Lumumba seeks aid as Congo turmoil widens
Premier Patrice Lumumba flies to the United States to seek capital and technical aid while UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold weighs Congo stability. Katanga declares independence, Belgian troops clash with mutineers, with casualties reported near a mining center.
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United States
Congo
Lumumba
United Nations
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Hammarskjold
Katanga
Kennedy Receives Secret CIA Briefing On Foreign Policy
Hyannisport Massachusetts Senator John F Kennedy is given a top secret foreign policy briefing by CIA Director Allen W Dulles as part of Eisenhowers plan to provide nominees with such reports. Harriman counsels a firm stance toward the Soviets and favors a two billion dollar defense boost to pressure Khrushchev.
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John F. Kennedy
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower
Harriman
Kennedy
Congress
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State FOP to Meet in Toledo for 1961 Conference
Bills to be introduced in the 1961 Ohio General Assembly will be among topics discussed at the 26th annual conference of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police in Toledo. About 2,500 policemen are expected to attend the three day meeting starting Sunday.
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Bears Drink Way Through Italian Wine Wing Ding
In Trent Italy two performing bears drank about 250 quarts of wine during a wild show. Custodian Peter Krott had studied their habits, but the bears escaped and raided a nearby Alpine camp before toppling five ready demijohns of wine. Locals recall the spectacle as unmatched in memory.
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Genoa
Salome
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Lares
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Soviet Spy Ring Wast. U.S. Laws
Soviet diplomat Petr Y. Ezhov, 39, expelled from the United States for spying on American cities and defense sites. State Department says he used his status to obtain aerial photographs while under FBI surveillance and paid for a photographer and flying lessons.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Prison Escapee Admits Break-Ins
Herbert Wayne Larmore, 29, Dayton Ohio, an escapee from an Ohio prison farm, admitted breaking into six Lexington business firms and an automobile. He was charged with five counts of storehouse breaking one count of safe burglary and one count of petit larceny.
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Lexington
Herbert Wayne Larmore
Dayton
Rockefeller Nixon Secret Meeting Aligns Platform Civil Rights Core
Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Vice President Richard Nixon met in Manhattan to align on Republican platform issues from foreign policy and defense to civil rights and education. Rockefeller said no second‑place run and stressed aggressive action to end segregation while supporting price supports for farmers and faster surplus disposal.
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Rockefeller Steers GOP Platform Talks at Chicago Meet
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller arrives in Chicago amid skirmishing over the party platform and his demand for a voice in policy. An eight hour Nixon Rockefeller session unaffiliates him from a presidential bid while edging toward a flexible defense plan and a retirement of direct social security linked health insurance with private options for the elderly. Rockefeller plans a Sunday votes meeting with his 96 vote New York delegation to decide on backing Nixon on the first ballot.
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Midway Airport
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Nixon clears path for united Republican ticket with Rockefeller
In a long New York meeting Nixon and Gov Rockefeller agreed on foreign policy and defense positions. Nixon appears set to win the convention despite Rockefeller's prior refusal of second place, signaling a unified GOP effort for November.
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Nixon
Farm glut prompts Kennedy Nixon push for solutions
Presidential candidates weigh farm surpluses as Kennedy centers on government involvement in agriculture and promises a future program. Nixon faces pressure from farm belt Republicans and the American Farm Bureau Federation over price supports and free market shifts.
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John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Congress
Nixon
Ezra Tait Benson
Benson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Nixon Rockefeller Compromise Shapes GOP Platform
Republican platform writers reshape planks after an eight hour New York meeting between Vice President Nixon and Governor Rockefeller. The compromise urges a strong civil rights plan and endorses sit in demonstrations while backing a sound fiscal basis and potential private health insurance options.
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Dent Eisenhower
Rockefeller Endorses Platform Clauses in Democratic Plan
Rockefeller’s view influences the Democratic platform adopted in Los Angeles, backing a 5 to 6 percent annual national production rise. He endorses a government reorganization to aid the president in decisive modern governance while praising President Eisenhower’s handling and suggesting avoidable missteps in foreign policy such as the Paris summit collapse and the Japan visit cancellation.
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Los Angeles
Eisehower
Paris
Japan
Modern man drives mortgaged car on credit fueled highway
A witty take on modern life mocks the consumer chase for status through debt and credit. The quip contrasts a mortgaged vehicle, bod financed highway, and reliance on credit cards to keep up appearances.
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