Senate Group Plans Hearing On Estes Case
The Senate Investigations subcommittee meets to order public hearings on the Billie Sol Estes case as staff widen the probe into alleged influence deals. Chairman McClellan and Sen. Mundt seek authority for pre hearing closed sessions to guard against unwarranted testimony and partisan bickering.
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Senate Group
Estes
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
John L. McClellan
Dark
McClellan
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Mundt
Carpenter Ready for Mercury Flight Dress Rehearsal
Cape Canaveral reports Malcolm Carpenter in excellent condition for the Saturday launch aboard Aurora 7 with backup Cmdr Walter Schirra Jr. Weather risks include high seas and an Atlantic emergency landing zone east of Bermuda.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Project Mercury
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Atlas
William Douglas
Carpenter
Cmdr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter Sr
Palmer Lake
Colo
All 17 Aboard U S Plane Die In Kenya Crash
A U S transport C130 crashed in Kenya during a Project Mercury mission, killing all 17 aboard. The wreckage lay on a mountain near Nairobi, with two Nairobi helicopters at the scene. The Air Force said the plane burned on impact and that normally a C130 carries four crew, implying passengers. Names were not released.
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Washington
Kenya
Air Force
Nairobi
Hilton Tends Bar Waldorf Astoria Strike Grows
The Waldorf Astoria’s wildcat walkout expands from a tip dispute to a full hotel strike involving about 700 of 1,800 workers. Conrad Hilton, Frank Constantine, and John Counts join shifts as operations collapse. 50 chefs gone, seven of eight bars closed, and guests cope while an impartial arbitrator considers the dispute.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Conrad Hilton
Hilton Hotel Chain
Frank Constantine
John Counts
Hilton
Edwin L. Mechem
New Mexico
Constantine
Counts
Waldorf
Waldorf Towers
Herbert Hoover
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Grand Ballroom
Youths Arrive for 14th Tri State Music Festival
Scores of young choristers and instrumentalists from seventeen schools in New York Massachusetts and Vermont arrive for rehearsals for the 14th annual Tri State Music Festival. Guest conductors lead sessions Friday morning through Saturday morning with concerts Friday evening and Saturday afternoon plus a parade and a final band and choral concert conducted by Dr. Clement Schuler.
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New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
Bennington Lions Club
Walter C. Wood
New York State
Cambridge
Berlin
Hartford
Hoosick Falls
Mohonasen Central School
Schenectady
Williams High School
Stockbridge
Adams
Wilmington
Whitingham High
St. Michael’s of
Clement Schuler
Music Department
Amherst College
Marines Land in Thailand to Guard Against Communist Threat
A task force of 1800 US Marines landed in Bangkok to deter communist aggression as SEATO nations prepare a united stance. 1400 Marines arrived at Klong Toey, 400 flown to Don Muang. plans include patrolling the Mekong arc with Army and Air Force support totaling about 5000 US personnel in Thailand.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Laos
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
Dawee Chullasapa
Klong Toey
Manding
Point Defiance
Valley Forge
Hel
Don Muang
Mekong
Fred A. Steele
Ventura
Calif
SEATO
Hawaii
Okinawa
U.S. Army
Marine
Kennedy
Macmillan
Jessleton
North Borneo
Garfield Barwick
Keith J. Holyoake
Wellington
France
Philippines
Seato Alliance
Freedom Bus North Expands Moves to New York and Hyannis Port
Seventeen more Negro Freedom Bus North riders depart New Orleans heading to New York and Philadelphia. Citizens Council of Greater New Orleans finances the trips to relocate families. One rider plans to seek work in Philadelphia while others aim for New York as part of a segregationist bid to crowds.
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New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Hyannis Port
Mass
Presiden Kennedy
George Singlemann
Citizens Council of Greater
Raymond Baptiste
Monsoon to Help Defend Mekong Border in Thailand
Washington reports heavy rains will swell the Mekong River along Thailand’s 1000 mile Laos boundary aiding U S and Thai forces. The downpours could hamper American air and tank operations as Marines and infantry guard a 500 mile arc along the river amid Pathet Lao activity and undefined border lines.
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James L. Richardson
U.S. Army
Pacific
Saigon
Viet Nam
Bangkok
Thailand
Paul D. Harkins
U.S
Udon
Vientiane
Washington
Mekong
Laos
Pathet Lao
Salinger Reports Amiable Clash Over Press Freedom in USSR
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger concluded a Moscow swing with Khrushchev, saying they disagreed amiably on American press freedom but found the talks highly useful. He noted two long conversations with Khrushchev and toured Moscow TV facilities.
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Moscow
White House
Pierre Salinger
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Salinger
Kennedy
Llwellyn Thompson
Kiev
Foreign Ministry
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Marines' Daily Need 50 Tons of Supplies
In Thailand a 5000 member U S military task force will use about 50 tons of supplies daily even without combat. If fighting breaks out with Communist forces across the border in Laos the demand could double. An Army spokesman said U S Army troops and Marines in Thailand will draw from Pacific Army stocks.
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Washington
U.S
Thailand
Laos
Pacific
Bennington Group Hears School Proposal Details
More than 100 residents in the Greater Bennington Schools district heard a union school district proposal at Molly Stark School. Robert M. Wilson presented with Planning Board chair Dr. Arthur S. Faris presiding as four districts prepare for May 28 voting and future panel discussions.
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Greater Bennington Schools, Inc
Union
Molly Stark
Bennington-Southwest School Planning Board
Robert M. Wilson
Arthur S. Faris
Planning Board
Wilson
Greater Bennington
St. Peter’s Church
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Amy Hardy
Alden Graves
Maria Marcoux
Tom Harrington
Gary Gore
Doris Bushey
Gary
Abel Merryweather
Earl J. Dias
Charlotte Greer
Danice Vince
Diane Hanson
Ladie Ann Graves
David Leake
Paul Adams
Karen Bowmaker
Linda Bushee
George E. Kagey
Red Brick School
Hagerman
Glenn
Rene
Cocoa Becah
Langley Air Force Base
Cape Area
Waldorf Astoria
See
Richardson
Bankok
Mary Downey
William
Hong Kong
John
Peiping
Red China
Manchuria
Bennington
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