Kennedy Calls Nation Into Decade of Crisis and Action
President Kennedy toured the Oake Dam in Pierre South Dakota urging a united effort across the economy to avoid a decade of crisis. He warned against waste and delays and cited railroads coal slurry pipelines and energy transmission as flashpoints. The Oak e Dam, the fifth of six, will power nine states and reflect the era's push for broader energy development.
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Kennedy
Oake
Missouri River
Suspects In Holdup Released
Rhode Island State Police denied a report that an ex convict knows the Plymouth mail truck robbers. Twelve men were questioned and released. investigators still seek a local gang. The cash haul was 1 551 277 dollars per the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Plymouth
Peter O'Connell
Providence
R.I
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Bobby Wilcoxson
Duke, Okla
Albert Nussbaum
FBI
Brooklyn
N.Y
Massachusetts
Pittsburgh
Miami
Henry B. Montague
Boston Globe
Harrie C. Gill
Symington Objects as Nickel Hearing Adjourned
Sen. Stu Symington angrily accuses former Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey of insulting the Senate and adjourns the stockpiling hearing on nickel deals. He reads a 10 page critique, citing discrepancies and press remarks while Humphrey sits silent.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Senate
Humphrey
Symington
Eisenhower Administration
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
United States
M. A. Hanna Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Abortion Approved For Mrs. Finkbine In Sweden
Sherri Finkbine received approval from Sweden's Medical Board to have an abortion here to prevent a potentially deformed baby. Her husband Robert spoke of relief and hoped for a quick procedure as the couple seeks to return to normal life. They arrived Aug. 5 after Arizona courts refused to sanction the abortion. Finkbine had taken thalidomide abroad.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Sherri Finkbine
Arizona
Robert
Finkbine
Royal Medical Board
Medical Board
Sherri
Europe
Soviet Space Twins to Be Feted in Moscow Parade
Moscow prepares for Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col. Pavel Popovitch as air force day is moved to Saturday. Families arrive for the celebration while Red Square fills with viewing stands and Moscow officials ready a triumphal welcome. Khrushchev to meet the twins at the airport.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Air Force
Karaganda
Kazakhstan
Nikolayev
Red Square
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Sailor Tracks Birds Aboard Sewell Avery On Great Lakes
Conneaut Ohio sailor J P Perkins second mate on the iron ore carrier Sewell Avery keeps potted trees on deck as a tiny ship forest. He photographs birds with a gunstock mounted movie camera and has identified 204 species in five years of lake travel. Perkins has mapped 18 flyways and was asked to write for National Audubon Magazine.
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Duluth
Minn
Perkins National Forest
J. P. Perkins
Sewell Avery
Great Lakes
Perkins
Conneaut
Ohio
Avery
Pittsburgh Steamship Division
U. S. Steel Corp
National Audubon Magazine
Five Americans Freed By Red Forces In Laos
Five Americans and a Filipino liberated after more than a year in captivity by pro-Communist forces. The group arrived in Vientiane on a Soviet plane from Plaine des Jarres amid crowd cheers and medical checkups. Bailey, Ballenger, Shore, McMorrow, Wolfkill, and Frigillana were flown for evaluation, with Wolfkill heading to Bangkok then New York. Bailey’s account described a crash while evading capture and ongoing uncertainties from earlier incidents.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Maj
Lawrence Bailey
Laurel
U.S
John McMorrow
Frigillana
U.S. Air Force Clark
Manila
Wolfkill
Shore
McMorrow
Ballenger
Bailey
Estes Cohen
Air America
Prince Souphanouvong
Geneva
Sam Neua
McNamara says space timetable stays despite Soviet orbit feat
Secretary of Defense McNamara and NASA administrator James Webb push no changes to U S space plans after the Soviet double orbit. McNamara notes unclear military needs in space and cautions against a crash program despite Air Force calls for broader weapons oriented space efforts.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
Soviet Union
McNamara
U.S
Air Force
Machines Replacing Hand Labor In Tobacco Fields
The article discusses the rise of tobacco mechanization in eastern North Carolina, including the five day trial of looseleaf market, a future tobacco combine, and the shift toward larger farms due to leased allotments. It notes federal programs nudging labor reductions and predicts continued mechanization over the next decade.
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North Carolina
Phil Corner
Border
Middle
Piedmont
North and South Carolina end simulated war games with UN truce
Peace settled over North and South Carolina at noon as the Renlon and Gutasuan simulated war ended with a UN negotiated truce. The final airborne maneuver involved 504th Airborne from Ft. Bragg, with five minor injuries. Ground actions along the Pee Dee River area continued as Blue forces launched two nuclear-like attacks.
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Laurinburg
N.C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Gutasa
United Nations
Paul D. Adams
U.S Strike Command
504Th Airborne
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
504Th
Renloa
Gutasuan
Renlon
Bishopville
S.C
Lynches River
Pee Dee River
Darlington
Hartsville
8.C
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Andrian Niko
Layev
Tass
Dean
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Fred
Hoffman
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