U.N. in Turmoil as Shell Threat Looms and Spaak Defends Congo Rescue
United Nations faced a hectic session as Belgian Foreign Minister Spaak defended Brussels' rescue of more than 2,000 white hostages in the Congo amid African protests. A mortar threat from anti-Castro Cuban exiles near U.N. headquarters was defused, with police and ordnance experts later examining an 18-inch shell. Ernesto Guevara spoke as Cambodian Foreign Minister Huot Sambath urged U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and a new Geneva conference.
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United Nations, N. Y
UPI
Paul-Henri Spaak
Congo
Christophe Gbenge
Spaak
U. N
U.N
East River
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Fidel Castro
Fort Tilden
Queens
Gueevara
Huot Sambath
General Assembly
Southeast Asia
U. S
Viet Nam
Guevara
Puerto Rico
Panama
U.S
Adlai E. Steven
Africa
Europe
Britain
Ascension Island
Stanleyville
Gbenye
Cuba
Cyprus
Latin America
Russia
Moscow
Castro
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Kenya Becomes A Republic Milestones mark Kenya's new republic status
Kenya was proclaimed a republic at midnight with Jomo Kenyatta sworn in as first president and Oginga Odinga as vice president. Cabinet size rose from 17 to 19 as the nation joins the British Commonwealth amid military parades and religious observances.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Republic of Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenyatta
Oginga Odinga
Malcolm MacDonald
Queen Elizabeth
J.D. Ollende
Calais man killed in Route 2 head on collision
James B. Martin 21 of Calais Vermont died in a Friday head on wreck between a pickup and a tank truck on U S Route 2 in East Montpelier. Passenger Dean Perry 37 Plainfield suffered multiple fractures and was taken to Barre City Hospital in fair condition. Tank truck operator David Johnson 51 Lyndon Center was admitted to Heaton Hospital Montpelier for head cuts.
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East Montpelier
Upi
James B. Martin
Calais
Martin
Dean Perry
Plainfield
Barre City Hospital
David Johnson
Lyndon Center
Heaton Hospital
Montpelier
Romney Meets Ike Sees Burch Tending Toward Ouster
Michigan Governor George Romney held secret talks with President Eisenhower and GOP Chairman Dean Burch in Washington. Romney signaled growing support for replacing Burch, while declining to name a preferred successor. News: House Republicans may push Hallick replacement as "young Turks" gain influence. Ford and Romney discussed leadership as Romney noted a New York summit and Denver governors’ policy statement as factors in Burch’s potential departure.
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Washington
UPI
Michigan
George Romney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Dean Burch
Burch
Romney
Barry Goldwater
United Press International
Melvin R. Laird
Wis
Charles A. Halleck
Halleck
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Laird
Ford
Capitol
Eisenhower
New York
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Denver
Soviets Approve Record Peacetime Budget Unanimously
The Supreme Soviet approved a record peacetime budget of almost 111 billion dollars with no nays. Premier Kosygin hailed the vote as proof the USSR acts as well as talks peace, citing increased pensions for collective farmers, higher minimum wages, and more consumer goods. Western observers caution that defense cuts may be hidden in other categories.
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Moscow
UPI
Supreme Soviet
Nyet
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
Hoff Seeks Strike Facts in Gilman Paper Dispute
In Montpelier Governor Hoff orders the industrial relations commission to brief him on the Gilman Paper Co strike as 300 workers walk out. Talks stalled after Local 119 members walked out, with union and company trading accusations of inflexible positions. About 250 Local 41 members were guarding sit ins at the plant.
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United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union
Ernest Blodgett
Local 41
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Papermill Workers
Local 119
Stomach Gas Ignites Parson’s Breath In London
In a British Medical Journal letter, surgeon Stephen Power describes a parson whose breath repeatedly ignited the altar candles due to an internal inflammable gas from a duodenal ulcer. After surgery, the clergyman resumed duties with calmer breath.
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London
UPI
British Medical Journal
Stephen Power
Royal Homeopathic Hospital
Power
Reapportionment Rumblings in Montpelier Col For Page Four
Inside Columnist Ronald E. Cohen notes looming reapportionment debates in Montpelier. State planners project a modest population increase for Bennington County by 1990, with details outlined on page five. Wilmington’s conversion from factory to restaurant occupies page six. Area Catholics discuss the Ecumenical Council’s impact on parish life page eight.
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Ronald E. Cohen
Montpelier
Bennington County
Connecticut Leaders Eye 180 Seat House Reapportionment
Republican and Democratic leaders reached a tentative plan to shrink Connecticut’s House from 294 to about 180 members while keeping the Senate at 36. They urged a subcommittee to draft a bill and noted unresolved partisan issues. A separate subcommittee moved toward a constitutional convention with 84 delegates to meet in 1965.
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Hartford
U.S. Funds Expanded South Viet Nam Recruiting Efforts
UPI reports Washington agreed to finance stepped up South Vietnamese military para military and police recruitment amid deteriorating security. Aimed at within borders, the aid could strain budgets and foreign exchange while encouraging public works like housing and hospitals. details on amounts and scope remain undecided.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Laos
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Johnson
Ag Cement
McCloskey
South Vietnamese
Mariner 4 Survives Meteor Shower Ahead of Mars Flyby
Mariner 4, en route to a July 14 Mars rendezvous, rode through a meteor shower two million miles from Earth. JPL scientists said the meteors, likely small, pose no serious threat though a larger hit could adjust navigation. The craft remains on track to capture first close Martian images from 5,400 miles away, sending about 22 photographs and data on radiation, magnetism, and space dust.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPD
America
Mars
Earth
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Mariner
Grand Jury Action Pivotal In Mississippi Rights Case
In Biloxi a U S commissioner dismissed the federal case against James Edward Jordan amid 21 suspects in the slaying of civil rights workers. Justice Department plans to seek reindictment from a federal grand jury. King protested from Oslo as merited suspects face possible further action. The victims were Goodman Schwerner and Chaney. bodies found near Philadelphia, Mississippi. U S acting Atty Gen Katzenbach urged immediate reconvening of the grand jury in the southern district.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
UPI
U. S
Justice Department
Martin Luther King
Oslo
Norway
Johnson
King
James Edward Jordan
Gulfport
Biloxi
Vera Lee Swetman
Esther Carter
Meridian
Miss Carter
FBI
Horace Doyle Barnette
Cullen
Barnette
Andrew Goodman
Mickey Schwer
Ner
James Chaney
Philadelphia
Nicholas Katzenbach
William Cox
Coxon
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Mary Margaret
SSJ
David Hart
Dominique Frassati
Rosemary Latif
Karen Cufari
Sister Mary Margaret
Betty Fonteneau
Lise Beaudoin
Brian Morrissey
Elizabeth Paul
Kathy McCue
Prandini
Ike
Kosygin
Hoff
Gilman
Wilmington
The
Ecumenical Council
Connecticut
Eric LaCroix
County
North Streets
Frederick Gilbar
School Street
Hagerman
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