Illinois Floods Hit Southern State Hardest This Spring
Floodwaters from the Mississippi and tributaries overwhelmed southern Illinois towns, with 15 counties declared disaster areas and Gov. Kerner seeking a broader major disaster declaration for 53 counties. The Muddy River near Murphysboro rose toward 39.5 to 41.5 feet as levees held, while Carmi faced evacuation plans for its 6,260 residents as the Little Wabash neared record levels.
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Otto Kerner
Office of Civil Defense
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Carmi
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Senate group to probe Cuban invasion rumors
Sen. Wayne Morse says the Senate Latin Affairs subcommittee will investigate reports that U.S. survivors of the Cuban invasion are held incommunicado on Vieques, the Caribbean island hosting a U.S. Marine base.
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Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Senate
United States
Caribbean
Vieques
U.S
Carpenter faked credit to fuel lavish buying spree
Attilio Santoro a 47 year old Shoreham carpenter used a forged letterhead claiming $687,988 on deposit at Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loan to order two world trips for his family six luxury cars and two boats. He was arrested and pled guilty to disorderly conduct receiving 30 days in county jail.
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Patchogue
N.Y
Long Island
Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loan Association
Attilio Santoro 47
Shoreham
Economists Predict GNP Surging Past $525 Billion
Hot Springs Virginia AP economists forecast a renewed recovery lifting national output to a record gross national product of more than 525 billion dollars by year end. Commerce Secretary Hodges meets with the Business Advisory Council as joint estimates project a quarter rate near 505 billion and a final year figure between 525 and 530 billion.
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Luther
H. Hodges
Business Advisory Council
Commerce Department
Council
F. R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Strike Threat Sparks Algiers Public Safety Order
European extremists urged a general strike in Algiers to mark the 1958 coup anniversary. The government responded with orders for troops to shoot to maintain order.
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Algiers
Castro Diplomats Quit Posts
Antonio R. Montane and Gilda Portela de Montane, Cuban diplomats in Mexico City, defected and sought asylum. They cited Communist activity at the embassy and Castro's anti church campaign as reasons, saying they cannot serve Fidel Castro.
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Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Antonio R. Montane
Gilda Portela de Montane
Mexico
Montane
Montanes
Latin America
Castro
Cuba
Congolese Seek Central Government Constitutional Proposals
The Coquilhatville conference in Leopoldville unveiled its first constitutional proposals for a tightly knit Congolese federation with a strong central government. The plan covers all Belgian Congo including Katanga and Kivu regions, but excludes Katanga and the Gizenga rebel regime from Stanleyville.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Coquilhatville
Belgian Congo
Katanga
Lumumbisi Oriental
Kivu
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Geneva Conference 8 D Opening Postponed
Britain and the Soviet Union failed to agree on Laos representation and postponed the conference opening. The United States insisted on a Laos delegation compromise. U S Rusk and Gromyko planned further talks as the truce commission reported a general halt in fighting with local outbreaks still evident.
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Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Cochairmen
United States
Truce Commission
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
U. S
Dean Rusk
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rusk
Gromyko
Cochairman
India
Canada
Poland
Residents in Franklin object to street name changes
Residents of Franklin West Virginia protest a city council plan to rename streets to Dogwood Lane and Walnut Street. They argue for preserving traditional names and oppose the terms Dog Alley and Dirty Run, noting the town’s unique street history.
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Franklin, W. Va
Dogwood Lane
Walnut Street
Ex-OSES Manager At Cincinnati Dies
Hildeburn Jones former manager of the Cincinnati office of the Ohio State Employment Service died Thursday at his home near Cincinnati He led the service there from 1946 until his retirement in 1959 Jones was a native of Circleville
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Cincinnati
Hildeburn Jones
Ohio State Employment Service
Here
Jones
Circleville
Mounties Seek Dope On Jackie Kennedy
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ottawa officials debate the exact placement of earth for a Rideau Hall tree planting during a Kennedy visit. Mrs Kennedy is right handed. the issue is whether the mound goes to her left or right of the tree site. The Kennedys will visit Ottawa next week and share billing with the president in the ceremony.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
White House
Kennedy
Kennedy Takes Breather During Palm Beach Visit
President Kennedy arrives in Palm Beach for a short rest from Washington ahead of Canada and France trips. He plans poolside lounging and golf at Palm Beach Country Club with aides Christopher Dunphy and Charles Spalding. The First Lady joins him as the Kennedy home is under renovation nearby.
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Fia
Washington
Kennedy
Canada
France
Palm Beach Country Club
Christopher J. Dunphy
Charles Spalding
New York
West Palm Beach
Joseph P. Kennedy
Charles Wrightsman
Wrightsman
Weather shifts to May like warmth this week
The area is forecast to see temperatures four to eight degrees above the normal highs and lows for the next five days with scattered showers. Tonight and Saturday will be cloudy and mild with a low around 39 and a high near 82 tomorrow. Thursday’s official high was 77 with an overnight low of 38.
Today's Chuckle Diet Drinks Dentists Beware
A light joke notes that new diet beverages may reduce the need for teeth, leaving dentists with work to do.
Johnson Seeks Wider Aid for South Vietnam Defense
Vice President Johnson says the United States and President Diem agree on increasing the South Vietnamese army and civil defense with more U.S. advisers, while denying American combat troops. The aid package, part of a $160 million program this year, may include arms and a 20,000 man army boost. Johnson pledged Kennedy support for education rural development industry and long term growth in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
U. S
Johnson
Tts
Kennedy
Dayton Man Killed in U Turn Crash on U S 40
George W. Focke a 42 year old Dayton Ohio resident died when his car was struck by a semitrailer truck while attempting a U turn on U S 40 near Seeleyville Terre Haute Ind. Thursday AP reports the fatal crash.
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Terre Haute, Ind
U. S. 40
George W. Focke
Dayton
Seeleyville
Em Space Gals Are Better Drivers
In a Baltimore report, Martin Co. simulators for NASA show women often pick up space rendezvous controls faster than men. Tests demonstrate crews can pilot spacecraft with minimal automatic guidance, challenging the need for extensive auto systems in future missions.
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Baltimore
Outer Space
Martin Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Middle River
E. E. Clark
Advance Pro
Martin
Clark
Did Yuri Gagarin go first into space or not
U S officials and scientists say Gagarin orbited Earth to become the first space man while skeptics question details. FIA records and Moscow secrecy raise doubts about the flight, launch, and landing specifics amid competing Soviet and Western claims.
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Yuri Gagarin
U.S
Kennedy
Moscow
Federation Aeronautique’ Internationale
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Paris
Vostok
United States
Earth
Gagarin
Mace
James Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Daily Worker
Hugh Dryden
NASA
Izvestia
Vladimir Ilyushin
Hangchow
China
A. A. Blagonravov
Italy
London
Say
Gagar
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