Highway Toll Rises to 369 Fatalities Across Holiday Period
An Associated Press survey shows Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths surged to 387 during 6 p.m. Friday May 14 to midnight Monday May 17, with crashes in California, Louisiana, Tennessee, Nebraska, Indiana and Ohio causing multiple deaths. The weekend record peaked at 431 last year and 609 during the 1955 Christmas period.
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Lone Pine
Calif
San Jose
Abbeville
Gallatin
Tenn
Nebraska
Grand Island
Neb
Terre Haute
Ind
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
John Hayman
Carey
Judith Lucius
Tiffin
Associated Press
Peace Force Permitted To Occupy Palace
In Santo Domingo the junta agreed in principle to allow the inter American peace force to occupy the National Palace amid cease fire violations. Mora said final approval rests with the armed forces chief and noted 400 junta troops hold the palace. Two cease fire incidents left a 14 year old girl dead and an OAS car shot at. Rebels urged withdrawal of the force. The force totals 18 400 U S troops and 1 500 Latin American troops.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Jose A. Mora
Organization of American States
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Mora
Imbert
Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
No Man’s Land
Junta
Francisco Caamano Deno
OAS
Arturo Morales Carrion
U.S
Telmo Vargas
Ecuador
Washington
John Cury
Cury
Latin America
United States
Johnson
Rafael L. Trujillo
U.S. Airborne Division
Dominican Republc
Canada
Ottawa
United Nations
Dean Rusk
Johnson Rusk
NBC
Meet the Press
Opa Veoh
Great Crowds See the Hiawatha Streamliner History
Chicago reports on the Hiawatha streamliner as it pushed Milwaukee Road routes across Wisconsin. From 1935 to the 1940s the famed train drew crowds, set speed records, and introduced diesel power and dome cars, reshaping the Chicago to Minneapolis corridor.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Road
St. Pan- Minneapolis
Striking Brewers Get No More Pay
Danish brewery workers rejected a compromise ending a four week strike for higher pay. About 600 have found other jobs as a labor shortage grips Denmark, and the union announced there would be no further strike pay while urging members to seek work.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Man locks on handcuffs for fun in Blackpool incident
Handy Blackpool England report says a 22 year old man handcuffed his wrists for amusement and the local fire brigade were called Saturday to cut them off. The incident reflects a rare oddity as authorities caution on risky restraint acts.
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Blackpool
England
UPI
Rights Leaders To Ask Courts For Protection
In Bogalusa Louisiana civil rights leaders plan a federal suit seeking protection for demonstrators after a racial street clash left 17 arrests. CORE and the Bogalusa Civic and Voters League press for end to segregation and Negro voting rights amid orders to keep a 48 hour parade notice.
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Bogalusa
Ronnie Moore
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Bogalusa Civic and Voters League
Louisiana
Moore
U.S. District Court
New Orleans
Ku Klux Klan
Bicycles Seized in English Town Auction Planned
Thirty bicycles found by police in Stevenage were shown but unclaimed. The town revealed no owners and said the cycles will be auctioned.
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Stevenagh
Nnglana
UPI
Memorial Day Parade Honors Oshkosh Veterans
Oshkosh Memorial Day parade moved from Otter Street to Riverside Cemetery to honor past heroes. It featured police escorts, Civil Defense, the Oshkosh High School concert band, veterans groups, four Army units, and several color guards with services at the cemetery.
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Oshkosh
Otter Street
Riverside Cemetery
Otter and
Court Street
Main Street
Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh Police
Civil Defense Auxiliary Police
Oshkosh High School
Ashkosh
United Spanish War Veterans Camp
Walter Swope
Ralph Caniff
Union Army
Iron Brigade
Veterans of Foreign Wars Band
a@epler
VFW
38Nd
Red Arrow
Army
4Th Infantry
Marine Corps Reserve Color Guard
Naval Reserve Color Guard
Grieg Squad
Gold Star Mothers Cats
Gold Star Mothers
Lourdes High School Band
Boy Scouts
Explorer Scouts
Veterans Auxiliary Units
Cathohc War Veterans
American Legion
Aa Vets
Electronic warfare and space satellites eyed by Army
The Army outlines electronic warfare using radio interference to confuse enemies and contemplates satellite based tactical communications, likely not before the 1970s. Maj. Gen David P. Gibbs notes satellites could help counter ionospheric disturbances, though jamming and deception capabilities loom as potential threats. Col. Harvey J. Pence sees a promising future in electronic warfare.
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Washington
Army
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
David P. Gibbs
Harvey J. Pence
Electronic Systems Directorate
Gibbs’ Office
Tweety Wins Talking Bird Contest in Chicago
Parakeet named Tweety triumphed in a talking bird contest in Chicago. The bird offered phrases including political slogans and a note of thanks from owner Mrs. Leo L. Wexler, who claimed she wrote to the President about Tweety.
