Cardinals Fail To Elect Successor To Pope John On Their First 4 Ballots
In London and Moscow brief items report church politics and space milestones. Cardinals fail to elect a pope successor after four ballots while Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky complete historic and lengthy space flights earning praise for Soviet accomplishments.
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Pope John
Moscow
UPA
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Siberia
Tass
Valentina
Earth
Kazakhstan
Karanganda
Bykovsky
Kustanai
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Khrushchev
Rebel Commandos Reported Landings In Cuba by Exiles
The Cuban Revolutionary Council says it has sent 500 commando forces ashore at several sites in Cuba and that the invaders were being welcomed by farmers on the Communist island.
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Miami
Fla
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
Council
Luis Botifol
Washington
State Department
Richard I. Phillips
Department
U. S
Five Negroes Held In Death Of White Soldier
Five men and a woman surrendered and faced homicide charges after a street brawl in Washington ended with Pvt. Edward J. Betcher dying from chest injuries later ruled as from being run over. The Arlington suspects were identified as Sheila M. Turner and four men. police hailed the incident as a mixed race confrontation with complications from the soldiers’ drinking.
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Washington
Edward J. Betcher
Broklyn
N. Y
General Sessions Court
Sheila M. Turner
Floyd T. Smith
Leon Dillard Jr
Thomas A. Green
Gerald L. Jackson
Arlington
Betcher
D. C. General Hospital
Ft. Belvoir
Richard A. Whelton
John Layton
Richard J. Felber
Pvts
James Spencer
Wethersfield, Conn
Philip J. Cheng
Seaside
Calif
Bitter Civil Rights Battle Flares as Riots Grip Savannah
In Savannah Georgia hundreds of Negroes are held after a riot linked to failed integration demonstrations. State troopers used force to disperse crowds injuring no officers while arrests soar and a white supremacist group calls for action.
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Savannah
Col
Albert Lingo
Lingo
Edward Fields
Birmingham
Carl FE. Sanders
Travis Municipal
Holiday Inn Motel
Kennedy civil rights program faces uphill Senate path
Washington leaders urged Congress to push President Kennedy’s civil rights package amid a tight timetable and filibuster risk. Emanuel Celler scheduled Judiciary hearings while King and leaders warned of nationwide protests if Southern opposition grows. The measure would curb racial discrimination in public services and allow cutting federal funds for discriminatory projects.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
House
Capitol
Martin Luther King Jr
New York
Emanuel Celler
D-N
House Judiciary Committee
Civil Rights Commission
Equal Employment Opportunities Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Celler
Papal Conclave Stalls After Four Ballots In Rome
Vatican City officials report no election after four ballots as black smoke signals fail to crown a successor to Pope John XXIII. The crowd in St. Peter's Square watches for white smoke while factions within the College of Cardinals maneuver toward a conservative or progressive pick.
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Vatican City
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's Square
John XXIII
Vatican Radio
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter’s Square
Bianco
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Montini
Milan
Montini
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Turin
la Stampa
Spellman
Church
Amieto Cardinal
Cicognani
Vatican
College of Cardinals
Pope John
Rooney testifies bankrupt despite 12 million earnings
Actor Mickey Rooney, 40, tells a bankruptcy judge that practically all earnings of the past 15 years have been attached for taxes or other debts. He says he is bankrupt despite cumulative earnings of 12 million over 30 years.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Rooney
Gajda Takes Early Lead In 63rd U S Open
Bob Gajda from Bloomfield Hills Michigan birdied three of the last five holes to open with a 69 at the Country Club Brookline on the 6850 yard par 70 layout. He led the first round early.
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Gajda
Brookline
Mass
Bob Gajda
Bloomtied Hills
Mich
Civil rights fight may delay Kennedy tax cut bill
Southern resistance to Kennedy civil rights program could push the $10 billion tax cut into next year. In the House the bill faces a slowdown, while the Senate timetable looks dim with possible filibuster. Byrd Mills and Smith control timing as the measure moves through committees.
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South
Washington
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
Harry Flood Byrd
Dva
Byrd
Southern Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Howard W Smith
D-Va
House Rules Committee
Leone Opens Broad Coalition Talks in Italy Crisis
In Rome, Leone began talks with leaders across the political spectrum to form a government. President Segni urged a way out of the crisis as Italy edges toward a possible interim administration by June 30 ahead of President Kennedy’s planned visit.
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Rome
Giovanni Leone
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Antonio Segni
Kennedy
Leone
Aldo Moro
Moro
Christian Democrats
Segni
Amintore Fanfani
Oldest New York lawyer Henry Hirschberg dies at 84
Henry Hirschberg aged 84 and reputedly the oldest practicing attorney in New York State died Wednesday night at his Newburgh home after suffering from a heart condition.
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Newburgh
Henry Hirschberg
New York State
Hirschberg
Senators Press for Quick Civil Rights Special Session
Sixteen Democratic state senators demand an immediate special session of the Republican controlled New York Legislature to enact a crash program of civil rights laws. They urge emergency measures including nondiscriminatory apprentice programs, a ban on hiring discrimination on public works, empowerment of the Human Rights Commission to file complaints, a $1.50 minimum wage, more summer jobs, and rapid hiring for youths in the State Conservation Department for work in parks.
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New York
Senate
Rockefeller
Wiliam H. McKeon
Auburn
Joseph Zaretzki
Manhattan
State Commission For Human Rights
Elas Park
Jail shakedown uncovers improvised weapons and odd table
Kansas City reports a routine jail search revealing a soap and sugar blackjack, two short pipe lengths, TV rabbit ears used as makeshift stilettos, and an unusual handmade craps table four by fourteen feet with sewn cardboard sides and a mattress cover surface, plus a night light after 11 p.m.
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Kansas City
Alabama U Trustees Move to Oust Negro Students via Appeal
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees filed notice in federal court seeking to appeal a lower court ruling that refused to delay integration. The move targets Vivian Malone James Hood and Dave McGlathery as they attend the Tuscaloosa campus and Huntsville extension, amid ongoing civil rights tensions.
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Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama Board of Trustees
U S. District Court
5Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US. Dist
H. H. Grooms
Grooms
Vivian J. Malone
James
George Wallace
Andrew Thomas
Thomas
Circuit Coom
New Orleans
Steel Contract Accord Reached
The United Steelworkers Union and the basic steel industry reported to have reached an unprecedented contract agreement. The settlement, discussed at the Labor Management Human Relations Committee meeting, would be the first basic steel agreement without strike pressure. It includes an extended vacation plan for veteran employees and improvements to the insurance plan.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Basic Steel Industry
Labor Management Human Relations Committee
Basic
Basic Steel
Joint Committee
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