Revolt Brews as Congo Grips Border Blockade
In Congo Republic unrest grows as Vubu's government claims a revolt is brewing among leftist rebels. Mobutu reportedly offered rebel troops support if contact with rebel camps in Oriental Province is possible. Western diplomats warn Sudanese aid could shift the balance, while Congo tightens border controls to choke cotton and palm oil exports.
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Leopoldville
Oriental
Kivu
Stanleyville
Sudan
Antoine Gizenga
United Arab Republic
Plane Crash Kills Four Engineers Near Franklin Pa
A Beechcraft Bonanza carrying six Talon engineers and two crew members crashed into a foggy hill two miles from Chess-Lamberton Airport in Franklin Pennsylvania. Four were killed and four injured. Injured survivor Jack Hickerlwell of Meadville flagged motorists after the crash. Victims included pilot William G. Bailey Lisbon Ohio and co pilot Robert P. Daniels Warren Ohio along with Francis Pieter Meadville and Carl Orzepowski both Talon workers.
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Franklin
North Carolina
Jack Hickerwell
Meadville
Youngstown Airways
Youngstown
Ohio
Talon, Inc
Charlotte N. C
Chess-Lamberton
Stanley N.C
Conneaut Lake, Pa
Talon
Move to authorize force to back UN Congo action
Asia and Africa press the Security Council to empower the United Nations to use force if needed to avert civil war in Congo. The bid, backed by the United States with reservations, risks a Soviet veto and possible emergency Assembly session. Demonstrations abroad mark Lumumba’s death as Indonesian students attack embassies in Jakarta.
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Asia
Africa
Security Council
United Nations
Congo
U.N
Piaslem PT Bhe Ela Aed
Pinlintci
Wey
WiVelia
Voneuy
Arab Republic
United States
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Ito
Dag Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasavubu
Soviet Union
Kasavubu
Hammarskjold
Guinea
Yugoslavia
Assembly
Lumumba
Jakarta
Howard Jones
Jones
L. A. Vandenberghe
Air Force Delivers Heaviest Discoverer Satellite Yet
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California the Discoverer satellite No 20 in the series is heavier than its predecessors by 750 pounds yet carries the highest perigee of 201 miles, signaling longer life. The 81 foot Discoverer XX launched at 12 26 p m Friday and entered a polar orbit two hours later. It carries a 300 pound recoverable capsule planned to house a space traveling monkey next month. Automatic ejection after a four day stay in orbit is planned with parachute recovery over Alaska near Hawaii.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Alaska
Hawaii
U S Concerned Over Arms Reports in Burma Hills
Washington reports serious concern over modern U S arms reaching isolated Chinese Nationalist soldiers in the northern Burmese hills. An inquiry was ordered and evacuation offered for remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's army driven out of mainland China in 1949.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Burma
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Movie Vamp Naldi Dies at 63 in New York Hotel
Nita Naldi the silent screen vamp who rose from chorus line to co star with Rudolf Valentino is dead at 63. Found by a maid in a Times Square area hotel the death is attributed to a heart attack and she had been dead about two days. Born Donna Dooley in NYC, she grew up in a New Jersey convent and later married J Searle Barclay, a millionaire who died years ago. Naldi’s expenses were once aided by the Actors Fund.
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New York
Nita Naldi
Rudolf Valentino
Times Square
Miss Naldi
New York City
For Lee, N.J
Donna Dooley
Hollywood
Pictures
J. Searle Barclay
Barclay
Actors Fund of America
New Jersey
Old Winter Gars
John Barrymore
National Guard
Konawa
Louise Craveis
Actress Naldi's Rise From Theda Bara to Blood and Sand
The article traces Nilda Naldi's ascent from screen vamp archetype Theda Bara to star status in Hollywood. It notes her height amid many roles including co starring with Valentino in Blood and Sand and Cobra, and states she appeared in more than 40 films.
