Kennedy Says U S Still Free To Act
President Kennedy told the Senate the limited nuclear test ban treaty does not limit U S authority to use nuclear weapons for defense. He pledged unqualified assurances that Joint Chiefs safeguards would be carried out and outlined four key provisions on underground testing readiness detection of violations and continued weapons development.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sens Tat
Ue Fresiggent StelLer
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksex
Illsois
Kenedy
Senate of the
Dirksen
Mansfield
Soviet Union
Communists strike in Viet Nam’s southern towns
In Ca Mau Province Viet Cong and Dam Doi forces launched coordinated attacks on government towns across southern Viet Nam. Dam Doi was burned, district headquarters turned into a morgue, and US advisers counted about 60 enemy bodies. An air strike and battle cost the enemy many casualties.
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Viet Nam
Dam Doi
U.S
Dam Dio
Cam T
Cai Nuoc
Cau Mau
Chicago Property Owners Protest City Hall
In Chicago hundreds of White property owners protested a proposed ordinance to ban discrimination in real estate deals. About 3,000 demonstrators, many women with signs, marched around City Hall as police guarded the Cook County building. The protest was led by the Property Owners Coordinating Committee, representing 47 neighborhood groups.
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William J. Conway
Chicago
City Hall
Richard J. Daley
Dick Daley
Block’ Square City Hall
Cook County
Property Owners Coordinating Committee
Neighorhood
Tax Bill Asks Restraint On Government Spending
Congress urges President to pledge restraint on spending as it passes the 11 billion tax cut bill. The proposal would use any new revenue first to erase deficits and reduce the public debt. House Ways and Means seeks spending constraints amid Republican efforts to tie spending caps to tax cuts. The bill aims to cut with most effects in Jan and a smaller portion the following year. Senate prospects dim amid civil rights filibuster and criticism from Chairman Byrd.
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Edmond Lebreton Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Key Ways and Means
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
Tee
Senate
Harry F.byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Ways ‘and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-air
eIra
Thousands Return To Classes Desegregation Hits Alabama Schools
Thousands returned to classes in Alabama as desegregation began with mixed attendance. At West End High Birmingham attendance edged toward normal, but boycotts persisted at two other schools. Ramsay High and Graymont reported similar patterns, while Tuskegee Public School saw far fewer pupils. National Guardsmen stood by in Birmingham, and some absences enrolled in private schools.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
West End High
Tuskegee
West End
Birmingham School Board
Ramsay High
Graymont Grammar School
Tuskegee Public School
Murphy High School
Mobile
Lodge Urges Nhu Ousted from Saigon Government
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge asked President Ngo Dinh Diem to remove his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu from power and lift press censorship. A high official source said Lodge suggested Nhu leave the country, the first formal U S request of its kind. Diem reportedly indicated such a move would be unlikely, while U S officials argued Nhu wields too much personal power.
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Saigon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ngo Dinh Diem
Lodge
Ngo Dinh Nhu
United States
Nhu
State Department
Diem
Panama
Latin America
Farland
Washington
Agency For International Development
Alliance For
Parland
Clarksburg, W., Iva
Resigning Envoy Critical of Latin American Program
Former ambassador and critic of Alliance for Progress, an Eisenhower appointee, resigned Aug. 2 amid differences with the Kennedy administration. He suggested he might seek political office, denied major policy rifts, and urged more direct Panamanian development with simpler road projects. He criticized aid as often government to government and called for leveraging individual initiative.
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Kennedy
Farland
FBI
Morgantown
State Department
Dominican Republic
Panama
U.S
Washington
Married Men Saved By Bell
The Associated Press reports President Kennedy issued an executive order delaying draft inductions for married men in the 1925 age group. Men faced near induction as the order halted plans, with some returning home and others choosing to enlist anyway.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
Atlanta
Thomas Evers
Rome
Earl G. Wheeler
Trenton
Ter
Fletcher
Bothell
Washington State
Seattle
Daniel Robinson
Grapeview
Wash
Jerry E. Doughman
Council Bluffs
Towa
Charles Ray Morgan
Moss Point
Miss
Jackson
Morgan
Pvt
Hypnosis Fails to Halt 65 Day Hiccups in Atlanta
Mrs Lucy McDonald 38, a red haired soda fountain waitress, has hiccuped for 65 days. A hypnotist says he cannot cure her yet cites her strong will. She works ten hours daily to support three children after trying surgery shock therapy over 200 home remedies and prayer.
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Atlanta
Lucy McDonald
Redistricting of N C Senate To Be Taken Up
Gov Sanford calls a special General Assembly session for Oct 14 to act on Senate redistricting and a constitutional amendment for automatic future redistricting. The plan centers Mecklenburg County with three senators and Guilford and Forsyth with two each. Attending were House Speaker Clifton Blue Senate President Clarence Stone and other leaders.
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N.C. Senate
Raleigh
Sanford
General Assembly
Senate
Gov. Sanford
Mecklenburg County
Guilford
Forssyth
House
Clifton Blue
Clarence Stone
Hugh Cannon
John Henley
Brazil Area Ravaged By Forest Fire
Brazil's Parana State suffers a fifth day of wildfires as drought and winds devastate 64 townships. At least 130 people dead, 2,000 injured, 4,000 homeless. many victims smallholders using primitive tools. Rain offers relief promise but fires persist in western and central Parana.
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Curitiba
Brazil
Parana
Dance Erupts at Racial Melee in South Bend
In South Bend Indiana a youth oriented dance as part of the Partners In Progress festival erupted into a racial melee. Police halted the event after fights among about 6 000 teens. Three youths were hospitalized and a 14 year old was knocked unconscious.
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South Bend
Ind
Cornelius Nicholas
Partners In Progress
Mishawaka
Steve Alaimo
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