Major Defends Walker in Pro-Blue Education Talk
Army major Arch E. Roberts testified that the Pro-Blue troop education program for Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker drew on secret Cold War directives, not John Birch Society tenets. Roberts said the 29 page address, largely from the Congressional Record, was prepared under Walker's direction and not cleared by the Defense Department.
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Dominicans Refuse Plan Ends Talks On Balaguer Junta
In Santo Domingo the opposition National Civic Union rejected a military plan to keep Balaguer as head of a seven man ruling junta and grant the armed forces autonomy. Negotiations with the government ended as Dominicans warned of military domination. Troops fired on demonstrators demanding Balaguer’s ouster, wounding three women and a boy. a man was reported killed.
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Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
National Civic Union
Balaguer
Trujillo
Lehamania
Thurmond assails State Dept in anti communism rally
U S Senator Strom Thurmond told about 1000 listeners at the Hollywood Palladium that communism grows worldwide due to what he calls paralysis in the State Department. He urged a harder line and cited a Moscow meeting last December as deciding to curb anti communist talk by American military leaders.
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D-S.c
U.S. State Department
First Congregation Church
Freedom Club
State Department
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Thurmond
Hollywood Palladium
States’ Rights Party
U.S
Moscow
Defense Department
Dominican Republic sees protests as strike paralyses country
Government would stay in office if the opposition accepted the military proposal. Civic Union urged strikers to suspend the strike and refrain from violence. Hours later President Viriato A. Fiallo said protests against halting the strike were heavy. In Santo Domingo mobs clashed on the third day of the general strike and a youth was killed by machine-gun fire. Santiago reported noise bombs injuring 29 women.
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Civic Union
Viriato A. Fiallo
Santo Domingo
Santiago
Quiet Return to Capital Amid Night Curfew Patrols
As dusk settled, the capital saw a quiet return while troop patrols enforce the nightly curfew. Authorities staged visible checks and urged residents to stay indoors. No clashes were reported and normal civilian movement resumed after curfew began.
Taft Seeks GOP Bid for House
Cincinnati AP Robert Taft Jr son of the late U S senator announced he would run in 1962 as the Republican candidate for congressman at large from Ohio He had earlier said he would not seek re election to the Ohio House or be a candidate for senator or governor Ohio will elect a statewide at large representative next year as the legislature did not redraw district lines Taft announced at a televised news conference Audit James Rhodes remained the only announced GOP candidate for governor
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Robert Taft Jr
U.S
Ohio
Taft
House of Representatives
James Rhodes
GOP
Emergency Blood Relay Saves Bleeding Youth
Eleven year old Dennis Light of Findlay Ohio was reported in satisfactory condition at Blanchard Valley Hospital after a 120 mile blood plasma relay. Law officers shipped three pints of frozen plasma from Cleveland to Brecksville then to the Ohio Turnpike to Findlay before 6 pm to save him from a potentially fatal hemophilia bleed.
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Blanchard Valley Hospital
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Cleveland
Central Blood Bank
Brecksville
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U S Army Units Push Autobahn Traffic Toward Berlin
Soviet authorities tighten checks on American convoys along the Berlin autobahn while U S troops continue to move units between West Germany and West Berlin for training. A correction in convoy documents resolved a halt at the Soviet checkpoint outside West Berlin. The rotation aims to ease cramped West Berlin and provide Berlin conditions experience for troops. The Soviets denounced the action as provocative with NATO implications. Additional movements, including the 1st Battle Group of the 19th Infantry, are planned to replace others in Berlin.
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U.S
West Germany
West Berlin
U. S
Tass
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U.S. Army Headquarters
Europe
Weather warms briefly with a mild weekend ahead
The forecast calls for temperatures about 10 degrees above normal through Sunday with highs near 52 and lows around 37. Tonight's low around 39. Saturday's high about 55. Yesterday's high reached 48, overnight low 25. The warmth is temporary before a cooler spike Monday.
China seat dispute at United Nations heats up
The General Assembly opens a decisive vote on seating Communist China with the United States aiming to bar Peiping from the world body. The Soviet Union seeks to seat Peiping over Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists as the 103-nation body considers a two thirds vote. U.S. delegates expect Nationalists to retain seats despite Asian African bloc backing for the Communist claim.
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Peiping
Soviet Union
Chiang Kai- Shek
Zorin
Kuwait
Iraq
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
War Of Nerves Top U S Commies Fail To Register
The U S Communist party has defied a 1950 federal registration law under the Security Act. Officers were to list finances and details but have not complied, risking up to 10 000 dollars daily fines per day and potential prison terms. Leaders argue the party is not an agent of the Soviet Union.
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Communist Party
Gus Hall
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Benjamin Davis
New York
Lightfoot
National
Illinois
Kennedy
Congress
Southern Colleges Urged To Action By Regional Board
Gov. Terry Sanford led officials from 16 Southern states as the Southern Regional Education Board outlined a plan to raise college enrollment to 39 percent of youth by 1970 and push $1.8 billion in higher education spending. The report urged immediate $110 million yearly raises to close faculty salary gaps with the nation and urged Southern schools to measure against national standards rather than regional peers.
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Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Southern Regional Education Board
South
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Commission On Goals For Higher Education
A Car Joke About Next Year’s Model Quote
A humorous line suggests a salesman quoting a price on next year’s model as a way to make a car seem to run better. The quip plays on sales tactics and future pricing.
Schools Considered As Shelters for Civil Defense
Civil Defense planners discuss using shelter adapted schools as key refuge centers in a nuclear attack. Officials say the Pentagon may pay part of adapting schools, with Steuart Pittman signaling more details at a news conference. Suburban schools could house ventilated shelters with emergency supplies, especially for night attacks when downtowns are vacant.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Pentagon
Civil Defense Office
Steuart Pittman
Secrretary of Defense
Marking-identifying program to scale nationwide by July
Congress approved 169 million dollars to stock selected areas with food and supplies. Officials expect the phase to finish by July and estimate protection for about 300 million people in these areas.
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Congress
Enos Cool At First Public Space Monkey Meet
At Kindley Air Force Base Bermuda Enos the space chimp avoided antics for reporters refusing a cartwheel. He arrived aboard the destroyer Stormes after orbiting Earth, with medical results pending after Cape Canaveral. He resumes Space monkey diet of 250 banana pellets daily and received two oranges and two apples as a reward.
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Bermuda
Enos
Outer Space
Kindley Afb
Stormes
Atlantic
Jerry Finney
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Flights Resumed Between Miami and Santo Domingo
Pan American World Airways announced the resumption of regular Miami to Santo Domingo flights today after a period of suspension due to political unrest in the Dominican Republic. Some trips will skip Santo Domingo for several days while conditions stabilize.
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Pan American World Airways
Santo Domin
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Santo Domingo
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