West German Leader and JFK Agree on Berlin Issue
West German Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder met with President Kennedy in Washington and announced a very good and complete agreement on reassessing the Berlin situation. He indicated plans include allied support against East German moves to tighten civilian traffic into Berlin and possible economic visa-related responses. Schroeder and Kennedy also discussed Adenauer’s upcoming visit and potential future reviews of their plans.
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Washington
Gerhard Schroeder
Berlin
Kennedy
U.S
White House
Schroeder
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Anvisit
West Germany
Christian Churches To Unite Says Archbishop Ramsey
In Trenton Archbishop Ramsey predicted a future single Christian church, while noting national churches would keep core traits. He indicated union with Roman Catholicism would require concessions from both sides and discussed state aid to denominational schools in light of English experience.
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Trenton
N.J
United States
Ella Nears Hurricane Force Heads North
Tropical storm Ella strengthened to near hurricane force with 70 mph winds as it moved northward at 6 mph. Forecasters said Florida east coast from Cape Canaveral to south remained free of danger but could not predict Ella’s future path due to northern U S pressure ridges. A reconnaissance plane measured strong winds near the center about 300 miles east of Cape Canaveral. Ranger 5 moon shot launch was tentatively moved to Thursday at the missile base.
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Miami
Fla
Ella
Florida
Cape Canaveral
United States
Big
Gordon Dunn
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Cape
Weather Bureau
Ranger 5 Moon Shot Tentatively Slated Thursday
NASA tentatively reschedules the Ranger 5 moon mission for Thursday as tropical storm Ella threatens launch. Officials say weather at Cape Canaveral should improve, with a four day window ending Friday for an Atlas Agena B flight if conditions allow.
Promotion Program Scrutinized in Los Angeles Post Office
Washington orders a full review of the Los Angeles post office promotion program after postmaster Otto K Olesen suspended for insubordination. Perry Parks, a 54 year old Negro postal employee and head of the local NAPE branch, was promoted two grades after the suspension. The regional office in San Francisco now handles promotions while Holmquist surveys compliance with equal opportunity guidelines. Parks, a 26 year postal veteran with a master’s in public administration, remains a central figure in the case.
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Los Angeles
Post Office Department
Perry Parks
Otto K. Olesen
Olesen
James Farley
J. Edward Day
Parks
National Alliance of Postal Employes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
San Francisco
Farley
California
Nevada
Hawaii
Pacific
Raymond R. Holmquist
Civil Service
Holmquist
Postal Service
Deadly New Copters Pour Fire Into Reds
Four U S Army escort helicopters used rockets and .30 caliber machineguns to hit a Viet Cong column of about 75 guerrillas near Saigon as Viet Cong anti aircraft fire grows. A civilian spotter plane crash occurred in the central highlands while a fleet of unmarked planes conducts intelligence work.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
South
Viet Nam Helicopter War Escalates With Heavier Fire
Informant reports communist guerrillas in South Vietnam using more powerful weapons against U S helicopters. The Army assigns rocket and machine gun armed models to protect slower H21 flying banana craft ferrying South Vietnamese soldiers on raid missions against communist strongholds. The air campaign began earlier this year as guerrillas had limited weaponry.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Red
Soviet Union launches Cosmos X Sputnik mission
Tass reports Cosmos X satellite packed with scientific instruments and functioning normally. It aims to measure radiation and factors related to manned space flights. Its first orbit lasted 90.2 minutes with a perigee of 126 miles and apogee of 208 miles at 65 degrees. Weight and duration not disclosed.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Shipwrecked Tongans Alive After 11 Weeks On South Sea Reef
In a drowning tale from Suva Fiji Islands 12 Tongans were stranded on Minerva Reef for 11 weeks. They survived by distilling sea water, fishing, and crabs while one by one five died. A New Zealand Air Force flying boat rescued the remaining crew, carrying them to safety.
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Fiji Islands
Tonga
Fenaki
Fatai Efeafi
Sione Sikemeti
Sione Lose
Feuaki
Tevita
Kandavu
Minerva Reef
South Sea Reef
Nine Vehicles Involved In Mass Pileup Near Gastonia
Nine vehicles including a gravel truck and a tractor-trailer collided on foggy Highway 74 near Gastonia close to Kings Mountain. Four people hospitalized including Lee Grigg 36 and Rev C E Seastrunk 59 with minor injuries. Police said the pileup began when driver Sam Collins 40 reined in to avoid a fogged truck, followed by a tractor-trailer crash and a sequence of wrecks. Traffic redirected as crews cleared the scene.
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N.C
Kings Mountain
Lee Grigg
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Laurens
S.C
C. E. Seastrunk
J. D. Hammett
Sam Collins
Saunders
E. Mullen
Columbia
Collins
George Turner
Jack Cobb
Kennedy Faces Ike in verbal duel during swing through Connecticut
President Kennedy heads to Connecticut to back Ribicoff in the Senate race while weighing a sharper response to Dwight D. Eisenhower. The former president criticized Kennedy’s foreign policy as dreary, inviting a potential sharper exchange in a campaign that also targets House seats in Bridgeport Waterbury and New Haven. Kennedy plans stops in Bridgeport Waterbury and New Haven before a rapid jet age three day, seven state push to Cleveland Springfield Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Albuquerque Las Vegas and Seattle.
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Connecticut
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