France May Disband Legion Units In Revolt
France considering disbanding the 1st Foreign Legion paratroop and the 1st Foreign Legion cavalry regiments after their role in the Challe mutiny in Algeria. Gen Maurice Challe and three other generals remain fugitives as de Gaulle questions Algeria’s future independence. Police sweep lines up arms as reports say Arro Manches carrier blocks exits near Zeralda.
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Algeria
Maurice Challe
Charles de Gaulle
Challe
Raoul Salan
Andre Zeller
Edmond Jouhaud
Paris
Arromanches
Zeralda
Eign Legion
1St Foreign Legion Cavalry Regiment
de Gaulle
Government House
Edmond Jouhoud
GOP and Democrats Back Federal Aid Bill Vote
In Washington two Ohio Republicans joined six Democrats to pass a federal aid bill for distressed areas. The compromise measure received 223 votes in favor and 193 against and now goes to the President. The Ohio supporters were William Harsha of Portsmouth and Tom Moorehead of Zanesville.
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Washington
Ohio
William Harsha
Portsmouth
Tom Moorehead
Zanesville
Atty Gen McElroy clears ban on married students in high school
Columbus. Atty. Gen. Mark McElroy ruled there is no statutory prohibition against married pupils attending high school. The opinion clarifies legal standing for married students seeking enrollment in secondary education.
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Columbus
Mark McElroy
Kennedy on first tour since taking office visits New York and Chicago
President Kennedy departs Washington for his first speaking tour since inauguration. He will address a New York Bureau of Advertising dinner and a Cook County Democratic dinner in Chicago. He is expected to discuss press roles, international and domestic issues, with Chicago remarks focusing on domestic topics.
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Kennedy
New York
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Chicago
Cook County
White House
Harold Macmillan
Key West
Fla
West Palm Beach
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Camp David
Maryland
Middleburg
Senate Moves Kennedy Aid Bill for Needy Children
The Senate plans to send President Kennedy a day legislation carrying about 200 million dollars in benefits for needy children of unemployed parents. The House cleared the compromise bill Wednesday with no Senate opposition evident.
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Bill
Kennedy
HOUSE
White House
Congress
Cooper Fights Cancer Amid Grave Illness
Hollywood sendoff reports Gary Cooper, veteran film star, gravely ill with cancer. Doctors say his condition is worsening but he remains determined to fight and is not afraid as he undergoes treatment.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Cooper
FBI Seeks Two Bank Robbery Suspects in Newark Case
Newark Ohio FBI agents highway patrol and sheriff deputies search for two men who robbed the Kirkersville Park National Bank branch taking about 12000 dollars. Authorities found a likely getaway car abandoned near Columbus later revealed stolen from a Columbus used car lot.
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Ohio
FBI
Sheriff
Kirkersville
Park National Bank
Columbus
McClellan seeks more testimony on missile base slowdowns
Senator McClellan called for further details from contractors at Cape Canaveral and other bases about strikes and slowdowns he described as near subversion. Henry Gable testified unions slowed missile work, while rejecting communist involvement, as the subcommittee probes inflated costs and delays in missile development and production.
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John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Senate
Henry Gable
Texas
Trical
Canaveral
Gable
Gable Electric Service
Dallas
Subcommittee
Kennedy to appoint ethics regulator to oversee federal conduct
President Kennedy announced plans to create an ethics coordinator reporting to him to standardize conduct across executive departments. He proposed broad conflicts of interest reforms and agency codes of conduct, with an executive order outlining prohibited actions for federal employees. Landis was speculated as a potential appointee.
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WASHINGTON +1
Kennedy
Congress
White House
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Landis
Cease-fire bid amid Laos fighting and rebel advances
Western sources report no major clashes after the Pathet Lao captured Muong Sai north of Luang Prabang as Laos seeks a noon Friday cease-fire. The U S Air Force arms airlift seeks to shore up royal troops while a three nation commission in New Delhi debates movement freedom in rebel areas.
