Kennedy Honors Glenn With Astronaut Medal Parading Cape Canaveral
President Kennedy awarded astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. the Distinguished Service Medal after his historic space flight. About 100000 celebrants lined an 18 mile parade route from Patrick Air Force Base to Cape Canaveral to greet the returning hero. Lyndon B. Johnson accompanied Glenn on arrival at Grand Turk Island and into Florida for the post flight ceremonies.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Kennedy
Glenn
Patrick Air Force Base
Grand Turk Island
Lyndon B. Johnson
Grand Turk
Project Mercury
Atlantic Missile Range
Secret Service
Johnson
John Glenn
Earth
Lyn
Kennedy honors Glenn with medal for orbital flight
President Kennedy awarded John H. Glenn Jr. the Distinguished Service Medal at Cape Canaveral in a ceremony beside Friendship 7. Kennedy praised the mission as a team effort and urged future flag planting on the moon. Glenn, moved, thanked the nation and noted the science focus of the flight.
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Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mt. Suribachi
Col. Glenn
Marine Corps
Robert R. Gilruth
Gilruth
Col
Washington
Joseph P.kennedy
Palm Beach
Cape Canaveral Air Strip
Spaceport
Pad 14
Space
Bloodless Revolt By Young Turk Officers Crushed
In Ankara the bloodless mutiny by discontented young colonels aimed at topp Ling Premier Ismet Inonu collapsed as the air force army and navy chiefs rallied to his government. Ringleaders were seized and authorities asserted the situation was under control.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Inonu
Ings
Air Force
Army
Navy
Cevdet Sunay
Sunay
Muhittin Onur
Radio
Signal Corps
War Academy
Pension Insurance Proposed By Union
Labor union leaders say lawyers are drafting legislation for a federal public pension insurance system. It would mirror depositor insurance for banks to safeguard workers’ pension rights when companies fail. Walter Reuther heads the push with AFL-CIO backing to protect retirees and near retirees from lost benefits.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
Congress
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Governor Sanford Bedridden by Severe Cold
RALEIGH AP reports Governor Sanford canceled all engagements and retired to bed due to a severe cold. Mrs. Sanford said no doctor is yet called and the governor is resting, with a breakfast visit by guests and a dinner speech in Charlotte planned if he improves.
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Raleigh
Myers Park Presbyterian Church
Charlotte
RFK Honors Berlin Wall Victims in East and West
Robert F. Kennedy laid a wreath at the Berlin Wall memorial and walked to present an American bald eagle to the West Berlin zoo. Thousands of West Berliners cheered while East Berliners watched from behind a barricade amid guarded tensions.
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Berlin
Robert F. Kennedy
Red Wall
Day
Kennedy
West Berlin
United States
New York
Chicago
Willy Brandt
Edward M
Ploetzensee
Adolf Hitler
America House
East Berlin
Ers
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
2Nd Battle Group
6Th Infantry
RFK
Nation celebrates John Glenn with widespread tributes
Towns across the country honor astronaut John Glenn Jr. with ticker tape parades and honorary citizenship. States proclaim Glenn Day and Project Mercury Day while cities rename streets and name parks in his honor.
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Associated Press
John 4H
Glenn Jr
New York City
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Glenn
Ottawa
Ill
Quincy
Mass
Lockspur
Calif
Tornado Strikes Near Marion South Carolina
A twister damaged at least a dozen homes and farm buildings in Marion County near Marion and Mullins. The storm cut a ten mile path at about 6 p.m. injuring several people, with one hospitalized and a woman hurt by debris. Local civil defense leaders coordinated cleanup efforts.
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Marion
S.C
Marion County
Mullins
Kinstree
Joe Boatwright
Marion County Civil Defense
No Testimony Offered In Jewel Case
The defense in the Frederick R. Williams jewel robbery trial elected not to testify. They moved for a directed verdict of acquittal on the first count alleging theft across state lines, arguing the prosecution failed to prove that element. Williams faces possible penalties up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
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Greenville
S.C
Frederick R. Williams
Smithwick
J. Robert Martin, Jr
Williams
Houston
Texas
Thomas A. Wofford
Wofford
Theodore A. Snyder
Sam Houston Hoover
Martin
Congressman’s Speech Draws Witty Posthumous Publication Quip
Rep William S Morehead of Pennsylvania recounted a joke after a woman told him his talk was superfluous He replied with a tongue in cheek remark about publishing the speech posthumously The amused exchange highlighted a light moment during a Thursday speech in Pittsburgh AP report
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Pittsburgh
William S. Morehead
D-Pa
Khrushchev presses Kennedy for March summit
A tense Khrushchev note to Washington demands Kennedy accept a March summit and hints at blocking atmospheric tests, raising doubts about Geneva talks. Officials see the letter as propaganda and a maneuver to derail disarmament progress while the United States seeks allied coordination on a U S Britain plan for foreign ministers talks.
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Kennedy
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Washington
Khrushchev
U. S
State Department
White House
Florida
McGeorge Burndy
United States
Britain
Mrs Glenn Receives Tiny Pin From Spouse
Mrs John H Glenn Jr. displayed a small gold lapel pin given by her astronaut husband after his world circling Mercury flight. She described being proud and excited as both wore Friendship 7 pins during the reunion and meeting with the President.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
United States
Glenn
North Carolina industrial workers average $69.74 weekly
North Carolina industrial workers averaged 69.74 dollars a week for July to September last year, with total wages exceeding 481 million dollars. Paper and allied products workers led with 107.50 dollars weekly, while textiles paid 62.74 dollars. Mecklenburg topped metropolitan counties at 85.68, Forsyth 84.44, Guilford 76.56, Wake 75.99.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Employment Security Commission
ESC
Henry E. Kendall
Kendall
Paper and Allied Product
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Guilford
Wake
Bank Robbery Suspect Captured After Norwood Hold Up
A gunman robbed the Norwood Branch of Security Bank and Trust Co around 1 pm and was quickly stopped by a State Highway Patrolman. It was the second Norfolk County hold up in three to four years. The suspect was taken to Albemarle county jail.
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Security Bank Bank and Trust Co
Stanley County
Albemarle
Security Bank and Trust
Salisbury
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