Evatt Dies Former U.N. Leader and Jurist in Canberra
Dr Herbert Vere Evatt longtime Australian statesman and jurist died in Canberra after a long illness. A Labor figure he served as deputy prime minister foreign minister attorney general and led the Labor opposition 1951 1960. He was the youngest ever Australian high court judge at 36 and later NSW chief justice. He was married to Mary Alice Sheffer of Ottumwa Iowa and had a son and a daughter.
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State Department calls anti French campaign claim nonsense
Washington AP State Department press officer Robert McCloskey dismissed as nonsense on Monday the idea that the U.S. administration is pursuing an anti French campaign or meddling in French domestic affairs. He also rejected the claim that the department arranged a meeting with American editors for such purposes during questions at a news conference.
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Afro-Asian summit ends in Algiers amid Soviet Chinese rift
The second African Asian summit conference collapsed as Soviet China foes dominated talks. Foreign ministers shelved plans for a summit indefinitely after Peking refused to attend and India proposed Soviet Union inclusion. Indian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs C. Tha called the outcome politically consequential.
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Peking Demands Its Line Guides a Delayed Conference
Washington reports that China insists on its own approach as the Afro-Asia conference in Algiers is postponed. UPI notes Beijing says postponement shows China cannot control the meeting and would harm its goals. Red China cites sources from People's Daily arguing that mixed positions among African and Asian nations undermine any anti U.S. resolution and deem inviting Thant a humiliation.
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Cole Porter valuables donated to New York Public Library
The New York Public Library Theatre Collection receives 52 gold and jeweled cigarette cases that belonged to composer Cole Porter. Donated by Porter’s estate per his wishes, the items will be housed at the Lincoln Center Library Museum of the Performing Arts. Porter died in 1964.
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Astronomer Shapley Busy On 80th Birthday
SHARON New Hampshire AP Shapley a famed astronomer marks his 80th birthday with a Cape Kennedy lecture to scientists and a late birthday party planned by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Brookline Massachusetts His work at Harvard Observatory and Mount Wilson reshaped views of the Milky Way and planetary systems and argues life may exist on many planets beyond Earth.
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Big Israeli Vote Expected In Parliamentary Election
More than a million Israelis voted today to choose their sixth parliament. First results were expected early Wednesday as 8 percent of the 1.5 million eligible voters faced 3,059 polling places open until midnight. A last minute effort aimed to skew Ben-Gurion’s image circulated, distributing Look magazine translations alleging anti Moroccan remarks.
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Iraq Crushes Second Coup Crushed in Iraq amid arrests
CAIRO AP reports a second attempted coup in two months failed in Iraq with 36 army officers arrested. Rebels aimed to seize posts in Baghdad last Friday but were overpowered by forces loyal to President Abdel Salem Aref. No serious fighting or casualties reported.
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Bogus Doctor Quits In Berlin Sanitarium Shakeup
Walter Guenther, 14 year head physician at a West Berlin sanitarium, resigns after admitting he never formally studied medicine. He says he will rely on the state prosecutor. Guenther previously served in World War I and later claimed a medical license after losing documents in the war.
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Lawmakers Plot Tax Moves in Massachusetts Budget Fight
In Boston Democrats vow to weaken Volpe's 4th tax plan with amendments while introducing a separate 160 million plan to balance the budget. The plan, tied to education and health funding, faces opposition from Volpe aides. A Kennedy Library site purchase, Medicare measures, and a Viet Nam resolution also appear in a broad legislative agenda.
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Guatemala Candidate Is Said Murdered
Guatemala Revolutionary party claims presidential candidate Marion Mendez Montenegro was murdered by political enemies and calls for a full investigation. He was found at his home with a gunshot wound to the heart, though officials later said he died by his own action.
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Santo Domingo Newspapers To Start Presses
In Santo Domingo the two main dailies El Caribe and Listin Diario plan to resume publication after a six month suspension. Managers reached a deal with workers paying one third of six months’ wages. plants suffered little damage in the fighting. the Inter-American Peace Force has reduced its downtown strength.
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Kennedy Missed Cuban Poll On Castro's Following
Medford UPI report says President Kennedy did not see a Cuban poll showing Fidel Castro's vast popularity before the Bay of Pigs invasion. Lloyd A. Free of the Institute for International Social Research told Tufts audiences the poll was available before 1961 but reached Kennedy after the failed April 17 invasion. Free urged a White House agency to track global psychological factors to guide policy.
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Missile Crisis Tipoff Reported by Magazine
New York AP Newsweek magazine cites Soviet Col Oleg Penkovsky as the late source who told Kennedy three days before the Cuban crisis that Soviet forces were not in a state of war readiness. Penkovsky was executed in May 1963 after his betrayal to the secret police.
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Trolley Crash Death Toll Reaches 74
In Cairo a trolleybus plunged into the Nile on Monday raising the death toll to 74 as police reported 10 more bodies found in river weeds about 25 hours after the crash. The driver reportedly lost control and was recovered today with hands gripping the wheel.
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