Carolina Charter Stamp Issued in Edenton
U S Postmaster General J Edward Day dedicated a 300th anniversary Carolina Charter stamp in Edenton North Carolina. He praised the stamp for renewing interest in political freedoms and linked it to the charter issued in 1663 by King Charles II. Local and state leaders spoke on the commemoration and historic roots of the state.
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U. S
J. Edward Day
Edenton
John Mitchener Jr
Day
N. C
Denton
Carolina
Charles II
England
Herbert C. Bonner
Albemarle
Bus Skids Down Bank Killing Seven Near Oroville
A Greyhound bus slid off a rain slick mountain highway near Oroville California killing seven people and injuring 18 passengers. The Reno to San Francisco coach plummeted about 120 feet after tearing through a guard rail along Feather River Canyon Highway No 40A. The driver and four others died at the scene with eleven others hospitalized.
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Oroville
Calif
Greyhound
Reno-to
Howard Hyatt
San Francisco
Oroville Medical Center
Hyatt
Arenes
Sierra
Sacramento
Oroville Community Hospital
Butte County Hospital
Coast Guard Nabs Cuban Leader Near Bahamas
The head of a major anti Castro raid group Maj Eloy Guttierez Menoyo was captured by a US Coast Guard cutter in waters near Orange Cay Bahamas. Five captives were taken to Opa Locka Immigration Detention Center while British Marines held nine others at Nassau awaiting transport.
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Miami
Fla
US Coast Guard
Orange Cay
Bahamas
Escambray
Alpha 66
Coast Guard
Eloy Guttierrez Menoyo
Fidel Castro
Guttierrez
Escambray Organization
Cuba
Fional Waters
Alpha
Guttierrez Menoyo
Charles Ashmann
Ashmann
William Culbertson
Culbertson
Nas
Ssau
Nassau
U.S
T. J. Pine-Coffin
Williams Cay
Andros Island
Waves of Change Seem to Grip Kremlin Power
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan outlines mounting internal and external pressures on Khrushchev. He notes a consumer demand gap, Western influence on youth and intellectuals, and a split within Communist ranks as the Kremlin seeks tighter control without stifling initiative.
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Kremlin
Soviet Communist Party
Red World
Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Fighting Erupts In Central Laos
Fighting between neutralist and leftist troops breaks out in central Laos. Government launches Saturday airlift of women and children from the danger zone as clashes continue around Plaine des Jarres. A Western diplomat comments on the volatile situation.
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Laos
Vientiane, Laos
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Geneva
Southeast Asia
International Control Commission
India
Avtar Singh
Kong le
Sinkapo
Vientiane
Rusk Signs Missile Deal With Britain
Secretary of State Dean Rusk signed a Polaris missile sale with Britain, paving the way for up to 100 missiles and Britain building subs and warheads. The agreement, tied to Nassau talks with Kennedy and Macmillan, precedes Rusk's Paris visit for policy talks with De Gaulle and NATO discussions on a multinational nuclear force.
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Tary
Dean Rusk
Britain
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
United States
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Rusk
Berlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Rockefeller Says JFK Has Failed To Move The Nation
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller accused the Kennedy administration of short changing the American people by failing to reach four percent unemployment and by relying on deficit spending. Speaking at a $50 dinner for Senator Roman Hruska in Omaha, Rockefeller urged budget balance and states’ rights while criticizing U S foreign policy and the handling of news from Washington.
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Omaha
Neb
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Nebraska
Roman Hruska
Washington
Cuba
Midwest
Bowles Named To Ambassador Post In India
President Kennedy selected Chester Bowles to be ambassador to India, marking a return to a prior post. Bowles, 62, would succeed John Kenneth Galbraith if confirmed, with Kennedy praising his 20 years of public service and India’s fragile independence and democracy amid tension with Red China.
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Bowles
India
Washington
Kennedy
Chester Bowles
Senate
Truman
White House
China
United States
New Delhi
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard University
Foreign Service
Connecticut
State Department
Anti-Red Leader John Harrell and family vanish in Illinois
Springfield police report the disappearance of John R. Harrell 41 leader of a southern Illinois religious and anti-Communist movement, his wife, and five of his six children. An abandoned car near Springfield is linked to their disappearance and authorities say Harrell carried about $14,000. The estate near Louisville had previously drawn FBI raids and armed followers.
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Springfield, Ill
John R. Harrell
Illinois
Elmer Emerson
Harrell
Louisville
Ill
Springfield
Christian Conservative Church
Clay County
George Washington
Mount Vernon
FBI
Dion Davis
Worst murder case shocks Reno with dismembered skier
Police search for a sadistic killer after Sonja McCaskie, 24, is found murdered in her Reno apartment. Police describe torture before death as investigators question 32 people and conduct lie detector tests, including David C. Conrad, a UNR graduate teaching assistant named in a paternity suit.
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William Baggio
Sonja McCaskie
Baggio
David C. Conrad
University of Nevada
Conrad
Miss McCaskie
Tax Cut Delay Likely With Jobs Data and Delayed Timing
Unemployment drop may push tax cuts to January 1 instead of July 1, with lawmakers forecasting a slower rollout. Some anticipate a first stage cut larger than Kennedy’s recommendation, while Mills has not revealed his stance amid tentative, closed-door talks with Treasury officials.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Kennedy
House Ways and Means
Treasury
House
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
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Mary Fritts
Portola
Miss Fritts
Chase
Col. Pine-Coffin
Andros
Londonberry
William L. Ryan
Moscow
Ledford
Business Society Theatre Television
Torre Eero Reem
Sir David Ormsby Gore
JFK
Reno, Nev
Sonja Meccaskie
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