Intelligence Hearings Hushed as House Moves to Curb Probe
House leaders moved quickly to curb public hearings on intelligence activities by authorizing a Rules Subcommittee to consider a full investigation of the CIA and related agencies in Defense and State. Rep Madden favored public hearings with outside witnesses while stressing security, and suggested calling CIA chief Allen Dulles if approved.
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Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Rules Committee
Ray J. Madden
D-Ind
Subcommittee
Kenney
Congress
Madden
CIA
Allen Dulles
UN Chief and S Korean Compromise Reinstates Magruder Authority
In Seoul, U.N. Commander Gen. Carter B. Magruder and South Korea's military rulers reached a compromise restoring most of Magruder's pre coup control over the 525,000 strong Korean forces. The junta agreed to return 3,800 of 7,900 seized troops to Seoul and to hand back some reserve divisions and police to garrison the capital. Magruder retained limited veto over command changes, not full approval authority.
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South Korea
Carter B. Magruder
Magruder
U.N
Korea
Chang Do-young
John M. Chang
Hie
New York Group Buys Elmes King Division in Cincinnati
An New York investment group purchased the Elmes King Division of American Steel Foundries in Cincinnati. The unit, reorganized as Elmes King Manufacturing Co., will continue producing vertical boring mills and hydraulic equipment.
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Cincinnati
New York
Elmes King
American Steel Foundries
Elmes King Manufacturing Co
Four Die In Bus Truck Collision Near Sacramento
EMIGRANT GAP Calif AP four persons died and more than 30 injured two critically when a Greyhound bus hit a truck along U S 40 in the Sierra community nine miles east of Sacramento The truck driver Richard W Thornberg 26 Auburn Calif died The bus plunged into trees killing Jane Bosworth Reynolds 57 Oakland Pvt James F Dagel 21 Watertown St D and Pvt Anthony J Galfke 19 Bozeman Mont The privates were National Guard en route to Ft Ord Calif Also injured were Elizabeth Gladney 34 San Francisco and Olga Wright Sacramento The bus driver Sebastian W Bucher 530 Concord Calif was listed in very serious condition
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Emigrant Gap
Calif
Greyhound
Sierra
Sacramento
Richard W. Thornberg
Auburn
U.S. 40
Jane Bosworth Reynolds
Oakland
James
Little Rock Desegregates 4 Schools
The Little Rock School Board under a federal order desegregates four junior high schools and the last all-white high school next fall. Twenty five Negroes are assigned to junior highs while 24 Negro students enter once-white high schools as Technical High School becomes desegregated. |
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Allwhite Technical High School
J. H. Cottrell Jr
Cotrell
U.S. District Court
8Th U S. Circuit Court of Appeals
all-Negro Dunbar Junior High School
Tragic graduation party crash kills seven teens near Safford
A two car wreck on U.S. 66 near Safford Arizona killed seven teens and injured one after they left a high school graduation dance. The group including Jerry Goodman 17 the graduate were in a sedan when struck by Wayne Wamsley 33 driving about 70 mph. Survivors include Johnny Johns 17 hospitalized with minor injuries. Other deceased were Wade West Ivan Bryce Allen Joan Robinson Berta Bigler and Kay Fyffe all 17.
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Arizona Highway Patrol
U.S. Highway 66
Wayne ‘Wamsley
Pima
Ariz
Wamsley
Everett Hall
Safford
Jerry Goodman
Graham County
Bob Goodman
Jerry
Wade West
Ivan Bryce Allen
Joan Robinson
Berta Bigler
Kay Fyffe
Kennedy seeks major overhaul of foreign aid program
President Kennedy asked Congress for a radical rewrite of the foreign aid program, proposing a $4.75 billion package for next year and a multi billion dollar loan system for future years. He urges creation of a single master aid agency, AID, combining previously separate arms of aid with defense budget integration, while facing mixed congressional support.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
A.I.D
Agenncy For International Development
Secretary of State
U.S
Laos Truce Commission Seeks New Orders Amid Clashes
Geneva AP dispatch reports a split between the United States and Soviet Union over issuing fresh instructions to the Laos truce commission to halt renewed fighting. The Indian Canadian Polish panel, which certified a cease fire two weeks earlier, said fighting continued and requested clearer guidance as jungle terrain complicates enforcement.
