Two National Guard Divisions Called To Duty
Washington announces that the 32nd Infantry Wisconsin and the 49th Armor Texas divisions will be called to active duty. McNamara expected to reveal details at an afternoon news conference as part of a larger buildup amid the Berlin crisis and planned European deployments.
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National Guard
Esther Bears Down
N.C. Coast
Washington
32Nd Infantry
Wisconsin
49Th Armored
Texas
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Germany
United States
Berlin
Kennedy
Russia
Pentagon
Europe
7Th
Iron Curtain
150 MPH Winds Expected By Early Wednesday Morning
Esther, a hurricane off Cape Hatteras, was 260 miles southeast as of 11 am. NHC warnings extended from Cherry Point to Cape May with 150 mph winds forecast for the coast by tomorrow. Evacuations began, schools closed, shelters set up, and residents urged to seek high ground.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
Esther
North Carolina
Virginia Capes
Weather Bureau
Cane Hatteras
Cherry Point
Cape May
N.J
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
Myrtle Beach
S.C
North Carolina Outer Banks
Kitty Hawk
Manteo
Buxton
Alpheus Drinkwater
Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Texas
Donna
West Indies
Morehead City
Hatteras
Immediate Evacuation Urged for Outer Banks
Governor Sanford urged residents and visitors of North Carolina's Outer Banks to evacuate at once as Hurricane Esther nears. Warnings span from Cherry Point to the Virginia Capes with heavy rain and high winds expected. Civil defense centers are set up and officials coordinate with regional and local offices.
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Raleigh
Sanford
North Carolina
Cherry Point
Virginia Capes
Esther
Edward F. Griffin
Thomas Goodman
Thomasville
Office of Civil Defense
Civil Defense
Two Women Take Stand For Cutter
In Charlotte North Carolina two friends of Celette Nycum testified they were summoned to her home five days before her death to revive the dazed divorces. They said she expressed a wish to be with her mother who was dead. They testified for the defense in the murder trial of George King Cutter a millionaire realtor accused of beating Nycum to death. The defense says she died from alcoholism and barbiturates.
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Charlotte, N.C
Celette Nycum
George King Cutter
Nycum
Lucille Somerwerck
Effie Boger
Vanessa Williams
Russia Moves For Seating Of Red China
At United Nations New York the Soviet Union formally moved to place the question of restoring the People's Republic of China’s lawful rights in the UN on the General Assembly agenda. The move follows a decade of postponements and faces likely debate but may be referred to a study committee for 1962.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
China
Andrei Gromyko
General Assembly
People's Republic of China
United States
UN Delegation Seeks Katanga Peace Talks After Hammarskjold Death
In Ndola a high level United Nations delegation led by Mahoud Khiari arrives to press Katanga peace talks after Dag Hammarskjold perished in a DC6B crash. Britain aids contact with Tshombe as investigators probe the wreck and identify victims. one survivor remains hospitalized.
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Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
U.N
Indola
Katanga
Dag Hammarskjold
Mahoud Khiari
Canaon
Sulu
Leopoldville
Hammarskjold
Britain
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Ben Matlick
U.S
Rusk and Adlai Move to Avert UN Paralysis
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and ambassador Adlai E Stevenson pressed urgent talks to prevent the United Nations from stalling over a successor to Dag Hammarskjold. They planned to discuss Berlin and the Congo as Western leaders seek a path around Soviet veto power in the Security Council.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Gromyko
Hammarskjold
Security Council
Secretariat
World Organization
Congo
U.N
U.S
Moscow
General Assembly
Khrushchevy
Khrushchev
Valerian Zorin
Anti-Filibuster Move Falls Flat
Washington AP reports a bid to limit Senate debate on a stronger filibuster rule failed to reach a majority. The 37 to 43 vote fell 17 short of the required two thirds with 80 senators present, dooming the measure and signaling a Southern bloc victory against what they called a political move to aid civil rights legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
General Motors Resumes Limited Car Production
General Motors restarted limited passenger car production at its 129 plants after a wave of wildcat strikes halted output since September 11. Local unions and factory managers prepared for a gradual return to full operations as workers returned to lines.
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Detroit
General Motors
Hurricane Esther Threatens North Carolina Coast
Beaches evacuated as Hurricane Esther nears. peak winds reach 150 mph. Morehead City contemplates general evacuation as Atlantic Beach businesses close and residents move trailers to higher ground. Nags Head to Hatteras area faces rough seas and higher tides. schools, shelters, and boats prepared.
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Morehead City
N.C
Esther
North Carolina
George Dill
Atlantic Beach
Hatteras
Bill Moore
Oceanana
Alpheus Drinkwater
Associated Press
Manteo
Buxton
Nags Head
Drinkwater
Salter Path
Anchorage
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Eliza
Episcopalians debate leaving National Council of Churches
Delegates from 32 million Episcopalians at the General Convention moved to debate withdrawal from the National Council of Churches. Affected church bodies question council political pronouncements while supporters cite strong stays with the World Council of Churches and the National Council. Dorothy Aber of Michigan notes multiple city groups back withdrawal but others from New York and Massachusetts back the council.
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Detroit
APY
Episcopal Church
National Council of Churches
Episcopalian General Convention
House of Deputies
Virginia
Pulaski
Dorothy Aber
Grosse Pointe
Mich
Episcopalian Education and Information Council of
Michigan
National Council
World Council of Churches
New York
Massachusetts
Communists Unleash Loudspeakers in Berlin War of Nerves
In Berlin the East Germans deploy loudspeakers along the divided border blasting propaganda mixed with jazz and waltzes toward West Berlin. Guards with submachine guns supervise the vans and trees bearing the gear as Ulbricht’s threat of nuclear war is aired.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West
Ulbricht
Katanga Claims Base is Captured
Katanga forces claim capture of the Kamina U N base after a six day battle against Irish and Swedish defenders. U N chief Conor Cruise O Brien says the air strip continues to be held and reports of surrender are unconfirmed. Heavy fighting also reported at Kabalo where Katanga troops seized the airfield.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Katanga
U.N
Kamina
Conor Cruise O’brien
Elisabethville
O'Brien
Congo
Kabalo
Albertville
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26Th Infantry
28Th Infantry
Pennsylvania
Wana
Sville
Charleston
Tanamas
Sam Ande
Ghatteras
Tve
Ackles Ts
M. Mon
San Salvador
Cutter
Hammarskjold’s
Harry Julien
Matlick
Maurice Barber
Central African Federation
Bjorn Egge
Adlai
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