Congo in turmoil as Congo central government urged to control troops
United Nations says central Congo authority must quell rebel forces massacring 18 or 19 white Catholic missionaries in Kongolo, North Katanga. U Thant urges quick punishment for culprits as Gizenga loyalists advance from Kivu amid near-total government collapse. Kongolo, 1600 miles northwest of Albertville, hosts Catholic mission posts with fears for remaining missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Congo
Katanga
Kongolo
U.N
Antoine Gizenga
Cyrille Adoula
New York
U Thant
Seiien
Moise Tshombe
Kivu
Albertville
Gizenga
Stanleyville
Electrical Union Wins 5 Hour Day
New York AP The electrical union won a five hour work day and a pay raise for 125 of 600 electrical contractors involved in a week long strike. The partial settlement may affect the decision by city contractors to shut 80 percent of the 1.5 billion industry. The Building Trades Employers Association announced a halt in work, threatening temporary layoffs of at least 100,000 workers. Negotiations with Local 3 and other associations continued over wage increases versus hours. The contract runs July 1 to June 1950 with a 4.96 dollar base rate and overtime rates. The overtime cap is 15 hours weekly per man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ap)—Union Electricians
Building Trades Employers Association
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Harry van Arsdale Jr
Local 3
Sanctions Planned Over Dominican Republic Junta
The United States contemplates political sanctions and possible economic actions against the Dominican Republic if the new government proves a military dictatorship. Denial of recognition to the Santo Domingo junta led by Pedro Rodríguez Echavarría is under consideration, with potential sugar trade cuts and stalled aid programs likely to follow. Washington seeks restoration of real power to democratic figures like Rafael Bonmelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Dominican Republic
Kennedy
Latin America
Santo Domingo
Joaquin Balaguer
Riguez Echavarria
U.S
State Department
Rafael Bonmelly
National Civic Union
Anti-Semitism In Argentina Charged By Official Report
Beverly Hills AP reports an American official claims anti-Semitic vandalism and violence against democratic groups are enacted in Argentina. He cites Latin American committee reports alleging immunity for terrorist groups from police and that prosecutions are not fully carried out even after arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Argentina
Jacob Blaustein
Blaustein
Middletown Weather Foreshadows Snow Overnight
The Middletown area may see snow this evening with a likely tomorrow. Tonight will be milder with a low around 20 degrees. Friday will be warmer at a high near 25. Yesterday's official high reached 2 degrees at 3 pm and the overnight low was 14 degrees at 3 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Junta Enforces Tight Controls in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic’s new junta tightens curfew and martial law after deposing the civilian council. Gen Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria is seen as the power behind the regime, while Washington warns against a military dictatorship as protests erupt in Santo Domingo. Police clash with students leaving one killed and two wounded.
Kennedy asks record peacetime spending of 92.5 billion
President Kennedy unveiled the first budget he authored seeking 92.5 billion dollars in peacetime outlays for the 1963 fiscal year starting July 1 with a projected 93 billion in revenues. The plan foresees a 3.5 billion rise over current levels and marks most of the increase as military and space programs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Studebaker Executive Arrested Amid Plant Clash
South Bend Indiana AP Sherwood H. Egbert president of Studebaker Packard Corp was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a striker alleged he offered to fight at the plant gate. He posted a 50 dollar bond and a hearing was set in city court. Lloyd Richards a 21 year veteran worker filed the affidavit with prosecutor Patrick Brennan. C M MacMillan denied the assault charge calling it exaggerated as about 25 pickets watched from the gate while executives left the plant in a car guarded by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend, Ind
Sherwood H. Egbert
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Manamedace Miahe
Shuspuay
Egbert
Studebaker-Packard
United Auto Workers
Lloyd Richards
Patrick Brennen
St. Joseph County
Richards
Daniel L
Kennedy budget plans seek record surplus as war taxes rise
Recommendations sent to Capitol Hill propose defense spending of 52.7 billion, space research 2.4 billion, and foreign aid 3.9 billion. Kennedy seeks nearly 5 billion in new funds, with 3.39 billion for economic programs and 1.5 billion for military aid. The plan includes tax changes, a new farm bill, and a higher debt limit as economists forecast brisk growth into 1963 and a 6.1 to 4.0 percent unemployment drop. Congressional critics push for tighter spending to reduce the growing national debt near 298 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Ispace
Kennedy
Berlin
Expert Eyes Devastating New Bomb
Washington AP reports space scientist Dandridge M. Cole of General Electric proposes an asteroid bomb. A Nova-class rocket would carry crew or remotely controlled devices to a near earth asteroid. Detonating hydrogen bombs on its surface could alter the asteroid’s orbit toward Earth after 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dandridge M. Cole
General Electric
Missile and Space Vehicle Department
Earth
Mars
Ranger 3 Moon Shot Set For 66 Hour Flight
NASA aims to launch Ranger 3 on a 66 hour mission to photograph the moon and deploy a 56.7 pound instrument capsule. The mission seeks to provide the first live data from a surface instrument and test lunar landing concepts ahead of a possible manned lunar landing in 1967.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Navy
Alou
NASA
Moon
Space Agency
Soviet Union
U S Tanks Withdraw From Berlin Wall Standoff
U S Army tanks pulled back from the Berlin wall overnight as Soviet tanks also left their bivouac. The staged standoff near Friedrichstrasse and Unter den Linden lasted over three months with no shots fired. Americans moved armor to Tempehof Airport to improve force disposition. Soviets may have shifted positions inside the city.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
Friedrichstrasse
U.S
East Berlin
Soviet Union
Templehof
Unter den Linden
Dutch Ask UN To See New Guinea
The Netherlands asked the United Nations to send observers to West New Guinea as U Thant urged a peace talks push between the Dutch and Indonesians. Thant asked Sukarno and De Quay to hold action after a naval clash, and to discuss a peaceful settlement under the UN charter. Sukarjo said Indonesia favors talks if the Dutch commit to transferring admin control of West New Guinea.
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United Nations, N. Y
Netherlands
U Thant
U. N
West New Guinea
the Hague
Thant
Sukarno
Jan de Quay
New York
United Nations
C. W. A. Schurmann
Suskardjo Wirjopranoto
Sukardjo
Indonesia
Chuckle on Rights of Household Heads and Pedestrians
A light quip notes that legality favors the husband as head of the household and the pedestrian has the right of way, yet safe outcomes depend on not exercising those rights. The joke plays on everyday disputes and safety in shared spaces.
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By Peter Grose
Electrical Union
Deativs
Nampont Saint Firmin
France
By John M. Hightower
Pedro Rod
Gen
Echavarri
Junta
THE
Associated Press
Santo
Domingo
Huberto Bogaert
Trujillo
Council of State
Armed Forces
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Rodriguez Echavarria
South Bend
Harmon
Striker
Studebaker
C. M. MacMillan
Studebaker- Packard
Valley News
Sete
Ranger Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
New Guinea
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