U S Seeks Political Path While Ready to Defend Laos
Washington officials signaled openness to a negotiated Laos settlement as the United States kept military readiness in place. They cited Soviet and North Vietnamese arms deliveries and personnel movements, with Zablocki warning SEATO action if the conflict deteriorates.
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Washington
United States
Laos
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
State Department
Vang Vieng al
Vientianei
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
House Foreign Affairs
Far East
John M. Steeves
Zablocki
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Three Killed In Explosion At AEC Plant
An AEC plant in Idaho Falls suffered a nuclear reactor explosion killing three workers. Radiation levels forced sealing of the area with experts in protective gear investigating the hot building. Authorities said the rest of the station remained safe for the city of Idaho Falls, population 34,000.
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AEC
Idaho Falls
Idaho
America
The
Atomic Energy Commisson
Eere
All Americans Urged To Plan Departure From Cuba
The United States asked all Americans to leave Cuba after President Eisenhower cut diplomatic ties with the Fidel Castro regime. The first wave of diplomats and other Americans was due to depart this afternoon, while the Cuban government offered assurances of safety and no need for haste.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Kennedy Plans With McNamara As Cuba Ties Unsettle
President elect Kennedy flies to New York to confer with defense chief McNamara amid broken Cuba U S relations. Meeting likely to address Laos tensions and Laos crisis while Eisenhower severed diplomatic ties with Castro regime. Kennedy informed of decision by press secretary Salinger.
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Laos
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Pierre Salinger
I Jtuan
Dean Rusk Rusk
Dems Push Welfare Bills and Civil Rights Debate
Senate Democrats move to push Kennedy’s welfare package as S 1 while Civil Rights rules fights loom. Leaders seek to curb Southern coalition power in the Rules Committee and advance liberal measures in the House and Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Paul Douglas
D. I
House
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Clinton P. Anderson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Thomas H. Kuchel
R-Calif
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sam, Rayburn
One Killed In Milwaukee Helicopter Crash
A military helicopter crashed near a bulk fuel plant in Milwaukee. One man died and a small fire was extinguished by plant workers. The craft, likely assigned to the Army Nike base on Milwaukee’s northwest side, went down in a field near North 7th Street, about 50 feet from storage tanks of an oil and gasoline firm.
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Milwaukee
Army Nike
7Éth Street
Oil Land
U S Rests on Guantanamo Base Despite Cuba Ties
The White House says the United States will continue to use the Guantanamo naval base despite severed diplomatic relations with Cuba. Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty stated that the naval station status remains in effect and cannot be abrogated without U S consent.
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Washington
UPI
White House
United States
Contine
Guantanamos Naval Base
Cuba
James C. Hagerty
Guantanamo
Eisenhower breaks U. S. ties with Castro regime
President Eisenhower announced the United States has broken diplomatic relations with Fidel Castro's Cuban government after Cuba demanded the expulsion of most U.S. diplomats. The move follows months of anti American actions and places no change on the Guantanamo Bay base, with Cuban threats noted. Braddock and top aides prepared to transfer duties to the Swiss ambassador as Cuban diplomats faced expulsion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
State Department
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Castro
John F. Kennedy
Washington-Havana
America
Spain
U.S
Havana
Walter Rossi
Braddock
West Palm Beach
Fla
One-Owner Organ Claim Sparks Warranty Talk
Dallas official Don Matthews says he will buy a used electric organ only if it has a new guarantee. The dealer replies the organ is one owner and once belonged to an elderly lady with arthrias, prompting questions about the warranty.
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Dallas
Tex
Don Matthews
Dickering
Arthrias
Belgian strikes decline amid turmoil in Brussels and across Belgium
In Brussels the 16 day strike waned as police cleared 200 to 309 pickets at department stores. Protests spread to Antwerp and other cities with unrest over taxes and social security cuts. Government won four votes of confidence as demonstrations continued in Liege Namur and Charleroi.
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Brussels
Cvax
Capial
le Peuple
Erliam
Gation Eyshens
Exshens
Antwesp
Belgrem
Soigmes
Charleroi
Liege
Namur
Five Die In French Floods
Rain swollen rivers in central France burst banks staining central regions with floods. The Loire and Indre departments report ruined homes and evacuated farmhouses with families cut off by rising waters.
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Paris
France
Loire
Indre
Saint Paterne
Tension Rises In Security Council Over Cuba Invasion Charge
Cuba accuses the United States of planning an imminent invasion as the Security Council debates Havana's charges. U S Ambassador Wadsworth prepared a sharp reply while Raul Roa presses the case before the council. The United States and allies expect limited support for Cuba's claims.
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United Nations
UPT
Security Council
Cuba
U. S
Raul Roa
United States
Council
Roa
Soviet Union
Poland
Organization of American States
OAS
U.N. Assembly
Central Intelligence Agency
Pentagon
James C. Hagerty
Ewenhower
Alzeads
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Joseph W. Martin
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Black Jack” Pershing
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