Khrushchev warns U2 flights may spark war over USSR
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a Kremlin news conference that resuming American U2 spy flights over the Soviet Union could raise existing tensions to a boiling point and bring about war. He linked the RB47 shootdown to alleged U S provocations and said Moscow might take the matter to the United Nations Security Council.
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Wasnt Spying U S Maintains
The White House accused the Soviet Union of a deliberate and reckless attempt to create an international incident after a U S reconnaissance plane was shot down in the Arctic on July 1. Press secretary Hagerty rejected Soviet claims the flight was over Soviet territory, pledged a formal U S reply, and noted a silent approach while a government report is reviewed.
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Washington
U.S. Air Force
Relatives Await News Of Captured U S Recon Plane
News from Moscow reports two U S fliers captured after their RB47 was downed. Lt Freeman B Olmstead and Lt John R McCone parachuted into the Barents Sea ten days earlier. Olmstead's family in Elmira and McCone's in Topeka await word as wives seek details. The missing crew sparked relief and worry among six American households.
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Plainfield
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Olmstead
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McCone
Topeka
Katanga Declares Independence From Congo Crisis
Premier Moise Tshombe of Katanga announced an independent state seeking an economic alliance with Belgium and aid from Western powers. The Congo central government in Leopoldville requested UN help as mutiny and violence rose, with European outflow and Belgian troops aiding in Elisabethville as Katanga controls key mineral wealth.
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Leopoldville
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Joseph Kasavubu
Elisabethville
Republic of the Congo
Airmen Died or Missing in Cold War Incidents
New York AP reports eighty American airmen have died or vanished in cold war events over ten years. The latest toll rose on Sept 2 1955 when a turboprop transport was shot down in Soviet Armenia after deviating from a Turkey flight. Russia returned six crew members. U S officials cite a seventeen man crew in total.
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Soviet claims on RB47 incident clash with US report
Moscow accused a foreign power of violating its borders with an RB47 jet, as the United States earlier reported the missing plane was on a magnetic field science mission off Norway and the Soviet Union. Moscow said two crew members parachuted and will face Soviet law, while the remaining four are dead or missing. President Eisenhower learned of the charges on the Newport Country Club golf course from Hagerty.
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Johnson Kennedy duel call sparks Democratic clash at delegates
Los Angeles AP reports Senator Lyndon B Johnson challenged rival Senator John F Kennedy to a debate before the Massachusetts and Texas delegations. Vatican City AP notes Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi died at 87. The Congo AP says 3,000 troops asked to restore order with American, Belgian, and Congolese forces forming a joint command.
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John Kennedy A Republican
A Greater Boston Young Republican Club meeting surprised Republican candidates when a man named John Kennedy greeted them as committee chairman. He said he was not related to Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic presidential frontrunner.
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Dynamiters Arrested In Plot To Bomb Negro College
Three white men, Emmet E. Miller Robert Lloyd Parks and Hugh Lynn Adams, were arrested in Arkansas for attempting to ignite a dynamite filled box at Philander Smith College for Negroes. An explosion near the Little Rock School Board building occurred as arrests were made. FBI said the men were first suspects under the Civil Rights Act of 1960 making it a federal crime to transport explosives to interfere with education.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Kennedy Seeks Solid Lead at Democratic Convention
In Los Angeles the Democratic National Convention battles over civil rights while John F. Kennedy builds a strong path to the presidency. Lyndon Johnson’s supporters hope for a last minute rally to challenge Kennedy, with talk of a Kennedy Symington ticket and possible Midwest picks.
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Pleasant Summer Weather Continues With Warm Afternoons
The pleasant summer weather remains, with afternoons turning a bit warm as the mercury nears 90. Official forecast shows fair, warm conditions tonight with a low around 65. Wednesday expected to be partly cloudy and warm with a high near 89. Middletown’s official high yesterday was 85 and the low this morning 66.
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DiSalle Seeks Symington as Kennedy Running Mate
Ohio Governor Michael DiSalle confers with Senator John F. Kennedy over a vice presidential pick. DiSalle says Symington declined, preferring a presidential bid, while Robert Kennedy thanks Ohio for helping start his campaign. The Dayton split with Jay Miller centers on party operations as Ohio votes loom.
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Senator Lyndon Johnson's Texas ally faces delegate clash
Hayes charged Coleman allowed the senator's brother to address Ohio delegates after denying permission for Rep. James Wright to speak on behalf of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. The dispute centers on representation from Texas figures at a party gathering.
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