Test Treaty Ratified By President
President Kennedy formally ratified the limited nuclear test ban treaty in a historic White House ceremony calling it a clear and honorable national commitment. The pact bans atmospheric and underwater tests and aims to ease East West tensions as leaders hope for broader agreements in the future. The Senate approved ratification 119 to 0 and depositories will hold copies in Washington London and Moscow.
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Supreme Court Opens New Term in High Docket Load
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court opens a new term amid the heaviest docket in its history. Chief Justice Warren starts year eleven with nearly 1000 cases pending and hundreds more to be announced for action. The court will hear new apportionment cases from New York Georgia Alabama Maryland and Virginia and revisit Tennessee redistricting.
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Flora devastates Cuba economy as storm Flora hits east
Cuba endures crushing blows as the storm Flora slams eastern provinces. Winds batter Camaguey Santiago and Oriente, devastations threaten sugar, rice, coffee, and cotton output. Evacuations exceed 35,000 in Santiago de Cuba and Las Tunas amid collapsing homes. Forecasters expect a slow northward drift toward the Bahamas and Florida.
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Rights Skirmish Looms In Mexico Search For Adventurers
A large U S search effort moved by helicopter and para rescue team as a group of American explorers, including James Copper Gulch and D Dean of Utah, remain missing after venturing into a narrow canyon near the Rio Unique in Chihuahua Mexico. The party, with two California businessmen and a zoology professor, started 13 days ago in rubber boats seeking a difficult river route. supplies dwindled as water levels dropped, and two men Dean and Larry Davis risked separate food resupply runs while the others pressed on, hoping to reach a planned camp.
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Diem Says Communists Losing in Viet Nam Fight
President Ngo Dinh Diem told the National Assembly that Communist Viet Cong faces inevitable defeat and that South Viet Nam’s Buddhist problem has been settled. He warned UN critics during a security-tight Saigon session, praising armed forces in the Mekong Delta and noting Buddhist demonstrations as a Communist maneuver. Mrs. Nhu, absent at the session, heads a US tour. U.S. protest followed beatings of three American reporters by secret police.
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China May Be Ousted From Red Movement
A world conference of Communist parties may expel Red China from the international movement. A non-Soviet Communist source said Moscow will likely call the meeting but gave no date. The move stems from support for the Soviet Union over China and alleged Chinese interference in other parties.
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Committee Rejects Shelters Amid Broad Defense Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee voted deep cuts in civil defense, space and science programs, rejecting the full 195 million request for a nationwide fallout shelter program. The panel approved 13.1 billion of 14.66 billion requested, trimming space and Veterans Affairs funds but preserving most VA needs. Rep. Louis C. Wyman urged further moon mission cuts, while civil defense totals faced major reductions across programs.
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Wheat Surplus Lets U S Feed Nation Two Years
U S wheat stocks total enough to feed Americans for over two years with this year’s crop included, while exports to Soviets would barely dent supplies. Government owns 1,134 million bushels from this year plus stockpiled holdings, and domestic use runs about 500 million bushels yearly with 155 million for livestock and seed.
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