Red Carpet Welcomes Afro diplomat to Hagerstown
In Hagerstown Maryland Dr William Fitzjohn former charge d affaires for Sierra Leone arrives to a ceremonial reception after a March 9 restaurant refusal. Mayor Winslow Burhans extends apology and pledges end to discrimination guiding local eateries to serve Negro patrons while 200 residents attend a mixed dinner at the citys leading hotel.
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Maryland
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Republic of
Sierra Leone
Fitzjohn
Howard Johnson
Winslow Burhans
United States
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London
U.S. State Department
Kennedy
Atlantic Coast
Burhans
Stevenson Returns Gloomy On Latin America Tour
AP analysis notes Adlai Stevenson’s 1999 and 1960 Latin America remarks frame a continent riven by poverty and unrest. He warns of revolution and slow reform, while Kennedy’s program aims to blend free enterprise with social aid.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
T Own
Land For the Landless
Latin America
Homes For the
Educa
Kennedy
Stevenson
Puerto Rico
United Nations
Cuba
Congress
Mit
Slayer Faces Test For Cancer At Ohio Penitentiary
Dr Sam Sheppard, convicted wife slayer, will be returned to Ohio Penitentiary for medical tests to check if a chest lump is cancer related. Prison officials doubt cancer link. biopsy likely. Sheppard, a Marion inmate since January, was previously involved in a cancer experiment.
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Columbus, Ohio
Sam Sheppard
Ohio
Marion
Maury C. Roblents
Ohio Division of Correction
Sheppard
Koblentz
Marion Institution
Ohio Penitentiary
Marilyn Sheppard
Bay Village
Cleveland
West Berlin Fight Favored Says UN Leader
Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand urged the United States Britain and France to defend West Berlin if needed. Speaking to Lions International delegates in Atlantic City he warned appeasement would invite further demands and questioned Congress readiness to back warlike measures to save the city if Khrushchev acts through Eastern Germany in 1962.
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Atlantic City
Leslie K. Munro
New Zealand
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Munro
Assembly
Gary
Berlin
Lions International
Khrushchev
Germany
Congress
House GOP Proposes New Pennsylvania Reapportionment
Four House Republicans unveiled a plan to shrink Pennsylvania districts from 39 to about 2 by merging Philadelphia seats and combining Dent Morgan and Flood districts. The proposal targets Walter and Monroe in the northeast and would create districts of roughly 800,000 people.
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Harrisburg
U.S
William J. Greener
Philadelphia
Green
John H. Dent
Jeannette
Thomas E. Morgan
Fredericktown
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Francis HB. Walter
Easton
Daniel J. Flood
Wilkes-Barre
Walter
Monroe
William W. Scranton
Dalton
Lackawanna County
Free wedding offered with gas at Miami station
A Miami service station offers a free marriage ceremony with a purchase of five gallons of gas. About $1.50 buys the gas and a license, with notary Wallace L. Smith, 37, declaring the ceremony legal.
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Miami, Fla
Miami
Wallace L. Smith
Kennedy Gets Excise Tax Bill
Washington AP Kennedy urges extension of current excise taxes on liquor wine beer cigarettes autos and other items while supporting a 32 percent corporate income tax and delaying reductions that would cost 3.7 billion in annual revenue starting June 30 and affecting transportation local telephone service and auto parts.
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Washington
Kennedy
Kennedy Wins Most Housing Demands as House Approves Bill
Washington AP Kennedy secures most housing and urban improvement goals as the House passes a multi bill with all but one of his major recommendations. Senate action mirrors the plan and conferees will resolve differences next week.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Aarnicination
Triunin Ag
Collision Kills Man In Warren County Crossing
Daniel W. Mourer, 75, of Pittsfield, was killed when his car was struck by a railroad freight train at a grade crossing in Youngsville town Thursday. Mourer was alone in the vehicle.
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CTS
Huge Nugget Found and Bills Passed in Washington
A report from Washington notes a substantial federal spending package advancing missiles, housing, urban renewal, and community facility loans amid political maneuvering. Also covered are a Siberian gold find, a delayed death penalty vote, and lobbying reform debates in the House and state legislature.
Paradise Island opens at Jones Beach revival
In Jones Beach New York the Lombardo show Paradise Island opens its tenth season with a Hawaiian fantasy of hula dancers and a volcanic finale. Elaine Malbin and Jack Washburn star with Arthur Treacher and William Gaxton in a lavish production featuring outriggers, a calamarin yacht, a waterfall and a cast of dancers.
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N.Y
Paradise Island
Guy Lombardo
Long Island
Jones Beach Marine Theater
jGay
Hontsolulu
Iolant Palace
Elaine Matbin
Jack Washburn
Miss Malbin
Arthur Treacher
William Gaxton
Udise
Norman Atkins
Ters
June Taylor
The
Lancers
Royal Canadians
Senate
Governor's Palace
Hawaii
Alpern backs plan to regulate fund raising groups
Harrisburg AP report notes Attorney General Anne X. Alpern backs a four point plan to regulate fundraising groups. The proposal was submitted Thursday and aims to tighten oversight of political fund activities.
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Harrisburg
Anne X. Alpern
Reds May Reopen Spy Case At United Nations
United Nations reports say the spy controversy may resurface at the General Assembly this fall as Miroslav Nacvalac, a 19 year old Czechoslovak diplomat tied to espionage claims, leaves for Paris and Prague after the U S strips him of immunity. The State Department demanded his departure over improper activities. The Czech mission had publicized the case, while U S agents accused of involvement described a luncheon anecdote amid bass fishing and mushrooms.
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N.y.ap
U.N. General Assembly
Miroslav Nacvalac
United States
America
Paris
Prague
U.S
U.N
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U.S. State Department
Nacvalae
Mr. Mack
Jack
New York
Laos Leaders Fail To Name Premier As Geneva Recessed
In Geneva the East West conference on Laos drifted as three princes who head the warring factions delayed naming a coalition government. Prince Souvanna Phouma was favored to become premier, but no timetable existed. The king was asked to form a cabinet amid continued uncertainty. Delegates from 13 nations awaited a Laos representation plan. The Geneva talks recessed until Monday.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Laos
Ising Savang Vathana
Souvanna Phouma
Zurich
Pathet Lao
Eichmann Blames Superiors for Mass Slaughter
Adolf Eichmann testified in Jerusalem that his superiors in the Nazi Reich directed the extermination of six million Jews and asserted his innocence. He named Gen. Heinrich Mueller, Wilhelm Himmler, and the Interior Ministry as orchestrators, claiming his Department IV-B- had no role in the crimes. He argued power struggles among Hitler’s lieutenants shaped events and said Goebbels ordered the Star of David for Jews, enabling police roundups.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Heinrich Mueller
Department IV
Security Police
Einsatz
Wilhelm Erick Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Eichmann
Robert Servalius
Gestapo Department II
Hitler
Himmler
Interior Ministry
Servatius
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
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