Senators gearing for speedy action on nuclear treaty
Washington reports party leaders expect early Senate consideration of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty as Congress opens. White House denies plans for a special session. Nixon's campaign stance favored delay but backed treaty with cautions.
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Johnson
Senate
Congress
White House
George Christian
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John
Richard M. Nixon
Aiken
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Dirksen
North Viet Attack Crushed Near Saigon by Cavalry
U S 1st Air Cavalry Division repelled a North Vietnamese assault 75 miles northwest of Saigon. The clash lasted 90 minutes with 24 enemy killed, more casualties in pursuit, and no American fatalities. Helicopters engaged nearby enemy patrols with ten killed. US and South Vietnamese officials eyed progress toward renewed peace talks in Paris.
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U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
U. S
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Paris
Justice Dept Campaign Against Organized Crime Sees Strain
Officials say the 1961 campaign is making inroads into La Cosa Nostra but funding shortages hinder expansion. Assistant Atty. Gen. Fred M. Vinson Jr. notes “rob Peter to pay Paul” to keep agents in the field as mobile task forces press the hoodlum element. Henry Peterson confirms the push needs more personnel and money.
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Justice Department
Fred M. Vinson Jr
Department
Peter
Paul
Vinson
Henry Peterson
la Cosa Nostra
Detroit
Elliot Ness
Robert F. Kennedy
Peterson
Congress
U.S
Soviet Proton 4 launches 17 ton satellite into orbit
Moscow reports Proton-4, a 17-ton unmanned scientific spacecraft, has entered orbit to study high energy cosmic rays and electrons. Western observers compare its lift to Saturn 1B, while noting limited details on onboard equipment and mission scope.
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Moscow
America
Earth
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
U. S
U.S
Moon
Buchanan and Tazewell Clash In Section Sports
In the section 1 sports page Buchanan faces Tazewell with emphasis on local high school competition. The item highlights the matchup details and community interest for the game.
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Buchanan & Tazewell
Clintwood
Dixon
Graham
McDowell
Protestors Win Fight To March In Londonderry Walls
Thousands of civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry, backed by police restraint, march inside the city walls despite a government ban. The turnout surpasses 10,000 as Catholics allege discrimination in housing and jobs and demand reforms in local government and voting practices.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Diamond
Citizens Action Committee
Nortern Ireland
Terence O'Neill
NATO forms new zone of security in southeast Europe
NATO declares a new security zone in southeast Europe and the Mediterranean and warns Moscow of grave consequences for any intervention. The alliance plans emergency defense for Yugoslavia Austria and Albania as Western leaders rally under Dean Rusk to deter a Soviet attack.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Mediterranean
Dean Rusk
NATO
Yugoslavia
Austria
Albania
Council of the Alliance
Czechoslovakia
Lonewolf
France
Arrest In Cannock Chase Murders Leads to Man’s Charge
London AP reports Raymond Morris, a 39 year old engineer, arrested in the Cannock Chase sex killings that claimed Christine Darby and two other girls. Scotland Yard’s Ian Forbes led a massive manhunt with 200 detectives and 80,000 interviews.
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Scotland Yard
Raymond Leslie Morris
Christine Darby
Morris
Christine
Cannock Chase
English Midlands
Diane Tift
Margaret Reynolds
Ian Forbes
Walsall
Forbes
International Police Organization
Bomb threat evacuates dorms at Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College evacuated both men’s and women’s dorms after a bomb threat reported to the city police. State police joined the search but no explosive found by 1:49 a.m. Students were ordered back to quarters with fear and anxiety noted by President Wendell G. Hardway amid campus vandalism and threats.
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Bluefield State College
BSC
Wendell G. Hardway
Hardway
Black Power
Charleston
Associated Press
Hule‘t
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