Truman Nixes U 2 Idea as Unfair and Uproar Over Khrushchev
President Truman recalls rejecting a State Department proposal in 1949 or 1950 to send U 2 spy planes over the Soviet Union. He says espionage is a dirty business and he did not want to participate, though he mixed on future intelligence use. Khrushchev’s tirade drawn sharp responses as Truman cautions against foreign attacks on the White House and defends restraint. In Groton, Conn., the town council blocks a drive in theater plan to pipe sound to nearby homes via storm sewers, citing safety and propriety concerns.
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Voters pick bulk of presidential delegates today
In a wide primaries day voters in New York California and other states choose delegates to party conventions. The Democratic contest leans to Kennedy while Republicans back Rockefeller with Nixon unopposed in California. South Dakota and Montana also vote affecting soon to be selected delegates.
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Edmund G. Brown
Rockefeller
Jack Barnes
Barnes
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South Fallsburg
N.Y
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Carmine DeSapio
Tammany Hell
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Hubert I. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
James B. Murray
Lee Metcalf
Leroy Anderson
Joplin Jaycees Open Annual Rodeo Week
About 2,500 people attended a downtown barbecue and queen contest as Joplin Jaycees marked Rodeo Week Linda Lee Smith 18 of Carl Junction was chosen queen The main district was roped off for the barbecue a Dixieland band played and Quapaw Indians danced The rodeo runs Wednesday through Saturday.
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Chronic Unemployment Areas to be Listed
The Labor Department released a list of 71 small areas with persistent unemployment, to be updated every two months. Areas must show at least 6 percent current joblessness, including Pittsburg Kansas Flat River Missouri and McAlester Muskogee Oklahoma among those listed.
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Barbara Included in Ike's Foreign Tour
Manila AP says White House press secretary Hagerty announced the presidential party for Eisenhower’s Asian tour, starting in Manila on June 14, will include the President’s daughter in law Barbara.
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