Atlantic Allies vow to block Soviet encirclement and defend Berlin
NATO foreign ministers meet and vow to resist Communist expansion. The United States pledges Polaris submarines to bolster NATO defenses while seeking a just settlement with the Soviet bloc. Submarines will join the U.S. 6th Fleet under Gen Lauris Norstad, with final U.S. approval on details.
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CSLO
Norway
UPI
Atlantic
Berlin
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
NATO Alliance
United States
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Allied Commander For
Europe
Lauris Norstad
Area Welcomes Squall Amid Midwestern Floods
A Gulf squall brought .85 inch rain to Sarasota and gusty winds as floods surged across Missouri Indiana and parts of the Midwest. The Ohio River rose above flood stage at Madison Indiana while Evansville New Albany Tell City and Cannelton faced flooding. White River in Indiana fields heavy runoff toward Bedford Shoals Williams Petersburg with unsettled weather west of the Appalachians.
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Gulf of Mexico
Sarasota
Missouri
Indiana
Appalachian Mountains
Middle West
Ohio River
Madison
Ind
Evansville
New Albany
Tell City
Cannelton
White River
Bedford, Shoals
Williams
Petersburg
Florida bill seeks stronger stop signs at rail crossings
A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature would empower cities and counties to erect and maintain two sets of stop signs at grade crossings within their limits. The measure, approved by a House Committee, would designate stop crossings and impose penalties for failure to stop.
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House
Florida
Congress To Back Nationwide Educational TV Funding
Secretary Ribicoff said the HEW will present a May 17 program to Congress proposing federal funds on a matching basis to aid states and localities in educational TV. The plan targets planning and equipment purchases and encourages more public service broadcasting.
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Washington
UPI
Con
Newton Minow
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Ribicoff
Congress
Parochial Aid Bill Spurs Hope From Cardinal Endorsement
Representative Herbert Zelenko backed by Francis Cardinal Spellman expresses cautious optimism for a plan to provide direct federal aid to parochial schools. The bill would merge Kennedy public school aid with restrained federal grants to private church-run elementary and secondary schools.
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Washington
UPI
Herbert Zelenko
D-N.y
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Zelenko
Kennedy
Weather chief cites tornado warning limits and need for funds
The Weather Bureau chief said U.S. tornado warnings have improved but remain inadequate. He urged heavy investment in weather research to detect tornadoes at birth and predict their landfall, while Florida meteorologist Hollis Bacon backed adding radar stations to track storms from the Gulf of Mexico as they move inland.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
America
F. W. Reichelder
United States
Sarasota
Hollis
Bacon
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
French Airliner Crash Kills 69 People in Sahara
An Air France Super Constellation crashed in the Sahara Desert, killing all 69 aboard. Five Americans were among the dead. Wreckage sighted in Hamada de Timhert south of Rhamades near the Algeria Libya border. The flight carried the Lukens family among nine crew and 60 passengers. Lukens himself was not on board. State Department records list Lukens and his mother at home.
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Algiers
Algeria
API
Air France
Sahara
Hamada de Timhert
Rhamades
Ghamades
Libya
Alan W. Lukens
U.S
Brazzaville
French Congo
Lukens
State Department
Washington
Kensington Park Cavalcade of Homes Opens at Dawn
Kensington Park hosts the 1961 Cavalcade of Homes and a 14 acre recreation center for inspection from 8 a.m. to dusk. Prices start at 31 950 dollars with 375 dollars down as advertised.
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Kensington Park
Some Hubby Wife Teams Fight To Stay Married
CHICAGO based psychiatrists from the Menninger Foundation report that many seemingly incompatible couples stay married to have sparring partners. Drs Marietta Houston and R B Forman say threats of divorce are not taken literally and some unions are “made in heaven” despite ongoing conflict. They note couples may claim to stay for the sake of children, though that is often social pretense.
