Voters Back De Gaulle Endorses Algerian Peace Policy
Paris reports show 65 percent of metropolitan voters approve De Gaulle's Algerian peace pact amid violence in Algeria. Turnout reached 25 percent registered. 90 percent of valid ballots favored the peace agreement. De Gaulle seeks cease fire validation and blank check power for independence.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Secret Army
Algeria
France
de Gaulle
Oran Echo
Oran Republican
Corsica
Evian
Communist Party
UN Council Censures Israel Over Syrian Raid
The United Nations Security Council censured Israel for an attack on Syrian territory during the night of March 16 17 by a 10 to 0 vote. A U S British resolution reaffirmed a 1956 declaration condemning retaliatory raids. France abstained.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Israel
11-Nation Council
U. S
France
Dean Urges Soviets To Ban War Prophecy Books
Geneva. U S Delegate Arthur H. Dean urged the Soviet Union to outlaw books predicting inevitable war including works by Marx Lenin and Stalin during a heated session of the 17 nation disarmament conference. He said the response lies in increased exchanges across the Iron Curtain as East West delegates clashed over war propaganda.
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Geneva
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Soviet Union
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Dean
United States
Valerian A. Zorin
McNamara warns of rising Communist pressure next year
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Communist pressures are likely to increase rather than ease in the coming year. He urged approval of a 1.5 billion dollar military aid request, noting cuts reflect European aid trends, not reduced global threat. Korea, Formosa, South Vietnam, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Greece are major beneficiaries.
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Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
U.S
United States
McNamara
Far East
Southeast Asia
Korea
Formosa
South Viet Nam
Pakistan
Iran
Turkey
Greece
Guerrilla ambush near U S helicopter base in South Vietnam
Communist guerrillas killed two American military advisers and captured two others in an ambush near An Chau 360 miles north of Saigon. A Vietnamese outpost was attacked by a large Viet Cong force. one Vietnamese and four others were wounded. The raid ended after 15 minutes with no air strike.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
An Chau
South China Sea
New Plea To Soviet Weighed By Kennedy And Macmillan
Kennedy and Macmillan consider a personal appeal to Khrushchev to back a test ban to prevent resumed atmospheric nuclear tests. The plan would let referee groups verify any blasts, a concession Khrushchev has rejected. An appeal aims to offer one last chance before Christmas Island tests and a new East West arms race.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Washington
Russia
Christmas Island
Pacific
Macmillan
Chowan River Missing Four Feared Drowned in Storm
Dragging operations began on the Chowan River for four missing men feared drowned after a Sunday storm. Clyde Ward 42 his two sons Joe 15 and Blakely 13 and Clarence Askew 42 of Powellsville were in Ward's new boat when a thunderstorm struck around 10 30 a m. Colerain Rescue Squad volunteer boatmen and a Coast Guard helicopter assisted in the search with teams working through the night.
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Colerain
N. C
Chowan
Clyde Ward
Joe
Blakely
Clarence Askew
Powellsville
Ward
Elizabeth City
Boat explosion sinks state fishing vessel off North Carolina coast
Morehead City AP. A state owned commercial fishing boat Cape Fear exploded burned and sank early Monday near Cedar Island in Carteret County. Three crew escaped with minor injuries. The crew included Dr A F Chestnut director of the Institute of Fisheries Research and Captains Reginald Lewis and Tilton Davis. Gas leakage is suspected as the cause. The men were to depart at dawn to supervise seed oyster planting at Ocracoke Island.
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Morehead City
C. G. Holland
Thoroughfare Gap
Carteret County
Cedar Island
Ocracoke Island
A. F. Chestnut
Institue of Fisheries Research
Reginald Lewis
Tilton
Military Construction Is Approved by House Panel
The House Armed Services Committee approved military construction totaling 1.524 billion dollars, about 72.5 million less than the Defense Department had requested. The panel rejected Pentagon asks for separate construction authority and said the department should limit itself to policy making, not operating functions of the military services.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Pentagon
Two Workers Ram Through Red Wall in Berlin Escape
Two East Berlin construction workers used a heavy truck to ram the Red Wall at Boyen Street in the French sector and fled to the West. They escaped uninjured after smashing about 15 feet of wall, then sought shelter in a house as East German border guards fired.
