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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1961
Page
8
President Kennedy tasks Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson with unifying the United States communications satellite program. He urges urgency and asks Johnson to report back on progress and a plan.
Washington UPI congress rejects Kennedy plan to shelve nuclear powered plane work and keep funding for a $55 million Idaho Falls test facility. Joint committee criticizes cancellation but endorses other AEC cuts while urging speed in research and international satellite cooperation.
President Antonin Novotny dismissed Rudolf Barak from the interior ministry and moved Lubomir Strougal to head police and internal security. Barak’s ouster, amid a government reshuffle, signals tighter state control as economic targets of the five year plan falter. Brabetz Brabec named head of the Government Control Office for Material Reserves.
In San Francisco Gov. John Patterson of Alabama walked past racial discrimination pickets en route to the National Governors Conference in Honolulu. The protestors from the Committee on Racial Equality also appeared at the Jack Tar Hotel. Gov. Ross Barnett of Mississippi warned that Freedom Riders violating state laws would be prosecuted.
A Saturday crash on the New Jersey Turnpike near Newark Airport involved two buses and two cars, injuring 38. Nine were admitted to hospitals, with Francis J. Stewart of Belmont, California listed in serious condition at St. James Hospital.
East Germany failed to halt a surprise U S combat alert by its 5 000 soldier garrison in Berlin. Deputy Foreign Minister Otto Winter delivered a protest to Maj Gen Albert Watson II who refused to receive it. The protest claimed American forces illegally occupied railway facilities in West Berlin and raised Cold War tensions.
The Tensas Parish School Board approved a $33,169 contract to J. A. Russ Construction Company of Natchez Mississippi for the St Joseph school board office building project.
The Ohio Wildlife Council is asked to name a new lake in Darke County as development proceeds. The site known as Light Lake is under consideration for an official title. Local officials and residents await a decision on the naming.
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