Samos satellite money boost urged for spy system
Washington AP reports a Senate Appropriations Committee urged an 84 million dollar funding increase to accelerate the Samos reconnaissance satellite. The panel backed speeding development to reveal Soviet missile sites after U2 flights were halted. Senate action followed House and Eisenhower plan changes. Stennis stressed no decision to deploy operationally.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
House
Appropriations
John Stennis
D-Miss
Executive Branch
U S Hopes Ike Will Gain Good Tokyo Welcome
President Eisenhower faces a tense Tokyo visit as a violent demonstration greeted press secretary Hagerty and security forces shielded him. Officials aim to proceed with the trip due to the alliance’s stakes, with Japan’s public opinion seen as pivotal to a lawful government.
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U.S
Ike
Tokyo
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Duglas MacArthur II
U. S
Thomas E. Stephens
White House
Miner Trapped Ten Hours Freed Near Pala California
A miner, Calvin Trevor Mellish, 40, of Escondido, was rescued after ten hours trapped 100 feet underground. His right arm was caught under a boulder but not broken, following a rock slide at the Tourmaline mine two miles north of Pala.
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San Diego
Calif
Calvin Trevor Mellish
Escondido
Mellish
Tourmaline
Pala
Dawkins Seeks Three Judge Hearing On Vote Case
U S Judge Ben C Dawkins said he will seek a three judge court to hear a government suit using the court referee law to protect Negro voting rights. The three judge panel may hear the case in late July or early August. Dawkins approved the federal motion to dismiss a state suit filed for registrars in East Carroll East Feliciana and Quachita parishes. Louisiana opposed federal probes of parish records. The counter suit by Atty Gen Jack Gremillion asks for a three judge court amid questions on constitutionality of the civil rights act and names Rogers F Ryan Jr and J Edgar Hoover.
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Shreveport
U. S
Ben C. Dawkins
Dawkins
East Carroll
East Feliciana
Quachita Parishes
Louisiana
U.S. District Court
Jack Gremillion
Bienville Parish
Justice Department
Gremillion
U.S. Atty
Rogers
Joseph M. F. Ryan Jr
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Rockefeller May Return To GOP Presidential Race
Washington AP report says Republican National Committee chair Thurston B. Morton predicted Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller may rejoin the presidential contest within days after Eisenhower Nixon endorsement. Morton noted Rockefeller would be a better president than Democrats propose but offered no concrete basis for his forecast.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
Republican National Committee
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Ramblin JES to New York First Stop on European Trip
A brief travel note outlines JES and party heading to New York then Lisbon by jet, with Bernice McCoy and Mrs. Henry Montgomery among companions. The YMCA YWCA Day Camp announces summer sessions for Twin Cities youth starting June 13, registrations at 217 Breard St. Sessions run four two week periods through August 35. Bob Moseley departs for St Paul after a year in Mech program.
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New York
Europe
Bernice McCoy
1605
Roselawn
Boston
Henry Montgomery
West Monroe
Emma Long
el Paso
Tex
M. McEneely
Northeast State College
Monroe
Lisbon
Portugal
Ymca - Ywca
Twin Cities
Bess Sharp
YWCA
W. A. Robinson
Doyle Hamilton
Breard Street
Castro accuses U S of spying over Cuban coast
In Havana on Friday night Prime Minister Fidel Castro alleged a US military plane flew over a Soviet ship off Cuba’s coast, calling it espionage. He presented TV footage of a twin engine aircraft he said was a US Navy patrol craft near the Soviet vessel.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Telepathist leads police to murder suspect in Virginia case
A Vienna Virginia man was committed to a mental hospital after a telepathist aided police in connecting him to the 1959 Fairfax County mystery murder of Carroll Jackson his wife Mildred and two young daughters. No charges were filed and release of the suspect’s name was barred by law. The case began January 11 1959 with the disappearance of the family on a trip home to Apple Grove Virginia. The bodies of Janet and Carroll were found March 4 in a brush pile near Fredericksburg and the mother Susan Ann and daughter were found later near Annapolis Maryland. The killings appeared to involve multiple blows with no direct clues. A Dutch telepathist was involved at the urging of psychiatrist Dr F Regis Riesenman from St Elizabeths Hospital. Continued on page two.
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Fairfax
Vienna
Virginia
J. Mason Grove
Southwestern State Hospital
Carroll V. Jackson
Husky
Mildred
Susan Ann
Janet Carroll
Apple
Peter Herkes
F. Regis Riesenman
St. Elizabeth's Hospial
U.S. Notes See Hopeful Signs in Soviet Disarmament Talks
U S officials praised hopeful elements in Khrushchev’s disarmament plan at the Geneva conference while warning the United States will not abandon Western security. Ambassador Eaton cited four promising areas including verification measures and potential cutoff of weapons materials, but noted key Western demands remain unmet.
