Udall Embarrassed by Dinner Ticket Letter Affair
Washington report details a letter from J. K. Evans of Asiatic Petroleum offering to sell $100 dinner tickets honoring President Kennedy. Udall admitted asking Evans to sell a few tickets but denied soliciting oil and gas officials. he asked for the letter's withdrawal. Republicans urged Kennedy to fire Udall, while White House aides defended the president's position on fund raising dinners.
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Washington
Stewart L. Udall
Kennedy
Udall
J. K. Evans
Asiatic Petroleum Co
Evans
William E. Miller
New York
Congressional Campaign
Miller
Nude Nine Bare Facts of Holdup
Police found seven nude women and two nude men in a Brooklyn corset shop after a reported holdup. Victims describe two masked men forcing them to strip and stealing $1,000 from purses and $150 from the till. The robbers fled, leaving clothes visible in the front of the shop.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rose Bernstein
Sailing Ship Albatross Sinks. Six Feared Lost
A two masted brigantine used as a floating classroom sank in a violent windstorm with probable six deaths. The vessel Brigantine Albatross, 93 tons, was owned by Oceans Academy of Darien Connecticut. Grand Rio rescued 13 of 19 aboard passengers and crew.
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Miami
Coast Guard
Paxton Tells Senate He Ordered No Truck On Price Fixing
Robert Paxton retiring GE president testified to Senate investigators that he gave subordinates explicit instructions to have no involvement with price fixing. He said he did not participate in the deals and that any illicit actions were carried out without his approval.
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Washington
Robert Paxton
General Electric Co
Senate
Assembly kills bill to make voting machines mandatory
Madison action halts a proposal requiring voting machines in villages and cities above 5 000 population. In Leopoldville Congo United Nations reports 24 Ghanaian soldiers bodies found in the river at Port Francqui. Source says they were likely shot after capture with some beheadings.
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Madison
Assembly
Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Port Franqui
United Press International
Police raid across South Africa target subversive documents
Johannesburg reports police from UeD search white and African homes nationwide for subversive documents in a sweeping action. Authorities say the raids aim to locate materials considered destabilizing to the state and public order.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Ued
Committee backs bomber production as missile balance debated
The House Armed Services Committee voted to continue B52 and B58 bomber production, saying missiles alone cannot deter war. The panel approved a 12.368 billion construction authorization covering missiles ships and planes, with specific allocations for each category. The panel rejected early B70 production and noted the measure exceeds Kennedy's request by 393.2 million.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Kennedy
Hy 32 South to be resurfaced and narrowed this summer
Wisconsin State Highway Commission announced a summer project to resurface a four mile stretch of Hy 32 south of Kenosha with asphalt and convert it from a three-lane to a two-lane road from the city limits to the Racine county line. The plan includes bidding before July and starting work in August, with no change to the 30 foot width. Local officials praised the move as a safety improvement.
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Illinois Line
State Highway Commission
James Meier
Kenosha
Meier
Julius Ingversen
Racine
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
Ingwersen
County C
Wilmot Rd
Powers Lake
County O
Twin Lakes
Illinois
Brighton
Wilmot
Harvey Grasse
Grasse
City Council Considers 44 Million Water Plant Expansion
Tonight the City Council votes on a 44 million expansion to double capacity to 40 million gallons daily with a 62 percent bill increase for residents and 14 percent for industry. Public hearing at 7:30 in the Municipal courtroom as officials debate long term needs and costs through 1980.
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Sheridan Rd
Afl-Cio Council
Kenosha
Louis Howson
Water Department
Kaisers Son Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Dies at 44 in Oakland
Henry J. Kaiser Jr., son of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, died in Oakland at 44 after years of multiple sclerosis. He led several Kaiser companies, directed public relations for the group, and remained active in civic life including chairing Oakland's advisory council on education and serving on the National Safety Council. He was born February 18, 1917, in Everett, Washington.
