Kennedy says Vienna talks not a win for either side
President Kennedy told Americans in a 23 minute radio TV address that neither he nor Khrushchev won at Vienna. He called the talks sober and useful though they laid bare a long term East West struggle. He noted hope for breaking the Geneva Laos deadlock but warned Khrushchev had struck a serious blow on the atomic tests ban. He defended US Berlin rights and denied any secret deals while backing a 4.8 billion dollar foreign aid program.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Vienna
Laos
Geneva
United States
Berlin
America
Kennedy Gains Bipartisan Praise After TV Address
Lawmakers hail President Kennedy as he outlines bleak world realities and calls for aid to developing nations to stave off communism. Nixon calls the report objective and urges urgent steps, noting no major breakthroughs in Vienna with Khrushchev.
Laos Talks Beset by Ceasefire Violations and Padong Fall
Western delegates blasted a blatant ceasefire violation after Padong fell to Communist forces. The United States pledged to push for a neutral Laos and avoid collapsing the Geneva talks, as pressure mounted from officials in Washington and Geneva.
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Padong
Laos
Geneva
United States
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Washington
Harriman
State Department
Viet Nam
Lincoln White
White
Joseph W. Reap
Reap
Castro Presses Conditions for 1200 Cuban Prisoner Swap Deal
Detroit leaders study Fidel Castro’s latest conditions for trading 1200 Cuban invasion prisoners for 500 American tractors. The group weighs official confirmation of Castro’s May 17 offer as translators work and key figures including Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower participate in consultations. A final committee reply and public text release depend on translated cable and talks.
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Citizens’ Movement
Fidel Castro
Castro
Wal
Tro
Havana
Jin
Solidarity House
UAW
Committee
Roosevelt
Reuther
Eisenhower
Joseph M. Dodge
New York
Rusk urges single agency for long term foreign aid
Secretary of State Dean Rusk asked Congress to create one agency to manage long term foreign aid with minimal strings attached. He urged clear separation of military aid from development assistance and presented Kennedy’s outlined program with a total next year around 4.535 billion dollars, including borrowing authority of 900 million and 1.6 billion annually for four subsequent years.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Congress
Rusk
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kennedy
Europe
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
Treasury
Committee Moves To Force Action On Small Loan Bill
House Insurance Committee pressed for action on a Senate passed measure to curb credit, accident, and health insurance required by small loan companies. Gov. Sanford urged compromise. House and Senate loan bills diverge on interest caps. Also, committee rejected a $750,000 auto insurer guarantee fund and approved a boating safety substitute and merit pay pilot in two school units with a $200,000 appropriation.
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House Insurance Committee
Senate
Charles F. Gold
Insurance Committee
Sanford
House
Senate Banking
Rep. L. Sneed High
Cumberland
North Carolina State Motor Club
Carolina Motor Club
Dale Alford
Nash
House Wildlife Committee
House Education Committee
Appropriations Committee
Khrushchev Dances Cha Cha With Sukarno
In Moscow Khrushchev shakes off Vienna mood at a party for Sukarno's 60th birthday. The 66 year old premier dances with Sukarno, plays drums, and jokes about loans while Gromyko and other Kremlin leaders watch. Nina Khrushchev joins briefly as the event stays light and festive.
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Moscow
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Sukarno
Indonesia
Vienna
Khrushchev
Kennedy signals shift in U S atomic test policy
President Kennedy plans to resume underground nuclear explosions if needed while keeping Geneva talks open. The policy shift follows the failed Geneva test talks and keeps pressure on Soviets to accept a test ban without ceding moratorium status. Kennedy’s Vienna meeting with Khrushchev underscored Western rejection of Soviet veto demands.
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Kennedy
U .S
U. S
United States
Vienna
Khrushchev
Geneva
Kennedy urges leadership as Navy graduates gathered
President Kennedy addressed 1961 Naval Academy graduates in Annapolis urging readiness for leadership in a troubled world. He handed diplomas, noting only the top 95 earned from his hands, and was greeted with a 21 gun salute and a Navy Band performance.
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Annapolis
Kennedy
U.S. Naval Academy
Field House
John F. Davidson
Jerome F. Smith Jr
San Diego
Calif
Davidson
United States
U.S. Navy
Conflicting signals on repatriation swap with Cuba
AP reports confusion over whether Castro will honor or renege on a prisoner exchange for 1200 Castro prisoners captured in the April 17 invasion. Among 199 U.S. arrivals were 86 citizens and 45 Puerto Rican nuns from Cuba, with fear of reprisals and rumors of offers of land and jobs to prisoners.
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Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro
U.S
Puerto Rico
Canada to Replace U S unloaders for Red China grain
Prime Minister Diefenbaker told the House that Canada will keep grain shipments to Red China flowing despite U S export bans. Ottawa may manufacture portable unloaders to replace U S equipment and have them flown to Peiping within three weeks. Talks with the Canadian Shipping Federation continue as government officials seek timetables and alternatives while stressing no delay in the deal.
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Canada
Red China
U.S
John G. Diefenbaker
House of Commons
United States
Peiping
Diefenbaker
Ontario
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Canadian Shipping Federation
Washington
Arnold Heeney
Britain
Europe
Lester Pearson
Pearson
Hazen Argue
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
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Milton S. Eisenhower
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