Rocket Plane Sets New Mark At 250 000 Feet
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk headlines the Berlin visit calling the wall an affront to human dignity and pledging to seek ways to open talks with the Soviet Union. In California, X15 pilot Robert M White reaches 250000 feet, predicting 280000 feet next, as the craft proves its design limit and aims to exceed 300000 feet.
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Rusk
Berlin Wall
Berlin
U.S
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Bonn
Adenauer
Brandenburg Gate
Ander den Linden
City Hall
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Robert M. White
Air Force
California
North American Aviation
Laos Leaders Move Toward Three-Party Coalition
In Vientiane Laos Gen. Phoumi Nosavan capitulated letting a three party coalition led by Souvanna Phouma form a neutral government. The plan envisions kings power to install the regime and a cabinet session set for Sunday as Geneva talks loom and Laos neutrality is pursued. In Washington the Flight Engineers strike threat against TWA was lifted as talks continue with Eastern and Pan Am to resolve union issues. Congress meanwhile killed Kennedy farm legislation 215 to 205, amid cross party shifts and a push for a new administration program.
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Vientiane
Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Souvanna Phouma
Phoumi
Savang Vathana
National Assembly
Pathet Lao
National Congress
Khang Khay
Plaine Des Jarres
Boun Oum
Souvanna
Souphoanouvong
Switzerland
Phnom Penh
France
Washington
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
TWA
New York
Labor Department
Flight Engineers International Association
Eastern
Pan Am
Jack Robertson
Paul Chorbajian
Pan American
Robertson
Chorbajian
Unified Pilots-Engineers Union
Kennedy
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
REA Approves Loan for Green Hills Telephone
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $637,000 telephone loan to Green Hills Telephone Corp. in Breckenridge Missouri to improve service for 820 subscribers and provide new service for 179.
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REA
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Green Hills Telphone Corp
Breckenridge
Weather updates from Jefferson City and Central Missouri
Partly cloudy and warmer through Saturday with thunderstorms likely. Highs around mid 80s and overnight lows in mid 60s, with detailed hourly readings and records from yesterday, precipitation totals and barometric data included.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
News-Tribune Weather Bureau
Lead Zinc Stockpiles Exceed Defense Needs
Senate evidence shows surplus lead and zinc bought at fixed prices under a quota system from a few large U.S. producers. Gutschess testified purchases used monthly orders rather than competitive bidding, with stockpile values far exceeding needs and taxpayers facing losses of over 200 million dollars as prices rose and fell between 1954 and 1957.
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Washington
Defense
U.S
Franklin J. Gutchess
General Services Administration
Office of Defense Mobilization
Sen
Stuarmington
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services
Gutehess
Arthur S. Flemming
Defense Mobilization
Richmond Coburn
Gutchess
Felix E. Wormser
Flemming
University of Oregon
Wormser
St. Joseph Lead Co
St. Joseph Lead
Symington
Eisenhower
Case Hospitalized For Second Time
Senator Francis Case of South Dakota was rushed by ambulance from the Capitol to a Washington hospital on Thursday night. Aides had no update on his condition. he had earlier been treated in March for a mild heart issue. The 65 year old veteran announced in February his plan to seek a third Senate term.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Francis Case
S.D
Capitol Building
Senate
Case
House
Senate Approves Worldwide Military Construction Bill
The Senate approved by voice vote a $1.4507 billion military construction bill funding hundreds of Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force projects at home and abroad subject to later appropriation. The bill, recommended by the Armed Services Committee, was cut by $191.2 million from the Presidents requests and total project costs fall $73.5 million below the House approved amount despite $45.5 million in additional requests. Missouri projects include Fr Leonard Wood facilities at $8.567 million and Richard Gebaur Air Force Base in Kansas City at $158 thousand for hospital and medical facilities.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Armed Services Committee
House
Missouri
Leonard Wood
Richard Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Freeman Accused of Thwarting Senate Probe in Estes Case
Two Republican senators charge Secretary Freeman with sanctioning a search of Agriculture Department files for letters between the department and Mundt and Curtis since 1953. Freeman aides say the effort aimed to anticipate questions for the McClellan Estes hearings, not to publicize the material.
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Freeman
Senate
Estes
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Agriculture Department
Department
Thomas R. Hughes
Secre
Tary Freeman
Mundt
Curtis
Senate Investigations
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Texas
Hughes
Rathr
White House Critics Rise Over Red Chinese Military Buildup
Washington reports the White House voices concern over a puzzling massing of Communist Chinese air and ground troops on the Fukien Province coast opposite Nationalist Formosa. Officials cite two theories and reaffirm long standing U S policy limiting defense obligations to Formosa and the Pescadores. Averell Harriman says no Soviet involvement detected.
