Khrushchev says missing U S pilot alive in Moscow trial planned
Khrushchev disclosed to Soviet deputies that the pilot Francis Powers, shot down over the Urals on a weather mission, is alive in Moscow and may be tried as a spy. He alleged fabrications in U S explanations, cited Powers's CIA links, and showed film of the alleged mission and captured equipment.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Parliament
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Francis Gerry Powers
Air Force
Central Intelligence Agency
Sverdnovsk
Urals
Pakistan
Norway
Ural
Archangel
Murmansk
Powers
U. S
U. S. State Department
Francis G. Powers
Pound
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
U.S
State Department
Adana
Turkey
United States
Still Plans Trip To Russia
Washington officials discounted any cancelation of Eisenhower’s summit or the June Soviet visit unless Moscow’s propaganda campaign escalates. Khrushchev demanded explanations on the alleged U S plane shoot down and warned of potential blame on Eisenhower. The Paris summit opens May 16 with Nixon as a possible substitute if the talks run long.
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U.S
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
United States
Christian A. Herter
U. S
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Eisenshower
Richard M. Nixon
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Killer Released From Mexican Prison Trotsky Assassin
AP reports Jacques Mornard, who killed Leon Trotsky in exile, was released from a Mexican prison and believed to be in Havana escaping vengeance. He left Mexico under an assumed name with Czech officials and may head to Europe or Czechoslovakia. Trotsky’s widow, in Mexico City, condemns him as a Kremlin hatchet man.
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Jacques Mornard
Leon Trotsky
Mornard
Mexico
Trotsky
Mexico City
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Oldrich Novicky
Edward Fuchs
Hotel Nacional
Jacobs van Dendresch
van Dendresch
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Lenin
Stalin
Sylvia Ageloff
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank Jackson
Toronto
Canada
Spaniard Ramon Marcarder del Rio killed Trotsky in Mexico
An unidentified Spaniard known as Ramon Marcarder del Rio, using multiple names, infiltrated Trotsky's circle in Mexico. He entered the study and killed Trotsky with an ax, then was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a long trial. He had hidden his true identity for years and had lived off unknown funds.
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Mornard
Mexico
Ramon Marcarder del Rio
Hoffa vows conspiracy fight at Stockyards rally
Chicago AP report says James R. Hoffa addressed about 10,000 Teamsters at the Stockyards Amphitheatre launching Team Volunteers In Politics. He accused a giant anti labor conspiracy led by government branches, condemned the Landrum Griffin Act, and promised a new political machine and targeted endorsements at the local union level.
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Chicago
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Landrum Griffin
McClellan
Khrushchev to Visit Austria for Eight Days
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will make an eight day visit to neutral Austria from June 27 to July 4, a government spokesman announced in Vienna. The trip aims to deepen Soviet Austrian ties and bolster East-West diplomacy.
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Vienna
Austria
Nikita S. Khrushchev
No Draft Dodger Humphrey's War Status Defended
In Charleston, Kennedy disavowed a Roosevelt Jr claim that Humphrey sought draft deferments in World War II era service. Humphrey, who was rejected for military duty due to a hernia, was inducted in 1945 but later classified 4F. Roosevelt alleged later appeals describing him as essential to a war industry. Kennedy stated the issue was injected without his knowledge or consent.
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Charleston
W. Va
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Hubert H. Humphrey
Roosevelt
Humphrey
Jetters
Minnesota
Naval Reserve
Strange flag called intolerance symbol on UNC building
Campus police removed a flag displayed on a University of North Carolina building after a group spokesman said the swastika, peace dove and other symbols were meant to provoke middle class complacency. The flag bore a German phrase meaning Christians get out and showed a red swastika with a foot trampling a Negro child, with a spokesman arguing outrage at the swastika would mirror outrage at a non white non Christian moving into a neighborhood.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Tar Heel
Record denies draft dodger label in Kennedy clash
The exchange centers on whether Sen Humphrey was labeled a draft dodger. Roosevelt denies using the phrase and asserts his focus on Kennedy's war record. He argues that those who have known war see the need for peace and that veterans may share this view.
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Roosevelt
Sen. ‘Kennedy
Kennedy Statement Downplays Campaign Issue
In a brief statement from Kennedy headquarters, Roosevelt said he did not consider the matter important to the campaign and regretted that it was made an issue.
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Kennedy
Roosevelt
Missing GIs Found Alive in Libyan Desert
The U S Army announced two American soldiers reported missing in the Libyan Desert since last Saturday have been found alive and in good condition.
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Heselberg
Germany
U.S
Arab Freighter Picketing Ends in New York Harbor
Picketing of the Egyptian freighter Cleopatra ended in New York Harbor as a broader boycott linked to Arab efforts against ships trading with Israel began to ease. The State Department pledged new measures to halt Arab blacklisting of American vessels, reducing tension in the Middle East trade dispute.
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Middle East
State Department
Israel
Winds Hit for 3rd Day
Tornado outbreaks ravaged communities near Mobile Alabama and across the Midwest and South. At Dauphin Island Highway a twister destroyed stations and a lodge while a church was badly damaged. Deaths numbered 29 with hundreds injured as storms shifted from Oklahoma and Arkansas into the Mississippi Valley and beyond.
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Ala
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Dog River Bridge
St. Elmo Ala
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi Valley
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Lexie
Mississippi
Poplarville
Dexter
Sandy Hook
Illinois
Missouri
YS&T Official Dies In Youngstown Office
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio AP Robert S Douglas 51 assistant to the chairman and president of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co died of a heart attack Friday. He was at work in the firm s general offices in Boardman when stricken. Douglas lived in Struthers.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Robert S. Douglas
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Boardman
Douglas
Struthers
Eisenhower Says U S To Resume Underground Nuclear Tests
Gettysburg bulletin reports President Eisenhower announced the United States will resume underground nuclear tests, possibly by year end. The statement marks a restart of atomic testing programs after a pause. Stakes include national security and international reactions amid Cold War tensions.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
United States
Destroyed Town Will Be Rebuilt
Wilburton Oklahoma coping after a Thursday night tornado killed 11 and injured 104. Rescue teams searched ruins as 82 homes and 34 houses were heavily damaged, 22 business buildings and 2 churches destroyed. Red Cross fed about 1,500 while Gov. Edmondson planned a major disaster declaration.
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Red Cross
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Menifee
College-Lumber Million
Sapulpa
Keota
Moffett-Roland
J. Howard Edmondson
DiSalle backs Dr. Sam Sheppard release request
Governor Michael V. DiSalle replied at Christ Church that every effort is being made regarding Dr. Sam Sheppard, the former osteopath serving a life term at Ohio Penitentiary for the July 4, 1934 murder. When a listener urged his release, DiSalle quipped that Sheppard shares the listener’s feeling.
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Cincinnati
Michael V. DiSalle
Christ Church
DiSalle
Sam Sheppard
Bay Village
Ohio Penitentiary
Dr. Sam
Chuckle: Perfect wife laughs at husband’s jokes
A witty line notes that a perfect wife finds humor in her husband’s jokes not for cleverness but because she is amused by him, delivering a lighthearted, period-tinged quip about partnership and shared humor.
Army brass upbeat on South Korea regime shift
Western Front dispatch reports American officers in Korea largely pleased with the new South Korean government and its anti-Communist posture. They note possible closer ties with Japan and say initial Seoul protests over the upheaval did not alter frontline readiness. Lt Gen. Harry P. Storke led assurances troops remain at peak alert near the 38th Parallel.
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Koreafap
Korea
South Korea
Japan
Syngman Rhee
Harry P. Storke
U.S. Corps
Jorke
West Point
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