Nixon warns Berlin thaw not reflected in East Germany
Former Vice President Richard Nixon urged Americans not to trust Khrushchev’s apparent mellowing over the Berlin situation. He cited East Berlin as the tightest police state, noted heavy Soviet espionage, and warned that genuine relaxation would require more freedom in Communist nations and an end to the subversion offensive. He also described his unscheduled East Berlin visit as an eye opening contrast to Western fears.
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Criticism Given Korth In Congress
Rep. H H Gross of Iowa urged firing Navy Secretary Fred Korth in a Congressional Record insertion. He called the TFX aircraft contract decision a Texas size scandal, comparing it to Teapot Dome, Truman tax scandals, and the Billy Sol Estes affair, noting Korth’s past as president of the Continental Bank of Fort Worth which lent funds to General Dynamics to ease financial trouble.
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Fred Korth
H. H. Gross
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Texas
Billy Sol Estes
Senate
Korth
Continental Bank of Fort Worth
General Dynamics Corp
General Dynamics
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Agreement Is Initiated Signing Set In Moscow
Twenty four ministers, mostly Negroes, blocked an entrance to a hospital construction site in Brooklyn and were arrested. Police also arrested 27 other demonstrators in New York City as civil rights protest against union discrimination in the building industry. Reverend Augustus Jones Jr said the group would submit to mass arrest. The clergymen cited jail terms for similar protests at Rutgers Houses in Manhattan.
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New York
Brookly
Augustus Jones Jr
Brooklyn
Mr. Jones
Manhattan
Criminal Court
T. Vincent Quinn
Rutgers Houses
Fast Side
W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
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Gromyko
Hailsham
Khrushchev
Atlantic Allance
Hartman and
Aerell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Andrei A. Gromyko
Railroads Agree to 30 Day Wait on Work Rules
The nation’s railroads agreed to a 30 day postponement of new manpower trimming work rules avoiding a strike. The delay follows a House Commerce Committee hearing and aims to let Congress act on Kennedy’s plan to hand the rules to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Tion
Daniel P. Loomis
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Association of American Railroads
House Commerce Committee
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Congress
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate Commerce
J. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
Pastore
Harris
House Committee
Commerce Commission
Rocket Launch Delayed Again For Syncom 2
Cape Canaveral reports the Delta booster issues caused a third postponement of the Syncom 2 communications satellite launch. The attempt to place the satellite into a 22 to 30 mile high orbit has been tentatively reset for Saturday morning.
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South Texas Hit By Thunderstorms and Heat Wave
Thunderstorms and a small tornado hit southern Texas with hurricane force winds in Victoria injuring five and damaging a mattress factory and power lines. A post office near Livingston burned from lightning and a twister felled utility poles near Huntsville. Heat wave causes six deaths in Dallas area as temperatures soar to 94 miles per hour winds near Victoria damaged airport buildings and cut power.
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Victoria
Livingston
Huntsville
Cleburne
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Citys
House Set to Act on Fair Employment Measure
Washington plans to bring the controversial fair employment practices bill to the floor before the August 28 civil rights demonstration. Backers seek Republican support to push the FEPC bill through, with debate over replacing enforcement with federal courts and using a calendar Wednesday emergency procedure. Kennedy endorsed the measure in principle but without the full package.
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House Education and Labor Committee
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Griffin
House
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Kennedy
Question Raised About Abnormalities In Alberta Babies
Edmonton Alberta Canadian doctor Dr L J le Vann reported radioactive fallout caused abnormalities in Alberta babies during 1961 Ontario based minister Dr J Donovan Ross cautioned that the findings require substantiation from other studies before final acceptance.
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Alta
Alberta
J. Donovan Ross
L. J. le Vann
Canadian Medical Association
Weather forecast brief with scattered thundershowers across Texas
The report shows hot conditions in multiple regions with highs near 100 degrees in North Central Texas and lower 70s to 80s elsewhere. Expect partly cloudy skies, occasional thundershowers, and cooler nights across the state into Friday with variable winds.
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Ag Het
Fentay
Wicely
Maine
Tenax
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Texas
Frey
Abe
Rockefeller Calm About Barry's Growing Strength
Albany reports say Gov Rockefeller views Barry Goldwater as gaining delegate strength in Arkansas Maryland and Idaho. The plan emphasizes state by state delegate math with Goldwater strongest in the South Southwest and Midwest, while Rockefeller banks on big industrial states and New England votes.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
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Michigan
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Labor Department
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DRI
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Lord Homer
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