Mobutu Forces Drive Into Lumumba Stronghold in Congo
Maj. Gen. Mobutu's forces report capturing three Lumumbist companies near the Oriental Province border as they push toward Ikela. Gizenga reportedly being eased from Oriental Province amid a broader Congolese federation agreement at a Madagascar summit.
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Mobutu
Lumumba
Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Joseph Mobutu
Oriental Province
Iheay
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Mondombe
Coquilhatville
Equatorial Province
Ikela
Gizenga
Tananarive
Madagascar
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Lumumbists
Souces
Jean Foster Manzikala
Oriental
Kennedy Plans Major Latin Policy Statement
President Kennedy plans a major statement on Latin America as part of a White House day crowded with foreign policy matters. The schedule includes a 10 a.m. meeting on foreign aid with top officials and a 5 p.m. reception for Latin American ambassadors, previewing a long range economic aid plan for the region.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Latin America
Glen Ora
Middleburg
Caroline
Stanislaus Radziwill
Dean Rusk
George Ball
David Bell
Theodore C Sorenson
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Berlin
Congress
West Virginia Weather Update With Showers And Cooler Temperatures
Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon in West Virginia. Mostly cloudy and cooler later tonight with showers in the western portion, low 37 to 43. Tuesday cooler with a few showers possible in the north. Temperatures mostly 4 to 5 degrees above normal. rain expected Thursday and Saturday totaling about a half inch. Beckley highs 55 to 62, Oak Hill 68, river conditions Greenbrier normal muddy, Lake normal muddy with 6.5 gates open and new gauge 3.5 ft.
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Beckley
Sseseevees
Oak Hill
Kennedy picks Rice as ambassador and other 1961 notes
President Kennedy taps John S. Rice to serve as U S ambassador to the Netherlands. The Peel murder trial enters its second week in Fort Pierce Florida with confessor witnesses to testify. U S press reports indicate Edwin Reis chauer may be named ambassador to Japan. The White House library restyle project is announced. Eisenhower sails Baja California fishing trip with notable companions. Scientists drill 3447 feet offshore near La Jolla in Project Mohole progress. Douglas Wayne Thompson remains at large in Missouri manhunt as two accomplices are captured. Jane Wyman and Freddie Karger wed in Newport Beach after a 1954 divorce. Kennedy named Notre Dame Laetare Medal recipient for 1961.
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John S. Rice
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Kennedy
U.S
Netherlands
West Palm Beach City
Joseph A. Peel Jr
Fort Pierce
Fla
Floyd
Lucky) Holzapfel
Chillingworth
United States
Japan
Harvard
Edwin D. Reischauer
U. S
American Institute of Decorators
White House
Eisenhower
la Paz
Baja California
Charles Jones
Richfield Oil
Freeman Gosden
Andy
Amos 'N
W. Alton Jones
City Service Utility Co
National Science Foundation
la Jolla
Calif
Project Mohole
Douglas Wayne Thompson
Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Jane Wyman
Freddie Karger
Newport Beach
University of Notre Dame
Boy Dead Playmate Loses Eye In Blast
A carbon dioxide cylinder bomb explodes in Camp Pendleton trailer park injuring four boys. One 12-year-old, Harry D. Orr, is killed by shrapnel to the chin. Another, 10-year-old Michael L. Darley, loses sight in one eye. The boys are sons of Marines and used blank ammo to fill the cylinder.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
Harry D. Orr
Michael L. Darley
Sons of Marines
Anti Castroite Attack On Red Embassy Fails
Police foiled an armed anti-Castro attack on the Soviet Embassy residence in Miramar as Maj. William A. Morgan of Toledo Ohio died at La Cabana prison after being convicted of sending arms to anti Castro guerrillas. Observers said executions sharpened opposition to Castro.
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Havana
UPI
William A. Morgan
Toledo
Ohio
Fidel Castro
Swank
Mirimar
Morgan
la Cabana
Serguei Kudriatsev
Castro
U.S
Britain Opens Biggest Spy Trial In 10 Years
Britain charged five persons with a Soviet spy ring plot in the Old Bailey case. Lead defendant Gordon Lonsdale, a Canadian passport holder believed Russian, directed a group that used a Rus sian cottage radio hub near Rus sip to transmit to Moscow. Documents from Britain's Portland naval base and NATO plans were involved as agents found a high frequency radio and ledgers of $6,000 in tens and $2,563 in ones.
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Britain
London
UPI
Moscow
FBI
Washington
the Old Bailey
Klaus Fuchs
Russip
Peter J Kroger
Helen
Sir Reginald
Lord Parker
Reginald
John Bull
Gordon Arnold Lonsdale
Soviet Union
Lonsdale
Elizabeth Gee
Henry F. Houghton
Portland Naval Base
NATO Alliance
Russia
Miss Gee
Houghton
Kroger
Manningham‘Buller
West
Britain Is
Swedish Ingemar Scales Heaviest Career Again
Ingemar of Sweden posts a surprising 115 percent gain to top a career best at Miami Beach. The unusual improvement marks a standout performance for the Swedish athlete during Presstime Bulletin coverage.
