Army warns of Soviet chemical and germ warfare edge
The Army told the House Appropriations Committee that the Soviet Union has trained operatives, equipment, and germs to attack the Pentagon and could start a general war with chemical weapons. Officials say the Soviets lead the U S in both offensive and defensive chemical and biological capabilities and that it may take the U S five years to catch up.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Arthur Trudeau
Army
Marshall Stubbs
United States
Orleans Legislator Accuses Davis Leaders of Lying
In Baton Rouge a Orleans parish lawmaker charged Gov. Jimmie Davis floor leader with lying as the Legislature reversed a resolution on Camp Leroy Johnson. The body first denounced the Orleans levee board for pressuring the Army to leave the Lake Pontchartrain site, then revoked it after midnight.
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Fort Eustis
Louisiana
Crais
New Orleans
Levee Board
Salvador Anzelmo
Risley Tribe
Orle
Trial of Nazism Leader Rockwell Delayed in New Orleans
In New Orleans UPI reports the trial of George Lincoln Rockwell and nine American Nazi storm troopers was postponed until Monday. They face disturbing the peace charges while Rockwell seeks relief from city officials in federal court alleging civil rights deprivation. Rockwell and three others were released from jail after a brief hunger strike and he said the remaining Nazis would be bailed out of parish prison.
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New Orleans
UPI
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George Lincoln Rockwell
Kennedy handshake startles guests at Buckingham Palace
Mrs. Kennedy used an American style handshake with Elizabeth II at a Buckingham Palace dinner, eschewing the curtsy. Some guests were startled while the Queen and Mrs. Kennedy reportedly got along well as they were escorted to a 50 place long table with Prince Philip and Lord Mountbatten nearby.
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Five Nation OAS Commission to Inspect Dominican Freedom
The Organization of American States will send a five nation special commission to the Dominican Republic to assess political conditions after the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo. The mission, including Panama the United States Argentina Mexico and Uruguay, departs from New York on Thursday.
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Organization of American States
Caribbean
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U.S
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Kennedy
United States
OAS
San Jose
Costa Rica
Trujillo
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
New York
Panama
Argentina
Mexico
Uruguay
66 Negroes Apply For Transfer To White Schools
New Orleans AP report says 66 Negroes applied for transfer to white public schools in the fall. O Perry Walker, assistant superintendent, noted the 66 first grade requests would be processed under pupil placement laws during summer. Segregationists picketed the two integrated schools as protests continued after initial mob violence last fall.
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O. Perry Walker
Walker
William Frantz
McDonogh
West Monroe plant gifts kitten to Lake Charles teen
Beverly Zypien from Lake Charles received a kitten from officials of the West Monroe plant of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. The gesture followed a nationwide ad featuring a similar kitten seen in the May 4 issue of a national publication.
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Lake Charles
Beverly Zypien
Shepard reports rocket vibration affected vision on early space flight
Astronaut Alan Shepard told physicians and researchers that he briefly lost clear vision due to vibration during the early phase of the first U S manned suborbital flight. He said adjustments to the Mercury capsule will reduce vibrations and improve head support and the adapter ring.
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Alan Shepard
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U.S
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Redstone
Hodges Urges Wider Antitrust Knowledge to Employees
Secretary for Commerce Luther Hodges told the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee that business leaders must do more to educate employees on antitrust laws. He urged corporate America to communicate policies and ethics and noted his 26 member Business Ethics Advisory Council.
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Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
America
Mitchell Suffers Two Leg Fractures In Fall
James P Mitchell, 60, Republican candidate for New Jersey governor and former labor secretary, fractured two bones in his left leg after a fall in his Camden hotel room. He slipped while going to the bathroom, was treated at Cooper Hospital, and is expected to be on crutches for about three weeks with full healing in four to six months.
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James P Mitchell
New Jersey
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Herbert Hoban
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Richard J. Hughes
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Otto Boysen
Doctor Claims Family Hostage in Trujillo Assassination
In Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic a young doctor said four fugitives who plotted Rafael Trujillo's assassination held him his pregnant wife and their infant son hostage for four days. Hunger drove them from hiding and two of the group died in a police gun battle while the others surrendered.
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Rafael Trujillo
Robert Reid Cabral
Trujillo
Reid Cabral
Assas
State to raise Cheniere Lake Dam to keep Route 3033 open
The Louisiana Department of Highways plans to raise the Cheniere Dam on State Route 3033 to the spillway height of 78.1 feet to prevent backwater from Ouachita River from closing the highway year round. Hobson Norris of Cheniere Lake Commission was notified by Highway Director Ray Burgess. Ouachita Parish Police Jury supported the move.
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Cheniere Lake
Today’s Chuckle About Longevity and Aging
A lighthearted quip notes that many desire length of life but few want the aging process. It playfully contrasts the wish for longevity with the realities of growing older.
Well-To-Do Youths Held For Burglary
Fourteen well off youths and young men admit to 450 to 500 burglaries totaling up to 100000 in two years. Half are college students in New York City and Long Island. A bank book shows 1100 in deposits. Burglaries occurred in Queens and Nassau County. Three men who ran a luncheonette were charged with receiving stolen goods. Police say they paid the burglars fractions of loot.
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New York City
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Queens
Nassau County
Freedom Riders jailed in Jackson after breach of peace arrests
Seven more Freedom Riders, two Black and five white, were jailed in Jackson Mississippi on breach of peace charges following segregation law protests. The group arrived by bus from New Orleans and were quickly placed in custody by Police Captain J L Ray, signaling ongoing enforcement as more integration tests were planned.
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Truman Urges Northerners to Clean Their Own Yard
Former President Harry S. Truman urged young northern desegregation supporters to focus on their own communities. He criticized publicity seeking protests and noted Missouri theaters he oversaw as integrated. He also defended gradual integration through goodwill and common sense.
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Chicago
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Ohio
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Tex
Boston
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Kansas City
Missouri
Expect Showers in Area Tonight Across Local Weather
Northeast Louisiana residents can expect widely scattered showers this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures stay warm with highs near 92 and lows around 66. Monday's high was 41 and low 69 with no rain reported.
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Kennedy to address nation after Europe trip
President Kennedy returned to America describing the trip as very fine and said he will report to the nation tonight at 6 p.m. EST. He flew into Andrews Air Force Base at 9:33 a.m. after meetings with Khrushchev de Gaulle and Macmillan and greeted by Congressional leaders and officials.
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Everett Dirksen
Senate
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
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Britain
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Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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D-Ark
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Helicop
White House advisers warn recovery may lift inflation
Kennedy administration officials led by Walter Heller Douglas Dillon and Walt Rostow warned business recovery could drive prices up. They urged self restraint and said wartime controls are unlikely. Heller predicted output may reach a $530 billion annual rate by year end 1961, boosting tax revenue for a 1963 surplus.
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White House
Kennedy
Walter W. Heller
President
Council
Lyndon B. Johnson
Defense
Robert S. Mc‘Namara
Dean Rusk
Arthur J. Goldberg
Interior
Stewart Udall
Heller
U S Plans Nuclear Retaliation Policy in Europe
Deputy Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric said the United States would use nuclear weapons in Europe to deter a non nuclear attack if NATO forces were close to overwhelmed. He emphasized maintaining strong nuclear capability while boosting conventional forces and warned a European war could broaden globally.
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