Quadruplets born to New York couple at hospital
Rhoda Brecker 27 and her husband Martin of Rego Park Queens welcomed four babies at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. The first child girl weighed 4 pounds, another girl 3 pounds 11 ounces, a boy 2 pounds 15 ounces, and a final girl reported at 12 ounces. All were in satisfactory condition.
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New York
Rego Park
Queens
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Rhoda Brecker
Brooklyn
Brecker
Lodge To Report First Hand About South Viet Nam
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge will return from Saigon in ten days to brief President Kennedy on Vietnam. Officials say no new crisis is present as Lodge reviews the strategic hamlet program and U S aid adjustments. The program has cost about 25 million dollars for 7 000 fortified villages aimed at protecting peasants and hindering guerrillas. Brig Gen Frank Osmanski notes intensified actions and rising Viet Cong casualties with higher desertion.
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Lodge
South Viet Nam
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Kennedy
Viet Nam
Robert McCloskey
State Department
United States
Frank A. Osmanski
U.S
Race Equality Plea From U S Catholic Prelates
A group of 147 U.S. prelates urged the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council to issue a strong declaration on racial equality. Bishop Robert E. Tracy of Baton Rouge spoke for American hierarchy and urged amending a council document on the laity to emphasize the equality of all members of the church. The press spokesman quoted him saying discrimination based on race cannot be reconciled with the belief that God created all men equally.
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Vatican City
U.S
Counci
Robert E. Tracy
Baton Route
Council
Council Press
St. Peter's Basilica
Kennedy Takes Hand in Civil Rights Bill Battle
President Kennedy personally intervenes to push civil rights legislation, with a White House conference yielding only a delay of a crucial House Judiciary Committee vote until next Tuesday. Admin sources say momentum hinges on persuading more Republicans to back a compromise bill closer to midsummer proposals.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
House
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Large Area Struck By Prolonged Drought Across the Nation
Autumn drought grips broad areas from the southern Plains to New England with forest fires and water shortages. Losses to crops and property run into millions as temperatures reach record highs in the 80s. The U S Weather Bureau notes drought persists in Texas Louisiana Arkansas the southern third of Missouri and much of the east of the Mississippi with Illinois partly spared.
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Chicago
New England
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi River
Illinois
Ohio Sees 42 Days With No Measurable Rain
Drought conditions persist as Ohio experiences a 42 day stretch without measurable rainfall. Other parts of the drought region report rainless periods and summerlike heat over recent weeks.
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Ohio
Greek Poet Giorgos Seferis Wins Nobel Prize
In Stockholm AP reports Greek poet Giorgos Seferis, a 63 year old diplomat, won the 1963 Nobel Prize in literature. He is the first Greek recipient. The Royal Swedish Academy awarded 265,000 crown prize for his eminent lyrical writing inspired by Hellenic culture.
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Stockholm
Giorgos Seferis
Seferis
Royal Swedish Literary Academy
Denver barber at 81 opens his own shop
J. E. Yocum, 81, ends decades of working for others to launch his own barber business in Denver. After sixty years in the trade, he opened the shop this week reflecting a long career and new independence.
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Denver
Colo
J. E. Yocum
Yocum
Ginny Struggles Offshore Amid Extended Watch
Hurricane Ginny drifted north along the Atlantic keeping a watch from Daytona Beach to Brunswick as gales lash the upper Florida coast. Forecasters warned minor damage possible and track remained uncertain with gusts near 75 mph and offshore movement.
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Miami
Fla
Daytona Beach
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Ginny
Atlantic
Florida
Gordon Dunn
Weather Bureau
Cape Canaveral
Brunswick
Central Florida
South Carolina
Cape Hatters
Palm Beach
Jacksonville
Hungarians To Buy Corn from U S
The government cleared 1.2 million bushels of corn for sale to Communist Hungary. Wheat sales to the Soviet bloc remain uncertain due to high shipping rates charged by American shipowners, leaving a White House decision as the likely fix. The corn shipment, approved by the Commerce Department and license issued, will depart soon from an East Coast port.
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Washington
Hungary
White House
Soviet Bloc
Commerce Department
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Kennedy
Soviet Officials balk at higher American shipper rates
Soviet officials balk at about 20 to 30 cents per bushel higher charges by American shippers. The tension prompted a Wednesday luncheon at the State Department after Mos cow was told the wheat deal is no longer a government matter once Kennedy cleared the way for sales.
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State Department
United States
Moscow
Kennedy
King Hassan II Offers Talks With Ben Bella to End Rift
In Marrakesh King Hassan II proposed meeting Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella anywhere with no prior conditions to halt bloodshed. He urged Ben Bella to stop undermining the Moroccan regime as fresh fighting erupted near Hassi Beida with Moroccan planes engaging in defense against a major Algerian attack.
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Marrakesh
Morocco
Hassan II
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Hassan
Saharan
Hassi Beida
Moroccan King Recalls Help in Algerian War
Hassan II recalls Morocco’s aid to Algeria’s war for independence and criticizes Algeria’s socialist turn. He calls the Algerian president’s policies a dangerous virus entering North African political life.
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Hassi Beida
Sahara
Hassan II
Morocco
Algeria
France
Hassan
Relaxation Of Tensions Aims At UN Birthday Analysis
AP News analysis notes on the United Nations 18th birthday highlighting improved East West climate but few breakthroughs. It traces growth from 51 to 111 members, shifts in power toward Asian African blocs, and expanded roles for the secretary general and UN peacekeeping since 1945.
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U.S
Washington
Dean Rusk
West Germany
United States
Europe
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Rusk
Bonn
United Nations
U.N
N.Y
U Thant
U. N
Church House
London
Hunger College
Lake Success
New York
East River
Security Council
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjold
Sign in a public gym slogans for old 45s
A gym signs states We make young Colts out of old 45s. The quirky motto suggests repurposing former records into a spirited training message.
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