Dag Declares Berlin Affects UN Voice in Peace Fight
United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold said the UN is an interested party in the Berlin problem and must keep its voice heard if peace is threatened. He stressed big power negotiations as essential first steps and expressed hope for charter revision when time comes.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Berlin
Hammarskjold
World Organization
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Fund Cut For Peace Corps In Doubt
Washington AP Kennedy's Peace Corps bill faces Senate tests over a possible $15 million fund cut from the proposed outlay. Dirksen predicts a smaller total. Humphrey says likely passage with little change though House troubles loom. The measure would formalize the corps with 2700 volunteers by mid 1962 under Shriver. Fulbright voices misgivings about discipline and control over volunteers who may publicly differ with government policy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Everet M. Dirksen
Illinois
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
House
R. Sargent Shriver
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Fulbright
Shriver
Weather update: storms fade into a mild Friday
The scattered thunderstorm threat ends tonight with cloudy skies and mild temperatures. Tonight’s low should fall to the mid 60s, while Friday’s high reaches about 76. Yesterday peaked at 82 and the overnight low was 63. Rain totaled 0.25 inches in the last 24 hours ending 8 am today.
Bonn Expels Soviet Newsman From Izvestia
Bonn, Germany AP The West German government ordered Oleg A Enakiev Izvestia correspondent to leave the country This marks the first expulsion of a foreign newsman by Bonn It was done without a stated reason but viewed as reprisal for a German journalist being expelled from the Soviet Union
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Bonn
Germany
Oleg A. Enakiev
Izvestia
Enakiev
Soviet Union
Sailor seeks pep talk at recruiting office
A sailor humorously laments low sales talk as he walks into the recruiting office, asking for encouragement. The scene captures a light moment about morale and motivation in enlistment efforts.
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Sailor
Richmond Officers Face Possible Meningitis After Rescue
Richmond Indiana officers Collins Dickerson and John Geiger spent a tense week awaiting test results after attempting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on one month old Mark Green. The infant revived briefly but died Monday from spinal meningitis, with doctors saying symptoms would reveal in the officers by Friday.
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Richmond
Ind
Collins Dickerson
John Geiger
Mark Green
Youth steals Aztec fire engine during pursuit
Fire Chief Bill Smith and crew chased a youth who drove off in an Aztec fire engine after a truck fire five miles east of Bloomfield. The youth fled on foot when forced to stop. Smith did not get the boy’s name.
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Aztec, N. M
Bill Smith
Bloomfield
Smith
Cuba Truce Feelers Got U S Snub
Fidel Castro’s regime admitted sending a feeler to President Kennedy for truce talks in Uruguay but the White House dismissed it as having no political significance. Ernesto Guevara told Richard Goodwin Cuba seeks to talk while stressing commitment to socialist economic systems.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
White House
Cuba
Ernesto Guevara
Richard Goodwin
Uruguay
Guevara
Goodwin
Washington
Pierre Salinger
Soviet note accuses Bonn of meddling in West Berlin
Moscow issued a 700 word protest delivered to the U S British and French embassies accusing West Germany and Chancellor Adenauer of illegal interference in West Berlin. The note warns against using air corridors for subversive aims and urged that agitators be kept from city access as talks on Berlin and allied air routes continue.
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Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
U. S
Moscow
Foreigners Must Stay Reds Put More Curbs On Berlin
East Berlin bans departure for foreigners amid tightened Communist controls on travel to the West. Exit visas refused since Aug. 13, affecting 800+ Western nationals including about 300 Dutch, 100 Swedes, and 200 Brits. Allied troops conduct border patrols as Berlin braces for further Soviet pressure and potential exclusion of West Germans from the city.
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West Berlin
East Germany
Berlin border clash ends as tear gas used at checkpoint
At the Fried richstrasse border checkpoint Western officers handed out tear gas grenades after Communist forces sprayed photographers with water. A witness said two American soldiers were hit by the spray before the water system was shut off. Western troops had been told to ignore the 100 yard Red warning. The incident followed a Soviet note accusing Western Allies of abusing air corridors to Berlin.
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West Berlin
West Germany
Moscow
Berin
East Germany
Berlin
U.S
Friedrichstrasse
Unknown number of Norwegians in East Germany
Western nations lack diplomatic representation in East Germany and face uncertainty over Norwegian citizens abroad. Officials note the absence complicates consular protections and timely help for nationals in the region.
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East Ger
Chicago officers guilty in burglary ring verdict
Seven former Chicago police officers were found guilty by a female jury of conspiracy to commit burglary and to receive and conceal stolen property. Sentences ranged from one to five years in prison for five defendants and $500 fines for two others. a bench trial for Patrick Groark remains pending.
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Chicago
James B. Parsons
Allan Brinn
Alan Clements
Frank Faraci
Alex Karras
Sol
Peter Beeftink
Henry Mulea
Patrick Groark
Parsons
Foceman
Lauretta M. Weston
Post Office
Summerdale
Richard Morrison
Many Stull Commute Border Closing Costs Many Jobs
About 12,500 West Berliners drew pay from East Berlin two weeks ago, with 1,500 to 9,000 switching to West Berlin jobs since border barricades. Some 4,000 West Berliners still commute to the East daily, while East Berliners face barred crossovers. The East subsidizes artists like Walter Felsenstein, and West Berlin’s soft-currency earnings are often converted at a 1 to 5 East-to-West rate by banks.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Reds
East
Walter Felisenstein
East Berlin
Morrison Allegations Sparked Police Reforms in 1959
In July 1959 Morrison levelled allegations that prompted sweeping changes to the department led by Orlando W. Wilson a criminologist from the University of California.
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Morrison
Orlando W. Wilson
University of California
UN Likely To Discuss U.S. Bases At Guantanamo
At the United Nations in New York Cuba is expected to press a charge that the U S Navy base at Guantanamo and other American bases threaten Fidel Castro's security. The Cuban move may provoke a U S reply defending the base under a long standing U S Cuba accord. The debate also centers on a France Tunisia dispute and a 32 nation draft urging France to negotiate a Tunisian troop withdrawal schedule.
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United Nations, N.Y
Cuba
U.N. General Assembly
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo
Mario Garcia-Inchaustegui
Navy
U.S
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Assembly
Bizerte
Tunisia
United States
U. S
U.N
France
Tunisian
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