Eisenhower attacks Kennedy on spending and budget
Former President Eisenhower criticizes the Kennedy administration for spending, calling it spending for spending's sake. He cites a $98.8 billion budget, a tax cut projected to exceed $10 billion annually by 1965, and an $11.9 billion deficit, urging reductions without harming essential federal functions. He favors measured space program steps over crash programs.
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NEW York
Dwight D Fisenhower
Kennedy
Fisenhower
Saturday Evening Post
White House
United States
Eisenhower
Washington
Mutt Chased by Police After Village Chase
A mongrel dog triggered a two mile pursuit through Greenwich Village and Chelsea as nine police cars with twenty officers hunted it down. Two officers cornered the canine. it lunged and three shots were fired, striking its right foreleg and sending it into a building excavation. A net restrained the dog for rabies tests after it had bitten a policeman and a boy.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Chelsea
Louisiana bill lets women change hair color without disclosure
A Louisiana House measure by Rep. Margaret Lewis would allow women to dye their hair without revealing the color when applying for a driving license. She frames it as a basic right of womanhood and personal autonomy in choosing hair color under varying circumstances.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana House of Representatives
Margaret Lewis
Cooper 22 orbit space flight postponed by Bermuda radar fault
Cape Canaveral set for 22 orbit mission with L. Gordon Cooper Jr. postponed as Bermuda radar unit failed. Countdown halted at 12 minutes. engineers to reassess after diesel service tower delay and fuel line issues.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Bermuda
Cape Caneveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Space Agency
Walter Williams
Project Mercury
Commander Cleared In A-Sub Loss
Navy clears Lt Cmdr Stanley W Hecker of blame in the Thresher disaster. A naval court of inquiry withdrew Hecker as a party to the case after previously censuring him for delays in reporting the submarine’s final messages. Hecker's counsel cited new testimony supporting his full performance of duties.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Navy
Thresher
Naval Court of
Boston
Cmdr
Stanley W. Hecker
Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Skylark
Atty
Lous P. Gray III
New London
Conn
Adm
Lawson P. Ramage
Atlantic Fleet
Truck Taken From Under Law s Nose
A diesel tractor trailer was stolen from a Newburg Heights truck stop across from the police station. Police say hijackers took the vehicle Monday and that officers did not notice the crime, prompting police chief Robert J. Nowack to comment on the boldness or near sightedness of the thieves.
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Cleveland
Newburg Heights
Robert J. Nowack
Atomic tests canceled as Kennedy Khrushchev letter influences talks
The United States abruptly cancels three small sub kiloton detonations at the Nevada site amid Khrushchev’s Moscow note on test ban talks. A White House spokesman says no link between events. The Atomic Energy Commission cites no further explanation.
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Washington
United States
Nevada
Kennedy
Khrushchev
White House
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Radio Moscow
U.S
Chev
Harold Macmillan
Peace mission notes Haiti Dominican pullback amid unrest
The OAS peace mission arrived in Santo Domingo as Dominican troops withdraw from the Haiti border. In Port au Prince opponents threaten to assassinate Duvalier before Wednesday while refugees seek asylum in Latin American embassies.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
OAS
Port EU Prince
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Juan Bosch
Radio transponder signals track Cooper orbit in Mercury delay
The Bermuda station uses a radio transponder to measure signal round trip time to Cooper in Faith 7, yielding precise velocity and altitude data to confirm orbital path. Bermuda can command immediate lift from orbit if the path is off. Cooper sat four hours and 21 minutes aboard awaiting launch reschedule.
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Bermuda
Mercury
Cooper
Virgil J. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Today's Chuckle Father Motivates Dinner Dispute
A playful exchange has a father urging his child to eat while the child counters with a demand for motivation. The light moment showcases family dynamics and humorous back and forth.
Middletown Weather Outlook Shows Cooler Tonight
Fair skies and cooler temperatures are expected in Middletown with a low around 55 tonight. Partly cloudy for Wednesday and Thursday with mild temperatures and dry conditions. Yesterday’s high reached 77 at 3 pm with an overnight low of 60 at 6 15 am, and rainfall totaled 0 75 inches.
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Middletown
Troops Stand By as Birmingham Tensions Rise
In Birmingham Alabama 3000 combat ready troops stood nearby amid unrest after scattered violence killed two and injured several. A white youth slashed his elbow claimed attack by Black youths while a Black man was struck by a steel ball fired from a slingshot. President Kennedy ordered troops in. Governor Wallace challenges federal action.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
George ©. Wallace
Diesel Stalls Launch as Cape Canaveral Hack Hits Diesel
At Cape Canaveral engineers halted a Mercury mission as a diesel engine failed to start the gantry service tower that supports the Atlas rocket. Officials traced the issue to fuel impurities, replacing the pump and purging lines before countdown resumed two hours later.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Cape Canayveral
Mercury Control Center
Huge Blaze Destroys Block in Akron Business District
A fire in Akron’s Stow business district destroyed a two story building housing five businesses and several apartments. One firefighter was injured. damage estimate placed at 70000 dollars. Firefighters from Stowe Monroe and Cuyahoga Falls aided in battling the blaze at the Ohio 4 and 91 intersection. Authorities investigate the cause as tenants fled to safety.
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Akron, Ohio
Stow
Monroe
Cuyahoga Falls
Stowe
Ohio 4
Kennedy acts under federal powers on domestic violence in Birmingham
President Kennedy then Wallace discuss using a section of the U.S. Code to determine federal troop use and protection adequacy as rioting and bombings rock Birmingham. Jackie Robinson and Floyd Patterson address a mass meeting urging unity while King calls for nonviolence and Army and Justice officials establish a Birmingham headquarters.
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Kennedy
Wallace
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tenessee Valley Authority
Birmingham
Jackie Robinson
Floyd Patterson
Oa Negro Reserve
Cane Tam
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Army
Justice Department
Police Command Described as Joint Effort by City and State Leaders
The patrol size was put at 1,200 at one time with only a few hundred on duty. Police Chief Jamie Moore and Alabama Safety Director Al Lingo share responsibility for the command, with Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene Connor calling it a joint effort and noting no single chain of command.
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Jamie Moore
Alabama
al Lingo
Birmingham
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Walter Allen
Highway Patrol
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