Titov describes landing method after 25 hour space flight
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov told reporters he was ejected from his Vostok II capsule and parachuted to earth after a 25 hour orbit. He tested the second landing system and said the ship could stay in orbit longer. Keldysh hailed the mission as opening Mars and Moon exploration and sharing data with scientists worldwide.
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Moscow
Gherman Titov
Earth
Titov
Moscow University
Mstislav Keldysh
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Soviet Union
Keldysh
Mars
Moon
Venus
Titoy
Khrushchev rails at Western propaganda in Kremlin rally
Khrushchev denounces Western talk of low casualties as imperialist propaganda and vows to sign a peace treaty with East Germany. He warns the West cannot stop the Soviet Union and cites Italy's Premier Fanfani on NATO rocket bases during Gheorghiu-Dej's visit.
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Kremlin
Communist Party
Gheorghe Gheorghiu - Dej
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
East Germany
Germany
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Fanfani
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Rusk
Britain
France
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Paris
Llewellyn Thompson
U.S
Moscow
Byrd Leads Fight Against Kennedy Foreign Aid Loans
Senator Harry Byrd challenges President Kennedy's request for borrowing authority to fund five years of foreign loans totaling 8.1 billion dollars. The proposal faces a Senate vote after hours of debate with Byrd urging Congress yearly control and warning of large debt costs.
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Byrd
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Backwaters Flood Illinois and Dam Washout Reported
Strong thundershowers along a cool front produced heavy rains across Illinois with nearly five inches in the southwest. Creeks and levees broke flooding maturing crops while traffic slowed for hours. In Wisconsin a dam washout occurred at Shoto after a three inch rainfall. West Coast storms sparked an oil fire at Beverly Hills High School and power outages. Bitterroot fires in Montana drew 1,400 firefighters amid dry winds.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
Central Appalachians
St. Lawrence Valley
Illinois
Wisconsin
Shoto
West Twin River
Lake Michigan
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Beverly Hills High School
Montana
Bitterroot Mountain
Kennedy Gets Rusk Report on Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy received a personal briefing from Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Allied military and diplomatic plans for facing the Soviet challenge over West Berlin. Rusk, back from Western Europe, reported encouragement at NATO military buildups and unity among Western allies despite Khrushchev’s hard line.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
Rusk
Western Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Khrushchev
Berlin
U.S
Europe
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Paris
GOP Names Two Republicans to State Elections Board
Governor Sanford filled the five member State Board of Elections with two Republicans and two Democrats, reappointing Democrats Warren Williams and David McConnell while naming Republicans Robert S. Ewing and Dan S. Judd. Republican Chairman William S. Cobb praised the appointments from a list provided by the State Republican Committee as other members include Democrat Joseph Clayton.
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Raleigh
Sanford
State Board of Elections
William S. Cobb
Robert S. Ewing
Southern Pines
Dan S. Judd
West Asheville
Warren Williams
David McConnell
Charlotte
Joseph Clayton
New Bern
Republican Party
Ewing
Judd
Republican Committee
Cobb
German Treaty Talks Under Way Curbs On Refugees Vowed
East Germany announced talks for a peace treaty demanded by Soviet Premier Khrushchev are underway in Communist capitals. Stoph warned of further refugee-curbing measures even before a treaty, possibly restricting travel to Berlin.
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Berlin
East Germany
Stoph
German Democratic Republic
Steph
West Germany
Red
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Fire destroys Sanford tobacco warehouse center
A blaze gutted an old tobacco warehouse in Sanford North Carolina damaging a service station and cars on the lot. Unofficial damage was set at 250000 dollars. Fire Chief James W Bridges said the cause was not yet known. Fireman Gordon OBrien was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Nearby rural units and Fort Bragg aid arrived but two Army trucks broke down en route. Workmen had just finished a new roof hours before the fire.
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Sanford, N.C
Sanford
James W. Bridges
Gordon O'Brien
Fort Bragg
Army Post
Bridges
Latin America's small nations press for aid share at conference
At the Inter American Economic Conference in Punta del Este Uruguay the United States stands as a neutral observer while smaller Latin American nations press for a bigger slice of Kennedy's 20 billion aid program. After a Thursday victory the coalition moves to push a seven wise men commission to coordinate national development plans with Suriname and other small realms taking the lead.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Latin America
Kennedy
United States
Commission of
Seven Wise Men
Alliance for Progress debates shape Latin American aid
United States efforts to bolster Latin America against communism face pushback from Argentina Brazil Mexico Chile and Peru who seek advisory role and direct dealings with lenders. Smaller nations fear being pacified by bigger peers as Bolivia wins a small nations victory for aid priority.
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U.S
Latin America
United States
Commission
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Chile
Peru
Alliance For Progress
Bolivia
Paratroopers Leap In Swift Strike War Games
The Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne with M 14 rifles jumped near Cheraw South Carolina as 6,000 STRAC paratroopers from Ft Campbell Kentucky begin Exercise Swift Strike. Maj. Gen. Rich led three drop zones while Gen. LeMay and Gen. Everest watched.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
101St Airborne Division
Cheraw
S.C
Strategic Army Corps
STRAC
Ft. Campbell
Charles W. D Rich
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Frank Everest
Tactical Air Force
101St
U.S
NATO
Army
82Nd
Hamlet
Americans Missing In Helicopter Flight Over Laos
A Sikorsky H34 operated by Air America reports four Americans aboard a missing helicopter on a supply mission to Meo forces in rebel held Laos near Xieng Khouang. An aerial search is under way as tensions rise with Meo resistance and pro-Communist rebels.
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Vientiane
Laos
Air America Co
U.S
Xieng Khouang
Eye On Nuts Bolts Saves U S Money
The GAO saved taxpayers at least 38 million last year by auditing contracts for nuts and bolts engines and transport costs. It refunded 25.8 million from 88 580 carrier notices and urged officials to use on hand stocks before buying new supplies.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
General Accounting Office
Treasury
GAO
Congress
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Rusk Report
Gop
State Elections Board
Bolz
Soviet Bloc
East
Konev
Ivan 5
Neues Deutschland
Marienfelde
By William L. Ryan
Rustiag
South America
War Games
Bolts
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