Trade policy task forces urge broader open world market
George W. Ball urged open competitive trading at a New York trade convention and called for broader bargain authority for the president. The Herter Clayton report backed tariff reform and a global economic partnership with the Common Market, with Rep. Hale Boggs predicting a hard fight next year to extend the Reciprocal Trade Act.
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Tion
George W. Ball
Ball
New York
U.S
Kennedy
United States
Herter
Clayton
Herter-Clayton
Senate House
Hale Boggs
D-La
U Thant Pick Nears Final Soviet Agreement
Negotiations on an interim UN secretary general hinge on Soviet approval of still secret advisers and geographic selections. U Thant of Burma remains the chosen candidate, with Stevenson Godber signaling trust in his decision. Zorin says agreement is close as Security Council could meet Friday and General Assembly may elect him to fill Hammarskjold’s unfinished term.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U Thant
Burma
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Joseph B. Godber
Valerian A. Zorin
Security Council
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Truman slams Eisenhower policies in luncheon address
Former President Harry S. Truman accuses the Eisenhower administration of wrong and unwise policies at the top. He praises Kennedy era leadership and reflects on his own White House tenure. The remarks were delivered at a National Press Club luncheon marking the 13th anniversary of Truman's 1948 victory.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
America
Truman
Kennedy
White House
National Press Club
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hurricane Hattie devastates Belize thousand homeless
Rescue workers count more than 100 dead as Hurricane Hattie destroys 75 percent of Belize coasts. Winds reach 200 mph, with deaths in Belize City Stancreek Turneffe Cay and Caulker Cay, plus fatalities in Peten Guatemala and Honduras. Relief arrives as waters recede.
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Morris W. Rosenberg
Belize
British Honduras
Hattie
Stancreek
Turneffe Cay
Caulker Cay
Peten
Honduras
Caribbean
Colin Thornley de
President Kennedy Says U S to Prepare for Atmospheric Tests
President Kennedy told reporters after a National Security Council meeting that the United States would prepare to resume atmospheric nuclear tests if necessary to safeguard free world security. He said tests would be limited to what is required for orderly development and would not be conducted solely for political reasons. He stressed the U S is militarily strong enough to retaliate and noted there is no need to fire a 50 megaton device to demonstrate capability.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
National Security Council
U.S
Atomic Scientists Win Physics Prize
The 1961 Nobel prizes awarded in Stockholm go to Dr. Robert Hofstadter of Stanford and Dr. Rudolf Moessbauer of Munich, now at Caltech, sharing the physics prize for gamma ray work. Dr. Melvin Calvin of the University of California wins the chemistry prize for photosynthesis related research.
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Stockholm
Sweden
California
Robert Hofstadter
Stanford University
Rudolf Moessbauer
Munich University
California Institute of Technology
Melvin Calvin
University of California
Hofstadter
Moessbauer
Calvin
Willard Frank Libby
Fallout Over Aleutian Islands
Washington AP reports Weather Bureau estimates radioactive debris from the Soviet superbomb riding 30,000 foot winds over the Aleutian Islands toward Alaska. Researcher Robert List says the invisible cloud could pass over parts of Alaska tonight and may reach western Canada by Friday with a chance it brushes parts of the northwestern states tomorrow.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Aleutian
Alaska
Robert List
Canada
Brownie the beer drinking horse dies in Georgia
Valdosta reports the death of Brownie a 28 year old plow horse once known for sharing drinks with producer Sam M Wilden. Veterinarians cited staggers or liver sclerosis as possible causes while owner Weldon recalls the horse guiding the wagon and keeping him sober at times.
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AP Brownie
Staggers
Brownie
Sam M. Wilden
Man
Beast
Weldon
Soviet Union rejects new UN moratorium on nuclear testing
At the United Nations General Assembly the Soviet Union rejected a proposed moratorium on nuclear bomb testing as unfeasible and wrong arguing that only full disarmament can remove the threat. Tsarapkin accused Western powers of dragging the world toward war while urging a test ban treaty.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N
General Assembly
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
United States
India
U.S
Arthur Dean
Tsarapkin
Rocky Mount appeals NC Natural Gas rate rise ruling
The Rocky Mount city files an appeal to Superior Court challenging a Utilities Commission order that allowed North Carolina Natural Gas Co. a $251000 annual revenue increase. The city argues the order rests on arbitrariness rather than law and was signed September 7.
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Raleigh
Utilities Commission
North Carolina Natural Gas Co
Rocky Mount
Mooresville Couple Faces Hearing In Child Death Case
Louise Long Langlois and Joseph Langlois face a preliminary hearing in Er's Court after their 3 year old son Thomas Langlois was found battered and dead. Sheriff Rumple described 159 injuries including 62 on the face and neck. Neighbors and welfare workers had previously reported mistreatment.
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N.C
Recorder’s Court
Louise Long Langlois
Joseph Emil Langlois
Thomas Morris Langlois
Charlie Rumple
Rumple
Mount Mourne
Mecklenburg County
Iredell County
Langlois
Mooresville Mills
Saskatchewan
Canada
North Carolina
Barbara
Allen
Iredell
Welfare Department
Langlois House
Marvin Raymer
Lewis MacBrayer
USC receives 325000 to study Communist strategy
Industrialist Henry Salvatori and his wife Grace donate 325000 to the University of Southern California to establish a research institute on Communist strategy and propaganda headed by Dr. Rodger Swearingen. The program includes staff from global experts, courses, lectures, and teachers seminars.
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Salvatori
Grace
University of Southern California
USC
Rodger Swearingen
Soviet Union
Swearingen
middle years tape measure dreams and youth’s reach
The text argues that middle aged people mis measure themselves by childhood dreams and fail not because of failure but due to mismatched standards. Childhood ambitions fuel youth but can mislead adults who should value growth over those bygone aspirations.
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Carnegie Hall
Robert Browning
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