UN Chief Selection Hinge On Soviet Approval
At the United Nations, U Thant of Burma faced a do or die moment as the Soviet Union weighed secret plans for advisers and regional representation. If Moscow agrees, a Friday Security Council meeting could back his appointment to fill Hamarskjold’s term, with a General Assembly vote to follow. The US pushed for five advisers, excluding East Europe and Asia, and pledged to pursue a nuclear test ban with enforceable terms.
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N.Y
Soviet Union
U Thant
Burma
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General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
U.N
Dean
U.S
Geneva
U.N. General Assembly
New York
U S Atom Scientist Shares Nobel Prize
In Stockholm the Nobel physics prize was shared by American Robert Hofstadter of Stanford and German Rudolf Moessbauer now at Caltech for work on nuclear reactions and gamma ray resonance. Chemistry went to Melvin Calvin of California for photosynthesis research. Awards total 250000 crowns.
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Royal Academy of Science
Hofstadter
Moessbauer
California
Robert Hofstadter
Stanford University
Rudolf Moessbauer
Munich University
California Insit
Calvin
Willard Frank Libby
Libby
Lost Gold Probed in Swiss Airliner Disappearance
London AP report says British and Swiss police probe the loss of more than 20,000 dollars of gold from a Swiss airliner. About 700,000 dollars of gold was loaded at London Airport. after stops at Basel and Zurich, one crate was missing.
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London
Basle
Zurich
Congo Starts Anti Katanga Offensive
Gen Joseph Mobutu announced central Congo forces have advanced over 35 miles into North Katanga Province in a broad operation to end Katanga’s secession. He said troops are occupying villages and mission stations and are being greeted warmly by local residents as flags are planted along the advance.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Katanga
Wet Weather Continues With Showers to Friday
The forecast says wet weather continues through Friday with a Friday afternoon downward trend in temperatures. Tonight will be cloudy windy and mild with showers and possible thundershowers. A low of 59 is expected. Friday brings more rain with a high of 72 before cooler breezes. Yesterday’s official high was 6 at 4 30 p m and the overnight low was 56 at 1 30 a m today.
Hot Water Keeps You Perking Ahead Of 103rd Birthday
Louisville report says Aunt Ginny Rankin drinks a cup of hot water each morning as the elixir of life. Miss Virginia Rankin will celebrate her 103rd birthday on Monday.
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Ginny” Rankin
Ginny
Virginia Rankin
Van Fleet apologizes to Adlai Stevenson
Gen James A Van Fleet apologizes to Adlai E Stevenson for remarks about the United Nations ambassador and Cuba. He says earlier quotes were erroneous and out of context and notes the meeting was private with no press coverage.
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FT. Monroe
James A. van Fleet
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
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Cuba
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U.S
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Tribune
Berlin
Laos
South Viet Nam
West Germany
France
West Berlin
United States
Auburndale
Lakeland Ledger
Florida
Death Toll Mounts In Hattie’s Wake
AP reports Hurricane Hattie devastated Belize and surrounding areas. More than 100 killed, thousands homeless, with Belize City and Stancreek bearing heavy losses. Government declares emergency, martial law, and relief pours in from Guatemala, the U.S. and Britain as rescue teams race to reach affected islands and towns.
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British Honduras
Stancreek
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Peten
Honduras
Caribbean
Colin Thornley
Thieves Strip Car At Savannah Fair
John Williams parked at the fair in Savannah and spent two hours on the midway. Returning to his car he found two wheels and tires, carburetor, battery, generator, radiator, manifold and transmission stolen by fast-working thieves.
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Savannah
John Williams
Soviet Union Rejects UN Nuclear Moratorium Plan
United Nations New York report states the Soviet Union today rejected any new UN moratorium on nuclear bomb testing as unfeasible in practice and fundamentally incorrect as an approach to ending such tests.
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N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N
Alabama studies race superiority claim by hired experts
The Alabama governor’s race plan involves a scientist and a lawyer to argue white intellectual superiority over Negroes. Attorney Ralph Smith of Montgomery, hired to represent Gov. John Patterson, describes the arrangement, while the Montgomery Advertiser reports the approach in today’s editions. The claim is said to be supported by scientific data, according to Smith.
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State of
Alabama
Montgomery Advertiser
Ralph Smith
Montgomery
John Patterson
Secrecy claim on race study by UNC faculty ally
Smith, with Patterson approval, began a February contract with Dr. Wesley Cruz George, retired UNC medical faculty, to pursue a detailed study of anthropological differences between races. Smith says they aim to preserve racial segregation, amid beliefs that Negro mental capacity is inferior to whites, while noting science remains inconclusive.
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University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Smith
Patterson
South
Truman slams Eisenhower policies in national address
Former President Harry S Truman accused the Eisenhower administration of holding America back with wrong and unwise policies. In a National Press Club luncheon marking Truman’s 13th anniversary victory, he urged courageous leadership to mobilize strength, criticizing fiscal ideas and defense funding while praising current resolve to do its best.
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Harry S Truman
Eisenhower
America
National Press Club
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
D. Eisenhower
Earthquake Alarm Clock Idea Prompts Comedic Twist
A playful joke notes a scientist’s invention of an earthquake announcer that rings like an alarm clock. It quips that a more urgent need is an alarm clock that sounds like an earthquake to wake people effectively.
Cabinet Ministers Find Economic Outlook Good
In Hakone Japan the U S and Japanese cabinet ministers assessed their economies as optimistic after the first session of a U S Japan trade and economic affairs committee. Delegations led by Dean Rusk and Zentaro Kosaka discussed improving relations and addressing Japan’s balance of payments while seeking U S backing to join economic groups and offset trade curbs, with hopes of expanding national income by 1970.
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Hakone
Japan
USS
U.S
Edwin O. Reischauer
Mikio Mizuta
Aiichiro
Kennedy heads East to boost Dems and discuss world issues
President Kennedy flies to New York and New Jersey to back Democratic candidates and join private talks on global issues. He plans a campaign stop in Trenton for Judge Hughes, while Adlai Stevenson travels with him to New York for talks with Arthur Dean on arms and Geneva talks fallout. Wagner, campaigning for re election, is expected to win New York City mayoral race.
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New York-New Jersey
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U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Air Force
Wagner
LaGuardia
New York
Louis J. Le‘kowitz
City Hall
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