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July 25, 1961

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Headlines from July 25, 1961

Levitt Denounces Wagner As Failing in Leadership; Says Mayor, a 'Bitter, Rejected Suitor' of Party, Uses Ghost Writers to Try to Create 'Image of a Strong Man' LEVITT RIDICULES WAGNER AS WEAK

By Clayton Knowles

Levitt charges Wagner lacks leadership, statement on opening campaign hq; claims Wagner uses ghost writers and seeks to project image of strong man; calls him 'rejected suitor' of leaders; several reform clubs call Levitt 'front' for bosses; Wagner backed by Village Ind Dems, Reform Ind Dems, Riverside Dems, Heights Reform Dems, E Side Dems

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Tunisia Challenges West To Help Before Reds Do; TUNISIA BIDS WEST HELP BEFORE REDS

By Lloyd Garrison Special To the New York Times

Amb Bourguiba challenges West to help Tunisia before USSR bloc does, int, Washington, after seeing Rusk; says all Tunisian embassies abroad have recd instructions to welcome volunteers; to return to Tunis to rept on US and UN atmosphere; hopes US will shift policy; State Dept says US stands on Security Council resolution; silent on Tunisian complaints that US sides with France

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Historical Events

Cold War

1961Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.[†]

The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.

Historical Context for July 25, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]