Johnson Pledges Increased Aid for South Vietnam
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson announced agreement with President Ngo Dinh Diem on expanding South Viet Nam’s army by 20,000, bolstering civil defense, and adding US advisers while vowing no combat troops. The plan would raise overall aid and military advisory strength to about 1,650 officers and men, with extended development programs and education efforts.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Johnson
Diem
National Assembly
U.S
Kennedy
Assembly
Free World
South
Viet Nam
Asia
Forest Fires Threaten Camp McCoy and Nearby Areas
Firefighters overran a southern Camp McCoy blaze burning five miles and 14 square miles, aided by 1000 men and heavy equipment. Sparks from a diesel truck sparked several blazes across Wis consin including cranberry marshes near Tomah and pine plantations near Wisconsin Rapids, injuring a couple from Angelo.
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Wisconsin
Camp McCoy
Donald E. Rousch
Sth
Lawrence Webster
Angelo
Margorie
Wisconsin Rapids
Nekoosa-Edwards
Tomah
Robert Rezin
Clarence Rezin
Clarence Skogen
Ronald Cary
President Kennedy Rests in Palm Beach During Holiday
President Kennedy relaxed in Palm Beach Florida planning a light schedule before a three day Canada visit and a May 31 France trip. He said he would loaf by the pool and beach and play nine holes of golf daily with companions Christopher J. Dunphy and Charles Spalding joining him.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Washington
Canada
France
Rirs
Palm Beach Country Club
Christopher J. Dunphy
Charles Spalding
New York
France suspends invitation to Gagarin at Paris air show
Paris officials halted plans to invite Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to the 24th Paris air show starting May 26. Informed sources say security concerns could prevent hosting both Gagarin and President Kennedy on the same day at Le Bourget. The union had earlier suggested Gagarin might attend on June 1.
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Paris
France
Yuri Gagarin
Kennedy
Union Syndicate Des Industries Aeronautiques
Gagarin
Union
le Bourget
Weekend Weather Forecast Promises Mild Outdoor Start
Extended mild conditions expected for tonight and Saturday with highs in the mid to upper sixties. Lakefront readings show a 15-degree gap vs inland areas, Southport at 55 noon and Amerian Motors west side at 70, downtown at 60, with 42 today and 40 to 55 Thursday. Sunrise 5:35, sunset 8:01.
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Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Southport Park
American Motors
Southport
Copter Lands in Rebel Laos Area All Saved
A U.S.-piloted helicopter carrying seven American, Japanese, British and French newsmen crashed in rebel Laos territory north of Vientiane. All aboard were rescued within thirty minutes without injury or incident.
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Laos
Vientiane
Here
Singer Paul Anka's Mother Dies in New Jersey
Mrs. Camelia Anka 38 mother of singer Paul Anka died yesterday in Englewood Hospital after a long illness in Englewood New Jersey.
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Englewood, N.J
Camelia Anka
Paul Anka
Englewood Hospital
Banghart Paroled From Stateville After 27 Years
Springfield Ill Banghart bootleg era gangster and sidekick of Roger Touhy won parole today from the Illinois Pardon and Parole Board. He will be released from Stateville penitentiary after 27 years when he has a job and a suitable home. The board imposed a five year parole ban on publicity and appearances.
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Springfield
Ill
Hugh Basil
the Owl
Banghart
Roger Touhy
Illinois Pardon and Parole Board
Stateville Penitentiary
Port Angeles
Wash
Mae
University City
Touhy
Chicago
Stateville
Parole Board
Women May Be Best Outer Space Drivers
Baltimore report states tests at Martin Co simulate NASA space flights and show women learn space rendezvous controls faster than men. Directors note both sexes can pilot craft, reducing reliance on automatic systems and stressing human control in future orbital missions.
