Trujillo Assassin Diaz Shot Dead in Dominican City
Soldiers and police killed retired Gen Juan Tomas Diaz 52 and an accomplice in a house to house raid in Ciudad Trujillo after a gun battle near Independence Park. Diaz had aided Trujillo’s assassination plot and was killed alongside Antonio de la Maza.
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Trujillo
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Juan Tomas Diaz
Rafael Trujillo
Diaz
Antonio de la Maza
de la Maza
Generalissimo Trujillo
Independence Park
Bolivar Avenue
Berlin
Trujilo
Rafael L. Trujillo Jr
Armed Forces
Rue Saint-Martin
Fire destroys garage as 200 firemen attend convention
A morning blaze in Raton razed a garage and car drawing an unusually large turnout of about 200 firemen. The firefighters were in town for the annual state convention, which runs through Wednesday.
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RATON
Skeleton found near Punta identified after long exposure
A human skeleton, discovered by a rabbit hunter in Torrance County near Punta, was examined at Mountainair Hospital. Doctors believe the remains lay in place for 15 to 20 years before being found. Ferrio Gonzales, 33, reported the sighting to the State Police after locating the skeleton near his home.
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Santa FE
Torrance County
Mountainair Hospital
Ferrio Gonzales
Punta
Judge Backs Change After Speeding Ticket Mixup
In Lebanon Indiana patrolman Ross Pauley altered a speeding ticket to move the motorist before Judge Eugene Burns, the city judge, after noticing the name matched his own. The incident raises questions about fairness in the local court handling.
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Lebanon
Ind
Ross Pauley
Eugene B. Burns
Pauley
Justice of the Peace Court
Eugene Burns
Breakthrough In Rocketry Reported By U S Scientists
Sacramento reports U S scientists claim a new era in rocketry with a 30 foot test missile delivering nearly 500000 pounds of thrust. They describe segmented stacking enabling future rockets 200 feet tall, potentially reaching 2 million pounds of thrust and up to 21 million in multi cluster assemblies to surpass Soviet payloads.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.S
Titan
Cape Canaveral
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Atlas
Soviet Union
Three Car Crash Injures Lubbock Woman
A 69 year old Lubbock woman sustained minor injuries in a three car collision at Main and College at 7 08 p m Saturday. Ella Mae Walker rode as a passenger in Nettie D Hall s car from Dallas. Other drivers were Raymond F Patterson of Albuquerque and Sherman B Wallace of Dallas. Damages were about 425 dollars.
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Lubbock
Tex
Main and College
Ella Mae Walker
Hickory
Nettie D. Hall
Kemrock Drive
Dallas
Raymond F. Patterson
Sunland Circle
Albuquerque
Sherman B. Wallace
Futura Drive
Funeral services planned for L. T. Konopak in Santa Fe
L. T. Konopak 76 died in an Espanola hospital. A certified public accountant he lived in semi retirement in Santa Fe after moving with his wife from Toledo Ohio. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith.
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Santa FE
L. T. Konopak
Espanola
Konopak
Toledo
Ohio
Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
Leaders of Tomorrow Highlight New Mexico Boys State Day
The 1961 New Mexico Boys State in Roswell saw 97 percent attendance at church services as delegates started a day of city reporter appointments and leadership lectures. Bill Latham of the El Paso Times urged future leaders to accept tough duties, noting ongoing global tensions and the long road ahead. The day included city office campaigns, a 27-member Boys State band, and the Law Enforcement school led by Captain Archie White and Officer Jerry Workman with FBI input from John O’Leary.
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New Mexico
Boys State
Roswell
Bill Latham
el Paso Times
Mechem
American Legion
F B. I
John O'Leary
Albuquerque
O’leary
Archie White
Las Cruces
Jerry Workman
French Strife Over Algeria Claims 11 Lives
Paris police pursued Algerians involved in a dawn shooting affray that killed 11, including four soldiers, and wounded 9 others. Police tracked suspects through three boroughs, with clashes near Magenta Strasbourg, Bonne Nouvelle station, and Rue Saint Martin.