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Soviet Union
West
Truce Commission
Laos
Pathet Lao
X15 Sets New Speed Record at Edwards AFB
Test pilot Joe Walker flew the X15 to 3,370 mph, topping his own prior mark and surpassing April 1965 speeds. Dropped from a B52 at 45,000 feet, he reached 90,000 feet before coasting and landing. Only Gagarin and Shepard have traveled faster in history.
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Calif
Joe Walker
Walker
Grace Walker
Air Force
Bob White
Yuri Gagarin
Cmdr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
15Th Air Force
Gagarin
Earth
Shepard
Kennedy forms panel on labor disputes at space sites
President Kennedy established a commission to handle labor conflicts at space and missile facilities to avert strikes and slowdowns. Witnesses before a Senate subcommittee recently said delays hinder missile projects.
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Kennedy
Senate
Unseasonably Cool Weather To Persist In Coming Days
Unseasonably cool temperatures continue for the next five days with only slight moderation expected Sunday. Warmer air returns by Tuesday or Wednesday, with highs and lows forecast near 57 and 33 degrees at times. Showers possible Monday, little rainfall overall. Tonight will be fair and colder with frost likely, low around 33. Saturday remains cool and mostly fair, high near 57. Thursday's high reached 79, overnight low 44, with only a trace of rain last night.
Cold Air Dips Across U S with Snow and Storms
Cold air from Canada spreads across the north central region ending a mild spell. Snow falls in places and temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s. Iron Mountain Michigan reports heavy wet snow after balmy 81 degree weather. light snow seen in Grand Rapids. Thunderstorms erupt from Maine to Texas with heaviest rain in the Ohio Valley.
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Midwest
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Mich
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Maine
Texas
Freedom Riders On Trial In Jackson City Court
Segregation defiers the Freedom Riders face trial in Jackson City Court at 5 p.m. Twenty seven Riders, twenty five Black and two White, were arrested after arriving from Montgomery on two buses. They face breach of peace and disobeying an officer charges with potential six months jail and up to 300 dollars in fines.
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Jackson City
Deep South
Jackson
Freedom Riders
Montgomery
New Orleans Urges Police Escorts for Integrations
City Council adopted a resolution urging police to escort integrationists nonstop through New Orleans. District Attorney Richard Dowling warned he would charge traveling groups with violating a state breach of peace law. Florida NAACP president called for segregation tests of rail and bus lines and terminals. Reverend Leon Lowrey urged NAACP chapters to use terminal facilities and front-seat services to enforce segregation.
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New Orleans
Counci
Dist. Atty
Richard Dowling
Mississippi
Florida Naacp
Florida
Leon Lowrey
Tampa
NAACP
GOP Slams Kennedy On Swap Stand
Republican congressional leaders condemned President Kennedy for backing a tractors-for-prisoners exchange and the citizen movement to fund ransom to Fidel Castro. The statement, read by Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, denounced the plan to raise funds for 500 tractors to ransom over 1,200 Castro-held invaders, marking the first official party attack. Resolutions in both chambers urged Congress to oppose ransom for the rebels.
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Kennedy
America
Fidel Castro
Senate
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
Congress
Pardon Me Honey Porcupine Backs Into Cactus
A nearsighted porcupine humorously misjudges his path and backs into a cactus provoking chuckles. The cartoonish mishap delivers a light punchline as bystander reactions add to the lighthearted moment.
Seven Thousand Seek Peace Corps Tests Across U S
About 7,000 candidates will take a 54 hour written exam Saturday at 8 30 a m in 340 centers nationwide as the Peace Corps screens volunteers for overseas service under a Kennedy plan. Tests cover English foreign language history farming health sciences and leadership with a June 5 follow up for teaching overseas.
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U.S
America
Peace Corps
United States
Kennedy
Nicholas Hobbs
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