Venezuela Army Revolt Reported in Barcelona and Seaport
The Venezuelan government announced an army garrison revolt in Barcelona, with 350 officers and men ordered to surrender or face attack. A parallel attempt at La Guaira was quickly crushed, and loyal forces quelled the insurgents as unrest spreads amid political and military tensions in 1961.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Barcelona
Romulo Betancourt
la Guaira
Betancourt
National Guard
Federal Police
Miraflores
Pedro Jose Quevedo
Peterson Trial Starts In Austin Homicide Case
The criminal negligence trial of Floyd Peterson, 21, of Austin, began at 10 a.m. The defendant drove the car in a crash on December 8, 1960 that killed Robert Aberg, 22, of Austin. The day opened with jury selection.
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Floyd Peterson
Austin
Peterson
Robert Aberg
Kennedy Returns to White House After Restful Weekend
President Kennedy flew back to Washington from Virginia where he spent a weekend in the hunt country enjoying pleasant sunshine. He resumed duties at the White House today after the rest period and weekend away.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Virginia Hunt Country
Judge Recommends Mercy Parole for Hinckley Woman
Framingham Mass AP says Ruth Paige Perkins who escaped from Framingham women's reformatory 12 years ago and lived in Hinckley Minnesota may be eligible for parole after a Massachusetts judge recommended mercy. Parole board hearing slated next month. Her husband and son remain waiting.
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Framingham
Mass
Minnesota
Framingham Women's Reformatory
Ruth Paige Perkins
Hinckley
Minn
Parole Board
Perkins
Massachusetts
Cornelius J. Twoomey
Gopher Hunters Burned in Gas Blast
Two boys James Ginn and Bruce Kvam ages 14 and 13 were burned when a coal gas explosion erupted after they lit a match in a 24 inch storm sewer outlet on E Oakland near East Side Lake. The blast traced to a punctured pipe 30 feet below the surface from highway work. They were treated at St Olaf Hospital and released.
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E. Oakland
East Side Lake
James Ginn
Bruce Kvam
Kvam
14Th St. SE
St. Olaf Hospital
Union Boss Predicts New Walkout in Fall
UNITY HOUSE Pa AP The leader of one union says a Taft Hartley injunction to end the present maritime strike could trigger a larger shipping walkout next fall. Joseph Curran NMU president spoke with AFL CIO executive council members during their summer session here. Kennedy invoked emergency provisions to begin 80 day injunction proceedings to halt the tie up.
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Unity House, Pa
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Dies of Injuries in Minnesota Tractor Fall
Lawrence Pularski, 41, of Holdingford, Minnesota, a farmer, died in a Little Falls hospital Sunday from injuries after falling from a tractor last Wednesday.
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Little Falls
Minn
Lawrence Pularski
Holdingford
Patricia Bruke Crowned Queen at Willmar Knife Fest
Patricia Bruke daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Deniger won the Willmar Knife Fest queen title after two days of parades band music and coffee drinking in Willmar Minnesota.
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Willmar, Minn
Patricia Bruke
al Deniger
Willmar Knffe
Court Upholds State Desegregation Plans in Education ruling
U S District Court in Wilmington upholds the State Board of Education plan for a short range desegregation this fall and a long range goal of full desegregation by 1970. Judge Caleb M Wright says transfers and transportation must be nondiscriminatory and overseen by the General Assembly. Louis L Redding had opposed the plans for Negro students seeking admission to desegregated schools.
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Wilmington
Del
U.S
State Board of Education
Caleb M. Wright
State Board
General Assembly
Louis L. Redding
Wright
Drought Aid Sought for Three Minnesota Counties
Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner asks three more counties Todd Morrison and Pine be declared drought disaster areas as rain-starved fields drive livestock sales. Lt Governor Rolvaag warns of fire risk in dry woodlands urging caution to tourists campers and northern residents.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Agriculture Commissioner
Duane Wilson
Todd
Morrison
Pine
Karl Rolvaag
Two Key Questions Shape West Berlin Crisis
James Marlow outlines the Berlin dilemma with two core questions: whether the West will concede to Khrushchev to avoid a free city in East Germany and, if not, how to respond if Moscow tightens the blockade or cuts supplies to West Berlin’s 2.5 million residents. He notes current Western ties to West Berlin and the Kennedy administration’s likely firm stance, while public mood may influence eventual action.
