Brazil Airliner Crash Kills 41 to 49, No Survivors
A Brazilian twin engine airliner carrying 49 people crashed after takeoff near Sao Paulo, igniting houses in the Paulista Planalto area. Officials reported no survivors aboard the plane and uncertain casualties among residents, as fire crews and ambulances fought the blaze amid blocked roads. Initial passenger counts varied. one statement cited 44 passengers and five crew, another 35 passengers and eight crew, with infants possibly unlisted.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
UPI
Porto Alegre
Curitiba
Paulista Planalto
U.S
Airlines
Ten Walkers Arrested By Bama Police At Border
Ten freedom marchers trailed by a jeering crowd reached the Alabama border and were hauled off to jail after lying down in front of patrolmen. Two Negro integration workers also arrested. James Forman and Sandy McNair of the SNCC charged with breach of the peace. The march began in Chattanooga and reached U.S. Highway 11 near Rising Fawn, six miles from the border, on the third day of the trek toward Jackson, Mississippi.
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Sulphur Springs
Ala
UPI
Alabama
William L. Moore
James Forman
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Atlanta
Sandy McNair
Jackson
Moore
Baltimore
Miss
Ross Barnett
Appalachians
Rising Fawn
Chattanooga
Tenn
U N Cuban Aid Plan Reported Signed at FAO Rome
United Nations report says a three million dollar U N fund and Cuba project to create an agricultural research institute in Santiago de Las Vegas Cuba has a signed plan of operation. Leonardo Fernandez Sanchez and Jan Huyser signed for Cuba and FAO. Hoffman signed for the fund.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U.N. Special Fund
Cuba
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Leonardo Fernandez Sanchez
Italy
Jan Huyser
FAO
Rome
Paul G. Hoffman
U.S
Santiago de Las Vegas
United States
Diplomat Lincol n Gordon Visited Natal Amid Protests
Brazilian authorities rushed reinforcements in Natal to guard U S Ambassador Lincoln Gordon. Officials reported planned anti American demonstrations during his inspection of Alliance for Progress projects and talks with Governor Aloisio Alves about U S relations. Alves warned punishment for hostile acts and criticized Natal mayor over the scene.
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Natal
Brazil
UPI
U.S
Lincoln Gordon
Gordon
Alliance For Progress
Rio Grande Do Norte
Aloisio Alves
United States
Nata
Helicopters Shot At In Laos Peace Mission
International Control Commission helicopters were shot at and set afire in east central Laos near the Plaine des Jarres while Prince Souvanna Phouma pursued peace talks. Reports said two helicopters burned after landing to evacuate dead and wounded from a mine explosion, with Pathet Lao control in the area. One unconfirmed report claimed four killed. a Pathet Lao broadcast alleged attacks by neutralists and claimed a Canadian on the commission team was wounded. Commission spokesman said all are safe.
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Vientiane
Laos
International Control Commission
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Kong le
Commission
India
Canada
Poland
Khang Khay- Plaine
New Two Hour Parking Lot Opens on St John Street
Monroe police chief James C. Kelly announced a new two hour parking lot on St John Street near DeSiard Street. The lot in the former parish health center vacancy will accommodate about 30 cars and provides a convenient downtown option for shoppers.
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St. John Street
DeSiard Street
Monroe
James C. Kelly
Parish Health Center
Kelly
Farewell Party for West Monroe Water Foreman Clarence Cooper
The West Monroe water office at Old City Hall hosted a Friday farewell for Clarence Cooper, the water department foreman whose retirement took effect the previous Thursday. A large white cake bearing Good Luck Mr. Cooper sat as a central feature amid the party details.
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Old City Hall
West Monroe
Water Department
Clarence Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Miner Found With Suitcase Of Dynamite In San Francisco
Clyde West a Sierra City hard rock miner appeared surprised to be labeled a problem when police found 32 sticks of dynamite 28 blasting caps and 22 feet of fuse in a storage locker at a bus depot West admitted keeping it there to prevent an explosion while he sought work blasting tree stumps in the San Jose area He was jailed on illegal storage charges after Army disposal units removed the explosives from the scene
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San Francisco
Donald Taylor
Clyde West
Sierra City
West
Taylor
Army
87Th Ordnance Disposal Unit
Presidio
San Jose
King Louis
Balmy Twin Cities Forecast Promises Warm Weekend
The forecast calls for partly cloudy to sunny skies in the Twin Cities with temperatures rising to 64 to 88 degrees today. Tonight’s low around 60 to 65 degrees. An afternoon shower is possible as highs reach 86, after an early morning low of 58. Winds from the southeast at 5 to 15 mph. Sunday should stay warm with a chance of a late shower.
