Storms Ravage Five States Leaving Deaths and Damage
Violent spring storms swept eastern and central regions with tornadoes, damaging winds, heavy rain and hail. Two people died in Waterbury Connecticut and Chittenango New York. about 50 injured, 35 in Waterbury and 17 in Altus Oklahoma. Homes destroyed totaled dozens with millions in damage expected.
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Bryant Attacks Demo Leaders On Fund Issues
Florida Governor Farris Bryant criticizes Democratic leadership for funds raised vs funds spent and calls for stronger unity. He cites historical committee finances, declines to back Milligan, notes GOP gains in Pinellas and Orange counties, and rules out running against Sen. Spessard Holland if he seeks reelection.
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UPI
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Orlando
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Ocoee
Democratic Executive Committee
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Helen Bennett
Walter P. Fuller
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Orange County
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Spessard Holland
Holland
Astronaut Carpenter May Have Been Fatigued On Final Orbit
Post flight debriefing reveals 17 station network found Carpenter possibly very tired and confused on the last orbit. Aurora 7 re entry was shallow, overshooting landing area by about 250 miles, prompting a long search and delayed recovery. Island rest at Grand Turk preceded reunion with John Glenn.
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Project Mercury Worldwide
Carpenter
Grand Turk Island
John H. Glenn Jr
Air Transport Outlines Wildlife Packing Rules
London AP reports the International Air Transport Association offers 14 packing types for 121 wildlife varieties, advising a strong hardwood crate with iron bar door for hippos while noting no standard giraffe packing specifications exist.
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London
International Air Transport Association
IATA
Living Costs Rise for Third Straight Month in 1962
Washington reports consumer prices rose two tenths of one percent in April. The Labor Department shows April index at 105.2 of 1957-59 base, 1.3 percent higher than a year ago. The rise triggers wage bumps of one to two cents per hour for about a million workers in auto, farm equipment, aerospace, and transit sectors under cost of living contracts.
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Washington
Labor Department
The Plaza Restaurant Serving Sarasota 32 Years
The Plaza Restaurant marks 32 years in Sarasota with continued operation and local patronage. The milestone reflects longtime service, staff, and community ties in the city dining scene.
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Plaza
Sarasota
Gunbattle at Boston Bank Ends in Policeman's Death
In Kenmore Square National Shawmut Bank, Patrolman John J. Gallagher, 33, died after a blaze of gunfire and tear gas during a bank entry incident. Guard Harold Gillette, 56, was wounded in the leg. suspect Charles Tracy, 37, was shot multiple times and hospitalized in serious condition. Tracy, a married Black man, resided near the branch.
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National Shawmut Bank
John J. Gallagher
Beth Israel Hospital
Gallagher
Harold Gillette
Protective Service
Charles Tracy
Boston City Hospital
Tracy
Japan Rejects Korean Repatriation Extension
Tokyo reports Japan will not extend the repatriation agreement with North Korea beyond November 12. The foreign ministry cites falling Korean arrivals at the repatriation center and the option for individuals to travel to North Korea if desired.
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New Orleans Archdiocese Sees Archbishop Cody Take Charge
Coadjutor Archbishop John Patrick Cody, 55, assumed supreme authority in the New Orleans archdiocese as Archbishop Joseph Rummel, nearly 86 and ill, requested transfer of power with papal approval. Rummel had faced segregation backlash after condemning segregation and ending Catholic school segregation. Critics claim Cody directed desegregation, while excommunicated figures including Mrs. B J Gaillot Jr. defend Rummel. Rummel celebrated his 60th year as a priest as Cody steps in.
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Joseph Francis Rummel
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Missouri
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Virginian Named U S Envoy to Australia
President Kennedy appoints William C Battle a World War II veteran and 1960 Virginia ally as the new United States ambassador to Australia succeeding William J Sebald. Battle is son of former Virginia Governor John Battle.
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Australia
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UPI
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Virginia
U. S
Fire in Angeles destroys town center killing three women
Three Filipino women died and at least 12 children were injured when a blaze razed the center of Angeles town in Pampanga Province. U S Clark Air Force Base personnel joined local firefighters in battling the fire about six miles away.
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Manila
Angeles
Pampanga
Philippine News Service
U.S. Clark Air Force Base
Goldwater Series Probes U S Foreign Policy In NEWS
Senator Barry Goldwater presents a fearless ten part series in the NEWS Weekend Edition based on Why Not Victory. He argues for a new nationalism to unite free nations against communism and outlines a strategy of strength and prudence without advocating war.
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America
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Coeds Spark Campus Riot at Oklahoma State University
About a thousand male students rioted at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater after coeds provoked the unrest. Eighty police officers spent over four hours restoring order. thirty-two students were arrested and seventeen detained overnight. One coed suffered a head injury from a bottle, two officers were hurt, and a fireman was wounded by glass. Damages to two women's dormitories ran into the thousands.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma State University
Darrel Troxel
Algiers Gunmen Kill 14 in Wave of Terror
European gunmen struck Algiers killing 14 including three Muslim women seeking food. Five injured. Post offices raided in two suburbs with about 3000 dollars taken. In Bone two Muslims killed and two wounded. Bone workers strike. In Mustaganem 12 Muslims killed in a terror wave beginning Thursday.
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Algiers
Bone
Mostaganem
Man credits bachelorhood for long life at 101
Burlington New Jersey AP notes David B Huffman reaches 101 on his birthday and credits bachelor hood for longevity. He was born in Clinton township and now lives at the Masonic home in Burlington. He formerly worked as a farmer and a watch maker.
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Burlington
N.J
David B. Huffman
Huffman
Clinton Township
Nine Year Heat Record Broken May 24
A nine year May heat record was broken when the high reached 93, surpassing 91 set in 1953 according to Weather man Hollis Bacon. He compared this year’s pattern to 1953 noting similar daily highs and rainfall totals with minor differences.
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Mercury
Hollis Bacon
Bacon
Refugee Flood From China Eases at Hong Kong Border
Hong Kong reports abrupt halt to mass refugee exodus from China after May 1. British authorities say border normalizing and a detention camp has closed. daily crossings fall from 4 000 5 000 to under 2 000 in the last 24 hours.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Peiping
Regents revoke licenses of 24 doctors in exam scandal
In Albany the New York State Board of Regents canceled licenses for 24 physicians amid a medical licensing exam scandal. Among those affected is Dr Alexander Maurillo, son of Regent member Dr Dominick Maurillo. Some licenses were issued in error after irregular grading linked to 1958 1959 1960 exams.
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Alexander Maurillo
Dominick F. Maurillo
Regents
New York City
Lucio J. Pepe
Brooklyn
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