False Alert Not Reaching Kennedy Raises Questions
A false alert during the Berlin crisis did not reach President Kennedy. Sources say Gen. Power would normally notify top leaders and ready bombers, but no alert order to Atlas missiles or crews was issued. The warning aimed to keep leaders ready within about 15 minutes to respond.
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United States
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Thomas S. Power
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Robert S. McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
NASA reviews gift of $24,000 homes to Mercury astronauts
NASA is examining the acceptance of furnished $24,000 homes offered by the Houston Home Builders Association to seven Mercury astronauts. Officials say White House involvement is unclear while NASA reportedly found no law preventing the gifts and had given tacit consent. The offer followed a promotion tied to the Houston-area space center project.
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Houston Home Builders Association
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White House
New York Times
Houston
Angelo Mascari
John A. Powers
Project Mercury
Space Agency
Kennedy Welcomes Goulart to Washington Visit
Brazilian President Joao Goulart arrived in Washington for a six day visit and was greeted warmly by President Kennedy. The leaders discussed hemispheric opportunities and responsibilities and planned meetings with U S officials and a speech before the OAS Council.
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Joao Goulart
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Goulart
Andrews Air Force Base
Dean Rusk
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Getulio Vargas
Free World
Deadlock in Syria Crisis Deepens Amid Aleppo Clash
Reports from Beirut describe a ground air clash near Aleppo as Syrian forces battled mutineers while Damascus urged a bloodless solution. Col Atassi called for a truce and unity as rebel radio claimed control of the north and pledged no civilian harm.
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Syria
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United Arab Republic
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Nasser
Cairo
Alepp
Luaay Atassi
Atassi
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Voice of the U.A.R
Peach Trees Survive Early Frost In North Carolina
The North Carolina Sandhills peach trees escaped damage as clouds kept temps from dipping below freezing. Frost was forecast for many areas tonight with warmer highs expected midweek as a high pressure system moves in. Temperature lows were expected to fall to the upper 20s to mid 30s, coastal areas cooler in the middle 30s.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Teenagers and Sex Confession From Ann Landers Series
Ann Landers opens a ninth column in the Since You Ask Me series addressing teen struggles with identity, parental tension, and questions about control, relationships, pregnancy risk, and privacy. She cites reader letters as the primary source and notes adolescence is harsher today than in prior generations.
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Ann Landers
Prentice-Hall, Inc
Coltrane Defends Tax On Food
Goldsboro report notes veteran state budget official Dave Coltrane defended the 3 percent food tax to fund Gov. Sanford’s education program. He spoke to the Goldsboro Rotary Club and urged voters to question anti tax candidates about alternatives.
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T AP
Dave Coltrane
Department of Administration
Coltrane
San Quentin Escapees Recaptured Near Prison
Five convicts who escaped from San Quentin via a ladder and rope were recaptured today in a house about ten miles north of the prison. Associate Warden Dale Frady announced the capture.
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San Quentin
Calif
Dale Frady
West Berlin Conducts Largest Allied Alert Exercise
West Berlin witnessed a major alert drill as about ten thousand Allied troops from American British and French garrisons moved to combat positions for five hours. Three American battle groups three British infantry battalions and a French brigade plus tanks and armored cars demonstrated mobility and reaction to scenarios while Soviet or East German jets overhead and sonic booms echoed through the city. An Army platoon from Company A 3rd Battle Group 6th Infantry also rolled along the autobahn to Germany for brief training, underscoring Western roads access to Berlin.
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U. S. Army
West Germany
Co. A
3Rd Battle Group
6Th Infantry
Underground Boston Garage Money Probe
The Massachusetts attorney general probes a six figure sum claimed spent on a three story underground garage under Boston Common. Officials seek to locate hundreds of thousands of dollars in question and review related contracts and expenditures.
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Boston
Massachusetts
State House
Atty. Gen
Edward J. McCormack Jr
Principal's Order Sparks Student Incidents at Shelby High
Shelby North Carolina AP Principal Wayne Caudill banned short kittie skirts and culottes at Shelby Senior High. About 10 of 700 students led protests including a cross burning and a threat to boo Gov. Sanford during his visit. Caudill restated the policy and hundreds supported him.
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N.C
Wayne Caudill
Shelby Senior High
Terry Sanford
Boiling Springs
Eugene Poston
Gardner Webb College
Centaur Rocket Set For Friday Flight After Months Of Delays
The Centaur two stage rocket with 107 foot height and Atlas derived first stage will launch on a ballistic 15 minute test trajectory reaching about 300 miles altitude before splashing into the Atlantic 1 175 miles from the launch site. No payload. NASA aims to study liquid hydrogen behavior in space and record over 500 data channels to guide future Centaur and Saturn/Nova rocket flights.
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