Nation Honors Men Who Held Liberty's Torch
Memorial Day observances across the United States honor 1 128 393 fallen soldiers from eight major wars. In Arlington Virginia the 3rd Infantry First Battle Group places flags on 109 000 graves while Sen Richard Russell represents Kennedy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. President Kennedy calls Memorial Day a near religious holiday honoring sacrifices for the country. In Columbus Mississippi a group of women started the custom in 1863 by scattering flowers on graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers. The Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge New Hampshire will receive flower tributes from Kennedy and all state governors at the Altar of the Nation designated by Congress as a national memorial to American dead since colonial times.
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Gettysburg
National
Arlington
3Rd Infantry
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Kennedy
Columbus
Miss
Cathedral of the Pines
Rindge
N.H
Congress
West Prods Soviets In Laos Talks
Western powers pressed the Soviet Union in Geneva on urgently securing an effective Laos cease fire to prevent collapse of the 14 nation conference. Informants say the aim is to show Moscow there is a limit to Western patience as truce arrangements fray. Britain urged firmer ICC guidance. the Soviet stance called cease-fire adequate and pushed veto based proposals.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Laos
Kremlin
International Control Commission
Kennedy seeks nationwide bus desegregation rules
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission to outlaw racial segregation in interstate bus service and related facilities including waiting rooms rest rooms and restaurants. He asks the ICC to act as expeditiously as practical.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ing
Kennedy
ICC
Radar Tracks Missile Test Marks Intercept Success
The Defense Department announced a successful test of target tracking radar for the Nike Zeus antimissile system against a fast traveling intercontinental ballistic missile, marking a milestone in defense readiness.
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Washington
Defense Department
Road Record Hopes High for Memorial Day Safety
Ohio highway safety officials remain optimistic for a good Memorial Day record. They reported only four traffic deaths since 6 p.m. Friday as holiday travel begins, with six other accidental deaths including boating and drowning incidents and four from miscellaneous causes.
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Ohio Highway Safety
Ohio
Quiet Memorial Day Observed Across Area Counties
Southeastern Ohio saw a peaceful Memorial Day start as Athens, Hocking, Vinton and Meigs counties reported little sheriff activity. A thunderstorm caused minor damage and hail in parts, while traffic accidents totaled two with no injuries amid a holiday rush and thunderstorm weather.
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Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Athens
Hocking
Vinton County
Meigs County
Robert Hartenbach
Pomeroy-Middleport
Pagetown
Man Declares Cops Ignored Mob Beatings
An ex paratrooper testified he asked three Montgomery police to stop a white mob from beating two Black men and was told to Get away from here. A second witness described a white man with a baby beating a Black man and then handing the infant to a bystander before continuing the assault. The witnesses spoke at a federal hearing on a Justice Department bid for an injunction requiring police and sheriff deputies to provide protection for Freedom Riders and interstate bus passengers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Birmingham
Explosion injures forty in Cuban theater
Key West report says forty people were injured in a Cuban theater explosion during a children’s performance. Havana Radio described the blast as a counterrevolutionary act and noted 26 of the injured were children.
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Key West
Fla
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Havana Radio
Brother Fights Brother As Republic Day Nears
In Johannesburg and across South Africa violence erupted after a first day of a non-white strike against the white government. Police protected nonwhite workers who defied calls to stay home while white reporters dodged rocks.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Republic
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
Africa
Republic
Port Elizabeth
Verwoerd
17 Riders Convicted and Sentenced in Jackson Mississippi
Municipal Judge James Spencer convicted 17 more Freedom Riders on a breach of the peace charge and handed each a 200 dollar fine and 60 day suspended jail term. The sentences mirror those given to 27 others last week, with eight of the 27 appealing and the rest remaining jailed.
