Johnson says U S free to fight Reds in cold war stance
Vice President Lyndon B Johnson declares the United States will never pledge to fortify communism against free men. He warns of continuing danger in Cuba and Berlin amid Soviet threats, stressing readiness to meet force with force and seek honorable peace with those who seek it.
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Chicago
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
United Action of Free Men
Berlin
Johnson
American Petroleum Institute
Cuba
Americas
Alliance For Progress
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
U.N
White House
National Security Council
Handyman Sought in Slaying and Kidnapping Case
Westport police issued a nationwide alarm for Harris Miller of Norwalk a 30 to 34 year old handyman suspected of strangling Isabel Sillan 50 and abducting raping her 14 year old daughter Gail. Gail escaped after 12 hours held in a car and is in Norwalk Hospital in good condition. A warrant was filed for murder kidnap and rape and another for Rosa lie Miller on kidnapping.
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Westport
Conn
Harris Miller
Norwalk
Isabel Sillan
Fairfield County
Gail
Norwalk Hospital
Rosalie Miller
Miller
Kennedy does not plan a White House news conference
The White House said President Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week. He last met with newsmen on September 13.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Tax cut imperiled by looming $7.8 billion deficit
Washington officials forecast a $7.8 billion federal budget deficit for the year, risking President Kennedy's proposed 1963 tax cut. Sen. Proxmire urged delaying any tax reduction, citing revenue shortfalls and higher spending, with a potential upward revision if the economy falters.
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Washington
Kennedy
Sen. Proxmire
D-Wis
Congress
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Cooper Selected For Space Flight
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was named pilot for the next U. S. manned space flight a 24 hour orbital mission planned for next April. The 35 year old Air Force major will complete 18 orbits around the globe as NASA presses toward the moon landing with the Mercury program likely ending after this flight.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
U. S
Air Force
America
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Cooper
Houston
Tex
Trudy
Cape
Camala
Janita
Leroy G. Cooper Sr
Carbondale
Colo
Virgil I. Grissom
Schirra
Mercury
Donald K. Slayton
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Nikolayev
Popovich
Peace Made By Baptists
Baptists in Raleigh resolved a split over Wake Forest College by backing a study to ease tensions between the convention and the college. The executive committees will oversee the inquiry, with progress due to the 1963 convention.
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Raleigh
Baptist State Convention
Wake Forest College
Convention
General Board
Wake Forest
Harold W. Tribble
Joseph DuBose
Marion
Russell Brantley
Raleigh teen held for murder of mother in shooting
A 17 year old, George Dennis Massey, was jailed in Wake County on murder charges after his mother, Mrs George P Massey, was shot seven times in her Raleigh suburb home. Police say the teen admitted planning a trip to Georgia for Christmas but said he shot after an argument over his grades and a planned visit.
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Raleigh (Ap
Georgia
Wake County
George Dennis Massey
George P. Massey
Raleigh
F. C. Gregory
Soviet Cuban proposals hinge on base withdrawal and verification
U.S. demands center on Guantanamo withdrawal, blockade end, and verifiable dismantling of Soviet arms sites in Cuba. Stevenson met with Kuznetsov amid debate if new package shifts leverage in the crisis. The talks drew mixed U.N. reactions and continued U.S. air surveillance and blockade pressure while the fate of jet bombers remains disputed.
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U.S
Guantanamo
United States
Tom Hoge
Stevenson
United Nations
N.Y
Kuznetsov
U.N
Anastas J. Mikoyan
Fidel Castro
Havana
Cials
Castro
Khrushchev
Kennedy
New York
India names V. R. Chavan new defense chief amid border clash
In New Delhi on Nehru's birthday, India appoints V. R. Chavan as defense minister after removing V. K. Krishna Menon. Parliament debates a state of emergency and seeks $199.5 million more for defense costs as the Red China border conflict continues.
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Henry
Bradsher
New Delhi
India
China
Nehru
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
V. R. Chavan
Bombay
Defense Ministry
V. Kk. Krishna Menon
K. Raghuramiah
Menon
Moraji Desai
Lal Bhadur ‘Shastri
Kennedy Adenauer weigh crisis impact on Berlin talks
President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Adenauer meet to assess how the Cuban crisis alters East West Berlin policy. Both sides see unresolved outcomes as crucial to ongoing talks on Berlin and missile withdrawals from Cuba.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Cuba
Khrushchev
Adenauer
U.S. Navy
Insurance Man Denies Charges In Auto Policy Irregularities
Dean Smith a former production manager for Eastern Underwriters of Greensboro testified at a Raleigh hearing that he did not instruct agents to add bogus points to auto liability applications. He said Stafford directed improper actions and that the firm faced a dilemma as competition intensified in North Carolina auto insurance markets.
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Raleigh
Eastern Underwriters Inc
Greensboro
Dean Smith
Edwin S. Lanier
Smith
North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office
North Carolina
General Insurance Co
Atlanta
Stafford
Lanier
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