Kennedy urges tougher drug controls and thalidomide warning
President Kennedy promises stricter government controls to prevent drug tragedies and asks all women to check their medicine cabinets for thalidomide and turn it in. He calls for stronger safeguards, praises FDA vigilance, and notes possible stricter distribution rules for experimental drugs. He also criticizes Albany officials over civil rights protests.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Congress
Albany
Georgia
United States
Food and Drug Administration
Frances Kelsey
Senate Judiciary Committee
New York Judge Sentenced in Bankruptcy Fix Plot
Federal Judge Ed ward Weinfeld sentenced State Supreme Court Justice J. Vincent Keogh to two years in prison for obstructing justice in an effort to fix a federal bankruptcy case. Co-defendants Elliott Kahaner and Antonio Ducks Corallo also received two-year terms. all were convicted June 16.
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New York
Supreme Court
J. Vincent Keogh
Elliott Kahaner
U.S
Brooklyn
Antonio Tony Ducks Corallo
U.S. District Court
Edward Weinfeld
Keog
Soblen Denied Asylum and Ordered Deportation to United States
London government refused political asylum to fugitive spy Dr. Robert Soblen and ordered his deportation to the United States where he faces life imprisonment for espionage. Transport by Pan American Airways to New York could ease international tensions surrounding the case.
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London
Robert Soblen
United States
Pan American Airways
Soblen
New York
Pan American
Fiji
Henry Brooke
House of Commons
Four Injured In Mishap In Snyder City
Four Latin American youths were admitted to Cogdell Hospital after a two-vehicle crash in the 1700 block of Twenty fifth at 8 14 p.m. The 1949 Chevrolet driven by Alicia Martinez 16 collided with a 1957 Chevrolet pickup driven by Gary Massingill. Eight children of Mr and Mrs Sesario Martinez were in the car all taken to hospital.
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Cogdell Hospital
Alicia Martinez
Gary Lee Massingill
Sesario Martinez
Avenue N
Cogdel Hospital
Bel Amublance Service
Beatrice
Dora
Fort Worth Area Flooded Again After Heavy Rains
Soaking rainfall across Northwest Texas caused flooding in Scurry County with totals up to 2.1 inches northeast of Dermott and 5.14 inches at Arthur City. Carswell Air Force base sent 10 trucks to move residents in Richland Hills as floods forced evacuations and power outages.
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Scurry County
North Texas
Air Force
Richland Hills
Fort Worth
Snyder
Fluvanna
Dermott
Lloyd Mountain
Inadale
Lake J. B. Thomas
Billy Roach
Roach
Texas
Carswell Air Force
TCU
Fossil Creek
Grand Prairie
Dallas
Arthur City
Paris
Celina
Weatherford
Lubbock
Midland
Alpine
Texarkana
Mineral Wells
Sherman-Denison
Farmersville
Slidell
Trenton
McKinney
Springtown
Balloon Over Canada Probes Cosmic Rays Test Flight
A 380 foot U S balloon flies westward over Canada carrying two monkeys and two hamsters in a test of cosmic ray exposure for spaceflight. Changes to the capsule cooling system and heating method follow prior animal deaths. Three capsules carry animals seeds nerve cells beetles and a film pack. The craft nears altitude limits and aims for Edmonton with a 2000 mile, 54 hour journey, to be recovered Friday.
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Goose Bay
Labrador
U.S
Canada
National Research Council of Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
Albany standoff over race as King detained
Racial issues in Albany Georgia remain deadlocked as President Kennedy urges talks while Mayor Kelley rejects negotiations with outside agitators and Governor Vandiver backs the stance. King argues the mayor avoids genuine talks and calls for settlement through dialogue.
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Albany, Ga
John F. Kennedy
Georgia
White House
Asa D. Kelley Jr
Kelley
Ernest Vandiver
Albany
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
Estes Appointment Probed Amid Threat Allegations
Senators question Billie Sol Estes promotion to an official advisory post amid reports he threatened to politicize investigations. The Senate subcommittee will question Joseph Moss and Horace Godfrey about whether political influence aided Estes deals. Estes faces fraud and theft indictments and has a bankrupt business tied to cotton allotments.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Texan
Kennedy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Joseph Moss
Agriculture Department
John McClellan
Donald O'Donnell
Horace Godfrey
Moss
Charles Murphy
Godfrey
National Cotton Advisory Committee
Alabama
Wilson Tucker
Department
Kennedy Quietly Expands Offer on Nuclear Test Ban
President Kennedy returns with a new concession plan to Geneva for a nuclear test ban with the Soviet Union. Dean leads talks as Washington weighs inspection principles, permanent post controls, and possible atmospheric test limits amid a tense arms race.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Albany
Kennedy
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
United States
Washington
White House
Khrushchev
Arthur Dean
New York
Dean
Algerians End Power Struggle With Peace Pact
Algerian leaders reach a peace agreement as deputies Belkacem Krim and Mohammed Boudiaf agree to head a seven man political bureau led by Ahmed Ben Bella. The bureau will rule until a Revolutionary Parliament meet in about a month, with elections planned likely for August 27.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Belkacem Krim
Mohammed Boudiaf
Ben Bella
Mohammed Khider
Krim
Boudiaf
Col
Mohand Ou el- Hadj
Kabylie
Ben Bella Khider
Khider
Miss Texas contestants advance in preliminaries
Miss Arlington Bennis Beebe and Miss Beaumont Carol Ann Scalco win preliminaries in swimsuit and talent at the Miss Texas Pageant. Scalco, 20, a 4 foot 7 inch student at Lamar Tech, earns applause with a Judy Garland number.
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Fort Worth
Arlington
Maria Beale Fletcher
North Carolina
Linda Loftis
Atlantic City
Weather summary for Texas regions shows varied conditions
Partly cloudy to mostly clear across North Central Northeast Northwest and Southeast Texas with scattered thundershowers in northern zones today tonight. Highs range from the upper 60s to near 100 across regions. lows from the low 70s to mid 80s. Cooler north today, warmer Friday, with late thunderstorms in some areas.
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Snyder
Texans
Texas
South Central
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FDA
George P. Larrick
Senate
Weather Bureau
Haltom City
Don McKer
City” Commission
Nevada
Central Pacific
Johnston Island
Pooch
Freada
Paula Chambers
Denton, Tex
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