Connecticut Congressman Probes Army Household Servants
Rep. Frank Kowalski demands Kennedy curb use of enlisted men as officers servants amid an Ft. McNair audit showing 25 sergeants paid for household duties for 14 senior officers and a State Department official. He cites 3,000 to 5,000 such assignments nationwide and a potential $180 million taxpayer bill. He warns legal violations and collusion hinder investigations.
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Washington
Connecticut
Kennedy
Frank Kowalski
D-Conn
Comptroller General
Ft. McNair
Kowalski
Federal
State Department
Congress
Joseph Campbell
Bars Go From Dix Hill Windows as Screens Replace Bars
At Dorothea Dix State Hospital Raleigh North Carolina bars were removed from the windows replacing them with two types of screens a protection screen to deter injuries and insects and a detention screen to prevent escapes The change marks progress in modernizing the female wing of the hospital a $500 000 renovation project that completes Dix Hill removing the last bars in the state mental hospital system.
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Raleigh
Dorothea Dix State Hospital
Dix Hill
Taylor Recommends Strengthening South Viet Nam Without U S Troops
Gen Maxwell D Taylor told President Kennedy he would not urge sending U S troops to South Viet Nam. He proposed quicker intelligence gathering, army command reforms, better communications, intensified training, and joint U S Vietnamese teams in economics psychology warfare and medicine to combat guerrilla threats.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Southeast Asia
U.S
South Viet Nam
Taylor
Kennedy
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
U. S
Dean Rusk
Far East
Walt W. Rostow
Jay W. Gildner
United States
Thailand
Plush Home Miami Man Seeks Adoption For Storm Orphans
Ned Davis a Florida banker and Honduran transplant says he will adopt Granville Arnold seven and Phyllis four, siblings who lost parents in hurricane Hattie. Davis plans private schooling for the children alongside his own, faces potential obstacles, and notes officials did not question their entry despite lack of papers.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Hattie
Ned Davis
Defuniak Springs
Fila
Florida
South
Georgia
Honduras
Arnold
Phyllis
Davis
British Honduras
Richard
Nedine
Miami
Immigration and Customs
Bombs Damage Ghana Statue in Accra Attack
In Accra a bombing damaged a bronze Kwame Nkrumah statue before Parliament, and a second blast hit the Black Star Square wart memorial. Police blamed terrorists amid the first violent act against Nkrumah's regime, with no casualties reported.
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Accra
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Nkrumah
Black Star Square
African Republic
Close Balloting Seen In Texas Congressional Race
Texas voters in San Antonio began polling at 7 a.m. to fill a congressional seat. Leading contenders were Democrat Henry B. Gonzalez and Republican John Goode Jr., with national figures backing both sides. The race drew endorsements from presidents and senators and highlighted a shift toward a two party Texas.
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Joe Benham
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Paul Kilday
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Henry B. Gonzalez
John
Johnson
Gonzalez
Eisenhower
Goode
Kennedy
Lyndon
Carl Albert
D-Okla
House
Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Jack Brookes
Beaumont
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
John Tower
R-Tex
Bob Wilson
R-Calif
GOP
Tower
Udall Aims for Mount Fuji Summit Despite Fog
Udall plans to begin ascent at daybreak from the 5th station on Mount Fuji. Saburo Matsukata leads four climbers with ice axes while six more guide reporters and party members. Weather and avalanche risks loom as 13 climbers have died on Fuji since 1959.
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Conrad Fine
Mt. Fuji
Japan
U.S
Stewart Udall
Udall
Kennedy
Saburo Matsukata
Matsukata
Japan Alpinists Association
Fuji
Sengen Shrine
U Thant Becomes Acting UN Secretary General Endorsed
A Burmese Buddhist, U Thant, was unanimously elected to fill Dag Hammarskjold's term as acting UN secretary general. He pledged independence from external control and proposed a limited number of UN under secretaries as advisers including Bunche and Arakkadev, while facing Congo funding, staff reorganization, and technical aid challenges.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N. Y
Burma
U. N
General Assembly
U Thant
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
Troika
United States
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Kennedy
Valerian ‘A. Zorin
Hammarskjold
Khrushchev
Zorin
Commuters Halt Train Service On Rome Suburban Line
Thousands of commuters on a Rome to Ostia line halted service by sitting on tracks and occupying stations to protest a 25-lire fare rise. The disruption ended after the operator promised a review of the increase, which raised a one way ticket to 140 lire from 115.
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Rome
Ostia
Land markers aid NC surveyors near High Point
North Carolina Geodetic Survey crews place concrete markers around High Point to improve land measurement accuracy. Staff writer Braxton Younts previews tomorrow's Enterprise feature. Public Library reaches 35 years as a community hub with growth noted by Glenda Holder in a Sunday piece. A special report explores the 24 hour defense watch of airmen, soldiers, and sailors.
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North Carolina Geodetic Survey
High Point
Braxton Younts
Enterprise
Glenda Holder
Sunday Enterprise
Freedom
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Asheville
N. C
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Harry Kelly
Plush Home
Miamian
U.S. Senate
Senate
John Birch Society
The
Americans For Democratic Action
Seoul
Park Chung-hee
Yun Po-sun
Secretariat
HST
N.J
Armory
Truman
New Jersey
Harry Truman
Robert Meyner
State House
Richard J. Hughes
Newark
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