Military Seer Warns Red Halt Vital to Stop Communist Expansion
Adm. Charles M. Cooke Jr. argues that failing to halt Communist advances in Laos and South Vietnam will enable broader Southeast Asian conquest. He endorses Kennedy actions in Thailand but calls for stronger force levels, including a Marine division in Thailand and a guerrilla-trained Marine unit in South Vietnam. He cites past U S policy errors and urges decisive action to deter Communism globally.
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Thailand
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Texas Democrat Sinks Medicare Bill Prospects
A Texas Democrat declared he will vote against President Kennedy's medical care program for the elderly, hurting hopes for Medicare passage in Congress. Rep Clark Thompson said he would not vote for the measure this year. The opposition raises doubts about breaking a five year obstruction in the Ways & Means Committee before a planned showdown next month. Kennedy will support rallies in 30 cities and address the nation from Madison Square Garden.
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UPI
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House
Ways & Means Committee
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United Press International
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Congress
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Madison Square Garden
Florida hearings blamed on selling Medicare program
Florida aging hearings were used to push the Kennedy administration Medicare plan, says L. W. Harrell, president of the Florida Pharmaceutical Association. He blasts Sen. Kefauver for abusing congressional investigatory powers as he urges militant opposition at the 72nd annual convention in Palatka.
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API
Senate
Florida
Florida Pharmaceutical Association
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Palatka
Association
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congress
Expert says merger could lift airline stock appeal
NYC investor Henry C. Breck told a CAB examiner that approving the American Eastern merger would signal stronger industry finances and ease access to capital. He warned that without concrete reforms, professional investors will refrain from domestic airline stocks as postwar jet costs and competition pressures persist.
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New York
Breck
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ralph L. Wiser
American
Eastern Airlines
CAB
Estes Probe Gains Steam In Estes Case Fire Hits Aide
The Senate investigation into Billie Sol Estes widens as James T. Ralph, an Agriculture Department aide, is fired over Estes connections. Secretary Freeman faces calls to resign as the probe expands with more investigators and upcoming hearings.
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Senate
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James T. Ralph
Orville L. Freeman
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FBI
Estes
Philippines
Texas
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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D-Ark
Congress
Congressional
Tennessee
Agriculture Department
Hughes Considers Veto Or Cap Pistol Ordinance
Gov. Richard J. Hughes faces three options after both houses backed a bill legalizing cap pistol sales. He may veto the measure because pistols make him nervous, ask Princeton to ban them, or humorously threaten to give all his children cap pistols at home.
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Princeton
Hughes
Dixie Solons Talk Voter Bill To Death
Washington AP reports the administration's voter literacy test bill was laid aside after Senate filibuster fights by Southern senators. The 49 to 34 vote postponed the measure, despite advocates arguing it would curb discrimination in about 100 Southern counties. Dixie senators denounced the bill as unconstitutional federal overreach.
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Senate
Dixie
Renouncer Of America Will Return
Washington AP State Department officials granted permission for Robert Webster a 33 year old Cleveland plastics specialist who renounced America for Russia to return to the United States He had been in Russia since 1959 aiding a Rand Development Corp exhibit and plastics work Webster left his wife and two children in the U.S. He said ideological reasons motivated his move but later cited a desire to marry a woman he met in the Soviet Union
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State Department
United States
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Salan Admits He Commands Secret Army
Ex General Raoul Salan testifies at treason trial that he heads the European Secret Army Organization opposing Algerian independence. He says his responsibility is complete and he is a French general representing the victorious army. His defense calls more than twenty witnesses as charges of subversion and armed insurrection are argued.
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Raoul Salan
France
Secret Army
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Dutch Capture 20 Indonesian Attackers Near Fak Fak
Dutch naval forces captured 20 armed Indonesians attempting a landing near Fak Fak in western New Guinea. A separate action reported Indonesian paratroopers on Onin peninsula north of Fak Fak harbor, with confusion over drop totals due to aircraft types.
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Hollandia
UPI
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Onin Peninsula
Adm
Leendert Reeser
Carpenter Calmy Preps For His Saturday Orbit
Cape Canaveral reports astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter nearing his Atlas launch for a three orbit flight between 7 30 a m and 12 30 p m Saturday. He and backup Walter Schirra supervise final prep checks aboard Aurora 7 and the two ton craft. Carpenter will conduct manual control tests and perform space experiments including a color balloon test and weightlessness fluid observations.
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Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
John H. Glenn Jr
Project Mercury
Carpenter
Glenn
Globe
Walter M. Schirra, Jr
Navy
No Soup For Weep Johnson At Waldorf Amid Hotel Strike
Lyndon B. Johnson dined at the Waldorf-Astoria as 500 hotel staff walked out over tipping disputes. Guests faced self-serve lunches and self-carried bags while Conrad Hilton was treated with deference at the famed hotel during the 50th anniversary event.
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New York
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Waldorf - Astoria
Conrad Hilton
Allies Asked to Send Small Forces to Thailand
Washington sources say the United States asked Australia New Zealand Britain Pakistan and the Philippines to consider dispatching token troops to join U S forces near the Laos border. Officials declined country by country comment as Harriman outlined Kennedy policy and regional aims. Russia signaled support for a cease fire and neutral government in Laos.
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UPI
United States
Southeast Asia
South Pacific
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Pakistan
Philippines
U. S
Laos
Harriman
Kennedy
Russia
U S Jets Reinforce Thai Defenses Amid Laos Moves
A dozen U S Air Force jets arrived in Bangkok to back Thailand against Laos forces. Laotian troops reportedly retreated from Houei Sai while Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces pulled back about 50 miles from the village, with activity shifting to Vien Phou Kha near Nam Tha in northwest Laos.
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Houei Sai
Pathet Lao
Houeit Sai
Vien Phou Kha
Nam Tha
Laos
Secret Army Shells Moslem Home in Algiers Casbah
Six mortar shells struck a Moslem home in the Casbah as Secret Army Organization gunmen renewed attacks in the area around Algiers. At least three Moslems including a child died, raising the day’s toll to 19. Street attacks killed 16 people, nine of them Moslems.
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Algiers
Casbah
Secret Army Organization
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