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Baltimore
Outer Space
Earth
Martin Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Middle River
E. E. Clark
Martin
Clark
Wisconsin tax reform push delayed as blue ribbon panel urges compromise
Wisconsin Democrats and Republicans urged a tax package balancing sales taxes and property tax relief. Upton and Doyle pushed for adopting committee recommendations including a 2 percent sales tax with per person credits, and a revised revenue-sharing plan to fund services and local communities. The finance panel will reconvene May 23 and prepare bills for the Legislature.
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Madison
UPI
Wisconsin
Miller Upton
James Doyle
Blue Ribbon
Joint Finance Committee
State
Finance Committee
Upton
Doyle
Gaylord Nelson
Glen Pommerening
Milwaukee
Blue Ribbon Committee
Commission
Beloit College
Malayan Mountainside Collapses Buried 70
A massive landslide at Ringlet damsite in central Malaya valley buried 70 people alive. The disaster, the worst in Malaya history, followed heavy rains near the Ringlet hill station about 140 miles north of Kuala Lumpur.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Ringlet
Here
Mullins Told He Will Not Be Replaced At Marquette
Marquette University announces athletic director Larry Moon Mullins will not be retained after January 31 1962 ending his tenure that began in January 1956.
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Mullins
Milwaukee
Larry
Moon) Mullins
Marquette University
Enraged Husband Kills Rival In Nevada Tragedy
In Las Vegas a lover’s tryst ended in violence as gambler Ralph E. Swearns shot his estranged wife Dee and killed James McCord a 50 dealer beforeSwearns shot himself when approached by Deputy Barbour. Swearns and Dee had been separated four months and Dee sought divorce.
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Las Vegas
IUPI
Malaguena
Ralph E. Swearns
Dee
James McCord
Swearns
Jack Barbour
Here
Stock Tax Deduction Defended by NYSE President
Keith Funston told the House Ways and Means Committee that increasing the dividend tax exclusion and credit would better stimulate investment and growth. He urged Congress to raise the exclusion to 100 dollars and boost the credit to 10 percent, arguing this would relieve millions of lower income shareholders from double taxation and spur equity capital, productivity, and job creation.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Kennedy
Keith Funston
House
Ways and Means
Willkie kin divorce suit in Rushville court
Mrs. Philip H Willkie files for divorce from her husband son of Wendell Willkie 1940 Republican nominee accusing cruel and inhuman treatment and seeking custody of three sons with substantial alimony or a flat settlement.
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Rushville
Ind
Philip H. Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Gorillas Misunderstood Says Scientist On Image
University of Wisconsin zoologist George Schaller reports an 18 month Africa study showing gorillas as peaceful, individualized animals. They rest 15 hours, spend five hours eating, wander the forest, sunbathe, build nests, smile with facial cues, and chest beating relieves tension like fans stamping feet.
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George Schaller
University of Wisconsin
Africa
Schaller
Nile
Laos Parley Delayed Over Representation Dispute
Britain and the Soviet Union failed to resolve which delegation would represent Laos at the Laos conference table delaying the 14 nation parley. The United States demanded proof of a cease fire from the truce commission before joining.
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
United States
Truce Commission
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
Dean Rusk
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rusk
Gromyko
Cochairman
India
Canada
Poland
Viet Nam
Nine Die In Texas Crash In Lubbock Area
A two car collision at a farm road junction west of Lubbock killed nine people nine of them children. The dead include Ocie Degarte 33 Irene Degarte 43 and their children Patricia 11 Ocle Ray Dolly 10 Doris 7 Den 2 Richard 2 and Pearlie Mae King 30. An Air Force lieutenant and another child were injured. All victims identified as Negroes.
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Lubbock
Tex
Here
Air Force
Ocie Degarte
Irene
Patricia
Ocle Ray
Dolly
Doris
Den
Richard
Pearlie Mae King
Chicago Board Closes Volk Radiochemical Plant
The Chicago Board of Health ordered Volk Radiochemical Co. to shut its North Side plant after investigators found dangerously high radioactivity levels in the halls and main offices. The action targets a radiation hazard and follows yesterday’s readings.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Health
North Side
Volk Radiochemical Co
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Orville L. Freeman
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
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