Memorial Day Toll Soars Across Nation
The Associated Press reports a rising holiday death toll as Memorial Day 1952 traffic fatalities reach 523 nationwide by 10 a.m. with 341 in the 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday window. Drownings and miscellaneous accidents push total deaths toward a record, as safety officials urge extreme care on busier highways.
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Airliner With 62 Aboard Is Lost Over Sea
An airliner carrying 62 aboard disappeared four minutes after takeoff from Lisbon for South America. Rescue planes and ships began dawn searches as weather hindered visibility. KLM reported 48 aboard with 14 crew. passengers included Venezuelans, Portuguese, Spaniards, and possibly an Italian and a Frenchman.
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Kennedy vows no retreat as he heads to Europe
In Boston Kennedy proclaims he will not retreat or equivocate as he leaves for Paris to meet De Gaulle and Khrushchev. He marks his 44th birthday with a speech praising freedom and readiness for talks, then plans to fly to Hyannis Port, New York, and on to Paris for a sequence of high level meetings.
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Kennedy Gains Support For Trade With Castro
President Kennedy gains backing from Senator John Sherman Cooper in a campaign endorsing a tractors-for-prisoners exchange with Cuba. Critics worry Castro uses the offer to blackmail the US, while Cooper argues the US bears responsibility for the 1,200 prisoners due to prior actions and that release hinges on continued help.
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Lange, Fond du Lac Newsman, Dies at 73
Albert Henry Lange, 73, longtime publisher and chairman of Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter Printing Co, died Monday. Born in Brillion, he led the firm from 1904, became president and publisher in 1918, and served as board chairman since 1959. He also led KFIZ Broadcasting Co, after years of declining health.
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Beating Probe Follows Freedom Rider Jail Case
Federal and state authorities probe the beating of jailed Civil Rights activist C. T. Vivian amid violence reports around Jackson Mississippi. Prison officials shift 19 convicted riders from a penal farm to the downtown jail sparking inmate protests. Vivian, marked by a bandage, was among those moved after clashes over segregation era protests.
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Mother, Six Children Die In House Fire
In Jersey City a mother, Mrs Vivian Lattimore, 28, and six of her children perished when trapped in a third floor apartment after a fire began in an unoccupied unit on the first floor. At least 13 others injured included an expectant mother who leaped from a higher floor with her young son Kenneth. Three more Lattimore children were rescued.
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Senator Chavez Resting Well After Neck Tumor Surgery
Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico is reported resting well after surgery to remove a neck tumor. His wife said he felt better than she did after visiting the hospital, where he spent time following a week at a health resort in southern New Mexico for persistent throat trouble.
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Petition Filed To End Racial Bias In Interstate Buses
Attorney General Kennedy urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to require no discrimination on interstate buses and related facilities. He asked for a concise ruling declaring a color blind travel policy and to move quickly without hearings.
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Blue Laws Get OK Of High Court
The Supreme Court upheld Sunday closing laws as secular in purpose and a matter of public health and safety. Chief Justice Warren wrote four opinions supporting Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland blue laws while Justices dissented in part, stressing religious liberty concerns. The rulings spanned 189 pages of opinions with extensive appendixes and charts.
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Port flags on Dutch ship dry out in the breeze
In Dorset England port officials spot the Dutch vessel Carbin with flags flying from stem to stern and later learn a crewman had hung the washed flags to dry, prompting brief curiosity about the unusual display.
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Red Press Optimistic On Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna Meet
East European communist press and radio cautiously welcome the Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna talks. They foresee a series of summit meetings though no immediate solutions. Austrian sources note Khrushchev’s earlier arrival and possible two day private visit. Kennedy arrives Saturday for weekend talks. Western papers offer mixed views, with London's Times skeptical and the Daily Mail cautious yet hopeful.
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Universities Issue Statement on Cuban Invasion Blunder
Fifty four faculty members from the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University issued a statement condemning the United States role in the Cuban invasion as an inexcusable and almost inconceivable blunder. They urged focus on constructive efforts to improve social conditions in Latin America to counter totalitarian nationalism.
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