Thousands Flee Northern Angola Desolate Battlefront
Thousands flee across the Congo border as Portuguese forces and African rebels devastate northern Angola. About 100000 refugees arrive in the Congo with 40000 in mud-clogged villages along the lower Congo, many starving and recounting brutal reprisals and bombings.
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U.N
Leopoldville
Congo
Angola
Andre Mateus
Kimpese
Bembe
San Salvador
Mateus
Edouard Antonio
Kipaku
Edouard
Crere
Lando Polo
Abel Powers exchange near completion report
New York World Telegram and Sun reports negotiations to swap convicted Soviet spy Col Rudolf Abel for U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Abel sentenced for espionage in 1957 while Powers is imprisoned in the Soviet Union. The deal allegedly hinges on release to a neutral country for political asylum.
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NEW York
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Col
Rudolf Abel
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Oliver W. Powers
Russia
Powers
Abel
U.S
Atlanta
East Germany
Justice and State Department
Washington
World Telegram
Cadillac protest highlights crop-control payments
In BIG FLATS New York farmer William T. Smith labels his $6,100 Cadillac as bought with government crop-control funds. He has received 3049 dollars and will gain 3450 more for keeping 104 acres out of production, arguing taxpayers should know how their money is spent.
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William T. Smith
Big Flats
N.Y
Smith
Southcentral
New York State
Portugal Accuses U S of Aligning with Soviet Union on Angola
Portuguese Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar told the National Assembly that the United States sides with the Soviet Union in matters concerning Angola. He warned Washington is pursuing a policy parallel to Russia and undermining NATO objectives, saying the move risks Western unity and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
United States
Soviet Union
Angola
National Assembly
United Nations
America
Russia
Africa
Salazar
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Kennedy
National Security Council
Berlin
White House
Pierre Salinger
U.S
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Conditional maritime wage talks push end to coast strike
New York AP report says a conditional agreement between the National Maritime Union and two shipping groups could end the two week old maritime strike on the nation's coasts. The deal depends on settlements with two other unions and mediation continues.
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New York
National Maritime Union
David L. Cole
Kennedy
American Merchant Marine Institute
Tanker Labor Service Committee
Cole
Shipping Company
Max Harrison
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Ex Official of Communist Party Released
President Kennedy ordered the release from prison of Henry Winston former organizational secretary of the Communist Party USA. Winston, blind and facing possible brain tumor surgery, had been among 11 top Communists convicted in 1949 for conspiracy to overthrow the government. He hid and did not surrender in 1951, later surrendering March 5 1956 receiving extra contempt time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Henry Winston
Communist Party
U.S.A
Justice Department
Winston
Surender
Berlin Crisis Focuses on Open Peace Path and NATO Strength
Rusk urged exploring all options for a tolerable peace consistent with U.S. vital interests to avoid a dead end with the Soviet Union over Berlin. Kennedy met NSC officials in secrecy to discuss steps, possible redeployments, and NATO strength to deter a nuclear clash, with de Gaulle shifting a division from Algeria to France.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Rusk
Viet Union
Emn
United States
NATO
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Pension Bill Signed By Kennedy Expands Social Security Benefits
President Kennedy signed a bill increasing Social Security payments for about 4.42 million Americans and allows collection at age 62 starting Jan 1. He called the amendments a more effective instrument for public well being as Congress members observed a partial holiday turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol
Senate
Senate House
Eichmann Testifies He Carried Out Orders Not Originated Them
Adolf Eichmann says he never conceived an order to ship Jews from Holland and Denmark and only carried out his superiors bidding. Defense cites Seyss Inquart authority and argues Eichmann’s role was executor not originator while Denmark plan fails due to Danish resistance.
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Eichmann
Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Holland
Denmark
Robert Servatius
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Berlin
Third Reich
Copenhagen
Heinrich Mueller
Servatius
Seyss-Inquart
Nuernberg
Meyer
Halevy
Raft Found With Dead Persons and a Live 14-Year-Old
A 40-foot Rose Marie found a life raft with two dead individuals and a 14-year-old boy alive about 90 miles southwest of San Diego. Coast Guard and Navy vessels responded, with the survivor in shock and radio contact ongoing. no vessel distress had been reported.
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Raft
San Diego
Calif
Here
Coast Guard
Rose Marie
San Pedro
Alert
The
Max Casper
Cmdr
Richard Ragan
Ragan
Navy
Kuwait braces as Iraqi threat looms amid armored buildup
Armored reinforcements move toward Kuwait's northern border with Iraq as Baghdad claims the oil state. British built vehicles roll through Kuwait City amid quiet scenes and alerts of a possible weekend attack. Britain and allies pledge aid, carriers Bulwark and Victorious head toward the Gulf while Saudi Arabia and other Arabs vow defense. Kuwait seeks Arab League support with talks in Beirut and potential membership bid.
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Kuwait
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
State Department
Washington
Department
Britain
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Bulwark
Karachi
Royal Marine
Victorious
Far East
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Russians Make Call On Kennedy
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov and disarmament chief Valerian Zorin paid an unscheduled White House visit described as a courtesy call. Zorin has talked with John J. McCloy about a July general disarmament conference, with the Soviets pressing to include nuclear test ban discussions. The U S opposes merging test ban technical questions with general disarmament talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mikhail Menshikov
Valerian Zorin
White House
Kennedy
Berlin
United States
Purse Found With 24000 Dollars Stuns Los Angeles Woman
A 35 year old shoe clerk at a downtown Los Angeles store found a woman's purse in an office building. The owner, distraught, revealed the bag contained 24000 dollars in cash and later vanished after thanking the clerk. A token reward of 50 cents was left.
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Los Angeles
Dolly Williams
Miss Williams
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Abel-Powers Exchange
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Atom Weather Station
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Arab League
Sheik Abdullah As-Salim As-Sabah
Sheik Abdullah Mubarak
Beirut
Abdel Khaled Hassouna
League
Kassem
Hassouna
Abdullah
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