry Ashdown of Costa Mesa admitted to police that he took four paintings stolen from industrialist David Bright’s Bel-Air mansion on Sept. 10. Police found Picasso and Modigliani works in a Hollywood bus depot and a West Los Angeles storage garage after fingerprint leads. The paintings were insured for about $246,165 but valued by Bright’s spokesman at $670,000.
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LOS Angeles
Palm Springs
Edward Henry Ashdown
Costa Mesa
Calif
Bel-Air
David Bright
Ashdown
Bright
Hollywood
Modigliani
Picasso
Sebastian
Ash
Richard Oemn
Los
Angeles County Art Museum
Lottie Newmire
Pote
Communist Move Seen In Viet Nam Forecast
Washington reports that military authorities foresee a North Vietnamese offensive to seize part of South Vietnam using regular forces possibly in November or December after the rainy season. The plan could strain U.S. resources amid a Berlin crisis. An expert notes Hanoi wants a political enclave to leverage in the south.
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Washington
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United States
Berlin
U.S
Southeast Asia
Washington Socialites Turn To Playing Extras In Movie
Washington society hosts turned movie extras for a night on the floodlit terrace of the Tregaron estate as Otto Preminger filmed Advise and Consent. About 400 socialites attended the charity event with $25 pay, donated to the Washington Hospital Center School of Nursing, and Gene Tierney appeared as hostess while Meyer Davis led the band.
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Washington
Hillywood
Otto Preminger
Tregaron
Joseph E. Davies
U.S
Soviet Union
Meyer Davis
Gene Tierney
Preminger
Davies
Millard Tydings
E. Fontaine Broun
School of Nursing of
Washington Hospital Center
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Salan
Secret Army
France
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Clappison
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