Vandals Blamed as Lucille Hunter School Burns Down
Fire swept the Lucille Hunter Elementary School in Raleigh injuring none, with officials calling it a total loss. The auditorium and roof were destroyed, the two story building damaged, and authorities said vandals likely caused the blaze. School will be closed today and a decision on where classes resume to be announced Monday.
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Raleigh
Lucille Hunter
N.C
Jesse O. Sanderson
Conrad Hooper
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Johnston’s Doctors Remove Tumor From Senator Johnston
In Columbia South Carolina AP doctors operated to remove an abdominal tumor from Senator Olin D Johnston. The procedure began to address a blister on the aorta but a tumor at the top of the large intestine was found. The exact nature will be determined after further tests. The senator withstood the operation well with no complications.
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Columbia
S. C
Sen. Olin D. Johnston
S.C
Davis
Bliss Succeeds Burch as Republican Chair in Unity Move
The Republican National Committee unanimously ratified Ohio's Ray C. Bliss as national chairman to succeed Dean Burch. The change, backed by Goldwater and Nixon, aims to unite progressives and conservatives after the 1964 defeat, with Burch resigning effective April 1.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Ohio
Ray C. Bliss
Dean Burch
Dius
Dawes Maldwatas
Durell
Muviawalci Cbd
Goldwater
Bliss
Richard M. Nixon
Moore Improves After Hospitalization For Bronchitis
Gov Dan Moore improves after a hospital stay for bronchitis and a slight pneumonia. He rests comfortably with a temperature down and fever easing. Mrs Moore also sick with bronchitis but slept well and is resting. both are expected to be in the hospital for several days.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
Moore
Charles Dunn
Executive Mansion
Dunn
Washington
Dunn Moore
Churchill’s Condition Unchanged Amid Fire At Mansion
London dispatch says Sir Winston Churchill shows no change in condition after a quiet night as a fire breaks out near his bedroom in an adjacent apartment building. Four fire engines extinguish the blaze while Lady Churchill and family await word on the 90 year old statesman’s health.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
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Sir Winston
Lord Moran
Winston
British Medical Association
Lady Churchill
Christopher Soames
Medical Association
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Hyde Park Gate
Newsmen urged to push openness in government records
North Carolina reporters heard Theodore Serrill of the NEA call for a federal records access amendment to end secrecy. He said courts might be empowered to halt improper withholding and order production if Congress fails. Also covered were talks on second and third class mail rate hikes and proposed modest increases.
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Bull Moose
Burch
Uni
Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
Congress
Theodore A. Serrill
National Editorial Association
Serrill
U.S. District Courts
NEA
Post Office
U.S
Johnson
Texas
Bureau of Budget
Executive Office
Paratroops clash with Buddhist protesters in Saigon
South Vietnamese paratroops used billy clubs and tear gas to disperse about 500 monks and nuns opposing Premier Tran Van Huong in front of the U.S. Embassy. A library window was smashed as youths clashed with police. injuries were reported. Government forces meanwhile scored a major victory in the Mekong Delta, with 46 Viet Cong killed and 61 captured as 1,500 troops were airlifted into battle.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
U.S
U.S. Information Service Library
Associated Press
Ngo Dinh Diem
Maxwell D. Taylor
M Tone
Psa
Mekong
Kien Hoa
Tragic 17 Year Old Falls From Manhattan Penthouse
Ellen Farnsworth Loomis a Cambridge student from a prominent Boston family died after leaping from her grandmother’s 15 story penthouse at 21 East 79th Street. Medical examiner ruled it a suicide though no motive was given.
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Boston
Manhattan
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Debbie) Loomis
E. 79Th St
Farnsworth Loomis
Norman Bernstein
Loomis
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Mass
Commonwealth School
W. Farnsworth Loomis
Brandeis University
Loomis Laboratory
Greenwich
Conn
Brandeis
Foreign Secretary Gordon Walker Resigns After Defeat
British Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker resigned after losing his Commons seat by 205 votes in a Labor safe district. Prime Minister Harold Wilson planned a successor tonight as Labour’s majority slipped to three. A new Labor member may resign to allow Walker another electoral chance while Cousins retained his seat in another special election.
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London
Patrick Gordon Walker
Harold Wilson
Gordon Walker
House of Commons
Ronald Buxton
Frank Cousins
Frank Owles
House of Lords
Cousins
Coopeca
Wilson
Labor
Britain
Delaney Sees Johnson Education Bill as Break in Deadlock
Rep. James J. Delaney says the new administration education bill could break the long stalemate by aiding children from low income families in public and private schools. He notes past Kennedy and 1961 votes, supports a junior GI bill granting annual school grants to each child, and backs using general welfare powers for education aid.
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John Beckler
Washington
James J. Delaney
New York Democrat
Johnson
Delaney
House Rules Committee
John F. Kennedy
Associated Press
Noone
Kennedy
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