Michigan man held in bank robbery case
Flint resident Gerald C. Graves was arrested in Flint and charged in the $5,443 Welcome North Carolina bank robbery. Graves, visiting North Carolina, had $1,900 in cash when arrested and bond was set at $25,000. Investigators pursue possible accomplices and related breakings in the area.
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Michigan
Charlotte
FBI
Flint
Mich
Welcome
N.C
Donald Roney
Gerald C. Graves
North Carolina
Roney
Lexington State Bank
Graves
U.S
Boyce Sink
Lexington
Ron
Dist Attv
James E. Holshouser
Greensboro
Standard Cotton Products Co
Davidson County
Rowan County
High Seas Threaten Grounded Trawler Sarah J
In Manteo North Carolina high seas from 15 knot winds battered the grounded 80 foot trawler Sarah J. with four of five crew removed. The vessel valued at $100000 sits near Oregon Inlet loaded with 200 boxes of flounders and 75 boxes of sea bass worth about $5000. Tow attempts were halted by heavy waves.
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Manteo
N.C
Coast
Vandemere
Oregon Inlet
Eisenhower Budget Sketches 1.5 Billion Surplus Plan
President Eisenhower sends Congress an 80.9 billion dollar budget for 1962 forecasting a 1.5 billion dollar surplus contingent on congressional action and fate. It calls for higher postal rates fuel taxes jet fuel, and possible new White House cabinet level posts and a transportation department.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Fate
White House
Department of Transportation
Kennedy
Negroes Resume Classes At Georgia University
Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, the first African Americans admitted to the University of Georgia, returned to classes as federal orders bar suspensions. Thirty seconds after dawn they arrived with escorts, while tensions lingered after campus riots the previous week.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Charlayne A. Hunter
Hamilton E. Holmes
Atlanta
Hulan Jack Sentenced for City Hall Remodeling Scandal
Manhattan Borough President Hulan E. Jack was given a one year suspended sentence after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy and charter violation in a $4,000 remodeling deal. Judge Sarafite called the acts a betrayal of trust and removed Jack from his $25,000 post. The case arose from work on Jack’s Harlem apartment paid by real estate operator Sidney Ungar, who said the money was a loan.
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NEW York
Manhattan
Hulan E. Jack
General Sessions Court
Joseph A. Sarafite
Jack
Harlem
Sidney J. Ungar
Kennedy Aides Dispute Eisenhower Surplus Forecasts
President elect John F Kennedy's advisers challenge President Eisenhowers predicted surpluses for 1961 and 1962. They warn recession could push the government into red ink in 1961 while Treasury pick Douglas Dillon signals a 1962 deficit despite hopes for improved revenues. Dr Paul Samuelson leads Kennedys economic team.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Dillon
Paul A. Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tower Collapse Traps Air Force Crew Off New Jersey Coast
Rescue efforts focus on survivors from the Texas Tower wreck 80 miles southeast of New York after a storm capsized the offshore radar platform. Coast Guard ships and the carrier Wasp pursue missing 28 airmen and civilians, with bodies recovered and debris scattered across stormy seas.
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Air Force Radar
Texas
Cape Cod
Atlantic Ocean
New York City
New York
Air Force
Coast Guard
Nor
Berry
Texas Towers
Gulf of Mexico
Air Force Warning System
Barnegat Light
Wasp
Winter Market Opens in High Point Fur niture Show
Buyers flock to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building as the Southeast winter market for furniture retailers opens a five day run. Attendees expect moderate to heavy buying while inventories remain low in the region.
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W. C. Cross Jr
T. Penn Coleman
Southern
Sam
Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point
Exposition
Chicago
John H. Tobin
Southern Buying Syndicate
West Virginia
Florida
Tobin
Rebels seize Tha Thom staging area in Laos drive
French sources report Tha Thom, a key staging base for a government offensive against rebel Plaine des Jarres, fell to pro Communist forces Sunday night amid heavy fighting. Ta Vieng’s fall worsens the government plan to push north toward Xieng Khouang as Vientiane braces for the Red offensive.
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Vientiane
Laos
Tha Thom
Plaine Des Jarres
Ta Vieng
Ta Vieng-Tha Thom
Xieng Khouang
Luang Prabang
Boun Oum
United States
Savannakhet
Paksane
Castro Militia Surge Against Rebels in Escambray
In Cuba, 10 000 to 15 000 militiamen unleashed by Prime Minister Fidel Castro surround rebel bands in the Escambray Mountains. The operation aims to suppress rebel activity. civilians report shelling and imminent ground action as forces move in. It remains unclear if this is a nationwide push or a localized cleanup.
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Robert Berrellez
Havana
Fidel Castro
Escambray
Cuba
Castro
Las Villas
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Leopoldville
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Kivu
Ruzizi
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Ruanda
Shangugu
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Patrice Lumumba
Berean Mission
St. Louis
C. Reuben Lindquist
Berean
Miss Hunter
Holmes
Hulan Jack
Texas Tower
Long Island
Vatlantic City
Atlantic
Ar Gant
Ples
Stuart Earley
Hillsman & Co
Magee
Cross
J. S. Crawford Co. Inc
Portsmouth
Coleman
David Cox
Winter Mart
Exposition Building
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