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Associated Press News
Washington
West Berlin
West
United States
Khrushchev
East Germany
Berlin
Ten Castro prisoners await bid on freedom
Ten anti-Castro prisoners in Key West await developments that could free 1,181 fellow inmates in Cuba. Prisoner delegates Ulises Carbo and others discuss possible new proposals as talks with the United States tractors committee show signs of a renewed approach after Castro rejected a 500-tractor offer.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
John Hooker Jr
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Miami
Havana
Hooker
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
Washington
Four servicemen die in Greenland glacier avalanche near air base
Stewart Air Force Base reports an avalanche near Sondrestrom Air Base on Greenland's west coast killed four sightseeing servicemen and injured nine others. A 200 foot glacier chunk exploded while a party of 35 photographed, sending fleeing climbers into flying ice and a tidal surge in Watson River. Three of the victims were Air Force members and one was Navy. names were withheld.
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Stewart Air Force Base
N.Y
Greenland
Air Force
Dale Smith
64Th Air Division
Air Defense Command
Sondrestrom Air Base
Arctic Circle
Russell Glacier
Body found in Sauk River near St. Cloud hospital
The body of Alfred E. Johnson, 73, of Duluth, a patient at the Veterans Hospital in St. Cloud, was recovered from the Sauk River by two other patients late Sunday. The river runs beside the hospital.
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ST. Cloud
Taft Hartley Invoked In Maritime Strike By Kennedy
President Kennedy invoked Taft Hartley to halt a maritime union strike and set up a three member Emergency Board led by David L. Cole to report on the dispute. The order sets a Friday deadline for findings and may lead to an 80 day cooling off injunction if unresolved. The action cites interruptions to food, oil, and military cargo, with calls for renewed bargaining and use of mediation services.
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Kennedy
David L. Cole
Cole
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Samuel J. Roseman
New York
James J. Healy
Harvard Business School
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Hawaii
Board of Inquiry
Emergency Board of Inquiry
Farm Unit Going All Out for Promotion
The Agriculture Department launches a Madison Avenue style public relations pamphlet to promote farmers. With Secretary Freeman promising better recognition, the 16 page pamphlet "FPDO S A Bargain" argues consumer awareness overlooks efficient farm production and low wages while food costs rise mainly from marketing.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Madison Avenue
Spring Valley Baby Dies in Crib Collapse Case
A nine months old girl, Robin Musel, suffocated when her crib collapsed and her head wedged between the mattress and spring. Robin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Musel of four miles north of Spring Valley, was found dead about 30 minutes after the mother checked at 5 p.m. Coroner J P Nehring ruled the death accidental.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Robin Musel
Roger Musel
J. P. Nehring
Fillmore County
AMA Asks Members to Fight Aid to Aged
New York AP reports AMA president elect Dr Leonard W Larson urges physicians to condemn unethical conduct or incompetence among colleagues, calling on doctors to punish guilty peers to uphold medical ethics.
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AMA
New York
Leonard W.larson
The
American Medical Association
Divorce Suit Filed Against Boone Solon
A divorce suit filed in Boone County District Court on June 8 by Mrs. Dolores L. Coad against Merwin Coad was dismissed at her request. Coad, U S representative from Iowa 6th District, disclosed a Alabama divorce and remarriage to former Mrs. Carol Peters. The Iowa action was dismissed without prejudice. He urged AMA members to oppose Social Security funded old age medical care.
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Boone
Iowa
Boone Count District
Dolores L. Coad
Merwin Coad
U.S
Coad
Washington
Alabama
Carol Peters
Dolores Coad
AMA
Congress
Two Men Escape Injury in Twin-Engine Plane Crash
Two men escaped serious injury when their twin-engine plane crashed in an open field four miles south of South St. Paul Minnesota. George Weber 39 of White Bear Lake and Gordon Shumaker 46 of Minneapolis were treated for cuts after the aircraft circled twice and burst into flames.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
Here
George Weber
White Bear Lake
Gordon Shumaker
Minneapolis
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