Mexico backs Cuba in dispute with United States
A Mexican congressional spokesman for the PRI said Mexico backs Cuba and solidarity with the Cuban people in their bid for liberty and economic independence. The stance drew concern in Washington as officials sought to determine if it reflected official policy.
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Mexico
United States
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Emilio Sanchez Piedras
Permanent Commission of Congress
Legislative Branch
Executive
Lopez Mateos
Sanchez Piedras
Fidel Castro
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
Congress
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Eisenhower
Cuba
Washington
State Department
Asst
Roy Rubottom
Antonio Carrillo Flores
Robert Hill
Italian Senate President Calls 15 Day Truce Amid Riots
Rome AP report says Senate President Cesare Merzagora urged a 15 day truce to curb violence threatening Italy's future. Government warned of stricter police action. seven killed and 750 injured as protests flare in Palermo and across northern cities. CGIL called a 10 hour general strike. unions split on participation.
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Senate
Cesare Merzugora
Italy
Giovanni Leone
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Party
Pietro Nenni
Confederation of Labor
Merzagora
Palermo
Fernando Tambroni
CGIL
Reggio Emilia
Bologna
Modena
Unemployment Jump Forecast by Meany at Demo Meet
AFL-CIO President George Meany warned Democratic platform drafters that unemployment may rise by about one million from May to June, the largest jump since World War II. He urged growth policies, warning of stagnation ahead, while other sources cited jobless totals around 44 million and the rate near 5.4 percent of the workforce. Meany’s remarks shifted focus from civil rights debates to economic policy and a push for growth.
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Los Angeles
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower
Kennedy Aides Back Second Ballot Strategy For Nomination
Realistic Kennedy supporters concede first ballot defeat in the Democratic race. They push for a second roll call to reach the convention opening. They aim to win over states including California, Pennsylvania, and Illinois, while watching three other favorites old allies. They hope to attract Humphrey’s bloc and deny the field, even if Kennedy misses 761 votes on count two.
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John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
California
Edmund G. Brown
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa
George Docking
Kansas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Orville L. Freeman
Humphrey
Soa
New York Stocks Close Up Slightly in Mixed Session
Major indexes edged higher as the closing average of 60 stocks rose to 223.6, up 0.3, signaling cautious gains amid mixed trading. Investors weighed earnings reports and market volatility while tech shares supported modest gains.
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New York
Morton Foresees Kennedy Johnson Ticket for Demos
Wichita AP report shows Sen Thruston Morton Republican national chairman predicts a Kennedy Johnson Democratic ticket for the November election. He says the race will be hard for Republicans with Nixon likely to win the presidency and GOP gains in Congress. Morton claims the Democratic convention is rigged and a Kennedy Johnson deal exists.
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Wichita
Kan
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
Richard Nixon
House
Senate
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Rain Threatening Local Region
Rain has threatened Lawrence since early today and will continue through Saturday morning with occasional showers. Mostly cloudy cool unsettled conditions prevail. Tonight low around 65 with Saturday high in the 80s to 85. At 2 p.m. today the temperature was 78 with high humidity. This morning’s low was 66 and Thursday’s high was 88.
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Lawrence
Early Demo Activities Day Affairs at the Biltmore
In Los Angeles reporters note slow drinking among Democrats at the convention site. The Biltmore Hotel shows fair activity in public bars and room service while machine dispenses mix with a dozen pretty girls. Delegates from Kennedy Stevenson and Johnson camps loom large as prize counters and protest placards appear outside. The Cubs banner in the lobby adds comic contrast.
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Los Angeles
Biltmore
Stevenson
Kennedy
Chessman
California
Edmund G. Brown
KU Science Camp Closes Amid Record Participation
The fifth annual Science and Mathematics Camp at Kansas University ends today with 100 top high school students from across the nation, the largest camp in KU history. A farewell party, NSF funded study, and three divisions including an eight week honors program mark the conclusion of a three week session featuring lectures, lab work, and field trips.
