Wheat Prospects Boosted by May Rains in Dry Areas
The Agriculture Department estimates May rains lifted Great Plains wheat prospects to within 1 percent of last year’s high output. June 1 forecast at 1.283 billion bushels, about 8 percent above 1959–63 average, with 900 million bushels in reserve. Winter wheat 1.017 billion, spring wheat 266 million. notes slow spring work in northern Plains and better hay in North Central states.
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Washington
U.S. Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Department
Plains
North Central States
Atlantic
Gulf
Suit Attacks Town Remap in Iowa Legislature
A suit challenging a temporary reapportionment plan asks the Iowa courts to force subdistricting of counties and a special legislative session by Oct. 1. Filed May 10 by Des Moines lawyer David W. Belin, the case questions jurisdiction as a federal court panel handles related matters.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County
Harry Perkins
David W. Belin
Perkins
Timothy McCarthy
Attorney General
Belin
McCarthy
Estimates of Red Strength Up Over January Figure
Official U.S. estimates show full time Communist regulars in South Vietnam at 47,000, up from January estimates of 29,000 to 35,000. Some sources hint at classified figures near 64,000. Part time guerrillas rise to about 100,000, while South Vietnamese regular and paramilitary forces reach 574,000 with about 160,000 more in training or deployment.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
John T. McNaughton
McNamara
North Viet Nam
United States
Lynward Stevenson
Woodlawn Organization
Frank M. Whiston
Board of Education
Drugstore Crash Leaves Car Smelling Best in Town
Henry Dudley’s car smashed through a plate glass window at the En canto Drugstore, piling into a display of colognes and toilet items. He escaped a citation, and when the car was retrieved it was noted as the town’s best-smelling vehicle.
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Tucson
Ariz
Henry Dudley
Encanto Drugstore
Dudley
Cambodian village wedding ritual with symbolic hair cutting
In a Cambodian village wedding the actor cuts a symbolic lock of hair from the bride and groom. He then ties the couple’s wrists with a white cotton string, after which dancing follows.
Chicago integration march disrupts traffic near City Hall
A march to oust Supt. Benjamin C. Willis and to speed school integration blocked traffic around City Hall. NAACP leader Roy Wilkins and CORE’s James Farmer were to join a protest from Soldier Field, following a previous jammed 24 mile route. Absenteeism varied by school type with spot checks showing up to 40 percent in some Negro schools.
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Chicago
Benjamin C. Willis
City Hall
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Wilkins
Farmer
Soldier Field
NAACP
Wagner's Announcement Triggers Dem Mayor Nomination Scramble
New York mayoral race stirs as Mayor Wagner quits bid for a fourth term. The move prompts factions to back possible candidates including Roosevelt Jr and Kennedy supporters. Lindsay vows a fusion campaign while Republicans recalibrate. Rockefeller sees limited impact on Lindsay.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
GOP
Johnson
Wagner
Washington
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.y
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Commerce
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Robert F. Kennedy
Democratic Party
Kennedy
Reform Movement
Bob Wagner
Richard M. Nixon
Milwaukee
Donnybrook
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Dominican Revolt Becomes Economic Clash in Santo Domingo
The Dominican civil conflict shifts to the economy as U S aid reshapes the island’s finances. Banks and the main port sit under rebel control while downtown banks are closed, imports halt and four major banks refuse rebel-backed access. Wheat imports stop as ports lack unloading capacity. The insurgents push for a political settlement, with negotiations stalled.
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Louis Uchitelle
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
U.S
Junta
Panama
Hector Aristy
Puerto Rico
Organization of American States
Three Teens Die in Minnesota Water Incidents
A St. Paul youth Philip Eades 16 drowned early today in Lake Calhoun Minneapolis as part of a group of St. Paul teenagers who swam at 4 a.m. Two 15-year-old Minneapolis boys also drowned Thursday at Lake Hawatha during a graduation class picnic.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
St. Paul
Lake Calhoun
Minneapolis
Philip Eades
Eades
Lake Hawatha
World briefs from Bonn to Milan and Melbourne
Charles de Gaulle visits Bonn for talks with Ludwig Erhard on European community policy with limited progress expected. In Turin two Siamese twins stand independently for the first time after separation, expressing hope for normal development. In Milan a 75 year old art expert Cesare Bellini is arrested as part of a fake modern masters ring. In Melbourne rabbits are blamed for eroding several islands off Australia’s southern coast after stripping coastal vegetation.
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Bonn
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Ludwig Erhard
de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Turin
Italy
Giuseppina
Santina Foglia
Santina
Milan
Cesare Bellini
Bellini
Melbourne
Australia
Australian Foreign Ministry
Philip Law
Citadel
Rabbit
Macquarie Islands
Storms Hit Wide Areas From Plains to Southeast
Severe storms tore through the Far West Plains and Southeast with tornadoes and heavy rain. Funnel clouds were sighted in multiple states and seven people were reported missing after floods near the Utah Wyoming border. No injuries reported. The Woodruff family from Salt Lake City among those unaccounted for after their car was buried by flood debris.
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Associated Press
Far West
Plains
Gulf States
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Central Plains
Florida
Alabama
Texas
Champaign
Ill
Denver
Dresden
Kansas
Mary Esther
Fla
Muleshoe
Tex
Missouri
Arkansas
Utah-Wyoming
Keith M. Woodruff
Salt Lake City
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