Burke Tells How Speech Was Vetoed
Admiral Arleigh Burke testified that the Kennedy administration vetoed a major speech, and later released the fact in a way implying misconduct. He said the text was sent to White House and defense offices for clearance and found not clearable. Burke noted he did not object to censorship but to leaking the press story, as Senate hearings probe military muzzling.
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Secretary of Defense
Arthur Sylvester
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Strom Thurmond
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John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Pentagon
State Department
United States
Kennedy Would Name Negro Head Of New Urban Dept
President Kennedy said if his plan to create an urban affairs department passes Congress he will appoint Robert C. Weaver a Black leader who heads the housing and home finance agency to lead the cabinet post. He noted House Rules Committee opposition but pressed for the department’s establishment.
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Kennedy
Cabinet
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Urban Affairs Department
House Rules Committee
House
Soviets deny inviting U S Attorney General Kennedy
The Foreign Ministry said the Soviet Union welcomed US visitors but did not invite Robert F. Kennedy. Tass noted that US leaders could visit, and Kennedy said an informal invitation existed but his February trip schedule was fixed. No party disclosed who issued the invitation.
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Foreign Ministry
Soviet Union
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
Tass
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
R. Kennedy
White House
U S Calls for Latin American Counterattack on Castro
In a forceful address from Punta del Este, Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged 19 foreign ministers to condemn Castro and push a four point plan. The proposal seeks to exclude Cuba from OAS bodies, end Western trade with Havana, and mobilize defense measures against aggression.
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Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Havana
Organization of American States
William L. Ryan
United States
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Rusk
OAS
Colombia
Rusky
Osvaldo Dorticos
Dog Committee
Kennedy seeks bipartisan backing for trade barrier plan
President Kennedy urged Congress to swiftly endorse the five year plan to dismantle tariff walls with Europe. He pitched up to 50 percent cuts and complete elimination on some items while promising safeguards for domestic industry and aid for workers and firms hurt during adjustment.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Congress
Maps found aboard crash landing MIGI7 reveal spying hints
A Bulgarian MIGI7 jet crash landed near Gioia del Colle Italy and Italian authorities say aerial maps of southern Italy were in the aircraft. The maps were described as inaccurate and the pilot Lt Miluse Solakov is hospitalized as Italian police flag a possible intelligence mission.
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Acquaviva
Italy
Miluse Solakov
Gioia del Colle
Italian Defense Ministry
Solakov
Olive Grove
Ansa
Flu outbreak in North Carolina described as very widespread
Assistant state health officer Dr. Jacob Koomen said reports show no major North Carolina community escaped the current flu outbreak. Virus B is milder than virus A, with many school absences reported and larger impact on older residents.
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Jacob Koomen
Koomen
State Board of Health
Harnett County
Erwin
Coats
Dunn
Kennedy defends State Dept officials amid reporter clash
President Kennedy sharply rebuked Sara McClendon after she called William Wieland and J Clayton Miller well known security risks. He vouched for their status and said they can perform their duties without harming US interests. State Dept later said neither man was charged or deemed a risk and assigned them to the Office of Management.
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Kennedy
State Department
Sarah McClendon
Washington
Texas
New England
William Arthur Wieland
J. Clayton Miller
United States
Office of Security
Brown Opens Up On Nixon Campaign Kickoff
California Governor Edmund G. Brown announces a 10 month campaign to beat Richard Nixon for a new four year term. Brown claims Nixon would turn California into Nixon for president HQ and vows a tough race while Nixon pledges new programs for the future.
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Nixon
Morrie Landsberg
San Francisco
California
Edmund G. Brown
Richard M. Nixon
Space Hopes Buoyed By Weather
Cape Canaveral forecasts for ideal rocketry weather bolster plans for John Glenn Jr. to complete a possible triple orbit. Favorable Atlantic conditions expected through Saturday with landing options east of Bermuda, south of Bermuda, or southeast of Canaveral depending on the number of orbits.
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