Lumumba and Two Associates Escape From Guards
Katanga government reports Pa trice Lumumba and two political associates escaped Thursday night from a farmhouse near Elisabethville. The trio overpowered two sentries and fled in an automobile with rifles and gas capable of covering 60 miles.
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Elisabethville
The
Congo
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Godefroid Munongo
Lumumba
Angola
Stanleyville
Oriental
Jadotville
Thysville
Leopoldville
Kasaji
Munongo
Joseph Okito
Maurice Mpolo
Mpolo
Okito
Senate
Brussels
U. N
New York
Hostage Killed as Gunfight Ends Desperate Flight
A motel chase ended when a fleeing gunman and his wife were captured after a running gunfight. A hostage, Mrs. James Crossgrove, 34, was killed in the crash. Three other hostages were injured. The escapee couple, Thomas W. Sargent and Brenda Ann Sargent, were identified and arrested. Two accomplices fled. Police pursued along U.S. 70 ending in a ditch and backwater.
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Memphis
Furr
C. F. Hill
Sargent
Lorene Stephens
James Crossgrove
Brenda
Crossgrove
Violence Flares as Imperial Valley Lettuce Strike Spreads
In El Centro California violence flared as strikers clashed with camp guards at a Brawley field hand camp. Forty arrested four injured and six union leaders detained in El Centro during raids tied to the UPWA and AWOC campaign demanding union recognition higher pay and better field facilities amid the bracero labor dispute.
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EL Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Herbert Hughes
Hughes
Clive Knowles
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Knowles
UPWA
Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee
Mexico
California
Regime Prepares For Talks With Soviet Union
Washington sources say Kennedy aides expect to begin major U S Soviet negotiations within six months. Moscow warned against new Berlin crises as the United States readies a broad review of foreign policy led by President Kennedy, Secretary Rusk, and Ambassador Thompson.
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Berlin
Moscow
U. S
Khrushchev
Dean Rusk
Laos
Congo
White House
Llewellyn Thompson
Rusk
Relief group seeks Red Cross aid for famine in Red China
Ku Cheng-chang, head of the Free China Relief Association, appealed to International Red Cross headquarters in Geneva for emergency supplies to Red China. He said the famine on the mainland has left millions near starvation per Communist regime reports.
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Taipei
Formosa
Free China Relief Association
International Red Cross
Geneva
Red China
Ku Cheng-chang
North Carolina Senate and House Announce Committees
Lt. Gov H Cloyd Philpott names Senate chairmen for Appropriations and Finance with James Strikeleather Jr and Thomas J A White leading. House Speaker Joseph M Hunt Jr assigns Finance and Appropriations panels names, plus leaders Guggenheim office picks. New Congressional Districts Committee chaired by Robert F Morgan with co chairs Shuford and Warren.
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Raleigh
H. Cloyd Philpott
Senate
Appropriations
Finance
James G. Strikeleather Jr
Buncombe
Thomas J. A White
Lenoir
Joseph M. Hunt Jr
House
Hunt
Thomas H. Woodard
Wilson
Ike F. Andrewso Greene
Clyde Hiiseeies
Rowan
Ernest L. Hicks
Mecklenburg
L. Sneed High
Cumberland
Catawba
Lindsay C. Warren
Beaufort
Philpott
Henry G. Shelton
Senate Agriculture
Archie K. Davis
Forsyth
John Jordan
Wake
N. Elton Aydlett
Pasquotank
Italy Signs $20 Million Wheat Purchase Pact
Rome reports an agreement signed for Italy to buy $20 million worth of wheat from the United States in lire payments. The deal confirms a currency arrangement and supports postwar trade relations.
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Rome
Italy
United States
Barbecued Bopped Bunnies At Harmony Legion Fundraiser
Harmony North Carolina reports an American Legion charity event featuring rabbit barbecue. A post dinner round table will discuss methods to kill rabbits after controversial December and January hunts. Proceeds support Legion charitable works and a ship memorial drive.
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Harmony
N.C
National Humane Society
Mecklenburg County Society
J. Sam Holbrook
Statesville
American Legion Post
North Carolina
Kenneth Wooten
Legion Post 113
Fire damages wing of Presbyterian Junior College
A fire at Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton North Carolina damaged the south wing of the Administration Building. Sixteen students on the top floor were evacuated with no injuries. Damage is estimated at 50 000 dollars and is covered by insurance.
