Rusk Calls In Western Diplomats Over Berlin Pressures
Secretary of State Dean Rusk summoned Britain France and Germany ambassadors to brief on Kennedy era proposals for rapid NATO force buildup in Western Europe aiming to 30 divisions from 22. He pledged allied solidarity against Soviet Berlin pressure and outlined planning with McNamara Lemnitzer and other defense officials touring Europe for talks in Paris and London.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Britain
France
Germany
West Berlin
United States
NATO
Europe
Rusk
U.S
Kennedy
National Security Council
Berlin
Robert S. McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Allies
Paris
London
Astronaut Grissom Exits Capsule In Atlantic Rescue
Astronaut Gus Grissom blew the escape hatch of Liberty Bell 7 and swam about 70 feet after the craft sank in the Atlantic. The capsule went down in about seven minutes. a Marine helicopter rescued Grissom within two minutes. He had asked to stay inside to check instruments and later said his head felt like sea water.
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Virgil Grissom
Cape Canaveral
Mrs. Grissom
Stony Brook
Scott
Mark
Uss
Randolph
Gus Grissom
Grissom
Space Agency
Atlantic
Phillip Upschulte
Quincy, Ill
George Cox
Eustis
Fla
James Lewis
Lufkin
Houston
Tex
John Reinhard
Bloomington
Ill
Lewis
Reinhard
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Atlantic Ocean
Robert C. Gilruth
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gilruth
Shepard
America
Kennedy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Air Force
Betty
Newport News
Gus
National Space Agency
Tunnel Fire Destroys Apartment After Collapse
In San Rafael California a burning 2000 foot Northwestern Pacific freight tunnel collapsed near Puerto Suello Hill wounding a fireman as an apartment building adjacent to the crater burned. Two boys aged 13 and 12 admitted starting the blaze with torches causing a large rescue and traffic disruption. Property damage estimates exceed 100000 dollars.
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San Rafael
Calif
Northwestern Pacific
Puerto Suello Hill
San Francisco
Nick Giampoli
Frederick Alfred Wilson
James Rogers
Santa Venetia
Fred Kinsler
Lincoln Avenue
Kinsler
U.S. Highway 101
Frank Gladwin
Small Host Of Men Re-Enact Battle Of First Manassas
A large Civil War re-enactment takes place at Manassas Battlefield starring about 2,000 hobbyists and visitors. Officials expect up to 75,000 spectators over two days as authentic uniforms muskets and cannons recreate the Bull Run clash. The event features a staged North versus South skirmish with civilians watching and a local man portraying Stonewall Jackson.
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First Manassas
Raymond J. Crowley
Manassas Battlefield
China Ridge
Battlearena
Stonewall Jackson
Manas
Draft Call Step Up Denied By Army Report
AP Wire report states the Army has not requested new draft inductions while states report larger pools of eligible draftees. Officials tie increases to the 8,000 man August call and 2,000 more than July. White House declined comment on a possible national emergency or reserves call. This follows no May or June calls and notes expected July August drafts.
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Barry Schweid
Washington
Army
Selective Service
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Anna Heads For Central America
Hurricane Anna moves through the Caribbean at 23 mph toward Central America with 80 mph winds. The first 1961 hurricane, Anna tracks near 13.5 N 70.9 W, 175 miles northwest of Curacao, with winds extending 100 miles north of center and 50 miles south. Forecasters project west to west-northwest movement, slower at 21 mph, over the next 12 hours as the storm grows in size and intensity. The lowest pressure reading is 29.29 inches.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Central America
British Honduras
Anna
Curacao
N.W.I
Miami
Seizure Ordered As Fears Rise In Bizerte Clash
French and Tunisian forces fought in Bizerte as President Bourguiba ordered seizure of the French Sahara oil pipeline at Skhira. He appealed for volunteers from brother nations while Libyans and Algerians offered aid. Radio Tunis cited heavy fighting, casualties, and 15,000 volunteers aiding Tunisian troops in and around the 40,000 resident city.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Habib Bourguiba
France
Sahara
Bourguiba
Skhira
Tunisia
Edjele
Tunisian
Mediterranean
Radio
Foreign Aid Bill Advances In Senate Committee Fight
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets to vote final approval on a 4.33 billion foreign aid bill aligning with Kennedy aims. The panel backs long term development borrowing authority totaling about 8.8 billion over five years, despite GOP opposition and calls for tighter congressional control.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Berlin
Treasury
U.S
Guardsmen On Duty May Be Frozen
President Kennedy ready to ask Congress to freeze six National Guard divisions on active duty indefinitely over Berlin crisis. Also seeks to raise Army manpower to 975,000 from 875,000. Six Guard units listed with training sites and dates across Camp Drum, A P Hill, Ft Stewart, Ft Hood, Camp Ripley, Camp Grayling. Freeze possible if national emergency declared or Congress extends officer appointments and enlistment terms.
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New York
Kennedy
Congress
Berlin
Warren Rogers Jr
Washington
New York Herald Tribune
National Guard
26 Infantry
Massachusetts
Camp Drum
N.Y
28Th Infantry
Pennsylvania
A. P. Hill
Bowling Green
30Th Armored
Tennessee
Ft. Stewart
36Th Infantry
Texas
Ft. Hood
Tex
35Th Infantry
Kansas-Missouri
Camp Ripley
Minn
38Th Infantry
Indiana
Camp Grayling
Mich
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