Sweden arrests colonel for spying for the Soviet Union
Sweden announces the arrest of Col. Stig Wennerstrom, a long time air force officer and former air attache in Washington, on charges of selling military secrets to the Kremlin over 15 years. NATO and foreign officials face revelations amid crisis over Khrushchev’s planned visit and potential government instability.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Washington
Stig Erik Wennerstrom
United States
France
Kremlin
Vance
Wennerstrom
Liberal Party
Bertil Ohlin
Christine
Senate
Huw Williams
Williams
U S Approves Short Cut Oral Polio Vaccine for Quick Immunity
The U S government approved a three in one Sabin based oral polio vaccine by Lederle Laboratories to provide rapid immunity against all three poliovirus types. The vaccine promises protection after the first and second doses eight weeks apart, with mass tests showing dramatic declines in paralytic polio cases.
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U.S
Washington
Lederle Laboratories
Surgeon General
Lederle
Albert Sabin
University of Cincinnati
Sabin
Herald R. Cox
American Cyanamid Co
Pearl River
N.Y
Miami
Tampa
Fla
Judge Fines Wife Double in Speeding Case
Carthage Missouri city court hears Sandra R. Spradling, 25, plead guilty to speeding. Judge James R. Spradling fines her $12 plus costs for six miles over limit, twice the customary amount.
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Carthage
Sandra R. Spradling
James R. Spradling
Concrete changes at JFK ancestral homestead stirs Irish blame
Irish newspapers blame the United States for concrete topping at the Ryan cottage once visited by President Kennedy in 1947. The site now features a concrete yard a tiled toilet and a porch while animals are removed and the hut becomes storage. Mary Ryan a Kennedy cousin plans a simple Irish welcome tea and soda bread.
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U.S
JFK
Hugh Mulligan
Dunganstown
Ireland
Ryan
John
Patrick Kennedy
United States
Mary Ryan
Kennedy
Thompson bail set at $100000 in first degree murder case
St Paul attorney T Eugene Thompson failed to win a bail reduction from $100,000 at arraignment on a first degree murder indictment in the murder of his heavily insured wife. Judge Albin S. Pearson postponed further action to July 8 as Thompson remains jailed. his lawyers plan to arrange bond with a clause voiding liability for death by natural causes or by the defendant.
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ST. Paul
T. Eugene Thompson
Albin S. Pearson
Thompson
Ramsey County
Hyam Segell
William Fallon
Segell
Pearson
State Bar Association
Solons Sidetracked Safety Plans in 1963 Legislature
State highway commissioner James C. Marshall denounces the 1963 legislature for ignoring and sidetracking traffic safety proposals. He cites proposals to increase patrols eye tests for license renewals annual vehicle inspections and outlaw hitchhiking. Governor Rolvaag remarks on ending warning tickets for minor infractions. Garnett Hall seeks extra funds for saturation checkups despite no budget.
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ST. Paul
James C. Marshall
Marshall
Karl Rolvaag
Garnett Hall
Legislative Advisory Committee
Belgian Plane Crash Kills 39 Paratroopers at Sennelager
A Belgian military aircraft carrying 42 paratroopers and 5 crew exploded after plunging to the ground during a training jump at Sennelager near Detmold. Thirty nine men died, seven parachuted to safety as the tail section burst into flames at about 800 feet. The wreckage burned for two hours.
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Detmold
Germany
Safey
Sennelager
Green Giant to Build Plant Near Milan Italy
Green Giant Co. of LeSueur Minnesota plans a million dollar plant near Milan to be operated by a subsidiary in Italy.
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Green Giant
Italy
Minneapolis
Green Giant Co
LeSueur, Minn
Milan
Kennedy Views East Berlin as Cheers Rally in West
President Kennedy toured the Berlin Wall area at the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie as West Berlin crowds cheered. He paused to speak with a Czech woman and accepted carnations from an elderly couple amid heightened tension and symbolic displays at the wall.
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Berlin
Kennedy
Red Wall
Brandenburg Gate
Hitler
East Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Konrad Adenauer
Kennedy urges Congress to pass civil rights bill
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy tells a House Judiciary subcommittee that the nation must end racial discrimination and support the civil rights program. He defends public accommodations law as essential to the economy and rejects property rights objections as rooted in racism.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
House
Congres
May price stability holds as costs stay level
The May consumer price index remained at 106.2, keeping living costs unchanged for the second straight month. Robert J. Myers of the Bureau of Labor Statistics said prices are about 1 percent higher than a year ago and warned that June may see a rise in food, fruits, sugar, used cars and services especially medical.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert J. Myers
Bureau
Myers
Health Care Plan Launched in Alberta
Edmonton reports Alberta unveils a voluntary medical care insurance program open to all legal residents with support from doctors and insurers. The plan contrasts with Saskatchewan’s earlier compulsory system and is voluntary for both doctors and patients.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Explosion Strikes Minneapolis Police Officer's Home
An early morning blast damaged the Minneapolis home of Patrolman David Clunis who is under suspension after a May 19 incident. Gov. Rolvaag ordered state help, FBI aid requested, and authorities investigated possible dynamite use amid threats to Clunis and related suspensions for Capt. Kenneth Moore.
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Minneapolis
David Clunis
EF. I. Walling
Kenneth Moore
Cluns
Karl F. Rolvaag
State Crime Bureau
Attorney General
Rolvaag
Clunis
Police Department
Walling
Moore
North Side
FBI
East German effort to stage Khrushchev visit show
East Germany seeks a grand reception for Soviet Premier Khrushchev in East Berlin on Friday to rival Kennedy's West Berlin welcome. Neues Deutschland urged decorating streets and factories with red flags while East Berliners anticipate a formal host welcome enriched by Ulbricht’s upcoming 70th birthday.
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Khrushchev
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
West Berlin
West Germany
Iowa Solons Granted 2 Million In Emergency Funds
The Legislative Interim Committee heard it can spend 2 million dollars in emergency funds over the next two years after a bill, once ruled unconstitutional, was signed into law. An 18-year-old Wisconsin youth received 635 days in jail after a two hour chase at 90 miles per hour through Goodhue and Wabasha Counties.
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Des Moines
Legislative Interim Committee
RED Wing, Minn
Wisconsin
Goodhue
Wabasha
Steel executives vow no more strikes at annual convention
In Cleveland 106 top American Iron Ore Association leaders heard labor and management pledge to prevent future steel industry strikes with unified cooperation and shared stability.
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Cleveland
American Iron Ore Association
Plan for Chat Ends in Crash
Two rural Slayton men both in the National Guard planned a chat Tuesday evening. They drove toward each other on a country road and met at a hill crest. Both cars were badly damaged but neither was seriously injured. Miller, 27, had a minor head laceration. Galles, 27, a cut lip.
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Slayton
Minn
National Guard
George Miller
Dale Galles
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