Kennedy Signs New Drug Bill
President Kennedy signed a major drug bill to strengthen FDA powers, require proof of safety and effectiveness, and expand factory inspections. The measure, praised for reforms, includes batch testing for antibiotics, mandatory side effect disclosures, and patient consent for experimental drugs.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Frances 0. Kelsey
Food and Drug Administration
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Secretary of Welfare
U N Debate on Nuclear Testing Stirs General Assembly
The United States and the Soviet Union clash over nuclear test ban ideas as the UN General Assembly committee opens debate. Stevenson's vision favors a total ban with international inspections to deter underground blasts. The Soviet Union resists on the spot inspections amid pressure from Brazil and Latin American neutrals to set a year end deadline.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
General Assembly
Brazil
Geneva
Britain
6,600 More Army Troops Leaving University Area
About 6,600 regular Army troops will move out of the University of Mississippi tension area today. Remaining in Oxford will be around 5,700 troops including National Guardsmen, with 300 to 400 staying in Memphis to support the Oxford units. Command passes from Lt. Gen. Hamilton H. Howze to Brig. Gen. Charles Gillingham as the XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters departs Mississippi.
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Oxford
James H. Meredith
Xviii Airborne Corps
Hamilton H. Howze
Howze
Mississippi
Charles Gillingslea
2Nd Infantry Division
Prayers For Catholics Behind Iron Curtain Ahead Of Council
At St Mary Major Basilica in Vatican City, Cardinal Landazuri Ricketts led prayers for Catholics in Communist lands as the 21st ecumenical council opened in St. Peter's. About 2,600 prelates gathered while many red-ruled bishops could not attend, underscoring tensions and hope for mercy and relief.
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Gerald Miller
Vatican City
Basilica of
St. Mary Major
Juan Cardinal Landazuri Ricketts
Lima
Peru
Church of Silence
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Evidence In Riots Produced At Ole Miss
The Justice Department will hand over tapes transcripts and photographs showing students’ roles in the Meredith enrollment riots to the University of Mississippi for disciplinary action. Some 20 students were listed for participation. criminal charges remain possible. Army troop levels in Mississippi Tennessee area shift with 11 300 on duty in two days. Meredith denounces an NAACP insinuation and defends his own actions asmisrepresented.
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Oxford, Miss
Justice Department
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Ole Miss
Justice ‘Department
Katzenbach
Meredith
University
Beng
Washington
Army
Cyrus R. Vance
Mississippi-Tennessee
Oxford
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Taxpayers May Have To Help Pay For Release Of Prisoners
Congressional briefings indicate the 62 million price tag for freeing the 1,113 Cubans held after the 1961 invasion could fall to the U S taxpayer. Donovan and Castro negotiations continue though no final agreement exists. White House cautions against disclosure as Kennedy aides pursue a quiet settlement.
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Washington
Congress
New York
James B. Donovan
Fidel Castro
Central Intelligence Agency
Castro
Donovan
Cuba
Cuban Prisoners Committee
Osvaldo Dorticos
United Nations
Dorticos
State Department
Lincoln White
Havana
Miami
Kennedy
White House
Prestige Fight Spurs House Move on Senate Budget Clash
The House plans a sharp rebuke to the Senate by denying quick consideration of a Senate emergency financing measure for the Agriculture Department. The dispute centers on whether money bills originate in the House, risking a prolonged adjournment if a compromise on public works and water projects fails.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Agriculture Department
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Capitol Hill
U S Protest Over Detention of Attache in Leningrad
The United States formally protested Soviet detention of Cmdr. Raymond Smith the U S naval attache in Leningrad. Moscow expelled him after questioning claiming espionage while the embassy said he carried only a camera binoculars and a small tape recorder and was grabbed in a park during a routine visit.
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Moscow
United States
U.S
Cmdr
Raymond Smith
Smith
Leningrad
Eisenhower Blasts Kennedy Aides As Selfish Power Grabs
Former President Eisenhower, campaigning in Denver for Nixon, charged the Kennedy administration with political connivance and selfish grabs for power. He warned of Washington infallibility and urged public political engagement during a Denver Coliseum speech to about 10 000 attendees. His itinerary included Denver to Omaha and Minneapolis before Washington.
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Gordon C. Gauss
Denver
Colo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Denver Coliseum
Eisenhower
Washington
Omaha
Minneapolis
California
Richard M. Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
NASA revises Mariner 2 Venus flight estimate
NASA raised its Venus bound Mariner 2 trajectory miss distance to 20 000 miles from Venus, still within a 5 000 to 40 000 mile target area. Initial findings show lower small particle flow in deep space and ongoing presence of plasma or gas in interplanetary space.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Venus
NASA
Earth
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