Hollywood Homes Destroyed in Brush Fire Near Griffith Park
Fire swept 1000 acres in Hollywood California as gusts up to 40 mph drove flames through brush hillside neighborhoods near Griffith Park Observatory. 24 homes damaged or destroyed and many evacuated including Camp Hollywood with 146 girls. Aldous Huxley among losses. Cause undetermined with a report of a power line failure.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Hills
Calif
Sunset Boulevards
Griffith Park Observatory
Aldous Huxley
Beachwood Canyon
Camp Hollywood
Johnson pledges friendship in Manila amid Communist threats
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told the Philippines Congress that free nations must stand together against communism. He praised the Filipino people, warned of Cuban and Vietnamese guerilla threats, and urged flexible, proactive responses while stressing unity of purpose. Johnson met President Garcia and toured Manila with public welcome blocks.
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Manila
Lyndon B. Johnson
Philippines Congress Today
Free Nations
Kennedy
University of the Philippines
Congress
America
Community of Free Nations
Johnson
Cuba
South
Viet Nam
John
Son
Philippines
Asia
Laos
Carlos P. Garcia
Malacanang Palace
Garcia
Saigon
Bank Entry Reported at McColl South Carolina
AP dispatch states Mc Coll State Bank was broken into overnight with no early signs of a disturbed safe. Entry appears to have been gained by smashing a rear window in the central town of about 3,000 near the North Carolina border, roughly 10 miles from Laurinburg.
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Mccoll
S.C
McColl State Bank
North Carolina
Laurinburg
N. C
GI Returns But Loot Missing
Air Force staff sergeant Arthur Morrissette surrendered at the Carswell Air Force Base gate after reportedly AWOL from Shaw AFB Sumter. He claimed to have traveled via Atlanta after taking $14 438 from a South Carolina base commissary and later discovered most of the money was gone.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Air Force
South Carolina Air Force Base
Arthur Romeo Morrissette
FBI
K. R. Corbitt
Sumter
S.C
Morrissette
Carswell Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base
Atlanta
Kasavubu Calls Parliament to Resolve Congo Crisis
President Kasavubu ordered Parliament recalled to unify the Congo after a crisis that split the nation. He seeks Katanga’s reintegration under central rule, requests UN protection for lawmakers, and set session to open after a conference in Coquilhatville.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Kasavubu
United Nations
U. N
Coquilhatville
Flood Crisis Mounts In Two States
Flood-weary residents of southern Illinois and Indiana monitor soggy lev ees and weakened dikes after a week of flooding that has reached record proportions. Hundreds of thousands of acres remain underwater as swollen rivers surge toward crests expected in the coming days.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Indiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Survivors Of Cuban Invasion On Vieques Island
A U S official confirms survivors of the Cuban invasion were hidden on Vieques Island off Puerto Rico then flown to the mainland. The last survivors left Vieques on May 2, with some believed in Miami, amid continued government secrecy and limited access to Vieques. The incident follows the Cochinas Bay counterrevolutionary failure where 1,200 invaders faced Cuba's larger forces.
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Cuba
Cochinas Bay
Vieques
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Associated Press
Defense Department
White House
Central Intelligence Agency
Formal Cease-Fire Signed By Laotians
A formal cease-fire document was signed in Ban Namone by government and Pathet Lao delegations. They agreed to open full-scale military and political talks to form a coalition government and possibly send a unified Laotian delegation to Geneva. Separate delegations are already in Geneva. Speculation swirls about a future meeting among Souvanna Phouma Souvanouvong and Phoumi Nosavan.
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Ban Namone
Laos
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Dele
Gation
Geneva
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanouvong
Phoumi Nosavan
Navy diver reaches 1000 feet depth in test
Hannes Keller a 26 year old mathematician diver from Winterthur Switzerland demonstrates depth records for the U S Navy at its experimental diving unit He descended to 1000 feet and aims for 3000 feet while using a secret gas breathing formula Keller has previously dived to 561 feet in a pressurized tank and 1000 feet near Toulon in a bounce dive designed to limit decompression time.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
Navy
Hannes Keller
Winterthur
Switzerland
Keller
North Carolina Legislature Targets Rep Jonas In Redistricting
In Raleigh the General Assembly considered redistricting to 11 seats aligning with the 1960 census. Lawmakers debated pitting Rep Charles Jonas against Basil Whitener, with other pairings proposed for Cooley Fountain Henderson and others. Highway safety bills were also discussed including vehicle inspection and driver training, with the Senate advancing a tougher point system and the House killing a DMV regulation bill.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Charles R. Jonas
Jonas
Basil Whitener
House
Congressional Districts Committee
Roger Jackson
Hertford
Herb Hardy
Greene
Whitener
Ed Kemp
Guilford
Harold Cooley
L. H. Fountain
Senate
Cooley
Fountain
Motor Vehicles Department
Cutlar Moore
Robeson
Senate Roads Committee
Algiers braces for feared rightist right to seize city
Algiers crowds 20 000 troops riot police and gendarmes massed to deter possible ultra rightist action on the 1958 coup anniversary. Police vans and warships guard government districts as 6 000 armed men of the secret army organization are said ready to occupy areas and challenge troops.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Secret Army
Corbett Gets Life for Coors Kidnap Slaying
In Golden Colorado district court on Friday Joseph Corbett Jr. 32 was sentenced to life in prison after his March conviction for the murder of Adolph Coorsell a wealthy brewer in a February 9 1960 half million dollar kidnapping plot.
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Golden
Colo
Joseph Corbett Jr
Adolph Coorsell
Laos talks stall as Rusk and Gromyko fail to resolve representation
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met at a Soviet hillside mansion to seek a solution on Laotian representation at the Geneva conference. Rusk rejected Pathet Lao's demand for full and equal status, delaying the conference start as Western leaders urged progress. The Laotian government leaders meanwhile traveled to Geneva via Rome, insisting on a cease-fire before any vote.
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Louis Nevin
Geneva
U.S
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Laos
Rusk
Gromyko
Rome
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Greensboro School Board Ordered to Assign Four Negro Children
Federal judge under a higher court mandate directs Greensboro school board to assign Valarie McCoy Eric McCoy Thetus McCoy and Michael Tonkins to an appropriate school for 1961-62 in line with their constitutional rights. Attorneys told to specify desired schools within 10 days. The decision follows a 1954 integration standard and a Fourth Circuit ruling overruled earlier dismissal.
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Greensboro
Greensboro School Board
Edwin M. Stanley
U.S. Middle District Court
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Stanley
Supreme Court
Sunday Enterprise Promotes Mothers Day Tribute
The Sunday Enterprise previews a Mother’s Day tribute in which mothers will be honored. A separate article by Dr. Walter Blackstock addresses a nationwide decline in college freshmen’s English skills. Bonnie Moore reports on an ancient Keyaunee village site near Asheboro found and lost years ago.
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Mother
Enterprise
Walter Blackstock
High Point College
Sunday Enterprise
Asheboro
Bonnie Moore
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