De Gaulle dissolves Assembly and calls new elections
Paris reports President De Gaulle dissolves the National Assembly after Premier Pompidou resigns under censure. Pompidou to stay on until new assembly is elected. election dates speculated for November 4 or 11, with a referendum on presidential election by popular vote already planned for Oct 28.
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Paris
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Elysee Palace
White House
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Senate
Gaston Monnerville
Assembly
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Monnerville
Red Aims In Berlin Probed By Rusk And Gromyko
Secretary of State Dean Rusk is to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the Soviet Mission in New York for lunch in a bid to gauge Soviet aims in Berlin. The talks come as Washington weighs the Cuban threat and economic warfare against Fidel Castro’s regime, with Latin American ministers backing the approach.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Cuba
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Washington
Cuba Prisoners Reported Freed
Miami News reports exile sources say 1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners were released by Castro and will be flown to Miami for interviews and exams. The sources say Havana was promised 30 to 60 million dollars of medicines food and supplies in exchange.
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Miami
Fla
Miami News
United States
Miami International Airport
Marine Corps Air Base
Opa-Locka
Bomb Explodes At Cardinal Spellman Residence
A bomb like device blasted the St Patrick’s Cathedral residence of Francis Cardinal Spellman in midtown Manhattan. He and an aide were unharmed as four basement windows blew out. Investigators await full details and assess motive.
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New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Francis Cardinalman
Cardinal Spellman
St. Peter’s Basilica
Rome
Msgr
Timothy J. Flynn
New York, Archdiocese
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Flynn
Michelangelo
Vatican
mid-Manhattan
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Vatican officials uneasy as bloc delegates join Vatican II
Delegates from Hungary Poland and Czechoslovakia arrive for the Second Vatican Council amid Vatican concerns over Hungarian embassy observers and potential taint from the regime. Poland’s delegation was heavily curtailed by Communist authorities while progress vies with uncertainty over Archbishop Josef Beran.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rome
Italy
Endre Hamvas
Csanad
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Legation
Budapest
George Lindbeck
Yale University Divinity School
Josef Beran
Prague
Congress Can't End Session Deadlock Over Pork and Pensions
Congress stalls on adjournment as pork Barrels and pension costs derail final finish. The House convenes Saturday while the Senate stays closed until Monday leaving a moving target for a finish date.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John W. McCormack
Mass
Storm Daisy Advances Northward Toward Bermuda
The center of Hurricane Daisy was 200 miles west of Bermuda at 8 a.m. EST moving northeast over 20 mph. Central pressure 956 mb, winds 100 mph near the center with 350 mile gust zones. Bermuda expected 50 mph winds and heavy rain. conditions to improve this afternoon as the storm speeds north northeast.
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Miami
Fla
U. S. Weather Bureau
Daisy
Bermuda
Germans Halt Ambulances At Barrier Gate
East German guards barred British army and West Berlin Red Cross ambulances from reaching a man wounded on the Communist side of Berlin's wall. A British officer was blocked within 100 yards of the scene as shots were fired at a refugee emerging from a tunnel near Checkpoint Charlie.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Red Cross
Checkpoint Charlie
Wall
Red Cross Amoe
Sonnena
Werren
Philip Ferrier
East Guards
Berliner
Ole Miss Campus Quiet After Riots as Meredith Villages Return
On a holiday weekend the Ole Miss campus was nearly deserted amid past riots and gunfire rumors. James H. Meredith reportedly attended the cafeteria amid taunts as troops and marshals reduce patrols and 1,000 guards return home.
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Ole Miss
Associated Press
Meredith Oxford
Miss
Fci
Lecer
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Jackson
Meredith
Jackson State College
U.S
Nicholas Katzenbach
Army
Justice Department
Oxford
Mississippi National Guard
University
Kennedy Campaigns Across Midwest Pressing For Democratic Congress
President Kennedy tours Michigan and Minnesota amid a broad plea for a strong Democratic Congress to push legislation. He rallies in Flint Muskegon and St Paul while criticizing Republicans and noting larger crowds though calmer, with hecklers in Cincinnati. He frames Latin America policy and Cuba standoff as administration failures.
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Kennedy
Michigan
Minnesota
Flint
Muskegon
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Mississippi
Cuba
Latin America
Greater
JFK
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Statehouse
Barrier Gate
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