Governors Clash With Kennedy Over Domestic Policy
Governors from both parties defended Kennedy on Berlin and overseas crises but criticized his domestic policies. Alabama's Gov. John Patterson assailed the Freedom Riders handling, while New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged unity and a moratorium on domestic political attacks.
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Kennedy
John Patterson
Alabama
Patterson
Freedom Riders
Robert Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Nixon
Goldwater
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Laos
Brown
Steve McNichols
Colorado
Khrushchev
Berlin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Britain Rebuffs Iraqi Claim on Kuwait Crisis
Britain and Kuwait rejected Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem’s move to annex Kuwait and pledged aid if asked. The Kuwaiti ruler indicated no immediate request for help, as both sides sought calm to avert a larger Middle East crisis amid oil interests and regional tensions.
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Sheik Abdullah As-Salim
As ’ Sabah
Kuwait
Karim Kassem
Iraq
Arthur Gavshon
London
Britain
Abdel Karim Kassem
Persian Gulf
John Richmond
Kassem
Middle-East
Foreign Office
Kuwait Oil Co
British Petroleum Co
American Gulf Oil Corp
Short Range Desegregation Plan Upheld by Court
U S District court in Wilmington upholds the state Board of Education plan for short range desegregation this fall for Negro students, with transfers allowed if the district can handle them, and also upholds a long range goal of total desegregation by 1970 under state supervision. Judge Caleb M. Wright notes transfers and transportation must be nondiscriminatory. Louis L. Redding opposed the plan representing Negro children.
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Wilmington
Del
U.S. District Court
State Board of Education
Caleb M. Wright
State Board
General Assembly
Louis L. Redding
Wright
Moore Calls for New Trend in Television Creativity
Garry Moore told a Federal Communications Commission hearing that television is at a hopeful time but faces a lack of creative talent and insufficient hours to program. He said producers must have more control over their shows and cited his CBS tenure and contract restrictions on certain sponsors. He also noted reducing commercial interruptions after ratings improved by beating NBC.
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New York
Garry Moore
Federal Communications Commission
Moore
CBS
NBC
Brunette Sought In Boy's Death
Police search for a slender brunette believed to have abducted three children including 3-year old Andrew Ashley who was found drowned in a park lake. Authorities link the cases, noting potential mental disorder and jealousy as motives while urging families to come forward.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Andrew Ashley
Park Lake
North Side
Andrew
Delaware Park
Currency Returns to Japs in Manila Sale
Two Japanese sailors sold a watch to a Filipino cab driver after coming ashore from the Nichiyo Maru. The cabbie paid them in currency issued by the Japanese occupation authorities, which has been worthless since the war.
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Manila
Rebels Surrender After Venezuelan Uprising
In Barcelona, Venezuela, troops revolted against President Romulo Betancourt but later surrendered to loyal forces after Monte air force jets over the barracks. The governor of Anzoategui, Gen. Rafael Solorzano, was reportedly captured. La Guaira uprising was crushed. Barcelona population about 26 thousand, 135 miles east of Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Barcelona
Romulo Betancourt
Anzoategui
Rafael Solorzano
Radio Tropical of
Caribbean
la Guaira
Betancourt
Eichmann Claims Pilate Role In Nazi Atrocities
Adolf Eichmann told Israeli judges he feels no guilt, likening his duties to Pontius Pilate. He described the Wannsee conference and said he believed the final solution was practical and feasible. He cited the Radom and Madagascar plans as evidence of his efforts.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Pontius Pilate
Gestapo
Eichmann
Wannsee
Berlin
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich
Hitler
Robert Servatius
Radom
Madagascar
Kennedy invokes Taft Hartley to halt maritime strike
President Kennedy used the Taft Hartley Act to stop a maritime unions strike citing threats to national safety. He named an emergency board of three to report facts, may seek an 80 day cooling off order, and urged continued bargaining while noting food oil and military cargo disruptions.
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Washington
Kennedy
David L. Cole
Cole
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Samuel I. Roseman
New York
James J. Healy
Harvard Business School
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Hawaii
Board of Inquiry
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Emergency Board of Inquiry
Red Says Laos Peace Possible
China’s Chen Yi told the Laos peace conference that broad conditions exist for a final East West agreement. He warned the Laotian government could receive arms without international control, while praising the Laotian princes meeting and Harriman for easing cease fire complaints.
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Geneva
Chen Yi
China
Laos
Chen
la Jotian
International Control Commission
Georghi Push‘kin
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Ikeda and Diefenbaker Outline Japan Canada Trade Boost
Prime Minister Ikeda and John Diefenbaker discuss a major rise in trade with Canada to supply minerals for Japan’s industrial expansion. They also address Asia, Laos, and Communist China with consideration of UN representation.
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Ottawa
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Ikeda
Canada
Asia
Laos
China
United Nations
Civil War Toy Trends Favor Gray Confederate Gear
South favored gray Confederate hats and toy figures outsell Union blue models in a Civil War centennial year. Major manufacturers report rising sales of Confederate costumes, flags, and war games, with estimates of strong North and South demand and total spending near six figures on Confederate sloops.
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New York
South
The
Toy Manufacturers Association of the
U. S
al Rubin
Revell, Inc
Venice
Calif
Alabama
James J. Shea
Milton Bradley Co
Springfield
Mass
Barker Bros., Inc
Salem
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