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Algeria
Paris
Vincennes
Boulevards
Magenta and
Strasbourg
Bonne Nouvelle
Geneva Laos Talks Keep Deadlocked In Vienna Summit
London AP reports Kennedy and Khrushchev wrap up Vienna talks with limited gains and urge East West contact while Geneva delegates push cease fire probes in Laos. Khrushchev heads to Jakarta to meet Sukarno as U S officials seek possible moderation of Soviet stance. Kennedy warned Khrushchev against misreading Western resolve over West Berlin.
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London
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Vienna
Austria
Khrushchev
Laos
Sukarno
Indonesia
U.S
West Berlin
Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
U.N. General Assembly
New York
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Berlin
East Germany
Washington
Kremlin
Pear
de Gaulle
France
Adenauer
Germany
Southeast Asia
Rock n Roll Party Ends Up in Brawl
A Zuma Beach concert drew more than 25 000 fans before a wild brawl erupted leaving a girl raped another beaten and an eye injury. Officers arrested fourteen youths as rioters tore up restrooms and lifeguard towers. Singer Fabian canceled and KRLA had organized the event. Police fought rocks bottles and cans for four hours to clear the beach.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Fabian
Los Angeles
KRLA
Zuma Beach
Here
Kirby Temple
Herb Heiman
Winds Delay 5,000 Mile Great Lakes Sail to Germany
Lt Col Leonard Flo and Robert Killerman aim to sail Marilu III from Duluth through the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway to Hamburg in about 60 days despite a hull leak and motor trouble after a storm hurled their 24 foot boat onto an Eagle River beach. Coast Guard towed the craft two miles southwest of Eagle River to Houghton Michigan for repairs. Flo, deputy commander for material at Biggs Air Force Base, said the hull appeared undamaged and the voyage will resume once repairs are completed and conditions permit.
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Houghton, Mich
Minnesota
Germany
Leonard Flo
Robert Killerman
San Francisco
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Flo
Air Force
Coast Guard
Eagle River
Houghton
Killerman
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Tex
Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Khrushchev at Vienna Shows Cautious, Controlled Demeanor
Khrushchev’s Vienna talks with Kennedy differed from Paris, with a sober, measured bearing. He aimed to gauge U.S. resolve against Communist expansion, avoided pressing Berlin, and signaled tentative support for a Laos cease-fire while warning of future, strategic moves. The visit underscored a patient, calculating approach amid global tensions.
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Viet
Khrushchev
Vienna
U.N
Paris
Saturn booster transport hurdles after TVA lock damage
Huntsville AP Saturn space booster faces delay as Wheeler Dam lock damage blocks barge route to Cape Canaveral. NASA plans three transport options. land route from Huntsville may be needed to reach a loading point, but bridges and overheads threaten the plan. TVA warns repairs could take months.
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Huntsville
Ala
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Wheeler Dam
TVA
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA
Washington
Florida
Carlsbad Potash Miner Crushed In Mine Accident
Francis Upton a 41 year old Carlsbad potash miner was killed when crushed between a shuttle car and machinery at the International Mineral and Chemical Corp mine near Carlsbad. State Mine Inspector William Hays investigated. coroner's jury cited internal injuries.
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Carlsbad (Ap
Francis Upton
Carlsbad
International Mineral and Chemical Corp
Duvall Sulphur and Potash Co
William Hays
Upton
Regents OK $16 Million Budget With Lab Contract Role
The New Mexico State Board of Regents approved a $16 million overall budget with over $2 million from state appropriations and $5 million from the university physical science laboratory. The lab serves as a contracting agency for missile and other research under federal and private contracts.
Senators urge LBJ to tour the South for integration aid
New York AP report notes Senators Barry Goldwater and Jacob Javits urged Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to travel to the South to help ease racial tensions and publicly test Johnson's civil rights stance. The pair spoke on ABC's Issues and Answers, arguing the trip could leverage Johnson's prestige in the region.
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New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
South
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Jacob K. Javits
Johnson
Goldwater
Javits
ABC
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