Powers makes tearful plea in Soviet U-2 espionage trial
Francis Gary Powers told a Soviet military court he was sorry for taking part in the May 1 U-2 flight over the USSR. He described himself as a $30,000-a-year spy who disliked the job and knew little about the camera gear. The 31 year old pleaded guilty at the outset and faced seven to 15 years or death if convicted.
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Moscow
Francis Gary
Powers
Soviet Union
Roman A. Rudenko
Mikhail Grimov
Eisenhower
Pakistan
Medicine Hat Man Among Four Dead in B C Plane Crash
Four men died when a Pacific Western Airlines Beaver float plane crashed on takeoff at Lorna Lake 140 miles west of Kamloops. Pilot James Butler Marshall 46 of Kamloops and three Canadian Petroleum Exploration Limited employees from Calgary were identified as David Bell Graham Marsh and Dennison. Dennison a Medicine Hat High School graduate and Eaton employee leaves a family including parents and siblings Joy Bob and Brent.
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Kamloops
Medicine Hat
Calgary
David Bell
Graham Marsh
Adelaide
Australia
Dennison
Mr. Dennison
Medicine Hat High School
Borden Dennison
Fifth St
T. Eaton Company
Lorna Lake
Marshall
Canada’s Oil and Gas Industries Receive Double Boost
Vancouver reports two major approvals lifting Canada’s energy sector. California clears a 1 pipeline from Alberta costing 330 million and Northern California gas imports rising to 584 million cu ft daily. Victoria approves a 130 mile Northern B C oil line from Milligan Creek to Taylor Flats and Dawson Creek creating hundreds of jobs.
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Canada
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California
Alberta
Victoria
B.C
California Public Utilities Commission
Oregon
San Francisco Bay Area
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Alberta and Southern Gas Company Ltd
Washington
Charles Pennypacker Smith
Alberta and Southern
Smith
James C. Mahaffey
Alberta Gas Trunk Jine Company Ltd
Alberta Gas Trunk
Westcoast Transmission Company
PUC
el Paso Natural Gas Commission
el Paso
Lyle Wicks
Trans-Prairie _ Pipelines Ltd
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Wicks
Milligan Creek Boundary Lake
Fort St. John
Taylor Flats
Dawson Creek
Suffield Blast Set Thursday Chemical test near Medicine Hat
The Suffield Experimental Station plans a 40,000-pound INT blast 20 miles northwest of Medicine Hat on Thursday after weather delays. A Commonwealth team will assist with 60 international observers and over 100 Suffield personnel involved in the test.
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Defence Research Board
Medicine Hat
A. C. Pennie
United Kingdom
United States
10000 Workers Back on Strike in London Ports
About 10 000 London dock workers began a 24 hour strike to press for higher pay and shorter hours amid ongoing seamen wildcat action. The disruption affected the Queen Elizabeth and other ships with mail delays reported by the General Post Office and Cunard losing about 1.4 million dollars from canceled Queen Mary sailings.
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Reuters
New York
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Southampton
National Union of Seamen
Canada
Britain
United States
British
Wildcat
National Seamen’s Reform Movement
Cunard
Police hunt for Graeme Thorne’s killer in Sydney
In Seaforth north of Sydney police sealed off the area to trace the kidnapper of Graeme Thorne, an eight year old who was found beneath a rubbish dump wrapped in a blanket. Autopsy indicates suffocation and brutal beating. A brightly colored striped blanket was a key clue. A black scarf knotted at the neck and skull fracture were reported.
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Sydney
Australia
Seaforth
Graeme Thorne
Powers Pleads Guilty In U 2 Spy Case Trial
The court heard Powers admit the U 2 flight was for intelligence gathering though he claimed he did not know about the camera apparatus. He said the mission was compulsory and that refusing would make him a coward. His family watched from a box as the four hour session concluded with a guilty plea.
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Roman Rudenko
Powers
House of Union
Guilty Plea Follows Earlier Published Report
The plea by Powers for flying over Soviet territory and activating special equipment aboard his plane came as no surprise after a prior report. In court Powers described nervousness during the flight and confirmed he knew the mission was a spy flight while stating he operated only at designated map points.
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Powers
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Paris
United States
Allen Dulles
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Rudenko
Military Officer Heads Outfit That Flew Planes
Testimony identifies Col. Shelton as head of a unit flying reconnaissance aircraft. The officer questioned a pilot about flying over the Soviet Union and stated the operation’s safety. The pilot described a 1958 recruitment offer with pay and a strict contract, plus NASA affiliation shown on a card but denied NASA involvement.
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Col. Shelton
Soviet Union
Rudenko
Powers
Congo Martial Law Sparks UN Troop Standoff at Leopoldville
Congolese troops surrounded a Belgian airliner carrying 16 Norwegian UN troops at Leopoldville airport under Lumumba's martial law. UN officers demanded withdrawal. Congolese forces and police, including Lt Col Berthiaume and Brigadier Otu, argued over disembarkation while machine guns and bayonets loomed. Lumumba asserted harsher measures against Belgians and demanded return of Congo gold, amid arrests of Belgians and spies and threats to seize Belgian property. The scene reflected a broader UN dilemma as Hammarskjold resisted using UN troops to enforce Lumumba's authority.
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Leopoldville
United Nations
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Jan Berthlaume
Montreal
Carl von Horn
Victor
S. J. A. Otu
Lundula
Berthiaume
Otu
Hammarskjold
Belgium
Pierre Marchal
Luluabourg
Gaston Dieu
Sabena
Marchal
Dieu
Rebels invade Nicaragua as border clash reported
Reuters reports a rebel force from Honduras invaded Nicaragua near Jicaro about 12 miles inside the border. Nicaraguan guardsmen were said killed and wounded, a claim denied by officials while OAS foreign ministers met in San Jose to discuss the incident under tight security.
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Reuters
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Iuica
Sevral
Jicaro
Organization of American States
Sect Emerges From Shelters After 42 Days Underground
More than 100 members of the Full Gospel Assembly sect left underground bomb shelters after 42 days. They gathered at a church near Benson Arizona to thank God for escaping a prophesied nuclear attack. A leader likened civil defense to Noahs Ark and shelter for 40 days and nights. As this vigil continued, lawsuits arrests and desertions tested faith. Over six weeks 35 members left the cellars.
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Benson, Ariz
Arizona
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