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Chicago
UPI
Marietta Houston
R. B. Forman
Topeka, Kan
Forman
United Press International
Gulf Gate 1961 Pageant of Homes Models Priced From
Eight furnished home models displayed at Gulf Gate with prices from 12 995 to 19 995 and FHA financing from 3965 down or 77 dollars monthly. The sale is on U S 41 at Stickney Point Road.
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Gulf Gate
U.S
Stickney Pt. Rd
Statistician Of Price Fix To Face Quiz
Senate Antitrust subcommittee opened its fourth week of hearings with Nye Spencer. The I T E Circuit Breaker Co. Philadelphia sales manager was slated as the first witness and expected to be asked about records kept in his cellar that helped prosecutors unravel a price fixing conspiracy in the electrical industry.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Nye Spencer
I-T-E Circuit Breaker Co
Philadelphia
Subcommittee
Spencer
Justice Department
Britain and Soviet Union settle Laos talks title
Geneva AP Britain and the Soviet Union agreed on an official title for the upcoming 14 nation Laos talks in Geneva. It will be known as International Conference for the Settlement of the Laos Question.
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Gallion Heads Southern Conference AAGs in Dixie Fight
Alabama Atty. Gen. MacDonald Gallion was named chairman of the Southern Regional Conference of Attorneys General. He led 75 delegates from 15 states and warned that federal anti integration measures threaten the South as professional politicians push desegregation in Washington.
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Point Clear
Ala
UPI
Alabama
MacDonald Gallion
Southern Regional Conference of Attorneys General
Gallion
Congress
Editorial urges fair price on college land and warns of higher taxes
The piece argues that if the airport loses funding, ad valorem taxes could rise for all property owners in Sarasota and Manatee counties. It questions proposed deals for 100 acres near the college, suggests a fair price of about 2 000 per quarter acre, and notes bond obligations. It calls for a shared, community-backed site and warns taxpayers to expect costs if agreements fail.
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Sarasota
Manatee
Airport Authority
News outlines college sites in Sarasota area
The News presents ten potential college sites as three of four Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority members oppose airport property for the campus. Officials say some sites have been checked while others may not have been. Readers urged to review and support a community backed site.
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Sarasota-Manatee
Eichmann Called Worse Than Hitler in Trial
In Jerusalem a UPI report states Adolf Eichmann is described as more rabidly anti Semitic than Adolf Hitler during his trial. Prosecutors introduced a document they say shows Eichmann urged extermination of Jews and even exceeded his authority to push it. The fifth week opened with claims Eichmann believed Hitler too soft on Dutch Jews and debated sending children of mixed marriages to extermination camps.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Hitler
Eichmann
Hitler
Laos protests cease-fire defiance after Pathet Lao attacks
Laos government protested to the International Control Commission after Pathet Lao forces attacked Meo tribesmen at Pedong, 20 miles from Xieng Khouang, using 75 mm guns from nearby mountain positions. Deputy Prime Minister Phoumi Nosavan lodged the protest, hours after ICC arrival.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
International Control Commission
Parket Lao
Padong
Phoumi Nosavan
ICC
Xieng Khuuang
Pathet Lao
Pedong
Xieng Khouang
Vang Pam
Trial Of Tshombe May Be Delayed
Leopoldville Congo reports the central government may delay the treason trial of Katanga president Moise Tshombe as long as possible. Government lists eight counts of treason against Tshombe and foreign minister Evaristo Kimba, but action appears only to endorse Tshombe's detention in Coquilhatville.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tishombe
Evaristo Kimba
Tshombe
Coquilhatville
Flat Earth Society Denies Earth Round Orbit Claim
In a controversial statement the Flat Earth Society claims Cmdr Alan Shepard will never orbit Earth due to disbelief in a round planet. spokesman Samuel Shenton debunks science and says travel results resemble an optical illusion and that space travel would land on nothing.
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London
UPS
Flat Earth Society
Cmdr
Alan Shepard Jr
United States
Maj
Yuri Gagarin
Christopher Columbus
Samuel Shenton
Shepard
Shenton
Columbus and
Magellan
Earth
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D.a’s
John J. McDavitt Jr
Shep
Gagarin
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