Kennedy says no Cuban action needed now
President Kennedy says U S military action against Cuba is not required or justified at this time. He warns against loose talk of force while pledging to act decisively if Castro endangers U S security and pledges intensified watch over the Caribbean. He criticizes voter suppression violence and affirms protection of voting rights and worship.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Cuba
United States
Bulli
Castro
Russia
Caribbean
Congress
South
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Reconciliation Behind Bars After Delinquency Arrest
Carolyn Huntoon 24, mother of two, and William Tocher 15 involvement in disappearance of nanny. Arrested in Salt Lake City motel after vanishing from Pasadena homes. Husband Frederick 31 comforts wife at jail pleading for return home and kids Debbie 3 Jeanne 4. Tocher described as mature and attentive to children.
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Carolyn Huntoon
Frederick
Salt Lake County
William
Billy Boy) Tocher
Tocher
Pasadena
Calif
Salt Lake City
Huntoon
Debbie
Jeanne
Brazil Premier and Cabinet Resign in Political Crisis
Prime Minister Francisco Brochado Da Rocha and his cabinet resigned amid a standoff with Congress over approving a plebiscite to grant full executive powers to President Joao Goulart. The move raised fears of military intervention and widened Brazil's political and economic turmoil as pro Goulart demonstrations and labor strikes loom.
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Robert Berrellez
Brasilia
Brazil
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Congress
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Brochado da Rocha
Chamber of Deputies
Latin America
Dante Pelacani
National Confederation of Industry Workers
Woul
Rio Grande Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Jair Dantas Ribeiro
Dantas Ribeiro
War Ministry
Olvino Alves
1St Army
Rio de Janeiro
Nelson de Melo
de Melo Cau
Janio Quadros
Key RAF latrine worker protests discharge delay
In Farnborough England RAF airman Tim Mahoney says he cannot obtain a discharge because he is deemed a key worker. He vents frustration over serving five days a week cleaning lavatories windows and polishing on base. His four year enlistment remains. his wife and children live with him.
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Farnborough
England
Royal Air Force
Tim Mahoney
Air Ministry
Adjournment target dates floated for 1962 session
Senate leaders weighed deadlines with Mansfield proposing Sept 29 as adjournment target and Humphrey eyeing Oct 5. Proxmire urged finishing by month end in campaign year while absenteeism and a lack of quorum hindered business. Stennis urged faster, tighter speeches and fewer amendments.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Willam Proxmire
D-Wis
Mansfield
John Stennis
D-Miss
Proxmire
Commitments Put Glenn Behind Says Schirra
Comdr Walter Schirra says John Glenn has fallen behind in space work due to outside commitments. In a CBS interview he argues Glenn is needed for guidance and decision making as Schirra prepares for an orbital flight set for September 28.
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Glenn
Schirra
New York
Walter M. Schirra Jr
John H. Glenn Jr
CBS
John
Walter Cronkite
Congress
Kennedy
Houston
al Chop
Manned Spacecraft Center
Kennedy warns Castro clear lines of U S security interest
President Kennedy outlined six U S security lines in the Cuban crisis warning Castro and likely Khrushchev that violation could bring war The list covered Guanatanamo Bay Canal passage Cape Canaveral the lives of Americans hemisphere safety and the right to act against any threat The president stressed a general warning against turning Cuba into an offensive base and urged Americans to keep nerve while Castro faces trouble at home and abroad
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
U.S. Naval
Guanitanamo
Panama Canal
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Western Hemisphere
Soviet Union
Castro
Canada suspends Sabin oral polio vaccine program
Canadian Health Department moved to suspend general use of the Sabin oral vaccine after reports of paralysis in four Canadian recipients. U S officials said 12 similar cases were noted in the United States, with no new cases since August 22, while the older Salk vaccine remains in use. The action follows a recommendation to defer the oral vaccination program pending a full investigation.
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Larry Osius Washington
U.S
Canadian Health Department
Canada
United States
Defiance of Court Ordered Desegregation Sparks Mississippi Crisis
Governor Ross Barnett declared Mississippi would defy a federal court order to desegregate the University of Mississippi. He urged officials to refuse submission, warned of jail rather than compliance, and invoked interposition to shield state sovereignty. James Meredith’s admission was cleared by Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, prompting the crisis.
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Jackson
Miss
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Barnett
U.S. Supreme Court
Hugo Black
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Alabama
South Carolina
U.S
House Bodies Approve Kennedy Callup Plan
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously endorsed President Kennedy's request for stand-by authority to mobilize 150000 Reservists. If the Senate bill passes, a Monday vote would approve a rapid path to enactment amid broader debate on anti communist measures and national emergency options.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
Cuba
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hemisphere
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Blatnik
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Edward Edmondson
D-Okla
Kenneth Gray
Alvin O’konski
R-Wis
Solons
Scott
Carpenter
Walter Schirra
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