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Chicago
Tweety
Riverside Park Rite Highlights Civic Tribute and Memories
The Riverside Park event featured speeches on freedom and patriotism. Ramsey urged funding for liberty and confronting greed, while Walter Swope recited Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Lourdes High School student John Zimmerman linked citizenship to constitutional values and civic duty. A VFW ceremony followed with rifles, taps, and the national anthem.
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Walter Swope
Lincoln
Gettysburg
John Zimmerman
Lourdes High School
Zimmerman
LHS
VFW
Berlin wall opens again for Whilsun visitors
AP reports East German authorities opened the Berlin wall for a two week Whilsun holiday allowing West Berliners to visit relatives. Passes numbered 643209 covered the period June 6 to 7 with a daily 7 am to midnight window. About one thousand visitors crossed into East Berlin in a few hours, each allowed one visit to close relatives. At Melbourne a customs inspector guided recruits through a British freighter finding 850 transistor radios valued at $17,000 hidden behind insulation.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
Melbourne
Australia
Bernard Yeates
Customs Service
Yeates
Houston teen recalls bank holdup with vivid description
Robert Holloway, 19, entered Republic State Bank in Houston and described the middle aged gunman who stole about 10 000 to 12 000 dollars as ugly as sin. He chased the bandit for two miles, then returned to deposit his own 100 dollars after recalling his purpose.
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Houston
Tex
Robert Holloway
Republic State Bank
Holloway
Viet Cong drive costs Vietnam hundreds of troops
News from Quang Ngai and surrounding provinces reports heavy fighting as Viet Cong forces attack outposts near the provincial capital. U.S. and Vietnamese units suffer dozens of casualties, with two U.S. soldiers and one airman killed or wounded and larger losses in the ranger and marine battalions.
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Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
U.S
da Nang
Wa Tranh
39Th
Ranger Battalion
3Rd
Viettnamese Marine Battalion
Ranger
Ba Gig
Quang Near
Quang Tri
North
Tured
Quang Tin Province
Phan Huy Quat
Quat
Nguyen van Vinh
Nguyen Hoa Hiep
Phan Khac Suu
Vinh
Hoa
Suu
Queen Returns Home From West Germany Tour
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in England after a royal tour of West Germany. The royal yacht Britannia docked at Portsmouth as thousands cheered along the Channel coast.
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London
UPD
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
England
West Germany
Britannia
English Channel
Portsmouth
Federal School Teaches Men Roughnecking Near Williston
The federal government funds about 200000 to train men as roughnecks at a Williston North Carolina site. The six week program uses a real drilling rig two miles east, operating 24 hours a day six days a week with 48 men from unemployment rolls. Lessons cover safety basics and drilling operations, while students gain hands on experience drilling, assembling, and dismantling the rig. The course ends June 5 and a new class will relocate the rig to start again.
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Williston
Ail
Attendance Record Set at World's Fair New York
The New York World's Fair drew a Sunday crowd of 265,568 the largest day total in its history. Weather and a Saturday rain helped attendance, surpassing the previous high of 264,552 from Oct. 11, 1964. Total attendance after 40 days this season is 3,770,520, well behind last year.
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New York
Leak Is Fixed For Gemini 4 Mission
Cape Kennedy AP preparations move forward after technicians corrected a water leak in the Gemini 4 spacecraft. NASA replaced a damaged life support package used to remove carbon dioxide and provide drinking water. McDivitt and White face a 62 orbit 87 hour 50 minute mission and the first space rendezvous. A sea cable repair at San Salvador Bahama waters could affect tracking but radio communications remain an option.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Dewn
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
San Salvador
Omega
Antigua
Space Agency
McDivitt
White
U.S
Air Force
Cocoa Beach
Space Partners
Illness Rumors Around Mao Denied By Officials
Rumors of Mao Zedong’s illness circulate as diplomats cite no confirmation from Formosa sources. Chou Enlai is said to visit Rawalpindi for talks with President Ayub Khan, with Mao’s fate seen as unlikely to alter China United States or Moscow relations.
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Peking
Chou Enlai
Rawalpind
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Chow
Africa
Mao
Formosa
Tokyo
United States
Moscow
Man
Chinng Kai-shek
Toronto Riot Sparks Arrests in Demonstration
Eight anti Nazi demonstrators and a Nazi leader were arrested after more than 4000 people gathered to protest a Nazi rally in a midtown park. Beattie, 23, was rescued from a crowd and charged with causing a disturbance.
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Toronto
New Canadian Nazi Party
William John Beattie
Beattie
Michigan House votes 50 percent pay hike for legislators
Michigan House votes to raise legislative salaries from 10 000 to 15 000 a year with 2 500 expense allowance and mileage for two round trips monthly. Pension eligibility rises to half salary. Governor Romney calls it inconsistent, veto not decided. Senate leadership says they will review. Many voters express contempt for the move.
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Lansing
Mich
House
Michigan Senate
Detroit Free Press
George Romney
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