China Threatens Action Over Laos Crisis
Jakarta reports that China warned it would send troops if SEATO intervenes in Laos. Chen Yi cited past Korean conflict and urged Laos to settle its civil war without foreign meddling. Sukarno offered potential mediation and backed Formosa claims in exchange for Chinese support on Dutch New Guinea.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
China
Laos
Korea
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Indochina
Peiping
Chen Yi
SEATO
U.S
Yalu River
Chen
Moscow
Sukarno
United Nations
Taos
Congo
Subandrio
Washington
Red China
Formosa
Dutch New Guinea
Kennedy
United States
Allies Prepare Reply to Soviet Laos Note Amid Talks
British Foreign Minister Lord Home arrives to work with Secretary of State Rusk on a draft Western reply to the Soviet note on Laos. Kennedy and Macmillan prepare for talks, with a cease fire and peaceful settlement as central aims amid Laos fighting and regional tensions.
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Washington
Lord Home
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Laos
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
U.S
Macmillan
Britain
United States
Rusk
Charles E. Bohlen
Richard Usher
State Department
White House
Light Snow Nips North Carolina Border Early
A weak disturbance brought a light snow flurry to parts of North Carolina near the Virginia border. Temperatures ranged from the mid 30s to mid 60s with no accumulation and frost in some northern areas.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Raleigh
Greensboro
Asheville
Charlotte
Wilmington
Sandhills
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Beaufort Expansion Vote Rejected by Rural Residents
Beaufort North Carolina expansion plans suffered a defeat as residents east of the town voted about 144 to 64 against joining Beaufort. Mayor W H Potter said the city may pursue annexation or extend limits under a 1959 act. About 475 people lived in the area in question.
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Beaufort
N.C
W. H. Potter
General Assembly
Statue of Kwan Yin Stolen From Philadelphia Jewelry Store
Police report a stone statue of the Chinese deity Kwan Yin vanished from in front of a Philadelphia jewelry store. The statue, goddess of love, was found broken at the ankles with feet left behind. The motive and method remain unclear.
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Philadelphia
Diety
Kwanlyin
GOP Says Osteen Bill Aims at Guilford Rep
In Morganton AP Republicans charged that a bill before the General Assembly to ban single-shot voting targets Rep William L Osteen of Guilford The measure would extend the rule statewide to general elections Voters could boost one candidate by not voting for all posts The GOP also criticized a committee vote killing a Republican bill to require bipartisan lists for precinct election judges framing the charge that some counties reject GOP nominees
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Morganton
General Assembly
William L. Osteen
Guilford
Raleigh
Osteen
Stedman Hines
Hines
Lative Committee
Peace Flight Aims to Reach Stanleyville Rebel Stronghold
In a mediator role Lumumbist official Cleophas Kamitatu arranged a peace flight to Stanleyville to sound out Antoine Gizenga about joining a confederation of Congolese states. The UN Congo command agreed to transport Kamitatu but is not party to negotiations as Gizenga resists constitutional changes.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Kasavubu
Stanleyville
Cleophas Kamitatu
Antoine Gizenga
U.N. Congo
Kamitatu
Gizenga
Kasagubu
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Leopoldsville
Gamble Now Has Heir Of Her Own
New Jersey hospital birth brings 6 pound 13 ounce son to heiress Gamble Benedict Porumbeanu and husband Andre Porumbeanu. The couple, who eloped to North Carolina last April, face contempt charges for defying a stay apart order. The family currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey.
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New York
Benedict Porumbeanu
Katherine Geddes Benedict
Porumbeanu
Porumbeanus
Liyling
Montclair
N.J
Kennedy to visit Paris for talks with De Gaulle in May
President Kennedy plans a three day Paris visit starting May 31 for talks with French President Charles de Gaulle. He will be accompanied by Jacqueline Kennedy and may also visit London to confer with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The trip follows Laos crisis diplomacy and a tense US French policy balance.
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Kennedy
France
Paris
Harold Macmillan
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
de Gaulle
United States
Laos
Bangkok
SEATO
Couve de Murville
Congo Payment Proposed by United Nations
The General Assembly considers a stop-gap resolution authorizing Hammarskjold to spend up to 8 million dollars a month for Congo operation through April 21. The plan, backed by 18 Latin American nations, would finance 1961 costs with 70 percent from five Security Council members and shares for others based on investment.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Congo
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Assembly
Hammarskjold
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
China
Congo
U.N
Highway Accidents Fatal To 18
North Carolina Easter weekend toll rises to at least 18 with 12 deaths on highways. Victims include Dwight Lloyd Craig 20 and Nathaniel Whitener 18 near Hickory in a two car crash and Georgia Mae Jones 40 and Minster Currie 60 in a U S 421 collision near Greensboro.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
North Carolina State Motor Club
Hickory
Dwight Lloyd Craig
Nathaniel Whitener
Rt. 1
U.S. 421
Greensboro
Georgia Mae Jones
Liberty
Minster Currie
Staley
Jean Faustini
Wilson
Jess Wesley Cartier
Rt. 5
Reidsville
James Adam Kindley
Concord
Walter Lewis
Rt. 4
Marshall
James R. Johnson
Ft. Bragg
Maynard Freeman
Rt. 7
Fayetteville
Bradford Lee Jones
Winston
Helen Ann Fisher
Hoboken
U.S. 301
Woodland
Brenda Jean Ford
Rt. 2
Matthews
Willie Earl Love Joyner
Littleton
Joel D. Bellinger
Cherryville
Douglas Michaux
Rt. 3
Morganton
John Thomas Whitley
Chapel Hill
Robert Martin Morgan
High Point
Arthur Gregory
Josephine
Gregory
Coast Guard Seeks Two Missing After Boat Accident
Coast Guard units resumed search for two Rocky Mount youths believed drowned after a boating accident near Pamlico Beach. Survivors Patrick Couglin and Hugh Finch clung to a capsized boat for hours as waves swept them far from shore.
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Belhaven
N.C
Coast Guard
Rocky Mount
Patrick B. Couglin
Hugh M. Finch
Arthur E. Cockrell
Robert Lee Carr
Cockrell
University of North Carolina
Carr
East Carolina College
Couglin
Finch
Pungo River
Here
Pamlico Beach
Atlantic Christian College
Kennedy faces Easter weekend crises abroad and at home
President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy faced two weekend crises. Foremost, Secret Service surrounded them after reports of a possible kidnapping plot against Caroline and the Kennedy family. Abroad, Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk weighed a Soviet note offering a path to neutral, independent Laos amid ongoing talks with Britain.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Caroline
John Jr
Secret Service
Leity
St. Edward's Catholic
Mother rescues daughter from old well in Hamilton
In Hamilton New York Mrs Arthur Linsley calmly lowers herself 24 feet into an abandoned house well to rescue her four year old daughter Barbara who had tumbled into the shaft. Her six year old son David ran a half mile to fetch help as fire crews arrived within twenty minutes to pull mother and child to safety.
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Hamilton
N.Y
David
Barbara
Arthur Linsley
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Rumor
France-Soir
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Dolores
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