Bryant Wins Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination
Farris Bryant, Harvard-trained, wins the Democratic nomination for Florida governor, defeating Doyle Carlton Jr. 55 of 67 counties as returns show Bryant with 491,172 votes to Carlton's 406,630. Bryant vows no new taxes and a 25 million dollar annual spending cut, pledging a conservative government and continued segregation by lawful means while not closing public schools. Carlton concedes, Collins endorses Bryant, and Nixon and Smathers secure Florida delegates in the upcoming convention.
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Doyle E. Carlton Jr
Leroy Collins
Bryant
Carlton
George Petersen
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Collins
Tallahassee
Richard M. Nixon
George Smathers
Eisenhower Addresses Nation On Summit Collapse
President Eisenhower reports to the nation on the summit collapse and its impact on free world policies. The address from the White House at 7 p.m. EST will be aired by CBS ABC and other outlets with VOA broadcasting overseas. Senate hearings into the U2 downing and CIA oversight proceed as partisan tensions rise.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Soviet Union
Kremlin
White House
James C. Hagerty
CBS
ABC TV
Nbc-Tv
Voice of America
Living costs rise to new record on April numbers
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent April increase in the consumer price index to 126.2 based on 1947 49 as foods and meats led the jump. About a million auto and farm equipment workers gain a 2 cent per hour raise under inflation adjusted contracts, with about 150 000 more workers affected and 100 000 possibly impacted in aircraft plants.
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Labor Department
Department
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co
Arnold Chase
Chase
Fight erupts in Turkish Parliament over Menderes policies
In Ankara deputies from opposing sides clashed for about ten minutes as Askim Gulek denounced Premier Menderes policy clampdown and freedom of speech. Seven Republican and seven Democratic members required first aid.
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Ankara
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
House Debates Third School Aid Bill To Aid Construction
Washington AP The House opens debate on a 975 million dollar federal school construction aid plan over three years with 325 million yearly grants first year. States would match funds later and money would finance building projects only. A church state clash looms with Zablocki proposal to reserve 15 percent for loans to private and parochial schools. Administration substitute limits help to bond interest. President Eisenhower opposes outright grants or using funds for salaries.
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Washington
House
Congress
Clement J. Zablocki
Dwis
Eisenhower
Gamble's Husband Resigns Job to Fight Alimony Suit
Andre Porumbeanu, husband of heiress Gamble Benedict, resigns as guest relations director at the Deauville Hotel Miami Beach and will travel to Toronto and New York to confront the alimony suit alleging allegations he calls untrue and vicious.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Gamble Benedict
New York
Andre Porumbeanu
Toronto
Porumbeanu
Deauville
Miss Benedict
Hendersonville
N.C
Midas spy satellite tests missile detection gear from space
The experimental Midas satellite, 2.2 tons, orbits every 94.34 minutes to test infrared missile detection on flares and rockets. It aims to scout for enemy launches from Edwards California to Cape Canaveral, with plans for polar orbits and a three to four week mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midas
United States
Jorbit
Air Force
Earth
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Vandenberg Air Force
Soviet Union
Samos
Carrier Collides With Freighter Off Virginia Coast
The aircraft carrier Saratoga and the West German freighter Bernd Leonhardt collided 200 miles off Cape Henry in clear seas. No injuries were reported, but both vessels sustained port-side damage. fire from ruptured jet fuel lines was extinguished quickly. The Saratoga returned to Hampton Roads for a damage survey, while the freighter proceeded to Baltimore under escort after heading into Chesapeake Bay.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Saratoga
Stribling
Mayport
Fla
Bernd Leonhardt
Hamburg
Germany
Puerto Ordaz
Venezuela
Soviet Resolution Doomed At United Nations Security Council
Western nations blocked a Soviet proposal to condemn U2 spy flights over the Soviet Union at the U.N. Security Council. Poland and the Soviet Union favored the measure, while Argentina, Nationalist China and others opposed. Ceylon and Tunisia prepared to vote later with Ecuador in a three session debate.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Security Council
U.S
Council
Ceylon
Tunisia
Ecuador
United States
Poland
Soviet Union
Argentina
China
France
Britain
Italy
Sverdlovsk
Washington
Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Mario Amadeo
Youths Rally Around Kishi Home In Japan Protest
Thousands of young leftists in Tokyo marched around Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi’s home for the sixth straight day of anti pact demonstrations. Police warned of a revolutionary undercurrent as activists from labor unions and leftist groups urged resignation and a break with the U S Japan security treaty.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Kishi
Senate
Eisenhower
Japan
Etsuro Shiina
Ichiro Kono
Liberal-Democratic Party
Kotaro Tanaka
Diet
Freedom Flight Delayed Over Weather and Berlin Zone
Nine Americans and their C47 remained on Communist soil near Grevesmuehlen after Soviet custody ended. Weather hampered takeoff as gusty winds and rain-soaked ground delayed departure from East Germany with U S military teams coordinating return to West Germany or West Berlin.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
East Germany
U.S
Grevesmuehlen
North
U.S. Air Force
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hamburg
Clarke T. Baldwin Jr
Warrenton
Iron Curtain
Baldwin
West Germany
West Berlin
Air Force
Baltic
Economic Plan Urged For West
Senator Stuart Symington urged a coordinated Western economic plan to face Soviet economic strength and a trade war. He proposed a European led economic NATO including the EEC and EFTA members and called for equitable trade, humanitarian disposal of surpluses, and stronger U S response to Khrushchev's claims. He noted Soviet GNP growth of 6 to 8 percent versus U S growth around 2 percent.
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Baltimore
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Soviet Union
NATO
Symington
European Economic Community
European Free Trade Association
Free World
Khrushchev
Russia
Tremor Area Maps Volcano Eruptions Near Osorno Province
A tremor zone in Osorno Province Chile reports volcanic activity worsening coastal damage at Maullin as new quakes ease yet linger. Seismologists note tremors are less severe than earlier, with ongoing Pacific coast instability and AP Wirephoto coverage.
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Osorono
Chile
Maullin
Pacific Ocean
Osorno
Caulle
Carral
Casablanca
Santiago
Devastation Mounting In Chile
Chile faced mounting death and destruction from earthquakes tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. About 2000 dead or missing and up to two million homeless were feared as waves sank ships and towns. Multiple volcanoes erupted prompting evacuations as tremors and landslides battered southern provinces.
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Santiago
Chile
Interior Ministry
Quelen
Aleta
Mejuin
Puerto ‘Corral
Pacific
Maullin
Humphrey Holds 100 Votes for First Ballot at Convention
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey said he will not back a stop Kennedy effort but will keep about 100 votes for the first ballot. He noted backing from Minnesota and South Dakota delegates plus votes from D C and Wisconsin and promised support from other states after the initial vote. He added that delegates who backed him’ve pledged to cast ballots for him on the first round.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Kennedy
Humphrey
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
South Dakota
District of Columbia
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Humphrey and Kennedy clash in West Virginia primary
In sharp exchanges Humphrey vows no ill will toward Kennedy and says he could back him if nominated. He anticipates a tough first ballot as Johnson Symington and Stevenson supporters organize against Kennedy. Kennedy counters that rivals cannot block his nomination and aims to win New Jersey’s 41 delegates pledged to Meyner.
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Humphrey
Kennedy
West Virginia
Sen
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
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Nathan Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
U.S. Alliance
Gamble
Socialist Party
Communistic Bloc
Freedom Flight
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