Parliament Backs Britain's Common Market Bid
London AP report says Conservative majority in Parliament endorsed Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's plan to begin talks for Britain's entry into the European Common Market. The vote was 313 to 5 in favor of government motion. Labour abstained. The Lords approved the motion 86 to 17. Talks on terms expected to start in October.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Macmillan
Labor
House of Lords
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
the Nether and
Luxem
Europe
Commonwealth
EFTA
Senate approves $46.8 billion defense bill
The Senate approved a peacetime record defense appropriation of 46.848 billion dollars, aligning with President Kennedy's request to expand conventional forces. The bill includes nearly a billion dollars Kennedy did not request to sustain jet bomber programs and reserve forces. It moves to the House with Senate increases totaling over 4 billion.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Mixed notices and highway hitchhiker sighting report
A bank processed a check signed by Mrs Kennedy wife of the president. Alva Richards delivered white and parti colored roses from a bush exhibiting pure white last year and now mostly white or parti colored. The article notes hitchhikers carrying various items including a jug of cider and an Air Corps man with a white puppy on Route 50.
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Alva Richards
Air Corps
Route 50
Round Hill Ruritan Yard Party Aids Grandstand Fund
The Round Hill Ruritan Club hosts a yard party at James Wood School starting 5 p.m. to raise funds for half of a $3,000 section of a new permanent grandstand on the school field. James Wood student body covers the rest with plans shown including Niles Martin and others.
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Round Hill Raritan Club
James Wood
Douglas Martin
Melvin Fawcett
James C. Gordon
O. A. Hoagland
Eugene Larrick
Round Hill Ruritan
Father Son Hijack Ends After One Blow In El Paso
A father and son hijacked a Continental Airlines jet from Phoenix to Havana, prompting a nine hour standoff in El Paso. Border Patrol and FBI surrounded the plane as officers exchanged gunfire. all hostages except Leonard Gilman left the aircraft before Gilman knocked the elder Bearden unconscious. Authorities pursued the jet, which halted after damage to landing gear and an engine. The hijackers demanded to fly to Cuba, but Kennedy ordered a firm stance and the passengers began to disembark with the hijackers remaining aboard for a time.
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EL Paso
Tex
Kennedy
Border Patrol
Continental Airlines
Havana
Cuba
Bearden
FBI
Leonard Gilman
Gilman
The
Long Beach
Calif
Mexico City
Washington
U.S
Continental
Los Angeles
Texas
B. D. Richards
Ommander
Rickards
el Paso International
Brownville
Capt. Richards
Redondo Beach
Beardens
Tony Besset
Louis Carnagy
Robert Six
Francis Crosby
Border Patrol Officer Hale Hero in Plane Hijack
EL PASO Tex AP Leonard W Gilman 43 played the hero role Thursday in subduing two gunmen who hijacked a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 and held local and federal police at bay for almost 10 hours. Gilman described how he spoke to the father over the danger outside and talked the hijackers into letting passengers go and surrendering. He suffered a fractured hand in a blow while restraining Bearden.
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EL Paso
Tex
Leonard W. Gilman
Continental Airlines
Gilman
Francis Crosby
FBI
U.S. Border Patrol
San Pedro
Calif
Hearing Opens On Law Aimed at Plane Hijackers
A Senate Aviation subcommittee opens a hearing on a bill to make hijacking a federal crime with life imprisonment and to stiffen penalties for assault or interference with airliner crews. Witnesses include government and airline officials after a Continental 707 hijack attempt near El Paso.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Texas
Continental Airlines
Cuba
Sen. A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Subcommittee
el Paso
Tex
Leon Bearden
Congress
Fidel Castro
Electra
Miami
Tampa
Fla
United States
Airline crews authorized to carry guns
The FAA authorized commercial airline crews to carry firearms to deter hijackings. The move followed two hijackers surrendering in El Paso Texas. Industry reaction split with American Airlines opposing arming crews and pilots associations expressing caution about safety and training.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Aviation
Najeeb E. Halaby
el Paso
Tex
American Airlines
Clarence N. Sayen
Airline Pilots Association
John Carroll
Kansas City
Association
Halaby
Justice Department
Rusk Seeks Western Unity For Berlin Talks In Paris
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrives in Paris to lay groundwork for negotiations with the Soviet Union on West Berlin and Germany. He says the Western Big Three act under WWII era rights and Berlin occupation accords, and notes NATO's formation as a response to pressures in Europe. Rusk outlines a three day agenda with Britain France and West Germany and signals willingness to negotiate while urging restraint to avoid a shooting conflict.
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Paris
U.S
Dean Rusk
West Berlin
Germany
Rusk
Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
Western Europe
NATO
Russia warns West against threats over German question
Moscow delivered notes to the United States Britain and West Germany stating it is ready to negotiate a settlement of the Berlin issue but warns against military threats The notes reiterate Premier Khrushchev’s position that a Soviet peace treaty with East Germany could be signed without Western participation if no agreement is reached They reference the failed Paris summit and the U2 incident and call for constructive joint action with the USSR in shaping a German peace treaty
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Moscow
Rusk
Britain
France
West Gered
Uss
Berlin
White House
Kennedy
Iron Curtain
United States
West Germany
Reiter
Khrushchev
East Germany
Russia
Germany
Moscow Radio
Amintore Panfani
Italy
Us.s.r
Paris
U.S.A
Soviet Union
U.S
Francis Gary Powers
East Berlin imposes marks payment on West Berlin commuters
Communist authorities in East Berlin announce Aug 1 as the start of a new regime forcing commuters from the East to pay rent, utilities, and other bills in Western German marks with a harsh jail and fine threat. Registration becomes mandatory, with 52 000 already registered and up to 30 000 unregistered. The move targets workers and the so called wash-rag squadron of East women doing jobs for West Berliners.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Red East
West Berlin
East
West
Bearden and Father Arrive at El Paso Jail After Jet Hijack
Cody Leon Bearden and his father Léon Bearden are escorted from the Federal Building to the County Jail in El Paso Texas after their arraignment for hijacking a Continental Airlines jet at El Paso International Airport. They held crew and passengers for hours.
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Cody Leon Bearden
Léon Bearden
Federal
el Paso
Texas
Continental Airlines
el Paso International Airport
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