Puerto Rico votes to approve commonwealth status
In San Juan Puerto Rico the plebiscite gave 60.5 percent to Commonwealth with 425 081 votes while statehood drew 273 815 and independence 4 205. The result boosted veteran leader Munoz who championed the Commonwealth link with the United States since 1952. The next move, possibly a joint US Puerto Rican commission, was urged.
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R. Gregory Nores San Juan
B.R
Puerto Rico
Luis Minos Marin
U.S
Eldred
Munoz
Commonwealth
Independence
United States
Opera recording glitch at London aria sparks compensation talk
Soprano Bente Boom Hite recorded an aria in London when a loud thump ruined an excerpt from Donizetti's Daughter of the Regiment. Recording supervisor Chris Rayburn said the sonic boom spoiled the aria and Decca may seek Ministry of Technology compensation. Re-recording cost about 280 dollars for a 500 yard hillside trail near Huntsville, with a 19th Century log house linked to Faubus relatives and Ozark trees. The house, designed by E. Fay Jones, blends with the landscape and features stone floors and heavy wood furnishings.
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Bente Boom Hite
Soprato Youn Sutherford
Atia
London
Donigetti
Chris Rayburn
Decca Recording Co
Ministry of Technology
Rayburn
Ozark Mountains
Huntsville
E. Fay Jones
Fayetteville
Faubus
Capitol
Farrell Faybus
Young Faybus
Little Rock
Black Power Conference Divides Over Separate Nations Debate
AP News Analyst James Marlow reports on almost 1,000 Negroes at a Newark New Jersey Black Power conference adopting resolutions that promote antiwhite prejudice and even call for study of segregated nations while national groups like the NAACP condemn violence. The piece notes gaps between rhetoric and aims, referencing Stokely Carmichael and the broader movement.
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James Marlow
Washington (Ap
Newark
United States
Stokely Carmichael
Mississippi
England
London Daily Sketch
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Detroit Riot Toll and Cross-Border Curfew News
The Detroit riot left three dead, hundreds injured, and over 1,000 arrested after a police raid at an after‑hours drinking spot sparked unrest. Spanish Harlem and Windsor border closures followed with police in riot gear and curfews in effect.
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United States
Canada
New York
Spanish Harlem
Detroit
John V. Lind
86 Bodies Found After Turk Quake
Turkish officials say 86 bodies recovered after the quake that struck western and central Turkey on Saturday. At least 110 injured, half seriously, with the death toll possibly rising into the hundreds. Fires and smoke darkened skies as workers searched rubble across Adapazari and nearby towns. Nearby Windsor and Detroit travel and border disruptions affected residents as Canadian and U.S. travelers faced curfews and delays. This followed a devastating quake in eastern Turkey last year with an estimated 2,500 deaths.
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Ahmet Balan
Detroit
U.S
Windsor
Canada
Tn Adapadari
Istaneal
Turkey
Harlem’s Portuguese in Uprising
Puerto Ricans spilling from crowded tenements spread violence through Spanish Harlem as helmeted officers struggled to quell looting and street clashes. At least three officers and one firefighter were injured after officers fired on a suspected sniper. violence did not spread to the upper East Side.
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Faubuses
Republican Party
ARK) Star
Gftvetchy
New Britain
Rochester
Birmingham
John Vinocur
New York
Third Avenue
107Th
108Th Streets
Upper East Side
Harlem
el Barrio
Manhattan
Siberia
Baykal
Great Lakes
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