Living Gay Mock Wedding At Jordan High
On the Jordan High School campus a farce wedding between a named male student and a teen girl is staged with a cloaked nonperson named George Osgood Klinkus. The prank spreads through the registrar and teachers as students laugh at the masked groom and the ROTC unit recites vows. Principal Sager notes the gag stays within bounds and will not affect graduation.
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Frank Frawley
Long Beach
Calif
Jordan High School
George Osgood Klinkus
George
Jordan
Sager
Cuba Presses Push Against Rebels in Sierra Maestra
In Havana the army launches an all out push against rebels in the Sierra Maestra. Sources say 8 000 to 11 000 troops attack along an 80 mile front with heavy fighting and casualties. Loyal columns advance from Palma Soriano Maff a Bayamo and Manzanillo as coastal patrols reinforce to bar sea escape. Rebel radio claims Castro has about 5 000 men in the mountains and says the army has suffered over 1 000 losses. Batista seeks a 45 day extension of the state of emergency.
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UPI
Sierra Maestra
Manzanillo
Santiago
Palma Soriano
Maffa
Bayamo
Fidel Castro
Castro
Senate
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
House
Paris student fined for shouting long live De Gaulle
A Paris court fined law student Francois Pietri the equivalent of 15 dollars for participating in a forbidden demonstration on the Champs Elysees and shouting long live De Gaulle. Eleven other demonstrators jailed for shouting down with De Gaulle were fined about 25 dollars each.
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Paris
UPI
Francois Pietri
de Gaulle
Reform Needed as Prisoner Revolt Sparks County Jail Debate
In light of THE NEWS report that six county prisoners revolted at Sarasota County jail, editors advocate moving hard to handle felons to Raiford state penitentiary. They condemn county confinement beyond six months and call for modernization of Florida’s penal system citing a former murderer’s escape in Largo.
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Sarasota
Raiford
Florida
Largo
Piney Woods
Mystery Crash Traced To Mexican Airlines Flight 111
A Mex ican Airlines Constellation with 46 aboard crashes near Guadalajara 12 miles from the city atop San Augustine Mountain. Two pilots named Capt. Ceana and Capt. Herrera, both 47, from Mexico City. Rescue teams race to reach the mountaintop as rain hampers effort.
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Mexico
Mexican Airlines
United States
San Augustine
Red Cross
Tijuana
Mexico City
Adolfo Trejo
Aeronaves de Mexico Constellation
Flight 111
Trejo
Alfonso Ceana
Robert Herrera
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
la Jolla
Townsend Cromwell
Bill Shinada
Inter-American Tuna Commission
San Diego
John Hjorth
Alfredo Gayou
Aeronaves de Mexico Airlines
De Gaulle Seizes Power in France for Algeria Crisis
Gen. Charles de Gaulle assumes emergency rule with no parliamentary interference to stabilize France and restore Algeria governance. He moves quickly by replacing gov. head and calling a briefing with Gen. Raoul Salan as he prepares to confront army leaders and settlers in Algiers.
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UPI
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Algeria
France
House
de Gaulle
Raoul Salan
Algiers
Eisenhower weighs test ban amid French crisis and Macmillan talks
The White House and National Security Council consider a possible two year suspension of U S nuclear tests pending East West disarmament talks as Ike prepares for Harold Macmillan visit next week. Dulles and Killian favor suspension while Strauss pushes continued testing. Ike approves a letter to Khrushchev inviting Polish and Czech scientists to future talks on verification.
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Eisenhower
National Security Council
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U.S
Security Council
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Pacific
Strauss
State Dulles
James R. Killian Jr
Lewis Strauss
The
Ergy
Soviet Union
Dulles
Khrushchev
Birthday of Jefferson Davis Quiet on Capitol Hill
The 150th anniversary of Jefferson Davis birth passes with little fuss in the capital. A modest Library of Congress exhibit marks the occasion while a full Lincoln sesquicentennial celebration looms for next year.
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U.S
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Davis
Todd County
Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Youth alias Grant charged in Lee burglary in Charleston
Leroy Floyd, 14, alias John Henry Grant, jailed in lieu of $5,000 bond for burglary of Larry Lee's home on eve of Jefferson Davis' birthday. Police say he had no Confederates.
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Charleston
S.C
Grant
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Leroy Floyd
John Henry Grant
Larry Lee
Floyd
Liew
Lucky Dad Contest in Sarasota Offers $500 in Gifts
A Father’s Day drawing in downtown Sarasota selects the luckiest dad with gifts and gift certificates valued over $500. June 14 at 5 30 p.m. at Five Points determines the winner and two runners up from registrations at about 50 downtown stores.
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Sarasota
Sarasota, Inc
FSU Football Star Back At Alma Mater
Lee Corso, former Florida State University standout, was named an assistant coach at his alma mater. Corso played for the Seminoles through 1986, racking up 2,203 rushing and passing yards, 86 points, and six touchdowns, earning honorable mention on the 195 g All America list.
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Lincoln
Lee
Appomattox
Davis
FSU
Alma Mater
Tallahassee
Lee Corso
Miami
Florida State University
Tom Nugent
Seminoles
Corso
Envious Praisers Say Envy Acknowledges Sarasota Weather
Minnie Mermaid claims envy is a form of praise for Sarasota climate as residents enjoy unbeatably fine weather. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today and tomorrow with isolated afternoon showers, highs around 87 to 92 and easterly winds 8 to 18 mph, plus standard city readings.
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Sarasota
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