Federal Troops Set Up Near Birmingham After Riots
Federal forces moved into Alabama with combat troops and airlifted equipment to Maxwell Air Force Base as Kennedy ordered action to curb violence in Birmingham where six weeks of antisegregation protests culminated in Sunday clashes. Governor Wallace protested and state officials warned of potential court orders, while King and Gaston sites were attacked and 22 people injured in fierce street fighting.
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Ala
UPI
Kennedy
Federal Mediation and Concillation Service
Federal Bureau of
Air Force
Maxwell Air Force Base
Here
Montgomery
Maxwell
Alabama
South
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
George Wallace
Anoth
Wallace
Alabama Public Safety
al Lingo
Anniston
Alabama National Guard
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
Three East Berlin refugees shot near wall escape
Twelve East German refugees attempted to breach the Berlin wall Sunday but were halted by gunfire. The East German Defense Ministry blamed West Berlin authorities for aiding criminals and claimed Western police fired around 150 shots as three to six refugees were wounded. West Berlin police, noting 12 aboard, reported discrepancies over the bus count and three others taken away in ambulances.
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Defense Ministry
Soviets Expel Briton Yank Diplomats Over Espionage Case
Moscow expelled one American and one British diplomat amid an espionage case that led to a Soviet official's death sentence and a British businessman's imprisonment. The Americans named were Hugh Montgomery and three other former embassy staff. the Britons included Gervase Cowell and his wife Pamela. Also declared persona non grata were four former British Embassy members.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Hugh Montgomery
Gervase Cowell
Pamela
Oleg Penkovsky
Greville Wynne
Montgomery
William Jones
Alexis Davison
Air Force
Rodney Carlson
Graham speaks to Paris audience about relation to God
Evangelist Billy Graham tells a Paris audience that the visit aims to address the most important matter in the world and the believer’s relation to God. He insists the trip is not a show but a serious message. The remarks underscore his religious outreach in France.
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United Press International
Paris
Billy Graham
West Virginia Weather Forecast Affects Plans
Cloudy to partly sunny weather with warmer temperatures across the state. Today highs reach 65 to 70 east and 70s in the west, with tonight only dipping to the 50s east and 60s west. Tuesday highs expected from 77 to 82 east and in the 80s west. River conditions show Bluestone and Lake at normal, with a new gauge at Hinton measuring 2.1 feet.
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Oak Hill
Beek Watm
Clear
Gates
Hinton
Stay Of Execution For Project Mercury?
CAPE CANAVERAL UPI reports Project Mercury may receive a stay as an 18 month gap looms in manned spaceflight. NASA signals reshuffle to Gemini and Apollo dominate, with Mercury readings and hardware prepared in case flights resume. The push centers on Apollo driven by budget and timing concerns.
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UPI
U.S
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
United States
America
Cooper
D. Brainerd Holmes
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Congress
Gemini
Mercury
Apollo
Air Force
Earth
San Diego
Calif
Allen Goes Underground Capt. Frank undertakes 100 day coffin confinement
Frank L. Allen, a 52 year old stunt man from Beckley formerly of near Pittsburgh, is buried six feet underground in a pine coffin to commemorate West Virginia's Centennial. He plans to stay inside the box for 100 days with a periscope and microphone linked to Ravenswood radio, aiming to surpass his 62 day record.
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Ripley
UPI
Capt
Frank
Capt. Frank
Frank L. Allen
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Allen
Beckley
Ravenswood
Plane Explosion Kills 32 Aboard United Arab Dakota
Investigators sift wreckage after a United Arab Airlines Dakota exploded midflight from Cairo to Alexandria amid a dust storm. All 32 aboard were killed. Debris litters a lemon grove near the village 20 miles north of Cairo. Passengers included Lebanese, Iraqis, and others. two UN passports found. Names of victims include American Albert Lion and wife Gloria.
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Zahweii
U.A.R
UPT
United Arab Airlines
Cairo
Alexandria
United Nations
Albert Lion
Gloria
Hunger Crisis Looms as Illinois Talks Stall Relief
Gov Otto Kerner led talks with state officials to resolve a funding dispute threatening ADC and general relief, while food warehouses in Illinois stocked supplies for distribution. Emergency funds are tied to welfare ceilings, with Chicago areas urging aid and private groups calling for neighborly donations as USDA began shipments to distressed relief recipients.
