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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1961
Page
1
Paris reports show President Kennedy and Charles de Gaulle forming a smooth rapport during three days of summit meetings. The pair avoided earlier friction as they discussed European issues and moved toward cooperative diplomacy.
Paris dispatch notes Jacqueline Kennedy influencing the La Parisienne hairdo and a Givenchy gown at Versailles. The leaders Kennedy and De Gaulle discuss Berlin, European defense, nuclear test ban and Laos with no firm agreements, aiming for familiarity over specifics.
In Vienna the Kennedy Khrushchev summit began with a 75 minute lunch and friendly toasts as leaders met amid rain. Kennedy flew in after Khrushchev arrived by train and warned against Berlin dangers while pressing for disarmament progress.
Dominican authorities say they killed one assassin of dictator Rafael Trujillo and captured three others while the mastermind, Gen. Juan Tomas Diaz, remains at large. The investigation reached the presidential palace amid a crackdown on antigovernment elements.
Robert Woodruff Besch Sr. died from gunshot wounds inflicted by his 14 year old son in a Sum mit family home. The boy, a Newark Academy ninth grader, was undergoing psychiatric treatment and possessed NRA marks as a sharpshooter. Police described a tense scene with two pistols found and the elder Besch a trustee of local institutions.
Detroit AP report says Fidel Castro was given until Wednesday to reply to an American offer to exchange 1,200 Cuban prisoners for 500 tractors. Tractors for Freedom, led by Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower, urged Castro to act on his May 17 offer, warning a nonresponse would be seen as a withdrawal of the proposal.
In a contrast of governance style, President Kennedy favors open access to aides and officials, while Defense Secretary McNamara seeks controlled interviews and internal debate. He emphasizes security, reporting through public relations and a unified Pentagon brief to Congress and the public.
Vienna officials resolved where Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Khrushchev would sit at the reception and gala. Khrushchev will dine to President Schaerf's right, while Mrs Kennedy sits on his right at the after dinner event. A cold dinner will be served on imperial china.
George S. Kaufman famed as playwright director and producer died at 71 of a heart attack in his Park Avenue apartment. The Broadway figure known as the gloomily ironic dean had suffered a stroke and had been inactive for 18 months. He shared two Pulitzers for Of Thee I Sing 1931 and You Cant Take It With You 1937.
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