Castro accuses Cuban athletes of facing bribes at regional games
Fidel Castro charged that Cuban athletes were subjected to pressure and bribes at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Juan and accused certain American judges of being likely CIA agents. He appeared publicly for the first time in months at a reception for participating athletes.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
San Juan
United States
Castro
Jose Llanusa
Puerto Rico
Czechoslovakia
Cuba
Llanusa
De Gaulle Observes Soviet Mock Battle in Moscow
President Charles de Gaulle viewed Soviet armored maneuvers and a simulated atomic explosion during a Moscow visit. He and Marshal Rodion Malinovsky stood on an observation platform as missiles were shown at another camp area. The stop kicked off his final full day in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Soyiet
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Army Aining
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Tragic Rymer Family Killed In Georgia Crash
In Chatsworth Georgia a car collision killed John Rymer 72 his wife Louise and four children ages 18 14 5 and 3 while 11 year old Dorothy was critically injured. The driver of the dump truck Clayton Ayala 38 was not charged and 19 other Rymer children survived.
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Chatsworth
John Rymer
Rymer
Dorothy Rymer
Chateworth
Hom
State Patrol
Louise
John Henry
Abraham
Wanda Faye
Marlene
Everett Lumpkin
Clayton Ayala
Surveyor 1 Lunar Photographer Fails to Wake Again
In Pasadena, scientists fail a second attempt to awaken Surveyor 1 after the two week frigid lunar night. JPL plans another try tonight and warns of a possible discontinuation until July 9, two days after lunar noon when sunlight hits Surveyor’s solar panels. Nightly signals will continue from Goldstone, California.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Surveyor
De Gaulle and Kremlin Call for End to Vietnam War in Joint Pact
In Moscow the French president Charles de Gaulle and Soviet leaders urge withdrawal of foreign forces from Vietnam. They back strict Geneva accord implementation as the path to peace. De Gaulle appeals for Europe tension easing and cooperation amid simulated Soviet maneuvers.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Viet Nam
de Gaulle
Europe
Drawings Aid Police Search For Robbers
In Waycross Georgia drawings are issued based on a wounded woman's account of two gunmen who killed 76 year old liquor store operator Matthew Couvelas after abducting him and Bernice Shaw from his store on a robbery day. The woman described the suspects and said she and Couvelas were driven away then shot.
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Waycross
Po- Moe
Atlanta
Bernice Shaw
Matthew Couvelas
Couvelas
Clinch County
Power outage hits four blocks along Dawson and Washington
A 40 minute blackout cut lights for four blocks along Dawson and Washington Streets due to a short circuit in the service board. Utilities Supt. W R Clayton praised workers for quickly locating and fixing the fault, noting no tree limb or similar cause was involved.
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Dawson
Washington Sts
Utilities
W. R. Clayton
Clayton
Viet War Intensifies as U S Builds Up Since 1950s
The piece traces five years of U S escalation in Viet Nam from Kennedy era advisers to growing American military involvement. It notes rising personnel numbers from 685 advisers in 1962 to 17 000 by 1963 and describes the 1964 escalation after communist attacks, signaling a shifting, controversial conflict phase with heightened costs.
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John F. Kennedy
U.S
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Viet Nam
Saigon
Washington
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
South Viet Nam
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
A de
Minister Rev William F Childress to Speak at Kiwanis
The Rev William F Childress pastor of Dawson Street Methodist Church Thomasville will be guest speaker at Thorn County Kiwanis Club tonight. The 6 30 meeting will be at American Legion Post 31.
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William F. Childress
Dawson St. Methodist Church
Thomasville
Thorn County Kiwanis Club
American Legion Post
Childress
Banks Increase Prime Rate Across Major Cities
The Prime rate rose to 5 percent in the third boost since December, with Chemical Bank New York Trust Co first to announce the hike and banks including First National City Bank Chase Manhattan and others in New York and Chicago and Los Angeles following. The move raises borrowing costs for business loans while consumer rates trend upward from the base rate.
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First National City Bank
Chase Manhattan
Chemical Bank New York Trust Co
First National Bank of Chicago
Union Bank
Los Angeles
Chemical New York
SNCC Official Resigns Over Black Power Move
John R. Lewis 28 resigns from SNCC citing disagreement with the new Black Power slogan. He submitted the notice June 11, effective July 22 after six years with SNCC including three as chairman.
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SNCC
Atlanta, Ga
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
John R. Lewis
Lewis
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Air strikes target Hanoi fuel depots for second day
American bombers attacked Communist fuel depots near Hanoi for the second straight day, the U S command announced in Saigon Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U. S
Viet Nam
Thea
South
U.S
Haiphong
Gilbert L. Meyers
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Command
Bac Giang
Nguyen Khe
Viet Tri
Nox 13
Fulbright Demands Explanation of Escalated Viet Nam War Actions
Washington reports Sen. J. W. Fulbright urges Undersecretary George W. Ball to explain why U S bombing of fuel depots near Hanoi and Haiphong escalated the Viet Nam war. Ball defends the strikes as prudent while NATO ties fuel debate to Asia policy.
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Washington
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Cannel Hill
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Orient
George W. Ball
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ball
Johnson
Frank J. Lausche
D-Ohio
Vatican
Lausche
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
NATO
Balaguer Takes Office As Dominican Chief
Joaquin Balaguer becomes the 70th president of the Dominican Republic amid a costly 14 month OAS backed effort to restore stability. The 59 year old bachelor won about 58 percent, promising reform for the country’s common folk after years of political upheaval following Trujillo’s era and the 1962 ouster.
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Ican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Juan Bosch
Balaguer
Sist
Janary
San Balaguer
Trujillo
Draft plan favors younger inductees for military service
Defense Department study urges redesign to induct the youngest eligible men first, focusing on the 19 20 age bracket as combat commanders prefer the younger cohort. It argues an all volunteer force is unaffordable and that civilians should replace military personnel where possible, while improving remedial training and rehabilitation to widen eligibility.
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Washington
Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
Asst. Secretary of Defense
Thomas D. Morris
United States
Korea
Morris
Pentagon
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