British Press Angry Over Macmillan Berlin Remark
British morning papers outraged by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan calling the Berlin crisis “got up by the press” during a golf chat at Gleneagles. He warned the danger of rash East Berlin actions and urged East West talks in the proper atmosphere and timing with Foreign Secretary Lord Home.
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London
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Berlin
Macmillan
East Berlin
Lord Home
Germany
Gleneagles
Plane Crashes Into Willow Grove Store Killing Pilot
A Navy F13 Fury crashed through the roof of Bargain City USA department store near Willow Grove Naval Air Station. Lt. Cmdr. Robert Haven, 36, of Columbus Ohio, was killed. 30 to 35 people injured, 75 to 100 shoppers and 30 to 40 employees in the store. Firemen treated injured at Abington Memorial Hospital. Witnesses described a sudden panic as glass fell and people ran. The plane burst into flames after impact.
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Willow Grove
Navy
Cmdr
Robert Haven
Columbus
Ohio
Bargain
City
USA
Pennsylvania
Pegsy Gotwalz
Hatboro
Samuel Salerno
Horsham
Salerno
Ed Fernandez
Berlin Quiet Sunday amid East West talks and clashes
East German Communists urged voice in any Berlin talks and outlined a path to a peace treaty involving both Germanys or a separate East German treaty. Neues Deutschland warned bilateral agreements on access to West Berlin would be required if a separate peace occurred. Amid a quiet day, border skirmishes near the wall were reported as West and East Berliners enjoyed sunny outings.
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Berlin
Germany
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
East
West Germany
East Germany
Red Paper
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Red Army
United States
Britain
France
West
East Berlin
U. S
Berlin Crisis Sparks Press War over Macmillan
The Daily Express and Daily Mirror clash over Prime Minister Macmillan’s handling of the Berlin crisis while The Daily Herald urges calm and a push for negotiations with the Russians. Home also faces criticism for a vacation during the crisis as he meets with Macmillan at Gleneagles.
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Macmillan
Lord Home
Berlin
Home
Gleneagles
UAW pressures Big Three as Thursday deadline looms
The United Auto Workers, armed with a profit sharing pact at American Motors and a strike mandate, presses General Motors Ford and Chrysler for new contracts. With three-year deals ending Thursday, Walter Reuther warns of a possible strike, while AMC workers gain 10 percent profit shares, a 5 percent stock bonus, and wage protections.
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Detroit
American Motors
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
AMC
UN clamps down in Elisabethville arresting Katanga officers
In Elisabethville Katanga troops moved at 5 a.m. arresting foreign officers in Tshombe s Katanga army. UN forces seized key points including the telephone exchange airport and post office and began censoring Katanga radio broadcasts. Kasavubu demanded removal of about 300 foreign officers flouting UN resolutions.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Michel Tombelaine
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
U.N. Security Council
Weekend Of Violence In Monroe Sparks Picketing Ban
Monroe, N C police faced a weekend of unrest after mixed race pickets marched citywide over integration issues. A police officer was wounded in a shooting, a white couple were held hostage briefly, and 20 shots were fired at a car near a Negro integrationist’s house. Police arrested at least 35. Mayor Wilson urged federal action as the city sought an injunction against picketing.
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Monroe
N.C
Fred Wilson
J. W. Rushing
Constance Lever
Rushing
Miss Lever
James Foreman
Chicago
A. A. Mauney
G. Bruce Stegal
Marshville
Mauney
Robert Williams
Stegals
Ikeda Rejects Khrushchev on Security Treaty Meddling
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda told Soviet Premier Khrushchev that his demands to abrogate the U.S. Japan security pact amount to meddling in Japan's affairs. Ikeda asserted Japan would remain allied with the free world and pursue freedom and democracy as immutable policy. Khrushchev argued the treaty and foreign troops hampered relations, but Ikeda stressed Japan's stance and nonaggressive intent.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Khrushchev
Japan
Ikeda
Soviet Union
Moscow
Free World
Todays Chuckle They laughed at Wat until he invented Watt Schmacallit
A lighthearted note about Wat facing laughter before inventing the Watt Schmacallit, a playful turn of phrase illustrating a science themed punchline with a nod to invention and perseverance.
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Wat
Algerian Rebels Name Tough New Premier Ben Khedda
In Tunis the rebel government ousted Premier Ferhat Abbas and named Ben Youssef ben Khadda a 41 year old pro Communist as his replacement. Saad Dahleb becomes foreign minister while Belkacem Krim remains deputy premier and interior minister. Abbas’s fate follows failed talks with France over Sahara control and a seven year struggle.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Algeria
Ferhat Abbas
France
Ben Youssef Ben Khadda
Abbas
Saad Dahleb
Belkacem Krim
Ben Khedda
Cairo
Casablanca
Belgrade
Sahara
Pleasant Week Forecast for Miami Valley Still Mild
The Weather Bureau predicts pleasant weather this week in the Miami Valley with temperatures near normal. Afternoon highs will reach the upper 80s and nightly lows around the 60s. No rain expected until the end of the week. Middletown recorded 87 at 4 p.m. yesterday and 63 at 6 a.m. today.
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Miami Valley
Weather Bureau
Middletown
Hutchinson Gets New Two Year Reds Contract
Cincinnati AP report states Fred Hutchinson signed a new two year deal to manage the National League leading Reds. General Manager Bill DeWitt indicated a pay increase was likely, though exact figures were not released.
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Cincinnati
Fred Hutchinson
Cincinnati Reds
Bill DeWitt
No President Yet Brazil Is Under Military Control
Brazil nears civil strife as Vice President Joao Goulart waits in Paris over Quadros resignation. The army dominates interim rule while Congress debates Goulart succession, with Denys as pivotal power broker guiding the military led transition. Moscow accuses US of meddling. U.S. official calls charge absurd. Goulart plans to return to Brazil to assert his constitutional right.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Joao
Jongo) Goulart
Paris
Congress
Janio Quadros
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Quadros
Goulart
Moscow Radio
United States
Brazil
Robert Woodward
U.S
Denys
Army
Navy
Priday
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Tshombe
Leopoldville
Youssef Ben Khedda
Hutch
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