De Gaulle Moves In Algeria Crisis
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle dispatched new political and military chiefs to Algeria to replace two held by a military junta. Louis Joxe and Gen Jean Olie arrived to assume full powers and command, as Debre warned of a tragic outcome from the “adventure.” Conflicting claims over control persisted amid France’s security clampdown.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
Louis Joxe
Jean Olie
Ors
Michel Debre
Joxe
Olie
Jean Morin
Fernand Gambier
Algiers
Debre
France
Elysee Palace
Toulon
Rns
Louis Terrenoire
Tunisia
Saara
Ore
Maurice Challe
Pace Two
Progress Alliance Approved in Brazil and Argentina
Brazil's Janio Quadros and Argentina's Arturo Frondizi pledged to combat Communist influence in the Western Hemisphere and support Kennedy's Alliance for Progress. They agreed to permanent consultation on shared issues and coordinated continental actions, marking a historic close cooperation between South America's two largest nations. The two-day meeting produced four documents including a declaration of principles and accords on friendship, economic and cultural matters.
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Uruguaiana
Brazil
Argentina
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Janio Quadros
Arturo Frondizi
South America
Uruguay River
Quadros
Frondizi
University of Maine student held in Cuba four days
An unidentified former U S Air Force lieutenant, a U Maine student, said he was among more than 2,000 mercenaries captured after being recruited in Florida by the Anti Castro Movement. Intercepted at sea, he and others were imprisoned in a Havana dormitory for four days before release.
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South Carolina Military College
University of Havana
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
Family Asks Damages in Fallout Case
The Preston Mitchell Ranch near the Wyoming South Dakota border suffered mass sheep deaths and human illness after alleged radioactive fallout. The Mitchells seek $994,461 in a U S District Court suit against the federal government, claiming radiation poisoning from Atomic Energy Commission handling on April 17, 1959.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Preston Mitchell
Wyoming-South Dakota
Mitchells
Mitchell
Laura
U.S
Alladin
Atomic Energy Commission
Mitchell Ranch
Grandchildren May Accuse Us Over Debt If Lifespans Grow
A humorous note from Capt. Gen. Fea Corp. warns that longer lives could shift the burden of national debt onto future generations. It jokes that grandchildren will demand repayment as people live longer in coming years.
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Fea Corp
Trucking Parley To Resume On Monday
Negotiations between Maine Teamsters Local 340 and the Maine Carrier Employers association recess for the weekend after two days with little progress. International President James R. Hoffa flew to Detroit and will return Tuesday, with talks set to resume Monday. Gerald Cole, head of the truck owner team, questions the union's demands and Maine’s ability to pay while staying competitive nationally.
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Portland
Maine Teamsters Local 340
Maine Carrier Employers Association
International Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Gerald Cole
Maine
New England
Havana Under Fear as Castro Tightens Grip After Invasion
The Associated Press reports Havana a city filled with fear and suspicion as arrests surge and jails overflow. Fidel Castro directs mop-up actions from the interior while rebels face harsh defeat and executions. Jose Miro Torres and Jose Miro Cardona appear on Havana television, with Cardona urging papal intercession to halt killings. A reported new invasion plan is hinted by rebels and U.S. figures meet at Camp David to discuss Cuba. The U.N. passes a mild resolution urging peaceful steps to ease U.S. Cuba tension.
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Associated Press
Havana
Fidel Castro
Jose Miro Torres
Jose Miro Cardona Miro Torres
Miro Torres
Jose Miro Cardona
New York
John XXIII
Miro Cardona
Vatican
International Red Cross
Miami
Cuba
Swan Island
Attalion
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Camp David
Bem Price
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Biddeford Teachers Withhold 1961 62 Contracts
The Biddeford Teachers Association votes to withhold 1961 and 1962 contracts pending a meeting with the Biddeford School Board. The action, signed by James J. Wilkinson, cites low current contracts and teachers leaving for better offers elsewhere. The district must hire about eight to sixteen new teachers next year due to enrollment and the opening of a new high school.
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Biddeford Teacher Association
Biddeford School Board
James J. Wilkinson
Biddeford
Maine
Wilkinson
Larrabee
Paul Larrabee
The
Journal
Tember
School Union 4
Arundel
Lyman
Tne
Journal Reporter
Clement H. Deschambault
Supt Larrabee S
American Professor Will Testify In Trial
A Columbia University professor will testify in the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem. Dr. Salo Wittmayer Baron, a Jewish history expert in New York, is among two key witnesses about Europe's Jewish destruction. Dr. Benno Cohn will also testify to outline Jewish life before the war and Nazi first steps. The proceedings will explore Eichmanns role and the scope of the Holocaust.
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Jerusalem
Columbia University
Adolf Eichman
Israel
Eichman
Gesta
Salo Wittmayer Baron
Columbia
New York City
Benno Cohn
Benin
Europe
Fichmann
Maine Stein Song sparks protest over altered lyrics
Maine lawmakers alumni and the University of Maine protested Mitch Miller's Maineless version of the Maine Stein Song aired Friday night on television. Rudy Vallee defended the controversy noting even Yale's Whiffenpoof Song is not sung correctly, while Miller claimed national appeal.
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Augusta
Maine
Mitch Miller
Maine Stein
University of Maine
Miller
Rudy Vallee
Trouba
Dour
Stein
Vallee
Yale University
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