Mutinous African soldiers seize Leopoldville capital
Mutinous African troops moved through Leopoldville firing on cars and targets as Europeans fled. Communications with the city were cut for hours, with Belga confirming the capital in rebel hands. Belgian plans to evacuate Europeans intensified as refugees crossed the Congo River toward Brazzaville.
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Belgium
UPI
Congo
Leopoldville
Belga
Brazzaville
Lower Congo
French Congo
Sabena
Leopldlville
Republic
Belgian Ministry of African Affairs
Slaying Bullets Probe Ties Rifle To Wilbanks
U S complaint tracks Cuban fire bullets fired from a .22 caliber automatic owned by John Wilbanks. Ballistics tests link the bullets to his rifle as authorities investigate motive in the Sunday slaying of nine year old Barbara King near Lake Martin. Wilbanks, a former Sarasota County resident, is held in Wetumpka Alabama on a first degree murder charge.
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John Wilbanks
Ross Boyer
Wilbanks
Sarasota County
Wetumpka
Ala
Barbara King
Birmingham Insurance Company
Lake Martin
Glen Curlee
Elmer County
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Cuba Breaks with U S over Expropriation of Refineries
Havana denounces Washington protest as false and hypocritical after seizing Esso Texaco refineries and Shell refinery dispute. Castro to address sugar cut by Eisenhower, with potential retaliatory moves. China and Soviet denounce U S policy as aggressive as first tanker arrives bearing crude to ease fuel shortage. Demonstrations flare in Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio.
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UPI
Cuba
China
Russia
United States
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Washington
Esso
Texaco
U.S.A
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eisenhower
Tass
Radio Moscow
U.S. Information Service
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Armando Hart
Communist Party
Hopkins Search Shifts in Grand Larceny Case
The search for Sarasota realty broker Jane Hopkins moved south of Monterey Mexico as money deals reach 90000 dollars. Assistant state attorney James Adams cites an Ohio couple's complaint over 18000 dollars unpaid for a house. Sheriff Ross Boyer reports no word from Mexican police yet. A Sarasota man was defrauded of 5300 dollars in a loan expected to bail real estate in North Carolina. An investigation probes a Manatee county land deeded to five couples.
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Jane Hopkins
Sarasota Realty
Monterey
Mexico
James Adams
1000-Pound Man Dies Of Illness
In Northridge California Arthur Knorr a 46 year old man weighing 800 to 1000 pounds died at his sister’s home after months of confinement Police noted the coroner could not find stretchers to move the body Nine officers and firefighters spent about three hours to lift and transport him to a table strapped to it and slid him out the door A doctor attributed natural causes but said a glandular condition likely caused the dramatic weight gain more than 200 pounds this year
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Northridge
Calif
UPI
Arthur Knorr
Knorr
Platform Planners Seek Civil Rights Input From Leaders
Los Angeles reports platform planners in the Democratic party rally experts and governors for civil rights guidance amid Southern sparring. A subcommittee will draft the platform with witnesses including six mayors and union leaders while Kennedy backs a civil rights plank supporting sit-ins.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Spessard L. Holland
Florida
Dixie Bloc
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennnedy
Massachusetts
South
Kennedy
Italy Crackdown Threatened Over Violent Protests in Rome
In Rome premier Fernando Tambroni warned tougher police action until the Communist led CGIL halts violence that has left seven dead and hundreds injured. Rioting spread from Reggio Emilia to northern cities as a 10 hour general strike faltered and clashes erupted near Via Nazionale with a bombing targeting novelist Carlo Levi’s car.
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Rome
Italy
Fernando Tambroni
Reds
Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Reggio Emilia
Tambroni
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
Lefist
Guiseppe Spataro
Carlo Levi
Christ
Eboli
Via Nazionale
Khrushchev Leaves Austria Claiming Propaganda Victory
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wraps up a nine day visit to Austria saying he has scored a propaganda victory for foreign policy. He held a press conference before departure and praised peaceful coexistence while Austria kept its neutrality. The talks yielded lower reparations, expanded exchanges, and a tempered stance on Western allies.
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Vienna
UPI
Nikita
Khrushchev
Austria
Moscow
United States
West Germany
US Studies Union Finances Under Landrum Griffin Act
Washington AP The Labor Department began reviewing thousands of union financial reports filed under the 1959 Landrum Griffin Labor Reporting Act. The act requires unions to submit annual financial disclosures to the appropriate authorities.
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Washington
Labor Department
Landrum-Griffin
Aggression In Latin America OAS to Probe Venezuela Claim
The Organization of American States plans to form a committee to investigate Venezuela's charge that the Dominican Republic aggressed in the Western Hemisphere. The 21 nation council will consider the request and may set a ministerial meeting date and venue, forming a provisional consultative organ to determine the facts before any ministers meet.
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Washington
Organization of American States
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
OAS Council
Hottest Values in Town See Wenwood City Ad
Real estate teaser promotes Sarasota's Bee Ridge Road area as the newest cool suburb with Bee Ridge Road listings. Claims 234 bedrooms and from $9300, inviting buyers to visit Trail east of 8th.}
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Wenwood City
Sarasota
Bee Ridge Rd
Trail
California Governor Brown Remarks At Johnson Reception
California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr overheard praising Senator John Kennedy at a San Francisco Johnson reception while a Missouri governor requests Truman’s stance on the Democratic convention. A Coast Guard mock rescue schedules a Sarasota Bay operation amid Safe Boating Week events and water ski display by the Sarasota Ski A Rees.
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Edmund G. Brown
Sen
John Kennedy
San Francisco
Lyndon Johnson
Coast Guard
Sarasota
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