Envoy to Algeria Aims at Restoring Franco-Algerian Contacts
Premier Pflimlin sent Jean-Louis Vigier to Algiers on an unofficial mission to reopen talks with the insurgent junta. Vigier, wartime Gaullist ally turned critic, travels on a private mandate urged by Gaullist publisher Benoiveau. Pflimlin appeals publicly for constitutional reform.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Algeria
Jean-Louis Vigier
Charles de Gaulle
Gaullist
Algiers
Vigier
Pierre Guillain de Benouville
Switzerland
Pflimlin
Junta
Army Halts Nike Ajax Modification After NJ Base Explosion
The Army suspended secret Nike Ajax missile modification work at launch sites nationwide following Thursday’s explosion at a Nike base near Middletown New Jersey that killed six soldiers and four civilians and damaged five launch pads. An official said hundreds of missiles had been modified elsewhere without incident while investigators probe the wreckage and assess safety for future armed bases.
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Middletown
Hugh M. Milton Washington
New York City
Army
Algerian famine relief flour shipments diverted at sea
Two shipments weighing 650 tons in bulk and 15 000 sacks of flour from American Catholic aid societies were diverted by French authorities after Algeria’s crisis began on May 13. The flour was unloaded at Naples and will be trans shipped to Oran Philippeville and Bone in Algeria once possible.
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Algiers
Algerien
Paris
Naples
Oran
Philippeville
Bone
Algeria
France Moves to Stabilize Government After Crisis
In a nationwide address Pflimii defended urgent reforms to shore up the battered French government. He urged transformation of institutions within days to deliver the republic from faults and weaknesses and prevent further national division.
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Pflimiii
Republic
Pflimlin Seeks Reforms to Counter De Gaulle Challenge
Pflimlin rejects barring conciliation with Algiers insurgents and proposes reforms to force a new program and cabinet, allow Parliament dissolution and new elections if deadlocked, shorten sessions, and delegate cabinet rule by decree. If Parliament rejects the reforms Tuesday, his government could fall and pave the way for De Gaulle.
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Pflimlin
Algiers
Algeria
de Gaulle
Body Identified in Cuyahoga River Death
In Geauga County a body pulled from the Cuyahoga River was identified as Fred Whitehead, 85, of Maple Heights. Whitehead had been reported missing last Thursday.
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Chardon
Ohio
Cuyahoga River
Geauga County
Fred Whitehead
Maple Heights
Cuyahoga County
Cornell President Targeted by Protesting Students
In Ithaca New York students protesting tightened party rules gathered outside President Deane W Malotts home after a campus rally. A smoke bomb and rocks were used and several windows broke as Malott refused to yield to the mob. Authorities may impose stricter or total bans on off campus parties.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Cayuga Heights
Malott
Cornell
New Trial Sought For Starkweather
Attorneys for Charles Starkweather will seek a new trial after a jury found him guilty in one of 11 killings and sentenced him to death. The motion to grant a new trial is set for June 7, with automatic review by the State Supreme Court afterward.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles Starkweather
Charles
State Supreme Court
Starkweather faces death sentence in Nebraska killings
Charles Starkweather was condemned to die after jurors rejected a insanity plea on the Jensen murder and seven other killings. His companion Caril Ann Fugate, 14, faces identical charges. The father spoke of atoning with God and a future trial looms as the case ends.
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Guy
Charles
Starkweather
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Neb
Carl Ann Fugate
Miss Fugate
Caril
Jensen
Guy Starkweather
Helen
Man with fake license starts five year jail term
Honolulu man Arthur K. Chumakins, 23, had just been sentenced to five years in prison for forging his driver's license. He walked from Circuit Court and disappeared.
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Honolulu
Arthur K. Chumakins
UAW Urges Modification of Demands in Auto Talks
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers warned against a strike and signaled openness to extending three year contracts with Ford, GM and Chrysler as recession and 750000 unsold cars restrain talks. Reuther said wage gains and benefits could push costs higher, with current pay averaging 2.44 per hour.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
UAW
Detroit Free Press
The
Free Press
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Eisenhower proposes Geneva talks on nuclear test detection
President Eisenhower proposed to Premier Khrushchev that the United States and Russia name scientific experts to meet in Geneva within three weeks to discuss policing a nuclear test suspension. Britain France and possibly other countries would contribute experts. upfront progress reports are set for 90 days and final reports within 60 days.