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Maxton
N.C
Presbyterian Junior College
College Presiden
Louis Lamotte
Laurinburg
The
Presbyterian Church
Car Liability Insurance Rate Hike Is Approved
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Charles F. Gold approved an auto liability rate increase effective February 15 averaging 6.3 percent overall. The body injury portion rises 10.8 percent while property damage is raised 0.0, with motorists paying about $2.25 more per vehicle and $1.4 million more in total premiums. The decision followed a year of action by the Rate Administrative Office, which urged higher rates and won a Wake Superior Court ruling supporting evidence of inadequate current rates. The fire insurance rate bureau was denied a separate minimum premium increase from $8 to $15.
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Raleigh
Charles F. Gold
Gold
North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office
Insurance Compan
Wake Superior Court
The
North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Fire and Allied
Brezhnev Plane Intercept Sparks French Soviet Spat
Paris called the interception of the Soviet Ilyushin 18 over the Mediterranean a regrettable incident and ordered an investigation. Algiers said warning tracer bursts were fired after Brezhnev’s plane violated flight plans, while the Soviet embassy denied the charges.
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Paris
Leonid Brezhnev
Algiers
Mediterranean
Rabat
Morocco
Foreign Ministry
Algeria
Brezhnev
Guinea
Age
38Th Parallel
Bill To Regulate Loans Is Introduced In House
RALEIGH AP Legislation to codify the Banking Commission recommendations tightens regulation of small loan companies. Rep. Irwin Belk and others sponsor the measure in the House. it goes to the Banks and Banking regulation committee. Senate actions include a bill transferring hospital indigent care payments from the Medical Care Commission to the Public Welfare Department.
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State Banking Commission
House
Irwin Belk
Mecklenburg
Belk
House Committee On Banks and Banking
Senate
Medical Care Commission
Public Welfare Department
Carlyle Rutledge
Cabarrus
Sanford to Name Revenue Sources for School Program
Gov. Sanford plans to outline new revenue sources to fund a major public school improvement plan. He spoke after presenting a nearly 1.5 billion dollar budget for 1961-63, with school funding at 67.7 percent of the general fund, and proposed raises for teachers and state workers. House and Senate bills to pause new small loan company licensing were also introduced.
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Raleigh
Sanford
Advisory Budget Commission
Luther Hodges
Kennedy seeks 59 new federal judgeships to ease congestion
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asks Congress to create 59 new federal judgeships nine on the courts of appeals and 50 in district courts. He notes no increase since 1954 and cites rising litigation and court congestion as justification. The proposal would raise circuit seats in the 2nd 4th 5th 7th and 10th circuits.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
U.S. Courts of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Kennedy
2Nd Circuit
New York
Connecticut
Vermont
4Th Circuit
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Canal Zone
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Utah
Wyoming
Senate Rules Adopts Notice Requirement for Committees
The Rules Reviewing committee in Raleigh proposed a notice rule for committee meetings to prevent hastily summoned majorities. It requires notice from the Senate floor or personal notice, allows waivers, and aims to present the revision to the Senate next Tuesday.
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Raleigh
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Joe Eagles
Wilson
W. Lunsford Crew
Halifax
Kennedy scrapped overseas troop reduction policy
President Kennedy rejected Eisenhower era plans to cut or redeploy troops overseas to ease the gold dollar problem. He assured NATO commander Norstad there will be no shift in U.S. fighting forces in Western Europe or elsewhere, and emphasized continued strong NATO partnerships. He noted some bases may close only if obsolete, not for cost savings.
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Washington
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Europe
Defense Department
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Kasai
Northern Rhodesia
Mutshatsha
Portuguese Angola
Oriental Province
Doug Eisele
Marvin Burton
State Legion
Hugh A. Alexander
D-N.c
Office Appeals
Redcraft
Banking Commission
Roland Braswell
Wayne
Herbert Hardy
Greene
Eton Aydleit
General Assembly
John Scali
West Germany
Western
Christian A. Herter
State Department
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