Kennedy declares underground atomic tests in response to Soviet show of force
President Kennedy announced the United States will resume underground laboratory tests this month to develop advanced weapons and anti missile know-how. The move follows the Soviet third atomic blast in five days and aims to avoid fallout while pursuing battlefield improvements.
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United States
Kennedy
Soviet Union
U. S
Europe
White House
Pierre Salinger
Nevada
Geneva
Salinger
Central Asia
Makinen Will Make Personal Plea To Khrushchev
Ashburnham Massachusetts reports Marvin Makinen's father William Makinen, 47, says he is prepared to personally plead with Soviet Premier Khrushchev for his son, an American jailed in Kiev for spying. The father, claiming no knowledge of espionage, plans to seek help via the president and possibly travel to Russia if needed. Makinen, a 22 year old Free University student, was sentenced after a two day Kiev trial. the State Department denies he is a spy. He earned a Fulbright and had planned to study medicine at Penn.
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Mass
Marvin William Makinen
Khrushchev
United States
William J. Makinen
Russia
Makinen
Kiev
Izvestia
Free University
West Berlin
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Washington
State Department
Makinensis
Moscow
U.S
Dallas integrates eight schools with 18 first graders
Eighteen Negro first graders entered eight previously all white Dallas schools without incident as the city began integrated public schooling. Police directed traffic while assistant superintendent W. T. White announced all 18 enrolled students were inside. Four transfer requests were denied for birth certificate, family ties, or lack of transfer cause. The eight schools include Amelia Earhart, Ben Milam, City Park, Longfellow, Roger Q. Mills, Stephen F. Austin, Thomas A. Edison and William E. Travis.
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Dallas
Tex
W. T. White
Amelia Earhart
Ben Milam
City Park
Longfellow
Roger Q. Mills
Stephen F. Austin
Thomas A.edison
William E. Travis
Nkrumah Meets Khrushchev in Moscow Amid Summit Buzz
Ghana Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah arrives in Moscow and meets Soviet Premier Khrushchev ahead of a Belgrade non aligned summit call for peace talks. Nehru lands later as flags switch from Indian to Ghana decorations, signaling shifting reactions to the Western nuclear moratorium proposal.
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Ghana
India
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Khrushchev
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
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United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Beams With Pleasure UAW Strike Off Until Monday
The United Auto Workers called off the 10 am strike at General Motors after a new offer from GM, signaling progress on broad economic issues. UAW President Walter P. Reuther announced the extension to Monday, with progress noted overnight and President Kennedy urging a settlement.
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General Motors
Detroit
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Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
End Of Mankind Seen In All-Out Nuclear War
STOWE Vermont AP An all-out nuclear war in the 20th century would end mankind as we know it says Dr Hudson Hoagland president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences He warns of genetic damage in survivors and lasting changes to human character across generations The two week Pugwash Conference on science and world affairs opened with 47 scientists from 12 nations including 13 from the Soviet Union The remarks underscore the peril of nuclear conflict and the effort to reach global consensus on differences while preserving life each day.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cyrus Eaton
Soviet Union
Hoagland
Tme
Remember William Waters Lost 67 Days In Alaska Wilderness
William Waters a 42 year old Kentucky tourist who vanished June 20 in the Big Lake area reappeared Aug 26 after 67 days lost in Alaska wilderness. He weighs 139 pounds and has recovered with support from strangers including a birthday cake rose hip jelly and nightly popcorn. He hopes to return home to Erlanger Kentucky.
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Here
Associated Press
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Florida
Kentucky
Tests In Atmosphere Possible Tests In Atmosphere Possible
Washington AP senators and congressmen warned that the United States may have to resume atmospheric nuclear tests if the Soviet Union continues such shots. Senate leaders Dirksen Cooper Gore said air tests could be necessary to detonate warheads in the final series, despite fallout and worldwide condemnation. Rep Holifield noted the matter as a key topic for the Atomic Energy Committee.
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United States
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
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Dirksen
White House
Soviet Union
Central Asia
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Albert Gore
D-Tenn
House Atomic Energy Committee
Gore
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Cowen to Be Named U.S. Attorney for Eastern North Carolina
President Kennedy announced he will appoint Robert H Cowen, counsel to the House Merchant Marine Committee, as U S attorney for eastern North Carolina. Cowen, 46, a Democrat, would replace Julian T Gaskill in the $17 500 post. His nomination will go to the Senate.
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Kennedy
Robert H Cowen
House Merchant Marine Committee
U.S
North Carolina
Cowen
Julian T. Gaskill
Senate
Navy Turns North Carolina Over as Memorial in New Jersey
The Navy transferred the battleship North Carolina to North Carolina as a memorial to fallen service members. Gov. Terry Sanford said the ship would stand as a warning to aggressors and a beacon to those who seek freedom. The ceremony near New York harbor marked a somber transfer ahead of the ship’s voyage to Wilmington to become a permanent memorial.
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Terry Sanford
New York Harbor
Navy Supply Center
Navy
Karl Karpa
Adm
James S. Russell
Naval Operations
McNamara Explains Walker Reprimand in Senate
Secretary McNamara testifies that Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker was reprimanded for two main reasons. He led an indoctrination program violating Army rules and made inflammatory remarks about public figures including Harry Truman. He also sought to influence the 1960 congressional election and the troops’ voting in West Germany.
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Robert S. McNamara
Edwin A. Walker
Walker
24Th Infantry Division
West Germany
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
McNamara
Harry Truman
24Th Division
Caribbean storm Carla builds toward hurricane force
Tropical storm Carla is forecast to reach hurricane strength by night as it moves northwest through the Caribbean toward the Yucatan Channel and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Recon planes place the storm 180 miles south of Cuba and 440 miles southwest of Key West with winds 60 to 70 mph and heavy rain forecast for Cuba and Yucatan. Betsy remains distant to the southeast with peak winds near 125 mph in a small center.
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Yucatan
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Cape Hatteras
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Gulf of Honduras
Baseball Field Robbed of $10,000 in Asheville
Two men with a knife robbed the McCormick Baseball Field business office in Asheville North Carolina at 12 15 a m taking a safe. Night watchman Harold Shepard was bound gagged and blindfolded during the theft which netted $2 000 in cash and $8 000 in checks. Police questioned several suspects. The field is home to the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League.
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McCormick Baseball Field
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McCormick Field
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