Kennedy to Visit Latin America to Spotlight Alliance for Progress
President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy plan a four day swing through Puerto Rico Venezuela and Colombia December 15 to 18 to dramatize the Alliance for Progress and its social and economic development aims. The White House says the trip will spotlight cooperative Western Hemisphere development and may lead to further visits.
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Washington
Kennedy
Venezuela
Colombia
Alliance For Progress
White House
Latin America
Caracas
Bogota
United States
South America
Hemisphere
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Two Regular Divisions Proposed By Army
Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr Jr says adding two regular divisions could let the force meet future cold war crises without mobilizing National Guardsmen and Reservists. He noted shortages and poor conditions have improved and that the regular Army may rise to 16 divisions totaling about 960,000.
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Washington
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Stahr
World Council of Churches Calls For End To War Of Nerves
The World Council of Churches urged an end to the war of nerves and pressures on small countries. It called for verified nuclear test cessation, disarmament steps, and expanded East West contact. It also supported South African anti segregation efforts and endorsed interlocking church communities for global unity.
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Church Council
New Delhi
World Council of Churches
Assembly
South Africa
Rancher orders Udall off grazing property
Manhattan Kansas rancher Carl Bellinger ordered Secretary Udall and his inspection party from a 1000 acre grazing area during a visit to the prairie park site. Udall called it a human reaction though acknowledging some owners resist property loss for future generations.
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Manhattan, Kan
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Prairie National Park
Carl Bellinger
Bellinger
William H. Avery
Nehru Warns of Red China Threat to India
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that Communist China threatened invasion of India’s northeast if New Delhi does not halt military activity along the border. He cited a Peiping letter accusing India of expanding posts in Ladakh and Bara Hoti and warned Beijing could move south of the McMahon Line if resisted.
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R. Satakopan
New Delhi
India
China
Nehru
Peiping
Ladakh
Kashmir
Bara Hoti
Uttar Pradesh
Assam
Tibet
Bhutan
Governors visit props up Ft Bragg response to grievances
Ft Bragg officials dismissed anonymous complaints from New Hampshire National Guardsmen as unfounded. Maj. Jim Corey said Gov Wesley Powell will be free to visit and talk to anyone as he travels to New Orleans next, while Army spokesmen invite reporters to verify conditions at the base.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Army
New Hampshire National
Corey
Manchester
N.H
Powell
New Orleans
National Governors’ Conference Executive Committee
Upside Down Matisse Painting at MOA Corrected
French art lover Genevieve Habert identified a Matisse gouache sailing scene displayed upside down at the Museum of Modern Art. After 47 days, curators admitted the error and turned the work right side up, confirming the misorientation by comparing with a catalogue reproduction.
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Henri Matisse
New York
Museum of Modern Art
Genevieve Habert
Wall Street
Andrew Meisels
Pierre Matisse
Habert
Matisse
U S Presses Toward Orbit Objective
At Cape Canaveral the United States advances toward orbiting a man this year with John H. Glenn Jr. as pilot. Glenn moves into a ready room near the Atlas booster, Mercury control center, and spacecraft hangar for intensive prep and periodic exams.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Mercury Control Center
Ian B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Cape
Anna
Arlington
Full Power Restores UN Authority in Congo Crisis
Acting Secretary General U Thant grants UN authorities in Katanga carte blanche to restore order. Swedish troops land at Elisabethville airport to reinforce UN forces as fighting erupts, with 38 Katanga police and paracommandos killed at a roadblock and two mercenary officers dead.
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Congo
United Nations
N.Y
U Thant
Elisabethville
U.N
Katanga
Brig. K. A. S. Raja
Leopoldville, the Congo
Sture Linner
New York
Linner
Elisabethvill
Atanga i the
U S Seeks Details on Mindszenty Negotiation
U S officials say more information is needed before commenting on Hungary’s proposal to discuss Cardinal Mindszenty’s future. The 69 year old prelate has lived in asylum at the American legation in Budapest since 1956. Hungarian deputy premier Gyula Kallai said a settlement on Mindszenty must be part of broader talks, not handled alone.
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Endre Marton Washington
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Gyula Kallai
Hungary
Broyhill's Success Honored
James Edgar Broyhill, 69, of Lenoir North Carolina, receives the 1961 American Success Story award from the Free Enterprise Association for his contributions to the furniture industry and civic and religious work. He is a Republican national committeeman and director of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. He built a furniture empire from office work to 15 divisions and multiple brands.
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New York
James Edgar Broyhill
Lenoir
N.C
Free Enterprise Awards Association
Broyhill
North Carolina
Broyhill Furniture
Broyhill Premier Lenoir House
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
C&knw Railway
America
Free Enterprise Association, Inc
New York City
Viet Cong Company Hit by South Viet Nam Forces
South Viet Nam reports government troops surrounded a Communist Viet Cong company near the Cambodian border Saturday and killed 34.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Asian African push to seat Red China at United Nations
At UN General Assembly a broad Asian African coalition pressed to seat Peiping in place of Nationalist China. Ceylon accused the United States of building a wall of hatred that could trigger a two front nuclear war, as India and others join the debate expected to last through Christmas.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
U.S
China
General Assembly
Ceylon
Peiping
Washington
G. P. Malassekera
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
Assembly
Stevenson
Malassekera
America
India
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Iceland
Finland
Ulla Lindstrom
Chiina
United States urged to back Western market integration
Former undersecretary William S. Clayton testified that isolation would follow if the U S fails to ally with the European Common Market. He argued Western Europe will affiliate, the Soviet Union would face a united West, and U S economic influence would be weakened if it stays outside the bloc. He backed Kennedy’s liberalized trade push and tariff negotiations beyond item by item.
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Washington
United States
William S. Clayton
Harry S. Truman
Christian A. Herter
Kennedy
Congress
Clayton
Senate
House
Canada
Ted Kennedy May Seek Senate Post
The Berkshire Eagle reports Edward M. Kennedy told delegates that he will seek nomination for the Missouri Senate seat the President once held. George Cabot Lodge announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination. The contest covers two years of an unexpired term with Democrat Benjamin Smith, a Gloucester fishing executive, holding the seat by appointment.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Berkshire Eagle
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
George Cabot Lodge
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Elder Lodge
Benjamin Smith
Glouchester Fishing
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