Brother Found After 40 Years
In Charlotte Howard Whitaker, missing for decades, is found in Mecklenburg County jail after a long search by brothers Ervin and Jesse Whitaker. The reunion follows a Navy boxing past and an assault conviction. the men plan to return home as Bee resumes work in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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Charlotte
N. C
Alabama
Howard Whitaker
Howard
Marvin Ritch
Mecklenburg County
Ervin (Bee
Jesse Whitaker
San Francisco
Bee
Jesse
Huntsville
Ala
Washington, D.C
Texas
Maine
Florida
Idaho
Baltimore
Ritch
Navy
Beverly
Mass
J.D. Whitaker
Ervin
Refugees Pose Security Risk Along Himalayan Border
Indian officials in border districts from Darjeeling to Kalimpong fear security risks from Tibetan refugees and new arrivals. More than 15 000 Tibetans and 500 Chinese are reported in Kalimpong with many refugees settling in the hills. Red Chinese agents and deserters are suspected amid propaganda efforts and active Indian Communist support in the region.
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Darjeeling
India
Tibet
Himalayas
Kalimpong
Peiping
China
Indian Communist Party
Red China
Hindustan Times
New Delhi
Liberation Army
Atlas Hits Target Five Thousand Miles Away
Atlas missile with a new inertial guidance system scored a direct hit 5,000 miles from Cape Canaveral. The nose cone landed in the bull's-eye area near Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. Officials called the test excellent and said it advances Atlas readiness for salvo firing from underground shelters amid a five day machinists strike at Convair.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
South Atlantic
Ascension
Convair
Atlas
Lt General Sink To Visit Home Before Panama Move
Lt General R F Sink first commander of the Strategic Army Corps begins a hometown visit in Lexington North Carolina on Monday before departing for his new post as commander in chief of the Caribbean Command. He also commands the XVII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg and will sail from New York around July 6 aboard the Anson to Panama. Maj Gen Dwight E Beach will lead the 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps until Lt Gen Thomas J H Trapnell arrives later this summer.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
R. F. Sink
Strategic Army Corps
Lexington
Caribbean
Sink
Xvii Airborne Corps
New York
Panama
82Nd Airborne Division
Dwight E. Beach
82Nd
Xviii Airborne Corps
Thomas J. H. Trapnell
Missiles Fire Suppressed by Weatherless Simultaneous Launch
The text describes firing all missiles at a single base simultaneously as a main advantage, immune to jamming and weather. It notes this launching followed two previous U.S. missile achievements last month, including a 9,000 mile Cape Canaveral to Indian Ocean flight and a Midas satellite deployment.
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Fers
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Indian Ocean
Midas
Favorite-Sons Uncommitted Votes Shape Democratic Nomination
Delegates unpledged and favorite-son blocs surpass 600 votes at the Los Angeles convention, with Kennedy claiming about 600 to 700 supporters, Johnson around 500, and Symington about 200. AP tally shows Kennedy 363, Johnson 128, Symington 69, while many states hold undecided blocs.
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Washington
Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Associated Press
Kennedy
Johnson
Symington
Kentucky
Connecticut
Michigan
California
New Jersey
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Two Bodies Sought After Australian Airliner Crash
Rescue crews combed Mackay waters for 21 missing after the Fokker Friendship of Trans Australia Air Line crashed in heavy fog. Among 28 dead were two Americans and nine children. divers found shoes split open and soggy school books. John F. OGrady U.S. consul in Brisbane was among seven bodies recovered, along with Vincent Nicholas Bissen of Boston.
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Brisbane
Australia
Mackay
trans-Australian Air Line
John F. O'Grady
U.S
Vincent Nicholas Bissen
Boston
Mass
Lebanon Holds Nation’s First Parliament Vote in Three Years
Lebanon begins four Sunday elections with Mount Lebanon voting under guard. About 306,000 voters will choose 30 deputies in a country split evenly between Moslems and Christians, amid prior tensions and a 1.525 million population.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U. S
Camille Chamoun
Chamber of Deputies
Chamoun
Sami Solh
Saeb Salam
Ran‘cors
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ins
Mount Lebanon
Missiles Losses Highlight NASA Duplication and Delays
Government auditors report a 16 million dollar loss from a joint Atlas Vega and Atlas Agena B missile effort, blamed on poor planning and overlapping development. NASA canceled the Vega in December after finding Air Force work on a similar rocket.
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Washington
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Air Force
Department of Defense
Comptroller General’s Office
House Space Committee
NASA Esti
Comptroller General
Consolidation of Swannanoa VA Facility Planned
The Veterans Administration will consolidate Swannanoa Division with the Oteen General Hospital on September 1. Swannanoa will transfer to the General Services Administration for future use. Oteen will shift from tuberculosis care to general medical treatment per Dr. James D. Murphy.
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Asheville
Veterans Administration
Swannanoa
Moore General Hospital
Oteen
James D. Murphy
General Service Administration
GSA
Murphy
Veterans’ Hospital
Parole Possible for Caudle and Connelly on Tax Conspiracy
A federal judge ruled that T Lamar Caudle and Matthew J Connelly may be released at the Board of Parole discretion. Convicted of tax conspiracy, they began serving two year sentences May 4 after appeals failed. Connelly served as President Truman's appointments secretary and Caudle headed the Justice Department tax division.
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ST. Louis Mo
T. Lamar Caudle
Matthew J. Connelly
Truman Administration
U.S. Board of Parole
Gunnar Nordbye
Connelly
Harry S. Truman
Caudle
Justice Department
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Gen. Sink
By Jack Bell
By Webb McKinley
Mann
North Main
Ite
R. Delbert Kirkman
Bob Mays
Ralph C. Davis
George D. Davis
C.L.A. Surveys
Robert Bruce
Church St
Dickullot
Farah
Pak
Ule
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