Congo Turmoil Dimmed U N Day Ceremony Amid Riots
In Leopoldville fewer than 200 Congolese attended the United Nations Day parade as road blocks and fear kept the populace away. U N forces struggled to control rioting soldiers and police who looted, beat civilians, and disrupted daily life across the Congo while Mobutu prepared for an appeal to Dag Hammarskjold in New York.
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United Nations
Katanga
New York
Joseph Yav
U.N
Ian Berendsen
Yao
Pespone
U.N. Iself
Leopoldville
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Ldville
U. N
Stanleyville
Oriental Province
Nied
Mobutu
Coquilhatville
Dag Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumimba
Debaters Haggle On Cuba Problem Debates
Washington AP The major presidential candidates clash over a fifth televised debate focusing on Cuba In messages Nixon proposes an in depth Cuban debate while Kennedy cautions against limiting the session to one country and urges broader coverage including distortions claims and other campaign topics He assigns representatives to work out the details and tensions rise over the format and scope.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Bhe
Cuba
Kennedy attacks GOP on Social Security in Illinois rally
Senator John F Kennedy accuses Republicans led by Richard Nixon of wrecking Social Security during a Rockford rally in Illinois as part of his bid for the state's 27 electoral votes. He calls for higher Social Security payments expanded medical care and greater work options for the aged.
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GOP
Kennedy
Illinois
John F. Kennedy
Republican Party
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Rockford
Hie
America
Ex-Envoy Joins Anti-Castroites in Cuba Crisis
Former Cuban Ambassador Sergio Santamarina said he will fly to Miami to join 150,000 Cuban émigrés preparing a counter revolution against Fidel Castro. He warned of civil war, described Castro as a mad dog, and urged restoring order with an election within 18 months. He claimed Soviet involvement and predicted Castro’s possible escape.
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London
Sergio Rojas Santamarina
Miami
Fidel Castro
Korea
Havana
Britain
Europe
Cuba
FDR Jr to Return for Kennedy Campaign Swing in W Va
Frank D. Roosevelt Jr. heads to West Virginia for Kennedy campaign appearances in Wayne Williamson Logan and Pineville. He arrives by air at 10 a.m. conducts roadside stops holds a press conference and speaks at a Democratic rally Friday night before leaving Saturday morning after an overnight in Beckley.
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Huntington
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
West Virginia
John Kennedy
Roosevelt
Wayne County
Williamson
Logan
Pineville
Beckley
Three Greenbrier night clubs raided in West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs AP prosecutors charged Clover Club manager George Ziehms and Pines bartender George Shdeed with gambling and liquor violations. Colonial manager Al Gearhart faced gambling charges, and Clover Club bartender Alfred Joseph Appedesane was charged with illegal sale of liquor as state and county officers raid three clubs early Sunday.
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White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
Harry Zimmerman
Lewisburg
George Ziehms
Clover Club
George Shdeed
the Pines
al Gearhart
Colonial
Alfred Joseph Appedesane
West Virginia
First Snow Falls in Preston County
AP reports light snow flurries in Preston County with Kingwood Terra Alta and Masontown seeing sticking snow. Flurries ended by midmorning as skies cleared, with scattered flakes in the northern panhandle and bright sun elsewhere in central and southern regions.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Junior
Terra Alta
Masontown
Panhandle
Wheeling
Chester
Waterford Downs
Frost and Freeze Warning Sets West Virginia Tonight
Frost and freeze conditions sweep across West Virginia with clear skies and a cold night. Temperatures fall to the 20s with easing into cool, sunny days in the 40s to 50s through Tuesday and beyond. Extended outlook shows near normal to four degrees below normal lows and highs through Saturday, with little precipitation expected. Beckley reports a high of 60 yesterday and 44 this morning, Oak Hill a high of 65 and a low of 39, river and lake conditions normal and clear.
