California Primary Bristling With Controversy As Vote Looms
A busy weekend of California politics features sharp charges between camps while Gov. Brown urges a heavy Democratic vote to challenge Nixon. National figures Rockefeller and Stevenson campaign elsewhere as Minnesota and other states hold primaries and caucuses with Kennedy and Symington seeking delegates.
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Goldwater Defends Johnson as Strong Democratic Leader
Goldwater argues Johnson remains the strongest Democratic candidate despite summit fallout. He says Kennedy and Stevenson lost ground while Nixon predicts Kennedy would be the toughest opponent for the Democrats. Goldwater lauds Johnson for standing behind the president amid Khrushchev's insults and the summit collapse.
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Summer Typing Courses for Teens Offer Quick Progress
Parents seek a productive summer activity as teens join typing classes. The program promises rapid skill gains with enjoyable lessons and flexible schedules including marching or afternoon sessions.
Integration Up in Air At Houston
Houston voters rejected racial integration for 177 public schools in a referendum, while a higher court order pushes the district toward desegregation. Judge Ben C Connell will not accept plans based on area desegregation and a Texas law requiring voter approval to avoid penalties remains unsettled. Dallas faces a separate desegregation timeline with a Salt-and-Pepper plan ordered to start in September 1961.
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Adlai Stevenson Leads In Union Poll
Roosevelt university labor education division reports 40 percent of surveyed labor leaders favor Adlai Stevenson. Of 78 ballots, 31 named Stevenson, while Democratic Senators Symington of Missouri and Kennedy of Massachusetts each received 18 votes.
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Truman Discusses Veto of Spy Plane Use
In Chicago, former President Truman recalled vetoing a proposal to use spy planes for intelligence. He said the idea was raised around 1949 or 1950 and he believed such flights were not proper.
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Latin American diplomats alarmed by Cuba U S clash
Latin American diplomats in Washington view the widened Cuba U S dispute as a distraction from regional economic and social problems. Exiled Cuban editor Jose Rivero warned Cuba could become another Korea and warned of possible attacks on Guantanamo Bay. Rivero also said Castro may cut diplomatic ties with the United States as Khrushchev is invited to visit Cuba.
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Nurse and Husband Shot by L A Woman in Separate Home Incident
In Los Angeles a registered nurse, Elsie Jones, 48, was shot three times at her estranged husband Vernon Jones's home. Nettie McCurely, 36, later accused of shooting the couple, was wounded in the leg and jailed. Police report the nurse sought care for her ill husband when the shooting occurred.
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Cuba consider ties with Red China and Chou En Lai visit
The New York Times reported Fidel Castro's regime preparing to establish diplomatic ties with Peiping and Cuba planning a major trade pact inviting Premier Chou En Lai. The move could disrupt a Latin American front against recognizing the Chinese Communists and draw U.S. concern.
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Four Killed In Private Plane Crash Near Miami
Investigators seek the cause after a private plane went down five minutes after takeoff from Miami airport. Four people died: Patrick J. Duggan 25 Indianapolis the pilot Stephen Ray Rightor 18 his brother Jerry Irving Rightor 21 and Donald Fagin 41 all of Hiajeah Florida. Wreckage scattered hundreds of yards through the swamp Everglades.
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