Peacetime budget unveiled in Raleigh graft probe
Governor Sanford disclosed Kidd Brewer received 148000 from a firm tied to highway sign contracts and eight companies including Minnesota Mining were suspended from state business. Parkway Co and Underwriters Insurance wired funds. Duke University later admitted Brewer funds aided Burch’s son. Authorities say no proven criminal violation yet and case awaits district solicitor.
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Raleigh
Gov
Sanford
Kidd Brewer
Robert A. Burch
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
Pfaff & Kendall
Traffic & Street Sign Co
Prismo Safety Corp
Wald Industries Inc
National Safety Engineers
Southern Aluminum and Steel Corp
Union Metal Manufacturing Co
Brewer
Parkway Co. Inc
Boone
Paul Armfield Coffey
Newsmen
Parkway Co
Harry Heltzer
Reflective Products of
State Bureau of Investigation
Burch
State Highway Commission
Lester Chalmers Jr
Duke University
Duke
Deryl Hart
University
Rhode Island Returns Escaped NC Prisoners to North Carolina
Governor John A. Notte signed extradition papers for two North Carolina escapees, John A. Powell and James Hammond, after state officials warned Rhode Island could become a haven for felons fleeing Southern camps. Powell faces 20‑year forgery terms. Hammond 24 years for burglary, stolen goods, and a 1955 escape. Both were to appear in U.S. District Court for fugitive from justice charges.
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Rhode Island
John A. Notte Jr
North Carolina
John A. Powell
Nashville
Nugent
Congress
Terry Sanford
Powell
Hammond
William G. Grande
Grande
Melvin L. Zurier
Notte
U. S
Dominican Junta Tightens Grip as Protests Erupt in Santo Domingo
The Dominican Republic’s new four civilian three military junta imposes martial law and a dawn curfew while suppressing civil guarantees. Gen. Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria is seen as the real power, with unrest growing as troops quell a student demo leaving one dead and two wounded.
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Associated Press
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Huberto Bogaert
Trujillo
Council of State
Armed Forces
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Washington
State Department
Rodriguez Echavarria
Kennedy
U.S. Navy
Bogaert
State Council
United States Plans Ranger 3 Moon Flight Next Week
NASA announced Ranger 3 will launch to the moon in a 66 hour flight to snap closeup pictures and place an instrument package to record moonquakes. If timing holds, the mission could lead to a manned lunar landing by 1967.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Ohe
John H. Glenn Jr
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Moon
Moscow hosts grass roots Communist leaders conference
Moscow radio reports a large gathering of party leaders from Soviet republics and districts in the capital to hear reports from the 22nd Congress. Delegates debate tasks to improve party work and cadre handling as Molotov faces renewed party expulsion attacks amid Khrushchev’s West policy stance.
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London
Moscow Radio
Khrushchev
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Communist Party
OAS Denounces Castro Ties With Reds
The Inter-American Peace Committee of the OAS denounces Fidel Castro regime ties with communism and subversive activities. It says such acts threaten inter-American peace and sovereignty and violate core principles. The report, approved by five members, will go to the January foreign ministers conference in Punta del Este Uruguay.
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OAS
Castro
Reds
Washington
Inter - American Peace Committee
Fidel Castro
The
Peace Committee
Organization of American States
Cuba
Americas
el Salvador
Uruguay
Columbia
Venezuela
United States
Punta del Este
Space scientist outlines asteroid bomb concept after 1970
Dandridge M. Cole of General Electric proposed a grim plan to divert a near Earth asteroid using a Nova rocket to carry hydrogen bombs. The explosion would eject the asteroid toward Earth with multi megaton impact potential, aiming to masquerade as a natural catastrophe and provoke minimal retaliation.
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Washington
Dandridge M. Cole
General Electric
Missile and Space Vehicle Department
Earth
Mars
The
American Astronautical Society
Cole
United States
Kennedy Budget Calls for $92.5 Billion Spending Plan
President Kennedy sent a 1500 page budget for 1963 proposing record peacetime outlays of 92.5 billion with a projected 436 million surplus only if revenues rise and mailing costs increase. The plan targets 52.7 billion for defense up 1.5 billion and 2.4 billion for other programs.
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Kennedy
Washington
Mannantanla Canduase Ha
Capitol Hill
Congress
Kennedy Seeks Billions in New Budget Spending
President Kennedy proposes a federal budget with $1.3 billion for space research and $3.9 billion in foreign aid, including $2.5 billion economic and $14 billion military aid in total. He seeks nearly $5 billion in new funds and tax changes, plus a farm bill to cut program outlays to $5.8 billion.
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Kennedy
Dutch Ask U.N. To Send Observers
The Netherlands asked Acting Secretary General U Thant to dispatch U N observers or representatives to West New Guinea to aid peacemaking with Indonesia. Thant sought a pause in any action after the naval clash, inviting both Sukarno and De Quay to negotiate under UN mediation.
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United Nations
N. Y
Netherlands
U Thant
U. N
West New Guinea
the Hague
Thant
Sukarno
Jan de Quay
New York
Cold Wave Grips Eastern U S and Snow Spreads West
A winter storm moves across the central Plains with heavy snow in Kansas and Missouri while another cold wave grips the eastern half of the nation. Subzero readings persist in Minnesota and the northern Plains as New England braces for the coldest day of the season.
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Central Plains
Nas
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Rockies
Great Lakes
Oregon
North Central
Mississippi Valley
New England
Minnesota
Bemidji
Minneapolis
Midwest
New York
Political sanctions considered by the United States
Washington reports the United States plans political sanctions and possible economic measures against the Dominican Republic if the new government becomes a military dictatorship. The Kennedy administration aims to block strongman rule in Santo Domingo, with possible actions including denying recognition to the junta and withholding $45 million in sugar purchases.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Dominican Republic
Kennedy
Latin America
Santo Domingo
Joaquin Balaguer
State Department
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
U.S
Tanks Withdraw From Berlin Wall Show of Reduced Tension
U S Army tanks were pulled back from the Berlin wall as Soviet tanks also withdrew at Friedrichstrasse crossing. The move ends a three month stand off with no shots fired and signals eased tensions in a divided city. American troops head to Templehof Airport for redeployment while Adenauer plans a brief West Berlin visit. Four East Germans escaped to the West during the night.
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Templehof
Berlin Wall
U.S
Unter den Linden
East Berlin
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Nnear
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J. Joseph Nugent
Dominican
NASA
Soviet Union
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Berlin
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