Castro Probes Plane Shooting In Cuba
Premier Fidel Castro personally investigates the shooting down of a U S light plane by Cuban troops. The pilot was wounded and a second American, W J Shergales, held prisoner near Matanzas. Four Cubans connected to the attack are detained.
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House Votes Final On Referees Plan For Voting Rights
The House prepared for a final vote on a plan to authorize court appointed referees to hear complaints of voting discrimination against Negroes. If approved, the measure would enable passage of the civil rights bill and send it to the Senate, with Southerners pressing amendments to modify the referee mechanism.
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White Youth Slain by Gang in Philadelphia
Philadelphia police report a white 9 year old boy, John Campiglia Jr, slain in front of his home after a knife attack by a group described as teenagers. Chief Inspector Johan J. Kelly said a gang of youths attacked Campiglia, with others named as witnesses. A third knife was found at a nearby home. friends described the victim as quiet and non-confrontational.
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Yesrwa Voy
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Oshkosh Welcomes Standard Coil Plant Leaders
Oshkosh welcomed its new industry branch of Standard Coil Products Company Inc. at a dinner honoring president James O Burke and officials at the Raulf Hotel. Chamber leaders praised the venture while Burke described the scope from television tuners to an auto cyclical diversified product. The plant aims to be in a new building and operable by late July with initial assembly and tuner manufacture.
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Chamber of Commerce
Leighton Hough
Chamber’s
W. Mead Stillman
Wisconsin National Life Insurance Company
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Walter Hermann
Conrad Ben Pitcher
Ted W. Patterson
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Northwestern
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Richard M. Nixon
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Moch Strives To Halt N-Ban Bid at Geneva
Jules Moch of France urged the ten nation disarmament conference that a simple promise to give up nuclear weapons would be meaningless unless backed by verification and enforcement measures.
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France
Four controllable elements of nuclear disarmament
Moch lists four enforceable elements for an international control system: suspension of nuclear weapons tests, ban on further production of fissionable materials for military use, ban on manufacturing weapons with fissionable material, and reconversion of existing stocks to peaceful uses. He also notes two uncontrollable aims beyond enforcement: prohibition on use of nuclear weapons and ban on possession of nuclear arms.
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Malone Saonane
Khrushchev Ready for Paris Trip After Illness
Premier Nikita Khrushchev appears recovered from influenza and prepared to travel to Paris on Wednesday. A Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave no formal statement on his convalescence but suggested he may be fully recovered if he proceeds with the trip, after a March 11 illness that led to a week's postponement.
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Blizzard Strikes Michigan Injuring None After Lightning and High Winds
A spring blizzard paralyzed parts of Michigan with hurricane force winds, downed power lines, and limited visibility on highways and rail lines. A Grand Haven building was leveled by a rolling cloud described as a tornado, while officials called the event an act of God as 200 passengers faced delays and a Racine basketball team awaited at a station.
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Washington, D.C
Vessel Capsize Drowns Formosan Children on River
A ferryboat capsized on the Kang River near Taipei killing 13 girls and 5 boys aged schoolgoing. The incident occurred after a railroad crew cleared Grade crossing traffic and officials cited unknown causes blamed on strong wind and damaged equipment.
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Riots in Langa Push Toll Past Sixty Four Killed
Police fired on black mobs in South Africa as rioting over apartheid spread from Sharpeville to Langa near Cape Town. At least 64 people died and about 250 were wounded as fires burned churches and buildings while fire crews were forced to retreat under attack.
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South Africa
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Cape Town
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Redstone Rocket Tests Near Cape Canaveral for Mercury
A Redstone missile matching the one to carry Mercury astronauts completed a 200 mile test flight at Cape Canaveral. The firing tested engineering changes and instrumentation for Project Mercury. NASA plans eight modified Redstones to train seven astronauts with capsule liftoff toward orbit, dropping into the Atlantic off Cape Canaveral.
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Bomber Strikes Home in Denton Killing Three
An Air Force jet dropped a bomb on a crowded Denton Maryland home. A woman and her two young granddaughters were killed as pieces of equipment crashed through the roof during the attack. The pilot was Air Force Captain Be.
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Deas Martin
Baltimore
Monsie Brown
Laverne Brown
Karen Brown
Denton
Martin Co
Chesapeake
Delaware
Lockerman Consolidated
Irvin Crossan
Structural failure tied to Northwest crash near Tell City
Investigators affirm a structural fault preceded a Northwest Airlines Electra turboprop crash near Tell City Indiana killing 63 aboard. FBI fingerprint findings linked two passengers and a ring to a third. CAB seeks definitive cause amid turbulence or other factors. Identified remains include John Bachner of South Bend and Arnie Kowal of Minneapolis.
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Mississippi bill lets farmers shoot dogs chasing chickens
A bill in the Mississippi Legislature was amended to permit farmers to shoot dogs that chase chickens but exclude dogs smaller than chickens. The action occurred Monday in Jackson as part of the legislative process.
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May Boost Penalty For Bomb Hoaxes
Washington reports rising actions against bomb hoaxes with airlines recording 142 calls from Sept 1957 to last December and more in January February and March. Senator John Marshall Butler proposes raising penalties under Public Law 709 from 1000 dollars or one year to 5000 dollars or five years in prison or both.
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John Marshall Butler
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