Johnson assures Chiang Kai-shek U S backing and aid
Vice President Lyndon Johnson met Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei and pledged U S support and economic aid while stating the Kennedy administration will not recognize Peiping. The talks produced five assurances including continued U S backing and opposition to recognizing Red China and Outer Mongolia’s UN bid.
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Taipei
Formosa
Lyndon B. Johnson
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Kennedy
Red
China
Johnson
Hong Kong
Chiang
United States
Peiping
Red China
United Nations
America
Woman May Be Next In Space
Bochum observers report recorded female voices on a wavelength used for Soviet sputnik communications. Heinz Kaminski says Russians may orbit a spaceship carrying women, noting that transmitter alignment before liftoff has not yielded female voices before.
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Bochum
Germany
Bochum Observatory
Heinz Kaminski
Kaminski
Chuckle Politeness on Choosing Among Thoughts
A concise meditation on how politeness guides the act of selecting which thoughts to express. It frames mindful choice as a social skill shaping conversation and perception.
Inside the Comics and Crosswords Feature
The item outlines sections on comics and crossword puzzles alongside deaths and funerals notes. It lists editorial content and market highlights with radio and television mentions, and a women's page update. The wording reflects a local newspaper page layout with brief notices and feature teasers.
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CRANE
Ccs
Aeewesk
Kennedy Eyes Summit Talks with Khrushchev Feeded by Senate Views
Senate leaders react to a Kennedy Khrushchev summit with guarded approval. Humphrey and Mansfield push for caution yet support, while Bridges says the idea warrants some proceeds but warns against overhype and overoptimism.
Mother's Day Twins Born to Denver Couple
Idella Mark delivered twins four weeks early on Mother's Day May 13 1928 in Denver. The boy weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces and the girl 4 pounds 7 ounces. Her husband works as a Denver sales executive.
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Denver
Colo
Idella Mark
Mark
Laos Delegates Attend Conference Under Ambiguous Status
The United States agrees to join a 14 nation Laos conference after Kennedy approves a compromise that labels rival Laotian delegates as observers rather than representatives. Three factions seek a voice in Laos political talks, with the final stance kept vague to avoid favoring any single government.
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Geneva
United States
Laos
Kennedy
Snags
U.S
Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
Prince Sou- Yanna Phouma
Reds
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Marville
Dean Rusk
Eisenhower to Receive Thayer Award at West Point
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower flies to West Point New York to attend a dinner in his honor and receive the Sylvanus Thayer Award. The award honors a citizen who embodies West Point ideals duty honor country and marks the first West Point graduate to receive it.
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Gettysburg, Pa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Point
N. Y
U.S. Military Academy
Theormer
Sylvanus Thayer
Bomb Destroys Bus in Alabama During Freedom Riders Trip
In Anniston Alabama a firebomb destroyed a Greyhound bus carrying CORE Freedom Riders eight white and eight black. Police dispersed a mob with gunfire as riders were beaten at Anniston and Birmingham. Thirteen people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation or injuries with no arrests reported.
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Alabama
Freedom Riders
Mingham
Ala
Anniston
Birmingham
Congress of Racial Equality
South
Atlanta
Greyhound
Trailways
Kennedy Khrushchev meeting possible this year
Palm Beach AP reports a Kennedy Khrushchev conference on cold war issues is a definite possibility, with Laos and a nuclear weapons test ban as major hurdles. A meeting location is undecided, with Stockholm or Vienna viewed as suitable. Kennedy may extend his Europe trip starting May 31 to meet Khrushchev if progress continues.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Mansfield
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
West Berlin
Southeast Asia
Humphrey
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Foreign Relations Committee
Palm Beach, Fla
Laos
Europe
Stockholm
Vienna
United States
Apartment Building Wrecked By Blast
Police officer Nick Curtis forced entry to rescue Justine Wessel and Caroline Ostlund from a Willmar Minnesota apartment Sunday before explosions and flames destroyed an office apartment building. Wessel was gathering belongings when pulled to safety. no injuries were reported.
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Willmar
Minn
Nick Curtis
Justine Wessel
Caroline Ostlund
Curtis
Miss Wessel
Weekend Warmth Fades as Showers Return This Week
A brief taste of summer over the weekend gives way to cooler temperatures and sporadic showers through the week. Today’s rain should end by morning, with a high near 70 Tuesday under clear skies. Tonight’s low around 30, and yesterday’s official high in Middletown was 8 at 3 pm with a 7:15 am low of 65. rainfall up to 8 am totaled one-tenth of an inch.
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Middletown
Snowstorm isolates Cheyenne area with stranded motorists
Three people, including a 5 year old boy, were rescued from a snow swept canyon as a weekend blizzard left Cheyenne and surrounding areas buried under six foot drifts. Telephone lines failed in spots for over two hours while 1400 cars were stalled around Cheyenne and Laramie. Road crews worked as temperatures rose to restore main highways.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Colorado Canyon
Rocky Mountain
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
GOP Senate Attacks Kennedy Education and Reorg Plans
Senate Republicans press a two pronged challenge to Kennedy education aid and government reorganization. They favor a tax rebate substitute to the administration bill, proposing a 1 percent federal income tax rebate or earmarking 2 cents per pack of cigarette tax, yielding hundreds of millions for state education. Bipartisan backing is sought to reject Kennedy reorganization plans.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Styles Bridges
New
GOP
Hampshire
Republican Policy Committee
Bridges
Francis Case
R-S.d
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Case
Cotton
Congress
Guilt Plea by Boston Industrialist Goldfine
Bernard Goldfine, Boston industrialist, pleaded guilty to evading about 800000 in personal and corporate income taxes. Judge George C. Sweeney ordered a court psychiatric evaluation to assess present competence and the defense indicated a desire to withdraw prior pleas and enter guilty ones.
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Boston (Ap
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
U.S. Dist
George C. Sweeney
Goldfine
E. Bennett Williams
Soviets say France tests could force resumption of nuclear work
In Geneva the Soviet government warned that France may compel a return to nuclear and hydrogen weapon testing unless the United States and Britain get France to halt its program. Tsarapkin asked Dean and Wright to relay the warning to their governments as dispute over a global testing ban deepens. Dean rejected the claim and Wright called it ludicrous while accusing Moscow of using it to mask intransigence.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
Tsarapkin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Michael Wright
Dean
Michael
Two Fort Collins men rescued after truck slips on icy road
Air and ground crews saved Pettus a Colorado State University assistant professor his son Tom and Patrick Stallcup from a truck that slid off an icy western road. They survived by sleeping eating rations and signaling for help as a snow storm created 12 foot drifts. A light plane located them guiding a snow weasel to their location. Separately severe storms swept the midcontinent with tornado outbreaks across Illinois Wisconsin and Missouri injuring nine in Illinois and one in Wisconsin. No deaths reported. widespread property damage and river flooding continued with National Guard on duty in Illinois and Indiana.
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Fort Collins
Fride
Pettus
Colorado State University
Tom
Patrick Stallcup
Oakland
Calif
Here
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Misissippi River
Hannibal
Peoria
Indiana
National
Four Die As False Fire Alarm Triggers Panic in Theater
In Tuxpan Mexico hundreds of moviegoers fled in panic after a false fire alarm was sounded at a local theater. Four persons were trampled to death amid the evacuation.
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Tuxpan
Mexico
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Georgia Line
Ell C. Cowling
Walter Bergman
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