Air Force Transport Crash Kills 18 Men
A C124 Globemaster returning troops from maneuvers crashed five miles from takeoff near McChord AFB Washington killing 18 men and injuring four critically. Fifteen Army personnel from Ft Sill were aboard with seven Air Force crew. Rescue and recovery followed in foggy predawn conditions.
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Air Force Transport
Mcchord Air Force Base
Wash
Maneuvers
McChord
Ft. Sill
Okla
Air Force
Yakima
Globemaster
Ft. Lewis Military Reservation
Tacoma
Seattle
B Battery
26Th Field Artillery
4Th Army
Fort Lewis
Kennedy Backs Tractors for Prisoner Exchange
President Kennedy endorsed a private tractors-for-prisoners swap with Fidel Castro while stating the government will not participate. He urged private funds to aid 1 200 prisoners from the Cuba invasion, noting Eleanor Roosevelt Walter Reuther and Milton Eisenhower among organizers. He urged citizens to contribute and preserve humanitarian aid without government interference.
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Washington
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
White House
Cuba
Eleanor Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
United States
Senate Rejects Teacher Salary Cut in School Aid Bill
The Senate defeated by voice vote a Goldwater amendment to strike all teacher salary funds from the 2.55 billion school aid bill. This begins a series of votes on amendments on the final day of debate. Senate leaders expect final passage Thursday after hours of speeches and committee action.
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Washington
Senate
Voice l
Barry ‘Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Kennedy
Thurmond
House Education Committee
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Europe Seen as Ready Market for U S Exports
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges said Western Europe’s prosperity creates a ready market for American goods. In a prepared speech he noted six Western European nations show great potential for increased U S exports and that Europeans can afford and urgently need items like machinery, with quicker delivery than their own plants.
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New York
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Western
Europe
Freedom riders defy segregation under heavy guard in Montgomery
Under martial law and with National Guardsmen on patrol, two groups of riders headed from Montgomery toward Jackson and New Orleans. The first group breakfasted at a formerly white lunch counter, while the second group followed hours later with 13 Negroes and one white man, amid tightened security to avert further clashes after weekend violence.
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Montgomery
Ala
Freedom Riders
Trailways
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Redistricting Holds Top Billing In State Senate
Raleigh AP report notes redistricting dominates today’s General Assembly actions. A Senate measure to limit counties to one state senator faced an unfavorable report, while a related congressional redistricting plan aims to push 12 to 11 districts, aligning with Gov. Sanford’s view for a fair solution. House committees also advanced a voting residency bill and revived two revenue bills on wildlife licenses and water well contractor regulation.
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Raleigh
Congress
Senate
General Assembly
House
Clifton Blue
Moore
W. M. Eubank
Pender
Senate Congressional District Committee
Charles R. Jonas
Paul Kitchin
Sanford
Eubank
State Board of Elections
State Wildlife Resources Commission
Hugh Johnson
Duplin
John Kerr
Warren
Kennedy to Address Congress on Space and Aid Programs
President Kennedy will address a joint session in person Thursday to seek expanded funding for space, foreign aid, and a stronger fallout shelter program. The session, set for 12:30 p.m., aims to boost Asian and African aid and spur U.S. space and defense efforts amid debate on a $12.5 billion defense bill. The move signals a priority on unemployment reduction and foreign policy strength.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
U.S
Auto slams into bus injuring 36 near Kinston
An auto failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the rear of a crowded commuter bus near Kinston North Carolina. The collision sent the bus 150 feet down a highway tipping it onto its side. Thirty six injured were treated with four hospitalized.
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Kinston
N.C
Here
Irma S. Gaskill
Maysville
U. S. 258
Rouse Transportation Co
LaGrange
Camp Lejeune
Marine Base
Angola Probe Demand Clears Security Council Session
In New York the Asian and African nations plan to push for a Security Council meeting on Portuguese Angola. A high Asian source said the 46-nation Asian African group appointed the United Arab Republic Ethiopia Ceylon Liberia Burma and Iraq to draft the demand.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
Angola
United Arab Republic
Ethiopia
Ceylon
Liberia
Burma
Iraq
Eichmann Charged With Murder Of Lidice Children
In Jerusalem the Israeli prosecution charged Adolf Eichmann with the murder of Lidice’s children. Documents trace the village’s destruction after Heydrich's assassination and reveal 88 Lidice orphans sent to Lodz with 81 vanishing, likely killed in the gas chambers.
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Eichmann
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Lodz
College basketball scandal widens to 23 players in 15 colleges
New York district attorney Frank Hogan announced 14 more players and 10 more colleges linked to a bribery and game-fixing probe. Indicted was Joseph Hacken of New York. named players include Raymond Paprocky, Michael Parenti, William Chrystal, from New York University and St John’s University, with intermediaries Roger Brown and Cornelius Hawkins.
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NEW York
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Joseph Hacken
St. John's University of Brooklyn
New York University
Dayton University
University of Iowa
New York U
Raymond Paprocky
St. John’s
Michael Parenti
William J. Chrystal
Roger Brown
Dayton
Cornelius Hawkins
Iowa
Seton Hall University
Henry Gunther
Arthur Hicks
Hawkins
Brooklyn
Big Ten
Fred Crawford
St. Bonaventure’s University
Crawford
AT&T Antitrust Probe Is Launched
Washington AP reports the Justice Department opens an antitrust inquiry into AT&T based on complaints about industry practices. Attorney General staff say the probe covers several aspects of the telephone business while AT&T stock falls over $3 in early trading. Telpak's impact on Western Union prompts specific concerns from union leaders.
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Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Lee Loevinger
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
At&t
New York Stock Exchange
Loevinger
E. L. Hageman
Western UN
Ion
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Hageman
Telpak
Western Union Telegraph Co
United States
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W. P. Wilson
Meridian
State Line
Ross Barnett
Mississippi Highway Patrol
National Guardsmen
Selma
Demopolis
W. E. Evans
Mar
Highway Patrol
Maxwell Air Force Base
Paul Dietrich
Arlington
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House Constitutional Amendments Committee
Ecchmann
Office For Jewish Affairs
Auschwitz
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