Talk Optimism and Caution Mark 1961 Economy Outlook
Business leaders voice optimism about recovery while acting cautiously. Consumers feel better about finances yet spend and incur debt. manufacturers rebuild inventories modestly amid uncertain international affairs. April trade shows manufacturing gains. wholesale stocks steady as analysts forecast a brighter second quarter.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Washington
Youth Takes Life Following Dance in New Orleans
A 17 year old New Orleans youth, Richard Thomas Perrien, was found dead by a canal bank from a 12 gauge shotgun wound early Wednesday, hours after graduation. Assistant Coroner Lloyd LoCascio ruled it an apparent suicide. Parents expressed confusion as a brother recalled a late return from a graduation dance with a cut lip after a fight.
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New Orleans
Richard Thomas Perrien
Lloyd LoCascio
John T. Perrien
Perrien
Laos Women Enjoy Rights Of Westerners
New York AP reports on life in Laos amid war and diplomacy. Samlith Ratsaphong notes women vote at 21 own property and hold limited office jobs while most domestic roles and family living remain central. He cites one female legislator and questions a cabinet post.
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New York
Laos
Samlith Ratsaphong
Ratsaphong
United Nations
Khampheng Boupha
Negotiations To Shorten Powers Term Underway
Dr James E Baugh Barbara Powers doctor says talks are underway with the Soviet Union to reduce U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers ten year prison sentence. Bruns wick Rotary Club luncheon heard of the possible negotiations though Washington officials said they had no knowledge. Powers was convicted after his reconnaissance plane was shot down over the Soviet Union on May 1 1960.
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Brunswick
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
James E. Baugh
Powers
Milledgeville
Barbara Powers
Moscow
Brunswick Rotary Club
Washington
U.S
Jailed Bridegroom Plans Hopeful Life With Prison Wedding
In Nashville, W C Swaner, 30, married Heidi Guthersohn, 21, in the jail after his March arrest for forged checks. The couple, who planned an April wedding, received sheriff approval for the ceremony as Swaner served a 180 day sentence. The bride said they would begin a new life together despite the unusual nuptials.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. C. Swaner
Swaner
Heidi Guthersohn
Long Island
N.Y
Miss Guthersohn
Leslie Jett
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