Syria's Premier Bitar resigns as crisis deepens
Syrian Premier Salah Bitar quits after a week of cabinet resignations and pro-Nasser unrest. Culture Minister Sami Al Jundi is named to head a new government, but United Arab Front and Arab Socialist factions refuse to cooperate, hindering formation. Observers doubt any solution under pressures over influence of Egypt's Nasser in the proposed United Arab Republic.
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Sami al Jundi
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United Arab Front
Arab Socialist
Jundi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic of
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Iraq
Bitar
Ba’Athist
Amin Hafez
Hafez
Texas Woman Beaten Near LaGrange Believed Highwayman Case
A Texas woman, Mrs. Maxine Burghbacher of Lufkin, was found badly beaten beside U.S. 29 near LaGrange, in critical condition and unable to recall recent events. Sheriff L W Bailey suspects a highwayman and possible husband abduction. a Florida man is linked to the case via a retrieved sports coat.
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UPI
Texas
U.S. 29
Here
Troup County
L. W. Bailey
Maxine Burghbacher
Lufkin
Tex
LaGrange
Twin Cities Warm Then Front Drops Coastal Heat
The forecast calls for a hot day with highs around 88 to 94 degrees and cooler nights near 64 to 70 as a cold front advances southward. Saturday peaked at 94 degrees in the Mid-South with a low of 70, and a chance of showers is in the overnight outlook. Monday's high should ease to 82 to 88 with lighter winds.
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Twin Cities
Mid - South
Haiti Capital Tension Eases Amid Unrest and Evacuations
In Port au Prince clashes continue with nightly gunfire and an arrested priest fueling church tensions. A five nation OAS fact finding mission prepares to visit while a curfew tightens briefly. U.S. dependents evacuate as 116 leave on Friday and 29 refugees depart from Latin American embassies.
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Haiti
UPI
Francois Duvalier
Organization of American States
Washington
U. S
Death Penkovsky Sentenced to Die by Soviet Court
Moscow reports Col. Oleg Penkovsky was condemned to die by firing squad for spying for Britain and the United States. Briton Greville Wynne received eight years for aiding Penkovsky, with parts of the sentence to be served in prison and hard labor. The five day trial drew a surprised public reaction as cameras documented the proceedings.
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Oleg Penkovsky
Britain
United States
Greville Wynne
Penkovsky
Wynne
Soviet Union
U.S
Hugh Montgomery
Springfield
Mass
William Horbary
Gervase Cowell
Viktor Borisoglebsky
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Rudolf Abel
Tulane ROTC honors Herschel Abbott Jr with DFP award
H Herschel Abbott Jr a Tulane University senior and Neville High School graduate received the Daughters of Founders and Patriots award from the Air Force ROTC unit at Tulane during honors day. West Monroe High School choir spent a day at Hodges Gardens Many enjoying a picnic lunch with chaperones Colene Mann and Arnold.
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Tulane University
H. L. Abbott
Monroe
Herschel Abbott Jr
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Tulane
West Monroe High School
Hodges’ Gardens
Colene Mann
Arnold
Race Probe Slated Into Birmingham Demonstrations
A state legislative committee in Alabama plans a probe into Birmingham racial demonstrations to assess Communist influence. The five member group, formed at Gov. George Wallace's request, will meet with the governor and public safety director to review a violence report and films.
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Ala
UPI
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George Wallace
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al Lingo
Lingo
Hawkins
Mercury sets go ahead for Cooper 22 orbit flight
Project Mercury officials and astronaut L Gordon Cooper Jr declared all operations for the 22 orbit mission Tuesday are in a go condition after a three hour meeting. Cooper trained and studied the flight as NASA noted no abnormal problems and favorable weather.
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UPI
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Walter C. Williams
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Chuckle Woman Driver Declares Emergency Brake Habit
The Chuckle Woman says she always drives with the emergency brake on and jokes she is ready when an emergency happens. Her quip highlights a safety quirk that amuses listeners while sparking caution about vehicle habits.
Train Reaches Gainesville As NASA Rail Spur Opens
The first train to reach Gainesville Mississippi arrives 22 days early on a drought day, running 10 miles from Nicholson along a Southern Railway spur to serve NASA rocket test operations. The freight, arriving late by a century, returns Gainesville to the space age with construction machinery and supplies for the upcoming work.
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Miss
Nicholson
Southern Railway
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Louisiana 30 day legislature opens with budget focus
Gov. Jimmie H. Davis to address joint session at noon Monday announcing the next fiscal year budget. The 30 day session will debate spending plans, reapportionment, and desegregation issues as elections loom. Davis seeks a calm appropriation round amid pressure from rivals and upcoming campaigns.
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Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis
Kennedy Pearson reach understandings in Nuclear warhead talks
Hyannisport Massachusetts AP report says President Kennedy and Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson reached understandings that a senior U.S. official says could place nuclear warheads in Canadian missiles before year end.
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Kennedy
Lester B. Pearson
Otis Afb
Ottawa
Hyannisport, Mass
U. S
Showdown in Laos shapes US Laotian talks
VIENTIANE Laos AP The United States readied for a possible showdown in Laos after two days of talks at the president's summer home. The communique signaled broad agreement on easing tensions and supporting a neutral coalition government under Geneva accords.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Vientiane, Laos
United States
Laos
Pearson
U.S
Pathet Lao
Record Snow Returns to Northeast as May Cold Hits
The Northeast and southern Quebec faced a blustery May storm dumping up to nine inches of snow and driving temperatures far below freezing. Northern New England and New York state saw up to seven inches. Duluth and Green Bay logged subfreezing lows, while Canada reported 9.1 inches in Quebec, a late-year record.
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Minn
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Mich
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