Adenauer loses ground as coalition talks fade
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer rejects coalition with Socialists after party losses in parliamentary elections and leaves open a successor. West Germany faces a new Bundestag, with Ludwig Erhard among possible future chancellors as Free Democrats hold the balance of power.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Free Democratic Party
West Berlin
Willy ‘Brandt
Free ‘Democrats
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Bundestag
Willy Brandt
Socialist Party
Brandt
Kennedy weighs UN address amid disarmament push
President Kennedy returned to the White House from Hyannis Port with a decision pending on whether he will address the United Nations General Assembly as India Prime Minister Nehru hints at a plan for complete world disarmament. The U.S. is finalizing a comprehensive disarmament proposal.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Cape Cod
United Nations General Assembly
India
Nehru
United Nations
New York
United States
Radiation readings heighten fear of Russian tests
Secretary Ribicoff said atmospheric radioactivity shows sharp weekend increases in 13 states including North and South Carolina. He noted the levels suggest fallout from recent Soviet tests but the Public Health Service warns there is no public health hazard unless high readings persist. Data from Hartford, Gastonia, DC, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Lawrence, Lansing, Trenton, Albany, Harrisburg, Providence, Columbia, and Richmond show rises between Sept 11 and Sept 17.
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Washington
Russia
Abraham Ribicoff
North Carolina
South Carolina
Ribicoff
Public Health Service
District of Columbia
Hartford
Conn
Gastonia
N. C
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Lawrence
Mass
Lansing
Mich
Trenton
N. J
Albany
N.Y
Harrisburg
Providence
R. I
Columbia, S. C
Richmond, Va
Hammarskjold Plane May Have Been Shot Down
Dag Hammarskjold died when the UN plane he rode crashed between Ndola and Mufulira near Katanga. Rhodesian, U.N., British, American, and Rhodesian air crews searched a bush area as Tshombe and advisers traveled toward the border. No survivors were reported among the ten aboard.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
U.N
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
DCGB
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
Bernadotte
Hammarskjold
Mufulira
Russians Fire 13th Atom Blast Near Novaya Zemlya
The Soviet Union detonated a nuclear device in the atmosphere near Novaya Zemlya, about a megaton yield, marking the 13th shot in their current series. The blast followed two Soviet tests over the weekend while the United States conducted its second underground test.
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Washington
Russias
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
Novaya Zemlya
United States
Florida May Escape Esther Curves Northwest
Esther shifted toward the northwest reducing danger to Florida. Forecasters said South Florida is in the clear and North Florida should expect little impact while the storm roars with winds up to 150 mph near its eye.
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Miami
Fla
Esther
Florida
South Florida
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Bahama Islands
Rhode Island
Bahamas
Carla
UN Faces Deep Crisis After Hammarskjold Death
The United Nations opens its 16th General Assembly amid a growing crisis following Dag Hammarskjold’s death. With no clear successor acceptable to the United States and USSR, the UN risks erosion of its world peace role and a stalled Security Council. Khrushchev has already attacked Hammarskjold over Congo handling, deepening tensions.
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U.N
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Leopoldville
N.Y
Africa
Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
United States
General Assembly
Security Council
Assembly
Moscow
Khrushchev
U N Delegates Shocked By Death At General Assembly
U N diplomats gathered for the opening of the 16th General Assembly were shocked by the death of Dag Hammarskjold in a Central Africa plane crash. The session faced possible adjournment as East-West talks on a successor and major issues like Berlin, disarmament, and China representation continued. Golda Meir voiced sorrow and sympathy to Hammarskjold's family and Sweden.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Dag
Malli Marspjuin
Hammarskjold
Central Africa
Berlin
China
Dean Rusk
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
Golda Meir
Sweden
Roger Maris Aims to Tie Ruth with Two Homers
Detroit AP Roger Maris heads for Baltimore needing two home runs in the Yankees' next three games to tie Babe Ruth's 60 home run record set in 1927.
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Detroit
Roger Maris
Baltimore
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
North Carolina Bets On Sports At Estimated 1.25 Billion
SBI chief says North Carolinians wager about 1.254 billion dollars yearly on sports events with smaller towns reporting little to no large scale gambling while major cities show scattered activity. Officials note bookies tied to out of state syndicates and occasional raids in Asheville and Buncombe County.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N.C
Walter Anderson
State Bureau of Investigation
Anderson
A. A. Privette
Wilson
Wilson County
Bill Thompson
Privette
R. J. Stroup
Gaston County
Charlotte
John S. Hord
Greensboro
Paul B. Calhoun
Guilford County
John E. Walters
Calhoun
Buncombe County
Laurence Brown
Asheville
A. R. Sluder
Ment
Treasury
No Control words from plane spark crash probe
Northwest Airlines Electra crash near O Hare after takeoff from Milwaukee kills 37 with 32 passengers including a mother and four children. Officials say no malfunctions detected and hope tape analysis reveals causes while investigators separate cockpit recordings with another pilot greeting control.
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Chicago
Northwest Airlines
O'Hare International Airport
Trans World Airlines
Clarendon Hills
Midway Airport
O'Hare
Najeeb Halaby
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
Allan S. Boyd
Civil Aeronautics Board
Halaby
Milwaukee
Wis
Tampa
Fort Lauderdale
Miami
Fla
Alfred M. Coutu
Waukegan
Ill
Coutu
Joyce
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Ricky
Bailey
U. N
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Maurice Barber
Tshombe
Tain
Rhodesia
UN Security Council
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Stuart
Wilmington
North Florida
Charleston
Jacksonville
A Cope
Cuba
Jamaica
Caribbean
Cope Helleras
Bermuda
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Juan
Miles
Atlantic
Martinique
Esther Whirls
Roger
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