Berlin buildup prompts alert for 28 000 guardsmen
The Air Force has alerted 28 000 men in 71 Air National Guard and Air Reserve units for possible active duty as part of the Berlin crisis defense buildup. The move follows President Kennedy authorization to call up to 250 000 reservists and extend tours by a year, after bases were announced for retirement.
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Washington
Air Force
Air National Guard
Air Reserve
Berlin
Kennedy Stgnad Laciclatinn
Dirntcu McHiolamine Gbulsys
District of Columbia
National Guard
District
Bus plunges into Lake Lucerne killing tourists in Switzerland
AP report from Hergiswil describes a bus carrying American tourists sinking in Lake Lucerne. Police say at least one drowning victim confirmed, with 24 others believed dead or missing. Ten passengers were rescued and identified as alive. The incident capsized amid chaotic retrievals as authorities worked to confirm fatalities.
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Hergiswil
Switzerland
Lake Lucerne
Congo troops slaughter civilians in Kasai Province
U N sources report Congo lese troops rampaging through mud hut villages in Kasai Province massacring more than 600 men, women, and children. The killings are described as the worst Congo massacre since the post independence tribal war.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Kasai
Congo
Strauss Signals Possible 20000 Reservists Activation
West Germany may call 20,000 reservists to active duty as Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss slimly hints at mobilization. He offered only a brief remark, stating we shall do our duty, amid mounting military speculation in Bonn.
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Bonn
Germany
Franz Josef Strauss
West Germany
Land sale near Uidoso to Roswell man
SANTA FE AP reports a 280 acre tract pointed to the airport at Uidoso was sold by the state to John M. Allen of Roswell for 88,480 dollars or 316 dollars per acre. Guyton Hayes, chief of field men, said Allen plans to subdivide the land. It had been appraised at 100 dollars an acre.
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Santa FE
Uidoso
John M. Allen
Roswell
Guyton Hayes
Allen
Girl Falls From Moving Jeep Near Roswell
Ruby Jean Wilson, 13, of 808 West Tilden Sr, was rushed to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center with head and neck injuries after tumbling from a jeep along South Sunset Ave near Roswell city limits. The vehicle, driven by Jack O Mitchell of Big Space Trailer Courts, swerved at about 20 mph. the accident occurred at 4 50 p m.
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Ruby Jean Wilson
W. Tilden Sr
Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
Roswell
Sunset Ave
Bobby Young
Jack O. Mitchell
Big Space
Nationalist China Gets U S Support
President Kennedy pledged firm U S support for Nationalist China’s United Nations membership and opposed admitting Communist China. A White House communique after Kennedy and Chen Cheng’s talks notes Berlin remains the focus but the issue sits within the wider Communist challenge. The statement expresses concern for Laos and vows strong U S backing to keep South Vietnam from falling to Communists.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
China
United Nations
White House
Chen Cheng
Chen
Berlin
Laos
United States
South Viet Nam
Kennedy presses for votes on foreign aid bill
President Kennedy intensifies campaign to win Senate and House support for an 8.8 billion dollar long range development loan program. He circles lawmakers in White House visits and enlists Citizens Committee for International Development and AFL C IO to drum up backing while Dirksen oversight proposals offer potential Republican support.
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Washington
Kennedy
Capitol
Senate
House
Legislapn
Presimt
E Treasury
Coness
Citizens Committee For International Development
Afl-Cio
White House
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Javits
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Legislative Oversight
Dirking
Flight to Freedom Tears of Cubans Tell Real Story
A veteran writer describes Cuban refugees fleeing Fidel Castro’s regime, detailing the tense, crowded journey from visa lines to the airport and the hope of reaching Florida as thousands already have. The piece follows a traveler carrying only essentials, waiting for 4 30 p m departure amid bureaucratic hardships.
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Florida
Fidel Castro
Rail Points Into Berlin Tightened
West Berlin reports tightened Communist police controls at rail entry points to Berlin amid threats from East Germany. Eyewitness accounts describe increased railway checks around the city as East Berliners face pressure to abandon West Berlin jobs. About 8 hundred East Berliners reportedly quit work under pressure in the past month. An estimated 52 thousand to 80 thousand East Germans work in West Berlin, with the higher figure believed more accurate.
