Louisiana Governor Seeks Habeas Corpus in Texas Mental Court
83 year old Louisiana Governor Earl Long argues he was confined unjustly at John Sealy Hospital in Texas and demands freedom. A sanity hearing is set for Tuesday as he accuses handlers of drugging him and transporting him by ambulance with his wife and allies nearby.
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Louisiana
Early Long
Texas
Long
John Sealy Hospital
Louisiana Capitol
Associated Press
McLean
Margaret Dixon
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
Ktbs-T
Sen
Russell Long
D-La
Blanche Long
Raymond Husft
Senator Long
Huey P. Long
Ochsner
New Orleans
Russell
Three-power study to detect high altitude nuclear blasts
The United States Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to a three power scientific study of detecting high altitude nuclear explosions. They will meet in Geneva June 22 and report back by June 2 to the nuclear test suspension conference. The effort aims to address a major unresolved problem in enforcing a ban on atomic and hydrogen weapon detonations.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
James J. Wadsworth
Louisiana Governor seeks release from Texas clinic
A group of attorneys gathered in Galveston to prevent an open hearing at which Governor Earl Long of Louisiana aims to win release from a Texas mental health facility.
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Galveston
Tex
Earl Long
Louisiana
Texas
Fed reports May industrial output at new high
The Federal Reserve Board announced that industrial production rose in May to a new peak, up four percent from the pre recession high of early 1957. The index climbed two points to 152 percent of the 1947-49 average.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Innovative bed lifts sleeper to sitting position at alarm
In Chicago the international summer home furnishings market opens with new products. A revolutionary bed raises the sleeper to a sitting position when the radio alarm clock timer activates.
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Chicago
Skindiver Fights Large Shark in Fatal Ocean Assault
In La Jolla California a 12 foot shark killed skindiver Robert Pamperin as witnesses watched from shore. Tom Lehrer described seeing the thrashing man and the massive predator with a white belly and jagged teeth. Coast Guard helicopter and lifeguards searched 40 minutes but found no trace of Pamperin.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Robert Pamperin
San Diego
Bob
Tom Lehrer
Lehrer
William Abitz
Pamperin
Abitz
Carolyn
Coast Guard
Guatemala Moves to Seize United Fruit Lands
President Miguel Ydigoras orders expropriation actions against United Fruit Co in Izabal after claims of eviction attempts. Guatemala plans an agrarian law to redistribute government and non cultivated private holdings to peasants with purchase of private land. Farmers facing eviction have long tenure on the land.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
United Fruit Co
Izabal
United Fruit
Fire on Ocean Layer prompts crew abandonment at sea
A British cable ship Ocean Layer burned in the North Atlantic about 500 miles west of England. The crew abandoned ship and four lifeboats were picked up by the German freighter Flavia within an hour. The U S Navy transport Upshur and other vessels aided as the Flavia recovered crew and the Upshur resumed course for Bremerhaven. Ocean Layer, launched in 1948, was working on a new transatlantic cable.
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London
North Atlantic
England
Ocean Layer
Upshur
Bremerhaven
Germany
Submarine Cables Ltd
Cobh
United States
France
Nicaragua seeks proof rebels aided by other Latin nations
President Somoza demanded OAS proof that young rebels who aimed to topple his regime received substantial support from other Latin governments. After a brief revolt, surrender of 16 holdouts and a mass parade, Somoza accused Cuba and Venezuela of aiding Nicaraguans training in Honduras for further incursions.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Organization of American States
Somoza
Pedro Joaquin Camorro
la Prensa
Anastasio Somoza
Cuba
Venezuela
Honduras
Chamorro
Fnce
Fidel Castro
Anastasio
Klumpp Trial Opens in Cincinnati Murder Case
In Cincinnati today Edythe Klumpp goes on trial for first degree murder in the death of Louise Bergen. Two duck hunters found Bergen's badly burned body at Lake Cowan in Clinton County on November 1. Klumpp argues Bergen was shot during a struggle over a gun in a car. Prosecutors say Bergen died after refusing to divorce her estranged husband so Klumpp and his wife could marry.
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Cincinnati
Edythe Klumpp
Klumpp
Louise Bergen
Cecil Mains
Elbert Walker
Delores Del Rio Cleared to Rehearse After Illness
Mexican actress Delores Del Rio has recovered from a month long illness and received doctors' permission to begin rehearsals for a new theater season after returning from a trip to Africa and the Far East.
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Mexico City
Delores del Rio
Africa
Far East
Today's Chuckle about modern minutemen at home
A lighthearted note compares today’s minutemen to people who fetch a sandwich from the fridge during a TV commercial. It humorously deflates heroic clichés and highlights everyday life moments.
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Minutemen
Four youths face sentencing in May for reported incident
In Tallahassee four white youths await sentencing after a white jury spared them from the electric chair following a May 2 reported incident involving a Black coed. Sentences could reach life imprisonment with pretrial investigations likely.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Raiford State Prison
W. May Walker
West Allies Brace for Action as Berlin Talks Drift
As the Sixth week of the Big Four talks in Geneva continues Western diplomats push for a decisive shift on Berlin. Britain seeks firmness while the United States and France weigh a possible breakthrough or a breakoff if Gromyko stalls.
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Geneva
West
Soviet Union
Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
London
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Lloyd
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Gromyko
West Berlin
Britain
Couve l de Murville
Prosecutor Quits Under Fire in Gary Indiana
Gary Indiana AP reports deputy Lake County prosecutor Den Holovachka resigned amid allegations of links to crime. He denied taking money and accused the Senate committee, Gary Post Tribune, and others of character assassination. Prosector Floyd Vance then fired three investigators, including Walter Conroy.
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Gary
Ind
Metro
Holovachka
Lake County
Indiana
Senate
Floyd Vance
Walter Conroy
James Dent
Michael Kampo
Conroy
Kampo
Wek
Chicago
John McClellan
D-Ark
Gary Post-Tribune
Women's Citizens Committee
Robert Kennedy
Pretty Princess And King's New Smile Lift Belgo Monarchy
King Baudouin's return from the United States with a radiant smile boosted popular support for Belgium's monarchy. Dona Paola Ruffo di Calabria, amid wedding plans with Prince Albert of Liege, captured public affection, thrilling crowds in Brussels and Liege. The princess partnered in outreach across working class districts and Ostend, lifting royal prestige to new highs.
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Baudouin
United States
Leopold III
Dona Paola Ruffo di Calabria
Prince Albert of
Liege
Albert
Prince Albert
Dona Paola
Paola
Alibert
Smile
Storm
Belgium
Ostend
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