Sanctions Sought Against Portugal Over Angola Actions
Prime Minister Nehru urged the UN to vote economic sanctions against Portugal due to world revulsion over Angola. Rebels and Portuguese forces clash in northern Angola as the UN condemns Portugal for repressive measures and access is denied to a UN investigating committee. In a separate item, a $157,007 HEW grant funds a 26 bed Ga nursing home with total project cost $300,217.
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India
Nehru
United Nations
Portugal
Angola
U.N. Assembly
Security Council
U.N
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Camilla
Kennedy Family Heads to Hyannis Port for Fourth of July Holiday
President Kennedy and the first family fly to Hyannis Port Massachusetts for a Cape Cod holiday weekend. Mrs Kennedy will stay until July 11 while Caroline 43 and John Jr 7 months may remain on the Cape for the summer with Kennedy planning to return to Washington next Wednesday morning.
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Washington
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Cape Cod
Capital
Caroline
John Jr
Cape
Georgia Governor joins Civil Defense Advisory Council
President Kennedy appoints Gov. Ernest Vandiver of Georgia to the Civil Defense Advisory Council succeeding former Gov. Goodwin Knight of California for a term expiring January 1964.
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Washington
Ernest Vandiver
Georgia
Civil Defense Advisory Council
Kennedy
Goodwin Knight
California
National Commander warns of possible war over Berlin
National Commander William R. Burke of the American Legion tells about 7,000 delegates at the California department convention in Long Beach that unless Khrushchev bluffing on Berlin or they surrender the U S will be at war by year’s end. He urges preparing for what appears inevitable and says destroying Castro and Khrushchev may be necessary to preserve the United States.
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Calif
William R. Burke
American Legion
Khrushchev
Berlin
California
Department of the Legion
United States
Castro
Rusk
Robert 8. McNamara
NATO
Europe
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
U.S
West Berlin
East Germany
CBS
Secur
Havana bombing injures three in Vedado parking lot
AP reports a bomb exploded in a Havana Vedado parking area injuring three. Cuban radio noted a separate blast near CMQ radio station caused no injuries. IRS raids across 19 cities net 106 arrests, over 90000 dollars seized, and twelve cars. Tokyo flood rescue teams clear mud as the worst postwar storm claims 234 dead and 177 missing.
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Havana
Vedado
CMQ
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Tor Latest Na
Ikeda Returns After 12 Day North American Visit
Tokyo Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda returned from a 12 day trip to the United States and Canada. He said he held frank exchanges with President John F Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker during the talks.
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Tokyo
Hayto Ikeda
United States
Canada
Frank
Kennedy
John Diefenbaker
Conditional union accord on two ship groups
New York AP report says the National Maritime Union and two shipping groups reached a conditional agreement. The American Merchant Marine Institute and the Tanker Labor Service Committee are the employers involved, with a caveat that no contract exists until two other unions also sign on. David L. Cole led the Kennedy fact finding board and urged parties to stay available for further talks through Sunday night.
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New York
National Maritime Union
David L. Cole
Kennedy
The
American Merchant Marine Institute
Tanker Labor Service Committee
Cole
Shipping Company
Max Harrison
Ship Company
Masters, Mates and Pilots Union
Scout Booster Launches as Space Dust Study Begins
A 72 foot Scout booster lifted from Wallops Island Virginia at 12 06 PM carrying a 126 pound micrometeoroid satellite into an orbit of 240 to 600 miles to study tiny debris that could threaten future astronauts. Scientists expect to detect dust particles up to a tenth of an inch and speeds up to 45 miles per second in the mission intended to learn how space vehicle hulls endure micrometeoroid impacts.
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Wallops Island
U.S. Space Agency
Marilyn Monroe Undergoes Gall Bladder Surgery
Movie star Marilyn Monroe, 34, spent a comfortable night in satisfactory condition after gall bladder removal on Thursday night. Seven doctors attended, including her personal physician. No complications reported, convalescence 10 to 12 days. Ex-husband Joe DiMaggio waited nearby.
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New York
Marilyn Monroe
Geewaa
Marilyn
Aliforsia
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio
U. S. Considers Increasing Military Forces In Europe
The Kennedy administration studies moving more troops to Europe to deter Khrushchev in the Berlin crisis. President Kennedy and NSC discussed options, with Rusk and McNamara weighing nonnuclear and military steps. U.S. forces in Europe total 250000, with five divisions deployed.
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U. S
Europe
Boy 16 Is Found Dead In River Near Merrillville
The nude and partly decomposed body of Harold Sherrod 16 was found in the Ochlochnee River about three miles north of Nesmith Packing Plant. Autopsy cites accidental drowning with no foul play. He left home Sunday with friends and was last seen north of the river. Funeral planned at Merrillville Baptist Church with burial in Big Creek Cemetery.
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Ochlochnee River
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Callice J. Law
Harold Sherrod
Harmon Sherrod
J. Herman Wilson
Patten
Young Sherrod
Friends
Sherrod
Florida
Young Sherrodee
Central High School
Winifred
Evelyn
Linda
Virginia
Nancy
Donald
Willis
John
Merrillville Baptist Church
Calvin Goff
Big Creek Cemetery
Whiddon Funeral Home
Congo Marks Independence Celebration in Leopoldville
In Leopoldville the Congo marked independence with a parade a Miss Leopoldville 1961 contest and diplomatic receptions. Gen Mobutu mobilized thousands for a march before President Kasavubu and foreign diplomats while Moise Tshombe sent 75 gendarmes to join the event amid Katanga tensions.
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the Congo
Leopoldville
Congo
Katanga
Joseph Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Moise Tshombe
Mobutu
Mississippi Highway Patrol Denies Red Direction Claims
Mississippi officials deny that the Freedom Riders were directed by known Communists or learned techniques from Soviets in Havana. Brig Gen. T. B. Bigdsong says CORE is a Communist-front group, making strong denials on Tuesday.
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Aackeor
Miss
Pk Pood
Havana
Cuba
T. B. Bigdsong
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Kennedy Signs Social Security Increase Amid Limited Ceremony
President Kennedy signed the bill approving Social Security increases to begin in August with checks arriving in September. The measure raises benefits for early retirees and costs about 825 million dollars in its first year funded by payroll tax hikes for employers and employees and a larger rise for the self employed.
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Kennedy
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Social Security Administration
Menshikov and Zorin Visit White House in Courtesy Call
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov and chief disarmament negotiator Valerian Zorin made an unscheduled White House call. Asked about a meeting with President Kennedy on Berlin, the envoy said it was a courtesy call.
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Washington
Mikhail Menshikov
Valerian Zorinn
White House
Kennedy
Berlin
Chrysler UAW Open Bargaining For New Wage Contracts
Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers begin negotiations on wage contracts amid Chrysler losses in early 1960s context. The UAW demands groundbreaking terms and parallel talks with GM and Ford, with UAW President Walter Reuther pushing for new concepts this summer.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto
UAW
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ford
American Motors
John D. Leary
Walter P. Rewther
General Motors
Reinforcements Moved Up To Kuwait's North Border
Armored reinforcements advanced toward Kuwait's northern border as Iraqi armor was reported nearby. British troops stationed at Bahrain and 600 Royal Marines aboard the carrier Bulwark joined moves toward the Gulf while Victorious and two frigates head toward Singapore. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait's neighbor Iraq promised aid if Kuwait is attacked, amid regional tension and calls for unity.
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Kuwait
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Persian Route
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Karachi
Persian Gulf
Royal Marine
Victorious
Far East
Singapore
Bouna
Ter
Ortela
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Sheikhara
Eig
Teall
State Department
Washington
Department
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