Kennedy visits Cape Canaveral for space program tour
President Kennedy flies to Cape Canaveral to inspect the space program and witness a Polaris missile launch from the submarine Andrew Jackson. The visit highlights Apollo and Gemini plans, Saturn I testing, and near‑term unmanned and manned flight schedules amid debate over program costs.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Kennedy
Palm Beach
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Andrew Jackson
Som
Gemini
America
Moonport
Merritt Island
Ope Canaveral
NASA
Father To Keep His Large Family Intact
Willie M. Bilbrew a 37 year old Los Angeles man vows to keep his brood together after the death of his wife Gertrude Bilbrew tetanus from a nail injury. He plans to raise the children in their home while he works as a cement finisher. The children range from 1 to 18 years old.
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Los Angeles
Willie M. Bilbrew
Bilbrew
Gertrude Bilbrew
Fritz Reiner Dies at 74 in New York Hospital
Fritz Reiner, famed conductor and former Chicago Symphony Orchestra director, died Friday in a New York hospital after a pneumonia attack.
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New York
Fritz Reiner
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
State Tells School Boards To Get Out of Insurance Business
Albany. Ewald B. Nyquist, deputy state education commissioner, ruled that Scotia-Glenville Central School District must sever ties with a private accident insurance program. Statewide ban urged to prevent using school personnel and facilities to promote private insurance sales. Nyquist also allowed a waiver for tax-paid transportation deadlines for St. Christopher's Parochial School, directing four Dutchess and Columbia counties districts to transport children despite late applications.
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Albany
Ewald B. Nyquist
Upstate
Scotia-Glenville
Schenectady
Saratoga
Montgomery
Education Department
Nyquist
Elias Shapnek
Scotia
Central School District No
Dutchess
Columbia Counties
St. Christopher's Parochial School
Red Hook
Goldwater Not Being Hurried Into Big Race
Sen. Barry Goldwater says things are going all right in the presidential race and he has not formally entered. He told reporters and 700 Pittsburgh business leaders at a Harvard dinner that he needs time to think and will not rush his decision. He criticized Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, the only declared candidate at the moment.
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Pittsburgh
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Pelican
GOP
Washington
Harvard Business School Association
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Million Dollar Gift Stirs Russellville City Council
Russellville leaders face a $1 million bequest from the late Thomas P. de Graffenried. The will directs the estate be used for everyone regardless of race age sex or color, with the bulk of the funds earmarked for local needs.
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Russellville
Thomas P. de Graffenried
New York
Argentina Annuls Oil Contracts With U S and Others
Argentina under President Arturo Illia annulled multimillion-dollar oil contracts with eight American and four foreign firms. YPF granted power to seize operations if needed, with final annulment papers to be issued by the procurator general. U S firms seek compensation and may sue. Kennedy warns of possible consequences and urges full reimbursement.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
U. S
Arturo Illia
Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
YPF
Kennedy
United States
Washington
Man dies in car crash on State Thruway near Ontario County
William Jennings, 20, of Niagara Falls, killed when his car left the Thruway and overturned Friday night near a Manchester area community in Ontario County.
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Manchester
William Jennings
Niagara Falls
Ontario County
Post Office Serious Business At Poplar Ridge
Mary Lou McCann, 21, wins appointment as postmistress of Poplar Ridge, confirmed by the Senate after besting her mother in Civil Service exam. The two share a single postal staff role in the Finger Lakes hamlet, where the library hosts the post office and the annual pay is about 4650 dollars. Florence McCann previously acted as postmistress. her son George works in a local drop forge plant in Auburn.
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Poplar Ridge
Mary Lou McCann
Finger Lakes
Kennedy
Senate
George McCann
Auburn
Mary Lou
Miss McCann
Chinese confidence grows in Southeast Asia Cambodia plan
Tokyo reports Red China shows confidence in a major Southeast Asia penetration through Cambodia. Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk pledges cooperation as Beijing touts friendly talks. If bases are built in Cambodia, regional security would be further threatened amid open border access.
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Tokyo
China
Southeast Asia
U.S
Cambodia
Thailand
Viet Nam
United States
Peking
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
Arrest of 21 Demonstrators in North Carolina
In Williamston, South Carolina police arrested Golden Frinks, field secretary for the SCLC, and 20 others protesting segregation Friday night after organizers spent the day recruiting marchers. It follows a second day of demonstrations and a prior jail sit-in involving 54 arrests, including Northern white ministers.
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Williamston
S. C.P
Golden Frinks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin County
Beaufort
Washington
N. C
Raymond Rawls
Tragic Runover Death of Elma Girl Nancy Kohlhagen
A seven year old girl named Nancy Kohlhagen of Elma was killed Friday when struck by an automobile in front of her home near Buffalo. The accident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Buffalo
Nancy Kohlhagen
Elma
Here
No Negro Vote For Goldwater Says Robinson
Jackie Robinson told an NAACP audience that no Negro would vote for Barry Goldwater if he is nominated for president. He said Goldwater wrote off the Negro vote by questioning the 1954 Supreme Court desegregation decision and treating it as not necessarily the law.
