LeMay signals possible opposition to test ban ratification
Gen Curtis E LeMay told Congress he would likely oppose Senate ratification of the nuclear test ban treaty if the United States had not already signed it. He spoke with the Joint Chiefs of Staff including Gen Earle G Wheeler Gen David M Shoup and Adm. the article notes.
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Washington
UPD
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Senate
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
David M. Shoup
Adm
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
LeMay
McDonald Says Treaty Signing Not Key to Ratification
Admiral David L. McDonald told a Senate study panel that signing the treaty did not influence support for ratification. He also testified that a Russian strike with a super megaton bomb could likely disable communications for the Polaris submarine launched missile system, a primary U.S. defense element.
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David L. McDonald
Navy
Senate
McDonald
Air Force chiefs testify on treaty amid secrecy and doubt
Sen Clinton Anderson hints at alternative communications as a public hearing closes with a later closed session. LeMay and other chiefs question the pact while West Germany signs, making it the 66nd nation to join. LeMay urges a high yield nuclear bomb, saying the Air Force sought it as early as 1954.
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Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Atomic Energy Committee
LeMay
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
West Germany
Russia
United States
America
Air Force
Kennedy Defense Safeguards Move Ahead in Congress
The Foreign Relations Committee hearing highlighted unresolved points on treaty safeguards and Chiefs of Staff consultations. The Defense Department said a bill detailing safeguards is due to Congress in about a week, with officials citing underground testing, labs, detection, and readiness for atmospheric tests if the ban is breached.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Joint Chiefs
Defense Department
Sen
Ate
Congress
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Bandits Loot Royal Mail Train in Biggest Cash Heist
The gang that robbed a royal mail train of 7.3 million pounds shifted focus to Ireland after four empty money bags bearing a London bank stamp were found in a car trunk at Dublin Airport. Police linked the find to Scotland Yard as investigators probe a suspected planning trailer near London and earlier suitcases of cash discovered by hikers in Buckinghamshire.
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Losdon
UPD
Royal Mail
Ireland
Dublin
London
Scotland Yard
Dorking
Buckinghamshire
Four Arrested By State Police After Car Crash
New Mexico State Police arrested four men after a one car collision seven miles south of Arkansas Junction on highway 483 between 7 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Salmon G. Trujillo of Lovington, 29, faces driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene charges. Passengers Loera Armando, 28, Librado M. Marta, 24, and Sanchez M. Baez, 28, all from Loving, face charges of being drunk in the vehicle.
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New Mexico
Lovington
Arkansas Junction
Salmon G. Trujillo
Trujillo
Loera Armando
Chihuahua
Mexico
Librado M. Marta
Sanchez M. Baez
Loving
Lovington Guard Tops at El Paso Encampment
Lovington National Guard Battery D Fifth Gun Battalion with 105 enlisted men and four officers returned from Fort Bliss after two weeks of M 42 anti aircraft weapons training. The unit earned a trophy as outstanding battalion member during the encampment. Captain Royce Jones reported the unit owns its training weapons and equipment.
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Lovington National Guard
New Mexico National Guard
el Paso
National Guard
Fort Bliss
Lovington
Ft. Bliss
Royce Jones
Jones
T.o.&e
Adjutant General of the
Khrushchev to Visit Tito in Belgrade for Talks
Soviet Premier Khrushchev is set to arrive in Yugoslavia for talks with President Tito. The trip signals ongoing Soviet Chinese tensions and centers on inter party relations with Yuri Andropov among the visitors.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Tito
Khrushchev
Foreign Ministry
Belgrade
Josef Stalin
China
Yuri Andropov
Kremlin
Alabama Readies For Integration
Federal judge approves plan to desegregate Birmingham public schools starting September 4. Birmingham joins Mobile Huntsville and Tuskegee under court orders to desegregate next month. Plan limits desegregation to 12th grade initially but allows future expansion.
