Kennedy asks Congress for $60 million for supersonic airliner work
President Kennedy called on Congress to provide $60 million to fund initial design and competition among manufacturers for a supersonic airliner project. The White House said the funds would also cover FAA administrative costs as the U. S. aims to have a 1970s commercial craft capable of 2900 mph.
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White House
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Geer Urges Study For Wider Local Powers In Georgia
Lt Gov Peter Zack Geer told the 5th annual Georgia Municipal Association convention that exhaustive studies are under way to devise a formula for delegating broader governing powers to Georgia cities and counties. Research extends to other states and has pinpointed problems but not a solution to the mater's dilemma.
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Peter Zack Geer
Georgia
Geer
Georgia Municipal Association
Iraqi firing squad executes two Communists in Kirkuk bloodbath
In Kirkuk, an Iraqi firing squad executed two Communists accused of organizing a 1950 bloodbath in the oil city. Baghdad radio reported the deaths after President Abdel Salam Aref denied a Soviet appeal to commute the sentences.
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Syria
Oil
Kirkuk
Baghdad Radio
Abdel Salam Aref
Khrushchev
Aref
Soviet Delegation Caught Photographing Naval Installations
A Soviet cultural delegation visiting Finnmark, Norway, drew heavy scrutiny for photographing a military installation near Vardø and crawling under cod-drying frames to approach military objectives. The Finnmark Tidende notes the actions occurred from a coastal liner and prompted concern over military intent rather than cultural interests.
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Oslo
Norway
Finnmark
Finnmark Tidende
Vardee
Vardece
Red China Seeks Equal Footing With Soviets in Moscow Talks
Chinese North Korean communique from Peking rejects unequal treatment and demands equal footing in discussions with the Soviet Union. The statement accompanies plans for a Moscow meeting on July 8 to discuss their ideological split.
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Red
China
Soviet Union
Moscow
Peking
Viet Nam Injuries Reported North of Saigon
Two U S Army men were struck by sniper fire north of Saigon. An enlisted man was wounded in the right arm while a lieutenant co piloting a medical evacuation helicopter was hit in the leg during a mission about 30 miles north of Baigon.
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Saigon
Baigon
Greg W. Trautman MLB president dies at 73 in Ambus
Greg W. Trautman president of minor league baseball since 1947 died at his Ambus home at age 73. Survivors include his widow Jane Daley Ashbury of Valdosta Georgia.
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Ohio
W. Trautman
Jane Daley Ashbury
Valdosta
Man Eyes Don San Judo Trophy Theft in Hamilton
Hamilton police seek a man who broke into the Don San judo school over the weekend and stole three display trophies valued at 45 dollars. The incident occurred in Hamilton, Ohio, with authorities requesting tips from the public.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Don San
FBI Arrests Man in Medgar Evers Case in Mississippi
Byron de La Beckwith, a 44 year old Greenwood man, is jailed in Jackson charged with the murder of Medgar Evers. Police tied a rifle scope print to Beckwith and FBI agents say he conspired with others under the Civil Rights Act to injure Evers. Evers, NAACP field secretary, was killed in Mississippi driveway last June.
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Jackson
Medgar W. Evers
Evers
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FBI
Greenwood, Miss
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Stanny Sanders
Greenwood
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Yerger Moorehead
Medgar Evers
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Jackson Police Identification Bureau
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Miss
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Rights Issue Costs Kennedy Popularity Rights Issue Costs Kennedy Popularity
Thousands march in Detroit in a peaceful pro civil rights demonstration led by Dr. King and local leaders. The crowd fills Cobo Hall while a lone arrest marks the day, asKing warns of possible Birmingham like unrest and outlines boycott plans.
Kennedy Adenauer discuss NATO nuclear navy and East West talks
President Kennedy and Chancellor Adenauer met in Bonn to discuss a multinational NATO nuclear navy and to bolster US Europe ties. They also reviewed forthcoming Moscow talks on a nuclear test ban and trade relations with the European Common Market. A communique was promised detailing results.
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Konrad Adenauer
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White House
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East Germany
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Florida Gambling Probe Enters Second Week Of Secret Hearings
A Federal Grand Jury in Orlando enters its second week of secret deliberations into criminal gambling in Florida and the Southeast. Special attorneys Earl Johnson Jr. and Sheldon Krantz resume questioning in the closed chamber as witnesses from Thomasville appear. Some witnesses invoked the fifth amendment and were later questioned. others remained under subpoena.
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Earl Johnson Jr
Sheldon Krantz
Thomasville
Dorothea Radford
Cecil Hall
W. E. Thornton
Radford
Robert Melton
Orlando
Nancy, Shouppe
Phyllis Mills
Prober
Hollis L. (Shorty) Guthrie
Ada Thomasville to Enter 15th Watermelon Festival Float
Monticello will host the 15th annual Watermelon Festival with Ada Thomasville entering one of 51 parade units. The Chamber earmarks 100 for the float and the procession starts at 2 p.m. Saturday after a Friday 8 p.m. Watermelon Queen crowning at Monticello High School stadium.
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Monticello
Fila
Chamber of Commerce
Herman Huff
Huff
Record 45 Arrests Overnight Highlight Weekend Police
Police report 45 persons were arrested over the past weekend, the largest tally in over a month. Among them 25 faced public drunkenness, 12 for traffic violations, and 5 for fussing and fighting. Continued on Page 5 Col 3.
Britons Expel Czech Envoy Over Secrets Probe
The British Foreign Office ordered the execution of Premys Holan a Czech diplomat accused of attempting to obtain British state secrets. Peter Thomas summoned Ambassador Zdenek Trhík to demand Holan’s recall in a brief 15 minute meeting at the Foreign Office in London.
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Foreign Office
Premys Holan
Peter Thomas
Ambaddasor
Zdenek Trhiik
Holan
Kennedy says Kennedy aides optimistic on civil rights
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy says President Kennedy will be reelected in 1964 despite civil rights backlash. He notes controversy reduces popularity but pledges administration effort to pass civil rights measures and opposes a large Washington march. Hubert Humphrey plans a bill for a Labor Department fair employment practices division.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate
Pontiff Vows Peace Efforts At Diplomatic Audience
Pope Paul VI pledged to do all possible to promote international peace based on truth justice love and freedom. He urged cordial Vatican relations with every country and said the church respects each nation’s dignity and mission while non interference in temporal affairs.
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