Laos Crisis Deepens as Pathet Lao Advance
Pathet Lao forces seize Nam Tha in Laos signaling a warning to Gen. Phoumi Nosavan to join a coalition government or face military consequences. U S. pressure and aid cuts push for a neutralist coalition led by Prince Souvanna Phouma to avoid wider war and unfavorable options.
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John Roderick Tokyo
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Nam Tha
Phoumi
Laos
Vientiane
Defense
Interior
United States
U. S
Kennedy
Souvanna Phouma
Korea
Portsmouth Chief Denies 19 Charges
Nine teen charges against suspend ed Portsmouth Police Chief Robert Edwards were dis closed Monday. Edwards denied all charges while City Manager George Meholick cited incompetence dishonesty insubordination discourteous treatment of the public neglect of duty and other police rules violations. Charges and answers are to be filed with the Civil Service Commission Wednesday.
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Portsmouth
Robert Edwards
Edwards
George Meholick
Civil Service Commission
Red Troops Move South in Laos Military Action
VIENTIANE Laos The Defense Ministry announced that pro Communist forces pursue remnants of the royal garrison in Nam Tha southwest toward Houei Sai the government last northern stronghold. Government forces were crushed after a three hour battle Monday at Vieng Phou Kha 40 miles southwest of Nam Tha according to a communique.
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Vientiane
Laos
Defense Ministry
Nam Tha
Houei Sai
Vieng Phou Kha
GOP seeks House probe into Estes and Agriculture ties
Rep. Bob Wilson calls for congressional inquiry into Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department. He alleges Secretary Freeman whitewashed favoritism claims despite a controversial crop control allotment. Senator Curtis says the investigation will proceed.
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Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Washington
Department
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Freeman
Estes
Agriculture Department
GOP
Bob Wilson
California
Orville L. Freeman
Wilson
West Texas
Carl T. Curtis
Mutual Funds Seek Answers In SEC Investigation
Federal investigators report that nearly one third of buyers of certain mutual fund shares on installment plans pay sales commissions exceeding 40 percent. The SEC opens two weeks of hearings on training, fitness, and sales practices of fund salesmen and brokers as part of a broad industry study conducted largely in secret.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
OSU President Calls Full Faculty Meeting Over Speakers Row
Columbus Ohio State University President G Fawcett requests a full faculty meeting next Monday to address a campus dispute over controversial speakers following a faculty petition.
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Columbus
Novice G. Fawcett
Ohio State University
Labor Warned On Wage Demands
The Messenger announces a shift to larger Royal 9-point type for clearer reading. Editors explain format changes, citing reader appeal and rapid news presentation as the goal in adopting a modern style used by other papers.
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Messenger
Ohio primary centers on governor and senator races
Ohio voters faced a light turnout forecast around 1.4 million as Democrats back DiSalle with McElroy challenging in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. Rhodes faces weak GOP opposition while Briley leads Taft Jr. for the U S Senate nomination. Gilligan and Reeves favored for the Democratic at large seat. A separate Cincinnati incident recalls a man urged not to jump from the Enquirer building. Diller Lumber Co in Pandora burned for about 50 000 in losses. Washington reports 4 282 000 babies born last year, a record.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S
Mark McElroy
McElroy
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
DiSalle
James A. Rhodes
William L. White
Mount Vernon
Frank J. Lausche
John Marshall Briley
U.S
Robert Taft Jr
Taft
Cincinnati
John J. Gilligan
Alan F. Reeves
Stephen M. Young
Rusk says unfounded US claims on British market entry
Secretary of State Dean Rusk dismissed suggestions the United States seeks advantages from Britain joining the European Common Market. He spoke at a Canberra news conference after ANZUS talks with Australian Foreign Minister Sir Garfield Barwick and New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake, covering nuclear tests, Berlin, and Soviet arm buildup in Indonesia.