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Jackson
Miss
James Spencer
Freedom Riders
SPENCER _s
Mississippi
Jack R. Young
Spencer
JFK Seeks Bill To Train New Workers
President Kennedy asked Congress for legislation to train and retrain hundreds of thousands of workers over four years. He also sought aid for workers who voluntarily shift to areas with better opportunities. The Budget Bureau indicated about 60 million dollars would be requested for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Budget Bureau
Jew Negotiator Testifies on Eichmann Truck Offer
Joel Brand, a leader of the Budapest Jewish community, testified that Adolf Eichmann offered the lives of a million Jews for 10,000 trucks in 1944. Brand described the negotiation as he testified at the witness stand, noting the German officer’s shrill command and calling the offer a chilling price.
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Jerusalem
Joel Brand
Adolf Eichmann
Brand
Budapest
Hungary
Navy seeks British help to guard Polaris base
London reports the U S Navy asked Britain for extra security for the Polaris submarine base at Holy Loch Scotland. Officials note persistent pacifist demonstrations have caused concern among British and American authorities.
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London
U. S. Navy
Scotland
Holy Loch
Governor seeks freeze on state juvenile admissions
Governor Michael V. DiSalle urged a halt to admissions at Lancaster and Delaware state industrial schools to ease overcrowding and improve inmate training. The proposal aims to finish the freeze promptly and ensure proper handling of juvenile offenders.
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Columbus
Lancaster
Delaware
Michael V. DiSalle
Hoff elected president of OSU alumni group
Dr. G Preston Hoff of Wilmington Delaware has been chosen as president of Ohio State University's alumni association which includes about 32000 members.
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Columbus
G. Preston Hoff
Wilmington
Del
Ohio State University
General Collapses In French Treason Court
Two French generals Maurice Challe and Andrew Zeller faced a military court on treason charges from the Algiers revolt. They risk death as verdicts due by Wednesday night. Zeller collapsed during testimony while declaring motives to keep Algeria under French sovereignty.
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Paris
Algeria
France
Family Receives First Food Stamps in McDowell County
A 15 member family headed by a jobless coal miner received the first food stamps Monday under President Kennedy's pilot program. Alderson Muncy of Paynesville West Virginia and his wife, parents of three, will get 95 dollars worth of stamps monthly. Freeman and Barron distributed the stamps in Welch, the county seat, noting the program allows stamps to be spent only for food.
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Welch
W. Va
Kennedy
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
W. W. Barron
Alderson Muncy
Paynesville
Muncy
Freeman
Barron
West Virginia
McDowell
Middleport Native Burrell Jr. Dies in Ohio Crash
John P. Burnell Jr., 39, assistant professor of sociology at Kent State University, died in Robinson Memorial Hospital from injuries from a May 15 automobile crash. A Middleport, Ohio native, he leaves his widow Gueneveur and three young daughters.
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Ravenna
John P. Burnell Jr
Kent State University
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Middleport, Ohio
Burnell
Guenveur
Court Upholds Sunday Blue Laws Nationwide
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of Sunday blue laws including measures from Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Maryland. Chief Justice Warren wrote the opinion in cases testing restrictions on Sunday activities rooted in colonial Sabbath observance.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Maryland
America
Halliday Reappointed to Wildlife Council
Gallipolis attorney John E Halliday was reappointed by Gov. Michael V. DiSalle to the Wildlife Council for a term ending February 1969. He has served on the council since 1947.
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Columbus
John E. Halliday
Gallipolis
Monday
Wildlife Council
Michael V. DiSalle
Castro's Tractor Deal Blamed as Major Blunder
Washington reports say the Kennedy administration countered Castro by portraying his offer to swap 1200 Cuban prisoners for 500 bulldozers as a bluff. The push, led by Humphrey and Murrow, argues the move damaged Castro and boosted U S prestige. A congressional critique persisted over private exchange approval. A Roosevelt/Reuther/Eisenhower led committee seeks 15 million for machines.
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Nedy
Fidel Castro
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Richard M. Nixon
Edward R. Murrow
U. S. Information Agency
Castro
Latin America
Murrow
Frank Lausche
U. S
Cuba
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton Eisenhower
John Hopkins University
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