Kennedy News Conference Covers Space, Defense and China
President Kennedy addressed 372 reporters on a wide range of topics from space to East West policy. He noted the space chimpanzee launch and said the US would resist aggression in the hemisphere, while favoring negotiations with the Soviet Union and discussing civil defense shelters. He touched on Bowles’ reshaping of the State Department and acknowledged medical research funding remains higher than a year ago.
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Linden
Society of New Jersey Chiro
Kennedy
Emanuel Mandel
Lucian Ford
Ford
Soviet Union
Berlin
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Iaughter
Pierre Salinger
Dominican Republic
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
China
Salem
Mass
Los Angeles
Congress
Alexei Adzhubei
Nikita 5
Khrushchev
Chester Bowles
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Bowles
Abraham Ribicoff
South Viet Nam
Moonship Astrochimp Enos Awarded NASA Contract
NASA awarded a 400 million dollar contract for the core Apollo vehicle pair the command unit and propulsion unit to the Finn company while plans for an extended lunar mission include a Saturn C-1 booster and a later super Saturn or Nova rocket. French rail strike ends as workers return to duties after 24 hours. Enos the chimp selected for the moon mission with Rocky as understudy after Ham is dropped from the film-like selection.
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NASA
Cape Canaveral
Sam's Hopes Were in Vain
A collage of brief items from 1913 and modern era notes, including a postcard warning Al Yancey, hospital rewards for good customers, a pilot landing after a mouse moment, a Wisconsin school canceling a creche display, a London drunk driving conviction, Norwalk educators halting nuclear war talks, and MSU research confirming health benefits of daily apples.
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Sam
Tulsa
UPI
al Yancey
White
Bit Disappointed in Australia Move
William McKinney an American chemical engineer and his family moved to Melbourne with five children seeking a new life away from inflation and socialism. After five days he found wages lower prices higher and rents steep but he remains hopeful. His wife Helen voiced astonishment at shop prices while noting locals seem busy with life and community.
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Melbourne
Australia
William McKinney
Ted
McKinney
Franklin
St. Kilda
Helen
America
Hospital Founder Dies in Los Angeles Vision Institute Founder
Dr. Joseph E. Willetts, founder of an eye ear nose and throat hospital in Pittsburgh, died Monday in Los Angeles. He built a prominent medical institution and was recognized for advancing ENT care. He is survived by colleagues and patients who benefited from his work.
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Los Angeles
Joseph E. Willetts
Pittsburgh
U N Aids Beaten Up at Congo Party
A Tuesday night assault on U N aid workers in Katanga left a Gurkha soldier dead near Moise Tshombe’s home and a Gurkha major missing. A separate Goma incident saw U N civilian administrator William Rose seized and safe after a brief hostage event. Katangese troops attacked a U N car, sparking clashes and arrests.
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U.N
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
U. N
Leopoldville
William Rose
Philadelphia
Goma
Kivu
Rese
Rose
Smith
Urquhart
Sheridan Smith
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JFK
Strategic Air Command
Enos
Silverson
NAA
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Air Force
Hay
Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Enosi
Hacauke
Glenda
Ham
Rocky
Fle
Knoxville
Tenn
St. Marty's Hospital
Charles O'Connors
St. Mary's
England
Kathleen Wimpenney
Shorewood, Wis
Millwaukee
Shorewood High School
London
John Plexney
Flexney
Norwalk
Conn
Harry A. Becker
East Lansing, Mich
Michigan State University
U.N. Aids
Yartier
Press-Geleggram
Low Beach
Ber
Pat Yen
Amnone
Ih Vong Beach
Bellows & Com
Qven
Tt Pines
Sarfield
Partners Choice
Reogene
Orenes
Kentiaky
Waisk
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