Cardinals Gather to Choose Pope Amid Fractured College
Vatican City AP reports eighty cardinals begin the conclave to select the 62nd pope. Voting starts Thursday with four ballots daily until a two thirds majority of 54 is reached. Front runners include Montini Urbani Lercaro as progressives, Confalonieri Marella as moderates, Castaldo Roberti as conservatives.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Apostolic Palaces
Sistine Chapel
Giovanni Battista Montini
Milan
Carlo Confalonieri
Curia
Giovanni Urbani
Venice
Paolo Marella
Giacomo Lercaro
Bologna
Montini
Urbani
Lercaro
Confalonieri
Marella
Alfonso Cardinal
Castaldo
Naples
Francesco Cardinal
Roberti
Naftalin says no big race problem with Minneapolis police
Mayor Arthur Naftalin says there is no major rift between the Negro community and city police and describes the May 19 incident in which a Negro arrestee was hit with a blackjack as unfortunate but not indicative of widespread trouble. Patrolman David Clunis received a 30 day suspension, with fellow officers reportedly raising funds to offset his lost pay.
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Minneapolis
Arthur Naftalin
NAACP
Naftalin
David Clunis
Arate
Dorchester Hotel
Italy
Burton
Elizabeth
Miss Taylor
Cosmonauts Back Safely From Dual Spaceflight
Soviet space duo Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova returned to Earth after long orbital missions. Bykovsky completed 82 orbits, Tereshkova 49, landing northeast of Karaganda and northwest of Karaganda respectively. Both reported feeling well as crowds celebrated in Moscow.
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Central Asian Republic
Kazakhstan
London
Andrian Nikolayev
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S
Ex St Paul Mayor's Son Dies in Fall on Mt Pollock
Jerome T. Delaney 19 son of former St Paul mayor Edward K. Delaney died after falling while climbing Mt Pollock in West Glacier National Park Montana. He and two companions from St Paul were attempting the 9211 foot peak when he led ahead and called them back saying it was too dangerous. Rangers found him dead on rocks below and arrived within five minutes.
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Jerome T. Delaney
St. Paul, Minn
Edward K. Delaney
Delaney
St. Paul
Ramsey County
Mt. Pollock
Charles Brady
Joseph C. Commers
Racial tensions rise as civil rights push faces opposition
The Associated Press reports Kennedy asks Congress for anti discrimination tools amid strong segregationist resistance. Medgar Evers is shot in Jackson and buried at Arlington. King vows a nationwide protest if filibusters persist as demonstrations flare from Raleigh to Savannah. Local officials move to quell unrest and negotiate. Police brace for further actions after mass arrests and park closures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Medgar W. Evers
Jackson
Arlington National Cemetery
Policing Meat Markets Tightens as Whitten Pushes Secrecy
A congressional panel told the Agriculture Department to limit publicizing claims under the Packers and Stockyards Act, restricting disclosure of complaints against livestock firms while other farm markets keep open records. Officials warn secrecy may weaken enforcement of fair competition in livestock, meat, and poultry trading.
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Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Colorado Livestock Commission
Colorado
Packers and Stockyards Act
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House Appropriations Committee
Jamie L. White
Federal Trade Commission
The
Food and Drug Administration
Kennedy proposes broad civil rights program in Congress
President Kennedy asks Congress to enact a five point civil rights program aimed at equal access to public accommodations, accelerated school desegregation, full employment, a federal community relations service, and a ban on federal aid for discrimination. The plan faces vigorous debate over privately run public facilities and interstate commerce limits.
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Kennedy
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Gadsden Protesters Clash With State Troopers In Courthouse Raid
About 300 to 350 African Americans protested on the courthouse lawn in Gadsden Alabama when roughly 100 state troopers moved in using night sticks and electric prods to disperse the crowd The crackdown followed the arrest of 396 demonstrators Tuesday and left roughly 200 white bystanders in the vicinity. Policemen deputies and county officers policed the city as Circuit Judge A B Cunningham prepared to hear charges of violating an anti demonstration order against those held.
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Gadsden
Ala
Albert Lingo
Lingo
Alabama
Etowah
Dewey Colvard
Colvard
A.B. Cunningham
Elizabeth Taylor Plans to Marry Richard Burton
AP reports Elizabeth Taylor confirms plans to wed Richard Burton. No date given. Both are currently married to others. Taylor has four children and Burton has two. Fisher says he will handle Taylor's divorce details and wishes them happiness.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
England
London
Elizabeth
Richard Hanley
Miss Taylor
Burton
Eddie Fisher
Sybil Williams Burton
Burtons
Kate
Jessica
Michael Wilding
Michael Todd
Nicholas Hilton
New York
Fisher
Tiros 7 Satellite Sends Back Hurricane Cloud Images
Tiros 7 weather observatory satellite launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta rocket and will photograph hurricane breeding grounds in the Atlantic and Caribbean. In orbit about 400 miles up, it joins Tiros 6 in a planned two-phase mission to cover hurricane seasons from the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.p
Tiros 7 Weather Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Island
Delta Space
Tiros 7
Tiros 6
Atlantic
Caribbean
Owatonna Drops Eight-Year Mosquito Plan
City council abandons the eight year citywide DDT mist spraying program and adopts spot spraying after Mayo Clinic expert warns of health risks. Austin uses a fogging method with DDT that Nelson says avoids health threats and has long been used locally.
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Owatonna
Austin
Roger Nelson
Nelson
Malcolm W. Hargraves
Mayo Clinic
Hargraves
Becomes More Alcoholic Says UC Session
Two psychiatrists at the California School on Alcoholism in Berkeley report the United States growing more alcoholic. Former President Hoover shows almost miraculous improvement per family spokesman. Medgar Evers is buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery as a martyr to civil rights.
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California School On
University of California
United States
Hoover
New York
Herbert Hoover
Washington (Ap
Medgar W. Evers
Arlington National Cemetery
Soviets put A replica U-2 spy plane into service
Russia unveils the SVOCKHEE U-2 a near copy of the American reconnaissance aircraft now in service with the Soviet air force. The jet features an 82 foot wingspan twin engines under the wings and ranges of about 3,000 miles at 80,000 feet. The U-2 remains single engine in the fuselage and also carries a single pilot. No sightings of the Russian plane over U.S. territory have been reported.
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U.S
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