Kennedy Pledges Water Projects On Western Swing
President Kennedy, midway through a 10,000 mile western tour, touted a program of water resource projects in the Rocky Mountain region. He contrasted past Eisenhower limits with current plans to approve 211 new starts and 182 watershed projects costing about 4 billion dollars. He argued for public benefits over special interests and defended recent dam licensing decisions amid Montana political undercurrents.
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Great Falls
Mont
Kennedy
Rocky Mountain
Billings
Grand’ Teton National: Park
Wyoming
Grand Teton
Washington
Utah
Grand ‘Teton
White House
West
Eisenhower
McNamara Tours Northern Viet Nam Regions in Swing
U S Defense Secretary McNamara and Gen Taylor toured four northern Viet Nam districts along the coast from Nhat Rang to Hue on a 1000 mile swing. They spoke with American officers Vietnamese chiefs and a captured Viet Cong prisoner. McNamara pressed for candid answers about the war.
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Tamey
South Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint ‘Chiefs of Staff
Viet Nam
Nhatrang
U.S. Special Forces
Saigon
Hue
Tam Ky
Quang Ngai
Here
Defense
Mobster Valachi testifies on underworld big shots at Capitol
Joseph Valachi sixty arrives at the old Senate office building to testify in private before the Senate crime probe about La Cosa Nostra. He is escorted by U.S. Marshals as plans for a public hearing Friday unfold.
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Washington Cap
Joseph Valachi
Capitol
Senate
Senate Investigations J Subcommittee
Pri
Vate
Aationwide Crime Syndicate
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Rocom
L. McClellan
D-Ark
Muskie
Valachi
U.S
Underworld
la Cosa Nostra
John L. McClellan
McClellan
Mafia
Black Hand
Secret Criminal Society
John F. Shanley
New York City Police
Cosa Nostra
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Lodge Condemns Mrs Nhu Remarks On Junior Officers
U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge called Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu cruel and insulting for labeling junior U S Army officers as little soldiers of fortune She also accused them of irresponsible behavior The remarks come amid tensions in Saigon tied to Buddhist protests and Diems regime Lodge urged respect for officers risking their lives as U S and Vietnamese forces pursue the Viet Cong during the escalating conflict The statement follows McNamara and Taylor's Saigon briefing on military and political conditions and Kennedy's critique of Diems crackdown
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Saigon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Rome
Cowles
Lodge
Kennedy
Diems
Mrs.Nhu
Diem
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mrs. Nhu
Hurricane Edith Threatens Caribbean, Puerto Rico Ordered Prep
Hurricane warnings were raised in Haiti and the Dominican Republic as Edith exerts dangerous winds and tides. Puerto Rico's southeast and south coasts were urged to move to higher ground ahead of heavy swells, with island flooding possible after the storm passes. Forecasters expected the eye to pass south of the Dominican coast and warned Jamaica of a potential direct hit while Florida was not forecast to be in the storm's path.
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Miami
Fla
Haiti
Dominican Republic
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Edith
Jamaica
Gordon Dunn
Florida
The
Joye
Caribbean Sea
Americans weigh Soviet wheat deal as big buyer lags
Washington AP report notes no direct Soviet move to buy wheat while Czechoslovakia probes a deal. Kennedy calls two House committees to review the matter with Freeman and Hodges. Senators Humphrey and Aiken cite trade sources that the Communists seek up to 200 million bushels plus feed grain. Congress may act. Mansfield supports consideration. farm lawyers differ.
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Ovid A. Martin
Associated Press
Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Bloc
United States
Agriculture and State Department
Kennedy
House
House Agriculture and Foreign Affairs
Orville L. Freeman
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
George T. Aiken
R-Vt
Tar Heel Smashes White House Gates
A 39 year old Doyle Alien Hicks of Waynesville North Carolina forced a truck through the White House main gate and drove toward the north portico before guards stopped him. He said he wanted to see President Kennedy to discuss communism. Hicks was described as very sick and was taken to District of Columbia General Hospital for observation.
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White House
Doyle Alien Hicks
Waynessville
N.C
North Carolina
Hicks
Kennedy
District of Columbia General Hospital
House Passes $11 Billion Kennedy Tax Cut Bill
The House approved President Kennedy's $11 billion tax cut by 271 to 155, a major victory that shifts focus to the Senate where passage remains doubtful. If approved, most taxpayers face $108 to $300 yearly relief, with individuals and corporations benefiting. the measure is touted as a keystone of the economic program and tied to anticipated stimulus from higher spending. Senate action hinges on Byrd and future votes as the administration pursues 1963 passage for an early withholding change.
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Joe Hall
Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Means Committee
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Anderson S C Bank Robbed Suspect Nabbed
An armed man robbed the North Main Street First National Bank in Anderson South Carolina around 11 am and was arrested four minutes later by a detective team. Carl Close, 48, a Florida sheet metal worker, surrendered after detectives confronted him with a shotgun. The haul was not yet determined.
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North Main Street
First National Bank
Carl Close
Close
Greenville
Julian Jones
Florida
Dominican junta installs civilian government in Santo Domingo
A three man provisional civilian government takes over in the Dominican Republic after the military junta ousted President Juan Bosch. Emilio De Los Santos Ramon Tatia Espinal and Manuel Tavares Espail lat named to lead, Bosch to likely exile in Puerto Rico. U.S. suspends diplomatic relations and a 50 million dollar aid program.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Emilio de Los Santos
Ramon Tatia Espinal
Manuel Tavares Espaillat
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Bosch
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
San Juan
San Ysidro
Munoz Marin
United States
State Department
California Swelters Heat Shatters Records Across Counties
In Southern California a blistering heat wave pushed temperatures to 107 in downtown Los Angeles and 115 in Palm Springs. San Diego saw 92 as smog worsened then dispersed with the high heat. The heat, the worst since 1955, followed air from a Nevada high pressure area. Police logged more peace disturbance calls as neighborhoods endured extreme conditions and noise complaints.
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Los Angeles
California
Northridge
San Fernando Valley
Palm Springs
San Diego
Nevada
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Snake Rivers
Idaho
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Army Corps of Engineers
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Mansfield
Peter Arnett
BIG Shots
Wajlachi
Sen
John
By Roy Essoyan
Republic
Atlantic Ocean
Puerto
Rico
Venezuela
Miles
Trinidad
Soviets
Commerce Department
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
Enriquillo del Rosario
Trujillo
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