Diaz and accomplice killed in Dominican Republic gun battle
In Ciudad Trujillo soldiers and police killed retired Gen Juan Tomas Diaz the man accused of assassinating dictator Rafael Trujillo. An accomplice Antonio de la Maza died from gunfire after a shelter search led them into a house-to-house sweep.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Juan Tomas Diaz
Rafael Trujillo
Diaz
Antonio de la Maza
de la Maza
Independence Park
Bolivar Avenue
Stevenson Mission To South America Enjoys Good Start
Adlai E Stevenson’s South American mission opened with a cordial reception in Caracas. He met President Romulo Betancourt and Venezuelan officials in private talks, then posed with Betancourt at dinner. The American delegation, including Nixon era references, appears buoyant. next stops include Buenos Aires.
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Stevenson
South America
Max Harrelson
Caracas
Ap!i
Adlai E. Stevenson
Romulo Betancourt
U.S
United Nations
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Betancourt
Marcos Falcon Briceno
Ambashor Teodoro Moscoso
Linvin Gordon
Finance
Buenos Aires
Eight Moonshiners Nabbed in Baton Rouge Raid
Police arrested eight Negroes in a moonshine raid Sunday in Baton Rouge. Officers said whisky came from a man in Mississippi. After the raid, two faced illegal sale charges, one sold beer without a license, and five were booked for vagrancy. Several gallon jugs of corn whisky were seized. Police noted most whisky had been consumed.
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Baton Rouge
Wingatee White
Mississippi
East Baton Rouge Parish
Marcello to Surrender Today in New Orleans
UPI reports Carlos Marcello, the New Orleans crime figure, will give himself up at 10 a m in New Orleans after a large-scale search. Agents had chased him from Shreveport to New York and New Orleans since his April deportation to Guatemala.
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Shreveport
UPI
New Orleans
Carlos Marcello
Mmir
Ae Amul
Micnmel Waroun
Marcello
U. S
New York
Guatemala
C. L. Johnson
Immigration Service District
Patrick E. Duvall
Johnson
Chorster
Wasserman
McAllen
Tex
Immigration and Border Patrol
U. S. Atty
Gilbert Zimmerman
Bend
Washington
Mrs Elizabeth Preston Returns Home After Illness
Mrs Elizabeth Preston of 301 Ludwig West Monroe has returned home after a three week hospital stay. The federal court reporter welcomes friends during the upcoming days of convalescence.
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Elizabeth Preston
Ludwig
West Monroe
Kennedy Delays Washington Flight For Goose Bay Stopover
President Kennedy, after busy trips to Paris, Vienna, and London, altered plans and ordered a longer refueling layover at Goose Bay Labrador. The halt lasts about six hours instead of the planned 40 minutes to catch up on sleep.
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London
Kennedy
Paris
Vienna
Washington
Goose Bay
Labrador
Khrushchev Maintains Anti West Stance In Vienna Talks
In Vienna Premier Khrushchev clung to anti Western lines during talks with President Kennedy. U S officials hope the summit may still push Khrushchev toward change. Kennedy warned against miscalculating Western resolve over West Berlin and pledged defense commitments. He left Vienna hopeful the Kremlin leader will weigh his words, with fate of Berlin Laos and disarmament to unfold in coming weeks. Khrushchev signaled intent to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany later this year.
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Vienna
Khrushchev
Kennedy
U. S
West Berlin
Laos
Cuba
United States
Berlin
East Germany
Truman warns against hammer and tongs tactics on racial integration
Former President Truman says progress on racial integration is not fast enough but can be solved with common sense not force. He spoke during a morning walk joined by about a dozen people including James Peck CORE official who criticized his prior remark calling Freedom Riders agitators.
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New. York
Harry S. Truman
Truman
James Peck
Birmingham
Ala
Peck
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Paris Shooting: Algerians hunted after deadly dawn attacks
Police hunted Algerians across three Paris districts after a dawn assault killed 11 people and left four soldiers and five officers wounded. Eighty suspects were detained at Vincennes as the gunmen used two light trucks to strike a police car, a boulevard chase followed, and a siege at Rue Saint Martin ended with one attacker killed.
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Paris
Vincennes
Magenta
Strasbourg
Bonne Nouvelle
Rue Saint-Martin
U.S. Proposes OAS Mission to Dominican Republic
The United States seeks OAS approval to send a mission to the Dominican Republic to assess stability after the Trujillo era. Balaguer and Rafael Trujillo Jr. pledge free elections next May while the regime wary of external scrutiny. a prior OAS entry was barred.
