Makarios moves to grow security force in Cyprus
Cyprus President Makarios announced a 5,000 man special police unit to secure the island and disarm arms traffickers. Turkish Cypriots challenged the plan as unconstitutional while UN efforts paused. US and UK officials weighed the risk of a broader conflict as arms influx and intercommunal tensions escalate.
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Thant
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Kuchuk
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Cassius Clay Hints at Retirement After Title Win
Subdued Cassius Clay, the new heavyweight champion, told a Miami Beach press conference he is thinking about retirement from boxing. He said he fights to make a living and may quit when he has enough money, while noting he would again fight Sonny Liston or any opponent the public wants him to meet.
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Will of Grace Metalious Challenged by Family
In Laconia New Hampshire the Metalious family appeals in probate court asserting Grace Metalious death bed will is invalid. Her death Tuesday left her estate, valued around one million dollars, to no child. The children Christopher and Cynthia Metalious and Marsha Dupuis seek a special administrator as they argue she was incapable of legal testamentary action.
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Spcial
Five Day Forecast Says Temps Dip Then Rise
The forecast projects temperatures averaging six degrees below normal 24 through Monday with colder conditions tomorrow then warming Friday and Saturday. Snow expected late Friday into Saturday, then a return to cooler conditions Sunday and Monday.
School Committee Votes Five to Three For New Comprehensive High School
The Pittsfield School Committee reversed its December decision and voted 5-3 to endorse a new comprehensive high school with a strong vocational swing designed for 1,400 students. Mayor Dillon joined the majority and hinted at a March start for a high school building commission. The debate featured friction between Superintendent Reynolds and former chairman Quinn over enrollment and facility plans.
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Frank M. Pupa
Pupo
S. Rocco Scullary
William E. Harris
James R. Clary
John J. Quinn
Harabin
Thomas F Kelly
Plunkett School
Peta
James P.reynolds
J Quinn
Reynolds
New Hampshire Sweepstakes Promises $100,000 First Prizes
Concord N H UPI report says several first prizes of about $100 000 will be awarded in the New Hampshire sweepstakes. Executive director Edward J Powers announces a prize schedule next week ahead of the first race on September 12 with about 100000 dollars for each top prize winner.
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UPI
New Hampshire
Edward J. Powers
Boston Schools See Massive Negro Boycott Over Segregation
Thousands of Boston Negro students and suburban youths joined a large boycott of public schools to protest de facto segregation. Absenteeism rose to 20,571, with some schools at 99 percent, while officials condemned the act as illegal and disruptive to education. No violence was reported.
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St. Mark’s
Freedom School
Lincoln
Sudbury
Dropouts: A Negro Problem in Boston Schools
NAACP education chair Paul Parks told a legislative hearing that Negro students fall by the roadside and become dropouts due to inferior schooling in predominantly Negro facilities. The remarks were delivered during a Boston Education Committee session on five bills addressing racial imbalance in public schools.
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Paul Parks
Education Committee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Bob Baker’s Girl Friday Also Reticent
Washington AP Carole Tyler Bobby Baker s attractive secretary refused today to answer questions about her part in the former Senate judge s get rich quick deals On advice of my attorney I refuse to answer any questions that may be propounded to me by members or employees of this committee other than those which relate to my name and identification as the person named in said subpoena The 24 year old former secretary based her refusal on constitutional grounds TV cameras abounded as she followed Baker by one day on the witness stand before a standing room only crowd and live television cameras in the marble columned Senate caucus room Both she and Baker refused to answer questions on grounds of possible self incrimination and invasion of privacy with big name attorneys by their sides Tyler arrived ten minutes early for the hearing.
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Washington (Ap
Carole Tyler
Bobby Baker
Senate Juide
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Senate
Edward Bennett Williams
Miss Tyler
Myron G. Ehrlich
District of Columbia
San Francisco
Jake Ehrlich
Sixth Juror Is Accepted In Ruby Trial
A 29 year old salesman, married with two children, became the sixth juror in Jack Ruby’s murder trial in Dallas. R J Flechtner said he watched a Oswald shooting rerun on TV. He passed juror tests quickly in 29 minutes and faced limited questioning by both sides.
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R.J. Flechtner
Jie
Uher
Lee Harvey Oswald
Promptness in Signing Tax Cut Bill Moves Forward
Washington AP report on Senate passage of a sweeping 11.5 billion tax cut under President Johnson with swift signing planned. It lowers individual rates about 19 percent on 80 million taxpayers and 9 percent for 550,000 corporations while lifting exemptions for 1.5 million low income earners. Johnson aims to address the nation by TV.
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Congress
Silvio O. Conte
R-Mass
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Treasury
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
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Post Office Dog Repellent Sparks SPCA Warning
The SPCA warned that the Post Office Department repellent spray for dogs could aid burglars if not tightly controlled. A spokesman said it should be used only by adults when necessary and urged alternatives like dog treats to win canine trust.
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Post Office Department
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
SPCA
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