Trujillo Slain Spurs Dominican Power Struggle
After the assassination of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic his heirs appeared to retain control but a power struggle was expected. His hand picked government proclaimed continuity and nine days of mourning as Trujillo Jr. and his brother Rhadames returned from Europe with the Dominican ambassador to France. President Balaguer, named as figurehead, issued a communique praising the dictator and noting no details of the killing or the assassins.
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Horst Buchholz
San Juan
P.R
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Rafael. Leonidas Trujillo Jr
Paris
Ciudad Trujillo
Rhadames
France
Porfirio Rubirosa
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillo
Hector
I Generalissimo
Kennedy Intercedes for Freedom Riders in Birmingham Testimony
Atty Gen Robert Kennedy testified he intervened on behalf of the Freedom Riders after the Birmingham delay. A Kennedy aide denied Justice Department aid to sponsors. A temporary restraining order sought to stop pro integration groups from interfering with interstate travel as federal officials consider action against KKK groups.
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Associated Press
Atty
Robert Kennedy
Freedom Riders
Birmingham
Kennedy
John Seigenthaler
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Frank M. Johnson
Montgomery
Seigenthaler
Washington, D.C
Congress of Racial Equality
Calvin Whitesell
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Students of Nashville (Tenn
Montgomery County Jail Association
U S Would Aid Reform Regime In Dominican Republic
U S policymakers monitor the post Trujillo transition in the Dominican Republic seeking a democratic reform regime. Secretary Rusk weighs US aid resumption and sugar purchases while avoiding ties to oppressive rule, aiming to influence through the OAS and hemispheric policy.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
Dominican Republic
United States
Caribbean
Rusk
Paris
New York
David Ben-Gurion
Trujillo
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Washington
Hemisphere Organization
The
Organization of American States
Wisconsin GOP predicts July 1 adoption for tax plan
Sen Frank Panzer and the Republican tax drafting committee aim to have a tax plan approved by July 1. The closed meeting drew sharp editorials from the Milwaukee Journal and Madison Capital Times, while critics warned against secret drafting and called for public hearings on major tax bills.
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Panzer
Madison
Republican Tax Drafting Committee
Frank Panzer
Brownsville
Milwaukee Journal
Madison Capital Times
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Senate
Lorge
Gaylord) Nelson
Tripe
William Moser
Milwaukee
Moser
Robert Haase
R-Marinette
Haase
The
Capital Times
Associated Press
William Draheim
R-Neenah
Byron Wackett
Inventor Sues Wisconsin Firm Over Auto Poultry Feeder
An Indiana inventor filed suit in U S District Court alleging Rockwood Co of Chicago and its James Manufacturing Co unit of Fort Atkinson Wisconsin manufactures an automatic poultry feeder without permission and without royalty payments.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Indiana
Wisconsin
Rockwood & Co
Rockwood
James Manufacturing Co
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Trail-born area woman Nellie Kellogg dies at 91
Nellie Kellogg 91, born in 1869 during a wagon voyage from New York, died Thursday at Monroe County Infirmary Sparta. Survived by daughter Mrs. Dewey Rudkin, son Carol in Phoenix, two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Lan ham's Mortuary with Rev. Virgil Nurton officiating. Burial in Cataract Cemetery. Friends may call Friday.
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Sparta
Wis
Nellie Kellogg
New York
Monroe County Infirmary
Henry Arnold
Dewey Rudkin
Charles Kellogg
Lanham’s
Virgil Nurton
Carol
Phoenix
Ariz
Tulsa Boy Wins 1961 National Spelling Bee
John Capehart, 12, of Tulsa Oklahoma, won the 1961 National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling distichous and smaragdine in the final rounds. He outlasted Mary Lukes of Oxnard California among more than five million contestants, earning $1000 and a weekend in New York.
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Washington
John Capehart
Tulsa
Okla
Mary Lukes
Oxnard
Calif
John
Mary
Smaragdine
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
New York
Tulsa Okla Tribune
Ventura County
Star-Free Press
Karen Grimm
Reisterstown
Kennedy and de Gaulle Begin Second Round of Talks
President Kennedy and President de Gaulle opened a second day of talks in Paris focusing on Berlin while differing over an equal Allied voice for France. Kennedy spoke to 500 embassy staff, pledging to strengthen ties. de Gaulle signaled confidence in a firm line. Kennedy later received a ceremonial welcome at Paris City Hall amid large crowds.
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Paris
Kennedy
Charles
de Gaulle
West
Berlin
France
Britain
United States
Elysee Palace
U.S
Khrushchev
Vienna
Austria
Julien Tardieu
Republican Congressman Calls For Tougher U S Foreign Policy
La Crosse Republicans heard Clark MacGregor from Minnesota district three urge a tougher U S foreign policy. He pressed for military backing, criticized Kennedy for Cuba and Laos decisions, and urged a complete trade embargo on Cuba while backing anti Castro forces. He also accused Kennedy of weakening Congress and misleading the public on the minimum wage and space budgets. He spoke at a fundraising dinner referencing Cuban policy and U S rivalries with the Soviet Union and China.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Clark MacGregor
U.S
Minnesota
MacGregor
Kennedy
Britain
France
United States
Laos
Cuba
Red China
Soviet Union
Castro
Central
South America
United
Tribune
Two French Generals Sentenced In Algeria Mutiny
Maurice Challe and Andre Zeller, retired French generals, were sentenced to 15 years each by a Paris court for leading the Foreign Legion mutiny in Algeria. The three-day trial spared them the death penalty as De Gaulle maintains control and the other mutiny leaders Salan and Jouhaud remain at large.
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Andrew-Marie Zeller
Maurice Challe
Paris
Algeria
UPI
Foreign Legion
Andre Zeller
Charles de Gaulle
Challe
Central
Europe
Zeller
de Gaulle
Algiers
Raoul Salan
Edmond Jouhaud
France
Nelson Signs Two Measures On Deer Hunting
Gov. Gaylord Nelson signed two measures on deer hunting in Wisconsin. The laws limit the repeal of the deer party hunting permit to two years and authorize a variable quota system for issuing licenses starting in 1963. The action balances repeal opposition with scientific deer management and may set permit allocations by area and hunter count.
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Wisconsin
The
Conservation Commission
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