Algeria Moves Toward Self Rule as OAS Attacks
The French Provisional Executive in Rocher Noir pledges a June or July self determination referendum and directs domestic affairs toward an independent regime. In Algiers the OAS sabotages lines and secret gunmen terrorize cities, killing at least 15 people and wounding 16, most Moslems.
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Algiers
OAS
Algeria
France
Charles de Gaulle
Rocher Noir
Christian Fouchet
Abderrahmane Fares
Secret Army
Two Virginia Road Deaths Raise Toll to 208
Virginia's highway toll reached 208 after two youths died. Eight year old John Samuel Lewis of New Market was struck while walking on U S in New Market. Fifteen year old A Emmt Smith of Winchester died when his car skidded on rain slicked U S 11 and hit a tractor trailer north of Winchester.
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Virginia
John Samuel Lewis
New Market
U.S
A. Emmt Smith
Winchester
U. S. 11
Unconscious Boxer Hovering Between Life and Death
Boxer's condition improved slightly after emergency brain surgery following a knockout by Joe Sheldon in Beckley. Tunney Hunsaker the Fayetteville heavyweight remained extremely critical with a subdural hematoma and paralysis on the right side, doctors said.
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Tunney Hunsaker
Fayetteville
Beckley
Bluefield Sanitarium
E. Lyle Gage
Bluefield
Gage
Hunsaker
Joe Sheldon
Cleveland
Ohio
Seven Shots Kill Wife in Wytheville Case
Police report a Wytheville man shot his wife ten times with a .22 caliber pistol after agreeing to welfare custody for their three children. The attack followed a dispute and occurred as authorities noted his prior consent for child welfare intervention.
Seven American treasure hunters freed from Cuban custody
Swiss Ambassador reports seven U S treasure hunters rescued after shipwreck off Cuba were released from technical custody and housed in Havana. They face no guards and will return to the United States early next week.
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Cuba
U.S
Havana
United States
Emil Stadelhofer
U.S. Coast Guard
Haiti
Four Hospitalized After Hanford Criticality Incident
Four men were hospitalized for observation after a criticality incident at the Hanford atomic works. GE said there was no explosion or fire and that the event involved an overconcentration of fissionable material in a single tank during aqueous waste processing. Nearby facilities were evacuated as a precaution.
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Richland, Wash
General Electric Co
Hanford Atomic Works
G.E
Atomic Energy Commission
Hal Lindberg
Lindberg
Kennedy invokes Taft Hartley to end Hawaii maritime strike
President Kennedy uses Taft Hartley to halt a three week Pacific and Hawaii maritime walkout affecting about 60 ships. A three member board of inquiry will report, with potential 80 day cooling off to follow and possible injunction by the Attorney General. Leaders seek settlement amid food emergency in Hawaii and rising costs.
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Kennedy
Hawai
Washington
Hawaii
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
William F. Quinn
White House
Pacific Maritime Association
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Marine Firemen
Marine Cooks and Stewards
Shippers Association
Board of Inquiry
James J. Healy
Harvard Graduate School of Business
Frank J. Dugan
Georgetown University Law
Laurence E. Seibel
Chevy Chase
Labor Department
Guerrillas Smashed In Viet Nam Attack
Government forces crushed a 1200-strong Viet Cong assault in Tra Bong District An Hoa and surrounding outposts 330 miles northeast of Saigon. The four hour battle left 45 guerrillas dead and 16 government troops dead with 33 wounded. An American adviser hailed the victory noting the Viet Cong’s back could be broken with more wins like this.
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AN Hoa
South Viet Nam
Tra Bong
Saigon
Cherry Blossom Coronation Drenched as Storm Disrupts Pageant
A five minute cloudburst drenched the Cherry Blossom Queen coronation at the Sylvan Theater in Washington. Officials halted the outdoor ceremony with 12,000 spectators and 92,000 nearby watchers. Two queens were later crowned after a delay and a Sunday reenactment was planned. Frances Pastore and Kathleen Knous were chosen as dual queens after a wheel twist at the cherry blossom ball.
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Washington
Kathleen Knous
Colorado
Frances Elizabeth Pastore
Rhode Island
Tidal Basin
Japan
SO States
Guam
Puerto Rico
Panther Area Man Victim of Shooting
Erwin DePriest of the Panther area in McDowell was in critical condition at Welch Emergency Hospital after a 38 caliber pistol shot. State police investigated the shooting near Panther around midnight with no arrests reported.
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Panther Area
Erwin DePriest
Panther
McDowell
Welch
Djilas Lands Back In Yugoslav Jail
Milovan Djilas a former top Yugoslav official is jailed again amid rumors tied to his new book Conversations With Stalin. He faced parole violations and possible six year term while publishers delay his release of the work amid state security amendments.
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Milovan Djilas
Tito
Yugoslavia
Stalin
Djilas
Yugoslav
Communist
Dijilas
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc
New York
Interior Ministry
Marshal Tito
Wytheville Father Kills Wife After Agreeing to Welfare Care
A Wytheville man shot and killed his wife after agreeing to place their three children with welfare workers. Benjamin Burtram Evans Whitt, 26, shot the woman nine times with a .22 pistol, then killed his dog and fired through a window aiming at another man. He was arrested on murder charges as neighbors cared for two of the children. Six bullets struck Mrs. Whitt in the head and body.
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Hunsaker
Phyllis
Oak Hill
J. B. Anderson
Sheldon
Wytheville
Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Burton
Paris
Elizabeth Taylor
Orly Air
Mrs. Burton
Benjamin Burtram Evans Whitt
Mary Margaret Jones Whitt
Whitt
Gleaves Shrader
Shrader
Max Meadows
Fred Buchanan
Earl Jones
Tommy Bianco
Buchanan
Wythe County
Britons Advance Nuclear Warning System Full Rollout
The Home Office announced a faster warning system for nuclear attacks to be fully in place within a year. It will deliver a nationwide alert within 20 seconds of detection, using a special carrier wave that overrides busy phone lines, with equipment in 1,500 Royal Observer Corps posts and other civil defense sites.
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London
Home Office
Royal Observer Corps
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