Winky the elephant bites coat and wallet at Madison Zoo
Rory Leonard, 18, UW freshman from Park Ridge Illinois, sketched at the Madison Zoo when Winky the elephant grabbed her rain coat tore off buttons ate sunglasses wallet and 75 cents. The elephant appeared fine and Leonard planned to keep drawing small things in the future.
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Madison, Wis
Rory Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Park Ridge
Ill
Madison Zoo
Winky
Eisenhower challenged on Kennedy spending cuts plan
Senate leader Mansfield and House Speaker McCormack demanded a bill of particulars on where Eisenhower would cut $10 to $12 billion from Kennedy's proposed budget. Eisenhower resisted detailing reductions, while Halleck signaled specific goals, including defense and a space program critique.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Eisenhower
Mansfield
Congress
McCormack
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Palm Desert
Calif
Mrs Kennedy Gifts Engravings to Sub Lafayette Crew
Mrs John F Kennedy presented two early 19th century engravings depicting naval battles from the War of 1812 to the crew of the nuclear submarine Lafayette, which she launched last May.
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Washington (Ap
John F. Kennedy
Lafayette
Kennedy and King Hassan II Walk From White House
President Kennedy and King Hassan II of Morocco walked from the White House toward Blair House on a pleasant Friday evening. The unplanned stroll drew reporters, halted traffic, and created a light protest of press and police as crowds formed along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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White House
Blair House
Kennedy
King Hassan II
Morocco
Hassan
Pennsylvania Avenue
King Hassan
Secret Service
Castro to Explain Cuban Squall After MIG Incident
AP reports that the Cuban squall cooled amid a U S note saying Cuban fighters probably fired in error after strafing the Floridian. Havana informed Washington via Swiss channels that there was no intent to strike the cargo ship.
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Washington
Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
State Department
Today’s Chuckle on Kissing Good Night Dying Out
A brief humor item notes the fading custom of kissing children good night as parents today often do not stay up for them. The quip reflects changed family routines and modern lifestyles reducing intimate bedtime rituals.
Probation Bureau Director suspended amid Rhodes criticism
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission censures Rowland R. Lutz for alleged insubordination and misfeasance after criticizing GOV Rhodes economy measures. Deputy Chief Percy Lowery to lead Bureau of Probation and Parole during five day suspension with payless status. Lutz defends career corrections record. salary listed at $860 monthly.
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Columbus, Ohio
Percy Lowery
Bureau of Probation and Parole
Rowland R. Lutz
Pardon and Parole Commission
Lutz
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Richard L. Krabach
Ohio
Department of Finance
Greenwood Tension Over Voting Rights March
In Greenwood Mississippi tension rose as protesters urged a presidential visit for a walk to the Leflore County courthouse to register voters. Police barred mass marches, allowing small groups inside, while Mayor Sampson accused the Justice Department of aiding agitators in Leflore County.
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Kennedy
Mississippi
United States
Wiley Branton
Atlanta
Leflore
Curtis Lary
C. E. Sampson
Justice Department
Leflore County
Washington
Greenwood
Sampson
Justice Department of the
Fire destroys cargo in Ann Arbor garbage truck
Ann Arbor fire crews extinguished a small Friday fire in the cargo of a loaded garbage truck. No injuries or further damage reported.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Ann Arbor
Rio De Janeiro Braces as Federal Troops Seize Buildings
In Rio de Janeiro federal troops occupy all city buildings amid clashes over a pro Cuba conference. Guanabara Governor Carlos Lacerda denounces the move as a move toward intervention while Tass cites Goulart allies noting restraint.
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Rio
DF Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Lacerda
Guanabara
International
Cuban Solidarity Congress
Goulart
Cuba
Lacerda
Guanabara Bay
Niteroi
Tass
Latin- American Congress
Albino Silva
Justice Ministry
Joao Mangabeira
Brasilia
Adauto Lucio Cardoso
Chamber of Deputies
Armando Oliveira Brito
Engravers Union to vote on revised settlement formula
The Photoengravers Union president urged a special Sunday meeting for members to vote on a revised settlement to end the 113 day newspaper shutdown in New York. Publishers must approve the formula today for the meeting to have any meaning.
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New York
Photoengravers Union
Blaze at Supreme Cleaners Kills Six in Tucson
An explosion leveled a large cleaning firm in Tucson killing six and injuring more than 50. Co owner Harris Salonic was trapped under debris in critical condition. The blast hurled a 220 pound concrete slab. cause undetermined. Most dead were basement workers. eight of the injured hospitalized.
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Tucson
Ariz
Harris Salonic
James Flanary
Pontiac
Mich
Supreme Cleaners
Francis Edward Conyers
Vidilia C. Kinvery
Carmen C. Tovar
Texas Ruby Fox Dies in House Fire at Opry Town
NASHVILLE Tenn AP Mrs Ruby Fox known as Texas Ruby to Grand Ole Opry audiences burned to death in a Friday night house and trailer fire. She was the sixth Opry personality to die in accidents in recent weeks. Fox a Decatur Texas native had not performed regularly since the 1940s. Nearby, Patsy Cline Cowboy Copas Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes were killed in a Camden Tennessee plane crash three weeks earlier, and Jack Anglin of Johnny and Jack died in an auto accident while hurrying to prayer services for Miss Cline.
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Nashvale
Tenn
Ruby Fox
Camden
Patsy Cline
Cowboy Copas
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Randy Hughes
Jack Anglin
Opry
Johnny and
Jack
Miss Cline
Marine Sgt Slay sentenced for mistreating recruits
Marine Corps Sgt Carlton L Slay was sentenced to confinement at hard labor for three years demoted to private forfeiture of all pay and a bad conduct discharge after being found guilty on 14 counts of mistreating recruits He showed emotion at the verdict and defended his willingness to serve as a Marine in combat
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San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Carlton L. Slay
Leatherneck
Lombat
Slay
Marine
Matthew C. McKeon
Parris Island
N.C
John E. Pat
Terson
Patterson
Janet
Daniel B. Hunter
Couple Get Reprieve from Death
Indefinite stays of execution were granted four hours before the planned Texas electric chair sentences. Carolyn Lima and Leslie Ashley, both convicted in the 1961 Houston murder of Fred Tones, faced death before federal judge John R. Brown postponed the executions to April 9.
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John R. Brown
Houston
Brown
She
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Fred Tones
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Raymond Feyre
Coed
Helen Klaben
Brooklyn
Ike
U.S
Parole Bureau
Kasing
Greenwood, Miss
Huntsville, Tex
Carolyn Ann Lima
Texas
Miss Liman
Cecil McKee
McKee
Ashley
Carolyn Lima
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