Major Denominations Meet to Explore Church Merger
Four major Christian denominations meet in Washington to discuss a possible United Protestant Church merger. The involved groups The Methodist Church Episcopal Church United Presbyterian Church and United Church of Christ total about 19 million members. No decisions expected as two-day conference aims to set up negotiating structure and invite others to join.
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George W. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
America
Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
United Presbyterian Church
United Church of Christ
Congregational Christian and
Evangelical
Reformed Church
United Church
San Francisco
Episcopal Cathedral
Rian
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
Episcopal Church
Fuller Christian Unity
Methodist
Glenn R. Phillips
Denver
Robert F. Gibson Jr
Richmond
Episcopal
Virginia
David G. Colwell
First Congregational Church
Washington, D. C
The
James I. McCord
Princeton Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Group
Severe Thunderstorms Strikes Eastern North Carolina
Civil Defense crews tally damage across Dunn Clinton Greenville Mount Olive Warsaw Ahoskie and Polkton as storms spawned by a moving low pressure area lash the region No injuries reported and some tornado activity feared Utilities spokesman calls damage messy with power restored later at Clinton and Dunn hospitals. A helicopter overturned at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base with several planes damaged winds near 86 mph.
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Civil Defense
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Dunn
Clinton
Greenville
Mount Olive
Warsaw
Ahoskie
Florence
S. C
Polkton
Piedmont North Carolina
Carolina Power & Light
Bob Glenn
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
Cuban Exiles Seek Castro Talks Over Bay of Pigs Ransom
Cuban exile negotiators fly to Havana to press Fidel Castro to lower the $62 million ransom for 1,179 Bay of Pigs prisoners. The Families Committee reports $26 million raised. trials in Havana imposed up to 30 years and ransom of 25 000 to 500 000 per prisoner.
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Fla
Havana
Fidel Castro
Rana
Bay of Pigs
Castrol
Enrique Llaca
Jose Santiago
Castro
Family Committee
Ing
U.S
New York
International Rescue Committee
Leo Cherne
Cherne
Families Committee
Supreme Court reverses appeals in labor case rulings
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 2 decision, ruled that lower federal tribunals may not overturn an NLRB outcome when choosing between two fairly conflicting views in cases of workers fired for union activity. The Court directed the New Orleans Court of Appeals to reconsider three Southern employer cases in light of the 1951 Universal Camera ruling.
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Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
High Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Labor Board
Court of Appeals
Universal Camera Corp
Courts of Appeal
Justice Frankfurter
Harlan
Appeals Court
NLRB
Frankfurter
Japanese Protest To Be Rejected
Washington reports that officials expect Japan’s protest against a proposed nuclear test zone around Christmas Island to be dismissed. The note to the U S Embassy in Tokyo argues the zone violates freedom of the open sea while U S officials say a danger zone with vessel and aircraft notification is standard international practice.
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Washington
Japan
Christmas Island
Pacific
Soviet Union
U.S
Tokyo
Central Pacific
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Marines Prepare Atlantic Caribbean Amphibious Exercise
Navy ships load Second Division Marines from Camp Lejeune for a threeweek amphibious drill in the Atlantic and Caribbean. President Kennedy will watch portions off North Carolina and Vieques Island with Antisubmarine Carrier Intrepid and other ships including Forrestal, Boston, and Thetis Bay. Major forces include Lt General Luckey leading the Second Marine Division and Second Marine Air Wing.
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Morehead City
N.C
Camp Lejeune
Atlantic
Caribbean
Kennedy
Navy
Wilmington
Onslow Beach
N. C
North Carolina
Vieques Island
Puerto Rico
Alfred G. Ward
Second Marine Expeditionary Force
Second Marine Division
Second Marine Air Wing
Robert B. Luckey
Atlantic Fleet Marine Force
Forrestal
Intrepid
Thetic Bay
Boston
Marine
Marine Air Wing
Cherry Point
Puerto Rico Air National Guard
Ambassador Livingston Merchant Resigns as U.S. Ambassador to Canada
The White House announced the resignation of Livingston T. Merchant U S ambassador to Canada citing personal reasons. Merchant 58 veteran diplomat has held the post since February 1961 and previously served May 1956 to November 1958 before becoming assistant secretary of state for European affairs.
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White House
Livingston T. Merchant
U.S
Canada
Andrew T. Hatcher
Merchant
Foreign Service
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Lewis
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