Freeman Minimizes Estes Case at News Conference
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said the Billie Sol Estes affair is blown out of proportion. He asserted three department employees received gifts from Estes but no favors were granted in return, and noted his handling of Estes cotton allotments was fair.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
West Texas
Freeman
Charles S. Murphy
Republican Congress
Agriculture Department
Department
Venezuelans and Fleeing Communists
A Venezuelan warship captured several Communist leaders and two rebel naval officers fleeing by boat after a weekend uprising in Carupano. President Betancourt praised loyal forces as he blamed Communists for attempting to install a Castro style regime in Venezuela. Casualties were reported between 5 and 40 dead and 30 to 150 wounded. government losses were 2 dead and 10 wounded.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carupano
Red
Eloy Torres
Betancourt
Cuba
Fidel Cas
U.S. and British Pianists Win In Red Contest
In Moscow the second Tchaikovsky piano competition ends with joint first prizes to Vladimir Ashkenazy of the USSR and John Ogden of Britain. Susan Starr of Philadelphia and Chin Tsung of China share second. four Russians and a Frenchman win the other prizes. Ashkenazy and Ogden, both 25, lead a field that also includes Roy Bogas of Richmond, CA, a finalist awarded a diploma. Prizes total 2,500 rubles for first, 2,000 for second, with foreign money share and tours in the Soviet Union.
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Susan Starr
Philadelphia
Roy Bogas
Los Angeles
Moscow
Kremlin
Chin Tsung
Red China
Bogas
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Soviet Union
John Ogden
China
Richmond
Calif
Ashkenazy
Tchaikovsky Com
van Cliburn
Ogden
Miss Starr
Chin Teun
Army plan prompts 24 states to reject guard unit cuts
Twenty four states spurned a Pentagon request for guard unit elimination as 26 states and Puerto Rico replied. The White House deferred a governors meeting with Kennedy while McNamara handles defense input. The Guard Bureau seeks a 10 percent cut across units to realign resources.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
Army National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Army
White House
Governors’ Committee
Kennedy
Governors
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Athens
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Norman Erbel
Iowa
Donald W. McGowan
Guard Bureau
McGowan
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Birth control pill praised by state medical society
The North Carolina State Medical Society endorses a Mecklenburg pilot study of Enovid, an oral contraceptive. Dr. Squires of Charlotte says Enovid is a safe effective option when supervised by a physician and should be restricted to suitable candidates.
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Raleigh
Squires
Charlotte
Mecklenburg
State Medical Society
R. Wayne Rundles
Duke University Medical Center
S. F. Ravenel
Society
Eben Alexander
Bowman Gray Hospital
Winston-Salem
Arthur J. Prange, Jr
J of North Carolina School of Medicine
Eleven Felons Saw Way Out Of Prison
Eleven inmates escaped Greenville Prison Camp in North Carolina by sawing through bars and a cell block window. Guards Bullock and Killingsworth were fired for custodial negligence. bloodhounds aided the manhunt. The escape involved 11 long term inmates including a lifer, with a stolen truck reported nearby.
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Greenville
Raymond Earl Bullock
Albert L. Killingsworth
State Highway Patrol
Leroy Darden
Goldsboro
George B. Staples
Hanes
Raymond Picarski
Parma
Ohio
Thomas Leroy Woodman
Lumberton
Lloyd Lee
High Point
Marvin Tew
Kinston
Woodrow Whitfield
Norfolk
John T. McMurray
Albemarle
Johnny Cobb
Meeks
Polaris Missile Test Firing Declared Complete Success
The Polaris missile fired from the submarine Ethan Allen in the Pacific dropped its nuclear warhead near the target area, with the test called a complete success by the Navy. The warhead exploded in the air within a 1,400 mile range as the launch occurred while submerged.
