Riots Roil Caracas Amid Political Turmoil
Rioting spread through Caracas with police clashing at Avenida Sucre and Plaza Carabobo. Three killed and about 100 wounded in recent days as National Guardsmen kept watch and tanks blocked routes to the presidential palace. Antigovernment protests spread to El Paraiso and La Guaira amid tensions over Betancourt policy and Cuba ties.
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Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Avenida Urdaneta
el Paraiso
la Guaira
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Betancourt
United States
Ifrom
Goals Call For More Spending
President Eisenhower's commission on national goals urges billions more in federal spending for 1960s programs. The report calls for expanding education foreign aid research and cities while pursuing a strong defense and UN cooperation. Dissent comes from AFL-CIO leader George Meany who opposed several recommendations.
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Eisenhower
Commission On National Goals
America
White House
John F. Kennedy
United Nations
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Henry M. Wriston
Wriston
Brown University
The
American Assembly
Frank Pace Jr
General Dynamics Corp
Army
NBC
Meet the Press
Pace
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Court reverses conspiracy convictions of Apalachin attendees
The U S Court of Appeals reversed conspiracy convictions of 20 men who attended the Apalachin New York underworld convention on November 14 1957.
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
N.Y
Twin Engine Airplane Crashes Near Turkey Run State Park
An unidentified twin engine airplane crashed in a wooded area north of Turkey Run State Park in Rockville Indiana. Occupants status unknown and FAA said no word of any missing commercial airliner. A 25 man ground search team and a helicopter were dispatched to the rugged Sugar Creek area.
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Rockville
Ind
Turkey Run State Park
Federal Aviation Agency
Indianapolis
FAA
Chicago
Joseph J. Turecky
Air Force
782Nd
Sugar Creek
Bombing Suspect Sent To Bellevue For Tests
New York AP A fugitive from a mental institution was sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation after questioning police about Sunday and holiday bombings. Walter Long 29 admitted stealing explosives and was near most blasts but denied setting them off. In five bombings one person died and 59 injured. Long escaped Manhattan State Hospital July 5 and later worked as a construction laborer and powder-shack watchman. He was arrested on Staten Island Port Richmond street project. Over 600 police worked the case.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Walter Long
Long
Manhattan State Hospital
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Lumumba Flees Residence Amid Congo Tensions
Ex premier Patrice Lumumba slipped from his guarded Leopoldville residence on Sunday night and headed to Stanleyville for a funeral of his infant son. U.N. guards and Col. Mobutu pursued as Kasavubu and Mobutu split duties amid calls for a unity conference to heal Congo’s political rift.
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Michael Goldsmith
Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Oriental Province
Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
United Nations
Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Kasavubu
Congo
New York
Uit
No- A U.N. Spokesman Confirmed That Lumumba Asked His U.N
Thanksgiving weekend accident toll dips versus prior two years
Nationwide four day Thanksgiving period ended with 597 deaths including 436 traffic fatalities 52 fire deaths and 109 other accidents. AP counted 433 traffic deaths 69 fire deaths and 144 other for a 646 total in a comparable period. NSC estimated up to 460 highway deaths for a four day weekend but did not issue a pre holiday tally.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
NSC
White students boycotting New Orleans schools amid integration dispute
White pupils from two integrated New Orleans schools fled to nearby segregated institutions in a near complete boycott as a federal ruling on school integration loomed. Three Negro girls entered McDonagh No. 19, while buses carried Frantz and McDonagh students to adjacent parishes.
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New Orleans
McDonagh No. 19
Armand Davie
William Frantz
St. Barnard Parish
St. Bernard Parish
Divic
Frantz and
McDonagh
U.S. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
Richard T. Rives
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Herbert Christenberg
Wright
J. Thomas Jewell
James F. Redmond
Commission on National Goals Seeks Individual Responsibility
Washington reports that Eisenhower's nonpartisan group calls for broad personal responsibility and active public participation in shaping national goals across education government foreign affairs health and industry. The American Assembly at Columbia University funds and promotes 15 regional discussions to build clear aims. The 10 member commission drew on 14 authorities and 100 prominent advisers while staying nonpartisan with private funding.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Commission On National Goals
Eisenhower National Goals Commission's Diverse Members
Washington reports the Eisenhower Administration's Commission on National Goals began work last February. Chair is Henry M. Winston of Columbia's American Assembly, with Vice Chair Frank Pace Jr. Also on the panel are Gen Alfred Gruenther, James Killian, Clark Kerr, Colgate Darden, Erwin Canham, George Meany, Crawford Greenewalt. Retired Judge Learned Hand participated early but withdrew due to ill health.
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Washington
NEA
Eisenhower
Commission On
Pravda Calls for Soviet Lead in World Communist Drive
Pravda reiterates that world communism must follow Soviet interpretation of Marxist Leninist doctrine and pursue peaceful coexistence with capitalist states as defined by the 1957 Moscow meeting. The article notes a deadlocked Moscow summit between Russia and China and accuses imperialist powers and the Roman Catholic Church of subversive activity.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Roman Catholic Church
Great Plains Storm Lashes Midwest With Snow and Tornadoes
A severe autumn storm from the Great Plains moved into the Mississippi Valley bringing tornadoes, blinding dust, and heavy snow. Concordia sustained damage from a tornado while four farms near Wichita faced wind damage. debris injuries occurred near Hutchinson as cold air and record heat clashed across Kansas and neighboring states.
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Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Concordia
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Wallace R. Walters
Hutchinson
New Mexico
Clara P. Yowell
Hobbs
N.M
Colorado
Nebraska
Akron
Colo
Chadron
Neb
Scottsbluff
Wyoming
North Dakota
Kansas City
St. Louis
AMA leader flags stronger opposition to age medical care plan
Washington AP reports Dr. F V Askey of Los Angeles says the AMA sees increased support in the new Congress to oppose Social Security medical care for the aged. He urges defiance of Kennedy plans and notes allies in both parties. The House and Senate show growing backing for trimmed retirement medical benefits and federal state grants for those on relief or with modest incomes.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Congress
John F. Kennedy
F. Vincent Askey
Los Angeles
AMA
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Askey
Ernest B. Howard
Chicago
Association
Kennedy
Castro hints at softer Cuba policy under Kennedy
In Havana Fidel Castro signals possible moderation toward the United States if John F. Kennedy wins the presidency. He accuses Roman Catholic priests of taking sugar company money and hints at changes to the state sugar industry. Bombs explode as opposition harasses him during a 24 hour Havana University speech.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
John F. Kennedy
Havana University
Castro
United States
Kennedy
Washington
U.S
Senor Kennedy
Castro Overthrow Distant Possibility
AP chief Harold K. Miles tours four Cuban provinces to gauge post revolutionary sentiment. Cubans see Castro’s fall as likely by economic collapse rather than invasion or internal uprising, with belief of change centered on Havana and extending toward Santiago.
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Associated Press
Havana
Castro
Harold K. Miles
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Santiago ,Cuba
Fidel
Cuba
Santiago
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