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KU Union
Robert W. Baxter
Baxter
National Science Foundation
NSF
States
Kansas
Lawrence
Denniss Shaver
Ind. St
Jim Wortham
la. St
R. L. McGregor
McGregor
W. D. Paden
Budget Talks In City Hall
City departments spend hours in City Manager Harold Horns office reviewing proposed 1961 budgets. Each unit submits a full financial report with a narrative budget request. Last year Horn cut nearly 100000 from the preliminary budget to remove nonessential items.
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Harold Horn
Horn
Farley Attacks Stevenson At Rotary Club
In Los Angeles AP James A Farley, Democratic warhorse and ex DNC chair, derided Adlai E Stevenson as likely to accept the nomination under a sense it is the duty of God party and the American people. He warned replacing Stevenson with Khrushchev as negotiator would be like sending cabbage to a goat and urged the convention choose a candidate who seeks the office openly.
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Los Angeles
James A. Farley
Adlai E. Stevenson
Farley
Stevenson
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Khrushchev
Rumsey Funeral Home Ad Note on Service
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Belgians Flee Congo Amid Army Mutiny and Panic
Thousands of Belgians, including many women and children in pajamas, fled Leopoldville as mutinous troops took control. The flow crossed to Brazzaville, where European settlers organized shelter and care while officials urged calm after President Kasavubu addressed the soldiers.
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Brazzaville
French Congo
Republic of Congo
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Congo River
Lynn Heinzerling
Kasavubu Named Commander in Chief in Congo Capital
In Leopoldville calm returned as President Kasavubu assumed command of the Congo army. The Belgian radio said negotiations between Prime Minister Lumumba and soldiers succeeded, easing tensions in the new state’s capital.
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Brussels
Belgium
Joseph Kasavubu
Congo
Leopoldville
Patrice Lumumba
Youlou forms refugee care committee in Congo crisis
The president of the French Congo Abbe Fulbert Youlou named a committee to care for refugees as unrest grows after independence. About 700 Americans are in the Republic of Congo with no reported injuries. Belgium plans to send 400 soldiers to Congo bases while 2,000 to 3,000 white Belgian troops are already there.
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French Congo
Abbe Fulbert Youlou
Republic of Congo
State Department
Belgium
Brussels
Gaston Eyskens
Congo
Kamina
Katanga
Ki&tona
Banane
Reservists From Region Prepare Summer Camp Deployments
About 157 U S Army Reservists from the Lawrence area and nearby towns will train for two weeks at Camp McCoy Fort Monmouth and Ft Carson this summer. The group spans Lawrence Tonga noxie DeSoto Wellsville Edwardsville Williamstown Edgora Leavenworth Ottawa Leavenworth and Kansas City Kan. Key units include the 214th Signal Company and D E Detachments of the 89th Division CST with officers Capt James H Conway Capt Clarence W Brown Capt James A McConnell and Lt Floyd W Hild among others.
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Lawrence
Pentagon
George E. Weber
Tonganoxie
DeSoto
Wellsville
Edwardsville
Williamstown
Eudora
Winchester
Lecompton
Ottawa
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kan
214Th Signal Company
Camp McCoy
Wis
214Th
James H. Conway
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Ft. Carson
Colo
89Th Regt
CST
89Th Division
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Ft. Carson, Co
Paul F. Jones
Clarence W. Brown
Co. E
James A. McConnell
Co. D
Floyd W. Hild
486Th
Strategic Intelligence Research and Analysis
Washington, D.C
James W. Drury
Kansas University
Washington
Weather forecast for Northeast Kansas showers and cooler turn
Five day forecast for Kansas calls for mostly cloudy and cool unsettled conditions with occasional showers Saturday morning. Highs will reach 80 to 85, then cooling to the upper 60s to lower 70s later in the period. Rainfall near 0.30 to 0.50 inches expected mainly as showers and thunderstorms, with cooler turn by Sunday andWednesday.
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Kansas
Weather Ad Brief for Gene Doane Insurance
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