Tense crisis eases as Dominican Republic and Haiti face sanctions debate
The threat of war on Hispaniola eased as the Dominican Republic and Haiti negotiate through the OAS and UN Security Council. President Juan Bosch denounced Duvalier as a madman while urging caution and readiness. the U S weighed potential sanctions and possible broad diplomatic break.
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Dominican Republic
Haiti
Organization of American States
UN Security Council
Hispaniola
Cuba
Security Council
OAS
Juan Bosch
Francois Duvalier
Bosch
United States
U.S
Duvalier
New York Times
Washington
Sub Fire Probe Urged After Flasher Fire Kills Three
In Groton Connecticut demands for a probe followed a flash fire of unknown origin aboard the nuclear submarine Flasher killing three workers and injuring two. The Thresher class attack sub submarine built by Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp was not expected to delay its launch set for June 22. Electric Boat announced its own investigation while Rep. William S. Cnge urged a thorough review of all submarines of this class. The blaze started in an 8 by 9 foot flooding tank in the stern and was controlled within minutes with negligible damage.
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Groton
Conn
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Atlantic Ocean
William S. Cnge
D-Conn
Washington
Electric Boat
Helicopter Rescues Man From Fort Thomas Tower
An Air Force helicopter from Wright Patterson Base lifted Curtis C. Marshall a 39 year old Indianapolis painting firm worker from the top of a Fort Thomas water tower after a fall likely caused by a broken ladder rung. He suffered a compound fracture of the left wrist and was treated at St Luke Hospital.
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Newport
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Fort Thomas
Curtis C. Marshall
Workman
Indianapolis
St. Luke Hospital
Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Fair Trade Law
The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld the state's revised fair trade law intended to sustain retail prices of name brand products across Ohio. The ruling reinforces enforcement to prohibit price-cutting practices and preserves existing pricing integrity for shoppers and retailers.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
United Nations poised to admit Kuwait as 111th member
United Nations General Assembly is expected to admit Kuwait next week as the 111th member. In New York, steel labor contract talks likely will raise employment costs by 2 to 3 percent, Iron Age reports.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Kuwait
New York
JFK Riots Tied to Kennedy Ambitions at Ole Miss
Legislative investigators link the Ole Miss desegregation riots to Kennedy political ambitions and fault federal planning errors. The report cites marshals being used to draw crowds, the President taking control of the National Guard, and marshals firing into demonstrators, saying such errors escalated the violence. The inquiry notes Governor Barnett’s limited authority prevented violence, detailing two deaths, injuries, and millions in damage.
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Jackson
Miss
University of Mississippi
Kennedy
General Legislative Investigating Committee
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Oxford
Mississippi National Guard
James H. Meredith
Princeton Quiet After Rampage
Princeton NP residents describe a campus riot by about 2000 undergraduates damaging property across the university and town. University president Dr. Robert Goheen says the student body will cover the repair costs, with damages in the thousands. The spree extended to Westminster Choir College and the New Jersey Governor's Mansion lawn. Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski arrived in Rome to brief Pope XXIII on church state relations behind the Iron Curtain.
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Princeton
N. J
Robert Goheen
Westminster Choir College
New Jersey
Rome
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Pope XXIII
Massive Demonstrations Enter Seventh Birmingham Day
Birmingham faced mass demonstrations as state troopers, led by Gov. George Wallace, moved to 575 troopers with tear gas and riot guns. King urged continued nonviolent protest aiming at desegregation of downtown facilities, while Kennedy and Kennedy pressed for peaceful resolution amid arrests numbering in the thousands.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Geoorge Wallace
State Public Safety
al Lingo
Lingo
Wallace
The
NATO Ship Pact Seen Near Signing Before Kennedy Europe Visit
U S officials reported an allied NATO plan to form a multi lateral nuclear force on surface ships with Polaris missiles, possibly ready for signing by President Kennedy’s Europe trip. West Germany dropped objections to surface ship carriers, easing concerns about a surface fleet.
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Washington
USS
Kennedy
Europe
West Germany
United States
Shawnee School Closure Plan Reviewed by Board
Shawnee elementary school closure plan is under review by the Southern Perry County District Board of Education after 15 Shawnee residents presented petitions. The board tabled action and will again consult state officials on survey recommendations that could shutter the Shawnee building when Miller High School opens in Hemlock.
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Perry County
Shawnee
Miller High
Hemlock
Corning
New Straitsville
W. C. (Brown) Roberts
Roberts
Money Order Theft Sparks Multiple Arrests
Two arrests in Portage area and a Mount Sterling Ky arrest linked to a large theft of $60 000 to $70 000 in money orders from post offices in Greenup Dewdrop Ky and Perintown Clermont Ohio Darwin W Scott 58 Catlettsburg Ky and an unnamed man jailed for further inquiry were seized by city and Scioto County officers. Carl Baker 36 South Point held after attempting to cash a 100 money order at a service station in Mt Sterling Ky by federal authorities
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Portsouth
Mount Sterling
Greenup
Dewdrop
Perintown
Clermont County
Ohio
Darwin W. Scott
Catlettsburg
Scioto County
Scott
Huntington
W. Va
Mt. Sterling
Carl Baker
South Point
Birmingham Breakthrough Movement Brings Deep South to Civil Rights
In Birmingham, a city of about 350,000, Negro leaders push for desegregation of downtown stores and lunch counters. The King mobilization fills the 16th Street Baptist Church with some 1400 attendees as protests and arrests surge, while the city remains unusually quiet at night.
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James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Birmingham
Deep South
The
Baptist Church
16Th Street
6Th Avenue
Martin Luther King Jr
Kennedy
King
Meredith
Little Rock
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