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Carl Hartman
Girl Dies In Santa Fe Pickup Crash
A 16 year old Santa Fe girl, Karen LaNell Mitchell, died of internal injuries after a pickup she drove lost control on US 285 and plunged into a barrow ditch 36 miles south of Santa Fe. Passengers Bernadette Gutierrezo, 11, and Danen Ellis, 16, suffered head, chest injuries and a broken hand. Police cited wet, slick roads as the cause and noted the truck rolled twice.
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Santa FE
U. S. Highway 285
Here
Karen LaNell Mitchell
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Bernadette Gutierrezo
Montoya
Danen Ellis
Datil
NASA probes moon vehicle launch sites nationwide
The study, done with the Defense Department, surveys sites from the Gulf Coast near Brownsville to White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico and Christmas Island in the Pacific. NASA may adapt Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg for larger rockets while awaiting proposals for Apollo contracts and aims for early 1964 earth orbit, 1965 lunar flight, and 1966 or 1967 lunar landing.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Defense Department
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Tex
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Christmas Island
Pacific
Hawaii
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vandenberg Air Force
Earth
Moon
Martin Co
Baltimore
Bear Attack Leads to $450,000 Suit in Glacier National Park
DETROIT (RP) Joseph L. Williams of Farmington Mich testified Tuesday in a 450000 damage suit against the U S government for injuries from a bear attack in Glacier National Park Montana in the summer of 1959. He said the bear seized his head in her jaws and the animal charged without provocation while he was hiking. Park rangers shot the bear after Williams fought to escape. The witness recalled the awful smell of the bear’s breath during the ordeal.
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Detroit
Joseph L. Williams
Farmington
Mich
Williams
U.S
Glacier National Park
Montana
Park Rangers
Mail to advertise Las Vegas All American City status
Post office cancellations starting Wednesday will mark origins as Las Vegas All American City. Las Vegas received All American status last year and officials authorize display of cancellations from Aug 2 to Dec 31 this year.
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Las Vegas
Roswell Man Hero Aboard Bus After Driver’s Heart Attack
Louis J. Falconi Jr. of Roswell and William R. Lambert of Enid steadied a Continental Trailways bus when driver Fred W. Brown slumped at the wheel near Wellington Kansas. Brown died of a heart attack after the vehicle struck a parked car. Falconi was en route from a National Soaring Association convention in Wichita.
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Roswell
Continental Trailways
Louis J. Falconi Jr
Rt. 2
Wellington
Kaw
Wichita
Dallas
Falcons
William R. Lambert
Enid
Okla
Fred W. Brown
B. J. Myers
Brown
Kan
Falconi
National Soaring Association
New Income Tax Ruling Defines Retroactivity After March 31
New Mexico Attorney General opinions that the 1961 income tax increase applies only to income earned after March 31 and not retroactive to earlier periods. Assistant Attorney General Flint says taxes must be prorated, applying the old rate before March 31 and the new rate afterward, to avoid constitutional equal protection issues.
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Santa FE
Asst. Atty. Qan FF
Wharlan Flint
Sro Awe
Bessy Svr Oe
McCulloch
The
Revenue Bureau
Income Tax Division
Flint
Odessa Woman Shot to Death at Cafe
Odessa, Texas, 24 year old Martha Fatheree, mother of two, was shot and killed while serving her estranged husband a meal in an Odessa cafe. Owner Bill Pool reported the incident. Dale Fatheree was charged with murder after turning over a gun as officers arrived.
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Odessa
Tex
Martha Fatheree
Bill Pool
Fatheree
Dale Fatheree
Pool
Dale
Don Reeves
Father
Remington Named Chief of Engineering in BLM
Charles E. Remington has been named chief of the division of engineering in the Bureau of Land Management. He will oversee all federal public land surveys covering more than 500 million acres of unsurveyed public lands in states north and west from New Mexico to Alaska.
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Remington
Washington
Charles E. Remington
Division of Engineering
Bureau of Land Management
New Mexico
Alaska
Storm over Fulbright suggestion in West Berlin
In West Berlin a storm rose over Senator Fulbright's remark that East German border controls could be negotiated. The idea drew sharp criticism from officials and praise from the Communist press. Berlin officials urged freedom of movement while warning against complicity with repressive measures. Refugees arrive at about 1,500 daily as committees form to curb flows. Discussions in the Communist zone target residents who work in West Berlin and hints of paying bills in Western currency circulated.
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Brandt
Ernest Lemmer
der Kurier
Fulbright
United Nations
East
West Berlin
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