May Day Celebrations Across Global Capitals Amid Parades
May Day events span Moscow, Berlin, Peiping, Havana and Tokyo with large rallies. In Berlin 700000 West Berliners heard Gen. Clay amid loudspeaker battalions while East Berlin staged a goosestep parade. In Moscow 10000 watched a nine minute military show as Malinovsky spoke. Fidel Castro presided over Havana’s massive workers parade in straw hats.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Berlin
Wall
Moscow
Red Square
Peiping
Heavenly Peace Square
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
Meiji Park
International Socialist Congress
United States
Canada
East Berlin
Italy
Pius XII
St. Joseph
John XXIII
St. Peter's
Carpenter
Nazareth
Red China
Radio
Khrushchev
Lenin
Soviet Union
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Negroes Head For New York and Los Angeles
About 20 Louisiana Negroes travel to Los Angeles on the Freedom Train West, the first large group taking advantage of a free one way ride offer. A second group heads by bus to New York arriving Wednesday morning. routes pass through South and North Carolina. The Baton Rouge family of Peola Denham, with 12 members, seeks better prospects in California.
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New Orleans
Los Angeles
Citizens Council
Freedom Train
New Orleans Council
George L. Singelmann
New York
Trailways
Atlanta
South Carolina
North Carolina
Anderson
Greenville
Spartanburg
S.C
Charlotte
Greensboro
Peola Denham
Baton Rouge
Denham
Los An- See
East-West Turnpike Study Planned by Highway Dept
Raleigh AP The Highway Department will start a feasibility study on an east-west toll turnpike within about a month. The effort aims to assess toll repayment, identify routes from central industrial North Carolina to coastal ports and bases, and may involve outside consulting engineers.
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Raleigh
Highway Department
Merrill Evans
Evans
Sanford
Commission
Budget Deficits Seen If Kennedy Policy Continues
Former Eisenhower budget chief Maurice Stans warned the Kennedy administration’s policies could produce four consecutive deficits, as Sen. Harry F. Byrd predicted a 1963 deficit of 4 to 5 billion. Both urged action to stem gold loss and curb federal spending while business leaders weigh political involvement.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Today
Kennedy
Maurice H. Stans
Western Bancorporation
San Francisco
Byrds
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Chamber
Byrd
Stans
U.S
Santa Claus
Baker
Policeman
Slans
Upholstered Furniture Gains At Spring Market Here
Upholstered furniture leads the spring Southern furniture market with strong orders for living room and occasional accessories and higher price items. Buyers praise fabric variety, improved construction, and steady prices as manufacturers report backlogs and robust demand.
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Indiana
Exposition Building
Furniture Plaza
Ramsey Defends U S Welfare Programs In Raleigh Speech
Ramsey of Asheville challenged critics labeling the welfare state as harmful. He argued democracy and welfare work together and urged scrutiny of phrases that shape public thought. The conference panel on health supported tying medical aid to age to Social Security.
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Raleigh
U. S
Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey
North Carolna Conference For Social Service
Ramsey
State Board of Higher Education
Georgia Farmers Return From Tour Say Reds Lag Behind
A Georgia farmer group returning from a 3000 mile tour of Poland and the Soviet Union says Soviet agriculture trails the United States by 30 to 50 years in farming methods. They note progress but significant gaps, especially in meat production, and praise hospitality and youth programs they observed.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Poland
Soviet Union
United States
L. W. Eberhardt Jr
Athens
Georgia Agricultural Extension
Railroad Merger Favored by ICC Examiner
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner John L. Bradford recommended C&O be allowed to take direct control of B&O through stock exchange up to 2,055,398 shares. The plan keeps both railroads separate yet improves maintenance, motive power, and economies while preserving routes and seniority protections.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Exchange of Stock
John L. Bradford
C&o
B&o
ICC
Bradford
Captured Americans Quinn and Groom Recovered Near Da Nang
Two U S Army enlisted men captured April 8 by Viet Cong were recovered near Da Nang and were in good health. Sgt J C Quinn of Niagara Falls New York and Sgt George E Groom of St Joseph Missouri were flown to a U S Army camp after rescue.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
J. C. Francis Quinn
Niagara Falls
N.Y
George E. Groom
St. Joseph
da Nang
Quinn
Groom
Wayne E. Marchand
Plattsmouth
Neb
James Gabriel
Honolulu
Marchand
Gabriel
U.S. Backs Vertical Takeoff Fighter Program
Defense Secretary McNamara announced the United States will contribute 30 to 35 million dollars to develop Britain's vertical takeoff P1127 fighter. The program is a Britain West Germany and U.S. cost sharing project with Hawker Siddeley leading the design. He spoke en route to Athens for the NATO council meeting and planned a 24 hour London stopover for talks with Harold Watkinson.
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London
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Athens
Greece
North Atlantic Council
Britain
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Co
United States
West Germany
McNamara
Harold Watkinson
Federal Judge Grants Stay In New Orleans Desegregation
U S District Judge Frank B Ellis granted a stay on the order to desegregate the first six grades in New Orleans public schools pending a hearing next Tuesday The stay accompanies a motion for a new trial on Wright Wrights 1960 desegregation ruling and does not indicate a final ruling on the broader grade level desegregation plan.
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New Orleans
U.S
Frank B. Ellis
Wright
Ellis
U.S. District Court
Washington
Kennedy and AMA fail to reach agreement on elderly care
President Kennedy and the American Medical Association leadership met in Washington to discuss medical care for the aged but made no headway toward agreement or compromise. AMA leaders Dr. Leonard W. Larson and Abraham Ribicoff noted persistent disagreement, with Kennedy backing Social Security elder care and AMA opposing it. No positions shifted and no accommodation emerged.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Medical Association
Organization of Doctors
Leonard W. Larson
Secre
Tary
Abraham A. Ribicoff
AMA
Rae
Larson
Bennedy
Edward R. Annis
AMA Speakers Bureau
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Youngstown
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Hooker
Joe Rawiey
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Mose Coleman
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Sgt
Francis Quinn
N. Orleans
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