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Washington
Pacific
Ethan Allen
Navy
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
Polaris
AEC
Step Taken To Limit Debate On Literacy Test Bill
A cloture petition to limit debate on the literacy test bill was filed in the Senate for a Wednesday vote. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and Dirksen backed the petition with 29 signers, 19 Democrats and 10 Republicans. The vote is expected to occur an hour after convening, with Mansfield proposing an 11 am start.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
R-lll
Mansfield
Dirksen
John A. Carroll
Colo
Joseph A. Clark
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Clair Engle
Calif
Philip A
Benjamin A. Smith
Mass
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Gordon Allott
J. Glenn Beall
Prescott Bush
Conn
Clifford P. Case
N.J
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Jacob K. Javits
N.Y
Kenneth B. Keating
Thomas H. Kuchel
Hugh Scott
France conducts fifth underground nuclear test in Sahara
Paris reports France exploded an atomic device underground on May 1 at its Sahara testing ground, the fifth French nuclear explosion. The 1961 test occurred amid the Geneva disarmament talks in which France declined to join the 18 invited participants.
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Paris
France
Sahara
Geneva
de Gaulle
Segni Elected Italian President Sparks Center-Left Rift
Italy’s Antonio Segni, a 71 year old Christian Democrat, won the presidency after nine ballots amid fist fights. The center-left coalition backed by Socialist support narrowly approved Segni, while Communist and Socialist rivals and coalition dissent warned of a dangerous fracture within the government.
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James M. Long
Rome
Antonio Segni
Italy
End
Christian Democrats
Christian Democrat
Giovanni Gronchi
Segni
Democratic Socialists
Lcans
Democratic Socialist Party
Giuseppe Saragat
Christian Democrat Party
Aldo Moro
Saragat
Christian Demoocrats
Morn
Blaze Levels Rex Restaurant At Morehead City
Firemen investigated a blaze that destroyed the Rex Restaurant on U S highway 70 near Morehead City. The two story frame building owned by Frank Marino was valued at about 55000 and partially insured. Construction blocked hydrants and no water was used on the flames. Marino said the business would likely rebuild and continue in the food trade.
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Morehead City
Rex
U. S. Highway 70
Frank Marino
Marino
NATO Maintains Unity Over Arms Use Amid Berlin Talks
The NATO 15 reaffirmed defense with all necessary means including nuclear weapons. The communiqué noted US Polaris submarines to NATO command and acknowledged exploratory US-Soviet talks on Berlin, despite French reservations.
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Athens
Greece
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Berlin
NATO
U.S
Washington
Familiar Political Names Highlight Five States Primaries
Voters in Ohio Florida Indiana New Mexico and West Virginia pick nominees for two governors two U.S. Senate seats and 54 House posts. In Ohio both Taft Jr and Fess seek congressman at large with DiSalle Lausche facing token opposition. Florida features Pepper facing rivals while Smathers leads Democrats with Davis and Voorhees as contenders. Indiana and West Virginia focus on congressional races with incumbents mostly safe.
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Associated Press
U.S. Senate
House
Ohio
Florida
Indiana
New Mexico
West Virginia
Robert A. Taft
Thomas Lowell Fess
Simeon D. Fess
Michael V. DiSalle
Frank J. Lausche
DiSalle
Mark McElroy
Lausche
Albert T. Ball
Cleveland
John Marshall Briley
Toledo
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Claude Pepper
George A. Smathers
Kennedy
Smathers
Robert L. Davis
Douglas R. Voorhees
Emerson Rupert
St. Petersburg
Edwin L. Mechem
Ken Hechler
Elizabeth Kee
Missing Goulet daughter found after babysitter visit
Nicolette Goulet, five, was unharmed after authorities resolved a disappearance scare sparked by her mother Louise Goulet and her estranged husband Robert Goulet. Babysitter Juanita Lopez returned Nicolette and the other Lopez children to their apartment, ending the overnight confusion.
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New York
Robert Goulet
Nicolette
Louise Goulet
Juanita Lopez
Culative
Ten Die as DC3 Crashes in Thick Fog at Ventnor
A two engine DC3 airliner carrying 14 aboard crashed in heavy fog on Ventnor Isle of Wight. Ten people were killed and seven injured as the plane, en route from Jersey to Portsmouth, burst into flames on Sunday.
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Ventnor
Isle of Wight
England
English Channel
Ministry of Aviation
Portsmouth
Channel
Jersey
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Robert A. Allen
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