Berlin threat tops Cuba in Kennedy reserves call
High administration sources say Soviet threats to Berlin are greater now than in years, prompting Kennedy to seek standby authority to mobilize 150 000 Reservists. The Berlin crisis is deemed more dangerous than Cuba as it tests the NATO alliance while Cuba is viewed as less worrisome than a year ago.
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Washington
Berlin
Cuba
Kennedy
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Army Reserve
National Guard
Fidel Castro
Western Hemisphere
Florida
Castro
Nine new astronauts named by NASA for Moon program
NASA announced nine new astronauts on a Friday to join the seven already in line for a Moon mission, as NASA seeks to bridge a rift between John Glenn and Walter Schirra. Schirra plans a Mercury Atlas 8 flight on Sept. 28.
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Houston
Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Glenn
Walter Schirra
Schirra
Glenn
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Gilruth
NASA
Wally
Mercury
News Media Communications Branch
Nevada Test Explosion Fueled by Nuclear Blast
The Atomic Energy Commission conducted an underground nuclear test at the Nevada site described as low yield with a blast of under 20 000 tons of TNT. It was the 50th in the series and the first since August 24, reported from Washington by AP.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Advisory Panel Decides on Sabin Polio Vaccine Use
An advisory committee to the Public Health Service met to decide if the Sabin oral polio vaccine should remain in mass immunization. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry expected to announce the panel’s recommendation. Canada urged against broader use after four paralytic polio cases among four million vaccine recipients. Some U S communities continued, others paused. Sabin defended the vaccine’s safety and urged continued use.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Luther L. Terry
Federal Health Department
U. S
Terry
Red China intensifies anti U S campaign over downed U2
Peiping escalates seven day anti American broadcasts accusing the United States of aggression after China's Nationalists say the U2 aircraft was theirs. The talks question U S involvement while warning Japan of risks in East West tensions and noting Gen Maxwell Taylor visits Southeast Asia.
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Tokyo
Red China
Asia
Washington
Red
U.S
China
Air Force
Peiping
Southeast Asia
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Helpers aiding veterans and patients highlighted Sunday feature
The Enterprise Sunday presents a feature on young High Pointers who spend summer serving others. They volunteer at Salisbury Veterans Hospital and Memorial Hospital in High Point.
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Veterans Hospital
Salisbury
Memorial Hospital
High Point
High Point College
Enterprise
Marines enroute Guantanamo guard transport flight
A U S Marine C119 transport ferried toward Guantanamo Bay Cuba with unarmed escort and radar protection. The pilot said fighter help could arrive in minutes if needed as tension with Cuba rose and US defenses prepared for potential air incursions.
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U. S
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay
Amo
Key Caribbean Naval Base
Havana
U.S
United States
Atlantic
Congress Picks Up Steam Ahead of Adjournment
Congress pushes toward completion this month as three Kennedy proposals gain traction. The House approved the U N bond issue 256 to 134 while Senate action on tariffs and aid to cities facing mass transit needs unfolds amid stalled schedules.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
U.N
Senate
Mike ‘Mansfield
Montana
House
Senate Finance Committee
House Armed Services Committee
John O W. McCormack
D-Mass
Aeek
Frank Lausche
D-Ohio
Commerce Committee
Meter Nurse Replies To Parking Verse In Coral Gables
In Coral Gables a motorist's poem left on a malfunctioning municipal parking meter prompts a reply from the meter maid. John and Jane Lindsey found the meter failed to register a dime and posted a verse. later a white note on the windshield warned the poet that mischief follows cleverness with coin slots.
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Coral Gables
Fla
John Lindsey
Lindseys
Brazil Moves Toward Plea for Executive Powers
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a plebiscite for January 6 on granting executive powers to President Joao Goulart. The vote 169 to 83 followed Senate approval, easing fears of military intervention as a general strike unsettles the nation and Goulart seeks to avert Labor disruption.
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Brasilia
Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Senate
Latin America
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Goulart
Rio de Janeiro
Brochado da Rocha
Congress
Janio Quadros
Artur Costa Silva
Sao Paulo
Carlos Lacerdas
Santos
Estes Accused of Lying Before Creditors in Federal Court
Billie Sol Estes faced questions about alleged hidden assets in a federal bankruptcy hearing in El Paso. Patsy Estes testified she did not receive large funds or property transfers, while Bobbie Frank Estes invoked the Fifth Amendment. A referee, J. C. Brooke, set a follow up session for September 19 and noted government and trustee access to records.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Patsy Estes
Bobbie Frank Estes
J. C. Brooke
Pecos
Texas
Bobbie
Frank Estes
Estes
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Associated Press
Canada
Sabin
San Francisco
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Health Service
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Caribbean
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