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Canberra
Australia
Dean Rusk
United States
Britain
Europe
New Zealand
Rusk
Garfield Barwick
Keith Holyoake
Holyoake
Berlin
Indonesia
Army Reaffirms Dismissal Of Maj Archibald Roberts
The Army rejected Maj Archibald Roberts appeal and relieved him from active duty as of Monday. He has left Fort Lee Virginia for his home in Fort Collins Colorado. Roberts a former aide to Maj Gen Edwin A Walker spoke off the cuff after Pentagon blocked a text he prepared. He claimed Mayor Samuel Yorty had Communist ties which Yorty denied and that Assistant Secretary of State G Mennen Williams had leftist leanings.
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Army
Roberts
Ft. Lee
Fort Collins
Colo
Edwin A. Walker
DAR
Pentagon
Robers
Samuel Yorty
Los Angeles
Yorty
G. Mennen Williams
Cleveland boards approves teacher raises schedule
The Cleveland Board of Education adopted a new salary plan promising average yearly raises of about 300 for 5,000 teachers. The change, approved Monday, costs an estimated 1.5 million annually and starts in September 1963 with gradual raises through 1967. Also reported, the United Nations Command accuses the Communists of 66 armistice violations from March 19 to April 30 in Panmunjom Korea.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Board of Education
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for Drama Fiction and Public Service
Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying wins drama prize. Ed win O Connor takes fiction for The Edge of Sadness. Panama City News Herald earns public service plaque for anti corruption campaign. Walter Lippmann wins international reporting prize. Paul Wathis AP wins news photography for Camp David image. Theodore White earns new non fiction prize for The Making of the President 1960.
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New York
Boston
Abe Burrows
Jack Weinstock
Willie Gilbert
Frank Loesser
Edwin O’connor
Joseph Pulitzer
Panama City
Fla
News-Herald
Gulf Coast City
Bay County
Walter Lippman
New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
Paul Wathis
Harrisburg, Pa
Associated Press
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Camp David
Theodore H. White
White
Kennedy Sets Standards for Wage and Price Restraint
President Kennedy told the United Auto Workers convention that unjustified wage demands and price increases threaten the national interest. He urged voluntary cooperation by labor and management, warned against government price fixing, and endorsed noninflationary, productivity-aligned settlements. UAW President Walter Reuther affirmed policy but urged wages rising with productivity.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Kennedy
Labor Today
United Auto Workers Convention
US Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Britain Backs U S On Berlin Crisis
London confirms full consultation with the United States and backing of its Berlin line. The move follows West German Chancellor Adenauer’s concerns over talks with the Soviet Union and the fate of East Germany. Ambassador Grewe is recalled for consultations as Berlin tensions rise.
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London
Britain
Kennedy
United States
West Germany
Berlin
U. S
David Bruce
Foreign Office
Lord Home
Soviet Union
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Wilhelm Grewe
Washington
Adenauer
Grewe
Pomeroy Sets June 5 Deadline On Water Rate Protest
Pomeroy must present opposing arguments to Meigs Water Co rate hike before the Public Utilities Commission in Columbus by June 5. Utilities lawyer James R. Stiverson and Village Solicitor Fred W. Crow spoke May 1 as the village weighs hiring counsel. The company seeks a minimum bill increase from 2.25 to 3.00 and a 10 percent booster charge for pumping users. Council did not act on Mulberry Heights access road improvements to Beach Grove Cemetery. Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Water Co
Public Utilities Commission
Columbus
James R. Stiverson
Fred W. Crow
PUC
Stiverson
Mulberry Heights
Beach Grove Cemetery
Longest By Helicopter President Kennedy Flies 125 Miles
Atlantic City reports President Kennedy completes the longest helicopter flight by a chief executive from Washington to address the United Auto Workers convention. The jet helicopter landed at Bader Field at 10 30 a.m. after one hour eleven minutes aloft. The Army craft uses twin jet engines and a large rotor.
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Atlantic City
Kennedy
Washington
United Auto Workers Convention
Bader Field
Army
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