U S rushes to Laos crisis as Kennedy convenes security council
President Kennedy summoned a second security council session in three days to address Laos tensions. Harriman heads to Paris for talks with France and Britain while Admiral Halsey and a Bangkok envoy monitor threats. U S Seventh Fleet may patrol near Laos as Geneva accords face strain.
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U.S. Kennedy
Laos
Washington
A.A.P. Reuter
Kennedy
Security Council
Verell Harriman
Paris
Pathet Lao
National Security Council
Harriman
London
M. Maurice Couve de Murville
Secreta Lord Home
Dean Rusk
Poland
India
China
International Control Commission
U.S
Thailand
Kenneth Young
Bangkok
Soviet Union
Plain of Jars
Kong Lac
Geneva
Stolen cement mixers hit local construction sites
About 20 cement mixers were reported stolen from multiple building sites over the past weeks as workers faced ongoing job losses and reduced activity in the area. The thefts prompted police to urge builders to secure equipment and review site security measures.
Council Debates Sunday Film Showings Across City
The council weighs a request to allow Sunday film screenings amid warnings that it could undermine the Sabbath. Church leaders urge consultation, while theatre owners argue for modernization and parity with other Sunday entertainments already expanding.
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T. H. Hartson
R. P. Greenish
H. A. Barrenger
J. Pead
Jaws
Pead
Freeth
Council
Prietors
Postal unions seek rise as hearings loom
Federal leaders M Waters and J McCrane will fly to Canberra to press for wage increases for Commonwealth Public Service unions totaling 54 percent plus an extra week of leave. About 140,000 workers seek rises while protest telegraphs blamed delays at the Commonwealth Industrial Registrar. Additional applications for 10 percent margins were filed by three NSW unions including Amalgamated Engineering and Vehicle Builders Federation.
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Amalgamated Postal Workers’ Union
M Waters
J. McCrane
Canberra
Commonwealth Publ Service
Commonwealth Arbitration Commission
Commonwealth Industrial Registrar
A. O'Brien
Nsw
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Australasian Society of Fin
Vehicle Build Federation
Canada prepares for swearing in new government
Canada readies to swear in its new government today marking the first change in six years and only the second since 1945. Prime Minister designate John Diefenbaker is set to resign governing duties before Governor-General and cabinet nominees are sworn in.
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Ottawa
A.A.P. Reuter
Canada
Lester Pearson
A i
John Diefenbaker
Louis St. Laurent
Government House
Yester
Mr. Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Pearson
Jordan crisis deepens as king dissolves parliament
In Amman and Jerusalem, clashes over Arab unity intensify after Parliament was dissolved and an eight member cabinet appointed. Curfews imposed in Jordanian towns, demonstrations call for unity with Egypt and Syria pledges federation. Security forces patrol streets amid tense calm.
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Amman
Sherif Hussein Ben Nasser
Hussein
Samir Rifai
Jerusalem
Sherif Ben Nasser Sid
Ammun Radio
Saudi Arabia
Kaival Ton Abdul Aziz
AL Ahsan
Jordan
Ammans
Aral
Jordan River
American Associated Press
Jinan
Arab Unity
Syria
Iraq
Egypt
Ba'ath Party
Arab Nationalist Movement
Forten
Jin
Arab Federation
Tensing To Visit Japan For TV Tour Announcement
The Japan Alpine Club invited Tensing to a ten day April 27 visit to meet Japanese mountaineering leaders. Kyodo reported the climber, then in Australia and New Zealand, would stop in Japan on the way home and not attempt any Japanese peaks.
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Monuay
Japan Alpine Club
Tensing
Norway
Everest
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand
Kyodo
Australia
Japan
Soviet Cosmos-15 Launch Advances Moon Quest
Moscow reports Tass that Cosmos-15, latest unmanned satellite, lifted off today as part of a monthly Cosmos sequence. Observers say the satellites map a path toward mankind’s first lunar voyage, with a Cosmos satellite in orbit since March last year and another nine days earlier.
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Moscow
P.reuter
Soviet Union
Tass
Erratic £8000 Kingston Bus Taken By Youth
Detectives report a youth aged 19 to 20 took a Kingston bus worth £8000, picked up two more passengers, and drove erratically to Civic before returning to the depot about two hours later. The bus, traveling about 30 miles, was damaged likely by a kerb or stone. Police seek witnesses.
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Civic
Barton
Univer
Dets
J. C. Johnson
J W. Scougall
Ander
Transport Section
Department of Interior
Det. Johnson
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