Japanese Trainmen Arrested After Tokyo Wrecks
An engineer and four other train crew members were arrested on suspicion of criminal negligence after Thursday's trio of crashes that killed 154 to 164 people and injured hundreds. Police note a green signal possibly misread as a factor.
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Tokyo
Fire Department
Norifumi Minakami
Minakami
Shoichi Kimura
Japan
Shinji Sogo
Japan National Railway
Tadashi Miyano
Sogo
Alps
News Agency Denies Rumors Nasser Wounded
The United Arab Republic Middle East News Agency denied rumors that President Nasser was shot and badly wounded. The UAR Embassy in Washington called the report baseless, labeling it cheap propaganda attributed to Israeli Radio. The Telegraph and Daily Telegraph earlier aired similar claims, naming Ali Amer as the alleged assassin.
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London
United Arab Republic
Middle East
Today
Nasser
Britain
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Ali Amer
Abdel Hakim Amer
U. A. R Armed Forces
Venezuelan marines seize Carupano in Caracas revolt
A battalion of Venezuelan marines seized Carupano, with fighting reported as the army moved in to quell the uprising. Rebel leader Capt. Jose Teodoro Molina was named by Miraflores Palace sources, as loyal forces surrounded the town and a warship was expected to join from La Guaira.
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Richard G. Maslock
Caracas
Venezuela
Carupano
Romulo Betancourt
Caribbean
la Guaira
Miraflores Palace
Betancourt
Capt
de Corbeta
Jose Teodoro Molina
Two U S Army Sergeants Released Face Controlled Briefing
Two U S Army Special Forces sergeants Francis Quinn and George Groom, freed by guerrillas in South Vietnam, were instructed to say they received no Communist leaflets. The incident, reviewed by intelligence, involved a CBS reporter and raised questions about details at a Saigon briefing.
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U.S
Columbia Broadcasting System
Peter Kalischer
Francis Quinn
Niagara Falls
N.Y
George E. Groom
St. Joseph
Saigon
U.S. Army
South Viet Nam
Quinn
Groom
CBS
Viet Nam
Kennedy plan pay raise questioned by rail unions and leaders
The AP report from Washington and Chicago notes a rail wage proposal of 10.2 cents an hour for 450 000 nonoperating workers engineers and other operating personnel drew fast criticism from unions and railroad executives. Union leaders call it too low, while management argues it is a severe blow to labor.
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Chicago
Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Wayne Johnston
Illinois Central
Ben Heineman
Northwestern Railway
G. E. Leighty
Titov Tours Baltimore Steel Mill In U S Visit
Soviet space explorer Gherman Titov tours Bethlehem Steel Sparrow Point Works in Baltimore to view the largest steel and tin output in the United States. He will also see shipmaking before returning to Washington for a Soviet diplomatic reception alongside John H. Glenn Jr. and other officials.
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Titov
Washington
U.S
John H. Glenn Jr
Baltimore
Bethlehem Steel
Sparrow’s Point
United States
Earth
Sparrows Point
Space
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Soviet Union
Glenn
North Carolina tax receipts rise on sales tax surge
Revenue figures show April sales and use tax receipts at 11 million, up 55.75 percent from a year earlier, driving the general fund to 35.4 million for April, a 21.65 percent rise. Highway fund fell to 9 million as gasoline tax declined. ten month totals show gains in both highway and gasoline tax, while the general fund year to date reaches 308.8 million, up 13.6 percent.
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North Carolina
W. A. Johnson
Gov. Sanford
Old-Line Democrats Gain Control in Alabama Vote
Alabama primary results shift party power as loyalists win a large share of state committee seats. Old-line Democrats regain control to block another states rights presidential revolt. nationwide Kennedy support cited while some electors align with Byrd loyalists. May runoff pending further outcomes.
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Alabama
Harry
Byrd
D-Va
John F. Kennedy
Rex Thomas
Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
National Party
State Committee
Lthe
Democratic Executive Committee
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy calls for trade expansion to avert decline
President Kennedy urged Americans to embrace a two way Atlantic Partnership of expanding trade. In a prepared address he framed the May 1962 choice as trade or fade and tied more trade to more jobs and stronger national security, with a proposed trade expansion bill before Congress.
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New Orleans
Kennedy
America
Free World
Congress
Washington
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Air Force
Europe
United States
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Confederate General's Widow Helen Longstreet Dies at 99
Helen Dortch Longstreet widow of General James Longstreet dies at 99 in Milledgeville Georgia after a long life as a WWII riveter and Georgia's first female public librarian. Born April 20 1863 in Carnesville she married Longstreet in 1897 and later fought to clear his Gettysburg decisions.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Helen Dortch Longstreet
James Longstreet
Milledgeville State Hospital
State Mental Hospital
Lee
Gettysburg
Longstreet
Northern Virginia
Williamsburg
Manassas
Antietam
Chickamauga
Appomattox
Ulysses S. Grant
Gainesville
Veterans Bureau
Georgia
Bell
Marietta
Reuther proposes double pay to curb overtime
UAW President Walter P. Reuther urged doubling regular wages for overtime as a penalty. He spoke at the 18th UAW constitutional convention in Atlantic City and outlined actions to cut unemployment, boost production, and push for long term federal economic measures. He noted 22 million years of lost work time in nine years and urged liberal successes in upcoming off year elections.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers Union
America
Reuther
UAW
United States
Canada
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Casbah
Bernard V. Lavallee
Algiers
Algeria
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