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Vientiane
Laos
Muong Sai
Luang Prabang
Pathet Laos
U. S. Air Force
Washington
New Delhi
Canada
Poland
India
Fidel Stages Spectacular With Captives
KEY WEST Cuba leader Fidel Castro staged a televised show with nearly 1000 captured rebels. He taunted them about assassination fears and noted they were treated politely, contrasting with possible firing squad threats from the previous Sunday.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Dover Mayor Acquitted On Bribery Charges
Dover Mayor Difford C. Froelich was acquitted by a Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court jury on six counts of accepting bribes to allow gamblers to operate unhindred.
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Philadelphia
Difford C. Froelich
Dover
Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court
Cuban Rebels Rescued After Castro Invasion Sinks Hope
Five Cuban invaders reach U S shores after failing assault on Castro regime. Manuel Penabaz 27 a lawyer from Oriente Province and four companions were picked up 55 miles south of Isle of Pines by the S S Louise. They report heavy Castro fire with Soviet and Czechoslovak arms and limited air support. They vow to try again with better planes and equipment.
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Tex
United States
Caribbean Sea
Manuel Penabaz
Isle of Pines
S.S. Louise
the Caribbean Steamship Co
Ingleside
Corpus Christi Bay
Penabaz
Oriente
Fidel Castro
Castro
U. S. Fires Explorer XI Space Telescope Into Orbit
A 95 pound Explorer XI space telescope was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Juno II rocket at 9 17 a m. It reached orbit at 18000 mph and will study space rays beyond Earth’s atmosphere using a course of 300 to 750 miles altitude. Official reports say signals are good, marking the United States first astronomical observatory in space.
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Santiago
Rebe Alviaz
Oriente Province
Orado Rodriguez
Havana
Cuba
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Earth
Two Cuban Rebels Vow To Fight Castro Again
Two sun tan Cuban rebels vow to strike back at Fidel Castro after surviving the April invasion. They say they are only on leave and will return to training camps, unable to reveal locations or names for safety. The pair, ages 35 and 42, declined to give their identities.
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Fidel Castro
Fidel
Guatemala
Nicaranga
Oriente
GE Chief Cordiner Wins Stockholder Backing at 69th Meet
Ralph J. Cordiner, GE chief executive, gains strong stockholder support after an accounting on price fixing troubles. Directors re elect Cordiner as chairman and give him the title of president after a tense six hour session. Cordiner had served as acting president since February.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Ralph J. Cordiner
General Electric Co
Washington
Senate
Cordiner
Robert Paxton
Kennedy Report Cited in Eichmann Trial Evidence
In 1938 Joseph P Kennedy then U S ambassador to Britain warned the Jewish situation in Germany looked very bad. The assessment was cited during the Adolf Eichmann trial as evidence presented today.
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Jerusalem
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Germany
Adolf Eichmann
Great Britain
U. S. Moves To Force Opening Of Schools
Richmond Virginia federal government moves to force reopening of Prince Edward County public schools. In a motion filed with U S District Judge Oren R. Lewis Wednesday U S Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy asked the court to bar state support of any public schools in Virginia until Prince Edward schools are reopened on an integrated basis.
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Richmond
Complaintiff
Prince Edward County
U. S. Dist
Oren R. Lewis
U. S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Virginia
Prince Edward
Police Chief Cites Self For Reckless Driving
Barr Oak Michigan Police Chief Ralph Barry issued a traffic ticket to himself on a charge of not looking where he was driving after his patrol car bumped a second vehicle. He said he momentarily waved at school children, causing the minor collision.
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Barr Oak
Mich
Ralph Barry
Solons Aim For Windup By Mid June
Ohio lawmakers push a June windup as House chairs are urged to move on key bills. A $2 billion appropriation bill funding state government for the next two years heads for a House vote within a month and could reach the Senate by late May.
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Columbus
House
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Ohio
Senate
OU Post Receives High Rating From Collegiate Press
The Ohio State University Lantern earns the All-American rating the highest from the Associated Collegiate Press. The Ohio University Post is noted with a first class rating, the second highest award.
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Ohio
Ohio State University Lantern
Associated Collegiate Press
Ohio University Post
Association
Mercury capsule launch postponed by cloudy Wallops Island weather
Cloudy conditions at Wallops Island Virginia forced the postponement of a Mercury space capsule test of the emergency escape system. The launch delay halts the final safety run before trusting the system in a manned mission.
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