South Korea tightens crackdown as colleges close
Kim Chong-pil, a key figure in Park Chung-hee's ruling party and former head of the secret police, resigns as party chairman amid swelling protests. Park orders all colleges and universities shut until July 4 affecting 125000 students as martial law looms nationwide. Demonstrations erupt in five cities including Pusan and Taegu with police using tear gas and rockthrowing by students persists.
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Seoul
Korea
Kim Chong-pil
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Democratic Republican Party
Park
Kim
Japan
Pusan
Donga University
Kimchon
Chongju
Kwangju
Taegu
Law
Negroes Plan Protest Today In Tuscaloosa
In Tuscaloosa Alabama demonstrators from the Tuscaloosa Citizens of Action Committee protest alleged segregated lunch counters and discriminatory hiring. About 40 people, mostly Negro teens, were lightly burned when sprayed with mustard oil and lemon juice mixtures. Nine Negroes were treated at Druid City Hospital. police reported two injuries among officers.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Druid City
Citizens of Action Committee
Rev. T. Y. Rogers
Tropical Storm May Form In Gulf Area
The Weather Bureau notes a weak tropical low moving into the south Gulf of Mexico about 400 miles southwest of Miami could become a tropical storm by tonight. An Air Force reconnaissance plane from Hunter AFB was to probe the disturbance today, as winds in the rain band reached 35 mph, below the 39 mph threshold for tropical storm classification. The low mood's center was drifting slowly northeast.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Air Force
Hunter Air Force Base
Savannah
D-Day Vets Gather In France For Normandy Anniversary
In Omaha Beach France hundreds of D-Day veterans assemble for the 20th anniversary observance with private pilgrimages and a U S delegation led by Gen Omar Bradley Deputy Sec Silas Vance and Gen Maxwell Taylor arriving. Veterans recount the wartime memories while De Gaulle and Pompidou participate in ceremonies.
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U. S
Omar N. Bradley
Silas Vance
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Taylor
101St Airborne Division
France
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Exile Leader Says He'll Be In Cuba Soon
Manuel Ray, Cuban exile leader, says he will reach Cuba soon after capture in the Bahamas. He and seven companions were fined for illegal firearms and ordered deported, with Ray insisting his destination remains Cuba despite missing a May 20 infiltration deadline.
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Cuba
Nassau
Bahamas
Manuel Ray
Caribbean
Ray
Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Revolutionary Junta
Miami
Actors Extend Strike Deadline for Broadway Talks
Actors Equity extended its strike deadline to midnight Saturday amid 23 Broadway productions at risk. The AFL-CIO union seeks a $15 weekly raise over four years on a $117.50 minimum, while the League of New York Theatres offered $5. Negotiations followed late Thursday talks and a two week contract extension proposal was rejected as a surface inquiry.
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NEW York
Actors Equity
Actors
Afl-Cio Union
League of New York Theaters
League
Robert F. Wagner
Nixon Scranton Won't Back Any Stop Goldwater Drive
U S officers in South Vietnam note a lull in Viet Cong activity with mixed views on its meaning. In the United States Nixon and Scranton announce they will not participate in any stop Goldwater movement, aiming to avoid splitting the Republican Party. Rockefeller Fanin and others weigh in as Goldwater's first-ballot count nears the nomination threshold.
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Nixon
Scranton
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Goldwater
Arizona
Long Island
Harrisburg
California
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
Cleveland
Paul Fanin
Associated Press
San Francisco
Control Group Again Cancels Laos Trip
The trip to meet Prince Souphanouvong near Plaine des Jarres was canceled again by the three nation control commission from India Poland and Canada. They aimed to urge Souphanouvong to reverse his move to withdraw the two remaining Pathet Lao ministers, seeking to keep factions united under neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma. Officials said no clearance was given by the Pathet Lao hindering a helicopter flight to Khang Khay.
