Harriman ties Reds to Padong attack in Laos
U. S. Ambassador Harriman charged that two North Vietnamese troop companies aided the Padong assault in Laos. He rebutted Soviet blame and said delays stemmed from Gromyko and Laos factions. The fight near Vientiane involved about 1,000 rebels and spurred a Western walkout at the conference.
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Geneva
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Viet Nam
Padong
Laos
Harriman
Soviet Union
Xieng Khouang
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Gromyko
International Control Commission
Fac
U.S
Pathet Lao
Ban Hat Bo
Ban Pak Lat
Vientiane
Britain
Venezuelan Students Set U S Envoy Car Afire
Several hundred pro-Castro students burned U S Ambassador Teodoro Moscoso s car at Caracas University during an exhibit. Moscoso, Puerto Rican appointee of Kennedy, escaped unharmed while authorities blamed leftist leaders for the act. The campus had a history of clashes tied to anti U S demonstrations and a prior bloody uprising.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
Teodoro Moscoso
Caracas University
Moscoso
Kennedy
Latin America
Romulo Betancourt
School of Architecture
Rafael Devenzi
Alejandro Oropeza Castillo
Oropeza
Betancourt
Castro
Cuba
First Lady Flies Back to Capital After Greece Visit
Jacqueline Kennedy returned to New York from Greece after a week there. She and her nine travel companions departed Athens aboard a commercial liner with a stop to pick up the party. Prime Minister Constantine Caramanlis and Mrs. Caramanlis bid her farewell as a local crowd applauded. Baldrige said Mrs. Kennedy enjoyed the yachting tour of Aegean islands and hopes to bring her children for a future vacation.
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New York
Idlewild
Marcela Koopman
Robert Morrissey
Marcella
Mary Annette
Oma
Paul
Frederika
Greece
Jacqueline Kennedy
Tatoi
Athens
Mediterranean
NEA Radiotelephoto
Constantine Caramanlis
Aegean Sea
Kennedy
Letitia Baldrige
French to Retain Cease-fire Despite Rebel Attacks
France will keep its unilateral cease-fire in Algeria despite rising rebel hit and run attacks and suspension of peace talks. Paris ordered the army to confine actions to self-defense after a May 26 decision. Peace talks with rebel leaders began at Evian les Bains on that day.
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Paris
France
Algeria
Evian Les Bains
Castro Tractors Offer May Save Cuban Invasion Captives
Washington officials say Castro’s counteroffer of 500 tractors for 1,200 Cuban invasion captives could avert mass executions and rally inter-American backing. The move strains Soviet ties, complicates Khrushchev’s stance, and primes a propaganda clash as Kennedy supports the Tractors for Freedom effort. Senators clash over U N role amid debate on U S air cover and invasion coverage.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Castro
Latin America
Khrushchev
Vienna
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Senate
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Scott
Stevenson
School Board Approves Sumner Elementary Demolition Consideration
The Austin Public School Board, after rejecting bids for Sumner Elementary repairs, approved replacing the 67 year old Sumner Building. They authorized repairs on Whittier and Webster tuckpointing and gutter work and a five year roof install at Whittier. Estimates for a new Sumner range from 80 000 to 100 000.
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Sumner
Austin
Board of Education
Webster
Whittier
Vernon Bosom
Vernon
Iowa
Winkels Construction Co
Hill Heating Co
C. D. Litz
Walter la Tondresse
Dr. Sitz
Harlow Sayles
la Tondress
What Do Third Graders Think They Think
Valley Stream New York AP reports on eight year olds at Brooklyn Avenue School who anonymously express views on parents school and themselves. The 83 students praise their teacher and reveal mixed feelings about family and self esteem in brief quotes.
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Brooklyn Avenue School
Long Island
Annette Higgins
Mission Leaves for U S Remains Uncertain
The U S tractors for prisoners team heads for Washington after Castro's demand for 28 million dollars in tractors to swap for 1 167 captives. The four-man negotiating panel will present the offer to the Tractors For Freedom Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt as fund raising questions loom.
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Havana
U.S
Washington
Fidel Castro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Castro
Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton Eisenhower
Little League Player Dies After Ball Strikes Neck
In Cocoa Florida a 12 year old Moose Lodge catcher Burmit Estes was hit in the neck by a pitched ball in the third inning. The ball bounced off home plate between his chest protector and face mask and he collapsed after tossing the ball back. Artificial respiration failed. a doctor said the ball ruptured a large artery. The report recalls another fatality in Los Angeles on May 17 involving Harry Babcock who died after a pitched ball struck the vagus nerve.
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Cocoa
Fla
Burmit Estes
Moose Lodge
Harry Babcock
Los Angeles
Calif
Khrushchev Urges Peace Talks On Germany And Berlin
Premier Khrushchev told Soviets a peace settlement in Europe must be reached this year and called for a world war two allies conference on Germany reunification. He urged West and East Germany to negotiate within six months, including West Berlin, and tied disarmament talks to a nuclear test ban. His Vienna summit with Kennedy was deemed worthwhile.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Kennedy
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
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