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Washington
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
OAS
United States
Caribbean
Rafaelo Trujillo
Hemisphere
Joaquin Balaguer
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Balaguer
U.S
Freedom Riders Move Through Jackson Amid Protests
In Jackson Mississippi the Freedom Riders continue to face segregation laws as 65 Riders have arrived this month. All have been jailed with 52 convicted on breach of peace charges and 13 set for municipal court trials.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Deep South
Hinds County
Freedom Riders Movement
Cleveland
Ohio
Marvin Rich
New York
Congress On Racial Equality
CORE
Jerome Smith
Southern
New Orleans
Officers Begin 17 Day Space Test
Two Air Force captains start 17 days breathing semi pure oxygen in simulated 35 000 foot altitude aboard a Brooks AFB cabin. Capt. Louis V. Gang 33 of Phoenix and Capt. Bernard J. Westfall 30 of Iowa City participate in the Brooks School of Aerospace Medicine experiment.
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San Antonio
Tex
API
Air Force
Louis V. Gang
Phoenix
Ariz
Bernard J. Westfall
Iowa City
Iowa
School of Aerospace Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base
Legislature Set to Adjourn Early Tuesday
Northeast Louisiana lawmakers head back to Baton Rouge for the 1961 fiscal session adjournment. The chamber will meet at 38 pm and likely recess near midnight to end sine die. Governor Davis has signed only the $514 million general appropriations bill amid uncertain plans for remaining measures.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis says governor mid in ouster move for school chief
Baton Rouge ap reports Collier president of the Fast Bat on Trouge Parish School board says Gov. Jim Davis is in the middle of moves to remove Superintendent Lloyd V. Funchess. A six vote board majority seeks Funchess resignation amid desegregation and budget disputes. Funchess denies claims of noncooperation.
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Davis
Collier
Jegislature
The Lost Time I Saw Pol aria joke read
A light item notes a comic line about a fictional missile song titled The Lost Time I Saw Pol aria. The brief captures a whimsical pun and humorous phrasing.
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Polaria
Kennedy and Khrushchev discuss Vienna summit outcomes
President Kennedy informs Britain’s Harold Macmillan of a radio television report to the American people on the Vienna talks. Khrushchev returns to Moscow praising peace while signaling hard lines, with limited concrete results but a pledge to keep East West contact. Sukarno arrives in Vienna to inspect Soviet aid deals totaling over 300 million dollars.
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Kennedy
Dorothy Macmillan
Britain
Prince Radziwill
London
Buckingham Place
Harold Macmillan
Arthur L. Gavshon
Vienna
Austria
Khrushchev
Area Weather Forecast Shows Showers This Week
Area residents can expect a few scattered showers by Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures remain near 90 with lows around 70. Sunday’s high reached 91 with a low of 65 and no rain was reported.
Red Delegates At Laos Parley Ignore Violation Charges
Communist delegates at the Laos talks brushed aside cease-fire violation talk despite Kennedy and Khrushchev affirming the truce's importance. The Vienna meeting was hailed as historic, while Geneva deliberations remained deadlocked. Michalowski urged focus on a political settlement and urged the conference to halt new Western cease-fire action instructions.
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Geneva
Laos
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Michalowski
Poland
Vienna
Langs
International Truce Commission
Dollar Inflation Threat Faces Daily Life and Worsening Value
UPI reports that the U S dollar has shrunk in purchasing power from 1939 to 1961, now worth about 19 cents more than two bits at wholesale and around 22 cents less in real consumer value. Currency inflation hurts fixed incomes, the elderly, and pensioners, with unions and industry price hikes unable to stop the decline.
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Lyle
Wilson
United Press International
Washington
U. S. Department of Commerce
U. S
U.S
States Duty to Open Public Schools in Desegregation Case
The Justice Department argued in a Baton Rouge federal court that all states have a duty to maintain public schools on a non discriminatory basis and cannot close them to dodge desegregation. The brief links education to fundamental rights and suggests literacy tests for voters can hinge on access to schooling.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Baton Rouge
St. Helena Parish
Louisiana
Eisenhower Urges GOP Fight On Kennedy Fiscal Policies
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Republicans to attack Kennedy administration spending, warning of inflation and a possible 7 billion dollar deficit if the New Frontiers program passes. Party chairman Rep. Miller said Kennedy could win substantial parts of his program through Congress, while Treasury Secretary Dillon projected a 3.7 billion dollar deficit for the year starting July 1.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Eisenhower
GOP
William FE. Miller
Congress
Miller
Kenneth &. Keating
Rency
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Wanted Ad Pleads for Quick Cash in Local Notice
Fragmentary notice markets quick cash through a want ad in la area. terse wording mentions selling or buying and avoids clear contact details or prices.
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