Moscow Spy Scandal Rocks Soviet Archives
Moscow reports a renewed spy scandal as Western espionage ties surface. A former artillery marshal, demoted for opposing Penkovsky’s army removal, faces consequences along with others. Penkovsky sent thousands of secret photos to British and US intelligence before being shot. British businessman Greville Wynne received an eight year term for aiding the operation. Izvestia quotes prosecutor Gorny noting embassies, including US and UK, are accused of espionage.
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Sub Victims Are Honored Sub Victims Are Honored
In Portsmouth New Hampshire an annual memorial pays tribute to 12 Thresher sailors and 26 Squalus victims from 1939. A wreath cast by school children and a simple naval shipyard service symbolize enduring memory for widows children and friends.
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Comedic Wife Recounts Polite Cop After Auto Crash
A humorous exchange unfolds as a wife describes arriving home with a smashed front of her car and recounts how the policeman was kind, asking whether the city should remove all the telephone poles.
Detection Conference Proposed by Hightower
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan rejected a plan for a scientific meeting with Khrushchev to discuss detecting nuclear explosions without on site inspections. Secretary Rusk said the U S keeps trying for a test ban agreement while noting Khrushchev may not reopen negotiations amid Soviet tests and Sino Soviet split tensions.
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Memorial Day Weather Outlook Promises Mild Conditions
The region enjoys fair, mild Memorial Day weather with high pressure expected to dominate for the next two days. Yesterday’s high reached 79 degrees and the low 63. This morning’s low was 58, while tomorrow’s low should dip into the low 50s.
Two East German Soldiers Escape to West Berlin
Berlin AP report says two East German soldiers in full uniforms escaped to West Berlin on Wednesday. They crawled through barbed wire south of Berlin with their weapons. The pair, a 23-year-old corporal and a 20-year-old private first class, were patrolling the border when they fled together.
Advisers Die in Viet Nam Ambush
In Quang Ngai Province two U S Special Forces advisers were killed in a guerrilla ambush while on a patrol seven miles from Son Ha base. One identified as Captain James Brodt, 31, of Blue Earth Minnesota. Casualties raise U S adviser deaths to 78 in the war.
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Border dispute with Mexico near El Paso unsettled
Washington officials report progress toward settling the 50 year border dispute over the 450 acre El Chamizal area. No meeting between Kennedy and Lopez Mateos appears likely next Wednesday as talks remain unresolved and the riverine border still unsettled.
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Laos Peace Appeal Delivered to Laotian Leaders
A Pathet Lao official carried a British Soviet appeal to Prince Souphanouvong urging all factions to meet and restore peace in Laos. The Geneva co chairs’ message was also given to neutralist Prince Souvanna Phoumma. Observers see it as a test of pro Communist factions’ willingness to negotiate.
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Pope John XXIII Improves. Hemorrhages Cease At Vatican
Vatican reports further improvement in Pope John XXIII's condition as hemorrhages stop for now. Communiques note renewed color and rising strength, with doctors hopeful he will rally though next week remains crucial. Mentions Dr. Gasbarrini and Dr. Mazzoni and a farewell visit by Gasbarrini.
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Americans Still Die In Battles and Memorial Day Recall
A Memorial Day reflection notes that Americans continue to die in conflicts, surveying battlefield deaths across wars from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam. It cites totals for major wars, mentions Captain James Brodt of Cocoa, Florida, and reflects on how veterans are remembered in cemeteries and memorials.
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Integrationists Step Up Demonstrations In Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi NAACP led protests with 600 supporters while police vowed instant arrests. Across the nation, demonstrations spread amid school desegregation actions and legal battles, including a Birmingham ruling on desegregation funding, and Kentuckys integration of athletics.
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Memory Day honors marked by Kennedy wreath on Tomb of Unknowns
The Associated Press reports President Kennedy placed the wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Ceremonies nationwide feature parades speeches and gun salutes as communities observe Memory Day and reflect on wartime losses.
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Remembrance Scenes Across the Nation in 1941 1944
At Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 about 200 dignitaries gathered aboard the sunken Arizona for services. In Rock Island Illinois 8000 to 10000 attend a memorial carillon dedication at Arsenal National Cemetery and services at a Confederate cemetery nearby. Memorial wreaths are cast into the sea off Ambrose Light to honor merchant seamen. In Tonawanda New York Maj Wade Lucas places the Confederate flag on Otto Hintz’s grave, Hintz a former prisoner of war later moved to Tonawanda. In Hartford Connecticut flowers mark the grave of Little Miss 1565 from the 1944 circus fire. the girl remains unidentified. Millions travel by auto plane train and bus as picnics endure in sun or sun cloudy weather with seasonal norms.
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Plane with gear signal fault circles Tokyo airport
A Japan Airlines aircraft with four passengers and seven crew circled Haneda Airport for over an hour due to a landing gear signal malfunction. The fault was resolved and the plane landed safely. It had been arriving from Sapporo in northern Japan.
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