Ground Rules On Tariffs Set
In Geneva the United States and the European Common Market reached a compromise to start the Kennedy tariff round on May 4 1944. Negotiators from 70 nations endorsed the plan as experts prepare a working outline by August 1. The deal seeks equal tariff cuts with special rules to address highly protective American duties still out of balance with European tariffs.
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Aue
Kennedy
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Gatt
Italian Buddy Receives Graduation Surprise from Class
Lake High School senior Franci Ladarro, living in Walbridge with relatives since seventh grade, was surprised by 117 seniors who raised funds to bring his Fossia, Italy-based parents to his graduation. The group funded the trip by car washes and dances, with some students contributing summer earnings.
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Lake High School
Franci Ladarro
Franci
United States
Walbridge
Fossia
Italy
Franii
Greensboro frees 900 in unrest as arrests mount
More than 900 Black students released from jail to North Carolina A and T College custody as racial demonstrations continue. A court order cleared three jails housing over 1,200 detainees, while authorities report 1,500 arrests in the past week and ongoing protests in Raleigh and Durham with a truce sought in Durham.
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N.C
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Terry Sanford
L. Dowdy
Bennett College
Greensboro War Memorial Coliseum
A&t College
Raleigh
Cooper Receives Broadway Ticker Tape Welcome
Astronaut Gordon Cooper heads a New York ticker tape parade up lower Broadway after his 22 orbit space flight. Vice President Johnson rides beside Cooper in the parade to City Hall for medal ceremonies. About 2,000 guests attend a luncheon honoring the Air Force major in Washington and New York praise follows a prayer he gave aboard orbit.
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Gordon Cooper
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Six Held in South Korean Death Plot
South Korea's military regime said six civilians were arrested before an assassination attempt on General Park at a May 16 Seoul Stadium ceremony. The CIA identified five as April Revolution Corps members and one as Park Ki-Yong. The government named Chung Dai-Keun as the plot leader.
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South Korea
Chung Hee Park
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Seoul
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April Revolution Corps
Park Ki-Yong
Shinjung
Fresh Politics Party
Huh Chung
Chung Dai-Keun
Pope John XXIII Faces Setback Amid Illness
Vatican dispatch reports Pope John XXIII, 81, suffering a new setback in his illness and canceling his weekly audience. He appeared pale at his window blessing 15,000 in St. Peter's Square as officials said he would begin a nine day spiritual retreat on Ascension Day.
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Russians Press NATO With Nuclear Med Area Proposal
Moscow issued a note proposing a nuclear weapons free Mediterranean zone as a warning to NATO while Russia threatens to target Polaris patrol routes if Western powers reject the plan. The State Department dismissed the document as propaganda timed for a NATO meeting.
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Mercury Mights End Mercury Program Says NASA
NASA officials signaled plans to end the Mercury space program as of now after Gordon Cooper's 22 orbit flight. Abraham Hyatt says plans are to end the Mercury program, with a final decision after reviewing flight data. The next project is Gemini two man flights.
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Tax Reductions Needed Dillon Says Economy Bright
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon warned that the current economic upturn is encouraging but not as rosy as some claim. He called the Presidents proposed substantial tax cut this year the best hope to accelerate economic growth.
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Douglas Dillon
Terrorist Wave Reported in Guatemala
Authorities said on Tuesday a new wave of terrorist activity attributed to pro Communist groups has broken out in Guatemala. The AP reports tensions rising as security forces step up patrols and warnings are issued nationwide.
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Guatemala
Wheat referendum defeats Kennedy farm plan in large turnout
Wheat growers voted strongly against stricter controls, delivering a stinging defeat to the Kennedy administration. The plan failed to reach the 66.7 percent threshold, with 547,151 voting for and 596,943 against, signaling a shift toward less government intervention in agriculture for the 1963-64 season.
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Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Weather outlook with chilly nights and record low
The forecast predicts a low near 40 tonight with Monday averages 10 degrees below normal. Daytime highs around 67 and nights near 44, with Thursday mostly fair and a high near 67. Yesterday's official high reached 7 at 11 30 am and the overnight low broke a 23 year record.
Area Voters Also Say No To Wheat Plan Vote
In the largest turnout, area farmers rejected the 1964 wheat plan. Butler 298 yes 584 no, Preble 213 744, Montgomery 385 722, Warren 319 620. National results near 50 percent, two thirds required for 1.2 billion bushels quota. Farm Bureau helped drive the no vote especially in the East.
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Preble County
Montgomery County
Ed Evers
Agriculture and Stabilization
Warren County
Natonally
Ohio Wheat Farmers Defeat Federal Controls Referendum
Ohio farmers massively rejected proposed 1964 federal controls with 67 081 voting against and 19 639 in favor in unofficial totals. The vote, broadened by allowing small 15 acre or less farmers to participate, surpassed prior referendums and prompted a warning from Ohio Farmers Union leader Joseph W Fichter about responsibilities for price declines.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Agriculture Department
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio Farmers Union
Wallace Vows to Bar Negroes From Alabama Enrollment
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace declares sovereignty to block the court ordered desegregation at the University of Alabama. The university trustees plan to admit two Black students and federal judge H. Hobart Grooms refuses to delay June 10 enrollment.
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George C. Wallace
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Mississippi
Meredith
Atty
Richmond Flowers
Tuscaloosa
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