The Merry Lute Player Sells for 600000 at Parke Bernet
The 17th century Dutch master Hals painting The Merry Lute Player sold for 600000 to an English based bidder via an open telephone line at Parke Bernet Galleries. The record price marks a peak for Hals and reflects rising interest in old masters as many works retreat to museums.
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New York
Franz Hals
Parke Bernet
London
Edward Speelman
Speelman
England
Louis J. Marion
Hale
Rubens
Erickson
Parke-Bernet
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Rembrandt
Aristotle
Homer
Fragonard
National Gallery of Art
Washington
U.S. Officials Silent On Cuban Refugee Arm Arsenal Report
AP report alleges Cuban refugees in Miami stockpiled grenades and a 100 pound bomb with U.S. agents weighing investigation. Washington officials refuse to comment while FBI Customs State and Justice departments offer noncommittal replies and cite Neutrality Act violations.
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Washington
U.S
Miami
John Raymond
Boston Traveler
Raymond
Associate Press
FBI
Customs Bureau
State Department
Justice Department
Summer Weather Fluctuates Across Nation
Unseasonable cool air chilled much of the eastern third with scattered snow in Pennsylvania and Vermont. Rain cleared in eastern Maine while the storm moved to the Atlantic. Warmer air threatens to end the chill as the Midwest moderates and western regions see rain and snow in higher elevations. No injuries reported from the Roswell severe thunderstorm.
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Pennsylvania
New England
Vermont
Maine
Midwest
Atlantic
Pacific
Rockies
Dakotas
Nebraska
Patrick Henry Dared Not Speak on Taxation Without Representation
A witty reflection questions if Patrick Henry would have remained silent about taxation with representation if he had known how it would unfold. The quip links colonial era rebellion to modern debates on taxes and political speech.
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Patrick Henry
Race Torn Barber Shop Reopens Amid Protests
YELLOW SPRINGS Ohio AP Lewis Gegner plans to reopen his barber shop despite ongoing student sit ins from Antioch College protesting his refusal to cut Black customers hair. Gegner faced an Ohio Civil Rights Commission discrimination conviction with an appeal pending.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Lewis Gegner
Gegner
Antioch College
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Billy Graham Declines Political Ambition Amid Swiss Wedding
Evangelist Billy Graham said he has no interest in any political office. The remark followed a Dallas Times Herald report that oilman H. L. Hunt might back him for the 1964 Republican nomination, a claim Hunt denied. Graham is in Montreux for his daughter Virginia's wedding to Stephan Tchividjian, son of a Swiss financier.
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Montreux
Switzerland
Billy Graham
Graham
Dallas Times Herald
H. L. Hunt
Hunt
Virginia
Stephan Tchividjian
Americans Aid Mexico's Stricken Village Alazan
In McAllen Texas and across the state, Americans donate food drugs clothing and money to aid Alazan a northern Mexico farming village. Contribution centers are organized and plans exist to transport goods into Mexico by air and by road after reports of poverty and sickness.
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Mcallen
Tex
Mexico
Alazan
Texas
Haitian Crisis Deepens As Duvalier Repression Fears Rise
Diplomats fear the Inter American Commission’s departure may trigger renewed repression of Duvalier opponents in Haiti. Some refugees from embassies in the Dominican Republic may be allowed to depart while others are barred. Duvalier warned of a crushing crackdown as militia and forces move through Beau Boeuf amid rising tension and sounds of explosions.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Organization of American States
Santo Domingo
Juan Bosch
Brazil
Chile
Venezuela
Ecuador
Beau Boeuf
Cracking Down in Haiti Escalates as Duvalier Seeks Revolt
Reports say arrests increased after the torching of Clement Barbot's home, a Duvalier foe. The United States protested as a security official was detained and identified under glare. Dominican and Haitian officials disputed claims of anti Castro bases and ties to iron curtain nations.
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Clement Barbot
Duvalier
Barbot
United States
Santo Domingo
Dominican Foreign Ministry
Andres Freites
Oas
Fidel Castro
Haiti
Foreign Office
Freites
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Ministry
Associated Press
Freedom Marchers Start Second Leg Of Journey
A group of Freedom Marchers begin the second leg of a Deep South walk to protest segregation. They retrace the route of William Moore, the Baltimore postman shot near Attalla, Alabama. They face possible arrest as they proceed from Chattanooga toward Georgia with jeers from white spectators and mixed reactions from locals.
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Freedom
Trenton
Deep South
Baltimore
William Moore
Attalla
Ala
Apri
Allabama
Gadsden
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hooker
Georgia
Tennessee Line
Tennessee
Georgia Line
Canton broker held on three counts
Robert K. Domer a Canton mortgage investment broker remained jailed without bond after arraignment and innocence pleas on Stark County and federal charges. A body found in a burning car linked to his disappearance is undergoing an autopsy in Cleveland. Trial on forgery is set for May 27.
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Canton
Ohio
Robert K. Domer
Canton Mortgage Investment
Stark Cunty
Domer
Cleveland
Farlier
Stark County
Norman J. Putman
Futman
Willot
Churchill retires after sixty years in Parliament
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill, 88, will quit politics due to health, ending a 60 year Commons career. He will remain a member until Parliament dissolves before the next general election by October 1964. Churchill cites reduced mobility from a fall and sadness at leaving his House.
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London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Britain
Commons
Churchill
Nixon to join New York law firm and move residence
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon announced he will join a New York law firm and relocate from California to New York City on June 1. The 1963 legislature has not passed the fair housing bill prohibiting housing discrimination based on race religion or color.
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NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
California
New York City
Chinese freighter sank or hits reef in East China Sea claim questioned
Tokyo reports doubts on Chinese sailors claim their 11,482 ton Yue Lin Ho was torpedoed near Cheju Island. Officials note no torpedo sighting, possible reef or mines, no injuries, and no debris. crew rescued by a Japanese fishing boat and patrol ship. Red China ships had planned Japan trade.
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China
East China Sea
South Korea
Navy
Japan
Cheju Island
Red China
Koshiki
Shanghai
Susumu Shinkawa
Takeo Iguchi
Maritime Agency
Tsingtao
Yellow Sea Port
Scott Rock
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