Deficit Outlook Grows as Kennedy Budget Faces Review
Secretary Dillon warned the federal deficit will be slightly above 6.4 billion, driven by record harvests and large farm price support. He cited postal rate delays and the Berlin crisis as earlier contributors and reaffirmed the push for a balanced 1963 budget starting July.
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Berlin
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Agriculture Department
U.S. Reacts to Khrushchev Berlin Move Shift
Washington officials respond with restraint as Khrushchev drops the East German peace treaty deadline. He also announces a 50 megaton nuclear test planned for October 31, a move viewed by some strategists as beyond practical use. The White House expects no comment from President Kennedy.
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U.S
Khrushchev
Berlin
Communist Party Congress
Soviet Union
White House
Kennedy
First Test of Saturn Postponed Indefinitely
NASA postponed the first flight test of the Saturn superbooster to refine the control system. The launch was set for later this week but delayed at least a week, possibly a month, after tie down firing data from another booster at Marshall Space Flight Center. The test aimed to evaluate the first stage only, with water-filled upper stages simulating weight. Saturn’s eight engines produce 1.3 million pounds of thrust, triple the power of prior US rockets.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
United States
Randolph Collides With Liberian Tanker Off South Carolina
The aircraft carrier Randolph collided with the Liberian tanker American Viscountess about 325 miles east of Charleston, leaving the carrier with a 30 foot gash and a ruptured gasoline line. Minor injuries were reported among firefighters and a tanker crewman. the Randolph resumed operations as flagship of an anti-submarine group. Captain Henry Cook Jr. commanded the ship.
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Henry Cook Jr
Red Leader Invokes Deity in Nuclear Bomb Debate
The Soviet premier Khrushchev invoked God to express hope that a 100 million ton TNT nuclear device would never be used. Though an avowed atheist, he peppered speeches with biblical allusions and recalled church schooling and a prize from a priest. He has mixed remarks on faith with praise for Pope John XXIII and comments in the United States during 1959 visits.
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Soviet Union
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Christ
United States
Sen. J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Illinois
Corn Country
Philadelphia
Washington
Flares Spark Hopes In Ocean Search For 8 Airmen
In a North Atlantic search 1000 miles off New York two orange flares were sighted by Coast Guard Absecon cutters as the B52G crew of eight vanished during Operation Sky Shield II. Officials weigh a possible rescue as planes and ships sweep the area with limited visibility and rough seas.
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North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Absecon
Norfolk
4241 Strategic Wing
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
U.S
America
Philadelphia
Seymour Johnson
Roland C. Starke Jr
Richmond
Kenneth L. Payne
Tropical Storm May Be Brewing in Bahamas Area
A weather bulletin reports a tropical storm may be developing in the Bahamas southeast of Florida with a center likely to form in the central or southeastern Bahamas within 24 hours and drift northward. No rapid buildup or Florida impact is expected amid normal pressure drops and showers across the Caribbean and Cuba.
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Bahama Islands
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Miami Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Caribbean
Cuba
50 Megaton Bomb Would Dig Hole 400 Feet Deep
Dr. Ralph Lapp warned that a 50 megaton Soviet blast could create a 400 foot deep crater and a mile and a half wide, destroying most of Washington’s federal buildings and injuring many with debris and glass. He noted fallout over 10 000 to 20 000 square miles and heat burns extending 35 miles, with underground shelters and certain missiles offering protection.
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Soviet Union
Lapp
Washington
White House
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Titan
Mexican Leader Sends Sanford Good Wishes
President Lopez Mateos of Mexico sent a cordial greeting to Governor Sanford delivered by Ambassador-at-Large Justo Sierra who also presented gold cuff links engraved with the Aztec calendar stone. Sanford said Sierra guided his Mexico City visit and noted Sierra has fought more than 50 bulls as a hobby. Lopez Mateos urged support for the state trade exposition and its focus on agricultural product processing for rural welfare.
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Mexico
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Mexico City
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Bashir Ahmad Tours Texas with U S Officials and Toys
Pakistan's camel cart driver Bashir Ahmad visits Irving Texas with Vice President Lyndon Johnson. He checks grocery carts at a local supermarket and jokes that his camel would beat a faster truck. He meets Harry English and heads to the Texas State Fair and Six Flags Over Texas before a Kansas City trip.
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Pashir
Bashir
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Six Flags
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Johnson
Ranch
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Davenport
Pakistan
Khrushchev Attacks Voroshilov at Party Congress
Moscow AP report notes Premier Khrushchev denounces veteran leader Kliment Voroshilov as a key anti party figure resisting post Stalin reforms. Voroshilov, a congress delegate, was elected to the Presidium amid the heated session with several other senior officials named in the denunciation.
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Communist Party
Moscow
Mikhail Suslov
Soviet Presidium
Anastas Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Joseph Stalin
Voroshilov
Young Communist League
Stalin
Lenin
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Lazar Kaganovitch
Mikhail Pervukhin
Maxim Saburov
Khrushchev Reveals 50 Million Ton Nuclear Bomb Plans
Premier Khrushchev announced in Moscow that the Soviet Union will explode a nuclear bomb equivalent to 50 million tons of TNT on October 31. He noted a 100 million ton bomb exists but warned it could devastate the sender's own windows. He linked resumed testing to Western tensions over Germany and urged peace treaty conclusions with West and East Germany, UN equality, and securing Red China’s UN rights.
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Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Communist Party
U.S
Hiroshima
Congress
Germany
West Berlin
East Germany
United Nations
U.N
Red China
Yugoslavia Seeks Clarification On U.S. Policy Change
Belgrade asked the United States if policy toward Yugoslavia is changing amid U.S. sale of 130 surplus Sabre jets and Tito's government fears being squeezed between East and West. State Department not confirming receipt as Washington reviews broader Yugoslav relations and potential economic aid.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
United States
Belgrade
U.S
Tito
State Department
White House
Pierre Salinger
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