South Africa Cuts Ties With Britain
South Africa says it will withdraw from the Commonwealth on May 31 because of criticism over apartheid while seeking to retain trade and defense ties with Britain. Prime Minister Verwoerd attends Commonwealth talks in London and suggests possible reciprocal arrangements with the United Kingdom. British papers react with mixed views on the move.
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South Africa
British Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Africa
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Ilendrik F. Verwoerd
Republic
Verwoerd
Britain
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House of Commons
United Nations General Assembly
South West Africa
U.N
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World Organization
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Irish Republic
Daily Mirror
Daily Herald
Daily Express
Senate OKs low in spirits Areas Bill
The Senate approved Kennedy’s economic program with a 63 to 27 vote for the 394 million low in spirits areas bill. The measure funds 300 million in federal loan support and 94 million in grants to create jobs in regions with high unemployment.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Cubans Ordered to Exchange Foreign Currency for Peso
Cubans must convert all foreign currency to Cuban pesos and report overseas bank deposits to bolster the regime's exchange reserves. New regulations also require surrendering stocks and bonds, with assets to be handled by the bank.
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Havana
Weather Outlook Cools Further With Frost Likely
The forecast calls for cool, dry conditions with no precipitation and a late fall feel. Tonight will be fair and cold with a low around 12 to 22 degrees, and Friday should stay partly cloudy with little temperature change. Highs tomorrow near 40 to 44 degrees as readings hover near freezing at noon. Local readings: 33 at Southport park 30 downtown 29 at the west side American Motors plant. The Southport low today was 23 degrees. Yesterday ranged from 29 to 40 with sunrise 6 02 and sunset 5 58.
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Southport Park
West Side
American Motors
Southport
Manitowoc Wins Extension Center Site Battle
Manitowoc County officials approve a 40 acre site in the Silver Creek area south of Manitowoc for a University of Wisconsin Extension center with 300 student capacity. Two Rivers critics lose after 38 23 and 30 22 votes. Manitowoc will donate the site and utilities, with the county building and UW Extension staffing.
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Two Rivers
University of Wisconsin Extension Center
Manitowoc County
County Board of Supervisors
Silver Creek
Manitowoce
County
University Extension Division
Conflicting Views on Church Aid and Farm Program Proposals
A Protestant group backs President Kennedy against federal aid to parochial schools while Catholic leaders urge including private school loans in the aid bill. Separately, Kennedy asks Congress to grant farmers authority to design programs, shifting power to farmers and the agriculture secretary, with expanded food distribution and potential cost implications.
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Uph
Kennedy
Paul Blanshard
Separation of Church and State
Blanshard
House
Msgr
Frederick Hochwalt
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Msgr. Hochwalt
John C. Hayes
Chicago
National Council of Catholic Men
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers
Lf Am
White House
Congo Missionaries Held by Congolese Soldiers in Kivu
UN reports Congolese troops hold 23 American missionaries and seven others at Kasongo in Kivu amid chaos. Malayan patrols move toward Kindu to evacuate, with an American girl rescued there after rape allegations. Refugees seek exit permits as U.N. accelerates evacuations.INDIAN brigade arrives to enforce U.N. duty. Soviet Union calls for full Congo debate at U.N. General Assembly.
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Congo
Kasongo
Kivu
United Nations
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World Grace Testimony
Evangelisation Society African Mission
Kindu
Ruanda-Urundi
Lumumbisi
U.S. Air Force
Accidents Kill Three Women in Wisconsin Toll Rise
Three women die in Wisconsin accidents as highway toll for 1961 climbs to 157. Mrs William Stenz 77 and Mrs Dana Lamb 75 die after a Hy 26 crash near Rosendale while passenger Mrs Clara Zaborowski 56 of Milwaukee succumbs to injuries from a taxi collision on Milwaukee's southwest side. Harvey A Rahn 44 of Waupun and Stenz were hospitalized after the wreck.
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Fond du Lac
Rosendale
William Stenz
Waupun
Dana C Lamb
Stenz
Harvey A. Rahn
Rahn
Clara Zaborowski
Milwaukee
Hoffa Trial Delayed As Judge Denies May Date
Orlando officials report that efforts to bring James R. Hoffa to trial on a 12 count federal mail fraud indictment are stalled, with US District Judge Joseph P. Lieb denying a government plea to set a May 15 trial date and rescheduling likely to fall next autumn.
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Fla
James R. Hoffa
Joseph P. Lieb
Quadruplets Born In Malvern Hospital Mother Calm Father Shook Up
Mrs Arlene Cutaiar 24 year old former Miss Delaware County gave birth to four girls six weeks premature at Delaware County Memorial Hospital Upper Darby. First baby at 7 17 pm EST fourth at 7 24 pm. Parents unnamed at birth and father William Cutaiar Sr. said doctor was all shook up.
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Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Upper Darby
Arlene Cutaiar
Malvern
Delaware County
J. Vernon Ellson
Ellson
Delay Unopposed In Goldfine Tax Trial
U S Attorney Elliott Richardson will not oppose a 60 day delay to Bernard Goldfine's tax evasion trial. Judge George C Sweeney will hear Friday a motion by defense counsel F Bennett Williams to postpone, citing prejudicial publicity in the Boston press. Goldfine is charged with evading nearly 800 000 dollars in income taxes.
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U.S
Elliot L. Richardson
Bernard Goldfine
George C Sweeney
Goldfine
F. Bennett Williams
Williams
Washington Senate floor fight over Kennedy unemployment bill changes
In Washington the Senate majority moves to block drastic Kennedy bill amendments to extend unemployment benefits. President Kennedy to issue an executive order directing that collusive and identical bids to federal agencies be turned over to the Justice Department and published. In Madison a bill to revoke licenses for 18 to 21 year olds with fewer driver points died. another bill allows paralyzed non veterans to obtain free special license plates for a one hour zone for 12 hours. In Chicago three men killed as a four story building collapsed, fourteen injured nearby.
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Iph
Senate
Kennedy
Ipi
Justice Department
Madison
IP l
Assembly
Northwest Airlines Sues Over Electra Disaster
Northwest Airlines files a $2.5 million suit in federal court charging Lockheed Aircraft Corp and General Motors Corp with negligence and carelessness in the design and manufacture of the Electra airliner. The crash near Tell City Indiana on March 17 killed 63 people.
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UPI
Northwest Airlines
Tell City
Ind
Federal District
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
General Motors Corp
Rambler Sales Soar To New March High
American Motors executive Roy Abernethy announced Rambler retail sales in the first ten days of March reached 9,103, the highest for any March 1 10 period. The figure tops last year’s 8,852 and leapfrogs February’s 6,935, signaling renewed confidence as spring arrives.
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Rambler
Roy Abernethy
American Motors Corporation
Abernethy
Kennedy Suffers Cut Over Eye in Accident
President Kennedy received a cut over his left eye while picking up something for his daughter Caroline. He struck a table corner and required no stitches though the cut was described as pretty deep and needed a small bandage.
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Washington
Kennedy
Caroline
White House
Pierre Salinger
Prince of Laos Begins World Tour to End Civil War
Prince Souvanna Phouma of Laos leaves Rangoon for a tour through India Paris London Moscow and Peiping to seek support for a 14 nation conference aimed at ending the Laotian civil war. He says no plans to visit Washington but would go with an invitation.
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Pathet Lao
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Rangoon
India
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