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Springfield
Kerner
Charles F. Carpentier
Carpentier
Senate
Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Harold O. Swank
Cook County
Byrd Informs CFA of Levy Vote Result
Senator Byrd notified the Community Facilities Administration that Raleigh County approved a $400,000 levy for Stephen's Lake to match a $1.2 million federal grant. Total votes 9,362 in favor 6,146 against, with Mabscott and Lester counts noted. County canvass to confirm totals Friday.
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Pluto
Beckley
Raleigh Register News Room
Stephens Lake Levy
Robert C. Byrd
Community Facilities Administration
Washington, D. C
Stephen's Lake
Raleigh
Mabscott
Lester
Philadelphia
CFA
Byrd
Lake Stephens
Notifies Court Of Lake Stephens Records Demand
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk Hanks filed a carbon copy letter at The Register demanding immediate access to all records on Lake Stephens expenses. The missive requests checks, invoices, and contracts, plus dates of check stamping, amid prior election opposition material.
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Raleigh County
C. Harold Hanks
Stephens Lake Levy
Register Office
John C. Ward
Lake Stephens
Lake Stephens Levy
Hanks
Robert L. Davis
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Co
Western Pocahontas Corp
iRobert L. Davis Co
Cooper Ready Optimism Prevails At Cape Canaveral
At Cape Canaveral ALVIN B. WEBB Jr. reports Cooper, a 36 year old Air Force major, nears launch for the Mercury 22 orbit mission. Technicians load fuel early amid favorable weather and calm newsflow, with a planned blast off between 9 am and 11:30 am EDT Tuesday.
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Alvin B. Webb Jr
Cape Canaveral
UPIT
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
America
Space
Cooper
Air Force
Earth
Argentine cabinet crisis tests July elections
Argentine President Jose Maria Guido seeks replacements after the entire cabinet resigned amid military civilian talks. Interior Minister Gen Enrique Rauch demanded a purge of corruption and neutralism before the July 7 elections. Gen Juan Carlos Ongania, army commander, met Guido and expressed optimism that the ministerial crisis would be resolved quickly.
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Buenos Aires
API
Jose Maria Guido
Enrique Rauch
Guido
Rauch
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Spain
Juan Carlos Ongania
Sherwood Glutz Describes Sleep Loss From Daylight Saving Time
Sherwood Glutz vents about daylight saving time disrupting sleep. He jokes about waking early to milk a cow that isn’t used to the new hours and compares the cow to an alarm clock. The speaker says he fell behind and won’t catch up until harvest.
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Everbuddy
Walking Is No Pleasure In Riot Stricken Town
UPI war correspondent William Tome describes a tense night walk through riot scarred Birmingham Alabama. Police and troopers patrolled 5th Avenue as newsmen moved between fire damaged buildings and the Gaston Motel bomb site with passes from authorities and warnings to stay in the street.
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King
Atlanta
UPI
William Tome
Birmingham
Ala
5Th Avenue
Steel City
Highway Patrol
Kelly-Ingram Park
A.G. Gaston
French Admire Billy Graham in Paris Crusade
In Paris a large tent at the Flea Market housed Billy Graham as French reactions varied to his crusade. About 5 000 of 8 000 seats were filled and around 400 attendees came forward to accept Christ after a 90 minute sermon touching infidelity, atomic bombs, and Alabama race issues. Some described the event as a grand spectacle while others called it very good and moving.
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Paris
UPI
Billy Graham
Graham
Alabama
Paradise
Khrushchev Reply To Nuclear Test Ban Studied
London officials said Khrushchev’s note replying to Kennedy and Macmillan urging a nuclear test ban is under study. The content was not disclosed and no timing given for handover to Prime Minister Macmillan. The appeal pressed for stall to end and a verifiable ban announced after a Kremlin meeting April 24.
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London
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Foreign Office
Macmillan
Khrushchev
U. S
Moscow
Kennedy Macmillan
Kremlin
A Fellow’s Rise From Snubs To Self-Contentment
A man reflects that true success comes when boredom with former snubbers signals personal growth and altered social perception. The remark frames achievement as internal, not dependent on others' validation.
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