Marines Sail From Morehead City For Undisclosed Caribbean Mission
Maj. Gen. J. P. Berkeley led hundreds of combat ready Marines from Morehead City to an undisclosed Caribbean destination over the weekend. Spokesmen avoided details on numbers units or exact location while calling the move a rapid deployment capability drill. At least six amphibious ships loaded troops tanks artillery and explosives with multiple ships departing Saturday and Sunday.
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Meeker
LST
Trujillo Assassin Diaz Shot Down in Dominican City
In Ciudad Trujillo soldiers and police killed retired Gen Juan Tomas Diaz the accused chief assassin of Rafael Trujillo and his alleged accomplice Antonio de la Maza after a house to house search. The two fled a car to Independence Park area and opened fire. Police reported Diaz led the assassination plot following his retirement.
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Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Juan Tomas Diaz
Rafael Trujillo
Viak
Antonio de la Maza
de la Maza
Generalissimo Trujillo
Diaz
Independence Park
Bolivar Avenue
Berlin
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Army
Goldfine sentenced for tax evasion in Boston case
US District Judge George C. Sweeney sentences industrialist Bernard Goldfine to one year and one day in prison, a $110000 fine, and five years probation. Secretary Mildred Paperman gets three years probation after pleading guilty to corporate tax evasion. both must disclose cash transactions from Strathmore Woolen Co and related textile firms. The case involved evasion of nearly $800000. Goldfine pleaded guilty May 15.
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Boston
George C. Sweeney
Bernard Goldfine
Mildred Paperman
Goldfine
Sweeney
Miss Paperman
Strathmore Woolen Co
Strathmore Woolen
North Carolina Graduates Large Class Across State
Duke University and Wake Forest College conferred 2,500 degrees, UNC at Chapel Hill granted 2,000. Meredith College, Catawba, Lenoir Rhyne, and North Carolina College also awarded hundreds. The first vice president of the Evangelical and Reformed Church Dr John R C Has collapsed and died after preaching. Lenoir Chambers to deliver UNC commencement. Duke speaker is Dr William S Middleton. Wake Forest speaker is Dr Josef Nordenhaug. Posthumous degree for Bill Skipp at Wake Forest. Graduation events held at several colleges this weekend.
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University of North Carolina
Meredith College
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Catawba
Lenoir Rhyne
North Carolina College
Durham
Evangelical and Reformed Church
John R. C. Has
Evansville
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Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Virginia
North Carolina
Chambers
UNC
Duke
William S. Middleton
Washington
Veterans Administration
Wake Forest
Josef Nordenhaug
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Baptist World
Bill Skippon
Woman's College
Greensboro
Salem College
Winston-Salem
Fayetteville State
Fresh Flow Of Freedom Riders In Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi 65 Freedom Riders have arrived to challenge Jim Crow laws. All 65 jailed and 52 convicted on breach of the peace while 13 await municipal court trial. Sixty percent of those jailed have paid fines or are working off fines, hunger strikes affect both Black and white inmates, and organizers say more rides including fly-ins will continue. Marvin Rich and Jerome Smith spoke from Cleveland on a TV program confirming plans.
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Kennedy Details Vienna Parley For American Radio Report
President Kennedy told Prime Minister Macmillan about the Vienna summit and planned a Tuesday night radio television address to the American people. Khrushchev pressed hard in Vienna while Laos and Cuba setbacks persisted and the two powers agreed to keep talking.
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Laos
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Mutual Broadcasting System
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U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sanford declines to push 50 percent license tag hike
Gov. Sanford said he will not press for passage of a bill to boost auto license tag costs by 50 percent. The measure, backed by administration, was pitched as an alternative to raise highway funds for secondary roads while new funds and economy moves were explored. He noted money for paving may be found from shifting agency support to the general fund and urged the Highway Commission to stretch resources until the 1963 session. He also reserved judgment on Senate expansion proposals to address redistricting.
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General Fund
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Highway Commission
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Sen
Lunsford Crew
Halifax
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Forsyth
Billy Graham Evangelism Criticized By British Paper
The Daily Sketch in London denounces Billy Graham's British crusade as wrong by favoring mood over reason. It says his dramatic appeals trigger emotional decisions that fade, leaving converts with a sense of loss once emotions subside.
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London
Today
Billy Graham
Dominican Cooperation Offered to OAS Probe
The Dominican Republic offered cooperation to an OAS seven nation committee investigating conditions in the country. No final action was taken as diplomats discussed plans for a possible operations scheme.
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OAS
Washington
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Porfirio Herrera Baez
Augusto Arango
Panama
Arturo Morales Carrion
Crlos Clulow
United States
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Caribbean
Rafael L Tru
Truman criticizes pace of racial integration
Former President Harry S. Truman, on a morning walk in New York, says progress toward integration is not fast enough but can be solved with common sense not hammer and tongs. He repeats segregation is everyone's business and praises good will and steady progress. James Peck of CORE accompanies him.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Truman
James Peck
Birmingham
Ala
Peck
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Kennedy Hopes Khrushchev May Shift on Berlin
Vienna talks leave Kennedy hopeful that Khrushchev might signal restraint over West Berlin while pressing for a separate East German peace treaty this year. Officials see possible risk of a shooting clash if East German controls NATO supply routes to the city.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
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Laos
Cuba
United States
Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Khrushchev in Vienna A Cautious Meeting with Kennedy
Khrushchev arrives grave and subdued in Vienna after last year’s outbursts. He seeks to size up Kennedy and assess Western resolve while avoiding a Berlin confrontation. He signals support for a Laos cease fire, but his future moves depend on Western unity and action.
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Khrushchev
Vienna
United States
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