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Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United States
Russia
Geneva
Britain
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
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U.N
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Dag Hammarskjold
Foreign Office
Moscow
U.S
Extortion Plot FBI Arrests Suspect Foils Train Blasting
FBI agents captured Ira Paul Loux, 35, of Compton California as he crawled near railroad tracks 19 miles east of Los Angeles. A mailed money drop was planned for Sunset Limited No 2 with a demand of 500000 in twenties. Loux will be charged under the federal extortion statute.
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Los Angeles
FBI
D. K. Brown
Southern Pacific Co
Ira Paul Loux
Compton
Calif
Brown
J. H. Pruitt Jr
Southern Pacific
Loux
U. S
Laughlin E. Waters
U S Bars Estrada Reentry After Venezuela Police Chief DLL
U S government sources say Pedro Estrada former secret police chief of Venezuela will be denied re entry to the United States He fled to Florida in March and is believed to be in Switzerland He reportedly wants to return to Miami where his wife gave birth last Wednesday Rep Charles C Porner cited in a letter questioning asylum for Estrada and Marcos Perez Jimenez saying they were brutal rulers and that criminal indictments are being prepared in Venezuela.
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Washington
Pedro Estrada
Venezuela
United States
Estrada
Florida
Switzerland
Miami
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Charles C. Pornier
D-Ore
Dulles
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Perez Jimenez
Pedro Eastrada
Himmler
Porter
Venezuela Eyes Estrada and Perez Jimenez Extradition
Porter quoted Hector Santaella the Venezuelan ambassador saying Caracas would seek extradition of Estrada and Perez Jimenez but papers face delays due to ongoing revelations of atrocities. Estrada entered on an immigrant visa. Perez Jimenez came in February on a 12 month visa and the State Department has told posts not to issue a new visa.
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Estrada
State Department
Perez Jimenez
United States
Argentine Navy Fights Mystery Sub Sinking Claim
Argentine President Frondizi said four destroyers and three cruisers sighted a high speed submarine periscope in Golfo Nuevo off Buenos Aires. Depth charges and a surface signal followed but the submarine’s identity remained unknown amid international denials and ongoing naval checks.
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U.S
Arturo Frondizi
Golfo Neuvo
Buenos Aires
Frondizi
Peru
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Prize for money definition stirs London paper
A London paper offered a prize for the best money definition. The winning answer declared that money buys everything but happiness and pays your fare to every place but heaven.
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London
Bear mauling at Racine Zoo injures girl from Illinois
A 300 pound female bear mauls 10 year old Mary Heibner as she reaches into the cage at Racine Zoological Park with 50 classmates from Waukegan Illinois. She undergoes three hours of plastic surgery to save the arm and remains in fair condition at St. Mary's Hospital.
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Racine
Wis
Racine Zoological Park
Waukegan
Ill
Mary Heibner
St. Mary's Hospital
Mary
Kenneth Heibner
Zoo
Emil Rokosky
Jack Humble
Lebanon charges subversion at U N amid Lebanon crisis
Lebanon accuses the United Arab Republic of subversion as armed bands infiltrate from Syria to undermine Lebanon’s independence. diplomats note no Security Council call yet and U N debate could invite Soviet veto. Lebanon seeks Arab League action while delaying external pressure. Meanwhile a bear incident at the zoo prompts an investigation and cage changes.
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Lebanon
United Arab Republic
U.N. Security Council
Charles Malik
Beirut
Nasser
USAR
Malik
Syria
U.N
Arab League
Reqest
Egypt
Summit underway as Russia allies plan meet
Moscow reports a planned summit with Russia and East European military allies began today amid secrecy. Morning papers gave no confirmation of the Warsaw Pact meeting announced yesterday, and the economic conference of Russia's European and Far Eastern partners also remained unconfirmed.
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Moscow
Russia
Health Ends Principal’s Career After Guilty Plea
Harley Haskins, 57, principal of Grafton Kennedy Elementary in Northridge, pleads guilty to abusing two girls ages 11 and 13. He retires citing health reasons, having been fined 1000 dollars, then reinstated, with a large return ceremony. The case faces further action by the State Board of Education while his conviction appeal continues.
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Ohio
Harley Haskins
Grafton-Kennedy
Northridge
Haskins
Montgomery County School Board
E. E. Holt
State Board of Education
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