Eisenhower Answers Critics On U2 Flight Speech
President Eisenhower addressed frequent questions about the U2 spy plane over the Soviet Union and the initial weather-denial statement. He said the program could not be halted without losing essential intelligence and that the cover story protected the pilot, mission, and processes. He justified the worldwide alert test and explained why he did not announce the halt before the summit, stating he informed Khrushchev at the Paris meeting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Ower
Intelli
Secretary of Defense
Thomas S. Gates
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikitai Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Open Skies plan urged amid Cold War talk
President Eisenhower delivered a radio message from the White House urging the Soviet Union to return to "business like dealings" for East West peace and to pursue disarmament talks at Geneva. He also said the United States would pursue far reaching intelligence methods, while hoping the United Nations could monitor military activity. Gromyko called the speech unsatisfactory and warned it worsened the situation.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
White House
Voice of America
Geneva
United Nations
United Nations, N. Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Us.s.r
Reds Shot At Plane Plane Landing In East Germany
AP reported six Soviet MIG jets fired on a U S Air Force C47 to force a landing in East Germany. Capt James Lundy of Findlay Ohio said Russians treated the nine Americans well after the incident and that a U2 link was not raised during questioning. Lundy blamed a false wind report for entering East German airspace and noted good weather with some thunderstorms en route to Wiesbaden.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S
East Germany
James Lundy
Findlay
Ohio
Lundy
Air Force
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Weather outlook for Miami Valley with cool front arriving
The Miami Valley expects a cold front to end showers by gametime. Officials forecast mostly cloudy warm humid conditions today with winds and scattered showers. High near 82, low 60 by morning. Friday partly cloudy and cooler with a high around 75. Rain totals before 8 am about .65 inches. Middletown yesterday reached 79 at 5:30 pm with a 62 low this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Red hot idea cools under cold water test
A brief humor item notes that a clever notion often loses heat when scrutiny or skepticism cools it, suggesting ideas thrive only if they withstand cooling doubt.
Rockefeller Seeks Reserve Run If Nixon Fails Nomination
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller kept open the door to a reserve bid for the Republican presidential nomination, saying he would accept a draft if Nixon falters. Nixon holds the lead with Eisenhower’s backing and more than enough votes on unofficial tally. Rockefeller stressed no campaigning and avoided predicting developments that could affect Nixon.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
New York
Arkansas
New Jersey
Chicago
Republican County
White House cites Soviet interference with Eisenhower speech
White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said Soviet leaders lacked courage to allow Russians to hear the U S account of the Paris summit failure. He had previously urged Moscow to permit broadcasting of the president's address to the Soviet people.
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Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Paris
Hagerty
U.S
U.S. offers aircraft and equipment for espionage use
Press Officer James C. Hagerty announced that the United States would supply part of the aircraft and equipment required. The package would include the high-flying U2 jet planes used by the United States in aerial espionage of the Soviet Union for the past four years.
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United States
James C. Hagerty
Soviet Union
Eisenhower cites aerial photo as example of surveillance
President Eisenhower turns from prepared text to show a photograph of the North Island Naval Station at San Diego taken from 70 000 feet to illustrate what could be achieved through United Nations aerial surveillance. He defends U S security and notes U 2 missions are only one of many methods used to monitor Soviet military developments and calls Khrushchev's Paris action a partial setback. The speech stresses Western unity and willingness to go the extra mile for peace despite Soviet intransigence.
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Eisenhower
North Island Naval Station
San Diego
Calif
United Nations
United States
Free World
Khrushchev
Paris
Soviet Union
4000 Stranded As U S Aid Reaches Okinawa Island
U S military boats and helicopters rushed relief to 4000 people stranded on Yagaji Island off Okinawa after tidal waves from Chilean earthquakes washed away the bridge to the main island. Philippine News Service cites 16 dead in the eastern Philippines and cites toll estimates of 99 dead 46 missing 856 injured and 167147 homeless with property damage around 60 million dollars.
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Tokyo
U. S
Yagaji Island
Okinawa
Far East
Yagaji
Philippine News Service
Philippine
U.N Security Council rejects Soviet move to brand U.S. aggressor
United Nations Security Council votes 2 to 7 with 2 abstentions rejecting a Soviet bid to call the United States an aggressor for sending spy planes over Russia. In Sinai Egypt, two Israeli planes and two UAR planes clash, one Israeli craft damaged, two UAR planes return safely.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
United States
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Sinai
U.A.R. Army
U.A.R
Israel
Negev-Sinai
Relief On The Way Quakes Batter Chile
Chile faces continued disaster as five days of earthquakes tsunamis and eruptions kill or vanish thousands. Death toll rises past 2,800 with two million homeless and 300 million dollars in damage. U S relief flights ply smoke filled skies while many communities remain cut off and awaiting aid.
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Santiago
Chile
Air Force to Fly 400 Bed Field Hospitals to Chile Quake
The U S Air Force will airlift two fully equipped field hospitals with 426 medical personnel and 350 tons of gear to Santiago using 34 planes from bases in New Jersey Delaware and South Carolina. Relief also pours in from Argentina Cuba Ecuador Haiti Peru the Netherlands and Norway as Chilean leaders warn of a grave economic crisis after earthquakes that destroyed rails roads telephones and power.
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Chile
Andrews Field
Washington
U. S. Air Force
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Delaware
South Carolina
Santiago
Air Force
Panama Canal Zone
Argentina
Cuba
Ecuador
Haiti
Peru
Netherlands
Norway
Chilean Red Cross
Roberto Vergara
For
Sudden tidal wave alert sends Hawaiians to high ground
A brief tsunami scare hit Hawaii on Wednesday as residents fled to high ground for over two hours after a sea wave warning. In Hilo, still reeling from Monday's giant waves, fear rose but subsided by mid afternoon when the anticipated wave from Christmas Island did not arrive. Christmas Island lies about 1,000 miles south along the Chilean coast path.
U2 Spy Flights Halted Pressures U S to Adapt
The suspension of U2 flights over the Soviet Union pushes the United States to rely on conventional espionage until space spy efforts begin. A Samos satellite test isn’t until September, with film recovery via capsules and later orbiting units to provide photographs of Soviet missile bases and military moves.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Tean
U.S
Samos
Earth
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