Katanga Mob Attacks U.N Officials. Dodd Narrowly Escapes
In Elisabethville, U N paratroopers assaulted two white U N officials at a dinner, while U S Senator Thomas Dodd and Consul Louis Hoffacker fled in a car as Katangan violence rose after a Security Council vote authorizing force against mercenaries serving Tshombe. The Briton and Australian were released after Tshombe's guard intervened.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
U. S
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
U. N
U. N. Security Council
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Dodd
Louis Hoffacker
Hoffacker
Tshombe
Not Invited Yet Kennedy Keeps Door Open To USSR Visit
President Kennedy held open the possibility of a future Soviet Union visit if invited. He noted no invitation exists and said Berlin and Southeast Asia pose current problems to any travel plans. He proposed ideas for an international administration to ensure free movement of goods and people, including four power or UN involvement.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Berlin
Southeast Asia
West Berlin
West Germany
United Nations
Izvestia
Alexei Adzhubei
United States
Britain
France
Kennedy declines to discuss Western Berlin talks progress
President Kennedy avoids specifics on Western prep for Berlin negotiations. He says plans will be developed in a forthcoming meeting with German officials, noting the topic will be addressed further on Page 2-A.
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Kennedy
Berlin
Sanford rejects special session on bond issue
Gov. Sanford announced he will not call a special legislative session after voters rejected the 61.6 million bond plan. He cited lukewarm legislative enthusiasm and planned to pursue a pared down bond to meet urgent state needs such as space at correctional training institutions and a juvenile evaluation center. He noted most lawmakers favored delaying until after Christmas and that public reaction to his report was lukewarm but friendly.
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Raleigh
Sanford
Swannanoa
Kennedy urges reservists to endure drills for shorter service period
President Kennedy told men drafted for reserve and National Guard duty that they may be released in under a year. He defended the mobilization amid East West Berlin tensions and said Congress approved the callup. He stressed the aim to avoid humiliation or holocaust and to negotiate a peaceful settlement with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Berlin
Congress
Strategic Air Command
Atlas Sends Ape Into Orbit on Atlas Rocket Flight
The United States successfully launched Enos the chimp aboard an Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral at 10 07 a m EST and placed the two ton bell shaped capsule into an orbit ranging 99 to 146 miles high. The chimp demonstrated normal function throughout a planned 4 4 hour flight as tracking stations across the Atlantic confirmed the mission was proceeding normally. Recovery forces mobilized in the Atlantic impact zone with signals indicating the craft remained in a satisfactory orbit.
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U.S
Space Agency
Africa
Cameroons
Cape Canaveral
Bermuda
Canary Islands
Nigeria
Zanzibar
Indian Ocean
Mercury Control Center
Enos
Here
Space Administration
Atlantic Ocean
Atlas
Fla
NASA
Canary Island
Kano
President calls for community shelter plan
President Kennedy outlined a Civil Defense program focusing on community shelters and urged individuals to build home shelters themselves. He will seek Congress in January with a budget message and will consult with the National Governors Conference committee led by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller before final drafting. The nuclear deterrent remains the best defense.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Enos to Test Human Endurance in Space Flight
Enos the 372 pound chimp launches on a 125 ton Atlas rocket for a 42 hour simulated space mission to measure how a creature endures weightlessness and stress. The tests include lever pulls during acceleration and rest periods as the crew prepares for possible future manned spaceflight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Enos
Africa
Kennedy Proposes Silver Policy Ending Silver Certificates
President Kennedy urged Congress to end silver as monetary metal and shift to Federal Reserve notes. The plan withdraws $1 and $2 silver certificates, cuts stockpiled free silver, and seeks repeal of 1934 1939 and 1946 silver laws while paving the move to commodity trading for silver.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Federal Reserve
Treasury
The
Department
Draft calls may rise if Army expands to sixteen divisions
The Pentagon cited White House support for expanding the regular Army from 14 to 16 divisions, possibly costing up to 250 million dollars. Congress must approve, with Kennedy to send the budget in January. The plan would create a million-man army, adding eight ready regular divisions and maintaining two Guard divisions on active duty.
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Washington
Pentagon
White House
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
Congress
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Berlin
Wisconsin
32Nd Infantry
Texas
49Th Armored
Continental
United States
U.N. Rejects Expulsion of South Africa at Assembly
The General Assembly condemned South Africa's apartheid laws but declined to punish with boycotts or expulsion. A coalition sought to force trade and diplomatic penalties and Security Council action, but failed to reach a required two thirds. The vote, 97 to 2, lifted pressure while urging change. The Security Council also did not formalize Cuba's complaint on U S warships off the Dominican Republic.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
South Africa
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Cuba
U.S
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Soviet Union
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Senate
Sen, Thomas Dodd
Ussr
JFK
Whitney Shoemaker
Ape
National Aeronautics and
Danger
Panzee
Space
John Barbour
Associated Press
By Freds. Hoffman
S. Africa
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