Morton Wins Nomination in Kentucky and Alabama
Rep. Frank Boykin loses his bid for a 15th term in Alabama amid nine incumbents vying for eight House seats. In Kentucky, Sen. Thruston Morton cruises to re nomination with Lt. Gov. Wilson Wyatt as his general election foe. Wallace wins Alabama gubernatorial nomination signaling fierce regional politics and Kennedy era electoral dynamics feature in a broader Southeast primary results roundup.
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Harry S. Truman
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Wallace
Ala
Ryan
Nation Honors War Dead With Wide Scale Ceremonies
Across the nation Memorial Day tributes were held or planned large and small in towns and cities. President Kennedy urged a moment of prayer at 11 a.m. and visited Glen Ora before returning to the White House. Memorials ranged from the Pearl Harbor Arizona monument dedication to open air tributes in New Hampshire and nationwide flags at half mast in New York City.
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Rindge
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Congress
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Boston
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Boys In Blue
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter
U S Military Advisers Recovered Near Houei Sai
Two U S advisers missing since Sundays fall near Houei Sai were recovered by helicopters after a three day ordeal in the jungle. Royal Laotian troops fled again as pro Communist forces tested defenses near the border town.
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Sai
Houeisai
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Marion
Ind
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Olympia
Wash
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Pathet Lao
U. S
Mekong
Thailand
Slayer Of Five Captured In Southern Iowa Farm
Gayne Gilbert Smith, 24, the slayer of five relatives, was captured after a four mile chase through rugged Iowa countryside. He killed five members of the Andrew McBeth family near Martinsburg and hid in a hay barn before being dug out by authorities. He used a .410 shotgun and .22 rifle in the killings.
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Lake Wapello State Park
Here
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Cantrell
Andrew R. McBeth
Dora McBeth
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Anna
Donna Jean Kellogg
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Market Rally Pauses After Strong Upswing On Wall Street
Stocks halted their sharp rally for Memorial Day with major indices near session highs. The Dow rose 27.03 to 603.96 and the AP average jumped 8.90 as investors weigh whether momentum can hold through the holiday. Trading volume surged to 14.75 million shares.
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Keith Funston
San Antonio
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Body Of Boy 12 Found In 550-Foot Mine Shaft
Kenneth Shickley Jr. 12 disappeared while chasing a squirrel and fell 550 feet into a mine shaft near Shamokin Pennsylvania. Rescue efforts lasted hours with 100 volunteers. the body was recovered at 5:24 a.m. and brought to the surface before 7 a.m. He died after a ladder broke and water filled the shaft.
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David A. Leherr
Shamokin
Kenneth Shickley Jr
John Varano
Joseph Garcia
Kenneth
Bill Kreiger
Bill
Joseph Templin
Templin
Kenneth Schickley
Kenneth Shickley
Youngster's body recovered after water rescue effort
Rescue workers lowered Varano and Garcia using a gumboat with a cable attached while Kenneth did not touch the water. Kenneth's father works for Reading Transportation Co. in Harrisburg.
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Varano
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Reading Transportation Co
Harrisburg
Boy 4 Entombed as Abandoned Mine Caves In
In Ghost Pine Creek Alberta a 4 year old boy Kenny Kowalchuk was swallowed by a cave in at an abandoned coal shaft. Rescue efforts included a hazardous 45 foot descent but officials said there is little hope of finding him alive. His brother Johnny shouted for help and the family awaited news near the old mine site two miles from their hamlet.
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J. J. Kubin
Calgary
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Johnny
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Berlin Conference With Rusk Described As Usual
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk for an hour and fifty minutes to discuss the German problem. Dobrynin said the session went “As usual” and hinted no breakthrough on Berlin. The United States seeks to de-link access routes from West Berlin status and may consider an international route authority, while the Western powers reject Soviet demands for West Berlin to become a free city.
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