Kennedy Flies Kite During Weekend at Hyannis Port
President Kennedy enjoyed a long weekend in Hyannis Port Mass with family and guests aboard the White House yacht Honey Fitz and several support boats. A kite lesson ended when the birdlike model plunged into the water after a smooth lift, while Sen. Kennedy and others water skied and swam.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
White House
Honey Fitz
Sen. Kennedy
Pictura
Great Island
K. Lemoyne Billings
New York
Billings
Coast Guard
Boston
Glenn May Become A Politician
Washington reports speculate Marine Lt Col John H Glenn Jr may leave the space program to seek political office. Ohio politicians see him as a potential Senate candidate against Sen. Stephen M. Young.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Ohio
Glenn
Senate
Stephen M. Young
Young
John W. Bricker
Robert Taft Jr
Bricker
Argentina prepared for vote as military alert raises tension
Argentine forces went on alert ahead of Sunday elections to restore democracy. Officials fear the balloting could trigger unrest and possible bloodshed amid national turmoil and strife.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
GOP Names Charlotte Man State Chairman
GOP names a Charlotte man as state chairman in a briefing. The report notes Moscow talks between Chinese and Soviet officials on communism strategy, with Liu Teng Hsiao-ping and Mikhail Suslov leading negotiations. Details cover disputes over revolution versus peaceful coexistence and Lenin’s teachings.
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Khrushchev
Peking
Communist Party
Teng
Hsaio-ping
Chinese Communist Party
Suslov
U.S
Kiev
Ukraiian
Lenin
Kremlin
Gavin Saxe Union: Saxon named North Carolina GOP chairman
J Her man Saxon, a 55 year old Charlotte businessman and former Democrat, was elected state chairman of the Republican Executive Committee. He vowed to organize the state from mountains to sea and to win in 1964. Saxon succeeds Robert Gavin who steps down after a year amid calls for unity. Gavin urged party unity and highlighted progress like new headquarters in Raleigh and a statewide training program.
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Charlotte
J. Herman Saxon
Republican Party
North Carolina
Murphy
Saxon
Gavin
William E. Cobb
Morganton
Raleigh
GOP
Washington
Dan Simpson
Burke County
Thomas Bennett
Carteret
New Republican
Robert Gavin
Sanford
Southern law teachers back Supreme Court civil rights rulings
More than a hundred Southern law school deans and professors issued a joint statement supporting the Supreme Court civil rights decisions. Signed by faculty from 22 law schools in 11 states, the document denounces defiance of federal law and notes the danger to the nation and its standing abroad. Vanderbilt helped release the statement after weeks of informal discussions among law professors.
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Nashville, Tenn
Southern Law School
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt
Body and debris found in sea near Snow Bay search
A search craft reported a body and debris in a Caribbean sea area off Jamaica while combing for the missing fishing boat Snow Bay and its 40 Jamaican crew. The report came from the aircraft carrier Wasp with Coast Guard confirming no immediate details.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Snow Bay
Coast Guard Search and Rescue
Coast Guard
Wasp
Jamaica
Goldwater Attacks Kennedy Trip and Wilkins Clash
Sen. Barry Goldwater blasted President Kennedy's European trip and warned Roy Wilkins could threaten the Constitution. He declined early presidential plans and urged focusing on domestic issues in Birmingham and Detroit amid the campaign.
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Barry M. Goldwater
Kennedy
Roy Wilkins
Arizona Republican
Goldwater
Cuba
Laos
Vietnam
Birmingham
Detroit
Friction Between Meredith and NAACP Leaders Discounted
Chicago AP report notes Roy Wilkins downplays tensions with James Meredith over youth leadership in the civil rights drive. Meredith denounces perceived low quality leadership while John Davis and NAACP Youth Division officials clash publicly.
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Meredith
NAACP
Chicago
James H. Meredith
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
University of Mississippi, l
Prosmfu Scandal Fallout Spurs Prostitution Debate
In London a 19 year old woman was convicted in West London Magistrates Court for helping run a brothel and faces deportation. The piece traces the Profumo affair’s impact on public perception of prostitution and mentions Mandy Rice Davies and Christine Keeler, with political figures calling for inquiry into the Street Offenses Act of 1959 and its effects.
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London
West London
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Mandy
Christine Keeller
John Profumo
Lord Stonham
House of Lords
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