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Beckley High
OAK Hill High
Greenbrier
Air Force men killed in plane crash near Arapahoe Glacier
The bodies of Maj. Kenneth R. Brangwin formerly of Oiv et Michigan and MSgt. Lawrence W. Dugan formerly of Parkersburg West Virginia were recovered from a light plane wreckage near Arapahoe Glacier. Both were stationed at Mountain Home AFB Idaho.
Ike to Play Political Role in Mexico Trip
President Eisenhower begins a goodwill visit to Mexico with a two hour session with President Adolfo Lopez Mateos after which he proceeds to Houston for a Rice Institute address. The trip follows weeks of political activity linked to Nixon Lodge ticket and sparks Democratic countercharges.
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Mexico
Palm Springs
Calif
Eisenhower
Nixon Lodge
California
Laughlin Air Force Base
del Rio
Tex
Ciudad Acuna
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
White House
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Lopez Mateos
Houston
Rice Institute
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
John F. Kennedy
San Francisco
New York
Pennsylvania
Quads Arrive as British Couple Welcomes Four Sons
Detroit dispatch reports Gerard Guinnane and wife Margaret Mary welcomed quadruplets born early at Providence Hospital. Parents from Highland Park with two older sons, Stephen and Anthony, the four boys Peter Paul Vincent and Gerard weighed 4 11 to 5 2 pounds. Doctors said no complications.
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Gerard Guinnane
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Guinnane
Highland Park
Guinnanes
Providence Hospital
Peter
Paul
Vincent
Gerard
Joseph Watts
Manchester
England
Newcastle
Bragging Neighbor Shows Domineering Home Acts
A boastful neighbor claims control of household chores including vacuuming lawn care mopping and errands. The tale contrasts bragging with a fisherman who returns home openly after a large catch.
West Virginia Candidates Tour By Air And Rail
Major West Virginia candidates pursued broad campaigning by air and road. Senator Jennings Randolph toured McDowell County, Governor Underwood used a helicopter across Mingo Wayne and Cabell, Harold Neely planned stops in several counties, and Wally Barron targeted southern counties with a Williamson rally. Nixon planned a Parkersburg stop on a statewide tour. Barron assailed the Underwood administration over roads fees. A caravan of Democratic candidate wives completed a six day, 33 county tour covering about 2000 miles to boost turnout and women's clubs.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
U. S
Jennings Randolph
McDowell County
Welch
Underwood
Mingo
Wayne
Cabell
Tri-State
Charleston
Solid Fuels
Harold E. Neely
Preston
Taylor
Upshur
Tucker
Grant
Hardy
Moorefield High School
Wally Barron
Williamson
Huntington
Richard M. Nixon
Ohio Valley
Wood County
Parkersburg
Nixon
Williamstown
Pittsburgh
St. Marys
Barron
State Roads Commission
Solomon
Sharon
Cabin Creek
Kanawha
Camcravan
World's No 1 Nudist is Secretive British Teacher
London AP reports Muriel Clark, a plump middle aged schoolteacher, elected Britain's first woman president of the British Sun Bathing Association at a central heated annual meeting. She guards her secret from students and parents fearing reaction. She cites lifetimes sunbathing and parents’ sensitivities regarding nudism.
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London
Britain
Muriel Clark
British Sun Bathing Association
Clark
Phony Penn Station Bomb Discovered In Station Booth
A hoax device made of four empty pipes wrapped in brown paper was found suspended from a shelf under a telephone at Penn Station Long Island Rail Road area. Police roped off the spot while bomb squad removed it and linked the discovery to a city pattered by four prior blasts in recent weeks.
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Manhattan
Staten Island
UN Atom Test Session Urged By Poland
Poland urged the United Nations General Assembly to convene a special session on halting nuclear tests if no agreement is reached by April 1. The 99 nation disarmament committee heard expected input from Yugoslav delegate Dobrivoje Vidic and British official David Ormsby-Gore as discussions continued on a compromise disarmament plan.
