Freedom Riders Ignore Kennedy Plea in Deep South
In Jackson Mississippi police jailed 27 Freedom Riders 25 Negroes and two whites after they refused to leave the bus terminal. Authorities booked them for breach of peace and disobeying an officer and they await municipal court hearings.
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Jackson
Miss
U.S
Robert Kennedy
Alabama
Mississippi
Deep South
Freedom Riders
North
Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Martin Luther King Jr
Wyatt Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Spying Charges Pressed in Montreal Case
Polish engineer Tomasz Biernacki faced five spying charges dismissed at a six week preliminary hearing but was immediately re arreste d on a new indictment by Quebec attorney general Jean Miquelon. The indictment repeats the previous counts of collecting and recording harmful information and attempting to pass it to a foreign power. The judge had ruled the earlier charges improper on a legal point.
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Montreal
Tomasz Biernacki
Quebec
Jean Miquelon
Peter Shorteno
Biernacki
Canada
Miquelon
Shortenu
Princess Margaret Expecting Baby in Fall
London reports Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones will welcome a child in October or November. The couple will undertake no official engagements for now while doctors attend the princess at Kensington Palace. She plans to attend the Duke of Kent’s wedding on June 8 and has no overseas tours planned.
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London
Reuters
Margaret
Kensington Palace
Antony Armstrong - Jones
Lord Evans
John Weir
John Peel
Duke of Kent
Katherine Worsley
Maj
John Griffin
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
School of Nursing
Little Dougs Spree Ends With Family Aid
Seven year old Doug bought many books and a large amount of candy then shared money with friends. He robbed Elmer Keighleys home of 800 dollars and more cash was later recovered around town. Detectives turned the case over to his mother for discipline.
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Dayton, Ohio
Doug
W. K. Mortimer
Elmer B. Keighley
Keighley
Korean Premier Cancels Washington Visit
Lt Gen Do Yung Chang of South Korea calls off his planned meeting with President Kennedy in Washington. The U S State Department says the meeting is not feasible at present. An aide says Chang is not leaving today and does not know when he will depart.
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Seoul
Do Yung Chang
South Korea
Kennedy
Washington
United States State Department
Chang
Kennedy asks Congress for huge space and defense push
President Kennedy proposes a five year course costing 7 to 9 billion dollars to land a man on the moon and return him. He seeks 679 million for space and 535 million for foreign aid plus 250 million for a presidential contingency fund. He urges a military build up and expanded VOA and USIA funding to 121 million for the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Marine Corps
U.S
Southeast Asia
Voice of America
U.S. Information Agency
X-15 Reaches 3370 MPH Speed Record
Edwards A F B California AP reports a U S test pilot pushed the X-15 to a winged flight speed of 3370 miles per hour setting a new record. Only Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard have traveled faster.
Jets Set New Transcontinental Airspeed Records
Three Navy F-4H fighters set a coast to coast speed record with Lieut. Richard Gordon piloting the fastest plane from Ontario California to Floyd Bennett Field in two hours 47 minutes at 871.38 mph. Tanker refuels occurred at three points while thunderlike shock waves rattled ground observers. Gordon helped win the Bendix trophy with 2445 miles flown, besting the prior 3:07:44 record from 1957 by Lieut. Gustaf B. Klatt.
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New York
Navy
Richard Gordon
Gordon
Ontario
Calif
Floyd Bennett Field
Air Force
Gustav B. Klatt
Rebels Slay French Officers Near Algiers
Rebels killed a French officer and six soldiers at a post east of Algiers last Saturday. A band of 14 insurgents was aided by 15 Moslem soldiers serving with the French. two French soldiers were wounded. The toll since the start of the attacks reached 49. France proposed a framework for continued Algerian association to advance peace talks in Evian.
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Algiers
Reuters
Evian
France
France Today
America
Southeast Asia
Lake Geneva
Census Takers Prepare for City Wide Count
Census Takers Set For Count in Medicine Hat and district as 22 local enumerators finish instruction and prepare to survey motels and hotels. City and district operations begin June 1 with 40 enumerators visiting homes, aiming to total transient populations and conclude by mid June with full results due months later.
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Medicine Hat
Canada
W. A. Church
Adam Ziegler
Delegates Examine Laos Armament Request During Conference Lull
The international control commission proposed gear for Laos policing including planes helicopters and trucks. The list, presented by Samar Sen of India, was sent to British and Soviet envoys in New Delhi and relayed to Geneva for co chairmen.
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Geneva
International Control Commission
Laos
New Delhi
Control Commission
Samar Sen
India
Hussein Marries Commoner
A public ceremony reported by AP and Reuters notes the marriage of Hussein to a commoner. The event drew attention amid regional media coverage and featured a simple ceremony with family present.
Jordan King Hussein Weds English Commoner Mona Gardiner
King Hussein of Jordan marries Toni Averil Gardiner, a 20 year old English commoner, in a private Moslem ceremony at Zahran Palace. Gardiner becomes Mona el Hussein, with her father Lt Col Walter Percy Gardiner present as advisor to the Jordanian Army.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Mohammed
Zahran Palace
Toni Averil Gardiner
Mona el Hussein
Walter Percy l Gardiner
Four Calgary Stores Ignore Suspension of Trading Stamps
Four Calgary members of the Independent Grocers Alliance kept their doors open after the Alberta government suspended their retail licences for issuing trading stamps. A spokesman said they will contest the regulations and pursue the matter in court, claiming the stamps are lawful and the issue is unresolved.
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Calgary
Alberta
Independent Grocers Alliance
Edmonton
Industry and Development
A. R. Patrick
Alberta Faces Heavy Fire Week as 1,500 Firefighters Battle Blazes
Canadian Press reports ongoing fires across Western Canada with nearly 100 fires active in Alberta alone. In Grande Prairie, Peace River and Slave Lake districts the worst blaze burned over 2,100 acres, with water and terrain hampering crews. About 400 firefighters and 19 aircraft fought 25 fires in the Grande Prairie division while Canada’s other provinces reported progress and new outbreaks.
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Canada
Grande Prairie
Severe Peace River Forest Fire Eases Slightly
A six day Northeastern British Columbia fire situation in the Peace River area eased some as winds remained high. A Steware Lake blaze near Dawson Creek turned on itself allowing a five man crew to strengthen guards against timber stands. The fire has burned over 25 000 acres and remains out of control with three new fires reported south of the Peace River, two out of control.
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Kakwa
Simonette
Forestry Department
Grande Prairie
Peace River
Rocky Mountain House
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Sask
Grand Rapids
Winnipeg
Prince George
British Columbia
Stewart Lake
Dawson Creek
B.C
B.C. Forest Service
Steware Lake
Daweson Creek
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George Lincoln Rockwell
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