Senators Probe Texas Financier Estes Links
In Washington amid Senate inquiries into Texas financier Billie Sol Estes, Sen. Ralph Yarborough denied receiving a $1,000 payment and said subscriptions with Estes were unlinked to favors. Investigators pressed Estes in Texas as Republicans pressed Freeman to resign over alleged connections to Estes.
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Washington
Ralph W. Yarborough
D-Tex
Quiry
Billie
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Texas
Estes
McClellan
Yarborough
Chambers of Commerce
Dallas News
Estes’ Journal of Expenditures
Omer Wenennnee
Donald O'Donnell
Paul E. Kamerick
Wheeling
House
Agriculture Department
Gordon Allott
Colp
Williams
Freeman
President Kennedy orders 1800 Marines to Thailand brink of war
Kennedy directs 1800 U S Marines to spend in Thailand with total force raised to about 5000 as Laos tensions on the border rise. McNamara says Pacific forces add 1200 Army troops and Air units to support, with Gen Harkins to command both Thailand and South Vietnam operations.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Thailand
Defense Department
Laos
Robert S. McNamara
7Th Fleet
Pacific
Pacific Air Force
Air Force
Marine
Paul D. Harkins
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
James L. Richardson Jr
U.S. Army
Harkins
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Algiers Terror Attacks Kill 35 and Wound 13
In Algiers a wave of attacks by the secret army terrorist group kills 35 and wounds 13, mainly Muslims, prompting a 6 p.m. curfew for all residents. The violence follows Monday’s Muslim killings and includes 47 assaults across the city. European casualties include five women and three men among the dead.
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Algiers
Secret Army
Soviet Ambassador to Meet U S Officials Over Laos Crisis
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin is to meet top State Department officials today at 2:45 p m EDT. The session will primarily involve Dobrynin and Secretary of State Dean Rusk as Washington presses Moscow to restore the Laotian cease fire and notes no fighting in Laos according to State Department reports.
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Anatoly Dobrynin
State Department
Laos
Dobrynin
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Lincoln White
Charlotte
Kitchin
Washington
Psuedo
Supreme Court
Mecklenburg County
Charles R
Three States Hold Primary Vote Today
Voters in Maryland Pennsylvania and Nebraska vote in state and federal primaries today with turnout forecast under half the registered voters. Maryland highlights corruption charges while Nebraska and Pennsylvania run quieter races. Eisenhower’s influence visible in Nebraska and Pennsylvania with Scranton leading in Pennsylvania governor race and Salton backed for Nebraska governor.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William W. Scranton
Fred Seaton
Eisenhower
Salan Trial Begins In Paris Court
Raoul Salan ex general and former colonial troops leader goes on trial before a special Paris military tribunal. He faces possible death sentence as the proceedings proceed with defense attempting to call a witness.
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Salan
Paris
Secret Army Organization
Raoul Salan
France
Charles Barnet
Legion, of Honor
Satan
Secret Army
High Military Tribunal
Henri Hoppenot
Hoppenot
Laos Crisis Deepens as U S Plans Thai Reinforcements
Kennedy convenes congressional briefing as U S seeks a political Laos solution with no new American ground forces while preparing to reinforce Thailand with Marines. Refugees report 3000 of 5000 Laotian northern troops fled to Thailand amid widening Cold War tensions. Subtexts hint at Laos talks in Paris and Soviet wary reactions.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Laos
Thailand
Bangkok
Senate May Shelve Literacy Test Bill In Civil Rights Debates
The Senate likely will set aside the administration literacy test bill after a Mansfield motion to table. The move ends the 87th Congress civil rights effort for now, with blame traded between parties and regions over the failed vote and filibuster tactics.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Ity
Liberal Conservative Struggle in North Carolina 8th District Nominee Battle
In North Carolina the 8th District races feature incumbent A Paul Kitchin in a contest with John Kennedy as Democratic primaries set for May 26. Other battles in the state include Whitener vs Kornegay in the 6th District Chalk vs Henderson in the 3rd and Wood vs Scott in the 5th with outcomes shaping fall contests against Republicans.
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North Carolina
A. Paul Kitchin
Wadesboro
John P. Kennedy
Charlotte
A. G. Whitener
High Point
Horace R. Kornegay
Greensboro
S. A. Chalk Jr
Morehead City
David Henderson
Wallace
William Z. Wood
Winston-Salem
Ralph J. Scott
Danbury
Kennedy
Jonas
General Assembly
Kitchin
Whitener
Kornegay
United Nations
John Birch Society
Washington
Ken
Herbert C. Bonner
L. H. Fountain
Tarboro
Harold D. Cooley
Nash‘ville
Alton A. Lennon
Wilmington
Hugh Q. Alexander
Kannapolis
Basil Whitener
Gastonia
Roy A. Taylor
Black Mountain
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John J. Williams
R-Del
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Cambodia
Phnom ‘Penhe
Gulf of Siam
Terra Fhano
Gulf of Tonkin
Mainan
South Vietnam
South China Sea
U. S
Southeast Asia
Bulletin
P. m., Edt
THE
Associated Press
J. Millard Tawes
George Mahoney
David Hume
RebbEr
Oran
Place Foch
Xieng Khong
Souvanna Phouma
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirkson
Illinois
Sen
Paul Douglas
D-Il
West
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Nedy
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House of Representatives
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