Red China snubs no force pledge as Quemoy fires heavy artillery
Communist China rejected Kennedy's call to renounce force in the Formosa Straits amid its latest artillery drill off Quemoy. Peiping accused U S imperialism, while Nationalist leaders warned of redeployment toward the south as tensions rise near Taiwan and the Pescadores.
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Tokyo
Red China
Kennedy
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
New China
Peipim
Taiwan
Formosa
Eisenhower
Commuunists
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
Matsu
United States
Pescadores
Chu Teh
Red Army
Red Chinas
Fukien
Defense Ministry
Sheng
China
Forres Edwards
Korea
Japan
Southeast Asia
Reds
Laos
Viet Nam
South China
Hong Kong
Kwangtung
Bipartisan Medicare Plan Gathers Senate Support
A bipartisan compromise to provide health coverage for the aged through Social Security was unveiled in the Senate and may pass. Sen. Anderson endorsed it with Republican backing, offering an option to keep private insurance while securing the same benefits as the Kennedy plan. The proposal would be financed by higher Social Security taxes and extend benefits to 2.5 million not covered by Social Security plus 15 million others by 1964.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
House
Senate
Minnesota
Ways and Means
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Anderson
Social Security Administration
All-GOP Rally At Eisenhower Farm Shapes New Conference
Gett ysburg Pa delegates gather as GOP leaders rally around former President Eisenhower to form an all Republican conference. William E. Miller chairs with Nixon and other governors billed as speakers while House and Senate leaders hedge on influence and operation.
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Gettysburg
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William E. Miller
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Miller
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Washington
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Richard M. Nixon
California
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
Norman A. Erbe
Iowa
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Churchill Recovers After Operation On Fractured Thigh
Doctors report Sir Winston Churchill had a good night after surgery that pinned his fractured left thigh. The 87 year old former prime minister is comfortable with a stable condition and expected to stay about two weeks at Middlesex Hospital, walking again within a month after discharge. Public and foreign well wishes arrived at his hospital room.
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London
Winston Churchill
Lord Moran
Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
7500 U S Army Troops to Leave Europe Soon
Washington reports the United States plans to withdraw about 7500 Army troops from Europe, mainly support units like quartermaster and signal. No reduction in combat forces is expected, despite the Berlin crisis buildup last fall.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Berlin
U.S
Germany
Russia
7Th Army
Estes Case Dragged Into Grill Ousted Morris Ride
Washington This week William E. Morris, ousted Agriculture official, faced sharp questioning behind closed doors over ties to Billie Sol Estes. The House subcommittee pressed Morris while deferring comment on transcripts and future public testimony as Freeman and Estes ties spark debate over farm aid programs.
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Washington
William E. Morris
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Morris
House
Senate
Estes
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Ers
Freeman
Rep
L.H. Fountain
D-N.c
James Naughton
Subcommittee
Asst
James T. Ralph
Texas
Ralph
Democratic Party
Charles S. Murphy
Murphy
Italian Ship Stuck in Seaway Between Massena and Ogdensburg
The Italian vessel Guido Donegal ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway between Massena and Ogdensburg after engine trouble on Friday. Canadian Seaway officials could not reach it by radio and the extent of damage was unknown, but traffic was not obstructed.
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Massena
St. Lawrence Seaway
Here
Ogdensburg
Guido Donegall
Seaway
U S Senate Urges Tax Cuts as Deficit Looms
The United States faces a 7 billion dollar budget deficit at year end with a potential 4 billion plus deficit for fiscal 1963. Officials, economists, and leaders from the UAW and Chamber of Commerce press for immediate across the board tax cuts to bolster the economy. President Kennedy signals plans for an across the board cut next Jan 1. The article notes expected revenues and spending, and foreign trip context in Mexico City with Kennedy receiving mass support.
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Washington
Senate
Walter Reuthers
Ruther
United Auto Workers
Detroit
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Administration
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Presidents Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy
S&s
Congress
Two North Syracuse youths disperse old bomb near motel
State Police report two teens aged 13 and 16 tossed a rusty aerial bomb into a pond near a North Syracuse motel. The device, found about a year ago, allegedly fell from a military craft. demolition experts from Griffis Base inspected the scene as bystanders called in.
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Syracuse
North Syracuse
James Greer
North
John Bradley
Bradley
Keith Clement
Oakley
Clement
Griffis Air Force Base
Rome
Greer
Bradiey
Leavenworth Convicts Earn College Degrees
Thirteen inmates at the U S penitentiary in Leavenworth earned college degrees during a graduation in the prison auditorium. The class includes men with murder, bank robbery and other crimes, with ages 27 to 63. Lecturers from St Mary College and KU Extension led the program. eight others earned certificates, 16 high school diplomas, and 18 grade school diplomas. Visitors attended and the day featured a 23 piece prison band. graduates enjoyed a dinner and 22 hour visits with relatives before returning to their cells.
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Leavenworth
Kah
U. S Penitentiary
H. G. Moeller
Washington
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Arthur Murphy
St. Mary College
Xavier
Kan
University of Kansas Extension Service
Highland, Kan
Detroit
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Corning Woman Killed in Thruway Crash Near Pattersonville
Mrs Beatrice Rubin 25 of Corning died when her car overturned Friday night on the Thruway near Pattersonville Schenectady County. Husband Howard 29 and their six month old daughter were critically injured and hospitalized in Ellis Hospital Schenectady.
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Beatrice Rubin
Corning
Thruway
Schenectady County
Two Wolfe Island Boys Die in Truck Accident
Kingston Ontario reports two youths dead after a pickup they rode in went out of control on Wolfe Island. Vincent J. Taggert, 16, of Wolfe Island and Richard J. Kelly, 9, of Rochester N.Y. were passengers. Driver William J. Taggert, 16, Brother of one victim, was hospitalized with shock.
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Kingston
Ont
Vincent J. Taggert
Wolfe Island
Richard J. Kelly
Rochester
N.Y
William J. Taggert
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Mexico City
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Middleburg
Sebring
Townsend B. Martin
Locust
N.J
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Larkspur
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Viva Kennedy
Latin America
Independencia
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