Wagner wins New York mayoral primary on anti-bossism platform
Mayor Robert F. Wagner defeats the Tammany Hall backed candidate Arthur Levitt by a 451,458 to 291,672 margin, in a record Democratic primary turnout of 743,130. Insurgent gains threaten Tamany control. Wagner vows to rid the party of bosses and pursue decency in leadership.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Tammany Hall
Carmine G. DeSapio
Wagner
Arthur Levitt
Louis J. Lefkowicz
Tamany
Manhattan
Democratic Organization
DeSapio
Greenwich Village
James S. Lanigan
New York County
Tammany
Charles A. Buckley
Bronx
Joseph T. Sharkey
Brooklyn
Stark
Lawrence E. Gerosa
Herbert H. Lehman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lehman
Gulf Coast Residents Evacuate as Hurricane Carla Advances
Residents along the Louisiana coast flee as Carla strengthens to 125 mph and moves northwest at about 10 mph. The Weather Bureau warns of a major hurricane with the watch extending from Brownsville to Apalachicola. Casually, Grand Isle residents prepare for possible evacuation while New Orleans braces for gale winds and rising tides.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Brownsville
Tex
Apalachicola
Fla
Morgan City
Cameron Parish
Cameron
Grand Isle
Gulf
Frank Bradberry
Lake Pontchartrain
Red Cross
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Carla
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Caribbean Sea
Heavy Ball To Play Catch Over Lake Michigan
Indiana air reserve unit to conduct weekend aerial recovery drills over a 980 square mile lake area north of Milwaukee in 1961. A C119 will drop a 125 pound concrete ballast by parachute and a second plane will attempt airborne recovery with special gear. Officials warn boaters to navigate with caution in the exercising zone.
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Columbus
Ind
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
434Th
U.S. Army Engineers District
Chicago
Wisconsin Guard Projects Funded in New Military Construction Bill
Senate and House conferees reached agreement on a military construction appropriation bill providing 1,773,000 dollars for Army and Air Force national guard projects in Wisconsin.
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Washington
Senate
House
Army
Air Force National Guard
Wisconsin
West Warns Against Air Interference Over Berlin Corridors
The United States Britain and France delivered identical notes in Moscow rejecting Soviet claims that Allied air access to West Berlin is limited to official business. The note argues rights derive from postwar Allied victory and 15 years of practice and calls for unrestricted flight rights.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Germany
West Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Berlin
U.S.S.R
East Germany
East Berlin
German Reich
Germany
Russia
Hamburg
Buckeburg
Frankfurt-on-Main
Allied Air Directorate
Allied Control Council For
East German Air Maneuvers Threaten Berlin Corridor Rights
Bild Zeitung reports from East Berlin sources that the East German air force may hold training maneuvers in the Western air corridors to challenge Allied control of unrestricted use of the Berlin routes. Western officials say they have no such reports and stresses potential risk to military and civilian traffic.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Bild Zeitung
East Berlin
Khrushchev Ready for Businesslike Talks on German Peace
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a Kremlin meeting with Indian leader Nehru that he was prepared for businesslike talks with President Kennedy on urgent world problems. He warned against delaying a German peace treaty and urged Western powers to sign or allow East Germany and allied states to proceed.
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Kennedy
Nehru
Germany
Soviet Union
German Democratic Republic
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Us.s.r
United States
GM to Seek Injunction Against Wildcat Strike
GM will seek a court injunction to stop an illegal wildcat strike by United Auto Workers members that could halt all GM automobile operations while negotiators work on 16,000 plant level contract issues. The UAW and GM announced economic terms of a three year contract for 310,000 workers, including 12 cents per hour this year.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Local Problems Delay Economic Pact Amid Strike Warning
Both sides warned the economic agreement would not take effect until local problems are resolved. GM Vice President Louis G. Seaton cited the ongoing illegal strike at a Fisher Body plant as a key obstacle.
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Louis G. Seaton
Fisher Body
Janesville Walkout Shuts GM Plants In Wildcat Strike
About 2,100 UAW Local 95 workers at the Fisher Body plant walked off, setting up picket lines and shutting down passenger car assembly at the adjacent GM Chevrolet plant in Janesville Wisconsin. A Fisher Body spokesman called the strike unauthorized.
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Janesville
Wis
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
Fisher Body
General Motors
GM Chevrolet
Corbin Cleared of Communist Ties by Democratic Chairman
Democratic National Committee chairman John M. Bailey cleared Paul Corbin of accusations he worked for Communist causes. Bailey saw no reason to dismiss Corbin from his post. White House announced James M. Landis resignation as a presidential aide and corespondent in a divorce suit filed Thursday. Landis had served as a special assistant to President Kennedy on federal regulatory agencies.
