Rebel Exiles Attack Nicaragua from Costa Rica
President Somoza vowed swift annihilation of about 75 exiles who invaded Nicaragua from Costa Rica. Rebels led by Enrique Lacayo Farfan claimed a breakout while a second airborne group near Matagalpa faced air strikes. Reports put rebel numbers from 421 to 50 with various boosts. fighting was unconfirmed in Managua.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Costa Rica
Enrique Lacayo Farfan
San Jose
Somoza
U. S
Santo Tomas
Lake Nicaragua
National Guard
Nicaraguan Air
Matagalpa
Cos Rica
Missile Monkey Dies In Operation
Able, a seven pound Rhesus monkey aboard a Jupiter rocket nose cone, died at Ft. Knox during removal of an implanted recording electrode. The Army reported death not caused by flight effects and noted rapid heart action during a minor operation. Baker, a one pound squirrel monkey, was the other passenger on the space flight.
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Washington
Army
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Ft. Knox
Able
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Baker
Sheriff Debber Shot Dead in Arrest Attempt
Taylorsville North Carolina sheriff Thomas E Debber was shot and killed during an arrest near the town. The incident occurred today as deputies attempted to apprehend a suspect in Alexander County.
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Taylorsville
N.C
Alexander County
Thomas E. Debber
Macmillan Affirms Lloyd Will Stay In Government
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons he hopes to work with Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd for a very long time. He rejected rumors he would replace Lloyd, noting newspaper reports and sending a cable from Geneva to deny any foundation for the claim. London's Times had sparked furor by suggesting a future Lloyd dismissal, while other papers criticized the reports.
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London
Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Selwyn Lloyd
Macmillan
Shinwell
Lloyd
London Times
Britain
Geneva
the Times
Can School Decide Length of Trousers
Durham County Board of Education asked the state attorney general for a ruling on whether a school may dictate a boy's trouser length. The issue arose after a sixth grade boy was kept from class for wearing short pants and for wearing worn work trousers with a broken zipper.
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Durham
N.C
Durham County Board of Education
State Attorney General's Office
W. L. Jenkins
E. B. Goodwin
Daphine Sparrow
Senate backs anti union measure to bar police from unions
A Senate committee approved by 7 to 3 a bill to prohibit policemen and firemen from belonging to labor unions. The bill, already passed by the house, aims to block Teamsters organizer efforts led by James Hoffa. Millard Barbee of AFL CIO criticized the move while Snepp argued it statewide concern. Sen. Simpkins sought defeat. Rutledge favored passage.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Frank Snepp
Mecklenburg
Senate Manufacturing and Labor Committee
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Millard Barbee
Afl-Cio
Claude Currie
Durham
Barbee
James Long
Charlotte
The
International Assn
Snepp
James C. Simpkins
Craven
J. Carlyle Rutledge
Cabarrus
James Hoffa
National Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Principal Duff Leaves Warren County School at End of Year
James S. Duff, long time principal at Warren County High School since 1945, will leave his post as of July 1 to join the State Education Department staff. He spoke from Front Royal after the announcement, noting the move follows a promotion.
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Richmond, Va
James S. Duff
Warren County High School
Front Royal
State Education Department
Gas Tanker Explosion Kills Eleven
A propane gas truck exploded on an eastern Pennsylvania highway killing at least 11 people and injuring more than a dozen. Eyewitnesses described flames racing along the road as a tractor trailer rear ended the gas truck and a half hour later the tanker exploded. Firefighters and onlookers 100 to 300 feet away faced dangerous debris and shrapnel as the blaze swept the highway near Route 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia. The incident disrupted weekday commutes with several school buses damaged or stopped nearby.
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Schuylkill Haven
Pennsylvania
Melvin Clouser
Frank Toohey
Pottsville
Vince Ney
Earl Klinger
Burgess H.B. Shoener
Orwigsburg
Philadelphia
Shoener
Klinger
Gastonia Flier William Horn Jr. Dies In Carrollton Crash
Gastonia North Carolina pilot William Lester Horn Jr. 43 died when his small plane crashed in a Carroll County clover field near Carrollton. Police traced the circling aircraft to the Carrollton area about 2 to 3 am as the crash destroyed the plane. Horn, a Mc Cord Aero Service pilot and flight instructor, was en route on an inspection flight for the Plantation Pipeline. He was a Forest City native survived by a wife and three young children.
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Carrollton
William Lester Horn Jr
Gastonia
N.C
Carroll County
Villa Rica
Plantation
Greensboro
Baton Rouge
Edward C
Red) McCord
Horn
McCord
Forest City
Fight Shapes on Gibsonville Liquor Election
A House floor fight looms over a bill to allow Gibsonville ABC liquor store elections. The House committee split on the proposal, with Guilford supporting and Alamance opposing. Placeholder towns Mount Airy also had a Senate bill approved. Rep Ed Kemp noted 70 percent of Gibsonville residents live on the Guilford side, while Rep George Long said Alamance will oppose and has rejected prior liquor store votes in Graham and Burlington.
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Raleigh
Gibsonville
ABC
House Committee On
Guilford
Alamance
Mount Airy
Ed Kemp
George Long
Alamance County
Graham
Burlington
Congress Hears War Warning on Atomic Threat
Washington AP Congress warned it cannot forget the possibility of a big atomic war as the House prepares to debate a $38.848 billion Defense Department bill for the next fiscal year. Rep. George H. Mahon urged caution against focusing only on limited war and pushing funding fights for Army, Marine Corps, and a super aircraft carrier.
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Washington
Congress
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House
Defense Department
Mahon
Army
Marine Corps
Big Four meet bogged down over Berlin split
Geneva AP report states Western and Soviet foreign ministers clashed over Berlin as an espionage and propaganda battlefield. Khrushchev linked lifting Soviet threat to West Berlin with a mutual agreement while East German Bolz argued for neutralized rule. Gromyko pressed for a full conference session amid tension over Western use of the city.
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Geneva
Berlin
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Lothar Bolz
East Germany
Bolz
Soviet Union
Gromyko
D Day Dispatch Experiences First 6 Hours On Normandy Invasion
AP correspondent Don Whitehead recalls the tense dawn of D-Day June 6 1944 aboard a ship bound for Normandy. He describes nerves among reporters in London and the anxious hours before landing as Ernie Pyle and others share premonitions, plans, and a mix of camaraderie and fear. The piece previews further war coverage and the approach to the invasion.
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Don Whitehead
Normandy
D-Day
Pacific
Ernie
Omar Bradley
London
Chelsea
Ernie Pyle
Hyde Park
Bradley
Savoy
Jack Thompson
Chicago Tribune
Tex O'reilly
New York Herald Tribune
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Pacific Ocean
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Missile Monkey
Bulletin
Times
Daily Mail
Laborite
Daily Herald
Guiedera
McCord Aero Service of
U.S
LST
Brixham
England
Allies
Associated Press
Chester Hotel
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