Nixon Visits East Berlin and Finds Strong Anti Communist Sentiment
Former VP Richard Nixon makes a rare trip behind the East German wall and finds East Berliners openly anti Communist. He notes stronger anti regime feeling than in Poland and Hungary and describes a tense, guarded two hour presence with interactions from locals, clubgoers, and security agents.
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Partial Ban Treaty Initiated In Russia
A three power partial nuclear test ban move was started in Moscow with Harriman Hailsham and Gromyko announcing a signing next week by Rusk Home and Gromyko at Spiridonevka Palace The talks followed long negotiations and references to a broader nonaggression pact within NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
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Fair employment bill eyed as first civil rights measure
The fair employment practices bill may become the first civil rights measure acted on in the House this session. Backers seek floor action before August 28 demonstrations, hoping GOP support to pass despite strong committee obstacles and lukewarm White House backing.
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Christine Keeler Egged At Old Bailey Leaving Court
Christine Keeler, 21, left the Old Bailey after testifying in the Stephen Ward vice trial when spectators threw two eggs, striking a photographer and a police officer. A crowd of hundreds jeered as she entered a taxi, amid questions about her marijuana testimony and Ward's alleged income from prostitution.
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Britain
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Associated Press
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Ward
Congress To Write New Law On Railroad Rules
The nation's railroads agreed to postpone for 30 days the posting of manpower trimming work rules averting a threatened nationwide strike. Daniel P. Loomis of the Association of American Railroads announced the decision at a House Commerce Committee meeting and said changes would not take effect until 12:01 a.m. Aug. 29 as Congress weighs Kennedy’s plan to transfer the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Joint Chiefs Last To Hear Details Of Test Ban Proposal
The Joint Chiefs of Staff reportedly remained uninformed about key details of the limited nuclear test ban during Moscow talks. Senators said further hearings are needed with the Chiefs testifying on the pact’s development steps while Goldwater warned of probable French and Chinese tests undermining a three-nation treaty.
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R-Ariz
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France
China
Guardsmen to Leave Cambridge as Truce Holds
About 49 National Guard troops were to withdraw from Cambridge Maryland today after a shaky truce between white and Negro leaders. The move caps a deployment of over 900 troops with a fresh 400-man battalion replacing them by Saturday.
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D-Wash Cautions Over Nuclear Test Pact Clause
A draft clause allows any of three nations to renounce the pact if outside testing endangers security, a point worrying military chiefs. Some see underground tests meeting most weapon needs, but drawbacks remain as very large devices cannot be tested underground and the utility of such tests is debated.
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Reds Build Cuba Bases, Source Says
Miami AP report says Russians are constructing a new base near Santiago de Las Vegas in Havana Province and continuing a military buildup across Cuba. Refugees describe rocket transports and a 67000 acre base near Baire with subterranean installations, rockets, antiaircraft artillery, mortars and radar.
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Minuteman Test Succeeds in 2000 Mile Missile Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Air Force announced a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile blasted from an underground silo and streaked 2000 miles down the Atlantic Tracking Range meeting all test objectives The weapon was an advanced Wing 2 model and deemed operational earlier this month by the Defense Department.
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Ministers Blockade of Brooklyn Hospital Site Protest
Twenty four ministers, mostly Negroes, blocked an entrance to a Brooklyn hospital construction site and were arrested along with 27 other demonstrators. Clergymen in clerical garb joined a civil rights protest against job discrimination in the building industry and prepared for mass arrest.
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Trouble delays Syncom 2 launch for third time
Trouble in the Delta booster rocket forces a third postponement of the Syncom 2 communications satellite launch. The plan is to place the satellite into a 22 300 mile high orbit where it would hover over a designated earth area.
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Governors Gain Little At Parley
At the 55th annual governors conference in Miami Beach Florida prominent Republicans and Democrats left with few political gains. Rockefeller drew publicity on civil rights while Goldwater kept his standing among GOP leaders. Romney pressed civil rights and criticized federal economic policy. Rhodes praised Cleveland as 1964 site. Anderson chaired the meeting. Democratic governors favored quiet lines with Kennedy’s re election prospects noted. Rockefellers divorce and new marriage cited as denting support.
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Fla
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
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George Romney
Michigan
James A Rhodes
Ohio
Cleveland
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
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Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Otto Kerner
Illinois
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Donald S. Russell
South Carolina
Mississippi
Ross R. Barnett
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
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Nine year old Deborah Rowland killed after ball enters street
In Cincinnati, Deborah Rowland age nine chased a ball into a street near her home on Wednesday night and was struck by a car, dying from her injuries.
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Rail labor dispute delays prompt rail costs and actions
The Flouse and Senate Commerce committee chair asked for a Wednesday delay citing lack of time to act by Monday. Loomis warned railroads would face continued unnecessary payments for unperformed work if action is postponed. J E Wolfe said the National Railway Labor Conference plans to meet in the morning to respond to the postponement.
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Congress weighs work rules amid rail dispute hearings
Wolfe and Loomis prepare to testify as the House Commerce Committee opens hearings on plans to shift work rules to the Commerce Commission. Senate leaders warn of a potential standstill resolutions. the dispute centers on train crew staffing with about 60,000 jobs at stake including 32,000 firemen.
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Labor officials push Kennedy proposal to Capitol hearings
Secretary Wirtz argued the administration's case before the House for six hours as Loomis and Wolfe testified to a Senate committee for four hours. Loomis said the executive board of his association approved Kennedy's proposal, while H. E. Gilbert of the Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen said the five unions oppose it in St. Louis.
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