Americans Support Defense of West Berlin Despite Easing War Fear
The Harris poll shows most Americans back defending West Berlin even if war results, with 5 to 1 support, while eagerness to go to war over Berlin has softened slightly as Cold War tensions ease. About 22 percent see real changes in Soviet peace aims, reflecting cautious optimism in Kennedy's peacemaking.
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Students Plan Earth Satellite
BERKELEY Calif AP two junior college students with borrowed rockets claim they will launch a private earth satellite in six months. Their 31 inch solid fuel rocket lifted from a 35 foot helium balloon reached about 70 miles altitude during a Nevada desert dress rehearsal.
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Kennedy Honors U S War Dead At Arlington Cemetery
President Kennedy and a bearer of the Unknown Soldier wreath lead a somber Arlington ceremony under a blue sky. Gen. Shoup, McNamara, and service representatives attend as Taps sounds. Shoup urges peace despite progress, recalling Armistice Day’s purpose and urging enduring lessons for humanity.
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Two More Gem Thefts Reported
In New York three men posing as detectives forced entry into a Bronx apartment and stole jewelry worth 30 000 dollars. It marks the third major gem theft in four days with two women knocked to the floor. Police seek three suspects and note prior losses including a 200 000 dollar theft from a real estate family.
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Federal Job Opportunity Program Set
The U S Labor Department approved assigning a job opportunity officer to Greensboro to set up a training program aiding unemployed and underemployed minority workers for better jobs. It aims to pilot in the southeast, with funds from the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1982. a start is hoped for early next year.
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Coast Guard Planes Keep Close Watch On Castro
Coast Guard planes patrol off south Florida to monitor Cuban refugees and raids on Cuba. An AP crew photographed a slow moving unarmed patrol plane defying Cuban gunfire while documenting a 19 refugee kidnapping from Anguilla Cay. The images included a Russian helicopter on the ground and two PT-type craft as Cuban boats fled with refugees.
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Joe McGowan JR
Miami
Fla
Anguilla Cay
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Miami Air Star
Bishops Clash Over Reform at Vatican Council
At the Vatican Ecumenical Council bishops argued anew over curia reform and whether aged bishops should resign at 75. Francis Spellman of New York urged limits on curia changes while others warned of inadequate retirement options. The debate split progressives and conservatives as the council pressed a schema on Bishops and Diocesan Government.
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Japan Faces Deadly Mine Blast and Rail Tragedies
In Tokyo, political furor grows as 600 plus dead from Omuta coal mine explosion and a three train crash near Hiroshima. Premier Ikeda accepts responsibility for the rail disaster and may resign while opposition and leftist groups blame government policy for the fatalities.
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Associated Press
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Japan
Omuta
Kyushu
Mitsui Mining Co
Noth
William Scott
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hiroshima
Ikeda
Japan National Railways
Reisuke Ishida
President's Commission on the Status of Women Findings
A two year inquiry by the 2 percent commission examined the needs and challenges of modern women amid lingering discrimination. The President's Commission on the Status of Women presented its broad survey and recommendations at a White House ceremony. The Enterprise begins a four part series tomorrow.
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Release of Dai Viet Leader After Prison Torture
Phan Khac Suu, head of the outlawed Dai Viet Party, greeted supporters in Saigon after his release from jail. He had been arrested November 15, 1960, following the failure of a military uprising against President Ngo Dinh Diem. He says he was held a year and repeatedly tortured in police dungeons in a cellar at the Saigon 200, then moved through several regular prisons.
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Phan Khac Suu
Dai Viet
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Continued Prosperity Foreseen
Senators Dirksen and Smathers, speaking for their parties, foresee the economy staying strong without an immediate tax cut. President Kennedy wants action on the House approved 11 billion tax reduction to spur growth, but Dirksen says any impact will not come before 1964 and Smathers cautions about a possible downturn if tax relief is delayed into next year.
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Joe Hall
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
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George A. Smathers
Dirksen
Senate
Smathers
Kennedy
Operation Begins On 14 Year Old Christine Simko
A 14 year old girl Christine Simko underwent surgery at Metropolitan General Hospital to save her life from cancer of the hip. Doctors expected several hours for the operation potentially requiring the removal of her right leg. Judge Walter G. Whitlarch had granted permission for the operation over the objections of the girl's mother Mrs Lily Simko a British war bride and divorced parent. Christine has been a ward of Juvenile Court since being sent to a girls industrial school after running away from home. She escaped from the hospital Tuesday night after permission was granted and returned to her mother's East Cleveland apartment the next day.
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