Roberts Booted From Army
Major Arch E. Roberts has been discharged from active duty by the Army for an unauthorized DAR speech. Secretary Elvis J. Stahr Jr said the action was due to improper statements in the uncleared remarks. Roberts, surprised, plans to appeal though no formal process exists.
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Washington
Arch E. Roberts
Army
Daughters of the American Revolution
Secretary of the Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
May Roberts
Roberts
Dar
Edwin A. Walker
Pentagon
Los Angeles
Samuel Yorty
Yorty
G. Mennen Williams
Stahr
Defense Department
U.S Army
Department
Cease-fire Called In School At Anchor Bay High
A weekend cease-fire was in effect at Anchor Bay High School as 361 students joined a strike over the firing of Principal Rudy Kamischke and the suspension of seven teachers. Kamischke said his contract would not be renewed for insubordination and incompatibility. He and five suspended teachers planned to seek a court injunction to restore their positions pending a hearing. The protest was orderly with students marching and bearing signs while police and parents watched.
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New
Baltimore
Mich
Anchor Bay High School
Rudy Kamischke
Kamischke
Silk Stocking Gang Foiled Ambush in Chicago Shootout
In Buckets North Side Chicago a two man silk stocking gang raided a florist delivery run. Police set a trap after a tip and two bandits, Andrew Chervanek and Pierre Mager, were shot dead while a third accomplice, Kenneth Daniels, fled to a waiting getaway car. Officer Hanhardt and Det. Lance led the takedown with others chasing suspects. The firefight left several bystanders startled as the spring weather drew curious onlookers. Medical examiners reported the injured counted as one of their top cases for the month.
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Chicago
Flowerds
Jay
Long Woods
William Hanhardt
Harry Lance
Joseph Ahrens
Ahrens
Lance
Hanhardt
Andrew Chervanek
Pierre Mager
Chervanek
Mager
Kenneth Daniels
Freedom Bus Resumes Rides North for Black Travelers
New Orleans activists say mass one way Freedom Bus trips to the North and West will restart Monday. George Singelmann reports Trailways will provide as many buses as needed after noon Monday and that over 100 Louisiana Negroes are ready to depart. Two families left for New York Friday. others plan to Los Angeles Oakland Philadelphia and Chicago with 25 reserved Sunset Limited seats to California Monday night.
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New Orleans
George Singelmann Singelmann
Trailways
New York City
Shelby Williams
Singelmann
Los Angeles
Oakland
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Southern Pacific
California
Police Slay Cultist in West Coast Riot
A black suited Muslim cultist was slain and four others wounded by police bullets during a riot at the antiwhite Muslim headquarters in Los Angeles. The clash involved 75 officers, with officers and bystanders hurt as cultists surged from a two story building and fights spilled onto the sidewalk.
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Los Angeles
Clay Not Pleased Ulbricht Is In U S Berlin Proposal
Lucius D Clay, Kennedy’s Berlin representative, objects to a U S plan to include East German Communists on an international Berlin lifelines authority. He notes Washington officials may back compromises after review. Clay recalls backing a tougher line toward East Germans and the Soviet bloc, and that direct appeals to Kennedy were not always warranted.
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Clay
Ulbricht
U.S
Berlin
Lucius D Clay
Kennedy
Washington
East Germany
Tois
U S Ambassador Berger Highlights Security Achievements
U S Ambassador Samuel Berger said the United States has, through armed forces and defense alliances, brought a large measure of security to a great part of the free world, calling these achievements tremendous and worthy of pride.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S
Samuel Berger
United States
Free World
Hemingway widow plans May Africa safari
Mrs. Marvy Hemingway widow of Ernest Hemingway will depart New York May 22 for a month long safari in eastern Africa, a spokesman said Friday.
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New York
Marvy Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Africa
Reds Stage Ambush Near Saigon Rail Line
Government reports guerrillas ambushed a train about 12 miles from a US Army helicopter base on the South China Sea coast. Seven passengers were wounded in the raid, one of several Viet Nam incidents reported today.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
Todays Chuckle Theory A hunch with a college education
A light column playfully suggests how a hunch gains credibility with a college education. The tone is whimsical and geared to a general readership, pairing clever insight with familiar schoolroom imagery.