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United Nations
N.Y
Poland
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
Dobrivoje Vidic
David Ormsby-Gore
Britain
Vidic
Ormsby-Gore
Luka F. Palamarchuk
Barron Merit System Claims False Governor
Gov Underwood accuses Atty Gen W W Barron of false statements to inject merit system into politics. He defends appointing Welch Henritze after merit exams and says Anderson was not blocked for politics, noting his March 17 1958 letter on the matter and adherence to law.
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Charleston
Underwood
W. W. Barron
Barron
Welch Henritze
Bartley
McDowell County
Merit System Council
Henritze
William J. Anderson
Gassaway
Gold price up again on London market
London AP reports the price of gold rose to 40.04 dollars per fine ounce this morning as speculative buying renewed global financial market unease.
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London
Woman Tosses Whisky In Kennedy Face At Rally
A woman threw a glass of whisky at Senator John F. Kennedy in Milwaukee Sunday night as he rode in an open car to a rally. Kennedy calmly returned the glass, while the assailant remained unidentified despite a brief incident at Ford Hall Forum where Mrs. Melvyn Douglas stood. No arrests were reported.
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Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Milwaukee
Boston
Helen Gahagan Douglas
California
Kennedy
Melvyn Douglas
Reuben L. Lurie
Ford Hall Forum
Kennedy hits Nixon on farm policy in Wisconsin tour
President candidate launches new phase of campaign across Wisconsin praising voters and slamming Nixon on farm policy disarmament and foreign affairs. Illinois swing starts in Rockford then rallies at University of Illinois Peoria Moline Rock Island and Chicago suburbs with Tuesday speeches planned near Chicago.
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Wisconsin
Richard M. Nixon
Illinois
Rockford
University of Illinois
Peoria
Moline
Rock Island
Chicago
Kennedy
Milwaukee
Nixon
Catholic Bishops Split by Puerto Rico Pastoral Letter
In San Juan Puerto Rico Roman Catholic bishops urged Catholics to vote against Gov Luiz Munoz Marin’s Popular Democratic party PDP over laws on birth control and sterilization. Archbishop James Davis faced mixed reactions as others supported and opposed the letter. Cardinal Spellman in New York said voters could ignore the letter without sin.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luiz Munoz Marin
Popular Democratic Party
PDP
Fred Pierce Corson
James Davis
Munoz Marin
San Felipe
PBP
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Nixon Attacks Kennedy Religious Issue Tactics
Vice President Richard Nixon says he may respond publicly to what he calls smear tactics by Kennedy forces over the religious issue in the campaign. Klein accuses Democrats of exploiting religion to win Catholic votes amid Protestant ministerial appearances and remarks by Robert F. Kennedy on television.
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Nixon
Pennsylvania
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Herbert G. Klein
John F. Kennedy
Klein
Houston
Robert F. Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Landslide Seen Possible Either Way By Pollster
Washington AP reports pollster George Gallup says the presidency remains very close with voter uncertainty making a colossal landslide possible for either candidate. He notes major shifts in the final weeks before past elections, in a copyright interview with U.S. News & World Report.
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Washington
George Gallup
Gallup
U.S. News & World Report
67 Million Vote Seen in Next U.S. Election
Washington officials estimate about 67 million Americans will vote next month, surpassing the 1956 total of 62 million. The Census Bureau says 107 million are eligible to vote, but many may not meet requirements or vote.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Census Bureau
Public mood shifts in 1948 echo in 1960 race
Gallup notes about 70 million voters with 3.5 million undecided mirror past cycles. He cites a crucial factor in potential realignment between Vice President Richard M and Senator John F Kennedy, while recalling the 1948 pattern where over 70 percent of the undecided swung to Truman in the final weeks.
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Richard M
John F. Kennedy
Gallup
Mene
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Governor To Reveal New Use For Coal
Governor Underwood plans a non political statewide TV report Wednesday night on a new coal use. A time was not fixed yet but the program is expected to be outlined at the 23rd annual Solid Fuels Conference banquet tonight with a 9 30 a m EST news conference on Wednesday.
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Charleston
Underwood
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