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Valentino
Engineers Strike Ties Up Major U.S. Airlines
A strike by flight engineers spread nationwide hitting Pan American Trans World Eastern and American. The walkout began at Pan American after a Kennedy executive order and followed a contract dispute over in flight hours. Some flights were canceled with picket lines in San Francisco and Los Angeles and more carriers affected.
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Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Airlines
American Airlines
Kennedy
Pan American
Flight Engineers International Association
Union
Los Angeles
San Francisco
TWA
United
Wild
Trans
World Airlines
West German aid pledge to Kennedy hinted at one billion
West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano, returning from talks with President Kennedy, signaled Germany would expand aid to underdeveloped nations on a permanent basis. He suggested aid could total about a billion dollars annually, though no firm figure was set. A plane delay occurred due to a Pan American flight engineers strike as Brentano paused at Idlewild before continuing to Bonn.
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Washington
Heinrich von Brentano
Kennedy
Brentano
Idlewild
New York City
Bonn
Pan American World Airways
Pan American
Germany
Roosevelt Leads Rejuvenation Sheldon Looks To The Future
Roosevelt, a Denver fiscal adviser and interim COO, plans to move to Sheldon as he helps revive the town after the Sheldon National Bank collapse. He has secured initial $500,000 in backing to reorganize Northern Biochemical Corp under a new name, with the FDIC liquidating the bank and taking ownership. The plan envisions Sheldon Chemical Co with about 55 workers and a broad recovery from the $2 million embezzlement by Burnice Geiger.
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Sheldon
Iowa
Burnice Geiger
Sheldon National Bank
Geiger
Sioux City
Roosevelt
Chicago
Minneapolis
Northern Biochemical Corp
Denver
SEC
Peerece Biochemical
FDIC
Ichemical Company
Sheldon Chemical Co
Soviet Space Race Leaders Mixed In Some Phases
Soviet space expert Prof. Massevitch told an Italian audience that the United States leads the Soviet Union in some aspects of the space race while praising the Soviet system for its centralized, disciplined approach. She noted US efforts span private and government sectors with duplication risks and cautioned about dangers of radiation and meteorite collisions in future manned spaceflight.
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Milan
Italy
Sputnik
United States
Soviet Union
Eve
Friendship Assn
Communist Party
Massevitch
Prof. Massevitch
Earth
Venus
Scientist Reveals Soviet Lunik Satellite Photos
A scientist disclosed the Soviet Lunik satellite which captured photographs of the far side of the moon. Her husband is a physicist and a Communist party member, underscoring Cold War era tensions around space research and political loyalty.
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Comunist Party
Minimum Wage Bill Faces Rough Going
Washington AP reports Kennedy’s top economic proposal may reach the House next week for consideration offering up to 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits for the long term unemployed. The minimum wage bill faces opposition from factions who think it goes too far and others who believe it does not go far enough.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
Unemployment pay bill moves through House committees
The unemployment compensation bill advances in Ways and Means as it shifts financing methods, while the Labor Committee handles the minimum wage. Backers say the changes make the bill more acceptable to business and easier for Republicans to support in committee and in the House.
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House
Ways and Means
Labor Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Committee
Tornadoes Tear Through Central Oklahoma Towns
Winter tornadoes ripped through central Oklahoma injuring at least 12 and damaging Konawa's business district. Five hurt there include F M Perkins buried beneath rubble. National Guard cordoned off the town while crews searched debris and cleanup blocked a residential street as tornadoes also struck Oklahoma City and Jones.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Konawa
Here
Main Street
F. M. Perkins
Stratford
Oklahoma Cty
Jones
There is Only One Thing Wrong With the Younger Generation
A brief quip noting that many older folks feel they no longer belong to the current generation, tongue in cheek about the gap between generations and time.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Chemical Company
Jesus Rafael Savarda
Atlantic Ocean
Savarda
Santa Clara
Cuba
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Vincenza Giaccio
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Vincenza
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