Khrushchev warnings loom over Cuban air space tensions
Premier Khrushchev warned that continued U S reconnaissance flights over Cuba could have disastrous consequences. Fidel Castro meanwhile told reporters he would tolerate no more flights and invited war talk as the State Department kept the missions going. May Day in Moscow and Beijing highlighted the rift between the Soviet Union and Red China amid mass displays of communism.
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Red China
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School Prayer Debated Before House Judiciary Committee
A Columbia University professor warns a constitutional amendment allowing school prayers would create an impossible chaotic system requiring a national supervising agency. Three witnesses opposed any prayer amendment while Bishop Sheen and Gov. Wallace endorsed public school prayers.
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Fulton J. Sheen
New York
George Wallace
Alabama
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Columbia University
Philip H. Phenix
Phenix
George C. Wallace
For Sale Six Holstein Steers 300 to 400 Lbs
Classified ad notes six Holstein steers weighing 300 to 400 pounds for sale near Wallace Damewood four miles south of Tuppers Plains. It invites readers to place ads via LY 3-1242 with a one day 16 word ad for $1.00.
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Wallace Damewood
Tuppers Plains
Luci Johnson Crowned Queen at Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Luci Baines Johnson crowned queen of Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at Handley High School stadium in Winchester Virginia. President Johnson attended briefly and planned to join Lucy at the 34 hour parade featuring 200 marching units floats bands and antique cars.
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Luci Baines Johnson
Virginia
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Lucie
Johnson
Washington
Handley High School
Luci
Methodists Approve Racial Integration Plan at Conference
Delegates to the worldwide Methodist General Conference voted to accept a voluntary integration plan. The proposal merges white and Negro subdivisions, ending the all Negro Central Jurisdiction of about 375,000 members. No enforcement mechanism is created.
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Pittsburgh
Worldwide
Methodist General Conference
Commission On
Princess Margaret Welcomes Daughter With Lord Snowdon
Princess Margaret gives birth to a daughter, her second child, with Lord Snowdon as father. The prince says the baby is a marvel and both mother and child are well. The infant joins Viscount Lindley, born in 1961, as the year’s fourth royal birth.
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London
Lord Snowdon
Queen Elizabeth
Snowdon
Viscount Lindley
South Viet Nam Hopes Brighten
South Viet Nam faces a cautious turn after Ngo Dinh Diem's overthrow. A top American diplomat says the decline halted and survival prospects have improved, though political risks remain and Viet Cong forces still threaten countryside areas. Government reaction times have improved.
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Philip Sporn to Visit as Kennedy Lecturer at Ohio University
Philip Sporn retired president of American Electric Power will visit Ohio University May 8 as a Kennedy Lecturer. He will speak at 4 p.m. in Space Arts Auditorium on concepts of public and national interest in a dynamic America. Sporn headed AEP for 15 years and remains chairman of its system development committee.
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American Electric Power Co
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W. Va
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Gallipolis
Lady Astor Near Death at Grimsthorpe Castle Bedside
Nancy Lady Astor 84, famed first female MP, was reported near death at Grimsthorpe Castle Lincolnshire. Relatives including her son the third Viscount Astor were at her bedside as the long time Commons fighter for women’s rights and foe of prohibition neared death.
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House of Commons
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Grimsthorpe Castle
Lincolnshire
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Democrats Claim GOP Cuba Policy Critique Is Crude
The Republican Critical Issues Council urged the Johnson administration to threaten or use military force to topple Fidel Castro in Cuba. Democrats denounced the plan as crude politics and reminded critics that Castro rose to power during Eisenhower’s presidency. Senator Fulbright rejected war as a means to oust Castro, saying most Americans oppose such action.
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Republican Critical Issues Council
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U. S
Latin America
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Abele Seeks Quotas on Meat Imports in Bill
Rep Homer E Abele of Ohio introduced a bill to impose quotas on meat and meat products based on 1958 to 1962. He argued action is needed to aid small farmers as U S beef imports reached 11 percent last year mainly from New Zealand and Australia. He noted falling beef prices and Southeastern Ohio farmers shifting from dairy to beef.
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Homer E
Pete” Abele
Rohio
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United States
New Zealand
Australia
Ohio
Spectacular sit in blocks traffic in Columbus
In Columbus the traffic at Broad and High Street halted as eight demonstrators, mostly in their 20s, from the Modroes civil rights group clashed with police. Five were jailed on multiple counts after warnings were ignored and two distributed sheets accusing local authorities of segregated schooling. Forecasters predict near normal temperatures with light showers early in the week.
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High Street
Ohio State University
Ohio Capitol
CORE Attacks Cleveland Picketing Ban On Public Schools
In Cleveland CORE attorney Bruce S Warshal denounces a proposed city ordinance that would ban picketing at public schools as an attack on civil rights. Councilman Banko supported the bill saying peaceful objection should be directed at the Board of Education downtown, not at schools. Separately in Chicago actor Stephen Fetchit is reported ill in Cook County Hospital as a welfare patient with no funds.
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Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Bruce S. Warshal
Safety Committee
Warshal
Jack A. Banko
Board of Education
Chicago
Stephin Fetchit
Cook County
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