Peace Unit Gets Setback in Ibadan Demonstration
Nigerian university students demanded expulsion of the Peace Corps unit after a postcard by Margery Michelmore criticized living conditions. The incident triggered a university rally with protests labeling volunteers as imperialist agents, though Shriver noted no action against her and she may resign.
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Ibaian
Nigera
Peace Corps
African Republic
Ibadan University College
Margery Michelmore
Smith College
Foxboro
Mass
Sargent Shriver
Washington
Michelmore
Boston
Lumumba
Lagos
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
Ibadan University College Students’ Union
Massachusetts’ Electronics Company
Shriver
Miss Michelmore
Ibadan
Students’ Union
Capo Salase
Finnish President Kekkonen Visits Washington for 2 Day Stay
President Kekkonen arrives at Andrews Air Force Base for a two day visit to meet President Kennedy. The leaders discuss U.S Finland relations and Finns in America as Mrs Kennedy hosts a welcome luncheon and a state dinner is planned. A possible November Nehru meeting is noted.
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Washington
Urho Kekkonen
Finland
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Kekkonen
Cape Cod
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Mrs. Kennedy
Kennedys
Kekkonens
White House
Dean Rusk
Nehru
India
Hyannis Port Haven
Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Asia
North Carolina State Fair Opens Amid Shared Optimism
Governor Sanford denies conflict between Charlotte fair and state fair and proclaims a joint opportunity to boost NC on national and international stages. Mexican Agriculture Secretary Adame attends alongside NC officials as the 94th state fair opens with an academic convocation and arena dedication to Dr. J S Dorton.
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Raleigh
Sanford
Charlotte
North Carolina
Rodriguez Adame
North Carolina State College
Frank P. Graham
U.N
Consolidated University
State Fair
J. S. Dorton
Speakers oppose ruling on red party in U S
In Los Angeles nearly 1,000 attendees at the Freedom of the Press Banquet Committee event blasted the U S Supreme Court ruling requiring Communist registration. Adrian Scott presided. Dirk J Struik of MIT framed the McCarran Act as an attack on progressive thought. The $7.50 plate dinner was at Park Manor Hotel.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Supreme Court
Dirk J. Struik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McCarran
People’s World
Struik
Park Manor Hotel
Troops From Germany to Film Normandy Scene
Seven hundred troops of the U S 8th Infantry Division will move from West Germany to Normandy for a motion picture shoot approved by the Department of Defense. Producer Darryl Zanuck requested the move and the troops will be treated as a training exercise.
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Paris
U.S
Normandy
West Germany
U.S. European Command
Department of Defense
Darryl Zanuck
Congress
Five Jump To Freedom Sparks Teargas Clash In Berlin
East German police fired tear gas at a West Berlin crowd after five East Berliners jumped from a second story border house into a sand filled truck near Bernauerstrasse. Two women were lightly injured.Western allies issue rights assertion amid border tensions and East German economic warnings.
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Michael Goldsmith
Vopos
East German People's Police
West Berlin
Red
Alfred Neumann
Party
Neumann
East
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Kennedy
Albert Watson II
U.S
Friedrichstrasse
Louisiana Desegregation Acts Voided by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed a federal court ruling that two 1961 Louisiana segregation acts aimed at blocking desegregation were unconstitutional. The decision, issued May 4, 1961, involved Louisiana Atty. Gen. Jack P. F. Gremillion and followed a ruling that punished acts threatening desegregation in Orleans Parish. The court also ordered a new trial for Luther Bailey in a Little Rock rape case, citing possible jury discrimination, and disposed of other routine appeals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
New Orleans
High Tribunal
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Special Tribunal
High Court
United States
Special Court
Orleans Parish
Gremillion
Justice Department
Luther Bailey
Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Circuit Court
St. Louis
Bailey
Pulaski
U.S. District Court
Arkansas
Frank Holt
Britain Acts To Speed Berlin Crisis Talks
Britain moves to accelerate a negotiated Berlin crisis settlement with Britain ready to join American French and West German counterparts in Washington for policy talks. The London expert Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh may participate, replacing a planned London meeting blocked by France.
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Britain
Berlin
London
France
John Russell
Foreign Office
Evelyn Shuckburgh
Washington
Russell
West Germany
United States
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Saturn rocket to make first test flight this week
NASA plans the first Saturn heavy booster test flight this week from Cape Canaveral. The 162 foot, 462 ton rocket will fire for 1 minute 57 seconds delivering 1.3 million pounds of thrust and reach 3 700 mph before coast ing to an Atlantic splash 235 miles southeast.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Atlantic Ocean
NASA
Soviet Union
Moon
Mars
Venus
Islanders Arrive in Cape Town After Tristan da Cunha Eruption
260 Tristan da Cunha islanders displaced by a volcanic eruption reach Cape Town aboard the Tjisadane from Nightingale Island. Welcoming crowds gift clothing and supplies as refugees plan eventual relocation to Britain. the British frigate Leopard carries movable possessions and salvages valuables.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Tristan da Cunha
Nightingale Island
Atlantic
Britain
Leopard
Bashir to Receive Red Carpet Welcome in Texas Visit
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson plans a ceremonial welcome for Bashir Ahmad a 44 year old Pakistan camel cart driver at the LBJ Ranch in Johnson City Texas. The visit includes a Barbecue at Pedernales Electric Cooperative and a Six Flags Dallas outing before a Washington trip.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Bashir Ahmad
New York
Idlewild Airport
Texas
Johnson
Ahmad
Garth Jones
Johnson City
Tex
Pakistan
Central
London
Bashir
Lbj Ranch House
America
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Ayub Khan
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Pedernales Electric Cooperative
Six Flags
Dallas
Hall of State
Washington
Cuban Refugees Arrive in Miami After Coast Guard Rescue
Forty five Cuban refugees reach Miami with 18 children after a Coast Guard rescue off Cay Sal Bahamas. Refugees said no shots were fired, while officials noted reports of exchanged fire between Cuban boats. Men were detained for questioning, women and children housed at a Miami hotel.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Bahamas
Cay Sal
U.S
P. S. Willmore
Key West
Robert Stapledon
Willmore
Clarence B. Moody
Moody
Cleo Sears
Joe Louis
Sears
Property Has Built-In Heat
Moira England resident Theo dora Insley reports hot water and steam flowing from a cold tap revealing underground coal mine waste burning in the garden. Fire crews dug for hours all day Sunday removing about 50 tons of material while warning the fire could threaten nearby homes.
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Moira
England
Theodora Insley
William
Insleys
Insley
William Stretton
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Stretton
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