Polish Reds Lining Up With Mr. Khrushchev
Polish leaders Wladyslaw Gomulka and Josef Cyrankiewicz arrived in Moscow to back Khrushchev in the Sino Soviet split. They urged unity in the socialist movement and favored direct talks between communist parties as equals, signaling a shift from Suslov’s multilateral approach.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Gomulka
Red China
Kremlin
World Communist Movement
Stalin
Red Bloc
Rhodesia Premier Field resigns. Smith named successor
Salisbury dispatch reports Winston Field resigns as premier of Southern Rhodesia. Sir Humphrey Gibbs names Ian Smith, Treasury Minister, to take over. Field and Smith are Rhodesian Front conservatives defending white minority rule. Field had led since 1962 but was deemed too moderate, prompting calls for tougher policies and possible independence from Britain.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Winston Field
Humphrey Gibbs
Treasury
Ian Smith
Smith
Field
Rhodesian Front Party
Britain
Miss Mullins Victim Tending Grass Fire
Margaret Mullins 78 a former Pittsfield teacher died from burns and smoke inhalation while tending a grass fire at her West Center Road home in West Stockbridge. Fire chief Mr Cooper notified. Dr Arthur L Cassel certified the cause. Funeral plans set with viewing hours at Kelly Funeral Home before Wednesday service and Mass at St Patrick's Church.
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West Stockbridge
Margaret Mullins
Pittsfield
West Center Road
Cooper
Arthur L. Cassel
Great Barrington
Edward Jurczyk
Lee Barracks
Miss Mullins
Crane Junior High
Kelly Funeral Home
Lee
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Boston Common Loam Disappearance Probed
State Rep Perlie Dyar Chase of Boston launches inquiry into the alleged loss of $50,000 worth of loam from the Boston Common after the Boston Undercommon garage construction. He cites the vanished loam and police failure to seize those responsible as key issues.
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Boston
UPI
Perlie Dyar Chase
R + Boston
Boston Common
Chase
City Population Declines After Five-Year Rise
The 1964 city population is 58,361, down 200 from 1963, marking the first decline in five years. Officials report an exodus with more year-olds remaining or increasing in number, while adult women show a drop and school-age population falls by 114.
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Board of Registrars of Voters
Florence W. Mullaney
U N Interposes At Kyrenia Pass Conflict Rages
The United Nations rushed British paratroopers and Canadian patrols to Kyrenia Pass amid Greek and Turkish Cypriot shootings. Ceasefire efforts began as villagers fled and the UN examined casualties and the broader fight over Cyprus constitutional changes and partition demands.
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Kyrenia Pass
Cyprus
United Nations “Peace Force
U.N
Nicosian - Kyrenia
Katedhikame
Panodhikome
Panodhikomo
Kyrenia
Bellapais
Temblos
Ralph J. Bunch
Gaza
Cypri
Greece
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Rise Into Weekend
The forecast projects temperatures averaging about five degrees above normal through Saturday. Cooler conditions expected Wednesday and Thursday, with rising readings Friday and Saturday. Rain is possible again on Wednesday.
Mbas Party Slips in Gabon Vote
In Libreville Gabon mounting returns in the election for 47 Parliament seats narrowed the lead of supporters of pro French President Leon Mba The results influence France economic interests including uranium resources in Gabon and the vote's outcome remains uncertain.
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Libreville
Gabon
Leon Mba
France
Rusk Signals Possible Viet Nam War Extension Talks
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a closed SEATO session that the United States does not completely rule out extending the war in South Vietnam into North Vietnam if needed. He emphasized support for South Vietnam while cautioning against widening the conflict, citing North Vietnamese and Red Chinese backing of the Viet Cong and Laos’ neutrality as major regional troubles. Thailand and the Philippines urged hard talks on the alliance’s ability to stem Communist aggression.
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Manila
U.S
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United States
South Viet Nam
Rusk
Viet Nam
Mutual Defense Organization
Southeast Asia
Laos
Seato
Red China
Thailand
Philippines
Grissom Young To Lead Two Man Gemini Flight
Maj Virgil I Grissom and Lt Cmdr John W Young were named as pilots for the first two man American space mission a three orbit Gemini flight planned for later this year The backup crew will Cmdr Walter M Schirra Jr and Capt Thomas P Stafford The Gemini program bridges Mercury and Apollo testing long duration spaceflight rendezvous and docking capabilities with a two man craft.
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Houst
Tex
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Walter Mr. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Wogram
Manned Spacecraft Center
Schirra
Grissom
Cape Kennedy
Young
Stafford
John Glenn
Glenn
Maj
Gordon Cooper
Earth
Mercury
Thirteenth Strangler Case Ties Woman 63 to Series
Norwood Massachusetts police report a 63-year-old woman, Goldie Fine, found strangled with a nylon stocking in her home, adding to eastern Massachusetts cases since 1962. The investigation involves the state attorney general’s strangle squad led by Edward W. Brooke, with focused scrutiny on nylon stockings used in prior victims. Fine’s husband James Fine runs a Canton dry cleaning business. his employee James Rhodesback aided in the inquiry.
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Norwood
Mass
Massachusetts
Goldie Fine
Human Fine
Canton
Joseph A. King
James M. Murphy
Belgium mobilizes striking doctors to near normal hospitals
Brussels officials said the mobilization order restored hospital staffing to near perfect and more doctors resumed patient visits. Interior Minister Gilson cited 2,172 of 3,600 reserve doctors obeying and noted others returning from abroad as talks followed a dispute over a health law reform.
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Brussels
UPI
Arthur Gilson
Gilson
Belgium
Theo Lefevre
Baudouin
Beckwith Sought Evers, Witness Says
A former Jackson cab driver testified Byron De La Beckwith was in Jackson four days before Medgar Evers was shot, asking for the hame of Evers. Lee Swilley said Beckwith approached him and Herbert Speight outside a bus station and was identified in a police lineup.
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Jackson
Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar
Evers
Beckwith
Turnpike To Have Lee Area Serving Big Tandem Trucks
Plans for a tandem trailer parking area near the Lee exit to serve double bottom trucks were publicized, with Lee officials and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority weighing the project. The facility would enable next day delivery from Berkshire County manufacturers to Western New York, altering regional trucking and export routes.
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Turnpike
Lee Area
LEE
Lee-Pittsfield
Massachusetts Turnpike
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Old Colony Transportation Co
New Bedford
Old Colony
George Vigeant
Oak N’ Spruce
Springfield
Weston
Boston
New York
Vigeant
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