Lumumba associates executed in Kasai Province shock UN
Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold announced the execution of six Lumumba associates in Kasai Province, provoking protests at the United Nations. The 11 nation body adjourned for consultations as pressure grew over Congo political killings.
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Kasai Province
United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai
Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
George Padmore
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Rajeshwar Dayal
Joseph Kasavubu
Katanga
Kasavubu
Albert Kalonji
South Kasai
Dayal
Jean Finant
Oriental Province
Maj
Fataki
Stanleyville
Nzuzi
Muzungu
Elengesa
Yangara
Council
Joseph Ileo
U.N
STORM
Airlines Fly Into Wildcat Strike Wide Furloughs
New York reports show thousands of airline workers furloughed as a four day wildcat strike of flight engineers disrupts domestic and international services of six carriers. The stoppage began Friday night and reduced schedules to a trickle.
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New York
Idlewild
Western Airlines
Arthur J. Goldberg
Flight Engineers International Union
National Mediation Board
Air Line Pilots’ Association
Goldberg
New York City
Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio Press
U.S
United
Braniff
Capital
Delta
Continental
Laos King Declares Neutrality Amid Laos Crisis
King Savang Vathana proclaimed a policy of nonalignment for premier Boun Oum’s Western-backed government and urged a neutral commission from neighboring nations to verify Laos seeks peace. The move comes as the internal struggle involves U.S. and Communist support for rival factions. The king urged no foreign intervention unless validated by Laos treaties and welcomed a commission to denounce hidden aid threatening independence.
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Vientiane
Laos
Savang Vathana
Boun Oum
United States
Bonn
Pathet Lao
U.S
Kong le
Savang
Cambodia
Burma
Malaya
Shortages Hit Hard In Cuba
Industrial sources report Cuba's post embargo shortages crippling former American owned plants. Tire production shrank from 10,000–12,000 tires weekly to about 300, risking closure. Authorities failed to secure carbon black and other essentials from Canada, Europe, or the Iron Curtain.
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Havana
U.S
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
U.S. Ruber
Cuba
Canada
Europe
Washington
Castro
United States
Owens Illinois Co
Kitty Hawk Prepares For Sea Trial At Camden NJ
Workers swarm the 60,000 ton Kitty Hawk as it readies for its first sea trial a four day builder test. The carrier will depart New York Shipbuilding yards for a 59 mile Delaware River run and will be armed with Terrier missiles and 108 aircraft.
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Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Corp
Delaware River
Delaware
Army
New York Shipbuilding
Navy
Philadelphia
Not Every Girl Gets President To Hold Seat
In Washington the President and Mrs Kennedy attended Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown. A young girl, about 11, wore a red hat and coat and was seated near the Kennedys. She whispered to the President to save her place and left then returned moments later.
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Washington
Kennedy
Holy Trinity Church
Georgetown
Johnsons Wrecked Plane Believed Found
The Texas Department of Public Safety located the wreckage of a plane believed to be Vice President Lyndon B. Johnsons and both pilots were dead. The wreckage lay in a pasture along the Pedernales River 65 miles west of Austin near Johnson City. The craft was a Convair used in Johnsons 1964 campaign. Col Francis W Walsh supervised the search from Bergstrom AFB with air and ground crews affected by mist and fog.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Department of Public Safety
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pedernales
Austin
Johnson Ranch
Johnson City
Johnson
Francis W. Walsh
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Johnson's Ranch
Here
Pedernales River
King Baudouin Dissolves Parliament Orders Elections
King Baudouin II dissolved the Belgian Parliament and ordered new elections for March 26 in Brussels. The move follows political turmoil and prompts immediate campaigning across Belgium as parties prepare for the vote.
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Baudouin II
Brussels
Belgium
Baudouin
Kennedy Proposes Education Aid Plan With Grants and Scholarships
President Kennedy unveils a 5.7 billion education aid program to raise classroom quality and access. It includes three years of state grants for classrooms and teacher salaries, a five-year college scholarship program, and long term loans for college facilities. Dirksen proposes a separate 1 billion four year plan focused on classroom construction. Rayburn opposes using federal funds for teachers' salaries.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy
Dirksen
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
Scholarships For Tar Heels In Kennedy Plan
Washington AP reports Kennedy education proposals would provide 175 North Carolina scholarships in fiscal 1962 totaling $500,500. By 1966 North Carolina would have 5,365 scholars totaling $3,755,500. Classroom construction and teacher salaries proposed rise from $27,905,485 in 1962 to $32,093,440 in 1963 and $36,142,562 in 1964 with per pupil averages listed.
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Washington
North Carolina
Kennedy
Congress
Tar Heel
Kennedy begins second month in White House amid snows
President Kennedy returns from Glen Ora Virginia estate with his wife and daughter Caroline for a brief weekend. He plans to send to Congress an education aid bill funding classroom construction and teacher salaries, marking a shift from Eisenhower era policy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Virginia
White House
Middleburg
Caroline
Glenora
Eisenhower
Asia
Africa
Latin America
West
Glen Ora
Virginia Fox and Horse Country
House
Congress
Boy Rescued After 275 Foot Pipe Descent Near Phoenix
Seven year old Harry Stage fell 275 feet into a 16 inch irrigation pipe near a ranch 25 miles southwest of Phoenix. Rescue men used a 300 foot rope loop to haul him up to safety. He survived with two broken legs a fractured pelvis and possible internal injuries and is recovering at Memorial Hospital.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Harry Stage
Memorial Hospital
Harry
Phoenix
Webb Faubion
Faubion
Stage
Dad
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