Berliners Set Fires Near Wall on Eve of Revolt Anniversary
West Berliners lit bonfires along the border on the eve of the ninth anniversary of East Germany's 1946 uprising. Adenauer urged Soviet leaders to grant East Germans more freedom while vowing reunification would come with time. East German news agency ADN reported a two day National Congress attended by 2300 delegates from both sides.
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Bonn
Berlin
West Germany
Ernst Lemmer
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ADN
Walter Ulbricht
Otto Grotewohl
West Berlin
Akers Accuses Polk Auditor Over $6000 Receipts
State Auditor C B Akers says Polk County Auditor W E McCulloch must answer for $6000 received since 1959 from the city of Des Moines. The money, four checks totaling 6000, allegedly for servicing voting machines used in 1959 and 1961 elections, lacks records in Polk county files. McCulloch dismisses the issue as politics and cites no illegal activity, asking for official guidance from the attorney general.
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W.E. McCulloch
Des Moines
Polk County Supervisors
C. B. Akers
Ray Yenter
Akers
McCulloch
the Gazette
Gus Grissom Is Honored In Mitchell Homecoming
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom drew a hometown crowd of 3,552 in Mitchell Indiana for a simple homecoming. He appeared relaxed and thanked residents after ceremonies and a stop at his parents’ house on Grissom Avenue.
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Ind
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Grissom
Indiana Hills
America
Air Force
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Castro Forces Show Strength In Cuban City Move
KEY WEST AP The Fidel Castro government moved troops and tanks into the Cuban city of Cardenas Saturday in a show of force against counterrevolutionary activity.
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Key West
Fidel Castro
Cardenas
Pentagon Approves Marine History Book After Review
The Pentagon clears Soldiers of the Sea by Col. Robert Heins after initially blocking a chapter that allegedly impugned former presidents Eisenhower and Truman. The Marine Corps supported the defense department review in the dispute over publication.
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Pentagon Review
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Eisenhower
Truman
Marine Corps
In memory of donors at Camp Good Health event
A list of memorials and donations for Camp Good Health and related groups shows multiple tributes. Names include Howard L. Galbraith Albert Triebel and Leon E. Nyere with varied contributions recorded alongside figures and a 1962 budget note indicating funds yet to be raised.
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Polk Ooroee
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Mattie Sedgwick
Louis W. Mann
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Leon E. Nyere
J. J. Vavra
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Klemish
John
Anne
Thomas Walpole
A. N. Hamiston
J. M. Knox
L. M
Olga Nast
East Circle
King’s Daughters
Susannah Wesley Ots
St. Paul’s
Babe Miller
Susie
Terry
J . Steve
Tina
George Davis
Colette
Daddy
Sue
Jean
Cherie
Rusk Warns Danger of War Grows
Secretary of State Rusk warned that the danger of war by accident rises with the unfolding nuclear arms race. He urged an enforceable disarmament agreement and said secrecy blocks progress. He warned the upward spiral could double by 1966 and listed four shared East West dangers.
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Rusk
Soviet Union
New Hampshire Council On World Affairs
U.S
Moscow
Macmillan pledges summit talks to calm UK woes
Prime Minister Macmillan promises to pursue East-West Summit talks to restore confidence amid political street protests and election fears. He urges unity against Labour with disarmament talks, while Labor leader Gaitskell challenges ministers to call an election, noting parliamentary stakes and potential government survival.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Macmillan
Hugh Gaitskell
Bromley
Britain
Dorothy Macmillan
Flight Engineers Union authorizes strike against three major airlines
Washington AP reports the Flight Engineers International Association moved to strike Eastern Air Lines Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines. The timing remains undecided as officers contact members. the action could ground about 40 percent of U.S. air service and affect 60 000 domestic and 20 000 international passengers daily. Kennedy warned the move could damage the economy while stating government action could follow if needed.
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Kennedy
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Don Byrne
Ronald Brown
New York
Miami
Kansas City
H. S. Dietrich
TWA
Jack Robertson
Paul Chorbajian
Pan Am
Mr. Kennedy
Grave Crisis Hits Kenya Coffee Workers Strike
Nairobi AP reports Kenya faces its gravest industrial crisis as 70,000 coffee workers are ordered to strike Tuesday and plans are laid for a general strike Wednesday across the country.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Convict N Y Judge of Fixing Cases
State Supreme Court Justice J Vincent Keogh a former William O Dwyer aide was convicted of trying to fix a federal court case in a bribery scheme. A Brooklyn former assistant U S attorney Elliott Kahaner and racketeer Tony Corallo also faced sentencing. Federal Judge Edward Weinfeld set July 17 for sentencing.
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Supreme Court
J. Vincent Keogh
William O’dwyer
U.S
Brooklyn
Elliott, Kahaner
Antonio
Tony Ducks
Corallo
Edward Weinfeld
IBM Stock Falls From Peak amid Wall Street Bearishness
New York AP reports IBM shares slid from a late 1961 peak of 607 to a low around 300 with a Friday rally to 333.50. Analysts cite high price-earnings ratios and market psychology as factors. some note 15x earnings as fair value while IBM traded near 40x 1961 earnings. Comparisons show other growth stocks also tumbled, e.g., Texas Instruments and Polaroid.
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International Business Machines Corp
IBM
Wall Street
Tion
Wall
Texas Instruments
Polaroid
Woman's unseen toil becomes daily housework
A humorous line notes that a woman's housework goes unremarked unless she fails to do it, highlighting gendered labor with a wink.
India Eyes Mig Purchases While Weighing Allies
London AP report says Defense Minister Krishna Menon hopes India will not alienate the United States and United Kingdom as it considers purchasing Russian Mig fighter planes. He adds India must obviously consider all air options available.
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Krishna Menon
India
America
Britain
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