Shortcomings Lurk in State Dept on U2 Flight Riots
A James Marlow analysis notes that Secretary Christian Herter and the State Department failed to grasp vital details and assess human and Communist reactions surrounding the U2 over Russia and Tokyo riots. It argues the timing risked Khrushchev’s reaction, damaged prestige, and misread Moscow’s influence on Japanese Communists.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Tokyo
Christian A. Herter
Central Intelligence Agency
Russia
Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Japan
Khrushchev
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
United States
Moscow
Stans Urges Halt On Large Scale Spending
Maurice Stans, budget chief, asked Congress to slow big spending as Eisenhower’s 1961 budget heads for potential imbalance. He warned passage of pending measures could ruin chances for tax cuts and debt reduction, citing items like lack of postal rate increases and higher federal pay as busting the budget. The Senate moved to raise revenue by expanding taxes, but fate of amendments remained uncertain as talks continued.
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Washington
Maurice Stans
Congress
Eisenhower
Stans
John Taber
New York
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
Baptist Group Opposes Catholic as U S President
The American Baptist Association's 2,000 delegates adopted a unanimous resolution against a Roman Catholic as president. Leader Dr Hoyt Chastain declared Catholics pose a conflict with U S loyalty and cited historical persecution. The association, with about 600,000 members in over 3,000 churches, meets through Thursday.
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Kansas City
Kan
American Baptist Asso
National Convention
United States
Association
Hoyt Chastain
Malvern
Ark
Vatican
Chastain
Rome
Lonely Jap child in Missouri hospital faces language gap
Five year old Koirchomi Walker speaks only Japanese while at St. John’s Hospital in Joplin. His father Gerald Walker, 25, stationed at Truex Field, Madison Wisconsin, is injured. His sister Hitomi, six, died in a highway crash near Joplin on Tuesday. The mother, 28, Japanese native, is in critical condition. The boy’s only English word is Daddy and nurses note his loneliness grows while his father cannot be with him.
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Joplin
St. John’s Hospital
Koirchomi Walker
AIC
Gerald
California
Solvay High OKs graduation despite picnic brawl
Solvay New York board vote allowed Saturday graduation for seniors amid a picnic incident in a county park near Syracuse. A Friday senior breakfast was canceled as 12 students faced misconduct charges after liquor reportedly appeared in bags at the event.
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Solvay
Solvay High
Board of Education
Mary Pirro
Four Die in Head-On Iowa Crash On U S 275
Four people killed in a head-on collision on U S 275 near Hamburg Iowa. Victims include Rosalita Kyle 11 of Omaha and her father Joseph Kyle 48 Gordon Gordon 56 and Michael Patrick Gordon 33. Sheriff says Kyle tried to pass a northbound truck and car and fireworks from Missouri were in the wreckage threatening explosion.
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Hamburg, Iowa
U. S
Iowa
Rosalita Kyle
Omaha
Hamburg
Rosalita
Joseph Kyle
John Gordon
Gordon
Michael Patrick
al Christopher
Kyle
Missouri
Boy Takes First Plane Ride Alone Writes Muted Card
A seven year-old Fairborn boy on his first solo flight wrote from his grandmother's house saying he had a nice trip but threw up. The note signed Rickey expressed simple affection to his mother.
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Dayton, Ohio
Fairborn
Rickey
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