Hit and Run Raiders Rampage in Paris
Raiders machine gunned a police station and bombed a newspaper office near Paris in Es tampes, injuring one woman and damaging buildings. A second blast hit the Marseillaise de Seine et Oise newspaper as North African rebel violence flared, signaling possible renewed terrorist activity in France amid ongoing Algerian conflict.
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Paris
Estampes
Marseillaise de Seine Et Oise
Coventry Cathedral receives cross on rebuilt spire
A helicopter lowered a half ton sculptured cross onto the spire of Coventry Cathedral completing its reconstruction after the Nazi blitz. The $3.78 million church is slated for dedication in May amid ceremonial duties by local and national leaders.
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Coventry
England
Coventry Cathedral
Kennedy and Macmillan Open Berlin Talks
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan began a brisk summit in Washington on Berlin and nuclear testing amid Cold War tensions. Secretary Rusk reported slow progress toward a Berlin agreement after a 90 minute discussion with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin. Both leaders stressed cautious, businesslike talks as they meet during a period of global anxiety.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Berlin
Russia
Macmillan
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Germany
U.S
New York
Florida
Andrews Air Force Base
Anti-Castro Crew Attacks Cuban News Agency Office
Six anti‑Castro militants stormed Prensa Latina on Fifth Avenue, pistol‑whipping workers, wrecking the ninth floor offices, binding and gagging four male staff, and forcing a teletype to Fidel Castro. Police arrived to find the office in chaos and red ink splattered on employees. Four workers hospitalized in fair condition.
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New York
Fifth “Avenue
Fidel Castro
Prensa Latina
Liz Chided By Italian Official
In Rome AP reports Elizabeth Taylor faced official rebuke for her conduct with Richard Burton. Under secretary Edg I dio Ariosto warned she may be exceeding limits and risking self-destruction while Burton, married with a daughter, continues filming Cleopatra in Rome.
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Rome
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Egidio Ariosto
Ariosto
Weapons Tested Back To Back From Nevada To Pacific
The United States fired back-to-back nuclear tests, an underground blast in Nevada and an atmospheric burst over the central Pacific near Christmas Island. The Pacific test, second in a new series, produced an intermediate yield, while the Nevada shot was a low-yield underground detonation.
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Washington
United States
Nevada
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Christmas Island
Central Pacific
Hiroshima
AEC
Soviet Union
Red China condemns U S tests in heated attack
Peiping radio and Peiping People's Daily accuse the United States of resuming nuclear tests to prepare for war. They condemn Kennedy administration for aggressive policy and vow that the Chinese people will settle accounts with the US aggressors for blood debts.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
United States
U.S
Peiping
Kennedy
Peiping People's Daily
Eisenhower
Jeannot
Paet
Asia
Father Admits Starling Fire Fatal To 3 Kids
Seattle AP James Vincent Miller, 38, an engineer, admitted setting a house fire that killed three of his five children while the wife and two other children escaped. He poured gasoline and flammable liquids in a basement hall and stairwell. motive unclear. The two killed were Patricia Ann, 18 months, and David, 2, who slept upstairs. sister Jane, 14, died later in a basement room. Rita Miller, 37, survived and described escaping through a second floor window. Miller cited overwork and a troubled marriage. he also acknowledged a girlfriend. He was held without charge.
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Andrew Freed
Freed
Capittol
Fixture Co
Robert
Candy
June Freed
Seattle, Wash
James Vincent Miller
Robert Timlin
Fire Department
Miller
Patricia Ann Miller
David
Jane
Rita
AF Starts Training Commandos
Air Force Chief Curtis LeMay announces start of commandos training at Eglin AFB Florida two new units the 1st Air Commando Group and the 1st Combat Applications Group will develop anti guerrilla warfare Techniques and train airmen in special operations The unit explains the Jungle Jim plan rumor was denied and centers on lessons from Korea the Philippines WWII and Vietnam.
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Los Angeles
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
South Viet Nam
Air Commando Group
LeMay
Special Air Warfare Center
Eglin
Gilbert IL. Pri
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Korea
Philippines
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