Refugee Flow Continues From East to West Berlin
East Germans flee into West Berlin amid violence and intimidation by Communist authorities. A workman crossing to West Berlin was beaten by police, an Austrian citizen was detained on an elevated train, and authorities tracked a surge in refugee registrations. By Friday 10,419 had registered in seven days, with 1,100 more in West Berlin's Marienfelde by noon Saturday. Walter Ulbricht was in Moscow seeking Soviet permission to halt the flow.
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Marienfelde
West Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Moscow
Kennedy appeals for joint effort at Inter-American session
President Kennedy urged a Marshall Plan scale effort to lift Latin American living standards and counter external threats at the Inter-American Economic and Social Conference in Punta del Este. Delegates hailed the call amid applause, while Cuban delegate Ernesto Guevara sat impassively waiting his turn. Uruguayan President Haedo pressed for rapid action as America faces a grave moment.
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Uruguay
Kennedy
South Atlantic Seasside
Ernesto Guevara
Guevara
Organization of American States
Latin America
Eduardo Victor Haedo
America
Haedo
Cuba Renews Warnings Seeks Return of Patrol Boat
Cuba warned it will treat American planes as Cuban planes are treated in the United States and sought the return of the SVS patrol boat. Havana radio noted after several Cuban planes were diverted or embargoed and sold in the United States to satisfy Cuban debts.
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Cuba
United States
Havana
SVS
Buildup Eyed Ministers Seek Backing Of NATO
The United States Britain France and West Germany pressed NATO for a stronger Berlin defense amid the Berlin crisis. They discussed boosting forces by up to 80 000 troops and raising NATO strength toward 30 divisions to deter Soviet pressure while seeking negotiations with the Soviet Union.
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Britain
France
West Germany
West Berlin
Western Alliance
NATO
Soviet Union
Berlin
Inside Middletown Family Service no laundry aid
A look at the Family Service Bureau of Middletown shows it does not provide family laundry services despite calls for assistance. Miss Helen Davis explains the bureau’s scope, with related notes on page 23 about its director and civic defense efforts.
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Family Service Bureau of
Middletown
Helen Davis
Bureau
Today’s Journal
Riders Served At Bus Depot Break Segregation Barrier
In Jackson Mississippi two freedom riders a blind white woman and a Negro challenged segregated seating at the bus depot. They sought milk shakes at the lunch counter in the Negro waiting room and were not removed by police. The riders were Earl C. Bohannon Jr. 21 of Chicago and Norma Wagner 33 of Rochester New York. They arrived in Jackson at 124 p.m. after changing buses in Memphis and traveling from Nashville.
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Jackson, Miss
Earl C. Bohannon Jr
Chicago
Norma Wagner
Rochester
N.Y
Jackson
Memphis
Nashville
Cubans Ask For Arms U.S. Says No To Underground
U S government stopped sending arms to the Cuban underground after the April invasion and will not resume despite exile leaders requests. In Miami reliable sources say Fidel Castro new money plan may hamper the underground for a while while exile leaders expect action by fall. Seven underground Cuban groups are active with exile reps in Miami and the network is undergoing reorganization after the invasion.
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Miami
Fla
U. S
Fidel Castro
Ision
Washington
Kennedy
Jose
Gence
Cuba
Kennedy and Stevenson Hold Strategy Talks at Nantucket
President Kennedy and U N ambassador Adlai Stevenson met with top advisers on Berlin and Germany while planning the fall U N General Assembly agenda. They discussed Tunisia and the question of Red China in the U N, with Outer Mongolia and Mauretania likewise on the table. The group sailed aboard the Marlin to Nantucket Sound for a two hour cruise and lunch, then returned for continued discussions.
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Mass
Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
U. S
United Nations
Khrushchev
Germany
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U.S
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Berlin
Khruschev
Harland Cleveland
International Organization
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Harvard
Nantucket Sound
Lewis Bay
Great Island
Andrew T. Hatcher
Stevensson
U.N
Red China
China
Outer Mongolia
Mauretania
Cleveland
Schlesinger
Giant Saturn Heads For Cape
The Saturn booster, 82 feet long and over 100 tons, moved by barge from Redstone Arsenal to Wheeler Dam and onto a new barge for a 2200 mile water voyage to Cape Canaveral. The transfer was completed successfully and the trip along the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Straits, and the Atlantic is expected to take about three weeks.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wheeler Dam
Florence
Ala
Tennessee, Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Straits
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Canaveral
Two Ohioans Die As Rail Pierces Car
Two Ohio travelers were injured fatally early Saturday when their car struck the end of a guard rail on the Indiana toll road just east of the South Bend interchange. Tommy Thompson, 49, and Beatrice Day Mitchell, 37, both of Toledo, were involved. Thompson apparently fell asleep at the wheel as a steel rail spearheaded through the car.
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South Bend, Ind
Ohio
Indiana
South Bend
Tommy Thompson
Toledo
Beatrice Day Mitchell
Thompson
Princeton Receives $35 Million Gift for Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University announced an anonymous gift of 35 million dollars to establish a foundation for the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. University president Robert F. Goheen said the donation supports program development and campus leadership in public policy education.
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Princeton, NJ
Princeton University
Robert F. Goheen
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Signing Set By End Of Year
MOSCOW AP Leaders of the Warsaw Pact meet in secret at the Kremlin to signal a German peace treaty with East Germany by year’s end if needed. The communique warns delaying a treaty risks intensifying a new European war while affirming East Germany’s sovereign rights and free access for West Berlin.
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Kremlin
East Germany
Tass
Europe
West Berlin
East
West Germany
German Democratic Republic
Soviet Union
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Germany
Khrushchev
Kennedy
U. S
Dean Rusk
Paris
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Albania
Walter Ulbricht
Ulbricht
Berlin
Khrushchev to Reply on Kennedy Berlin Challenge
Premier Khrushchev, angered by Kennedy's Berlin Speech, will speak on a nationwide radio and TV network Monday night. The Moscow broadcast did not reveal the subject. Khrushchev reportedly told Italian Premier Fanfani he found Kennedy's words belligerent and planned a reply.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
Khrushchev Imade
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Moscow Radio
FST
East
West Germany
Ul Ibricht
Neighbor’s quip about soil bank dares a dirty boy pun
A humorous exchange lands a pun as a neighbor jokes about a soil bank and an overdraft, playfully teasing the boy about money and dirt in a lighthearted street scene.
Widow Reunites with Hero Husband's Mayenne Bridge Heroism
In Mayenne France Mae McRacken widow of James McRacken revisits the town he saved a vital bridge during World War II. The 28 year old American fell mortally wounded after stopping detonation wires while Germans retreated. Townspeople honored them with flowers gifts and the bridge bears his name as the McRacken Memorial.
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Mayenne
France
Mae McRacken
Myrtis
McRacken
James
Lucien de Montigny
Charlotte
N.C
McRacken Bridge
Carpent McRacken
James McRacken
Normandy
Charles de Gaulle
Campaigners March On Base In Ayr Scotland
In Ayr Scotland protesters marching to the U S Polaris submarine base at Holy Loch began in rain but quickly abandoned the long march, accepting rides in vehicles. They planned a vigil beside the Loch as a small group of about 20 including three women gathered to denounce nuclear weapons.
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Ayr
Scotland
Hiroshima
U.S. Polaris
Holy Loch
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