World This Morning: Cyprus tension and Vietnam aid
A throng of Greek Cypriot women breached barbed wire near Pork Chop Hill amid clashes with Turkish Cypriots as British troops tried to enforce a truce. Secretary General Thant expressed confidence in a forthcoming UN peace force for Cyprus. In Germany Soviet blocks hindered locating three American airmen shot down after entering East Germany. Bonn reports more Soviet air space violations than Western ones, with harsher risk to life. In Saigon McNamara pledged continued U S aid to Vietnam as battles persist and victory remains the aim.
UNM Pickets and Bomb Scare Interrupt Matthews Speech
UNM in Albuquerque saw about a dozen Cuban exile students protest New York Times analyst Herbert Matthews during his Wednesday night talk at the University of New Mexico. A bomb scare and sign protests briefly halted the event before Matthews urged democratic avenues to advance social progress and justice.
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Albuquerque
UPI
Herbert Matthews
University of New Mexico
Former Resident Dies in Clovis
Word was received that Mrs. Herbert La W Bergstrom died in a Clovis hospital Wednesday night after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday March 13 at the First Baptist Church in Portales with interment in Portales. Rev. Bergstrom, her husband, once served as interim pastor in Lovington and is now pastor in Clovis.
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Clovis
Bergstrom
First Baptist
Portales
First Baptist Church
Lovington
Ousted Muslim Leader Adopts New Name in Harlem
Malcolm Little known as Brother Malcolm says he will lead the Black Nationalist Party Malcolm in New York City Harlem announcing headquarters soon. He predicts more violence in 1964 and urges self defense, while staying at heart a Muslim though no longer an official member.
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New York
UPI
Malcolm
Malcolm X
Malcolm Little
Elijan Muhammad
Kennedy
Harlem
Soviet to return three airmen after shootdown in East Germany
The Soviet Union blocked U.S. efforts to recover three American Air Force officers after their reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Russian planes over East Germany. Washington pressed for the officers' safe return and full cooperation in the incident.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Soviet Union
U.S
Amercan Air Force
East Germany
Red Army
U. S
Richard H. Growald
United Press International
UPI
Washington
State Department
Three U S airmen missing as Russians block crash site
US officials confirm three RB66 crew members parachuted before the crash and were seized by Soviet authorities. Diplomats press for return as searches are blocked. names cited include Capt. David Holland, 35, pilot. 1st Lt. Harold Welch, 34, navigator. Capt. Melvin Kessler, 30, instructor-navigator.
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Miss Freeman
U.S. Mil
East Germany
Gardelegen
Stendal Upi
RBG
David Holland
Holland
Harold Welch
Detroit
Nagator
Melvin Kessler
Philadelphia
Ken Schrader Named to National S&L Committee
Lovington executive vice-president and manager Ken Schrader of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lea County has been appointed to the 1964 committee on supervision and examination and audit of the United States Savings and Loan League. Announcement came from Eugene M. Mortlock of New York, president of the league, which covers over 5,000 associations and cooperative banks nationwide.
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U.S. Savings & Loan
Ken Schrader
National Committee
Lovington
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lea County
United States Savings and Loan League
Eugene M. Mortlock
New York
League
Schrader
Southwest Savings and Loan Conference
U. S. Savings and Loan League
Soviet Violations More Frequent Than West Infractions
Western incursions into East Germany occur less often, but Soviet air violations against West Germany are more frequent, according to military sources. The report notes the West shows greater respect for human life in these engagements as of Thursday.
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Bonn
East Germany
United Pres International
UPI
West
Nash to Rule on Ballot Access for 31 Candidates Today
A district judge will decide if 17 Lea County Justice of the Peace and Constable hopefuls who unpaid a $10 filing fee can appear on the ballot. Fourteen Chaves County candidates face the same issue at Roswell as the judge’s ruling dictates who may run in the upcoming election.
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Lea County
Justice of the Peace
Lovington
Roswell
Dist
Kermit Nash
Sea County
New Mexico
Earl Hartley
Chaves County
Nash
Chaves
Hoffa Given Eight Years and 10000 Dollar Fine in Jury Rig Trial
James R. Hoffa is sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $10,000 for attempting to rig a federal jury in Nashville in 1962. He vows to appeal up to the Supreme Court, claiming bias and innocence. Co-defendants Ewing King Larry Campbell and Thomas Parks receive three-year terms.
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Jack Walsh
United Press International
Chattanooga, Tenn
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S. Supreme Court
Wilson
Bond Hoffa
Ble
Ewing King
Nashville Teamsters
Detroit
Larry Campbell
Thomas Owing Parks
Hoffa
Flood waters crest across Ohio Valley forcing mass evacuations
Swollen rivers peaked across a 20 county disaster zone with 110000 affected and 47000 displaced. The Red Cross sheltered 12000 homeless while Louisville and Cincinnati prepared as crests near record levels. Officials predicted more evacuations and a move toward recovery.
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United Press International
Ohio River
Ohio
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Missouri
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Indiana
Pennsy
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West Virginia
Illinois
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Dudley Brown
Lodge withdraws from Texas referendum by telegram
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge asked to remove his name from the Texas Republican preferential referendum. His son George Cabot Lodge sent the withdrawal request. Texas officials said they would honor it though Lodge was in South Vietnam. Other candidates also withdrew. the ballot still lists Goldwater Smith and Stassen.
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Kyle Thompson
United Press International
Austin
UPI
Henry Cabot Lodge
New Hampshire
George Cabot Lodge
GOP
Peter O’donnell
Lodge
South
Viet Nam
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
California
O’donnel
Texas
O’donnell
State Executive Committee
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Ari Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Main
Harold Stassen
Pennsylvania
Cross Barbed Wire Greek Cypriots Storm Pork Chop Hill
The scene near Nicosia sees about 100 Greek Cypriot women push through barbed wire toward Pork Chop Hill held by British forces. Maj. Heerey vows to hold as Greek Cypriots press grazing land claims. Turkish troops move closer to the Green Line and Trakhonas area.
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United Press International
Nicosia
Cyprus
Ray J. Moloney
UPI
P Cmoir
Michael Heerey
Heerey
Pork Chop Hill
Trakhomas
Trakhonas
Pedieos River
Ruby Case Set To Go To Jury Today In Dallas
Jack Ruby faces an impending jury verdict as the defense calls more witnesses including a Harvard psychiatrist. Testimony centers on Ruby’s mental state after President Kennedy’s assassination with a courtroom crowd awaiting Friday’s session to close the defense case.
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Ruby Case
Preston McGraw
United Press International Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Harvard
Eisenhower
Lee Harvey Oswald
Alice Nichols
Ruby
Kennedy
Miss Nichols
Migs Nichols
Joe B. Brown
Frederic Gibbs
University of Illinois
McNamara Pledges Long Term Aid to South Vietnam
Secretary McNamara assured South Vietnam of continued U.S. military and economic support on a non profit, no time limit basis as Gen. Khanh praised the talks. He promised aid "now and as long as it takes" to win the war against Communist forces.
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Saigon
Robert £. McNamara
Viet Nam
United States
Khanh
McNamara
Wondful
McN Ra
U.S. Elnment
Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Air Force
Honolulu
U.S. Pac
Adm
Harry Felt
Wington
Pre Johnson
Acan
South V Nam
Frontier DC3 Crash Kills Five at Miles City Airport
A Frontier Airlines DC3 on flight 32 from El Mont to Sidney Montana crashed during an instrument approach at Miles City airport. Five aboard were killed and a large fire damaged the scene as investigators secured the wreckage.
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Mont
Frontier Airlines
M City
el Mont
Sidney
Frontier
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