Kennedy Says Vienna Trip Aims At Peace With USSR
President Kennedy vows to resist those seeking to destroy freedom and to seek lasting peace through talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. He speaks at a Democratic dinner in Washington about upcoming visits to Paris Vienna and London while fundraising to cover party deficits.
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Washington
Kennedy
Vienna
Khrushchev
United States
America
Paris
London
National Guard
Ministers Released On Bail In Bus Station Integration
Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth of Birmingham was released on $1,000 bond after arrest for attempting to eat at a white lunch counter in Montgomery. Martial law and hunger strikes marked tense days as Freedom Riders faced fines and jail in Jackson and Nashville.
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Montgomery
Ala
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
Shuttlesworth
Freedom Riders
Ralph D. Abernathy
South
Jackson
Miss
James Spencer
Lucretia Collins
Tennessee A&i College
Nashville
Atlanta
Edward B. King Jr
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Alaska
el Paso
Tex
Student Nonviolence Committee
Collins
Memphis
Freedom Riders Head For Home From Jackson Bond Release
In Jackson Mississippi four of the 27 Freedom Riders were released on bond and headed for New Orleans to handle legal matters and decide next steps. Julie Aaron Jerome Smith Doris Jean Castle and David Dennis, all young university students, said they would judge continuing the rides individually.
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Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Tennessee
Julian Aaron
Southern University
Jerome Smith
Southern
Doris Jean Castle
David Dennis
Shreveport
Dillard University
Lucreitia Collins
Tenessee A&i College
Fairbanks
Tower Leads Texas Senate Race Over Blakley in Runoff
In Dallas Tower surged ahead of William Blakley for the first time as returns showed Tower at 421,212 to 420,023 with about 80 percent counted. Blakley campaigned against foreign aid and Kennedy era policies while Tower stressed ultra conservative positions aligned with Goldwater.
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Dallas
Tex
John G. Tower
Texas
Tower
William A. Blakley
Blakley
Dallas County
Wichita Falls
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Holiday Road Toll Mounting Alarming Highway Fatalities
Traffic deaths on the nation’s highways rose to an alarming level during the pre Memorial Day weekend with an average of four lives lost per hour. National Safety Council president Howard Pyle urged restraint and personal responsibility as millions traveled for the four day holiday despite unseasonable cold.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Peace Corps volunteers endure five hour entrance test
Thousands across 340 centers took the first general intelligence exam for Peace Corps service. Many applicants were college students and professionals, with older volunteers and couples also participating as part of the nationwide effort.
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Washington
Peace Corps
United States
Associated Press
Civil Service
Fergus Falls
Minn
Minnesota
New Brunswick
N. J
Douglass College
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Oakland
Calif
Tampa
Fla
Cincinnati
Port
GOP Says Prestige At New Low
Republicans blasted President Kennedy’s domestic and foreign policies as pie in the sky and said U.S. prestige hit a new low. Thruston B. Morton and Battle Line criticized Kennedy’s Thursday Congress message and Cuba fundraising, arguing fiscal strain and reckless spending threaten national respect.
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Kennedy
U.S
GOP
Thruston B. Morton
GOP National Committee
Battle Line
Congress
Morton
Albuquerque
N.M
United States
Khrushchev
Kennedy to tour Europe in personal diplomacy mission
President Kennedy to fly to Paris to meet de Gaulle then Vienna to meet Khrushchev and London to dine with Macmillan and reunite with in laws. Mrs. Kennedy travels from Middleburg to join him in New York. Discussions will cover East West tensions and prep for potential talks without formal summit aims.
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Kennedy
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Vienna
Khbrushchev
London
Harold Macmillan
Queen Elizabeth
In Laws
Hyannis Port
Mass
New York
Europe
Khrushchev
Laos
Berlin
White House
de Gaulle
Food Tax Clears First Big Legislative Hurdle
Raleigh AP report shows Gov. Sanford’s food tax proposal favored in the General Assembly revenue sweepstakes. Auto tax increase and other items face debate as committees trim a $83 million package to about $73 million with final passage likely weeks away.
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Sanford
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Senate
House
Subcommittee
Shelton Wicker
Charles R. Jonas
A. Paul Kitchin
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