Freedom Ride Attack Triggers Marshals to Montgomery
A mass clash at the Greyhound station in Montgomery prompts federal action as about 1000 racially charged rioters attack a mixed crowd including Freedom Riders. John Seigenthaler is beaten. 20 injured. 400 marshals to arrive by noon.
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Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Washington
John Seigenthaler
Attorney General
Freedom Riders
Seigenthaler
Alabama
John Patterson
Greyhound
Birmingham
June Il to Retire After Final Juno II Flight
Cape Canaveral May 20 AP June II, a workhorse Jupiter rocket, will retire after one more firing to launch an ionosphere study payload into an Earth orbit. The 76-foot rocket would make its 10th launch. four of nine firings were fully successful, one partial, and one failed.
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Fia
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Summary Amarillo and Northwest Texas Region
Weather notes show gradual clearing in Amarillo area with fair skies and a cooler night. Portales area mild Monday. North Texas mostly cloudy with isolated thundershowers in east, cooler west. New Mexico: scattered thundershowers today night, fair west, cooler north and west. Highs range from 60s to 90s across regions. Sunrise and sunset times provided.
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Amarillo Ando
Texas
New Mexico
New Regime Installed By Koreans
South Korea formally installed a government of young military officers who pledged a strong anti communist pro West nation built on economic strength. Lt Gen Chang Do young named himself premier and defense minister and led the oath ceremony. President Yun Po sun, though present briefly earlier, did not attend.
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South Korea
Chang Doyoung
Army
Defense
Yun Po-sun
House rejects Senate version of 2 percent tax plan
In Austin Gov. Price Daniel vetoed a Senate tax bill. The Texas House voted 93-55 not to concur with the Senate version of a 329 million tax package built on a 2 percent retail sales tax. A conference committee was instructed to seek a compromise with the Senate.
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Austin
House
Price Daniel
Charles Ballman
Borger
George Hinson
Mineola
Tony Konioth
Sherman
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Charles Wilson
Trinity
Wilson
Ballman
Senate House
Man Sets Out To Verify Texas Borders In Cross Country Survey
Frank X Tolbert, noted Texas historian and journalist, and his 9 year old son undertook a road trip in a red jeep to personally verify every Texas border. They began in Clarksville and completed a 4137 mile circuit, returning to the start. The expedition aimed to settle border questions once and for all.
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Frank X. Tolbert
Texas
Frank
Lone Star Fence
Clarksville
Rebels Reject French Cease Fire Order at Evian Talks
Rebels say the French cease fire order is unilateral and binding only for a month. They condemn the move as blackmail and propaganda while insisting the Algerian war continues and that any cease fire must be negotiated by both sides.
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Abdelmajid Ahida Malek
Geneva
Evian
Tunis
Malek
Mixed British Views On Kennedy Khrushchev Talks
London papers express hope and misgivings about the Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna meeting amid criticism over Prime Minister Macmillan’s exclusion from key discussions. Headlines reflect cautious optimism and concern over possible U.S. Soviet concessions.
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London
Vienna
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Skipper Defects. Britain Grants Asylum
Victor Stzhko, 37, captain of the Soviet passenger vessel Zarinza, fled Gibraltar 17 days ago fearing criminal charges. The British Home Office granted him political asylum in Britain. His Kaliningrad wife initially denied the defection. The piece also notes international coverage predicting Khrushchev’s June meetings and nuclear arms talks shaping the Berlin issue.
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Victor Stzhko
Zarinza
Gilbraltar
Home Office
London
Suzhko
Britain
Former Amarillo Woman Among Astronette Trainees
Mrs. Louis H. Sloan of Dallas formerly Geraldine Hamilton of Amarillo is one of seven women who passed astronette tests at the Lovelace Foundation in Albuquerque New Mexico. She will train with Jerrie Cobb, the first woman chosen for the Astronette program. Sloan, nicknamed Jerry, is the daughter of Mrs. Witt Springer.
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Earth
America
Amarillo
Louis H. Sloan
Dallas
Geraldine Hamilton
Lovelace Foundation
Albuquerque
N.M
Jerrie Cobb
Sloan
Jerry
Eyes Skyward Mrs Sloan Aims for Astronette Program
Mrs. Jerry Sloan once of Amarillo gazes skyward as she pursues a future in the United States Astronette program and potential space exploration.
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Jerry Sloan
Amarillo
Space
United States
Texas League results show Amarillo edge Victoria
Texas League action includes Amarillo 6 Victoria 5 and Rio Grande Valley 4, Austin 1, San Antonio 4, Tulsa 3. National League scores feature Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 3 and others while American League games list Cleveland 4 New York 3 and Boston 4 Detroit 3 in 10 innings. only games scheduled.
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Rio Grande Valley
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San Antonio
Tulsa
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San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
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St. Louis
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Minnesota
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Boston
Detroit
Severe Thunderstorm Pummels Texas Panhandle With Floods
A 300 mile line of storms swept across the High Plains bringing heavy rain and hail. Bailey County reports up to 10 inches in Stegall while the Earl Ward farm near Dumas suffered wind damage to a chicken house roof and no injuries were reported. The Weather Bureau warned until midnight with a broad alert covering Big Springs to Dodge City.
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Big Spring
Dodge City
Kan
High Plains
Stegall
Bailey County
Panhandle
New Mexico
U.S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Big Springs
Trinidad
Colo
Earl Ward
Dumas
The Surveyor Column Debuts This Week in The Daily News
The Surveyor by Associate Editor Paul Timmons will run two to three times weekly. Timmons has long covered the Golden Spread and will share people, places, observations, and opinions in this new column. Watch for it soon.
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Daily News
Paul Timmons
Baton Rouge Rail Mishap Threatens City
A tar tank car slid into a second car carrying 27 000 gallons of ether in Baton Rouge raising the risk of a blast for 16 blocks. Police evacuated 950 residents as firefighters cooled asphalt and prepared for a crane lift to remove the ether laden car. A rail official warned a spark could trigger a catastrophe.
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Baton Rouge
UPDA
R. S. Trigg
De Gaulle and Adenauer Move Toward Closer Europe
In Bonn the French president and the West German chancellor held a 31 hour meeting and moved closer on NATO and the common market. They discussed stronger political cooperation within the six nation bloc and Europe’s future without a formal communique issued.
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Germany
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
North Atlantic Alliance
Common Market
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Karl
NATO
Carstens
de Gaulle
Paris
Adenauer
Cuban exile council accepts offer for bulldozers trade
The Cuban revolutionary council in exile led by Dr. Jose Miro Cardena accepted Fidel Castros plan to trade 500 bulldozers for prisoners of war in Cuba. They will raise about 15 million dollars from Americas donors, with first gift of 25000 dollars from William D. Pawley and Red Cross involvement urged.
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Fila
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Fidel Castro
Jose Miro Cadena
Council In Exile
Americas
Cuba
Miro Cardona
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Castrocon
William D. Pawley
Miami Beach
U.S
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