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Twin Cities
US Britain India Agree On Arms Aid
New Delhi reports American British and Indian officials reached substantial agreement on arms aid to meet the Red Chinese threat. Rusk discussed Kashmir with Nehru while Ayub Khan warned Western arms could be used against Pakistan. Mountbatten assured no defense misunderstandings between Britain and India.
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U.S
Dean Rusk
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Pakistan
Rusk
Karachi
Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
United States
Britain
China
Kashmir
Nehru
Duncan Sandys
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Canada
Lord Mountbatten
Y. B. Chavan
Postmaster General Day wins budget restoration for USPS
Day won Senate Appropriations Committee approval to restore 50 million of 69.8 million cut from the next year's USPS operating budget. Treasury Secretary Dillon sought at least 30 million to hire IRS agents but won only 9.2 million. If Day prevails, it could stop Saturday deliveries and force mail access changes for office workers and new homeowners.
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Washington
J. Edward Day
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Internal Revenue Service
Day
McClellan backs head-to-head TFX competition
Sen John L McClellan urged a faceoff between rival TFX firms to determine the best experimental fighter, noting General Dynamics has begun building multiple test jets. Boeing’s William M Allen proposed a winner-take-all contest with two prototypes at 105 million dollars.
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Washington
UPI
John L. McClellan
TFX
General Dynamics Corp
William M. Allen
Boeing Co
McClellan
Senate
Allen
General Dynamics
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Arkansas Democrat
McNamara
Congo Police Mutiny for Pay Increase
In Leopoldville the Congo army chief General Mobutu walked into a mob of mutinous police at Camp Lafungula to end a pay dispute. Paratroopers surrounded the compound while mutineers yielded, with thousands of Africans in the crowd jeering as 3,000 police staged a citywide uprising and took staff hostage. Several mutineers were beaten as Europeans were sent home.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Lafungula
Mobutu
New Hampshire Governor Receives Skunk Photo Mail
Governor John W. King, amid a flood of mail, receives a photo of a skunk with no note attached. Supporters and critics weigh in on his recent signature making New Hampshire the first state in the 20th century to sanction sweepstakes.
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New Hampshire
Concord
N.H
John W. King
King
Egyptian Troops Return From Yemen Victory Declared
Egypt proclaims a victory as about 2,000 troops land at El Tor returning from Yemen where 28,000 men had been deployed. Nasser gains leverage amid regional isolation, with Saudi Arabia agreeing to limits and UN monitoring in the border zone. Disengagement helped by U.S. pressure and UN talks. Death estimates vary widely from 600 to 4000.
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Cairo
Yemen
Middle East
Nasser
Tor
Aly Amer
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Abdullah al- Sallal
Sana
Syria
United Arab Republic
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
Arab League
Egypt
Sallal
Sana Radio
Sudan
Lebanon
Kuwait
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Imam Mohammed al- Badr
U.N
Badr
Prince Feisal
U.S
United Nations
Washington
Duvalier Declares Martial Law Amid Reprisals
Reports from Santo Domingo say Haiti's Duvalier regime imposed martial law and a curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. amid fears of swift new reprisals against opponents. Washington and Port au Prince sources note a reign of terror with killings, torture, arson, and purges as opposition vows to topple the government by May 15.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Duvalier
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Negro Republc
Caribbean
Port Au Prince
Duvalier Reign Of Terror In Haiti Reported
WASHINGTON AP sources report Friday that dictator Francois Duvalier has mounted a reign of terror in Haiti including murder torture arson widespread arrests and a sweeping purge of military officers The State Department says the U S Ambassador to Port au Prince will return to Washington for regular consultation possibly postponed if unrest worsens Ambassador Raymond L Thurston planned to return May 10 and will skip the May 15 inauguration celebrations He also skipped last year s ceremony The OAS disclosed a message from its Haiti mission expressing concern for Haitian nationals taking refuge in foreign diplomatic missions
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Washington
USS
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
State Department
U.S
Port Au Prince
Lincoln White
Raymond L. Thurston
White
Duvalier
Thurston
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Alberto Zuleta Angel
Colombia
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Bama
Ramblin
Sen
John McClellan
Portsmouth
Massachusetts
News-Star—World
Monroe - West Monroe
Louisiana
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