Soldier in Viet Nam Denounces U.S. Actions
Vietnamese radio claimed captured American Spec. 4 George F. Fryett Jr. denounced U.S. maneuvers in South Viet Nam. Fryett, 26, from California, disappeared December 24 near Bien Hoa Province and was listed missing among 6,500 U.S. troops aiding Diem. Embassy officials cautioned the claim lacked confirmation and noted other soldiers similarly claimed to have signed no statements.
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South Viet Nam
George F. Fryett Jr
California
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Fryett
Bien Hoa
Liberation Radio
North
Viet Nam
U.S. Army
George F. Fryett Sr
Long Beach
Calif
Marcella
Schultz Bruce
Los Angeles
Car Production At Steady Clip
Detroit AP reports domestic auto manufacturers expect to build 30,000 or more cars daily through June 1962, with about 630,000 units in the month. Studebaker ends its model year in June and plans full 1963 production by August, while most lines taper after July 4. May was the best sales month since 1955 but experts question a clean 1962 model year finish amid a potential one million-car inventory.
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Detroit
Studebaker
Automotive News
Man Faces Murder Charge in Welch Slaying
Prescott Arizona AP James Abner Bentley 25 Gilbert Ariz faces first degree murder charges in the June 9 1961 slaying of Oklahoma couple Mr and Mrs J D Welch who were shot in their car while on vacation with their four children uninjured Bentley already under death sentence in San Quentin for another killing and arrested in Fort Scott Kansas authorities filed the charge noting he might get out accidentally.
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Prescott
Ariz
James Abner Bentley
Gilbert
Oklahoma
Bentley
San Quentin
Fort Scott
Kan
Arizona
J. D. Welch
George Ireland
Memphis High School Ends Segregation
Memphis records a milestone as two Negro students, a boy and a girl, enroll in a summer school physics class at East High alongside white pupils. Superintendent E C Saimbert confirms they are the first Negro students in a Memphis high school class with whites since desegregation began last fall.
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Memphis, Tenn
East High
Memphis
E. C. Saimbert
Rusk to Receive Oxford Honorary Doctor Degree
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University during a 10 day Western Europe tour. A Rhodes Scholar, he earned a master's from St. John’s College Oxford.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
England
Oxford University
Rusk
Britain
Europe
Oxford
St. John’s College
Kennedy Says Government Will Cooperate With Business
President Kennedy in a Yale speech urges government business cooperation under a new economic framework while urging critics to abandon old myths. Markets fear deficits may fuel inflation. some advisers anticipate eventual surpluses and a stronger dollar, amid wary business reaction.
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Yale
Kennedy
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