Aid Swap Fund Drives Tractor for Prisoner Exchange
President Kennedy urged private contributions to a fund trading tractors for Cuban prisoners held by Castro. Export licenses would be granted routinely, though the drive should remain private. The campaign is led by Walter Reuther Dr Milton Eisenhower and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt with Kennedy possibly contributing personally.
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Chamber proposal seeks aid to lure new industry
The Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce with 1200 members sends a resolution to Tallahassee lawmakers urging an amendment to let the Light Industry Council recruit and house industrial concerns. The measure passed the House but Sen Ed Price Jr will not bring it up in the Senate, risking defeat.
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Freedom Riders Headed for Jackson with Guard Escort
An interracial group of Freedom Riders departed Montgomery on a Trailways bus bound for Jackson Mississippi escorted by 16 highway patrol cars and guardsmen. A Justice Department note said Kennedy officials were assured by Mississippi authorities no harm would come to the students.
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United Press International
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Jackson
Mass
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Justice Department
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Kennedy
Mississippi
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Freedom Riders Reach Montgomery Amid Tense Mississippi Push
The first group of 11 riders travels through Selma toward Jackson with 900 National Guardsmen in Montgomery and Lauderdale County police coordinating through T B Birdsong. The caravan includes 10 Negroes and two Negro girls with one white man Paul Dietrich from Washington D C. James Zweig Appleton Wis is the lone white student aboard in Montgomery. The group plans day travel only as threats and abuse surface at the ticket counter and along the route.
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Appleton
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Jackson
Gil
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Kennedy and Khrushchev to hold long Vienna talks
In Vienna President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev plan to spend hours discussing West East issues. They will lunch together June 3 and 4 and continue talks in the afternoons. Kennedy arrives June 3 from Paris while Khrushchev travels by train from Moscow, arriving June 2.
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Seventeen Killed As Globemaster Crashes At McChord Field
A UPI report says a four engine Globemaster C124 crashed after takeoff from McChord Field Tacoma. seventeen aboard were killed and one missing. Four others were hospitalized in critical condition. The aircraft carried 15 passengers and a 7 member crew. The plane, costing 1.7 million dollars, took off at 2 20 AM bound for Donaldson AFB South Carolina and plunged to earth after leaving the runway five miles from the base.
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Wash
UPI
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Education Bill Near Senate Passage After House Deal
President Kennedy’s public education bill seemed safe from a religious fight as House strategists steered it away from a parochial school clash led by Cardinal Spellman. Final House approval was expected, with Senate floor action on amendments and a Thursday vote seen as likely. A Goldwater plan to strip teacher salaries from the $2.5 billion measure remained pending.
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Sen
Barry Goldwater
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Nazi Storm Troopers Lose Hate Signs In New Orleans
A busload of Nazi party members entered New Orleans Tuesday night, faced police supervision, and were forced to conceal hate signs after a city captain warned them to stop causing alarm. Rain halted their plan to cover signs, and authorities kept the group under watch while they stayed overnight. The group planned to protest CORE NAACP and the film Exodus despite the obstruction.
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American Nazi Party
New Orleans
Francis Owen
Manatee
UPI
Nazi Party
Fuehr
Sarasota urban renewal bill faces doom unless renamed
Sarasota officials see their urban renewal bill stuck in a Senate committee amid opposition over federal intervention in private property. Critics warn the measure could lead to confiscation if enacted, with House opposition growing as the bill stalls.
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New ROK Leader Plans U S Trip
Lt. Gen. Chang Do young, leader of South Korea's successful military revolt, announced plans to visit the United States to sell his regime to President Kennedy and the American people. The U S Embassy denied an invitation and said it was raising the matter with the State Department. Initial Washington reaction was cool.
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United States
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State Department
Washington
Titan IIs Near Readiness After 5000 Mile Test Flight
The Titan missile completed a 5000 mile test flight and moved closer to combat readiness. The 98 foot rocket launched from Cape Canaveral streaked toward a South Atlantic target Tuesday night reaching speeds over 17000 miles per hour in about 30 minutes.
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New Hassle Looms In Laotian Crisis
In Geneva a dispute over Laotian delegate seating intensified as Russia and China were set to reject a Thai proposal for rotating Laotian representation at the international conference aiming to resolve the Laotian crisis.
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UPI
Billy Graham Hospitalized in London with Severe Respiratory Infection
UPI reports evangelist Billy Graham, age 42, is seriously ill in London with a respiratory infection. Doctors say antibiotics are being used and an assistant notes he hopes to resume a North England rally next week.
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Billy Graham
Germany To Build Eight Destroyers With Missile Capabilities
London AP reports West Germany and its European allies authorized the construction of eight destroyers up to 6 000 tons each. The measure doubles the prior limit under the 1954 Brussels treaty, enabling ships to mount missile launchers.
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West Germany
Council of the Western European Union
Double Regulus Launches Mark Space History
Venice witnessed a double Regulus II launch as Chance Vought sent two missiles to the Gulf Test Range for interception by Bomarc A and B missiles. The launches occurred at 3 30 p m and 5 20 p m marking the 33rd and 84th firings from Venice. Interceptions over the Gulf reached 55 000 feet and speeds twice the sound with guidance from SAGE radar systems.
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Venice
Chance Vought Aircraft Co
Air Proving Ground Center
Gulf Test Range
Eglin Air Force Base
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Santa Rosa Island
Chance Vought
Air Force
Eglin Afb
Gulf
Jacksonville Cop Held In Robberies
Pa latka policeman Donald Earl Garner, 22, is charged with two Jacksonville loan office robberies to fund a June honeymoon. He allegedly stole $234 at gunpoint and $400 in February, plus $162 from another fiancée firm on May 8. Officers say employees identified him and cash was found in his car.
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Donald Earl Garner
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Sarasota Federal FHA Loan Offer With Low Down Payment
Advertises FHA home loans from Sarasota Federal with down payments as low as 3 percent and affordable monthly payments. Contact 955-1161 for advance information.
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Sarasota Federal
Showers Break Florida Drought Yet Miss Citrus Harvest
The Associated Press reports showers relieve drought across Florida but arrive too late to save a record citrus crop, with millions of boxes of small oranges fallen from trees. Weather predictions call for more showers statewide. panhandle rain overnight and Miami reports about half an inch. Highs 85 to 92, lows 65 to 70, variable winds.
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