Verwoerd Backed and Opposed as Police Break Up Riots
Reporters describe white supporters cheering Verwoerd as he arrived at his office while black residents sang African freedom songs. Police banned demonstrations on Sharpeville anniversary, arresting 4 whites and 32 Negroes. Other items note GheorghiU-Dej’s consolidation in Romania, a guerrilla camp uncovered in Argentina, a deadly tornado in East Pakistan, a Casablanca fire displacing 800, Brazil extending recognition to Hungary Romania and Bulgaria, and Angol quake near Santiago.
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Verwoerd
Sharpeville
Senate Approves Shriver to Head Peace Corps
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed R. Sargent Shriver to run the Peace Corps. He pledged low initial costs and promised it would not be a haven for draft dodgers. Critics including Rep. Earl Wilson warned of possible national complaints about Americans.
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Washington
UPI
State Foreign Relations Committee
R. Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
Peace Corps
van Hofnen
Earl Wilson
R-Ind
Senate Committee
Wilson
Tokyo traffic crash toll tops one thousand dead
Tokyo traffic accidents last year killed 1 079 people and left 63 000 others injured. municipal health and safety officials reported the figures and urged greater road safety measures citywide.
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Tokyo
American Captured in Cuban Invasion Report
Havana announced the capture of American August McNair and four Cuban mercenaries who allegedly invaded western Cuba by boat. The communique said five carried Garand rifles, a radio transmitter, and were killed or captured after skirmishing rebels near Cienega De Zapata swamps in Matanzas province.
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Havana
API
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U.S
Armed Forces Ministry
Munique
McNair
Cnry
Cien
Ega de Zapata
Matanzas
Jose Miro Cardona
Miami
Fla
Miro Cardona
Castro
Pinar del Rio
August McNair
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Ihey
Long Beach
Harry P. Finch] Jr
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Sleex
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Partners
Louisvelle, Kentucky
Kentucky
Matvoral
Vienna
Gheorghe Gheorighiu-Deij
Tary
Romanian Communist Party
Romania
Gheor
Bucharest
Grand National Assembly
Commie School
Corrientes
Argentina
Dacca
East Pakistan
Golla Village
Casablanca
Morocco
Mohammedia
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Hungary
Bulgaria
Russia
Santiago
Chile
Angol
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Senate
Roy E. Hanson
Atlantic Ave
Loms Bea
Pumost
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Flordia
Bixby Knolls
Lakewood
East Long Beach
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