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Washington
White House
Formosa
U.S
Fukien
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemoy
Matsu
Pierre Salinger
State Department
Lincoln White
Salinger
Pescadores
Kennedy
Averell Harriman
National Democratic Club
Estes Faces New Federal Charges In Mail Fraud Case
In El Paso and Austin, Billie Sol Estes and associates are charged by federal indictments with mail fraud and interstate transportation of securities obtained by fraud. The grand jury also implicates Superior Manufacturing Co. officials in a 29 count action tied to fertilizer tanks and non existent deliveries. A July inquiry into Estes dealings is planned in Pecos.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Austin
Texas
Will Wilson
Estes
Pecos
Wilson
Boy Wonder
Manslaughter Charges Filed After Accident
A California man, Joseph Purcell, 59, was charged with manslaughter after a head on collision in St. Louis County killed a mother Barbara Reich 27 and her son Jay 4. Jeffrey 5 survived in serious condition. Purcell was free on a 1000 dollar bond. he and his son Jack 19 escaped injury.
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ST. Louis
California
Joseph Purcell
Bellflower
Calif
Barbara Reich
Urbana
Ohio
Jay
Jeffrey
St. Louis County Hospital
Raymond I. Harris
Purcell
Jack
Engberg Bond Set At 50000 For Fatal Shooting
Roy Lee Engberg aged 26, an ex convict, is held on a $50,000 bond after an arraignment on a federal unlawful flight charge. U S Commissioner Howard Erickson ordered Engberg turned over to Denver police pending Kansas City officer killer case. Denver police detain him on a warrant accusing him of killing George C Wilber co owner of a burglar alarm system in Kansas City on June 9. Engberg, a Denver resident on parole from the state penitentiary for wounding a suburban officer, was captured Wednesday night at a tavern.
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Denver
Roy Lee Engberg
Kansas City
U.S
Howard Erickson
Engberg
Erickson
George C. Wilber
Colorado State Penitentiary
OAS Accuses French Gendarmes of Provoking Algiers Trouble
In Algiers the Secret Army Organization blamed French gendarmes for provocations and ordered its commanders to respond with gunfire. The broadcast followed a day of calm as Moslems returned to work amid a fragile truce. The OAS claimed police violated the truce by continuing operations against Algerians, Moslems, and Europeans.
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Algiers
Algeria
Chewki Mostefai
Mostefai
Glen Lake Graduates Meet Kennedy After Generous Trip Gift
Two dozen Glen Lake High School graduates from Leelanau County, Michigan, visit Washington and meet President Kennedy after raising $700 to cover a classmate’s cancer bill. Kennedy commends their generosity and the group tours the White House, with Sen. Hart treating them to a Senate meal and a cake reading Welcome Glen Lane Seniors All America is Proud for You.
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Washington
Kennedy
Michigan
Glen Lake
White House
Little
Lower Michigan
Leelanau County
Duane Richardson
Harold Sweeney
Philip A. Hart
Senate
Glen Lane
Sic
All America
Area Congressmen Support Party Line In Farm Bill Vote
Area members from Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma split along party lines in the House Farm Bill vote. Missouri's nine Democrats backed the bill while two Republicans opposed it. Kansas Republicans voted against, with one Democrat for. In Oklahoma, two Democrats and one Republican opposed, while the rest supported. Weaver of Nebraska was the sole Republican to vote for the bill.
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John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Missouri
Kansas
House
Agriculture Committee
J. Floyd Breeding
Oklahoma
Jarman and
Steed
Rep
Baseball Scores From This Evening
Los Angeles defeats Kansas City 3 to 1 New York shuts out Baltimore 3 to 0 Boston edges Cleveland 3 to 1 Detroit beats Washington 6 to 3 Chicago defeats Minnesota 6 to 2 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 0 marks the only scheduled game
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Los Angeles
Kansas City
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
Minnesota
Philadelphia
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Iron Curtain
Paris
East Germany
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joe Walker
White
Rogers Dry Lake
Julie London
DAILY
Capital News NG
Krcg-Tv
South
Gop
Harold D. Cooley
Dn.c
Elter
Memorial Airport
Maver
Sens. Mundt
OAS
Secret Army
JFK
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