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William O. Bryan
United Press International
Birmingham
Ala
UPD
Alabama
Mobile
Huntsville
Tuskegee
Mississippi
South Carolina
Clarence Allgood
Birmingham School Board
Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Southern Governors
Stolen 1959 Chevrolet Abandoned Near Lovington
Lovington police found a 1959 Chevrolet abandoned at a city gravel pit south of Lovington. The car, owned by Dean and Dai Alexander of Star Route 1, Lovington, had been reported stolen Thursday and was discovered by city employees.
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Lovington
Dean
Dai Alexander
Star Route 1
Loveington
Webb Sentenced To Penitentiary For Grand Larceny
Norman Dale Webb, 28, was sentenced to five to 20 years in the State penitentiary as an habitual criminal after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He previously had a Missouri conviction for writing worthless checks. District Judge George Reese also sentenced George D. Esslinger, 20, to one to five years on two counts of theft of automobile accessories, with all but 30 days suspended.
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Roswell
UPI
Norman Dale Webb
Missouri
George Reese
George D. Esslinger
Girovard Waives Roswell Hearing
Roy Joseph Girovard 19 of South Broughton New York waived preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner on charges of interstate transportation of two stolen autos. The car reported stolen from Chicopee Falls Massachusetts was recovered near Artesia New Mexico. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Case to be acted on by U S District Court in Albuquerque.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Union County
New York
North Carolina
Lexington
N.C
Thomasville
Roswell
UPI
Roy Joseph Girovard
South Broughton
N.Y
U.S
J. C. Jones
Chicopee Falls
Mass
New Mexico
Chovard
Artesia l
Bone
U.S. District Court
Albuquerque
Rescue Workers Dig Through to Trapped Miners
In Hazleton Pennsylvania rescue teams freed three miners trapped 311 feet underground near Oneida. David Fellin 58 Henry Throne was guiding the effort for a second shaft to reach Louis Bova 42 in a nearby chamber.
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Russ Green
United Press International
Hazleton
UPD
Oneida
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Louis Bova
Throne
Fellin
State Mines
H. Beecher Charmbury
Charmbury
Senators clash on timing for Kennedy civil rights bill
With the August 28 march on Washington nine days away, Senate leaders debated when to take up President Kennedy's civil rights legislation. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield urged no delay once the bill reaches the floor, while Sen Javits pressed for quick action to shift heat to the Senate.
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Steven Gerstel
United Press International Washington
UPI
Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Mansfield
House
Javits
New Yorker
Commerce Committee
Sen
Ground rules for railroad work rules arbitration outlined
Union lawyers said their ground rules for arbitration of the work rules dispute will be ready for submission Tuesday after talks with government negotiators. The sides aim to settle two main issues size of train crews and firemen and to avoid unilateral carrier changes by Aug. 29.
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Jack Vandenberg
United Press International
Washington
UPD
Arbi
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Ernest Anderson Named to FHA County Committee
Lea County farmer Ernest Anderson was appointed to the Farmers Home Administration County Committee for a three year term beginning July 1 1963. He succeeds Bob Boyd and joins L D Patman and William F Bradshaw at Lovington and Hobbs. Anderson operates a 300 acre farm two miles northwest of Lovington with cotton and grain crops and has long been active in community affairs. The FHA supports 94 Lea County families with loans plus management assistance improving farms, equipment, land, irrigation systems, water supplies, homes and farm buildings.
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Ernest Anderson
Lea County
Farmers Home Administration
Royce W. Jones
Anderson
Bob Boyd
Lovington
L. D. Patman
William F. Bradshaw
Hobbs
Joyce
FFA Ice Cream Supper Tonight
The Lovington FFA holds its annual ice cream supper on Tuesday August 20 at 7 30 p m in the Agriculture building. Members are urged to attend with families and bring enough ice cream and utensils for their family. For more information call 396 4769.
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Lovington Ffa
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