Peru coup ousts President Prado in bloodless takeover
Troops seized President Manuel Prado at the government palace in Lima as tanks surrounded the site, ending weeks of crisis in a largely peaceful coup. Washington halted diplomatic ties and suspended U S aid to Peru though ongoing projects will continue.
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Peru
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Prado
Charg
Washington
United States
U. S. Alliance For Progress
U. S
Berlin
Brewer and Burch sentenced in highway sign graft case
Raleigh businessman Kidd Brewer and former State Highway Engineer Robert A. Burch received 18 month prison terms for influence peddling in highway sign purchases. Burch's son got 12 months and a $2,500 fine. The trial found they conspired to obtain about $80,000 in commissions from Newark firms.
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Raymond Mallard
Kidd Brewer
Robert A. Burch
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Burches
Robert M. Burch
Young Burch
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Zebulon
Williams
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Burch’s
Kennedy to campaign on health plan clash in Senate defeat
President Kennedy plans a fall campaign push after a 52 to 48 Senate vote defeated his elderly health care proposal funded through Social Security. Hubert Humphrey said Kennedy will carry the fight to the people as Democrats brace for a key electoral issue in 1962.
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Kennedy
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House
Department of Urban Affairs
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
John M. Bailey
Democratic National Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy Fires Broadside Senate Kills Medical Plan for Elderly
The Senate voted 52 to 48 to kill the administration proposed elderly medical care plan, drawn up with funding from higher Social Security, prompting President Kennedy to vow renewed efforts next year. The bill drew sharp party lines with Republicans and Southern Democrats joining to defeat the measure, seen as a major political issue ahead of the fall elections.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
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Four U.S. crewmen found alive after crash in Viet Nam
Four Air Force crew members aboard a two engine transport survived a Sunday crash 150 miles northeast of Saigon. A rescue sling carried two survivors to a hovering helicopter while the others were helped by medical teams. None were seriously hurt. Identified were Capt. James E. Henderson pilot, 1st Lt. Winston R. Harris co pilot, Sgt. Charles F. Richards flight engineer, and S. Sgt. Henry Stefanski.
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Seymour
Iowa
Winston R. Harris
Harlem
Charles F. Richards
Spring Lake
N. C
Henry Stefanski
Gloria
Fayetteville
General Clay views Berlin crisis as barrier to European unity
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, personal representative to Berlin, says Khrushchev may use the Berlin crisis to sow Western Allied fears and hinder European political unity. He notes Berlin’s morale has recovered, the economy is moving, and warns Moscow might risk war to disrupt unity.
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Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
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Western Europe
U.S
Gen
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British judges deny Soblen bid for freedom in UK
Three high court justices refused Dr Robert Soblen's plea to be set free on British soil but granted him permission to appeal. observers warn the appeal could delay deportation to the United States by about six weeks. Soblen may still seek asylum as a political refugee with the Home Office, which is unlikely to grant it.
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London
High Court
Robert Soblen
Soblen
United States
Court of Appeal
Home Office
Nude women in station wagon puzzle western Michigan resort
Police say they cannot act on complaints about four naked women driving a station wagon at Pentwater. They ask the public to note the license plate when seen.
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Pentwater, Mich
Western Michigan
Drought Drains Northeast Farms Prompt Federal Aid Talks
The drought stretches into a fourth week drying farmland and pastures across Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York with farmers seeking federal disaster declarations for loans and soil bank land use. New Jersey counties gain disaster status while officials push for relief amid rising hay prices and water restrictions. New England showers ease conditions but forest fire risk remains with air support ready.
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Orville Freeman
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York State
Richard J. Hughes
New England
Balloon Big Shot soars 950 miles in Cape Canaveral test
The 135 foot diameter balloon named Big Shot rose 950 miles above the Atlantic after detaching from a Thor booster. NASA described the mission a success paving the way for Echo II satellite launches later this year. The balloon burned up about 23 minutes after 4:30 a.m. observation from Cape Canaveral.
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Cape Area
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape
U.S
Thor
San Salvador
Zorin Rejects British Plan in Geneva Disarmament Talks
The Soviet Union rejects a British plan to speed negotiations at the 17 nation disarmament conference. Valerian Zorin says talks should follow rival American and Soviet proposals, delaying progress. Lall warns of continued test series and rising fallout concerns urging action.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Cochairman
Arthur Lall
Laos Peace Treaty Endorsed by Laos Conference
The Laos Conference approved the final peace and neutrality treaty. Delegates from 14 nations completed the drafting committee report and endorsed the international treaty and neutrality declaration by the coalition Laotian government led by Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma.
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Geneva
Laos
Government of National Unity
Souvanna Phouma
Heavy Trading Sends Stocks Downward
New York ap reports a broad market decline driven by heavy trading. Prices fell at the open, edged up briefly, then slid again with steels motors rails oils chemicals aerospace and electronics among the laggards. The AP 60 stock average was 214.90 down 1.70, the Dow fell 4.73 to 573.12, and the S&P 500 slipped to 56.39 as volume rose.
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Associated Press
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