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Washington
John M. Bailey
Paul Corbin
Corbin
Democratic National Committee
White House
James M. Landis
Landis
Kennedy
Oregon star accuses Rosenthal of bribe offer
University of Oregon halfback Michael Bruce testified that Frank Lefty Rosenthal offered him ten thousand dollars to throw a football game against Michigan. Bruce stated Rosenthal pressured him to fix the game and identified Rosenthal as the Chicago gambler.
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Washington
Michael Bruce
University of Oregon
Frank Lefty Rosenthal
Chicago
Rosenthal
Michigan
Pickets Attack Their Own Union President at GM Plant
Striking pickets at General Motors Fisher Body Plant in West Mifflin assaulted United Auto Workers Local 544 president John McCarrell and Detroit Fisher Body personnel chief Charles Latham as McCarrell tried to escort them through lines. Two other unnamed union members were roughed up. no one required medical aid. McCarrell blamed lingering anger from a manager incident that wounded a union member.
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Pittsburgh
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
West Mifflin
Detroit
John McCarrell
United Auto Workers Local 544
Charles Latham
McCarrell
GM Rests On Court Bid Amid Pittsburgh Strike Threat
At Pittsburgh the plant fights an injunction against illegal picketing as 1962 models begin. Seaton and UAW President Reuther hope regional talks settle by the Monday 10 am EST deadline, but pessimism grows as wildcat strikes hit Pittsburgh Mansfield Ohio and Marion Indiana plants. Mansfield and Marion reopened. Pittsburgh remained on strike.
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Pittsburgh
Seaton
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Mansfield
Ohio
Marion
Ind
Reuther
Ambassador John Galbraith Called to Washington for talks
New Delhi India—Ambassador John K Galbraith has been summoned to Washington for three days of talks with President Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The US embassy announced the trip and said he will depart tonight.
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New Delhi
India
John K. Galbraith
Washington
Kennedy
Galbraith
Dean Grusk
Weekend Forecast Promises Warm, Clear Kenosha Days
Weather outlook notes clear skies and mild winds tempting residents to be outdoors. Saturday expected to stay fair with little temperature change. lows in the 60s and tomorrow's high in the 80s. Noon readings reach 80 at American Motors, 78 Downtown, 75 Southport. day’s high 78 and low 63. Thursday's highs and lows 85 and 62 with sunrise 6 23 and sunset 7 14.
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American Motors
Southport
Five Die As Navy Neptune Crashes Over Lake George
A twin engine Navy Neptune on its final night flight of a two week training mission crashed Thursday night in Lake George south of Jacksonville. Five of the 11 crewmen were killed while two survivors Dean Coffman and William Estee were treated in Palatka. Pilot Lt Cmdr Thomas C Thompson of Napoleon Ohio escaped with minor injuries. The other three survivors were moved from De Land to Jacksonville in fair condition.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lake George
Dean Coffman
William Estee
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Palatka
Thomas C. Thompson
Napoleon, Ohio
a_ De-Land hospital
Racine Plane Crash Fatal For Couple
A single engine rented plane crashed in a farm field near Sylvania Airport killing Charles Terracina 36 the pilot and Carolyn Hudry about 25 of Racine. Terracina died en route to St Marys Hospital and Hudry died at the scene.
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Racine
Racine County
Bernard Evenson
Charles Terracina
Carolyn Hudry
Indiana
Terracina
St. Mary's Hospital
Sylvania
Here
Sheriff's Department
Heavy Rains in Burma Cause Widespread Floods
Heavy rains in Rangoon Burma push floods across central regions as the Sittang River bursts its embankments. Authorities fear thousands more acres of rice paddies will be flooded as records fall.
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Rangoon
Burma
Sittang
Balloons From Formosa Used to Deliver Relief Supplies
Chinese Nationalists announced balloons floated from Formosa are deployed to deliver relief supplies to Communist-held mainland China.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Paar Invades Berlin Danger Zone for TV Filming
Jack Paar narrated filming near the Friedrichstrasse crossing in Berlin as U S Army units and two combat groups stood by. He said the move was to accommodate a representative of an information medium and noted a routine operational changeover.
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Berlin
Jack Paar
U. S
Paar
East Berlin
U.S Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
Wayne M. Winder
Sheridan
Ill
John L. Deane
San Francisco
Deane
Defense chief demands explanation on Berlin TV troop aid
Washington concern rose as the Defense Department sought an Army explanation for U S troops aiding a Jack Paar show at a border crossing in Berlin. Arthur Sylvester called the incident a disgraceful performance and said the White House shares concern.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army Today
U. S
Jack Paar
Berlin
Arthur Sylvester
Defense
White House
Army film showing along the concrete wall
Paar described bringing troops to view the film on Thursday and said the aim was to show them to their mothers back home. It marked the largest Army screening along the wall to date.
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Paar
U. S. Army
Bourguiba Says France Can Stay in Bizerte During Crisis
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba said France may remain in Bizerte until the Berlin crisis subsides. He estimated the stay would last only a few weeks and emphasized readiness to cooperate with France during the period.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
France
Bizerte
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