Legislature adjourns amid Castro accusation and Riders clash
The Louisiana legislature ended a 30 day fiscal session after denouncing Fidel Castro as a criminal extortionist and approving a segregation resolution tied to the Freedom Riders. The Senate vote was 25 to 1 and the House 72 to 9. The session concluded as lawmakers debated Camp Leroy Johnson and other aggressive rhetoric into the early morning.
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Dayline
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Tangipahoa
Alabama
Fidel Castro
Senate
Leroy Johnson
Burke Warns Naval Academy Graduates About Tyranny
Admiral Arleigh Burke told the Naval Academy graduating class that tyranny is on the march and freedom’s survival depends on Americans who care enough. He warned that a relentless ideology challenges freedom and urged recognition that effort is essential despite comfortable modern civilization.
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Burke
Naval Academy
Annapolis
UPI
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Queen Hosts Old Fashioned English Dinner for Kennedy
Queen Elizabeth II hosted a formal English dinner at Buckingham Palace honoring President Kennedy, the first U.S. president to dine there since 1918. The event featured the Kennedys, Prince Philip, and senior officials, with a menu including Dover sole and saddle of lamb, and noted by palace spokesman Cmdr. Colville.
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London
Elizabeth II
Kennedy
U.S
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Cmdr
Richard Colville
Dean Rusk
Dorothy Macmillan
Harold Macmillan
Lady Home
Lord Mountbatten
Kennedys
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Wilson
Scotland
Harry S. Truman
Plymouth
George VI
House OKs False Bomb Bill Strengthening Airplane Hoax Penalties
The House passed a bill clarifying and stiffening penalties for false bomb information on flights. Requested by Attorney General Kennedy, it targets practical jokers and imposes up to a $1000 fine or one year in prison, with harsher penalties of up to $5000 fine or five years for malicious or reckless false bomb threats.
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Washington
House
Senate
Day
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Attorney General
Film on Red Boss Khrushchev. Our Nikita Sergeivich
The Soviet Union released a full length documentary biography of Premier Khrushchev titled Our Nikita Sergeivich. It traces his activities before and during World War II and in recent years.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Kennedy
Vienna
Indonesia
Sukarno
London
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeivich
No Dirty Dishes In Space Kitchen Demonstration
Washington AP reports a space kitchen test for a three astronaut moon voyage showcased at a luncheon. An astronaut in suit simulated weightless food prep using canned meals and a forced feeder, highlighting the absence of dirty dishes.
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Washington
Moon
Brooks Seeks Bullets Over Tractors in Cuba Swap
Rep. Overton Brooks caller from Louisiana says it is better to swap bullets than tractors with Cuba. He opposes the Castro government proposal to trade tractors for Cuban patriots and warns such tractors could fall into communist hands and be used against the United States.
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Washington
Overton Brooks
D-La
Cuba
Castro
Brooks
Rockefeller Highlights New Jersey Governor Race
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller urged Camden County residents to back James P. Mitchell for New Jersey governor, saying the November election will shape the Republican party’s fortunes in 1962. Rockefeller campaigned in Camden County as he seeks re election in 1962.
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Camden
N.J
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Camden County
James P. Mitchell
Secretary of Labor
GOP
Suit Filed To Block Center At Hammond
Jefferson Parish man James A. Williams sues the state Department of Hospitals to halt a $3 million retarded children's center planned near Hammond. The suit seeks a declaratory judgment and preliminary injunction to prevent expenditure of funds for the Tangipahoa Parish project at Hammond.
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Hammond
W. L. Billups
Jimmie H. Davis
Williams
South Louisiana Training Institute
Tangipahoa
Orleans
Jefferson, St. Bernard
Plaquemines
Arrest of Hoodlums In Seoul Begins Work on Highway
Police say over 10,000 hoodlums have been arrested since the May 16 coup in South Korea. The first batch of 965 detainees has been assigned to a highway construction project east of Seoul.
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Seoul
South Korea
HST To Star In Own Show On Television
Former President Harry S Truman announced a 26 episode one hour TV series on major historic events with emphasis on his White House years. He will narrate a documentary style program using newsreels interviews and state documents. Production with Talent Associates Paramount starts soon.
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New York
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Talent Associates-Paramount Ltd
White House
Harry Truman
Negro Graduate First In History at UNC
In Chapel Hill North Carolina the University of North Carolina awarded its first undergraduate degree to a Negro. David Dansby 22 of Greensboro earned a bachelor of arts in political science with a strong academic record. About 35 Negro students attend the 8500 size campus.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
David Dansby
Greensboro
Dansby
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