Air Crash Fatal To Two Men In North Carolina
A single engine ambulance plane crashed on a mountainside 15 miles northwest of Spruce Pine killing two men aboard. Kenneth Jenkins the pilot and James Harris of Knoxville Tennessee. The Berry Funeral Home of Knoxville owned the plane returning from Atlantic City after taking a patient there. A watch on a victim stopped at 9 20. Residents near the NC Tennessee line reported hearing sputtering engines.
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Spruce Pine
N. C
George Bartlett
Kenneth Jenkins
James Harris
Knoxville
Paratrooper Slain and comrade wounded in Fayetteville shooting
An 82nd Airborne paratrooper from Ft. Bragg was killed and another was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a small club near Fayetteville. Ernest A. Alicea, 24, of New York City, died after three bullet hits. Sgt. Samuel L. Sparks, 20, was struck once and remained in critical condition at Womack Army Hospital.
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Fayetteville
N.C
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
Ernest A. Alicea
New York City
Womack Army Hospital
Tina Diaz Alicea
West 141St St
Samuel L. Sparks
Alicea
Dorothy Lane
Sparks
Northeast Snow Grips Wide Northeast
The Associated Press reports heavy snow in the Northeast with subfreezing temperatures. Maine towns like Augusta and Greenville saw 4 to 6 inches, while New York and northern states reported several inches and cold highs in the teens and twenties. A Dickinson North Dakota alarm warned residents as a tornado approached but did not touch down.
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Associated Press
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Augusta
Greenville
New York
Lyon Mountain
Dannemora
Duluth
Minn
Pellston
Mich
Green Bay
Wis
Dickinson
N.D
Officials Scoff at Agreement on Birmingham Voter Drive
In Birmingham a biracial committee announced plans for a door to door voter registration campaign after a six week integration effort that saw thousands arrested and police used. City officials called the agreement nonbinding and scorned its provisions, led by Police Commissioner Eugene Bull Connor who attacked it as a lie. The plan lists desegregation steps for lunch counters and rest rooms, non-discriminatory hiring of Negroes, release of those arrested, and renewed communication within two weeks.
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Birmingham
Connor
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Bu Tually
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Episcopal Bishop Warns on Tongues Practice in California
Bishop James A. Pike of California asks for a formal report on glossolalia as clergy and lay members report surprise and dismay. He bans public speaking in tongues in Episcopal churches preferring private devotion and English worship.
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San Francisco
James A. Pike
Pike
Episcopal Diocese of California
California
Robert W. Cromey
Reserve Shakeup Completed
The Army announced a May 1 completion of a major reserve force reorganization ahead of schedule. It replaces eight National Guard and Army Reserve divisions with 23 National Guard and six Reserve divisions and shifts the Regular Army from the pentomic layout to battalions of 750 to 1,350 men, though Regular Army changes proceed more slowly due to transitional effects.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Army Reserve
Ex Soviet Official Penkovsky Sentenced to Death for Espionage
Moscow reports that Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet official, was sentenced to death by a military tribunal for espionage. His British co defendant Greville Wynne received an eight year term comprising three years in prison and two years in a corrective labor camp.
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Tary
Oleg Penkovsky
Greville
Viktor Borisoglebsky
Wynne
Penkovsky
Watchful Calm Holds In Raleigh
Protests over racial integration in Raleigh pause as Gov. Sanford meets with a Negro group later. Mayor Enloe reports no renewal plan while committee talks await halt to demonstrations. Students and leaders warn tensions may rise, with a 100-member panel proposed to ease the scene.
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Raleigh
William G. Enloe
G. Akers Moore
Enloe
Gov. Sanford
Terry Sanford
Charles A. Lyons
Cambodia says death plot uncovered
Cambodia's government announced an unsuccessful assassination plot against Liu Shao-chi and Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The plan allegedly involved explosives in a tunnel between Phnom Penh airport and the city, timed for Liu's May 11 motorcade during his six day State visit.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Liu Shao-chi
Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Liu
Castro signals thaw after prisoner swap
Fidel Castro told ABC interviewer Lisa Howard that the prisoner exchange with the United States began the path to better relations. He urged joint talks on Soviet technicians in Cuba with the United States and the Soviet Union and hinted at possible compensation for U.S. firms expropriated in Cuba.
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New York
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Soviet Union
U. S
Castro
Hotel Riviera
Havana
ABC News
Lisa Howard
Ten Hours Under Fire In Yakima Range Exercise
Pvt. Daniel J. Arthur, 17, describes ten hours in a target area as heavy live artillery fell during Exercise Coulee Crest in central Washington. Left asleep in a pup tent he watched jets, used white clothing to appear a target, and tried signaling unsuccessfully for help.
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Daniel J. Arthur
Arthur
Air Force
Washington
Los Angeles
Blue
Red
Paul D. Adams
U.S
Blue Artillery
Wanda
Tacoma
Wash
Lie detectors and the police forged in a Sunday feature
A feature in The Sunday Enterprise examines the lie detector and its police use. The piece contrasts layman curiosity with professional regard and explores how tech shapes investigations. It also previews a second feature on how corporations function as collectives of individuals.
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The
Sunday Enterprise
Your
NAVY
Robert H. Roach
Roach
Enterprise
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Ewald
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England
Penkov
Sky
London
Nikolai Borovik
Soviet Bloc
West
Borovik
Supreme Soviet
Cambodia
North Carolina Symphony
North Carolina
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