Congo Debate Opens at U.N. on Congo Dismemberment Claims
At the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Gromyko prepared to accuse Belgium, Hammarskjold, and Kasavubu of plans to dismember the Congo. He challenged the Kasavubu led shift from a Belgian federal plan to a confederation of semi independent states. Hammarskjold backed Dayal amid Kasavubu’s recalls. A UN force buildup with India's troops and Ceylon’s pledge aims to total 25 000. A Congo committee will review Lumumba’s death.
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Andrei Gromyko
Congo
U.N. General Assembly
Belgium
Dag Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasavubu
Gromyko
Kasavubu
Antoine Gizenga
Gromyke
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Republic
U.N
Hammarskjold
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
Dayal
Patrice Lumumba
Gizenga
Lumumba
New York Herald Tribune
Marguerite Higgins
Leopoldville
Nehru
Miss Higgins
Mekki Abbas
Sudan
Ceylon
Kennedy Seeks Near 500 Million Budget Increase
President Kennedy asked Congress for a near 500 million dollar hike in next year’s budget. He proposed 41 million more for Interior, over 442 million for Agriculture and targeted boosts for Africa and Latin America, plus 134 U N mission staff to handle expanded U N activity.
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Kennedy
Congress
State Department
Africa
U.S. Information Agency
Latin America
U.S
United Nations
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Rural Electrification Administration
Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corp
International Fisheries Commissions
U.N
Snow and sleet mark spring arrival across central U S
The storm delivering snow sleet and icy rain reached the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and moved east through Missouri and Oklahoma. Amarillo and Dodge City saw about 2 inches, with totals up to 5 inches in parts of Oklahoma and up to a foot in the Southwest. Roads were closed and power outages reported as utilities warned of more snow.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Missouri
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Tex
Dodge City
Kan
Weather Bureau
Tulsa
Silverton
Clovis
N.M
Oklahoma Panhandle
Frondizi Regime Grabs Santa Fe Municipal Majority
Arturo Frondizi's Intransigent Party won a large municipal majority in 10 Santa Fe cities, with 191,015 votes. The People’s Radical Union had 84,763, and the Work and Progress party 61,760. Blank ballots fell to 69,195, a drop from 200,000 in 1958. Peron, exiled in Spain, advised followers to abstain but cast blank ballots.
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Santa FE
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Buenos Aires
Mendoza
Frondizi
People's Radical Union
Work and Progress Party
Kennedy aims for balanced budget with deficit defense request
President Kennedy plans to submit a balanced budget to Congress and seek at least one billion dollars in deficit defense spending. The move targets a pay as you go stance while funding stepped up defense, including missile development and protection of long range systems like Minute Man and Polaris.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Navy
Meeting Of Africans Ends In Riot
In Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia an outdoor meeting of African nationalists drew about 30 000 attendees and erupted into a stone throwing riot. Police used tear gas injuring three black policemen and two spectators at the National Democratic party gathering. Joshua Nkomo praised Patrice Lumumba and warned European powers are waning as tensions rise amid plans for a Northern Rhodesia constitution.
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Bulaway
Southern Rhodesia
National Democratic Party
Joshua Nkomo
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Cardinal Wyszynski Defies Polish Communist Regime Stance
In Warsaw Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski denounces state backed atheization and laicization, vowing the Catholic Church will not bow to the Polish Communist authorities. He cites Vatican guidance and ongoing tensions over church instruction in schools amid Gomulka’s regime.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Satan
Cardinal Wyszynski
Gomulka
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Communist Party
Vatican
Wyszynski
John XXIII
Pope Pius XII
Rome
Wyszinski
GOP Tax Measures Promised
GOP lawmakers in Morganton N C pledge to introduce tax measures to fund Gov Sanford s school program without taxing food or drugs The plan aims to tax tobacco liquor beer wine soft drinks autos and planes plus other changes totaling about 75 million for the next two years The release criticizes Democratic action on local bills affecting absentee voting and school trustee elections in Clay County and Glen Alpine respectively.
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Morganton N. C
General Assembly
Gov. Sanford
Clay County
West
Wayne G. West
Clay
Burke
Dan Simpson
Glen Alpine
Simpson
Organ Suspension Technique Hints At Transplant Breakthrough
Minnesota scientist Dr. Claude R. Hitchcock reported a method of cooling and removing blood from baboon and dog organs to keep them viable outside the body for up to 24 hours. He said this suspended animation could enable eventual cross species organ transplants and later, cadaver organs stored for later use, detailing key steps and potential benefits.
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Minnesota
Claude R. Hitchcock
Minneapolis General Hospital
American Cancer Society
Science
Gable’s Widow Delivers Baby Boy in Hollywood
Mrs Kay Gable gave birth to an eight pound boy at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital by Caesarean section. Clark Gable died at the same hospital last November, and this is Mrs Gable’s first child with him. Her son Bunker, 11, and daughter Joan, 9, are mentioned in relation to the family.
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James Bacon
Hollywood (Ap
Clark Gable
Kay Gable
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Gable
Clark
Mrs. Gable
Encino
British Clerk Photographed Sub Plans in Spy Trial
Royal Navy clerk Henry Houghton testified he photographed secret submarine plans after being beaten by suspected Eastern bloc agents. The Dreadnought project and a Skipjack type reactor were cited as the targets. Co-defendants include Ethel Gee Gordon Lonsdale Peter Kroger and Helen Kroger. The FBI traced the Kroger couple to the U S and a radio transmitter was found in their home.
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London
Houghton
Nikki
Portland
Ethel Elizabeth Gee
Gordon A. Lonsdale
Peter Kroger
Helen
FBI
Krogers
Morris
Lola Cohen
New York
Miss Gee
Britain
Lonsdale
Kroger
Moscow
Jazz Orchestra Uses In Toronto Church Service
In Toronto the St Columba United Church held an Anglican Mass sung by its 60 member choir and a glee club with a six piece jazz orchestra. Rev Shaun Herron said sacred music is often bad noting craftsmen from Roman Catholic and Christian Science backgrounds also played. The service drew about 900 attendees and was the first Canadian church performance of Beaumonts Mass.
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Toronto
Shaun Herron
St. Columba United Church
Geoffrey Beaumont
Milk Price Fixing Probed as DOJ Expands Inquiry
Justice Department broadens investigations into alleged price fixing in meat milk drugs and more across major cities Kennedy notes potential price reductions citing Eisenhower era prosecutions and a drop of 30 to 40 percent in electrical equipment costs Keating presses on Hoover rift rumors Kennedy dismisses any split with Hoover in New York interview.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
Robert F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
New York City
New York State
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Witchcraft Gangs Sought In Congo
A U N and Congolese force reached Kasongo after a 24 hour drive through muddy roads to confront witchcraft gangs in Kivu Province. The force reported all is well as it advanced against the leopard skin clad cultists who vow to kill whites. About 30 whites, mainly missionaries and plantation owners, are believed still in Kasongo. The Kiluana sect is suspected. refugees from Kivu, including Americans, were expected in Leopoldville.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U. N
Kasongo
Kivu
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
Congo
United Nations
Spring Arrives With Warmth Across North Carolina
Statewide outlook shows spring warmth with sunny skies. Highs reach the 60s to 70s from north to south. A chance of rain tonight into Tuesday could bring a brief dip in temperatures. Readings included Wilmington 72/49 Raleigh 68/39 Greensboro 66/39 Charlotte 63/46 Asheville 63/40.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Wilmington
Raleigh
Greensboro
Charlotte
Asheville
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