Open Arns Greeting for John Glenn at Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral prepares for John Glenn homecoming with bands banners and a large Cocoa Beach welcome. Kennedy plans to greet Glenn elsewhere, while locals anticipate a big motorcade and a joyous public turnout. Glenn, still in the Bahamas for tests, is reported in excellent condition. his family heads to Palm Beach for reunion with Kennedy. The event will culminate in a Welcome home banner over A1A as crowds gather.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Chamber of Commerce
John
Cocoa Beach
Spacetown
USA
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Kennedy
Glenn
Cape
Palm Beach
Jerry A. Singer
Singer
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Washington
Anne
David
Lyn
John H. Glenn Sr
H. W. Castor
Astro
Naut
Air Force
Joseph P. Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Patrick Air Force Base
Brevard County
Florida
William M. Walker
Thomas S. Kennedy
Air Force Base
RFK Appeals West Berliners About Freedom and Safety
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy spoke to about 100000 West Berliners at City Hall saying a Soviet attack on West Berlin would be like an attack on Chicago New York London or Paris He toured the wall calling it a terrible indictment of Communism and commented on parachute balloons amid a boisterous crowd before viewing East Berlin from a wall stand with Mayor Willy Brandt
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Walter Ulbricht
Kennedy
City Hall
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
East Berlin
East Communist People’s Police
Potsdamer
Affidavits Fail To Move Brewer To State Hospital
Raleigh businessman Kidd Brewer facing trial for conspiring to defraud the state over highway signs. A bid to commit him to the State Hospital for competency evaluation failed as Judge Mallard ruled against removing him from Duke Hospital. Brewer's attorney argued mental capacity to stand trial. doctors testified to capacity. Indicted with Brewer are Robert A. Burch and his son Bobby. Burch recently fired by Gov. Sanford for ties to Brewer.
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Raleigh
Lester Chalmers
Kidd Brewer
Brewer
Malcolm B. Seawell
Bernard Bressler
Duke Hospital
Robert H. Sauer
Superior Court
Raymond B. Mallard
State Hospital
Seawell
Mallard
Chalmers
Robert A. Burch
Bobby
Duke University
Sanford
Burch
Colombia Train Wreck Kills 26
A head on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in western Colombia killed 26 people and injured about 100, including five California Maritime Academy cadets from San Diego aboard the Golden Bear training ship. The crash occurred between Cali and Buenaventura near the Pacific coast. Medical officials said none of the cadets were seriously hurt.
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Bogota
Colombia
National Railways
California Maritime Academy
San Diego
Cali
Buenaventura
Golden Bear
Husband Kills Himself After Wounding Wife in Burlington
In Burlington North Carolina a 30 year old husband wounded his estranged wife during an argument at her apartment then killed himself. The wife Mrs Henry C Donevan Jr was 26 and hospitalized after being shot multiple times as the couple had been separated for weeks. The husband managed an automotive parts firm in Graham.
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Burlington
N.C
Henry C. Donevan Jr
Donevans
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Donevan
Graham
A. H. Garner
Donovan
Algeria Rebellion Ends Hope for French Algerian Accord
The Algerian National Council met in Tripoli to approve a France Algerian ceasefire accord paving the way for independence. France endorsed the measure and rebel cabinet members approved it before leaving Tunis. Cease-fire hopes rose for Sunday as French forces massed around major cities and a far right paramilitary group warned against violence.
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David M. Mason
PARIS
National Council
Tripoli
France
Tunis
Libya
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Governor Urges County Education Conferences in North Carolina
Governor Sanford proposed a statewide plan for a conference on education in every county this year. He spoke to the North Carolina Citizens Committee for Better Schools, outlining questions on current results needs and how to obtain them, urging active public involvement and ongoing commitment to educational opportunity.
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Ford
North Carolina
Sanford
North Carolina Girl Chosen Cancer Crusade Poster Girl
Weaverville pupil Kathy Battle, seven, a West Buncombe School second grader, is named official poster girl for the 1962 National Cancer Crusade. The selection by the American Cancer Society and Buncombe unit, with film work in Hollywood alongside Danny Thomas Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, follows her early kidney cancer surgery and successful recovery.
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Asheville
Weaverville
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Raleigh
Kathy Battle
West Buncombe School
American Cancer Society
ACS
Congress
Kathy
James L. Battle
Hollywood
Calif
Danny Thomas
Joanne Woodard
Paul Newman
Kennedy Urges Soviet Backing for Space Cooperation
President Kennedy challenged Premier Khrushchev to back up space statements and proposed joint space ventures. He cited John Glenn's orbit and urged early meetings to discuss practical, concrete proposals for international cooperation in space exploration.
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Kennedy
Whitney Shoemaker
Washington
Dhat Kennedy
Khrushchev
Chev
United States
John H. Glenn Jr
Globe
White House
Glenn
Raleigh UF Blasted By Civic Group
A bi racial Raleigh civic group assails the United Fund as private and biased saying it channels wealth to the rich, with segregation in agencies and unfair fund raising pressure. John Fox denies pressure and defends fund.
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Raleigh
United Fund
Raleigh Citizens Association
John Fox
Fox
Association
YMCA
Salvation Army
More Indictments Expected From Shell Home Probe
State SBI Director Walter Anderson said more charges will come in the shell home industry probe. The Pasquotank Grand Jury indicted Richard A. Blosser, 27, former Economy Home manager, on forgery, false pretense, and illegal practice of law counts. Prosecution planned for June term. further indictments expected.
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Raleigh
State
Buureau
Walter Anderson
Shell Home
Anderson
Pasquotank County
Elizabeth City
Portsmouth
Shell
SBI
Henderson
Pasquotank Grand Jury
Richard A. Blosser
Economy
Water W. Cohoon
Pasquotank Superior Court
Grand Jury
Kennedy seeks space peace pact with Soviet cooperation
President Kennedy pushes for Soviet collaboration in outer space to separate the space race from the arms race and pursue a peaceful use of space before it becomes a military arena. The plan faces slim chances and slow prospects, reflecting earlier failures to reach earth-bound accords. Kennedy emphasized preventing space from becoming a war zone and noted progress depends on broader East-West negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Outer Space
Rusk outlines U S foreign aim during Davidson visit
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Davidson College students that the United States cannot afford nuclear war nor surrender and must survive with human dignity. He urged freer foreign trade and continued aid, linking policy to a global community of independent states.
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Davidson
N.C
Dean Rusk
Davidson College
United States
Kenneldy
Rusk
Presbyterian College
State Department
Reynolds
Congo
Charlotte
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
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