Kennedy Tops Birthday Rally Lineup As Democrats Rally
About 6,000 supporters gathered for a Kennedy birthday dinner at $100 a plate aimed at reducing the party debt. Speakers included Vice President Johnson and Sam Rayburn to stress unity before Kennedy’s Europe trip, while Republicans attacked his tractor aid and moon program. Kennedy prepares for a tour from Hyannisport to Paris, Vienna, and London.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Europe
Hyannisport
Mass
Boston
New York
Cancer Fund
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Vienna
Don
Harold Macmillan
John M. Bailey
Korea Sees Return to Civilian Control and Press Edict
A Korean government note pledges free world ideals and a return to civilian control, amid talks of easing martial law. The UN Command says 3,600 of 7,000 seized troops are back under UN oversight as 3,800 stay with the junta. Seoul police report a 10 day anti vice drive netted 981 hoodlums and related arrests.
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Kennedy
Quay
Syngman Rhee
United Nations Command
Seoul
U.S
Carter B. Maos
Korea
Anole
Harrison Attacks Boothe Over Virginia School Integration
Virginia Beach AP: Governor hopeful Harrison accuses State Sen. Armistead Boothe of resisting steps to cushion school integration. He argues Boothe would rush to end integration and cites 1956 measures as a cautious approach to educate children of all races. Harrison praises General Assembly support and warns of racial tension if delays continue.
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Virginia Beach
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Armistead L. Boothe
Virginia
Harrison
Byrd Organization
Boothe
A. E. 5. Stephens
General Assembly
Rees Remanded in Murder Case at Fredericksburg Court
The scene centered on Amos Rees as warrants charge him with the murder of Jackson and Janet. Rees asked the court to appoint counsel and was assigned two Fredericksburg lawyers. Parents of both families attended, recalling the 1959 abductions near Spotsylvania Court House and the Fredericksburg area where Jackson and Janet were killed.
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State Penitentiary
Richmond
Jackson
Janet
B. W. Davis Jr
Rees
Baltimore
Butzner
Fredericksburg
Joseph L. Savage Jr
Alfred W. Garnett
Commonwealth
Atty. T. Stokeley Coleman
Savage
Garnett
Jacksons
Susan
Maryland
Desegregation Moves Spur Action Across States
The SNCC calls for intensified rides to challenge bus and rail segregation while Martin Luther King Jr. meets Atlanta leaders to plan large scale tests. In Little Rock, plans to desegregate four junior highs and the last all white high school proceed amid Faubus’s protests. Charleston desegregates municipal golf under a federal order. Kennedy says a Black president could emerge in 40 years. Former catcher Walker Cooper to manage Dallas Rangers this season.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Christian Conference
Little Rock
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Charleston
S. C
Robert F. Kennedy
Voice of America
Washington
United States
Virginia’s Integration Debate recalled in Boothe speech
Harrison cites a 1959 Colby College talk by Boothe alleging southern resistance to integration and urging orderly options. He argues Virginia’s calmer racial climate followed such policies and credits avoiding turmoil with cautious reform.
Stephens Attacks Opponents Over Honest Conservatism
A. E. Stephens harshly attacked rival campaigns while in Virginia Beach and Richmond, calling his platform honest conservatism flexible to changing times. He accused opponents of stand-putism and labeled their tactics as spendthrift name calling, urging action on highways schools and industry.
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Associated Press
A. E. Sephens
Harrison
Mills E. Godwin
Stephens
Byrd Democratic Organization
Wilkins
Hill
Godwin
Richmond
Virginia Beach
United Press International
Virginia Broadcasters Association
Virginia
Ul ‘Ra Wilkins
Army to cast divisions into flexible battle units
President Kennedy directs a full Army reorganization to build 14 divisions as modular task forces. Each division will average 10 battalions with 15 000 soldiers, combining infantry mechanized and airborne elements for Europe Asia and Viet Nam theaters. Armament increases include more recoilless rifles machine guns and artillery while some gun calibers shift.
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Army
Europe
Southeast Asia
Kennedy
Congress
Robert S. McNamara
Pacific
Korea
South Viet Nam
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