Airborne ALRI Radar Extends Missile Watch Off Atlantic Coast
Air Force reveals ALRI airborne radar system keeping watch along eastern approaches to North America. Lt. Gen. Herbert B. Thatcher says four engine patrols from Otis AFB Massachusetts sweep the horizon seaward to guard against surprise attacks, enabling shutdown of Texas Tower stations without loss of coverage.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
Air Force
North America
Herbert B. Thatcher
Air Defense Command
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
ALRI
Thatcher
Texas Tower
Texas
Senator Jackson backs limited nuclear test ban with safeguards
Sen Henry M Jackson, once a critic, declares support for the limited nuclear test ban treaty citing serious risks but noting with assured safeguards the Senate may ratify. He chairs the weapons subcommittee and urged strong safeguards demanded by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Page 2-A.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Washington Democrat
Kennedy
Jackson
Senate
Senate Armed Service Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate House Atomica Energy Committee
U.S
Plane May Have Landed In Cuba
Six Central Americans may be in Cuba after a private twin engine plane owned by Gen Tachito Somoza reportedly landed on Cuba’s southern coast. Two Miami men said a Costa Rican official was flying to arrange their release, while a Coast Guard search was called off after the craft vanished near Key West.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Miami Herald
Tachito Somoza
Luis Somoza
Fidel Castro
Key West
Belize
British Honduras
Coast Guard
Cienfuegos
Cien
Bullet Punctured Body Pulled From Burning House
Elk Park North Carolina police and the State Bureau of Investigation probe the death of 74 year old Lee Roy Brewer found in a burning Elk River Road residence. He had five bullet holes in head chest and arm with two chest hits near the heart. No arrests reported. Brewer split time between Johnson City Tennessee and his Elk Park home.
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Elk Park
N. C
Lee Roy Brewer
Elk River Road
North Carolina
State Bureau of Investigation
Issacs
Brewer
Johnson City
Tenn
Unseasonably cold air drives frost across central states
Cold air surges south through the central and eastern United States bringing frost in the Midwest and lakes region. Ironwood Michigan records 23, Ashland Wisconsin 25, with freezes across northern Minnesota and northern Lower Michigan. A front triggers showers and a fatal lightning strike in Kentucky amid heavy rain in Louisville.
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United States
Ironwood
Mich
Ashland
Wis
Minnesota
Lower Michigan
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Birmingham Students Push Walkout Amid Desegregation Tensions
In Birmingham students pressed a sympathy walkout at Phillips High School as protests against desegregation intensified. Hundreds boycotted West End High for a fourth day while police kept crowds from Ramsay and Shades Valley. National Guard units were federalized to curb potential clashes across the city.
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Birmingham
Ala
Phillips High School
Phillips
West End High
West End
Ramsay High
Shades Valley High
Shades Valley
Graymont
Tuskegee
Huntsville
Mobile
Murphy High
Murphy
Alabama
National Guard
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Navy launch capsizes near Port Jefferson. 20 rescued
A 26-foot Navy launch taking sailors from shore leave swamped in the Long Island Sound. Twenty men rescued themselves. one missing. Survivors paddled to shore as Coast Guard and helicopters ferried others to safety.
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Port Jefferson
N.Y
Long Island Sound
Ralph L. Nelson
Middletown
R.I
Hazelwood
Manhattan
Long Island
Cmdr
Cletus Scheperle
Navy
Schepere
John Getchel
Coast Guard
Nelson
Old Field Beach
Setauket
Mather Memorial Hospital
Four Ejected During Cuba Travel Hearing
Washington AP report says backers of students who traveled to Cuba defying a government ban staged a demonstration at a house hearing. Four were forcibly ejected, two carried out by police, as Luce pressed that laws should be broken when laws are unjust.
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Washington
Cuba
Philip A. Luce
New York
Louisiana
Virginia
C Cairman
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
House Committee On ‘Un-American
Luce
Fidel Castro
State Department
Trav
Thoreau
Emerson
Willis
William M. Tuck
D-Va
Dan
Tad Lauer
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Clifford Metzler
Hunter College
N.Y
Mark Brody
City College of New York
Lauer
Lousiana
Danville
William Massey
Massey
Committee
Bill Massey
New York City
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Leaf Sales On Reduced Schedule In Raleigh Markets
Tobacco auctions in Raleigh will run a 4 hour daily schedule through next week due to congestion in redrying plants at Imperial Tobacco. Royster, Bright Belt Warehouse Association, said the cut from 52 hours relieves Imperial while Universal Leaf Tobacco seeks continuation of the 4 hour pace. markets will open as scheduled Monday September 23.
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Raleigh
N.C
Fred S. Royster
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Imperial Tobacco Co
Royster
Imperial
Universal Leaf Tobacco Co
Old Belt
Kennedy endorses steady pace on racial integration
President Kennedy says the nation is moving at the right tempo on desegregation and warns against dividing politics by race. He calls the 150 Southern city school desegregations an impressive story and supports Senate approval of the nuclear test ban treaty while outlining U S policy in South Vietnam.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
United Nations
U. S
South Viet Nam
Gallup
Cuban refugees allege Soviet control of Cuba in hijacked voyage
Rafael Rodriguez leads 89 Cubans including 28 women and 22 children who escaped Cuba in a hijacked navy tender. He says Soviets dictate life in Cuba while many Cubans oppose Castro. refugees endured hunger and deprivation on a five day voyage to Cozumel. U.S. visa help possible for those seeking entry.
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Oscar Kaufmann
Cozumel
Mexico
Cuba
Rafael Rodriguez
Mexican
Rodriguez
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Electronic Communications, Inc
St. Petersburg
The
Air Force Association
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Lee Sen
Associated Press
Henderson
Louisville
Coolie
Catherine Birch
Catherine
International Rectifier Corp
el Segundo
Calif
Sville
Tuck
Capitol
By Neil Gilbride
Castro
Jareas
Havana
Cubana Fort
Ress
Florida
Mexico City
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