Powers Testimony Favors Pilot at Moscow Spy Trial
Defense attorney Mikhail I. Grimov urged leniency as the U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers faced a Moscow court. The second day featured Soviet experts challenging Powers claim he acted only under orders and not as a spy.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Mikhail I. Grimov
Powers
Griniov
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Paris
United States
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Yuri Tyufilin
Pakistan
Konstantin Voroshilov
Nikolai Douev
Powers Admired by Western Papers in Moscow Trial
Western European newspapers praised U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers on the first day of his Moscow espionage trial, portraying him as a luckless Cold War casualty and a dignified figure. They viewed the proceedings as propaganda, noting Powers’s calm testimony and acceptance of responsibility while questioning the trial’s legal legitimacy.
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Victor Borisoglebsky
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Borisoglebsky
Powers
Cn Ormate
London
West Europe
U.S
Britain
Telgraph
Captain Knocked Out as Congo Move Shocks Leopoldville
At Leopoldville airport a Congolese assault knocked the captain commanding a Canadian UN detachment unconscious. An armed Congolese soldier blocked U S ambassador from meeting Premier Lumumba, who later snubbed the envoy at an outdoor ceremony. A Congo delegation headed for New York to present its case to the UN Security Council. Lumumba threatened to invade Katanga if the UN fails to control secession.
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Ldville
United Nations
Leopoldville
United States
Patrice Lumumba
New York
Congo
United Nations Security Council
Luluabourg
Lumumba
Katanga
U.N
Dag Ham
Marskjold
Security Council
New African Republic
Girls Twirl Batons For 24 Hours
Two 11 year old girls from Fayetteville push for an endurance baton twirling record in a 24 hour twirlathon to promote the International Majorette Championships. Donna Bell and Carol Ann Short began at 8 a.m. Wednesday and remained active at the 24 hour mark, taking hourly five minute breaks and snacking to keep going. Local entrant Billy Birchfield of High Point joins as the event continues to draw attention ahead of the August championships.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Donna Bell
Carol Ann Short
Donna
Carol Ann
Billy Birchfield
High Eee
Nixon Kicks Off Dixie Vote Quest
Vice President Richard M. Nixon opened his Southern vote quest in Greensboro praising civil rights while endorsing sit ins and urging passage of civil rights measures. He framed GOP as honest and progressive, contrasted with Democratic promises, and urged reasoned debate beyond party labels before a crowd of about 12 000. Nixon pledged to visit every Southern state and supported sit-in objectives while warning opponents overpromising federal action.
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Greensboro
N.C
Richard M. Nixon
Memorial Coliseum
An Wit Woot
Nixon
South
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Wilson
Accused killer of little girl threatens townspeople
Emmett C. Hashfield, 53, a convicted rapist, was held without bail on a preliminary murder charge after Avril Terry’s dismembered body was found. A crowd gathered outside the Warrick County Jail, demanding a quick trial as details emerged of her ride with Hashfield and the alleged killing at his home.
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Boonville
Ind
Avril
Honey) Terry
Emmett C. Hashfield
Robert E. Shelton
Wendelin Opel
Hashfield
Shelton
Warrick County
Robert H. Terry
Hodges to Lead Kennedy Johnson Business Committee
North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges was named by John F. Kennedy to head a national business and professional committee backing the Kennedy Johnson ticket. The group will operate from Chicago under Earl L. Lathrop, with Hodges inviting business support for a strong economy under a Kennedy Johnson administration. Kennedy said Hodges may be considered for secretary of commerce, though no final decision was made.
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Washington
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
National Committee
Kennedy
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Hodges
Citizens Committee For
Kennedy-Johnson
North Michigan Ave
Chicago
Earl L. Lathrop
Reuben F. Donnelly Co
Sen
Gov
Hhodges
Democratic Party
Tropical Storm Cleo Forms in the Atlantic
The third tropical storm of the season formed 600 miles east northeast of Miami. Cleo has sustained winds near 70 mph with squalls near its center and is moving northeast at about 12 mph. Small craft from the Carolina coasts to Block Island were urged to seek shelter and vessels in Cleo’s path cautioned.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Cleo
Carolina
Block Island
R.I
Restaurants integrated in Kansas City Missouri
The 206 member restaurants of the Missouri Restaurant Assn in Kansas City have opened to Negroes. C. M. Hayman Jr., president of the association chapter, announced the new policy. It is effective immediately.
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Kansas City
Missouri Restaurant Assn
C. M. Hayman Jr
Association
Four-Day Viewing Schedule for Echo Satellite
Morehead Planetarium and IBM Raleigh release a four day guide for observing the Echo satellite from the Carolinas. Times are Eastern Standard with angles and directions for each visible pass across Chapel Hill and nearby areas on Friday Saturday and Sunday.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Echo Communications
Morehead Planetarium
IBM Corp
Raleigh
Carolinas
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Parisien
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