Convicts Organize Blood Drive For Hemophilia Victims
Thomas McCarthy in Queens County Prison led 76 inmates to donate a pint each to aid brothers Mike and Pete Meyer who suffer severe hemophilia. Mike died before the Red Cross could deliver the blood to Miamondes Hospital in Brooklyn while Pete awaits ongoing transfusions.
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New York
Mike
Pete Meyer
Miamondes Hospital
Brooklyn
Pete
Thomas McCarthy
Queens County House of Detention
Michael
Peter
Red Cross Blood Bank
McCarthy
Cite Club Milwaukee earns top junior club growth honor
The junior membership of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs was cited for the largest percentage increase, rising 121 percent over 1961 62, the greatest growth among junior clubs nationwide.
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Milwaukee
Minnesota Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iraqi government moves to full scale action in the north
Iraq’s government prepared to launch full scale military action against Kurdish rebels in oil rich northern Iraq after Kurdish leaders defied a 24 hour surrender ultimatum. A Kurdish spokesman called the move war saying the Kurds showed bad faith in negotiations for autonomy.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Wallace blocks U A students as integration tensions rise
Racial clashes reported as Governor Wallace seeks to keep students from entering the University of Alabama amid civil rights pressure from the Kennedy administration. The Kennedy team aims to push civil rights legislation through Congress while Kennedy prepares a chief negotiator for nuclear talks.
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George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Kennedy
Congress
Rains Plague Guardsmen at Ripley Camp
Persistent rains in central Minnesota have turned the Ripley camp into a muddy, mosquito filled site. Lt. Col. Dean Torney notes record damp weather this year with tanks getting stuck and trainees digging out, while combat ranges are limited and vehicle movement reduced as units from Minnesota and South Dakota arrive.
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Camp Ripley
Minn
Minnesota
National Guard
Dean Torney
Guard
South Dakota
Greeks Return from Albania with Hostages and Livestock
In a 1947 49 civil war development ninety two Greeks abducted by Red guerrillas were repatriated from Albania to Greece on Monday. The group included 100 head of livestock. Albania had earlier allowed one hundred twenty nine hostages to return in January.
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Ionnina
Greece
Red
Albania
Khrushchev Opens Talks on Nuclear Test Ban
Soviet Premier Khrushchev agrees to U S British Soviet discussions on a nuclear test ban with July talks in Moscow. Kennedy signals a broad reappraisal of the cold war as China denounces peaceful coexistence and presses for continued ideological battle.
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Kennedy
Moscow
Britain
Profumo
William L. Ryan
Washington
Central Committee
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