Grenade targets U S hotel in Saigon amid Viet Cong raids
In Saigon a grenade was hurled at an American officers hotel Saturday night. The blast caused no injuries as the device exploded on the sidewalk after bouncing off a wall. Guerrillas raided Tan Thong, killing seven civil guardsmen, taking prisoners and destroying a radio transmitter. General Wheeler led a 12 member inspection party arriving amid tense warnings for Americans to avoid crowds. Government forces launched a large search and clear operation seven miles northeast of Trang Bang, with seven U S helicopters hit and one American wounded. several Viet Cong bases and tunnels were reported destroyed.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Erle G. Wheeler
Tan Thong
Wheeler
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
Trang Bang
Tay Ninh
China Near Bomb Test Says China Has Nuclear Devices
Tokyo AP report cites Japan Defense Agency saying Red China may hold two to four atomic bombs not yet tested. Defense official Kenjiro Shiga notes a possible test this year but 10 years to arm, with psychological global impact cited. Discussions occurred at the US Japan security consultative committee.
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Red China
Yomiuri
Kenjiro Shiga
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Japan Security Consultative Committee
Shiga
Red Chinese
Khrushchev Boasts of More Rockets and Unity Talk
In East Berlin Khrushchev boasted that while 40 Soviet missiles were withdrawn from Cuba, 80 or 120 were placed elsewhere inside the Soviet Union. He claimed the Soviet club shields Cuba from US pressure, attacked China, and predicted a future unified Socialist Germany. He spoke at an East German iron foundry during the sixth Communist party congress, urging workers to boost production as a path to unity.
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East Berlin
U. S
United States
Good deed is motorist's last act of kindness
Thomas E. Stykeman, 74, a Defiance County real estate salesman, died in a car crash after giving a hitchhiker a ride. His vehicle skidded off U.S. 24 near Defiance, hitting a tree. The hitchhiker, Edward Howard, 33, of Pitcairn, Pa., was treated for injuries. Howard said Stykeman offered to drive him farther to improve his chances of finding another ride. The wreck occurred about three miles beyond Stykeman's home.
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Thomas E. Stykeman
Defiance County
Sheriff's
Stykeman
U.S. 24
Here
Defiance City Hospital
Edward Howard
Pitcairn
Howard
Napoleon
Defiance
Tshombe Witnesses Power-Plant Blast Near Kolwezi
AP photographer recounts Moise Tshombe surrender and local actions in Northern Rhodesia. Tshombe traveled from Kolwezi with white troops to Guba Bridge area and helped place a gun to detonate a small power plant. The plant exploded as U.N. jets strafed nearby positions.
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Northern Rhodesia
Kolwezi
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Guba Bridge
Koiwezi
Solution To Transit Strike Urged
In Philadelphia, May or James H. J. Tate urged the negotiators at a face-to-face meeting to stay in the room until a solution is found. The mayor pressed both sides of the transit strike between the Philadelphia Transportation Co and the Transport Workers Union AFL-CIO. He offered to withdraw the city suit seeking control if a weekend agreement emerged, focusing on wages and a no-layoff clause.
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Philadelphia (Ap
James H. J. Tate
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Transport Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Britain Faces Doomed Bid for Common Market Entry
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan held urgent talks with top foreign affairs advisers at Admiralty House as German economist Alfred Mueller-Armack predicted Britain’s application to join the Common Market would fail. De Gaulle’s opposition blocks the path, though Britain presses on amid hopes of French concession and backing from Holland, Italy, and U.S. President Kennedy.
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Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Alfred Mueller-Armack
Bonn
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European Economic Community
Belgium
Luxembourg
Ireland
Denmark
Winter storms threaten crops across Southwest and Plains
A near-blizzard and cold wave battered the mid continent with subzero chills across northern Montana and Texas to California. The cold snapped fruit and vegetable crops in the Rio Grande Valley and southern Arizona while relief was seen in central California. Chicago reported heavy snow, while Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico faced near-blizzard conditions and dense fog disrupted air travel from Washington to Baltimore.
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Iowa
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
Missouri
Laborites Seek New Leader After Gaitskell Death
Britain’s Labour party moved toward selecting a new leader after the death of Hugh Gaitskell. George Brown Harold Wilson and James Callaghan contested, with Brown leading the right and Wilson favored by the left, as Labour faces a possible 1964 election and a split over direction.
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Aneurin Bevan
James Callaghan
Wilson
Lawyer aims for the highest court as jailer jokes escape
A Chuckle pun has a lawyer declaring he will carry the case to the highest court in the land while telling the prisoner to try escaping in the meantime. The quip plays on legal progress and a jailhouse setting.
India-Ceylon talks propose demilitarized Ladakh zone
Colombo reported six Asian African neutrals outlined border settlement plans for the India China dispute. China would withdraw from Ladakh as proposed while the eastern sector would be based on the McMahon line and a cease fire boundary. India’s reply to Parliament pending.
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India
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Chou En-lai
Peking
Nehru
New Delhi
Ioubue
Ladakh
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Chou
Himalayas
Bandaranaike
Frankie Avalon Weds Kay Deibel in Private Chapel Ceremony
North Hollywood Calif AP Frankie Avalon and Kay Deibel former dental technician exchanged wedding vows Saturday in St. Charles Roman Catholic church chapel. About 50 people mainly teenage fans gathered outside as Rev John Cooley performed the nuptials. The couple left for a honeymoon in Acapulco Mexico.
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Frankie Avalon
Kay Deibel
St. Charles Roman Catholic Church
John Cooley
Acapulco
Mexico
Glance Inside Salt Truck Crews Keep City Moving
Middletown salt truck crews face dawn rush hour chaos as a surprise winter storm looms. Jim Bohman profiles the men and equipment keeping traffic moving while crews wrestle with early morning jams and slick streets.
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Middletown
Jim Bohman
Or Else Warning From Kennedy Board In Dock Strike
A presidential mediation board plans an or else settlement proposal for longshoremen and waterfront employers in the 28 day old strike. The mediators seek wage and dispute issue resolution with both sides due to meet Sunday for possible acceptance or rejection. If no deal, President Kennedy may act with guidance from the board by Sunday midnight.
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Sun- Mann
Aay
Kennedy
Congress
Conte
Morse
International Longshoremen's Association
Ciney Raid Nets 149 Gallons Moonshine in Cincinnati
Federal revenue agents with state and city officers raided Theodore James Lomax's home in Cincinnati finding 149 gallons of moonshine in the basement bedroom and a truck. The early Saturday operation marked the biggest liquor haul in years.
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Federal Revenue
State Liquor Control
Theodore James Lomax
President of Mine Workers Dies
Thomas Kennedy, president of the United Mine Workers of America, died at 75 in Hazleton Pennsylvania. He led the union since January 14 1960 succeeding John L. Lewis after a long mining career and service on national boards. Kennedy also ran for lieutenant governor in 1934 and sought the gubernatorial nomination in 1938.
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Thomas Kennedy
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John L. Lewis
America
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U.S
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Lewis
Charles Alvin Jones
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