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Miami Beach
Ingemar
Barron Can Spend 384000 Per Day
Charleston West Virginia lawmakers approved a record 140.2 million general revenue budget for 1961-62, enabling Gov W W Barron to spend about 384000 daily. About 40 percent funds go to public schools with a 20 per month teacher raise and extra classroom days. The package also adds 2.5 million to the Commerce Department, 8 million to the State Road Commission, and uses a 1 to 3 percent sales tax rise on car purchases to cover road bond obligations. Redistricting to five congressional districts, 32 Senate confirmations, and two constitutional amendments were also adopted.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Barron
Department of Commerce
State Road Commission
Senate
Cecil H. Underwood
Snake Filled Car Crash Kills Five in Texas
Five people died and one injured critically after a collision in Slaton Texas Sunday night. One car carried about 50 live rattlesnakes packed in four sacks and a can in the trunk. State police say officers killed the snakes with sticks to prevent harm. Victims include Eldon Estes Eli Sr and Jr both of Sweetwater Patricia Eli Baucum Benito Cisneros Gilberto Hernandez. William D Ferguson hospitalized in Lubbock in critical condition.
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Slaton
Tex
UPI
Sweetwater
Eldon Estes Eli Sr
Eldon Jr
Patricia Eli Baucum
Benito Cisneros
Southland
Gilberto Hernandez
William D. Ferguson
Mt. Pleasant
Lubbock
Bolt Mining Co Recalls 20 Men For Stock Pile Work
Twenty men were recalled to work today at the Bolt mine of the Bolt Mining Co. Manager R D Meeks said the workers would clear a stock pile of coal from one section while contractors install a new dryer and an aerial tram. No full production will occur until these installations are completed.
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Bolt
Bolt Mining Co
R. D. Meeks
Meeks
Air travel hopes and media rifts greet a week
United Press International reports on Mrs Mary Perry 91 recalling her first airplane ride and wishing for stunt flying. John Huston critiques Marilyn Monroe s struggle to live up to sex symbol status. Ed Sullivan touts Bennett Cerf s moderation in a televised debate. R Sargent Shriver warns Peace Corps recruits not to expect a joyride.
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U.S
United Press International
Drayton
England
Mary Perry
London
John Huston
Marilyn Monroe
More Truth Than Humor Can GOP Beat Caroline 1964
Washington UPI report examines whether humor about Caroline Kennedy signals a political edge for Republicans in 1964. It notes a White House brood of Kennedy children forming a media spotlight, including Bobby Kennedy and John Jr., with extensive coverage of their public moments and the large Kennedy family among the administration’s younger generation.
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Ronald H. Nelsen
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Caroline
White House
John Jr
Executive Mansion
New Frontier Youth Brigade
Schools Get 41 Of Record Budget In West Virginia
West Virginia lawmakers approved a record general revenue budget totaling 140.2 million dollars with about 41 percent earmarked for public schools. The 1961 62 budget includes a 20 per month teacher pay raise and extends the school year by 10 days to 180 days. It also assumes 3 million in July August revenue from a temporary sales tax hike to fund a crash public works program. The Department of Public Assistance TV WVU budgets rise, with WVU up 1.53 million and DPA gains of 118000 for next year.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
West Virginia University
DPA
WV legislature boosts budgets for state colleges
The West Virginia Legislature increased the 1961-62 operations funding for all state supported colleges. Marshall University will operate next year with 2.6 million, 200 thousand more than the current budget, while WVU receives 9.8 million. Other colleges get raised appropriations: Concord 959,335. Fairmont 871,690. West Liberty 657,662. Glenville 614,165. Shepherd 594,300. Bluefield 539,885.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Marshall University
State Board of Education
West Virginia University
Marshall
WVU
Concord
Fairmont
West Liberty
Glenville
Shepherd
Bluefield
TV Duel Rules Set For Paar Sullivan Debate
The seconds of Jack Paar and Ed Sullivan plan ground rules for a televised debate on guest star payments. The Great TV Debate will air on NBC Tonight at 11 30 p m after a boxing prelim in Miami Beach. PMID: 0
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New York
UPI
Jack Paar
Ed Sullivan
Paar
Sullivan
Nbc-Tv
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Ge A
Miami Beach
Robert Precht
Paul Orr
Bennett Cerf
No Change In Prison Appropriations
Charleston reports no increases to prison budgets in the $140.2 million general revenue plan approved by the 55th Legislature. Moundsville Penitentiary receives 1,100,680 for 1961-42, Huttonsville 397,648, Pence Springs 83,020. Other budgets include Prunytown Boys Industrial School 342,418 up 378, Forestry Camp for Boys 119,790 up 6,000, Salem Home for Girls 190,779 up 200.
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Charleston
UPI
Moundsville
Huttonsville
Peace Springs
Pence Springs
Pruntytown
Fir
Salem
State Solons Propose Civil Works Measure
Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd of West Virginia introduced a Senate bill to create a civil works program in areas with chronic unemployment. The measure would empower the Army to authorize engineers to use surplus labor for water resources and flood control projects.
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Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virginia
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