West Four ready to negotiate Berlin settlement with Soviets
The Western Big Four foreign ministers and Secretary of State Rusk say talks with the Soviet Union are possible on a reasonable basis but require mutual respect. They will await Khrushchev's next moves and did not commit to an East West conference. The group warned that a separate peace with East Germany would raise the risk of wider war. Khrushchev's anticipated reply to Kennedy's Berlin speech looms as a key development.
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Paris
Berlin
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Britain
France
West Germany
Moscow
Kennedy
Amintore Fanfani
Kremlin
East Germany
Europe
Germany
India Defines Third Five Year Plan Aims and Timetable
New Delhi government unveils a 774 page plan aiming to raise per capita income from 69.30 to 80.85 dollars by 1966 and reduce population growth as the nation seeks self reliance by 1976 with U S aid and loans supporting the effort.
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Henry S. Bradsher
New Delhi
India
Nehru
United States
Kennedy Returns Need For Space Controls Seen
President Kennedy flew to Washington from Hyannis Port after a Cape Cod weekend with Adlai Stevenson. They discussed Soviet space achievement and agreed on international space regulation to curb an arms race. Stevenson reported Kennedy favors cooperative satellite sharing and hopes Russia joins in space governance.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cape Cod
United Nations
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Gherman Titov
Stevenson
Outer Space
Russia
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
U. N
West Berlin Plans Aid for East-West Commuters
West Berlin authorities with Allied support will top up workers from East Germany who live across the border and work in the Western sector. A study will determine payment in Western currency after new Communist rent and bill rules. The plan aims to ease the 40 percent Western pay share that commuters currently receive and monitors about 14,000 east workers.
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Carl Hartman Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
East
The
Junge Welt
East Berlin
East Germany
Khrushchev calls for round-table talk to avert World War III
Premier Khrushchev addressed the Russian nation and the Big Three urging honest dialogue at a round conference table. He warned against war psychosis and emphasized peaceful coexistence and general disarmament under strict international control. He spoke calmly, wearing glasses, at his desk during the Berlin crisis broadcast.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
Widow Falls From Duke Chapel in Fatal Suicide
Mrs Vera Baldwin Spikes widow of Dr Norman Spikes died in a 210 foot fall from the Duke University Chapel. County coroner Dr D R Perry said there was no suicide note but ruled death by own action. She had been under psychiatric care recently and died on the flag stone area in front of the chapel steps.
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Durham
Vera Baldwin Spikes
Norman Spikes
Duke University Chapel
D. R. Perry
Russians May Try For Moon
Western scientists and observers weighed the Soviet lead in space after Titov’s orbit. Kenneth Gatland of the British Interplanetary Society predicted a manned Moon landing by 1966 or 1967 with a possible dog reconnaissance flight. Britain’s Sir Bernard Lovell warned against doubting Soviet science while noting geopolitical tensions.
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London
Soviet Union
Maj
Gherman Titov
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
Vostok II
Titov
Lord Home
Britain
Paris
Khrushchev
Lovell
Jodrell Bank In
Youth Gets Life Term In Robbery Murder
In New York, Ed ward Vogt, 18, received a life sentence after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in a December 23 robbery murder of 14 year old Christmas tree delivery boy Robert Giuttari. The judge chose life rather than the death penalty.
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New York
Edward Vogt
General Sessions Court
Josepn A. Sarafite
Vogt
Robert Giuttari
Anthony Giuttari
Manhattan
Agreement Reached on New York to Moscow Air Link
The State Department announced a basic U S Soviet agreement for a New York Moscow air route with Pan American World Airways and Aeroflot to operate the flights The plan envisions 5000 mile hops starting next spring after final technical talks and a formal signing the talks have proceeded since July 18 amid Cold War tensions
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Washington
State Department
New York
Moscow
U. S
Pan American World Airways
Aeroflot
James M. Landis
United States
Yevgeni F. Loginov
Soviet Union
New York-Moscow
Latin Leaders Appeal For Support Of U S Program
Latin American leaders at Punta del Este urged broad support for the U S alliance for progress to shield Latin America from world communism. Douglas Dillon outlined plans as he prepared to address Inter-American conference delegates on aiding poverty and illiteracy and boosting economic stability.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
U. S
United States
Alliance For Progress
Felipe Herrera
Inter-American Development Bank
Alliance For
Latin America
Dillon
Inter - American Economic and Social Conference
Western Alliance
Europe
Kennedy
Washington Accepts Soviet Spaceflight With Caution
Washington reacted to the Soviet Union's second manned spaceflight with a mix of calm acceptance and concern. Senator Dirksen urged continued progress, while Senator Russell warned of potential military uses. Ambassador Stevenson called the achievement admirable as discussions with Kennedy continued.
Titov lands after 25 hours in orbit and earns praise
Soviet spaceman Gherman Titov landed safely after 17 orbits in Vos tok II and told Premier Khrushchev I feel splendid. Titov, 26, circled the globe every 88.6 minutes reaching altitudes of 159.59 and 110.5 miles. Khrushchev promised a grand Moscow welcome and promoted Titov to full Communist Party member as officials hailed the achievement.
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Gherman Titov
Earth
Moscow Radio
Titov
Moscow
Khrushchev
Major
Kremlin
Communist Party
Siberia
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Presidium
Central Committee
Moon
Mars
Venus
Army Swiftest Striking Force Prepares Swift Strike Maneuvers
More than 40 000 troops from STRAC air reserves and National Guardsmen gather across eight North and South Carolina counties for Operation Swift Strike. The 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions join, with 400 aircraft and 1.5 million civilian acres used, as JCS observers plan aerial jumps and free play exercises through August 20.
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Ft, Bragg
N.C
Berlin
Swift Strike
Strategic Army Corps
STRAC
Air National Guard
North Carolina
South Carolina
Istrac
Air Force
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
4Th Infantry Division
Ft. Lewis
Wash
82Nd
Camden
Kershaw
D.C
Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Eugene M. Zuckert
Congress
101St
U.S. Force
Paul D. Adams
Third Army
Ft. McPherson
Maurice A. Preston
19Th Air Force
Seymour Johnson Afb
Goldsboro
New Hampshire
California
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Tass
Nikita Khrushchev
Harlan Cleveland
International Organization
Arthur E. Schlesinger Jr
Harvard
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Bulletin
U.S
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
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