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Geneva
United States
Free World
U.S
Frederick M. Eaton
Nikita Khrushchev
Eaton
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
West
U S Hurls New Accusation At Castro Regime
The United States issued a new protest accusing Castro's Cuba of making false and offensive charges. The note to Cuba followed a prior stern missive and was circulated to all OAS members, with diplomats suggesting possible further action. The pamphlet cited republished Castro remarks and photos tied to the La Coubre disaster in Havana Harbor.
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Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Organization of American States
State Department
U.S
OAS
Castro
la Coubre
Havana
Department
NAACP Plea to Desegregate Houston Schools
The NAACP asked Judge Ben Connally to order Houston public schools desegregated for the fall term starting September. It challenged the board plan to desegregate only three schools after September 1, 1961, labeling it a salt and pepper approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Houston
Tex
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ben Connally
Houston School Board
U S Consul among those killed in Pacific air crash
A Trans Australian turbo prop crashed into the Pacific near Mackay while circling in heavy fog. All 29 aboard perished, including U S consul J F O Grady of Queensland and Vincent Bisson of Boston. Wreckage found in 35 feet of water two miles south of Flat Top Island. O Grady left a wife and two children.
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MacKay Australia
UPI
Pacific Ocean
U.S
J. F. O’grady
Queensland
Vincent Bisson
Boston
Mass
O'Grady
Massachusets
Bisson
Australia
Brisbane
MacKay
Flat Top Island
Vote Rigging To Be Eyed Again Soon
Baton Rouge AP Chairman John Lewis of a legislative committee investigating if vote machines can be rigged to alter results said he gave a mechanic a free hand. The panel convenes again Monday in the House to view Saxton and the claimed rigging setup with state custodians’ mechanics absent.
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Baton Rouge
John Lewis
Bureaugard Parish
Saxton
Fowler
Lewis
Legislative Committee
Cloudy Blanket Sets Twin City Forecast with Tstorms
Partly cloudy skies continue over Twin City with near steady temperatures. Highs in the lower 90s, lows upper 60s forecast through tomorrow morning. Yesterday at Selman Field Monroe, highs reached 89 and lows 70. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers predicted in extreme portions of Louisiana and northwest Arkansas expect rain and clouds statewide.
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Twin City
Selman Field
Monroe
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missile Kill Demonstrates New Guidance at White Sands
At White Sands Missile Range New Mexico the Nike Hercules downed the Corporal, a 75 mile range liquid fuel ballistic missile, marking the first known kill of a ballistic missile by another missile. The Hercules uses the Zeus guidance system and is developed for defense against intercontinental missiles. The June 3 incident confirms Hercules operational status amid ongoing Nike defense programs.
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White Sands Missile Range
N. M
Army
Hercules
White Sands
New Mexico
President Eisenhower Holds Secret Talks With Demo Leaders
President Eisenhower met privately at the White House with Democratic congressional leaders to discuss the legislative outlook and his Far East trip. Informed sources said the session underscored a push to speed Congress toward adjournment before the political conventions, with Dirksen doubting a finish before July 11.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
White House
Far East
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
East Germany Charges US Over West Berlin Air Corridors
Berlin report says East Germany accuses the United States of using West Berlin air corridors to bolster the West German army and warns of serious consequences from the action.
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Berlin
UPI
East Germany
United States
West Berlin
Deadlines and Stress as Heart Attack Triggers Warn Experts
Miami Beach report summarizes a panel by the American College of Angiology where Dr Henry Russek and colleagues link occupational stress to coronary risk. In a study of 100 young patients with heart disease and 100 controls, 91 percent faced high stress from multiple jobs or long hours, versus 20 percent in the normal group. The pattern suggests a possible genetic component and echoes findings across four physician groups.
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Miami Beach
Fia
New York City
Henry Russek
U. S. Public Health Service
American College of Angiology
Russek
Looming strike in Lockheed and Convair missile units
In Burbank California a new strike looms as Lockheed machinists reject a contract offer and threaten to walk out at 10 000 employees in the Missiles and Space Division. Convair workers face a one day strike by the Engineers and Architects Association while IAM plans other actions at Douglas Aircraft and potential UAW action on June 15.
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Burbank, Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Firm
Missiles and Space Division
Lockheed
Navy
Polaris
Air Force
Midas
Samos
International Assn
Convair
General Dynamics
Atlas
San Diego
Calif
Engineers & Architects Assn
IAM
FAA
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
United Auto Workers
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Jes
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Aimech
St. Paul
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Foreign Service
New Delhi
Montreal
Damascus
Adelaide
Athens
Douglas Fowler
C. C. Saxton
Owe
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Monroe-West
North
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