Kennedy outlines U S defense push and test readiness
President Kennedy affirms U S military strength and pledges action to boost defense funding next year while keeping watch on rival capabilities. He signals readiness for atmospheric nuclear tests if needed and notes current budget figures, without detailing new appropriations. Nehru’s Washington visit is noted.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Congress
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Nehru
India
One Write In Vote Elects Constable
George Shupe was elected constable of Green Lane after a write in vote totaling one ballot. His brother in law Harry Huns berger noticed no candidate appeared on the ballot and wrote in Shupe's name.
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Pottstown
George Shupe
Green Lane
Harry Hunsberger
Shupe
U S Troops Shuttled Over Autobahn To Berlin Exercise
A 150 man motorized company from Bamberg moves to the Soviet controlled Autobahn to Berlin for brief training. The unit, Co. D of the 1st Battle Group 15th Infantry 3rd Division, is led by Capt Rex L Holland. Berlin garrison units will also shuttle to West Germany for short periods. Soviet authorities have been informed.
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Berlin
U. S
West Germany
West Berlin
Bamberg
Bavaria
Rex L. Holland
Glencoe
Oklo
U.S. Army
Heidelberg
Viet Nam Civil War Attacks Hit Clergy and Officials
In South Viet Nam, Viet Cong ambushes wounded and killed public figures and clergy. A Roman Catholic bishop escaped unharmed as a convoy rescued him after an ambush in the delta. A district chief and his wife were fatally harmed and their children severely harmed in the renewed violence. A priest and two companions were fatally injured in a separate ambush. Earlier, nuns were attacked and one nun wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kennedy to address NAM in New York on December 6
President Kennedy will speak at the National Association of Manufacturers opening luncheon in the Waldorf Astoria Grand Ballroom on December 6. NAM president John W. McGovern will introduce him, and Kennedy noted no hostility between business and government as he seeks closer ties with industry.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Afl-Cio
Miami
Fla
Pierre Salinger
NAM
Waldorf-Astoria
John W. McGovern
Air Crash Kills 77 Army Draftees En Route to Training
A chartered Imperial Airlines Constellation crashed near Richmond killing 77 recruits and five crew members. The plane, already with two engines out, attempted a landing at Byrd Airport but exploded in a marshy woodland, as rescuers faced a chaotic scene and identifying bodies began. Survivors include pilot Capt Ronald Conway and flight engineer W F Poythress who escaped.
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Richmond, Va
Here
Imperial Airlines
Constellation
Byrd Airport
United States
Trans World Airlines Constellation
Chicago
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Bethlehem
Joseph J. Champion
Stephen Kobbi
Leroy Kranch Jr
Robert Bed
Irvin Langer
Wilkes-Barre Induction Center
Easton
Richmond
Civil Air Patrol
Thescene
Alfred C. Nowinsky
Miami
nNeither
Conway
Ronald Conway
Buffalo's Nose Dismantled At Capitol
Workmen dismantled the buffalo's nose statue at the Capitol where press facilities for the General Assembly once stood. The action follows the adjournment of the 1963 legislature amid uncertainty over a possible special session and bond election for school construction, with a move to the new state house planned.
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Raleigh
Buffalo
Capitol
General Assembly
Sanford
Congress
Jet Raid Clenches Ecuadorian Presidency After Oath
Arosemena takes the oath as Ecuador's new president following a military jet raid on Quito that forced the resignation of Camilo Gallegos Toledo and cleared the path for the 42 year old left leaning vice president. The army backed move left Arosemena in control at the presidential palace as protests erupt in streets and a mob threatens the U.S. Consulate in Guayaquil. Velasco Ibarra plans to fly to Mexico City once safe conduct is granted.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Julio Arosemena
Supreme Court
Camilo Gallegos Toledo
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Arosemena
Velasco Ibarra
Congress
Gallegos
Legislative Palace
Col
Aurelio Naranjo
Defense Ministry
Lamation
Jacinto Ochoa
Taura
U.S
Guayaquil
Pedro Menendez Gilbert
Mexico City
High School Students Win Release of Teacher for Russian Lessons
Airman Joseph R. Turk, called to active duty as a clerk typist with the 109th Air Transport Group, will be discharged to return to Columbus Indiana to teach Russian at the high school after his students petitioned President Kennedy. An Air Force spokesman said discharge papers should be ready next week. Turk said he would be glad to resume teaching and his job would be open. The White House said the Air Force authorized his immediate release after journalists questioned Kennedy.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Joseph R. Turk
Indiana
Columbus
Ind
Kennedy
Turk
109Th Air Transport Group
Scotia
Here
Air Force
Washington
White House
California fires devastate Bel Air Topanga Canyon homes
The Santa Monica Mountains blaze raged across Bel Air and Topanga Canyon with 456 homes destroyed and 14,150 acres scorched. About 150 firemen were injured. total losses may reach 24 million dollars insured. Notable evacuees included Burt Lancaster Zsa Zsa Gabor Joan Fontaine Walter Wanger Lukas Foss and former Vice President Richard Nixon.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
California
Bel-Air
Topanga Canyon
Bel-Air-Brentwood
Pacific Palisades
Hollywood Hills
Burt Lancaster
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Joe E. Brown
Joan Fontaine
Walter Wanger
Lukas Foss
Richard M. Nixon
Brentwood
Associated Press
Charles Maher
Rayburn Described Very Weak by Physician
Bonham Texas AP report says Speaker Sam Rayburn 79 is very weak due to cancer. Dr Joe A Risser notes the basic problem remains the same as prior bulletin.
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Bonham, Tex
Sam Rayburn
Joe A. Risser
Sam
Queen Elizabeth II Arrives in Ghana Amid Tumultuous Welcome
Accra greets the queen with cheers as she lands for a 12 day state visit accompanied by Prince Philip. A white robed priest pours gin as a libation and crowds line the six mile route to Christiansborg Castle. The trip follows security concerns and tensions with Ghana's regime under President Kwame Nkrumah.
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Accra
Ghana
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
London
Kwame Nkrumah
Ancient
Christiansborg Castle
Britain
Scotland Yard
Nkrumah
Commonwealth
Duncan Sandys
Harold Macmillan
Queen
Philip
Britannia
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Dakar
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanganyika
U.N
Tension Mounts In Albertville
In Katanga's Albertville Belgians report UN authorities block Katanga army movement and civil actions. President Tshombe warns Congo troops could reach Albertville amid recalled Kasai atrocity rampage and violent clashes.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
United Nations
Lake Tanganyika
Albertville
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Congola
Kivu
Luluabourg
Congo
Kasai
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