Charles E Wilson Dies Former Secy Of Defense
Charles E Wilson, longtime GM president and later U S defense secretary, died at a Louisiana plantation near Baton Rouge after a career that spanned industry and politics. Known as Engine Charley, he led GM through war production and shifted to Washington during the Korean War before retiring to Bloomfield Hills.
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Wilson
Carnegie Tech
General Motors
Automobile
Washington
Charley
Bloomfield Hills
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Little Hope For Softer Red Stand At U.N.
At the United Nations Kennedy urged new disarmament talks and a Berlin settlement while the Soviet Union signaled no progress and Gromyko offered cautious noncommittal remarks. Western diplomats noted no visible imprint of Kennedy's proposals on the Soviet bloc as talks stalled after three months without agreement.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations, NY
U.N
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
General Assembly
Communist Bloc
Gromyko
Park Avenue
Moscow
East Germany
Germany
United States
United Nations
ADN
U.S
U S Tests In Air May Be Necessary
Sen Henry M Jackson says atmospheric nuclear tests may be required if the Soviets persist with blasts. He notes Kennedy proposes a treaty to ban testing while warning the danger of fallout and the need to test weapons, including antimissile systems, in the atmosphere.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Kennedy
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Senate House Atomic Weapons Subcommittee
United Nations
Great Britain
United States
Administration
U.S
Six Injured In Bus Truck Collision Near Winston-Salem
A Greyhound bus bound for New York and a Seven-Up delivery truck collided on old U S 158 two miles west of Winston-Salem at 8:25 am. Six people were injured. four taken to Baptist Hospital, one to Kate Bitting Reynolds, and two treated at the scene. Driver David Cole and a helper Robert Dandridge escaped with minor injuries. The truck overturned, the bus suffered major damage. Investigators continued examining the crash.
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Winston
Kate Bitting Reynolds Hospital
Robert Dandridge
David J. Cole
15Th Street
Highway Patrol
Winston- Salem
Smith's Lake Road
Cole
Dandridge
New Orleans
New York
Cost Of Living Shows Slight Dip In August
The Labor Department reports a 0.1% drop in consumer prices in August led by cheaper fresh foods. Over eight months this year prices rose 0.5%, with indexes at 128.0% of the 1947-49 base.
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Washington
Labor Department
Wartime Commander Gen. Eichelberger Dies At Asheville
Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger 75 longtime wartime commander of the U S Eighth Army and former West Point superintendent died in Asheville NC after recent surgery He led amphibious landings in the Philippines and commanded occupation forces in Japan from 1945 to 1948 He served under MacArthur and Craig and graduated West Point in 1909 He described the Atsugi landing and the Buna victory as his greatest achievements.
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Asheville
N.C
Robert L. Eichelberger
U.S. Eighth Army
Pacific
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Eichelberger
Philippines
Japan
U.S. Army
Douglas MacArthur
Malin Craig
Australia
Tokyo
Philippine Islands
Atsugi Air Field
MacArthur
Buna
Ohio State
Siberia
General Eichelberger Papers Left to Duke Library
The official and personal papers of Gen Robert L Eichelberger who died in Asheville N C will go to Duke University Library. The collection spans nearly 40 years of combat service and includes letters with Eisenhower MacArthur and Malin Craig.
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Asheville
N.C
Robert L. Eichelberger
Duke University Library
Duke Library
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Malin Craig
Japan
Eichelberger
New Guinea
Buna
Sananda
Papua
Biak
8Th
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Child Hit By Car Injures Three Year Old in Meredith Street Incident
A three year old boy identified as James Baker was rushed to High Point Memorial Hospital in critical condition after being struck by a car on Meredith Street. The driver, 21 year old Frank Jervis of Meredith Street, said the child darted into the road as his aunt Lula McLean carried an infant. The child was later taken to Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro for serious brain injuries.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Meredith Street
James Baker
Sadie Baker
Lula McLean
Alarming Maneuvers Shake Centerville Police
Police in Centerville Illinois reported a chaotic night as calls poured in about gunfire. Officers found a National Guard unit at Grand Marias Park firing blanks during maneuvers.
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Centerville
Kennedy Signs Bill to Create U S Arms Agency
President Kennedy signs a bill establishing a new U S arms control and disarmament agency amid plans to advance his race for peace at the United Nations. William C Foster named to head the agency as Kennedy prepares for a Newport vacation after a morning meeting with Argentina's President Frondizi.
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Whitney Shoemaker
NEW York
Kennedy
United Nations
Congress
William C. Foster
Defense
Newport
R.1
Carlyle
Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
Navy
Quonset
Battleship USS North Carolina Sails Tow Tow to Wilmington Memorial
The battleship USS North Carolina left Bayonne New Jersey to reach Wilmington North Carolina for a war memorial berth. Hugh Morton, head of the commission, said the tow began at 9 30 a m and a one day delay may still allow Sunday arrival for planned ceremonies.
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Wilmington
N.C
North Carolina
Bayonne
N.J
Hugh Morton
Moran Towing Co
Morton
Radio says Kennedy arms plan unsatisfactory
London based Radio Moscow labeled President Kennedy disarmament proposals as unsatisfactory stating the U S plan lacks abolition of arms and bases and nuclear ban, focusing only on fissionable material limits and space missile control while ignoring Algeria Angola South West Africa and Berlin.
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London
Radio
Moscow
Kennedy
U. N. General Assembly
U. S
U.S.A
Angola
South West Africa
Germany
Berlin
West Berlin
Pentagon backs use of nuclear weapons if Berlin clash demands
Joint Chiefs of Staff united with Secretary McNamara on using nuclear weapons if needed to defend Berlin. Kennedy, U N speech, and Kennedy brother Alt Gen RFK stressed willingness to resort to atomic power to counter Soviet aggression.
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Kennedy
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Robert S. McNamara
White House
Kremin
Khrushchev
United Nations
U.S
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
U.N
Alty
Robert F. Kennedy
West
McNamara
Sen. Smith
Europe
Kennedy Speech Draws Warm Praise and Mixed Reactions
President Kennedy's United Nations address drew warm praise from Western allies and hostile blank from Communist states. Nonaligned nations, led by Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk, were urged to act for a stronger secretary general and disarmament. Reactions ranged from Soviet and Chinese denouncements to British and Italian cautious approval.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
United Nations
America
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Statesville
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Baltimore
Harding
Xray
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
Lockheed
Gen. Eichelberger
Vincent Micheroni
Somerville
Mass
Vincent
Prof
Saverio Ce
Rulo
Northeastern University
L. To R
Constance Sestito
Frank
John Tibbo
Arthur Burns
Kennedys
la Guardia
Honey Fitz
Narragansett Bay
Quonset Across the Water
Hammersmith Farm
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Battleship
N.C. Berth
Red Radio
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Moscow Radio
Tass
Hong Kong
Peiping
Red
Foreign Office
China
Nationalist
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