Berlin clash spurs sweeping civil defense review in U S
WASHINGTON AP reports that fears of Berlin escalation trigger a nationwide civil defense audit and a planned $300 million rise in civilian protection spending. The review, to be sent to Congress, envisions 46 million shelters and broad emergency powers under Plans C and D minus. Officials acknowledge readiness is far from adequate.
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Washington
Berlin
Congress
Civil Defense Administration
Kennedy
Pentagon
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Defense Department
White House
OCDM
U.S
Ranger I to Launch for Million Mile Space Run Soon
NASA plans the Ranger I spacecraft to begin a one million mile journey within days from Cape Canaveral. The 675-pound probe will enter a parking orbit then accelerate on a trajectory 685000 miles from Earth, not aimed at the Moon, with final perigee near Earth before destruction. The mission tests lunar and planetary exploration tech as part of later manned lunar goals.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape, Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Ranger
Moon
Earth
FBI report shows crime at peak in history in 1960
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said serious crime rose 98 percent since 1950 with a murder every 58 minutes and a forcible rape every 34 minutes. The Uniform Crime Reports cite burglaries and robberies up 18 percent, auto thefts 9 percent, and total annual crime approaching 1.86 million with 3 640 arrests per 100000.
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Washington
United States
FBI
Keny
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Health Aid For Aged Is Urged
Secretary Ribicoff urged a program to finance hospital and nursing care for 14.5 million elderly through higher Social Security taxes. The plan limits coverage to hospitalization nursing care and diagnostics with copayments and caps on days and visits, while excluding drugs and some services.
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Washington
Abraham A. Riblicoff
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ribicoff
Kennedy
Congress
EAL Plane Hijacked Forces Landing In Havana Cuba
An Eastern Air Lines flight from Tampa to Miami was hijacked and diverted to a Havana area airport. NORAD reported the pilot was forced at gunpoint to land in Cuba with 32 passengers and five crew aboard. a US jet escorted the airliner toward Cuban airspace.
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EAL
Cuba
Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Tampa
Havana
SOS
Spuukes
Malsag
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
NORAD
Homestead
Verve Center
Canada
Patrols Seek US Astronaut Lt Col John Glenn Jr
North and South Carolina highway patrols were asked to locate Lt Col John Glenn Jr an astronaut. Glenn reportedly left Charleston S C heading north on U S 301 in a blue and white 1961 Chevrolet towing a boat with Ohio plates. He was located later by South Carolina patrol in Florence D C the space task force at Langley Field Va asked him to call immediately. If another flight is planned this year Glenn would be the flyer.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
John H. Glenn Jr
North Carolina Patrol
Col. Glenn
South Carolina Patrol
Florence
D.C
Charleston
S.C
U.S. 301
Ohio
Space Task Force
Langley Field
Alan Shepard
Paul Purser
John Peterson
Langley
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hurricane Rona Impacts British Honduras Coast
Hurricane Rona roared into British Honduras with potential flash floods across hilly areas. The center lay over the southern coast near Mango Creek about 75 miles south of Belize, with winds near hurricane strength and seven to ten feet of tides, while the storm’s rain threat persisted.
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Miami
Fla
Rona
British Honduras
Mango Creek
Belize
Miami Weather Bureau
Anna
Bureau
Mexico
War of words between French and Tunisians over Bizerte clash
In the wake of the Bizerte battle, French and Tunisian authorities exchanged accusations of maneuvering to gain military advantage in defiance of a UN cease fire. Reports described French attempts to fortify lines around Bizerte, including a widened perimeter and artillery positions along the canal. Tunisian radio claimed paratroopers were fortifying gains, while civilians and troops evacuated the area.
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Tunis
Bizerte
U.N
Mediterranean
Lake Bizerte
Tunisia
Information Ministry
Cap Blanc
Paris
France
Eichmann Pleads For Life In Final Testimony
Adolf Eichmann, pale and tired, concludes 25 days of testimony before Israeli judges. He acknowledges being in the SS and performing duties, denies anti semitism, and defends remaining in the organization as a soldier. Justice Landau presses on contradictions, and Eichmann admits reading the Goebbels anti Semitic Voelkischer Boebachter.
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Garven Hudgins
Jerusalem
Adolf
Eichmann
Presid
Gestapo
Owjing
Moshe Landau
Nisko
Poland
Landau
Joseph Goebbles
Voelkischer ‘Boebachter
Foust Resigns Recreation Post In Thomasville
J D Foust recreation director of Thomasville for nine years resigns to become assistant director of the North Carolina Recreation Commission. His resignation is effective September 1 and was announced at a Thomasville Recreation Commission luncheon. His wife will teach in a Raleigh school.
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Thomasville
J. D. Foust
North Carolina Recreation Commission
Prince Edward County Board Faces Immunity Claim
In Richmond, an attorney for the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors moved to block questioning of four members about their official duties. William Vaughan, board chairman, was questioned by Negro attorneys in a test of the legality of closing Prince Edward County schools, which have been shut for two years amid an integration dispute. Gravatt argued legislative immunity extends to supervisors, similar to Congress and state legislatures, and Judge Lewis allowed reading earlier cases supporting the claim.
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Richmond, Va
Prince Edward
Congress
Vaughan
Robert L. Carter
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Gravatt
Mother and five children die in Lowell fire
In a Lowell tenement fire a destitute Negro family of 12 lost the mother Mattie Merlonan and five children. The father John Merlonan and four other children escaped with injuries. Fire officials suspect arson as the cause and 21 others fled safely. A firefighter was seriously injured. The dead included Gee and Ivy, ages 4 and 3, and Pamela 11 months.
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Lowell
Mass
Mattie Merllonan
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