Bomb plot near Castro rally shocks New York crowd
In Central Park police captured 22 year old John Gregory Feller as he tried to climb over barriers near Fidel Castro during a 35000 strong rally. A vacuum cleaner tube filled with mixture of sulphur and zinc acted as a bomb with a potential 300 foot radius. Feller admitted prior undetected blasts in the park. Castro offered no comment.
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New York
Fidel Castro
Central Park
Castro Tikas
New York City
Castro
John Gregory Feller
Down
Walter Marlina
Feller
Fastest Man Stapps From Jet Escape Sprains Ankle
Col John P Stapp, famed for a 632 mph sled ride, parachuted from a faltering jet at 10 000 feet and escaped with a sprained ankle. The pilot was killed. Stapp called the plunge easier than sled tests and noted the 29 runs at Alamogordo to study human reactions to spaceflight pressures.
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Watkins
Colo
John P. Stapp
Stapp
Air Force Missile Development Center
Alamogordo
N. M
Vacation Bible School Clinic and Diocesan Conference
A Vacation Bible School Clinic under Piedmont and Central Baptist associations will meet at First Baptist Greensboro from 9:00 to 2:30 directed by Ed Kissiah and E David Lee with Helen Laney at the piano. A Diocesan clergy conference at Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church features bishops Marmion and Beckwith and others. An Institute for Methodist Churches in High Point runs 2–5 PM at Main Street Methodist with courses in Kindergarten Primary and Junior levels.
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Piedmont and Central Baptist Associations
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
Ed. Kissiah
Green Street Baptist Church
High Point
The
Central Association
E. David Lee
Florida Street Church
Helen C. Laney
S. C. Ray
Herman B. Ihley
Baptist State Convention
Florida Street
First
R. C. Burroughs
Asheboro Street
J. E. Rawlinson
First Church
Nancy Kistler
Diocesan Department of Christian Social Relations
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church
Methodist
Main Street Methodist Church
Robert Walker
Kannapolis
J.B. Hough
Concord
J. Elwood Carroll
Statesville
Sharp crackdown: Havana tightens on vice and gambling
Havana tightens controls as revolutionary police crack down on prostitution in moral zones and illicit abortion rings. Dozens of small hotels close while narcotics offenses surge. a military court gave a death sentence to a marijuana boss and gambling faces limits to tourist hotels.
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Havana
Revolutionary Police
Fulgencio Batista
Mari
Juana
Insults Basis For Divorce In Hollywood Case
In Los Angeles a divorce was granted to Kay C. Bender from actor Russell Bender after testimonies from Bender and Ruth Engelhardt that the husband insulted her at a Christmas party. The court awarded Kay C. Bender $6,000, alimony of $125 monthly for one year, and $100 monthly for the next four years.
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Los Angeles
Kay C. Bender
Russell Bender
Ruth Engelhardt
Seaway Opens As Icebreakers Lead Canadian Convoy
Two Canadian icebreakers D'Iberville and Montcalm carry dignitaries to lead about 70 ships from Montreal into the St. Lawrence Seaway. The five year 475 million dollar project financed by U S and Canada links Montreal to inland ports, with tolls split to fund operations.
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Montreal
North America
St. Lawrence Seaway
American
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Lake Erie
Ogdensburg
N.Y
D'Iberville
Canada
John Diefenbaker
U.S
Montcalm
Eisenhower
Elizabeth
Massena
Belfast
United States
Air Force pursues anti satellite weapon system
Space expert Maj. Gen. Schriever testified the Air Force plans an anti satellite weapon in planning stages, to follow a missile destroying system. He defended cooperation with the Army, noted security limits on sharing sensitive space and missile data, and urged continued large spending on aircraft alongside new missile programs.
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Washington
Air Force
B. A. ‘Lehriever
Schriever
Ate Space Subcommittee
John B. Medaris
Army
Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
James H. Douglas
Stuart Symington
D'Mo
Anyother
Masked men abduct Parker from Mississippi jail in daytime raid
In Poplarville Mississippi masked and hooded attackers seized M C Parker a 23 year old Black man awaiting trial for raping a white mother. Bloodstains showed the path from his cell to the curb where a car sped him away as a large search began. Authorities reported no clues and a guardless night. Police FBI and governor involvement followed. Parker had been accused of forcing entry into a stalled car on February 24.
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Poplarville
Miss
Pearl River
M. C. Parker
Parker
C. J
Picayune
Highway Patrol
Jackson
Gulfport
FBI
Bill Stewart
W. C. Moody
Moody
Stewart
J. P.coleman
New Orleans
Senate Labor Bill Clash Delays Path to Final Vote
In Washington the Senate tore into a substitute for the labor rights proposal amid personal attacks on Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson. Postponed adjournment left open whether final passage would come today or Monday as Kuchel’s new version drew mixed Republican support and objections over timing and access to copies.
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Washington
Today
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Senate
McClellan
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
SS E
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Kuchel
Spessard Holland
Dfla
Everett M. Dirksen
R-I
Damages in the Millions From Great Lakes Water Variability
The 1951 52 high water damages to U S shore installations reached 85 million in 1959 dollars. Water levels remained far below average across all lakes as of March 31 1959 with forecasts for only slight or no rises by September. Shifts in depth affect freighters runabouts and cottage owners and complicate plans even after the St Lawrence Seaway is completed.
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St. Lawrence
Lake Ontario
Montreal
Port Colborne
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Michigan
Huron
Superior
Massena
New York
Ontario
Detroit
Great Lakes
Corps of Army Engineers
U.S
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lake Superior
Lakes Michigan
Mackinac
Erie
Ednune
Randleman School Faces Old Building Crisis
Staff writer Braxton Younts reports on Randleman Elementary School enrollment rising while the building remains outdated and in need of modernization as the district plans improvements.
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Randleman
Braxton Younts
The
Sunday Enterprise
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Esther Feller
Roslindale
Mass
Pat Duggins
Clergy Conference
William Marmion
Southwest Virginia
Gresham Marmion
Kentucky
John Q. Beckwith
Virginia Seminary
Julian Olyn Hunt
Evangelist Gram
First Church of Christ
Commerce
Midlands
Posse
William Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
England
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