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Decatur
Jackie Robinson
NAACP
Barry Goldwater
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Goldwater
Supreme Court
Kennedy attacks Goldwater plan at Michigan fund raiser
Senator Edward M. Kennedy spoke at a Pontiac fund raising dinner, attacking Barry Goldwater’s tax and social security proposals while praising Kennedy administration policies. Kennedy avoided naming Goldwater directly but referenced his opponent’s positions on income tax repeal, Social Security and a right to work law. He billed Democrats on a record of economic recovery and government efficiency as he campaigned outside Massachusetts for the first time.
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Pontiac
Mich
Kennedy
Barry M. Goldwater
Edward M. Kennedy
Goldwater
Massachusetts
Kennedys
Sen
Kennedy Foreign Aid Hit by Deep Senate Cuts
The Senate approved large cuts to Kennedy’s foreign aid bill warning the entire overseas program may be eliminated if not curtailed. Fulbright said the current aid pattern is no longer feasible and Congress will push further reductions next week as debates continue over authorization and appropriations. Kennedy issued no comment.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
House
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Agency For International Development
AID
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rockefeller praises firm stand with Russians
New York Governor Rockefeller praised the Soviet Union for freeing Yale Professor Frederick Barghoorn and argued this showed the value of a firm stance in Cold War negotiations. He spoke to reporters at Idlewild Airport before a St Louis speaking engagement, urging tangible concessions on Berlin Cuba and wheat sales amid broader negotiations with the Soviet Union.
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New York
Rockefeller
Soviet Union
Yale
Frederick Barghoorn
Idlewild
St. Louis
Barghoorn
Berlin
Cuba
United States
London
Frederick ©. Barghoorn
Moscow
Seek Sailors After $125 000 Bank Holdup
The FBI seeks two North Island Naval Air Station sailors Victor Lawrence Taylor 22 and Jeremiah Robert Terrence in a payday bank robbery inside San Diego Naval station. Witnesses described robbers in Navy Shore Patrol uniforms firing shots and forcing about 40 customers and employees to the floor. Authorities call it a record theft for the area.
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San Diego
Calif
FBI
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego Naval Station
Victor Lawrence Taylor
Jeremiah Robert Terrence
Bank of America
Greek coin found in dress near Louisville
Mrs. Wilson Beatty found a 10 drachma Greek coin tucked in the hem of a tightly stitched dress in Louisville Kentucky. The garment showed no tears after dry cleaning and the coin was valued at about 3 cents in U S currency.
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Louisville
Wilson Beatty
U. S
Kennedy Gratified By Barghoorn Release From Soviets
President Kennedy said to be gratified by the release of Yale professor Frederick C. Barghoorn by the Soviet Union. State Dept expressed pleasure but no plan for a new U S cultural mission to Moscow. Barghoorn’s arrest had delayed a cultural exchange mission, and a Soviet writers and artists group remained largely isolated from U S contacts.
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Yale University
Frederick C. Barghoorn
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Barghoorn
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
The
Institute of Soviet Relations
America
Gromyko
Walter Stossel
U. S
Barzhoorn
Prof. Barghoorn
Department
Stoesse
Rotterdam Driver Hurt In Early Morning Car Crash
Anthony Maddalene, 20, of Schenectady, was injured when his car skidded and overturned on a Rotterdam street in a suburban area. The crash occurred early today, authorities said.
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Schenectady
Anthony Maddalene
Rotterdam
United States engineers welcomed by Yugoslavs to stricken Skopje
BELGRADE AP A U S Army engineer unit en route to the earthquake shattered city of Skopje arrived today to a warm welcome from Yugoslav officials. The 12 officers and 135 enlisted volunteers came from West Germany aboard two trains and will reach Skopje Sunday. Vinko Winterhalter the Yugoslav information minister and representatives of the Yugoslav army and American embassy greeted them at the station. He thanked the U S government for aid after last summer's quake and the volunteers for offering to help build houses.
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U. S. Army Engineer
Belgrade
Skopje
West Germany
Vinko Winterhalter
Winterhalter
U. S
Barghoorn in London Still Called Spy
Yale professor Frederick Barghoorn, expelled from the U.S.S.R. as a spy, boarded a British plane to London after a brief visit to Moscow. Moscow cited President Kennedy’s personal concern as the reason, while U.S. officials confirmed the expulsion and awaited further information.
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Barghoorn
London
Moscow
Frederick C. Berghoorn
Yale
Kennedy
Berghoorn
Barghoom
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Walter Stoessel
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