Nixon and Kennedy Fight for Key States in Nation’s Campaign Drive
Kennedy heads to Pennsylvania for final push with a televised dinner speech in Philadelphia and a motorcade through South Philadelphia. Nixon plans Alaska visit as he and Eisenhower confer on campaign strategy, targeting Illinois Michigan Pennsylvania Ohio and New York as pivotal states.
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NBC
Kennedy
South Philadelphia
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Texas
Oklahoma
CBS
Washington
Eisenhower
Alaska
White House
James C. Hagerty
Ilinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Los Angeles
Anchorage
Detroit
South
Two Women Die In Wreck East of Raleigh on U S 64
Two women died and a man and boy were injured in a car truck crash ten miles east of Raleigh on U S 64. The car was demolished and the truck driver was uninjured. Injured were taken to a Raleigh hospital. Names not immediately available. News archive note: incident details from James Watkins of a nearby service station.
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Raleigh
Here
U.S. 64
James Watkins
Queen Gives Shah Robust Baby Boy
Queen Farah Diba delivered a robust 8 pound 11 ounce boy, the shah finally heir after three marriages. Dr. Jahanshah Saleh, Iran’s health minister and gynecologist, led the delivery at Charity Hospital. Crowds cheered as the shah paraded from the hospital, with a 41 gun salute signaling the birth. The queen rested under anesthesia and was reported in fine shape after a near five hour labor. Premier Sharif Emani hailed the newborn as the rightful direct crown prince of Iran.
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David Lancashire
Tehran
Iran
Farah Diba
Shah
Jahanshah Saleh
Charity
Iraq
Saleh
Allah
Sharif Emani
Tran
GM to Spend $1.25 Billion on Equipment Next Year
General Motors plans to invest 1.25 billion dollars in plant machinery equipment and tooling in 1961 both in the United States and abroad. Chairman Frederic G. Donner said the plans reflect faith in ongoing economic progress and rising consumer incomes. He tied the spending to expected US and foreign car sales reaching seven million units next year.
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New York
General Motors Corp
United States
Frederic G. Donner
Donner
Free World
Democrats Report Spending and Campaign Funds in North Carolina
The State Democratic Executive Committee reported 119087.17 in contributions and 97726.82 in expenditures for the general election campaign, with 21362.35 left. Other filings totaled receipts and disbursements for Republican groups, Nixon Gavin supporters, Gavin for Governor, and district committees across Mecklenburg, Durham, and other areas.
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Raleigh
Democratic Executive Committee
Thad Eure
Bert Bennett
Eure
Republican Executive Committee
North Carolina
Volunteer Democrats
Nixon Lodge
Greensboro
Citizens
Gavin
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Citizens For
Eighth Congressional District Republican Committee
12Th Congressional District
David N. Henderson
Congress
W. E. Allen
Durham
Derailment Fire Averted Near Carlisle South Carolina
A Seaboard freight derailed near Carlisle South Carolina as burning cars threatened a tanker of butane. Firefighters containing the blaze prevented an explosion with no injuries among the 18-car train from Birmingham to Monroe. Five fire departments fought the fire near the Carlisle depot. The wreckage is to be cleared by ditch. The Associated Press report adds political commentary from North Carolina, citing elections and party charges.
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Seaboard Air Line
Birmingham
Ala
Monroe
N.C
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Seaboard
Richmond
Associated Press
Southern Railway
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Bert Bennett
Cobb'sburg
Greenwood
Cobb
Terry Sanford
Robert Gavinjing
Piedmont
Wil
Hom E. Cobb
Mitchell
Rich County
Nixon
Cabot Lodge
Yancey
Guilford
Orange
Bob Gavin
Pamlico
Cleveland
Stanly
Sanford
GOP
Sea State
Onslow Beach Landing Staged In Maneuvers
Onslow Beach North Carolina hosts JAMLEX joint amphibious exercise as battalions from Army transportation and quartermaster units follow Marines to test landing support. The drill runs through Thursday with plans to move cargo to a simulated mobile supply point at Ft. Bragg then to Ft. Eustis.
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Onslow Beach
N.C
Army Transportation and
Army
Virginia
Ft. Knatis
Ft. Story
Ft. Lee
Ft. Bragg
Ft. Eustis
Survivors tell of sputtering engines in fatal plane crash
In Toledo a twin engine airliner carrying 48 passengers including California Polytechnic football players crashed in heavy fog after a sputtering takeoff. Ninety two people died, with the front section burning as survivors describe a fishtail and a split wreckage. The stewardess aided many passengers and investigators scrutinize engine and flight data.
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California Polytechnic College
James Fahey
Gilroy
Calif
United States
San Luis Obispo
California Poly
Brent Jobe
Vista
Leroy Hughes
Donald G. Chesser
Arctic Pacific Airlines
Sheldon Harden
Laach
Richard Miller
Seattle
Toledo
California
Youngstown
Ohio
Youngstown University
New New York
Re. Haven
Conn
Cal Polylin
Fernoon
Bowling Green
Franklin D. Roosevelt
University
Woodrow Wilson
U.S
Return To Puerto Rico Base
A 1450 strong U S Marines contingent returned from Guantanamo Bay after four weeks of sea maneuvers aboard the attack carrier Boxer and two days ashore. The visit sparked Castro supporters to call it provocation while Havana mobilized militia along with promises of modern weapons. Castro downplayed the threat saying mercenaries would be defeated if they attacked.
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U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo
Washington
Castro
Jand
Cuba
New York Post
Wnatetaw J
Czechoslovakia
News strike threatens in New York
New York officials of the Newspaper Guild warn of a midnight strike unless major daily newspapers raise a proposed three dollar weekly package increase. Negotiations continue with federal mediators, and the six of seven papers have criticized the offer as inadequate.
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NEW York
New York Newspaper Guild
New York Times tops offers in union bargaining drive
The Times led with a wage boost of about $2 per week plus roughly $1 weekly for welfare gains. The deal includes a wage reopening after year one of a two year contract ending Dec 7 1962. Guild spokesman warned a strike if this is the final offer and accused management of provoking action. The Guild seeks 10 percent more pay in one year, 2 percent extra payroll for pension costs, union shop, greater job security, a ninth paid holiday and other benefits.
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The
New York Times
Guild
American Newspaper Guild
Senator Ervin Dedicates Wil am Henry Belk Auditorium
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. spoke at Presbyterian College in Clinton South Carolina dedicating the Wilam Henry Belk Auditorium. He praised Belk founder of Belk stores, tracing his rise from a 14 year old clerk earning five dollars a month to building a 306 store chain and his enduring impact on business education and religion.
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Clinton
S.C
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Wilam Henry Belk
Presbyterian College
iBelk
Merey
Sen. Ervin
Belk
Ervin
Lancaster County
Monroe
N.C
Morthood
Kennedy Gains in New York
In Albany, New York, Kennedy appears poised to win New York’s 45 electoral votes amid a high-stakes fight with Nixon. Polls show Kennedy leading about 5 to 4, with Catholic support a key factor. Both parties mount a statewide campaign featuring Eisenhower, Truman, Lodge, Johnson, Rockefeller, and Kennedy allies as they seek to outperform in the upstate, Long Island, and New York City blocs.
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Richard M. Nixon
Kkey
Kennedy
Iome
Nixon
Tem
New York
New York Daily News
Eisenhower
New York City
Empire State
Harry S. Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Long Island
Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
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