Army Scores Big With President Kennedy at Bragg Visit
President Kennedy tours the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg viewing paratroopers anti guerrilla forces and weapons. General Decker and others report the President was impressed by accuracy and spirit, hinting at defense budget implications.
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Ft, Bragg
N. C
Kennedy
George H. Decker
Army
Theodore Conway
82Nd Airborne Division
White House
Pierre Salinger
Antiguerrilla
3Rd Army
Thomas J. H. Trapnell
East Berlin Border Clash Sparks Refugee Flight
Nine refugees fled into the American sector of West Berlin after their truck became stuck in barbed wire at the border. Western police and a U.S. patrol opened fire but no one was hit. the incident was described as the most serious since the border closure on August 13. An Army spokesman confirmed shots were fired and that MPs were present but did not intervene.
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West Berlin
U.S. Army
U.S
Berlin border clash shoots near refugee routine at fence
East German police fired on Americans and West Berlin officers as a refugee truck was freed from the border fence. The gunfire lasted about an hour with sporadic shots from armored car guards, while 20 East Germans including a policeman escaped to West Berlin. A West German reporter was shot while interviewing farmers near Gifhorn. Bonn pressed Western allies to uphold the 1954 pledge recognizing West Germany as the spokesman for the German people.
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West Berlin
East Berlin
Berlin
West
East Germany
Gifhorn
Bonn
Heinrich von Brentano
Wilhelm Grewe
Washington
West Germany
Khrushchev Proposal Fails to Boost Berlin Talks
U S officials say Khrushchev's latest package for a German settlement does not advance East West talks to end the Berlin crisis. A summit appears unlikely unless lower level negotiations prove successful. Kennedy and Rusk had previously found no new basis for negotiations.
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Khrushchev
Berlin
U.S
Kennedy
Early Bird Beaten By Earlier Bird in Shelby Appeal Drive
Hugh McKee of Sears Roebuck and Co's Shelby store led pledges for the Cleveland County Shelby United Appeal Fund. Howard Noles of radio station WADA arrived earlier and signed pledges before dawn. Officials faced uncertainty over how to rank top contributors on the honor roll.
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Shelby
N. C
Hugh McKee
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Gardner
Cleveland County - Shelby United Appeal Fund
Sears
Shelby Daily Star
McKee
United Appeal
Howard Noles
WADA
Kennedy reviews cold peace issues with NSC
President Kennedy met with the National Security Council to discuss cold peace topics, with Berlin tensions identified as a key item. The session offered no details on council deliberations, while plans for Gen Maxwell D. Taylor’s Southeast Asia survey were noted alongside Rostow’s participation.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Security Council
White House
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Maxwell D. Taylor
Viet Nam
Taylor
Walt W. Rostow
GM Dealers Face Antitrust Indictments in California
A federal grand jury indicted General Motors Corp four Chevrolet executives and three Southern California dealer associations for conspiring to block dealers from selling through discount houses. The case notes shoppers hired by defendants to target discount sellers and urges dealers to buy back cars, with Southern California Chevrolet sales totaling 250 million dollars last year and discount house sales rising to about five million.
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Los Angeles
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
California
GM Board
Frederick Donner
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Mock Aerospace War Rages Over North American Skies
A simulated 12 hour air space exercise will ground non military craft from noon to midnight EST. NORAD will direct interceptors and missiles from Colorado Springs while Gen. Kuter and Gen. LeMay oversee operations. Halaby announces civil aircraft bans and 50 major airports will host open houses for spectators.
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Vern Haugland
U.S
NORAD
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Laurence S. Kuter
Curtis E. LeMay
Air
North America
Explosions at Miami Fuel Plant Drive Evacuations
A blast at a gas storage plant near Southeastern Natural Gas Corp in Miami prompted immediate evacuation of residents within two blocks as two 30 000 gallon tanks leaked gas and posed an explosion hazard. Firefighters prevented a tank ignition while gas transfer to other facilities was prepared, with no serious injuries reported. Jimmy Hughes, a 43 year old supervisor at the plant, was knocked down by the initial blast while trying to shut off power.
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Tion
Jimmy Hughes
Southeastern Natural Gas Corp
White House angry over wallpaper critique
The White House voiced displeasure after designer Milton Glaser called the $12,500 wallpaper in the diplomatic reception room a mistake. Jacqueline Kennedy's press secretary Pamela Turnure contacted the American Institute of Interior Designers to protest Glaser's comments reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The wallpaper was Zuber’s Scenic America, transferred from an old Maryland home, and the cost was funded by the National Society of Interior Designers.
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Richmond
White House
Jacqueline Kennedy
Pamela Turnure
American Institute of Interior Designers
New York
Institute
Milton Glaser
Glaser
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Zuber
Scenic
America
Maryland
National Society of Interior Designers
Rights Body Charges Job Discrimination
The Civil Rights Commission declares a nationwide pattern of discrimination that deprives Negro workers of training and opportunities. It urges a federal equal opportunity agency, a presidential order for armed forces equal treatment, expanded vocational education, and retraining programs to curb union and employer bias in apprenticeships and hiring.
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W. B. Ragsdale JR
Washington
Civil Rights Commission
South
Bert I. Bernhard
Bernhard
National Guard
Reserve
Youth 18 Is Sentenced For Slaying Girlfriend
William Randolph Crawford 18 received three to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the June 17 drive in shooting of his girlfriend Sandra Louise Carter, 20, at a Kernersville theater. The judge called the shooting extremely reckless though not premeditated. The case had earlier mistrial due to a juror’s withdrawal.
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Winston - Salem
William Randolph
Randy) Crawford
Sandra Louise Carter
Kernersville
Crawford
L. Richardson Preyer
Fred Hutchins
Preyer
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