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Vientiane
Laos
Control Commission
Souphanouvong
Plaine Des Jarres
India
Poland
Canada
Souvanna Phouma
Commission
Khang Khay
Pathet Lao
Ethiopian envoy out of danger after shooting in Stockholm
Ethiopian Ambassador Abate Agede, who was shot twice by his chauffeur on Thursday, was reported out of danger today in Stockholm. The attack prompted international concern and raised questions about embassy security.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Abate Agede
37 Senators Sign Petition For Cloture
Washington AP report notes 37 senators signed a petition to force a vote on the civil rights debate after 71 days. The measure needs 16 signatures to be considered, and the petition will be filed Saturday with a cloture vote set for Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Seagoing marriages warned as romance vs legality
The Seafarers Union warns sailors that tying the knot at sea may not be legally binding. A Seafarer’s Log article notes ship captains lack ceremonial authority and legality depends on flag nation and port registry laws. Federal logging of marriages on voyages does not confer ceremony power.
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Seafarers’ Union
Maritime Trades Department Afl-Cio
New York
U.S
Rockefeller Would Join Coalition For Moderate Candidate
Rockefeller signals readiness to back a moderate candidate and pledge his delegate strength to support such a candidate. He has told party leaders he cannot lead the stop Goldwater effort and may stay in the race to influence the 1964 party platform while preserving his 140 delegates mainly in New York.
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New York
Rockefeller
New York Times
Washington
California
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Long Island
Nixon
Sen. Goldwater
The
Times
George L. Hinman
New York State
San Francisco
Civil Rights Voices Dismayed by Amos 'n' Andy Return
Chicago television brings Amos 'n' Andy back to air amid mixed reactions from civil rights leaders. Chuck Stone of The Defender warns the revival could fuel race tension and harm Black pride, while Edwin Berry of the Chicago Urban League criticizes station handling. John Weigel defends the show as a timeless comedy.
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Amos ‘N
Andy
Chicago
Amos 'N
Chuck Stone
Defender
Stone
Amos
Edwin Berry
Chicago Urban League
Weigel
U S Vietnamese Forces Destroy Red Supply Area
U S and Vietnamese special forces wiped out a key Communist supply area west of Tay Ninh in a three day scorched earth operation along the Cambodian border. About 1 000 tons of rice and large quantities of livestock were destroyed. The action involved 25 armed helicopters and 20 advisers with 300 Vietnamese special forces and 220 ground troops.
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Tay Ninh
South Viet Nam
Vaico Oriental
Cambodia
U.S
Dope Pusher Shot by Federal Agent in New York
Federal narcotics agent John Gohde shot and killed John Cagiano 26 of the Bronx after Cagiano allegedly tried to run down the agent with a car. Police said Cagiano was a known narcotics violator with three prior arrests. Gohde identified himself before firing one round, striking Cagiano in the head.
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New York
John Cagiano
Bronx
John Gohde
Cagiano
Gohde
Soviet stamp doubts report of space memorial issue
Stanley Gibbons Ltd. stamp expert doubts Linn Stamp News claim that the Soviet Union issued a commemorative stamp for astronauts Fedorenko Ussiskin and Wasenko and that a memorial exists at Saran. The expert says no such stamp has been seen or verified.
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London
Soviet Union
Stanley Gibbons Ltd
Sidney
Ohio
Philately
Linn Stamp News
Fedorenko
Ussiskin
Wasenko
Stamp Weekly
R. Y. Megan
Oneida Girl Falls Short in National Spelling Bee
Mary Elizabeth Joy of Oneida New York missed the word index in the 37th National Spelling Bee finishing fifth after 18 rounds. She had spelled aquiline Caduceus sclerosis Alpaca chloroform and raglan during the contest. William Kerek aged 12 of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio won the national bee with 69 contestants in Syracuse.
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Washington
Mary Elizabeth Joy
Oneida
N.Y
Mary
Raglan
Syracuse Herald-Journal
William Kerek
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Desiree Weds Baron Silfverschiold in Stockholm Ceremony
Princess Desiree 26 granddaughter of King Gustav VI Adolf wed Baron Niclas Silfverschiold 30 estate owner in Stockholm. The royal wedding linking Swedish royalty with nobility was celebrated in a formal ceremony attended by dignitaries and family.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Desiree
Gustav VI Adolf
Niclas Silfverschiold
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