Laos Leader Seeks US Aid for Neutral Laos
Souvanna Phouma says the United States assured economic aid after talks with Secretary Rusk and ahead of a Kennedy meeting. He envisions a Geneva accord backed neutral Laos with 14 signatories sharing aid, including China and North Vietnam. He notes plans for full internal reforms and a peaceful withdrawal of foreign forces.
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Washington
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
United States
Dean Rusk
U.S
Southeast Asia
Kennedy
White House
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Geneva
Sparkman
China
Viet Nam
Voice of America
Former Lawmaker Arrested in $250,000 Counterfeit Ring
Former U S congressman Pat Sutton 47 of Lawrenceburg Tenn is charged with conspiracy and transporting counterfeit bills in a Knoxville based case that federal agents say centers on East Tennessee. Eleven others including Suttons brother face charges as the probe expands from a March bank note incident in Tazewell. Authorities say about 200000 in fake notes have been produced with Knoxville as the hub and bills turning up in multiple states. Sutton posted 7500 bond and awaits a preliminary hearing, while an initial arrest was 60 year old Mrs Jimmie Hale in Arkansas for attempting to pass counterfeit money.
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Knoxville
Secret Service
Sutton
Lawrence County
Paul Doster
Secret Services
Nashville
Kentucky
Arkansas
New York
Alabama
North
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Doster
John Calvin Smith
Smith
Jimmie Hale
West Memphis
Ark
No Plans Made by Linda Cobb as Children Top Concern
Linda Renfrey Cobb, lover of North Carolina Republican Chairman William E. Cobb, says she will keep her two young sons despite his double life. She reveals she relocated to Roanoke in 1960, while Cobb stays in Morganton to run a lumber business.
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Raleigh, N.C
Lillian
Linda) Renfrew Cobb
North Carolina
William E. Cobb
Linda
Cobb
Roanoke
Morganton
N.C
Time Magazine
South
Raleigh News & Observer
W. Edward Cobb
E. Carolina College
Greenville
William Marvin Parker
Raleigh
Yale
Linda Renfrew Parker Cobb
North Carolina State
GOP
Raleigh News and Observer
Lawrence Wofford
Associated Press
U S Officials Discuss Test Ban and Dean Recall
White House recalls U S representative from Geneva to review new data on detecting atomic tests. After a 14 hour Kennedy meeting, officials weigh easing safeguards and potential on site inspections as they seek a possible test ban agreement with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
White House
U.S
Kennedy
Arthur H.) Dean
Geneva
Dean
Pierre Salinger
Russia
State Department
Soviet Union
Shelter Program Rejected by House Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations Committee rejected President Kennedy's $568.8 million plan for a broad fallout shelter program, citing need for further study. It approved smaller Civil Defense allocations including $10 million for research and $5.5 million for stockpiles, while denying $31.25 million for new supplies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
GE Settles Price-Fixing Damage Suits for 7.47 Million
General Electric agrees to a record 7.47 million settlement to resolve civil damages after its criminal price fixing conviction. Of the total, 6.47 million goes to the Tennessee Valley Authority for inflated prices and another million to the government for purchases by other agencies. The deal follows 1961 civil suits against GE among 19 defendants in 11 cases.
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Washington
General Electric Co
Justice Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Tennessee Valley Authority
General Electric
Kennedy
The
Ward Baking Co
New York
Ralph J. Cordiner
TVA
Cordiner
Algeria Faces Power Struggle as Krim Forms Defense Committee
Belkacem Krim arrives in Algiers from Kabylie to announce a defense committee to counter Ben Bella’s influence. Mo hammed Khider moves to Algiers as the National Liberation Front negotiates control while Ben Khedda’s government seeks calm amid tribal splits and mounting tensions.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Belkacem Krim
Kabylie
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
Ben Bella
Krim
Ben Khedda
Algeria
Mohammed Khider
Oran
National Liberation Front
Khider
Aletti
Defense Committee
Abdelhafid Boussouf
Boussouf
There Was No Pain for Vickie Lynn Nealis
Vickie Lynn Nealis, a brain cancer patient from Rock Island and later Miami, died at age eight after a brief rally. Her parents Ruth and Ed Nealis faced mounting bills and received community support via donations to cover care costs.
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Miami
Fla
Vickie Lynn Nealis
Ruth Nealis
Vickie Lynn
Nealis
Ship's misfortunes fuel jinx stories at harbor
The German freighter Carl Fritzen sailed for Portland after a spate of calamities on board. The ship’s master committed suicide in California, followed by a heart attack to the steward, death of the chief engineer, relief of the chief mate, and another heart attack to the boatswain. A new master and chief engineer arrived from Germany and joined at Astoria as the vessel headed toward Portland to load grain.
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Portland
Ore
Carl Fritzen
San Pedro
Calif
Germany
Astoria
Columbia River
Did Billy Sol Hide Fortune In Grave
The court of inquiry heard testimony that Billie Sol Estes may have stored his fortune in a pauper's grave. Harold E. Orr testified about $3.5 million linked to Estes vanishing through Superior Manufacturing and other entities. Other witnesses described fake notes and fabrications used to maneuver funds and collateral in the Estes scheme. Orr, Alexander, and McSpadden have pleaded guilty. Estes faces federal and state charges and all are awaiting sentencing.
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Amarillo
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
New York
Harold E. Orr
Superior Manufacturing Co
West Texas
Pecos
Orr
Dist
Frank Baughman
Superior Manufacturing
Coleman T. McSpadden
Lubbock
Me‘Spadden
Robert E. Clements
Ing
Ruel W. Alexander
McSpadden
R. W. Davis
Fowler, Colo
John W. Simmons
Wildorado
Alexander
MelSpadden
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Souvanna
Pat Sutton
Miami Herald
Vickie
Momma
Mrs. Nealis
Aeart
Billy Sol
Commercial Solvents Corp
FBI
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