U.N. Debates Disrupted by Disorder in Congo Crisis
A tense U.N. Security Council session on the Congo was interrupted by violent disruptions as a group of about ten African American demonstrators shouted Vive Lumumba from the gallery. Ambassador Stevenson denounced the Soviet demand for withdrawal and urged calm as guards cleared the chamber.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Congo
United States
Security Council
U.S
Adilai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
Hammarskjold
Patrick Dean
Britain
Vive Lumumba
Dean
Patrice Lumumba
Fatal flight ends lives of U S figure skaters near Brussels
Members of the United States figure skating team posed at Idlewild Airport before boarding a Bel gian Sabena plane. The craft crashed near Brussels, Belgium, killing all aboard. Coaches and skaters named include Deane McMinn, Laurence Owen, Steffi Westerfield, Rhodie Michelson, Bradley Lord, Gregory Kelley, and Maribel Owen among others.
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United States
Sabena
New York
Idlewild
Brussels
Belgium
Deane McMinn
Lomita
Calif
Laurence Owen
Boston
Steffi Westerfield
Colorado Springs
Colo
Rhodie Michelson
Long Beach
Bradley
Owen
U.S
Gregory Kelley
Bill
Laurie Hickox
Colorado ‘Springs
Bradley Lord
Dudley Richards
Donna Lee Carrier
Diane Sherbloom
Roger Campbell
Los Angeles
Douglas Ramsay
Detroit
Ray
Ira
Entire U S Figure Skating Team Among 73 Dies in Belgian Crash
A Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 from New York crashed near Brussels International Airport killing 73 people including 54 Americans. The U S figure skating team members Laurence Owen 16 Maribel Owen 20 Steffi Westefield Gregory Kelley and others were among the dead. Mrs. Maribel Vinson Owen coach Deane McMinn and 18 team members were en route to the Prague world championships. Debris scattered, no survivors reported, from Flight 548.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.S
Sabena
New York
Brussels International Airport
Maribel Vinson Owen
Winchester
Mass
Laurence Owen
Maribel Owen
Owen
Laurence
Philadelphia
Italy
Britain
Denmark
California Poly
Toledo
Ohio
Boeing
Cmdr
Louis Lambrechts
Thena
Turks' children to enter white Sumter schools in 1961
Sumter County School Board announced that all 66 children of the Turkish community will transfer to white schools in the fall of 1961 after requests by Turkish parents. The action ends a 1957 court-initiated case. the Turks, descendants of 18th century Turkish sailors, live in Dalzell and attend Dalzell Elementary.
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Sumter
S. C
Sumter County
Hugh Stoddard
Par
Ents
Ira Kaye
South Carolina
Dalzell
Reapportion Bills Push Automatic House Reallocation
In Raleigh two veteran lawmakers push constitutional amendments to make House reapportionment automatic every 10 years. The Kemp and Warren measures keep the 120 seats and base the 20 leftover seats on the existing formula, with the speaker triggering action.
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Lindsay C. Warren
Senate
Ed Kemp
Guilford
General Assembly
Kemp-Warren
Mobs Attack Western Embassies And Cars
In Cairo mobs set fire to the Belgian Embassy and attacked U S and British embassies. They stemmed from protests over Patrice Lumumba's death, broke police lines, damaged the Belgian building, and set two American embassy cars ablaze. One marine guard suffered a minor cut. no other casualties reported.
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Cairo
Egypt
U.S
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Richard Rapier
Kennedy to speed up federal spending to revive economy
President Kennedy plans a news conference at 7 p.m. EST to announce faster spending of some federal funds without new congressional action. Administration officials say the move would pump money into programs to aid business recovery and reduce unemployment amid recession concerns.
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Vin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Kennedy
Congo
United Nations
Patrica Lumumba
Ic i
Congress
Nike Zeus Speedup Sought by Congress after Rocket Tests
Russia's Venus rocket tests intensify calls to speed Nike Zeus the U S anti missile project. Senator Russell backs faster production while Thurmond urges immediate orders for parts to save time and money. Critics warn the program demands billions for a wide defense network. Eisenhower era funding debates persist.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
White Sands Proving Range
New Mexico
Thurmond
United States
West
Congress
Eisenhower
Sens
B. Everett Jordan
D.N. C
Frank Carlson
Nike Zeus
Man gets 20 to 30 years in slaying
William H. Emory, 28, captured near Asheville last December 20, was sentenced in Forsyth Superior Court to 20 to 30 years for second degree murder in the December 17 shooting of I. B. Allen, 29, at a business near the Forsyth Davie county line. He also received five to ten years for shooting a customer, John M. Crews.
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Winston-Salem
William H. Emory
Asheville
Forsyth County
Forsyth Superior Court
Emory
I. B. Allen
Allen
Forsyth-Davie County
Joseph Parker
Windsor
John M. Crews
Nine-Time U S Figure Skating Champion Killed In Belgium Crash
Maribel Vinson Owen, renowned U S figure skater and coach, died in a plane crash in Belgium. A longtime AP expert, she mentored champions including Tenley Albright and Laurence Owen, whose North American and U S titles crowned a career spanning decades.
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U.S
Marbiel Vinson Owen
Belgium
Ted Smits
U. S
New York
Maribel Vinson Owen
Sonja Henie
Laurence
Tenley Albright
Cortina D’'Ampezzo
Lo-Rahns
Maribel
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