Laos talks delayed as Britain and Russia clash over delegation
Britain and the Soviet Union could not decide which Laos delegation should sit at the conference table. The United States demanded a settled representation issue before joining, while a truce commission reported a general halt in fighting though local outbreaks remain. Rusk planned further talks with Gromyko as efforts to start the conference continued.
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Britain
Soviet Union
Cochairmen
Laos
United States
Truce Commission
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Geneva
Pathet Lao
Thailand
Bangkok
Brazil Chief Quadros Defies U S on Cuba Policy
Brazilian President Janio Quadros rejected U S calls for hemispheric action against Cuba. Foreign Minister Arinos said Brazil opposes foreign intervention and does not view Castro as a Communist bloc member, signaling possible wider Latin American stance.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Janio Quadros
Washington
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Brazil
Hemisphere
Castro
Communist Bloc
Quadros
U.S
Afonso Arinos
Khrushchev Predicts Peaceful Communist Victory
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a Tbilisi rally that communism will win a peaceful triumph over capitalism. He argued Marxism and Leninism are superior and that victory will come without guns. He contrasted US wealth with Soviet equality and praised Gagarin’s space milestone as proof of socialist progress.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Tbilisi
Tiflis
Soviet Republic of Georgia
United States of America
How'd She Do It How Cynthia Pitts Returned Home
In Goldsboro North Carolina a 3 year old girl Cynthia Pitts disappeared from 1205 FE Maple Street and reappeared about ten miles away near the Brogden community. Police and volunteers conducted a city wide search before the child returned home saying I walked.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Cynthia Pitts
Maple St
Brogden
Cynthia
Kenneth Halliburton
Robert N. Pitts
Vis
100 More Patrolmen Proposed In New Bill
RALEIGH AP A bill to add 100 men to the State Highway Patrol was introduced in the General Assembly. Rep Sam Whitehurst led the measure which 66 of 120 House members signed. Cost estimated at 1 354 000 for the biennium. patrol strength would exceed 700.
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Whitehurst
Debate on extending minimum wage coverage to 25000 workers
In Raleigh the Civitan leader outlined a Tuesday showdown on extending the state minimum wage law to about 25 000 more workers. Rep John Kennedy of Mecklenburg pushed the measure to the House floor with a minority report despite an unfavorable committee vote ten days earlier.
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Uled
House Committee On Manufacturing and Labor
John Kennedy
Mecklenburg
House
Senate
N. Elton Aydlett
Pasquotank
Aydlett
State Supreme Court
Clifton Everett
Frank Wooten
Pitt
State Nurses Assn
Photographer Beaten at Pro Cuba Meeting in Uruguay
Life photographer Andrew St. George, from Dobbs Ferry New York, was assaulted at a pro Cuba event in Montevideo. About 15 leftist students forced him into a room, stole film, and damaged a camera. he was not seriously hurt and filed protests with the Foreign Ministry and police chief. The gathering drew around 400 people for an open debate on Cuba.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Life Magazine
Andrew St. George
St. George
Dobbs Ferry
N.J
University Hall
Foreign Ministry
Cyclone Death Toll in East Pakistan Rises
Dacca reports the cyclone toll reaching 185 with fears of higher figures. Vast numbers of cattle perished and countless homes were destroyed in the disaster.
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Dacca
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Economists Predict Record US Production By Year End
Economists forecast the nation’s annual production rising to a record more than 525 billion dollars by year end. The Commerce Department and the Business Advisory Council project a quarterly rate near 505 billion, with expected gains from renewed orders and inventory restocking.
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Sterling F. Green
Commerce Department
Council
F. R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Econ
Omy
Jew Survived Three Nazi Camps Testifies at Eichmann Trial
Mordechai Ansbacher, 34, German born Jew, described surviving Theresienstadt Auschwitz and Dachau after being separated from family in 1939 1945. He testified how inmates faced cold hunger and death awaiting liberation by American troops.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Mordechai Ansbacher
Theresienstadt
Auschwitz
Dachau
Hitler
Eichmann
Europe
Germany
Bavaria
Ansbacher
Mordechai
Closest Vote Okays Measure on Auto Insurance Cancellation
In Raleigh the House approved on second reading by 50 to 49 a bill letting insurers cancel auto liability policies for fraud or misrepresentation at application, for conviction of certain offenses with up to 60 days in jail or $100 fine, or license revocation under point system. Backers cite unjust policy revocations. opponents warn of shorter term policies and higher rates.
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Raleigh
House
Viet Nam Aid Talks Successful
Vice President Lyndon B Johnson says he reached complete agreement with President Ngo Dinh Diem on US help for South Viet Nam to meet growing Communist guerrilla attacks. The plan includes expanding the army by 20,000, boosting civil defense with advisers, and training the 50,000-man civil guard, while no US troops would be sent. Johnson pledged continued US support under a total defense program of about 160 million this year.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
U. S
Johnson
Diem
National Assembly
Kennedy
Mars Hill boycott cuts classes as teachers threaten resignations
In Mars Hill North Carolina the stay at home protest by mothers leads to 56 students at school while 30 of 35 teachers vow to resign if Principal Ralph E Neill Jr is not reappointed. The school board has not reversed its decision and no comment was available from the superintendent.
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Mars Hill
N.C
Ralph E. Neill Jr
Madison County
Fred W. Anderson
Neill
Combination High School
Grammar School
Marshall
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North Carolina
Wilson
Joe H. Leonard
Chamber of Commerce
George Covington
Francis Essie
Bill Ervin
Dal Bayles
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