Kennedy Says U S Has Will and Weapons To Resist Aggression
President Kennedy told the United Nations that the United States has the will and the weapons to resist aggression and urged a shift from arms race to a peace race. He proposed a six point disarmament plan and a UN peace force while warning against a troika system for UN security. He urged new UN strength after Dag Hammarskjold’s death and called for limited nuclear test bans and on call peacekeeping units.
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United Nations
N.Y
Kennedy
United States
U.N
Troika
General Assembly
United Nation
Africa
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
Hammarskjold
Khrushchev Delays East German Peace Treaty Deadline
Premier Khrushchev told Belgian Foreign Minister Spaak he favors slow negotiations over quick war and did not commit to a year end East German peace treaty. He urged talks on Berlin but kept East Berlin status off the table, while Western officials remained skeptical.
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Laos
Germany
United States
BOM
Khrushchev
East Germany
Paul-Henry Spaak
Spaak
Soviet Union
Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Moscow
West Berlin
Berlin
NATO
East Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
United Nations
Invasion of Katanga Urged by Congo Forces Chief
Gen Victor Lundula, Stanleyville leftist commander, pressures Adoula to invade Katanga. Lumumbist backers regain influence as Lundula dispatches troops and officers. UN dissents cease fire while Motobu may oppose invasion. forces move toward Luluabourg and Kasai River approaches.
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Dennis Neeld
Leopoldville
the Congo
Victor Lundula
Stanleyville
Congo
Katanga
Elisabethville
Ndola
Rhodesia
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumbist
Lundula
Adoula
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Tshombe
Joseph Motobu
Luluabourg
Kasai
Passenger Train Hit By Freight Derailment in Arkansas
A freight train derailed and struck a parked passenger train on a siding in Bay Arkansas injuring at least 20 people with five in critical condition. Frisco officials said the freight had slowed to 15 mph and about 20 of its 88 cars left the tracks crashing onto the passenger coach bound for Memphis from Springfield.
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Frisco
Jonesboro
Springfield
Memphis
iTenn
Ford Makes UAW New Pact Offer
Ford Motor Co offered the United Auto Workers a new economic deal paralleling GM terms. The plan includes cost of living adjustments, hospital and medical coverage, improved pensions, a short work week, and continuation of the annual improvement factor, contingent on peaceful agreements and ratification within set timelines.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Battleship North Carolina Move Delayed by Storm
Plans to move the 35 000 ton battleship North Carolina from Bayonne to Wilmington to become a state memorial were delayed by a rain storm in the Atlantic. Two tugs will tow the ship over a five day voyage if weather allows. a Sunday Oct 1 arrival is possible.
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Bayonne
N.J
North Carolina
Wilmington
N.C
Atlantic
Moran Towing Co
Navy Terminal
Cape Fear
New York
Tar Heel
Cape Fear River
Dixie Governors Avoid Rights Issue
At the Southern Governors Conference 15 state chiefs avoided civil rights topics and focused on education and atomic energy. Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi backed informal talks on a southern unity bloc to defend states rights while Alabama's John Patterson commented on opposing Kennedy era baits. Ernest Hollings teased MLK pursuing a law degree amid nomination chatter.
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Nashville, Tenn
Price Daniel
Texas
Deep South
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Montgomery
Ala
Barnett
Alabama
John Patterson
Southern Unity
Tug of War Ends With Rescue At Berlin Border
A 77-year-old woman attempting to flee East Berlin is caught between East and West guards as she dangles from a second floor window on Bernauerstrasse. An East Berlin policeman grips her arm while a West Berliner holds her legs. They pull her loose and she falls into a fire brigade safety net awaiting below.
Confidence Expressed as Clay Talks Berlin Crisis
General Lucius Clay met with West German President Heinrich Luebke in Berlin in a cordial, private discussion on Berlin and Germany. Officials disclosed no details, while London and Washington ponder shifts in policy toward East Germany and access to West Berlin amid Cold War tensions.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Heinrich Luebke
Germany
Luebke
Gen. Clay
Bonn
West Berlin
Clay
U.S
West Germany
East Germany
West
Washington
The
Daily Mail
Bruce Rothwell
Rothwell
Oder-Neisse Line
Europe
Daily Express
United States
Soviet Union
the Express
Konrad
Adenauer
Free Democrats
Reds Admit Resistance To Anti TV Campaign In East Germany
East German communists acknowledge substantial resistance to intimidation aimed at West TV viewers. Junge Welt details shock troops in blue shirts and red armbands inspecting aerials, with a Zwickau operation ending as a West viewer reluctantly allowed dismantling after a calm debate.
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Berlin
Communist Youth Movement
Junge Welt
Zwickau
Congress Hopes To Adjourn By Tuesday Night At Latest
Congress seeks adjournment by Tuesday night at the latest after back-to-work sessions. Three major items remain including the foreign aid bill, a public works measure for rivers and harbors, flood control and reclamation, and a final supplemental bill. Conferees may meet today as the 1961 session winds down amid partisan maneuvers and tax bill concerns.
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Congress
Joe Hall Washington
House
Senate House
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Winston L. Prouty
Prouty
du Pont Co
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Ann
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Orval Faubus
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Terry Sanford
Ernest Vandiver
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Cov
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Midane Jie
Palm G
Ford
UAW
By A. F. Mahan
Walter A. Reuther
General Motors
Reuther
UAW International
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