Fighting Erupts In Laos As Airlift Of Women Children Begins
Fighting between neutralist and leftist troops intensifies in central Laos near Plaine des Jarres as the government initiates an airlift of women and children from the danger zone. Avtar Singh of the ICC visits. Gen Kong Le seeks a cease fire with Gen Sinkapo. six IL2 transports lift refugees to Vientiane amid rising tensions and political assassinations.
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Laos
Vientiane
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Geneva
International Control Commission
India
Avtar Singh
Kong le
Sinkapo
Quinim Pholsena
Thiep
Xieng Khouang
Souvanna
United States
Prince Souphanouvong
Quinim
UW Regents Oppose Hike In Tuition
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents opposed a proposed tuition increase for state and out of state students. The plan would raise state tuition from 236 to 300 dollars and out of state tuition from 750 to 1000 dollars. The regents adopted a resolution asserting that economic factors should not deprive youth of higher education opportunities.
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Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Prayer marchers arrested in Birmingham sit in for desegregation
In Birmingham on Saturday thirty-two kneeling demonstrators were arrested for parading without a permit as Eugene Connor, the police commissioner, urged swift action. Led by Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, the group was escorted to City Hall and then to the Southside jail amid no violence. The arrests bring the total since sit ins began to 67 with 35 convicted for trespass, most fined and jailed. one defendant, Rev. James L. Harris, remains free on appeal bond.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Connor
Connor
George Wall
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
The
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
City Hall
Southside
James L. Harris
Jobless Drop May Delay Tax Cut
Washington AP reports a dramatic fall in unemployment could push any enacted tax cut to January 1, delaying Kennedy’s July 1 withholding reduction target. House Ways and Means members from both parties, after talks with Treasury officials, caution against public predictions as Congress likely won’t act by July 1.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Kennedy
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Riots hit Georgetown British Guiana over union row
Rioting and looting swept downtown Georgetown as a clash between unions and the rice marketing board fueled political tensions linked to Cheddi Jagan. Police arrested 150, damage pegged at 60 000 dollars as Coldstream guards stood by and a Soviet ship docked at the waterfront.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Cheddi Jagan
Forbes Burnham
Legislative Assembly
London
British Colonial Office
Rice Marketing Board
Jagan
Janet
Coldstream Guards
Bowles Named Ambassador To India
President Kennedy selects Chester Bowles to serve again as ambassador to India, replacing John Kenneth Galbraith who resigns in June. Bowles, 62, has been Kennedy's adviser on Asian affairs since 1961 and previously headed the India post from 1951 to 1953. He has held many senior roles including Connecticut governor and UN official.
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Washington
Kennedy
Chester Bowles
India
Truman
Bowles
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard University
Connecticut
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The
United Nations
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Mansfield
New Delhi
White House
Rusk Signs Polaris Pact With Britain Before Paris Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk signed a U S Polaris missile deal with Britain, outlining sale of up to 100 missiles while Britain builds submarines and warheads in a move to bolster NATO. The accord comes ahead of Rusk’s Paris meeting with Charles de Gaulle and NATO talks on a multinational nuclear force.
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Rusk
Britain
Washington
Dean Rusk
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
United States
David Ormsby Gore
State Department
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Berlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
U.S
Macmillan
NATO
Peace Corpsman Files Own Africa Short Form 1040
A Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia submitted a homemade tax form to the IRS in Little Rock. Using a small yellow sheet the volunteer listed 1962 earnings of 365.47 with taxes withheld totaling 20.88 from two employers. He captioned columns I got You got I should get and noted no dependents. W2 forms were attached and IRS staff approved the filing.
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Little Rock, Ark
Internal Revenue Service
Peace Corps
Tunisia
Fred W. Johnson
IRS
Arkansas
Johnson
Park Seeks Compromise Amid Korean Political Crises
Gen. Park Hae Park reportedly readying a compromise to end the three week crisis and pave elections for a civilian government next fall. Yun Po sun and Huh Chung push a fall elections formula while U S pressure and aid fears loom over military rule.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Yun Po-sun
Huh Chung
Park
Bus Plunge in Rain Kills Seven on Feather River Canyon
A Greyhound bus from Reno to San Francisco plunged 120 feet after sliding off a rain slick highway 17 miles east of Oroville. Seven people died including the driver and 18 were injured as the bus ripped through a guard rail on No. 40A near the Feather River Canyon. Passengers cried out in the crash as rescuers arrived.
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Oroville
Calif
Greyhound
Sierra
Sacramento
Mary Fritts
Portola
Pearson Win Minority Government Seen in Canada Vote
Canadian pundits forecast another minority government after the election with Liberal Lester Pearson as next prime minister. Analysts note Liberals lead, with seat projections around 120 to 127, Conservatives 78 to 83, Social Credit and New Democrats smaller. Pearson returns to Ottawa tired but confident, citing campaign strength and public discontent with major parties as factors.
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Toronto
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
John G. Diefenbaker
Concensus
Liberals
Ottawa
House of Commons
Conservatives
Social Credit Party
New Democrats
Toronto Globe and Mail
Commons
Social Credit
Montreal Gazette
Pearson
Conservative
New Democratic Party
Pearsonas
New Democratic
Quebec
U.S
Plane lands on highway in Michigan crash
On I 94 near Watervliet Michigan a Piper Tri Pacer piloted by Clifford Hall developed engine trouble and landed on the westbound lane. The aircraft rammed the Nichols family's station wagon but no one was injured. The plane and car were damaged and the plane was towed to Watervliet Airport.
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Nichols
Hall
St. Charles
Ill
South Bend
Ind
Watervliet
Boy Fatally Injured In Playground Collision
Peter Engsberg a 13 year old from Lake Mills died after a PE class collision at Lake Mills Junior High. He sustained head injuries and was transported to Wisconsin General Hospital. The Engsbergs reside in Lake Mills. Cause of death pending determination.
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Madison
Peter Engssberg
Lake Mills
Wisconsin General Hospital
Engsberg
Phil Engsberg
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