Williams Reported Safe in Cuba Amid North Carolina Kidnapping Drama
York Gazette & Daily said Robert F. Williams 36 of Monroe North Carolina, indicted for kidnapping in racial unrest, is in Cuba. American journalist William Worthy sent a cable claiming Williams was leaving the Cuban foreign ministry via underground routes. Williams has defended himself as a militant integrationist and condemned U.S. oppression of Negroes.
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York Gazette & Daily
Robert F. Williams
North Carolina
Cuba
William Worthy
Worthy
Red China
United States
Robert
F. Williams
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Williams
Monroe
N.C
Union County
G. Bruce Stegall
Stegall
America
Fidel Castro
Gazette & Daily
Ministers Progress Is Slow In Berlin Talks
Western foreign ministers report slow progress in extracting Soviet plans from Andrei Gromyko on Berlin negotiations. Dean Rusk and Lord Home have logged over 10 hours in eight days, with only hints Khrushchev may favor a Big Four conference after a Moscow party meeting.
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John M. Hightower
United Nations
N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Britain
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Moscow
East Germany
Home
Gromyko
Rusk
Washington
London
Last Havana Gambling Den Is Closed
Havana reports the final gambling casinos shut down as Fidel Castro vows further moral reform. He addressed Square of the Revolution crowd promising penalties for vice and touting a crackdown on prostitution and racketeers while noting six million pesos flowed through the casinos last month.
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Jose Maria Orlando Havana
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Miami
Fulgencio Batista
Neutrals Join West In U.N. Secretary-General Talks
Western and neutral diplomats pressed for a temporary secretary-general as U.S. and Soviet negotiators failed to agree on a four member executive with rotating chair. Zorin described a team approach, while the U.S. opposed any veto altering U.N. control. Talks resumed potential next meetings. U.N. operations paused for Dag Hammarskjöld funeral in Stockholm.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Valerian A. Zorin
United States
Zorin
Soviet Union
U.S
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Stockholm
Battleship North Carolina Nears Cape Lookout Tow
The USS North Carolina, to be a Wilmington war memorial, is towed by two tugs from Bayonne toward Cape Lookout and the Cape Fear River. Gov. Sanford urged timely fund contributions, noting a $25 donation from Hong Kong businessman Yesun Ting as part of the near $250,000 goal.
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Wilmington
Atlantic
Cape Lookout
Axel Jurgenson
Diane
Cape Fear
Jurgenson
Southport
Bayonne
N.J
Raleigh
Sanford
Wilmington Custom House
Hong Kong
Yesun Ting
Ting
U S and Soviet Union May Joint Nuclear Accelerator Project
U S and Soviet Union discuss joining to build a world leading nuclear accelerator to produce 500 to 1000 billion electronvolts. Glenn Seaborg says private talks indicate Soviet interest. The Brookhaven accelerator in New York currently reaches 30 billion electronvolts while Soviet units reach 10 billion.
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Vienna
Austria
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Soviet Union
Glenn T. Seaborg
U.S
International Atomic Energy Agency
Brookhaven
Long Island
N. Y
Seaborg
Nasser Bows To Revolutionary Command In Syria
Syria asserted independence from the United Arab Republic and installed a new civilian government led by Dr Mamoun Kuzbari with technicians and lawyers. Nasser announced recall of Egyptian troops and resources after the predawn uprising, denouncing rebels as imperialist traitors and pledging Arab unity in the long run. The new cabinet included Leon Zamaria and Adnan Kuwatly as key ministers.
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Webb McKinley
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.A.R
Damascus
Cairo
Nasser
Latakia
Mamoun Kuzbari
Egypt
Revolutionary Command
Leon Zamaria
Sabri Assali
Kuzbari
Adib Shishekly
Adnan Kuwatly
Shukri Kuwatly
Damascus Radio
U S Stays Hands Off as Syrian Revolt Unfolds
The United States maintains a noninterference stance as Syrian officers seize control from the pro Nasser administration in Damascus. Washington notes the revolt is internal and watches for Egypt’s possible reinforcement while stressing safety for some 400 to 600 Americans in the area.
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Washington
United States
East Germans Put Girls Women To Work On Berlin Border
East German authorities mobilized women to clear and raze ground along a 25 mile border zone known as the death strip. Women worked under armed guards while fugitives continued crossing to the West, with at least 20 more escaping by midnight.
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Berlin
East Germany
No Man’s Land
West Germany
Information Bureau West
East German
Foreign Ministry
United States
Steinstuecken
West Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Sweden Mourns Hammarskjold Funeral at Uppsala Cathedral
Dag Hammarskjold's funeral drew world leaders to Sweden's Uppsala Cathedral. Archbishop Erling Eidem and American Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson praised the UN secretary-general for universal ideals and peaceful service before his death in a Rhodesia crash during a Congo mission.
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Eddy Gilmore
Uppsala
Sweden
Dag Hammarskjold
Erling Eidem
House of God
Bier
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
United Nations
Hammarskjold
Rhodesia
Congo
Knight accuses Nixon aide of offering job to drop race
Former California Governor Goodwin J Knight alleges a wealthy Nixon ally offered him any state job, including chief justice, if he would withdraw from the 1962 gubernatorial race. Knight says two witnesses heard the offer and threatens to reveal identities. Nixon denies the charge as Brown calls it a shocking scandal.
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Knight
Nixon
Los Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard M. Nixon
California
William A. Munnell
el Dorado Hotel
Sacramento
Bob Finch
State Supreme Court
Edmund G. Brown
Washington
Eachother
Goodie
William F. Knowland
Senate
Knowland
Stengel Returns to Manage New York Mets in 1962
New York AP reports Casey Stengel agreed to a one year Mets contract to begin in 1962. The 70 year old former Yankees skipper, who led New York to 10 pennants in 2 years, had been away from baseball this season in California. Mets president George Weiss announced the deal amid questions about World Series attendance and Stengel’s magazine commitments.
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Casey Stengel
New York Mets
Stengel
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh
George Weiss
Mets
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