Philippine President postpones state visit to United States
Manila reports President Macapagal has indefinitely delayed his state visit to the United States after the U.S. House rejected a $73 million Philippine war damage bill. He cited eroded goodwill and resentment at Congress, noting the visit would be inappropriate while the matter remains unresolved. The bill would have paid 86,000 claimants in the Philippines.
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Manila
Macapagal
United States
U.S. House of Representatives
Ant
Congress of the
Philippines
Eleventh Atmospheric Nuclear Test Near Christmas Island
The Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department announced the 11th US nuclear test in the atmosphere occurred today near Christmas Island in the Pacific. The intermediate yield device was dropped from an airplane, a pattern followed by all but two previous shots, with yields ranging from 20 000 to 1 million tons of TNT.
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Washington
U. S
Christmas Island
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
U S Awaits Thailand Okay On Landing Combat Force
U S forces remain on alert awaiting Thai consent to land a Marine force in Thailand as part of Kennedy’s plan to bolster anti Communist defenses in Southeast Asia. A 2000 Marines detachment moved into Southeast Asian waters with 7th Fleet support while other forces head toward the crisis area. Leader, diplomats and generals met to press for a peaceful Laos cease fire and potential government of national union talks.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Pacific Area
U.S
Thailand
Laos
Little Kingdom
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
7Th Fleet
Pacific
Strike Command
Paul D. Harkins
South
Viet Nam
Bangkok
National Union
Ball
Vasily F. Kuznetsov
Frank Roberts
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Pathet Lao
Nam Tha
Justices Act Negroes Granted Hearing By Court
The Supreme Court granted a hearing to 187 Negro students convicted of breach of the peace for a March 2, 1961 demonstration at the State Capitol grounds in Columbia South Carolina. Fines reached 100 dollars or 30 days in jail with some suspensions. NAACP counsel argued due process violation of the 14th Amendment. The court will hear the appeal in the term starting October 1.
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Washington
Supreme Court
State Capitol
Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S
Senate votes again to limit debate on literacy voting bill
The Senate rejected a cloture bid 52 to 42 on limiting debate for a literacy test bill to qualify voters by sixth grade. A 64 to 33 tally opposed shelving the measure. Senator Francis Case signaled a constitutional amendment substitute to address constitutionality concerns. Senate leaders planned to turn to textile agreement legislation after the cloture attempt.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Bers
Francis Case
R-S.d
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Laos crisis sparks debate on hitting Chinese bases
Washington reports say some U S military leaders floated striking bases in China’s Yunnan province to disrupt Laos supply lines as a potential measure if Southeast Asia action escalates. Civilians reportedly resisted this, warning it could risk wider war. elites note Laos is landlocked with limited US troop viability.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Laos
China
U.S
Pacific
Yunnan
United States
Southeast Asia
Red China
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
MacArthur
Manchuria
Korea
North Korea
U.N
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
Eight Die In North Carolina Weekend Highway Toll
Three small children die as North Carolina weekend traffic toll rises to at least eight. Angela Kay Chavis aged 4 of Holden's Beach, William Elvis Smith aged 2 of Route 1 Pinetops, and Gregory D Nixon a 4 year old Negro child of Route 1 Wilmington died in mid state crashes. Other fatalities include Jerry Wayne Rush 19 and Nolan Kindley 17 of Route 1 Trinity in a crash near Randleman and Johnny Lee Miller Jr 37 and Jean Barden 35 of Fair Bluff in a crash near the South Carolina line. Anne Carter Joyce 21 of Summerville died on U S 220 near Greensboro.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Angela Kay Chavis
Holden's Beach
William Elvis Smith
Rt. 1
Pinetops
Tarboro
Gregory D. Nixon
Wilmington
U.S. 17
New Hanover County
Jerry Wayne Rush
Nolan Kindley
Trinity
Randleman
Johnny Lee Miller Jr
Jean Barden
Fair ‘Bluff
South Carolina
Lake View
S.C
Anne Carter Joyce
Summerville
U.S. 220
Greensboro
Court Upholds Beck Conviction
The Supreme Court upheld the embezzlement conviction of Dave Beck former Teamsters Union president. The 4-3 ruling affirmed a 15 year prison sentence for pocketing $1900 from a Cadillac sale owned by the union. Beck was convicted in King County Superior Court Washington in December 1957. he had been free on bail pending appeals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Clark
Justice Black
Warren
Douglas
Frankfurter
White
Beck
King County Superior Court
Washington State
Walk-Out Protests Ouster Of Pastor At N Y Church
New York AP reports 275 church members walked out of Sunday worship after the ouster of Rev. Dr. Stuart Hamilton Merriam from Broadway Presbyterian Church. A remaining 125 heard a presbytery official outline accusations of rigidity and incompetence, while elders were removed and a presbytery committee took charge.
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New York
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Stuart Hamilton Merriam
J. Carter Swaim
Croydon E. McClellen
Merriam
N.Y. Church
Graydon E. McClellan
Presbytery of
McClellan
Presbytery
Dr. Merriam
Manhattan
Bronx
Staten Island
Broadway
Huge Steel Form Collapse Kills Two at Round Butte Site
A steel form broke loose when a cable anchor pin snapped at the Round Butte dam project near Madras Oregon. It tumbled 150 feet into a spillway tunnel shaft, killing Robert L. Clinton and Ireneaux E. Ochs and injuring Ollie Lewis and six others.
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Madras
Ore
Round Butte Dam
Robert L. Clinton
Bend
Ireneaux E. Ochs
Terrebonne
Ollie Lewis
Sandy
Portland General Electric Co
Round Butte
Cascade Mountains
France and United States relations strained over atomic issue
Paris reports tension as France presses to develop its own atomic weapons with De Gaulle pushing for a European power base. The United States opposes proliferation and aids only limited, while France eyes independent capacity and potential commercial gains from nuclear tech.
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Harvey Hudson Paris
France
United States
Atom
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couvet de Murville
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Europe
U.S
Kennedy
Sahara
Russia
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