Army Displays New Guerilla Warfare Tools
The Transportation Corps showcases devices for transport in guerrilla warfare including marsh buggy and helicycle demonstrations. The event highlights equipment for moving men and materiel in swampy or jungle terrain as part of Operation Mobility and a forthcoming Panama test named Operation Swamp Fox.
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Eustis
Transportation Corps
Ion
Pésident Kennedy
Army
Panama
Ft. Story
Virginia
Polish UN envoy's cook defects seeks asylum in US
A cook for Bogdan Lewandowski Poland’s UN permanent representative defected and requested political asylum in the United States. The Polish American Immigration Relief group identified the individual and described conditions forcing the departure.
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New York
Bogdan Lewandowski
United Nations
United States
Felix F. Burant
Apni
Idenas
Aniela Wojto
Annual Lions Convention Opens Today in Richmond
The 38th annual Lions Club convention begins in Richmond with over 2,000 Virginia members. State Sen Armistead L Boothe is set to speak. Finals of the Bland Memorial Music contest conclude tonight with scholarship prizes. Tomorrow features a business session and Lions International banquet with Robert D Wyatt and a speech by Rep Richard H Poff. New officers are to be elected at Saturday's final session.
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Lions Club
Virginia
Armistead L. Boothe
Alexandria
Lions International
Robert D. Wyatt
Detroit
General Assembly
Richard H. Poff
R-Va
Mao Indicates He Isn't Bound By Vienna Spirit
Tokyo dispatch notes Mao Zedong signals China is not bound by the Vienna ceasefire spirit as Kennedy Khrushchev agree on Laos. New China agency accuses pro Western leaders of delaying talks while Mao pursues Asia wide influence and counters Khrushchev on conflict approaches.
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Vienna
Tokyo
Padong
Red China
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Laos
Mao Tze-tung
Eisenhower
New China News Agency
Prince Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Indochina
Korea
Asia
Soviet Union
United States
China
Army develops phased radar for Nike Zeus system
The Army awards Western Electric a nearly five million dollar contract to develop a phased radar design for possible future Nike Zeus use. The new radar would beam scan skies to detect incoming missiles and guide missiles to targets, potentially reducing equipment and cost while improving discrimination against decoys.
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United States
Army
Western Electric Co
Pentagon
Nine More Freedom Riders in Jackson Jails
Nine more Freedom Riders remain jailed in Jackson Mississippi after failed desegregation attempts at the airport and bus station. Over 16 days, arrest warrants have been issued for both Negroes and whites on breach of peace charges as riders press for integrated facilities.
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Jackson
Miss
Freedom Riders
Cme
Mississippi
Jackson City
St. Louis
Delta Airline
Nashville
Tenn
Memphis
Municipal
Gwendolyn Jenkins
Robert Jenkins
Ralph Washington
Webster Grove
Almond Signs VMI Diplomas
Gov J Lindsay Almond Jr may pardon himself if he had a sore right arm as he signs 205 diplomas for the 1961 graduating class at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. These VMI diplomas are the only signings by the governor for state supported higher learning institutions. The event occurs during the Sunday exercises.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Me Pacar Military Institute
Almond
VMI
Lexington
Khrushchev Receives Model of Old Ironsides
The White House disclosed that President Kennedy gave Nikita Khrushchev a 20 foot model of the Constitution, known as Old Ironsides, during Vienna talks. Kennedy, a history buff and former sailor, presented the gift as a symbol of American resolve.
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White House
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Vienna
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