Haiti Leader Clings to Power as Assassination Deadline Passes
President Francois Duvalier remains inside his fortified Port au Prince palace as a stated assassination deadline elapses. Exile leader Jacques Cassagnol claimed Dominican raids disrupted rebel plans to invade Haiti, while Pan American noted a possible Duvalier passenger manifest in New York.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
UPI
Francois Duvalier
Curaco
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Jacques Cassagnol
New York
Pan American World Airways
Duvalier
Pan Am
Paris
OAS Fears New Crisis In Haiti
Washington reports say the United States and the OAS brace for a possible internal Haitian crisis as Duvalier seeks to extend his rule. Exiles and internal enemies threaten stability and may spark diplomatic rifts, with no clear plan from the 20 nation OAS on guiding a transition to democracy.
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Washington
UPI
United States and Organization of American States
OAS
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
U.S
Duvalier
United States
Dominican Republic
State Department
Walk Out Threat at Arms Meet
Neutral delegates at the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva warned they may walk out if either East or West resumes nuclear testing. Talks near a test ban but inspection issues delay agreement. Delegates praised the U S cancellation of three test blasts as a relief while neutrals warn against further provocation. The United Arab Republic and India favor protest with others like Brazil Burma Ethiopia Nigeria Mexico and Sweden seen as likely to follow.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Moscow Radio
Nevada
United Arab Republic
India
Brazil
Burma
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Mexico
Sweden
Argentina seeks Peron support as military tensions rise
Buenos Aires reports that General Villegas, interior minister, met Peronist leaders while Guido restructures cabinet. Bernardo Bas named labor minister with Peronist links. other resignations and new acting foreign minister Tiburcio Padilla marked a broader reform. Eleven cabinet posts still open.
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Osiris Villegas
Peronist Popular Union Party
Guido
Bernardo Bas
Cordoba
Bas
Villegas
Peron
Tiburcio Padilla
Carlos M. Muniz
Alberto Rodriguez Galan
Muniz
Rodriguez
Eustaqui Mendez Delfino
Enrique Rauch
AFL CIO backs federal troops in Birmingham and equal rights
The AFL CIO executive council unanimously supported Kennedy’s call for federal troops in Birmingham Alabama. It asserted Negro citizens must have the same rights as others and urged Congress to pass an equal employment opportunity law. It urged unions to resist state efforts to curb federal power, saying amendments would perpetuate rural minority control.
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Kennedy
Nathan Feinsinger
Samuel Rosenman
Clark Kerr
James Adler
UPT
ST. Louis
Executive Council
Aflcio
Birmingham
Ala
U.S
United States
Congress
U. S
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API
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