French Order Tight Security For Kennedy Visit
Paris sets strict security for the Kennedy visit with about 10 000 police firemen and workers patrolling rooftops sewers and streets A mobile lab bomb disposal truck and ceremonial Republican Guards supplement protecting the president and Mrs Kennedy and ejecting intruders from Kennedy events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nenneau
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Tito
Corsica
Secret Service
Orly
Arts
Death Toll Soars Toward New Record Near Memorial Day
Traffic deaths on the Memorial Day weekend edge toward a record, averaging about one every 15 minutes since Friday. The National Safety Council warns of potentially the most dangerous period as millions travel home, with drownings and other accidents adding to the toll.
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National Safety Council
Springfield
Ill
Kennedy asks ICC to end bus segregation nationwide
Atty Gen Robert Kennedy urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to require visible notices and ban discriminatory practices on interstate buses and facilities. He argued the act should be applied to end segregation, noting past court and ICC rulings and urging expeditious action.
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Atty. Gen
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Jackson
Miss
Kennedy
ICC
Supreme Court
Muddle Deepens In Korea By Gene Kramer
South Korea's ruling junta faced growing legal hurdles over plans to suspend the constitution and establish a new supreme law. The planning committee includes Lt. Gen. Ham Pyung sun and 100 civilian experts while Yu Chin-oh was named supreme adviser. U.S. diplomat Marshall Green discussed constitutional matters with Foreign Minister Kim Hong-li amid questions about legitimacy of the current constitution since the May 16 coup.
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Gene Kramer
Seoul
South Korea
Supreme Council
Yu Chin-oh
Korea University
Korea
Chang Do-young
Junta Council
Ham Pyungsun
U.S
Marshall Green
Kim Hong-li
Green
United Nations
Fire Sweeps Sugar Mill In Cuba
A Havana radio report says saboteurs set a blaze at the Santa Rosa sugar mill in Las Villas Province causing about 300000 dollars in damage. The broadcast cites Cuban authorities amid rising sabotage across Cuba with injuries and threats of revolutionary justice.
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Key West
Fla
Santa Rosa
Las Villas
Havana Radio
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Castro
Riesgo
Palayo Fernandez Rubio
Havana Revolutionary Tribunal
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Manuel Ray
Ray
Miami
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Whites Claim African Strike Has Collapsed
South Africa reports a “total collapse” of the racial strike as thousands of workers, including Mandela, return to jobs in Johannesburg and other cities. Police intensify patrols around nonwhite settlements. violence escalates in Port Elizabeth and Durban amid protests for political rights.
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Richard Kasischke
Johannesburg
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
South African Republic
Pretoria
Nelson Mandela
Durban
Cato Manor
Negro Township
Church Group Urges North Carolina to Abolish Death Penalty
A delegation of ministers and church workers urged the House Judiciary Committee to approve a bill abolishing capital punishment in North Carolina. No vote was taken. Backers argued the death penalty brutalizes society and is unfairly applied, while supporters noted its role in preventing miscarriages of justice.
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Raleigh
House Committee
North Carolina
Judiciary
W. C. Harris
Wake
W. W. Finlater
Trade Is Called Gestapo Scheme By Eichmann Trial
The Eichmann trial court outlined a Nazi plan to swap Jewish lives for war materials as a peace strategy to save German skins. Adolf Eichmann proposed trading a million Jews for 10 000 trucks, with Joel Brand sent from Budapest to negotiate in London with Anthony Eden, who warned the West to consult the Russians and avoid negotiations with the enemy.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Gestapo
Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
Hungary
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Foreign Office
Joel Brand
Budapest
Britain
Anthony Eden
London
Eden
Four-Engine Jet Crashes After Takeoff From Lisbon
A four-engine Venezuelan jet airliner bound from Rome to Caracas and Curacao via Madrid Lisbon and the Azores crashed four minutes after takeoff from Lisbon in bad weather. All 62 aboard are feared dead including 10 children. Passengers were primarily Venezuelan Portuguese Spanish or Chilean with crew of 14. Rescue planes and ships began dawn search.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Atlantic
Royal Dutch
KLM
Viasa Line
Rome
Caracas
Curacao
Madrid
Azores
Venezuela
Viasa
Hague
License renewal bill flies through House Judiciary Committee
North Carolina lawmakers advanced a driver license renewal measure that would auto renew within 60 days of expiration unless serious violations or incompetence trigger an examination. The Wildlife Committee backed a hunting and fishing license fee increase to raise over 600000 for the Wildlife Resources Commission, then defeated it on the floor before sending it back for amendments.
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Raleigh
House Judiciary Committee
House Wildlife Committee
House
Judiciary Two
Motor Vehicles Department
Wildlife Resources Commission
Committee
Freedom Riders Arrested in Jackson Train Station
Eight Freedom Riders, four whites, two Negro youths, and two Negro women, were arrested in Jackson Mississippi for breach of peace after moving within the Illinois Central station waiting room. Police Captain J L Ray ordered them to move on and out but they refused. The group had arrived from New Orleans on the City of New Orleans as the first riders to enter the state by rail.
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Jackson, Miss.Jackson
South
Illinois Central
J. L. Ray
New Orleans
Ray
Mississippi
Election Judge Bill is Favored by Senate Panel
State Senate committee on election laws votes unanimously for a Republican bill requiring precinct election judges be chosen from lists supplied by the chairmen of both parties. Senator Clyde M. Roberts notes current county boards already rely on party chairs and cites alleged disloyal appointments and party-switching to gain positions. Senator Boyce Whitmire adds the measure could fix issues in Western North Carolina and improve reporting.
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Raleigh
State
Senate Committee On Election Laws
Clyde M. Roberts
Madison
Roberts
Boyce Whitmire
Henderson
North Carolina
FBI Agent Admits Trouble Expected At Wrong Station
FBI official testifies in Birmingham injunction case that police were warned to watch for trouble at a different bus terminal before the Freedom Ride riot. He said no agents were dispatched to either Birmingham bus station on May 14 despite two buses in operation.
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FBI
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Justice Department
Thomas J. Jenkins
Ask
Ing
Freedom Ride
Jenkins
Washington
Jamie Moore
Moore
Atlanta
Greyhound
Trailways
James A. Simpson
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Associated Press
Jack Adams
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Alabama
Everett Hutchinson
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
N.C
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Chapel Hill
Frances Doak
Sidney Freeman
Charlotte
Matt Wall
High Point
Ellen R. Glenn
Rep
Harris
Iola Moore
Russell Fleming
Robert Seymour
North Carolina Council of Churches
Auschwitz
Palestine
Richard Davis
Flornnce
S.C
Davis
Bill
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