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Oakland
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser Jr
Henry J. Kaiser Sr
Kaiser
Kaiser Foundation
Barbara Preminger
Henry J. Kaiser III
Edgar
Kaiser Companies
Everett
Wash
Stanford University
Kaiser Yards
Richmond
Denver
Fontana
National Safety Council
Valley Forge Freedoms Foundations
Cease-Fire Order Sows Confusion in Laos Conflict
In Laos a pro-Communist Pathet Lao force ordered a cease-fire effective 8 a.m. Lao time, while battalions loyal to Captain Kong Le allegedly attacked government troops. Vientiane reported a mortar strike on its command center as talks began in no-man's land near Vang Vieng and Hin Keup.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Boun Oum
Viet Nam
Radio
Hanio
Peiping
Kong le
Souvanna Phouma
No-Man’s Land
Luang Prabang-Vientiane
Na Mon
Vang Vieng
Hin Keup
Nam Lik
Astronaut Shepard Set for Friday Space Launch
Cape Canaveral officials said America's top astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. will launch Friday if weather cooperates. The Redstone rocket is ready for an 8 am EDT liftoff for a 15 minute flight, with a simulated flight planned today and contingency plans for delays.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
America
Walter Williams
Redstone
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Williams
Atlantic Missile Range
Weather outlook with cool, fair conditions tonight
Forecasters expect no major weather changes with cool, fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Lows 28 to 38, highs in the upper 50s near the lake. At Kenosha noon readings were 50 at American Motors, 51 downtown, 52 Southport. yesterday’s Southport high 55, low 34.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Southport
Pancakes on the Roadside Sparked Inessential Inquiry
Eagle River Wisconsin plumber Joe Simonton resumed work after a three week layoff caused by his report of a flying saucer event. He said the National Investigating Committee for Aerosal Phenomena declined to investigate the pancakes claim and he plans to earn money while continuing to believe what he saw.
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Eagle River
Wis
Joe Simonton
Hell
Simonton
National Investigating Committee For
Australia
British Spy Blake Sentenced To 42 Years In Peacetime Britain
George Blake a British official pleaded guilty and received a 42 year prison term for spying for the Soviet Union. Judge Lord Parker called the information highly important to the Soviets and damaging to Britain's security measures. Klaus Fuchs is noted as a prior atomic spy sentenced to 14 years.
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London
George Blake
Soviet Union
Britain
Klaus Fuchs
Blake
Lord Parker
Referendum to Legalize Bingo Rejected in Senate Panel
Madison. An Assembly approved measure would have put a referendum in April 1962 on legalizing bingo. The Senate judiciary committee voted 3-1 against the measure and will send it to the full Senate with a recommendation to kill. The Assembly had approved the resolution 53-44.
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Madison
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Assembly
Explosion at Venezuelan fireworks factory kills dozens
An explosion at a Caracas fireworks factory and nearby homes early today left about 20 people dead and at least 50 injured, according to UPI reports.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Final Mercury flight choice known three weeks ago
Cape Canaveral AP reports astronaut Alan Shepard learned he was the first American chosen for the historic flight three weeks earlier. The postponement due to bad weather delayed the countdown as John Glenn remains the alternate. Shepard stayed near the Redstone launch site with Glenn while his wife and children await updates.
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Cape Canaveral
APD
Alan Shepard
Shepard
Redstone
John Glenn
Cape
Glenn
Louise
Virginia Beach
Space Agency
Killian Named Head of Permanent Board on Intelligence
President Kennedy has named Dr. James R. Killian Jr. to head a reconstituted permanent board to monitor the government's foreign intelligence program. The White House said a majority of the members will be new, with Killian named as chairman of MIT.
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Washington
Kennedy
James R. Killian Jr
White House
Andrew T. Hatcher
Killian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Farmer Ewald Esch Enback Dies In Tractor Accident
Marion Wis local farmer Ewald Esch Enback aged 56 of Route 2 Tigerton died Tuesday when his tractor rolled down an embankment along a field ditch and pinned him under the machinery. A passing motorist found the body.
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Marion
Wis
Ewald Eschenback
Route 2
Tigerton
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Kaiser Center, Inc
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