McClellan Alleges Payoff Demand in Submarine Strike
Sen John L McClellan accuses a powerful unionist of soliciting money and favors to block settlement terms for the General Dynamics submarine work in Groton Conn He seeks hearings while Morse blocks Senate committee meetings amid a filibuster over a satellite bill.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Today
Navy
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Senate
Wayne
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Management and Labor
Rank and File
McClellan Pate
Morse
McCellan
AFL-CIO President Meany Testifies On Tax Cuts
AFL-CIO President George Meany testifies before a congressional group studying the economy and urges an immediate tax cut in the lowest income bracket. Meany argues the move would boost business recovery as the Ways and Means Committee weighs broader tax options. Senator Paul Douglas cautions slowing the pace of any immediate tax reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Schweid
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means Committee
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
Bunker Hill
U S Reportedly Planning 10 Man Moonships
New York reports American space officials plan 10 man lunar craft as part of a lunar race with the Soviet Union. The 10 man craft would follow the three man Apollo in progress, with potential moon trips as early as 1967 or 1968. Martin Marietta will prepare a NASA guidebook to the moon in nine months.
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New York
New York Journal American
Apollo
America
John Glenn
Journal American
Martin Marietta Corp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Earth
Last U.S. Marines Pull Out Of Thailand
The last 1,800 Marines left Thailand as Adm. George W. Anderson said they could return quickly if needed to defend against Communists. The 27th Infantry Wolfhounds and Thai forces assumed defense, with support personnel moving to Bangkok and then by ship. The withdrawal follows the 14 nation Laos neutrality accord signed in Geneva.
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Tony Escoda
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
America
Laos
South
Viet Nam
Adm
George W. Anderson
Kenneth Todd Young
Udon
Okinawa
Geneva
Carenton
Former UNC player pleads guilty in game fixing case
Lou Brown, ex UNC basketball standout, pleads guilty to conspiring to fix games in Durham. Judge McKinnon postpones sentencing to Aug 9 as three other defendants including Jerry Vogel and Aaron Wagman face trial. Green may plead guilty next week due to health and finances. Brown testified about a Dec 4 1959 Durham hotel meeting arranging point shaving with Vogel and Wagman, while denying involvement of Ray Stanley and Doug Moe.
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Durham
N. C
University of North Carolina
Lou Brown
Henry McKinnon
Dan K. Edwards
Edwards
Joseph Green
New York
Green
Jerry Vogel
University of Alabama
Aaron Wagman
Vogel
Durham Superior Court
Brown
Wagman
North Carolina
Jersey City
N. J
Carl Churchill
Raleigh
John Boyd
State Bureau of Investigation
al Williams
South Carolina
Ray Stanley
Doug Moe
Churchill
SBI
Danville
Pansy Blankenship
Chapel Hill
Surgeons Reattach Foot After Car Collision in Revere
A team at Massachusetts General Hospital in Revere, Mass., sewed the severed left foot of 24 year old Joseph Scimone after a collision with a car. After a five and a half hour operation, a hospital spokesman called the procedure successful so far.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Revere
Mass
Joseph Scimone
Ike Tours 17th Century Warship Wasa in Stockholm Visit
Eisenhower inspected the 136 foot 64 gun Wasa on a private Sweden visit. He and aides toured the damp museum ship as Anders Franzen explained the 1628 sinking and salvage. He noted the ship’s royal flag and noted the old rum aboard while a pocket model gun and coin replicas were gifted.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Anders Franzen
Gustavus Adolphus
Eisenhower
Vasa
Djurgaarden
Franzen
Wasa
U.S
J. Graham Parsons
Express
Copenhagen
NYC Orders Infant Death Investigation Emerges
New York City ordered an investigation into its first infant death linked to the drug thalidomide. Acting health commissioner Dr. George James said a 43 year old woman gave birth to a deformed child in a Queens hospital and died shortly after. The psychiatrist on Park Avenue supplied the drug for tranquilizing purposes.
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New York
George James
Queens Hospital
James
Park Avenue
Kennedy to hold news conference at White House
President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the White House. Pierre Salinger said there were no immediate plans for broadcast coverage.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Bloodless coup triggers guerrilla seizure of Algiers
Guerrilla forces surrounding Algiers seize the city at dawn- their commander Col Si Hassap says a seven man political bureau will head the government until elections set for August 12. Ben Bella allies in Paris say the bureau will be in Algiers soon while warnings of grave risk persist. Radio Algiers broadcasts call for calm as crowds remain on beaches.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Amar Oussedik
Algiers Autonomous Zone
Ben Youssef Ben Mneuda
Wilaya
Si Hassap
Paris
Mohammed Khider
Tlemcen
Khider
Storm Plagued Climbers in Descent After Death on Grand Teton
One climber, Stephen Smith of Holden Massachusetts, died of exposure near the summit of Grand Teton as a storm struck a party of ten Appalachian Mountain Club climbers. John Fenni sman of West Hartford Connecticut and Lester Germer of Millington New Jersey were evacuated by helicopter for exposure and frostbite treatment. The remaining seven climbers spent the night at a campsite above Garnet Canyon preparing the 1000 foot descent to waiting horses. In Texas, two Abilene teens were rescued after a 24 hour stay on a Guadalupe Mountains ledge, lowered by rope basket.
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Grand Teton National Park
Wyo
Grand Teton Peak
Stephen Smith
Holden
Mass
Wyoming
Park Rangers
Smith
John Fennisman
West Hartford
Conn
Lester Germ
Garnet Canyon
Fraconia
N.H
C. Francis Belcher
Melrose
Appalachian ‘Club
Allis Blade
Astoria
N.Y
Ant
Texas
Guadalupe Mountains
el Paso
John Myers
Lowery Thompson
Abilene
Tex
Thompson
Myers
Thompsson
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NYC
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Kay Bros. House
North Hollywood
Calif
Seattle
John R. Walker
St. John’s Hospital
Jackson
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