Powers pleads guilty in U2 spy flight case
Francis Gary Powers admits flying over Soviet territory during a covert mission. The court reads a 4000 word indictment detailing U2 program links to US agencies and confirms top officials approved hostile activity. Powers testifies the altitude and route, describes the downing and his lack of knowledge about secret gear. His wife and mother attend as the courtroom audience fills with reporters and foreign correspondents.
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Conta
Powers
Francis Gary
United States
Pound
Virginia
T& A
Nidiekmeny
Russia
Special American Intelligence Department
Turkey
Asten Ten
Eisenhower
Nixon
Herter
Soviet Union
They
JSA
Rodan Rud Mko
Shelton
Ruden
Power
Theard
Jiinki
Tve
Martial Law Declared in Congo After Raid
Leopoldville reports martial law for eight months with military and civilian cordons to quell disturbances. Patrice Lumumba and President Kasavubu signed the decree following a raid on the European quarter. Eleven UN officials were arrested and later detained as tensions rise with the Security Council and Dag Hammarskjold en route to New York.
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Peoples Ibonals
Ferms
Patrice Limoma
Prsident
Jononh Kase Wabu
Lumumba
Earch
Leo
Poldvills
Balgian
Apies
United Nations
Britons Warned Welfare State Threatens National Character
London reports that Bigson Jarvie of United Dominions Trust warned the welfare state risks turning Britain into a second rate nation. He cited indiscipline and moral decline, arguing security promises sap self reliance and push people toward easy living.
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London
Britain
Bigson Jarvie
United Dominions Trust
Pensioners protest at gallery disrupts Australian parliament
In a Rockhampton Queensland scene an elderly pensioner Mrs J Price protests from the public gallery as Mr F Powell tears in and shouts at a pension increase debate. Police remove him while lawmakers and officials hear Mrs Price insist the five shillings weekly rise is insult and demand fair treatment.
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J. ©.Arice
Rockhampton
Queensland
Ai Hotel
Penisioners’ Association
F. Powell
McLeay
Rovers
Powell
Price
Kings Hall
C. Haylen
Lab
Opporson
Calwell
A. Browning
Sprake
Ios
G. Pearce
Qld
Peice
Rug Clue To Kidnapped Boy's Killer
A body found near Grandview Grove Seaforth was identified as Graeme Thorne missing since July 7. Post mortem suggests strangulation and blunt force trauma with a rug clue noted as a potential key to locating the killer and the shop where the rug was bought. Police investigated ransom letters reportedly sent to Brisbane.
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Wevoy
Grandview ‘Grove
Seaforth
R. J. Walden
Thagel
Walden
Sftaln
Austra'ssia
Missing gold worth thousands in Tennant Creek dumps
Commonwealth authorities reveal £13,246 missing from gold content in a dump at Tennant Creek. Police and audit investigations follow disclosures in a parliamentary annual report noting 40 000 tons of tailings confined in three dumps and £67,000 paid to miners against gold content.
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Nether Territory
Tennant Creek
Commonwealth Ainecor
Newman
Commonwealth Batterie
Cennant Creek
Northern Territo Administration
Audit Office
Man Charged On Kidnap Ransom Count
Newcastle police charged a 43 year old photographer with attempting to obtain 25000 pounds by pretence from Basil Thorne father of kidnapped Gracie. He claimed to know the whereabouts of Thorne’s son in Sydney on August 4 and posed as Dr Ziguencran. The man will appear in Newcastle Court on March 7.
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Oolicg
Scots College
Thorne
Ewcastle
Newcastle
Tle
Basil “Thorne
Gracie
Sydney
Hln Seit
Ziguencran
Thor
Thorns
US disarmament offers draw cool Soviet response
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsny reacted coolly to two new US disarmament proposals in New York. The plan called for ending production of assignable materials for weapon use though the Soviet delegate did not reject the ideas and pushed to restart negotiations stalled since the Geneva talks broke down on June 27.
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New York
Wedmeday
Vasily Kuznetsny
Disarmament Commission
Goneva
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Yan UL
Toveth
Soyler
Mowow
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Congo
Leopoldville
State Department
Irel
Mey
CL. Price
Pavliawast
Pensioners
Graeme Thorne
Graeme
Bischof
Dutton Park
Coorparaa
Thorny
Brisbane
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