Airliner With 62 Aboard Crashes After Takeoff From Lisbon
A Venezuelan airliner carrying 62 people crashed in the Atlantic four minutes after lifting from Lisbon for South America. Rescue efforts began at dawn as ships and planes from Portugal, the Hague based KLM press service, and American bases in the Azores joined the search amid poor visibility and bad weather. The aircraft was operated by KLM Viasa and carried Venezuelan, Portuguese, Spanish, possibly Italian and French nationals bound for Venezuela and Curacao.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Atlantic Ocean
South America
KLM
Hague
Viasa
Mounting Memorial Day traffic toll feared to set record
Safety and police warn of a rising holiday toll as traffic deaths pace to exceed the 1957 four day Memorial Day record of 413. Officials say 74 million motorists will be on the road and a large share of deaths come from crashes, drownings, and other accidents across the nation.
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Namy Gay
National Safety Council
Springfield
Ill
Council
Associated Press
Cuba Sugar Mill Swept By Blaze
Fire swept through the Santa Rosa sugar mill in Las Villas Province Havana, causing about 300000 dollars in damage. Authorities blamed saboteurs amid a wave of unrest with reports of injured people and threats of revolutionary punishment.
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Cuba
Key West
Fla ‘Ap
Santa Rosa
Las Villas
Havana Radio
Pinar de Rio
Castro
Riesgo
Palayo Fernandez Rubio
Havana
Ray
Fidel Castro
Pickets Planned at New Orleans Segregated Schools
Mass picketing of two desegregated public schools in New Orleans is set this week by segregationists. The Ninth Ward Private School Association led by Armand Davie, with parents of former students, will begin protests at William Frantz and McDonogh No. 19.
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New Orleans
Armand Davie
Ninth Ward Private School Association
William Frantz
McDonogh
Tower Maintains His Advantage in Texas Senate Race
Texas election results show John G. Tower leading William A. Blakley by 7 124 votes with 254 of 254 counties reporting 446 204 for Tower and 439 080 for Blakley. At 6 pm Monday, Tower held 50.40 percent to Blakley 49.40 percent with about 1 500 ballots left to count.
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Texas Election Bureau
Senate
William A. Blakley
John G. Tower
Texas
Republican Tower
Democrat Blakley
John Tower
U.S Senate
Wichita Falls
Penelope
Penny
Marian
Jeanne
Tower
Midwestern University
Lyndon B. Johnson
Secret Texas panel report signals higher state spending
Austin AP reports a secret Joint Appropriations Committee study disclosed as the Legislature prepared for a July special session. The plan would set general revenue at 383.5 million for the next two years and total fund spending at 2.6 billion, with boosts for welfare, hospitals, and law enforcement, plus a 315 average pay raise for officers.
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House
General Revenue Fund
Ray Roberts
Senate Finance Committee
Game and Fish Commission
Texas
Khrushchev Leaves Kiev for Vienna Meeting
Soviet Premier Khrushchev departed Kiev by train after a two day stopover, Tass reported, en route to his Vienna talks with President Kennedy.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Vienna
Kennedy
Kiev
Ukraine
Tass
Turman Kills Tax Package Ends Texas tax bill fight
The 57th Legislature faced a dramatic close as Speaker James Turman cast the deciding vote to kill a Senate approved 342 million revenue package mainly from sales taxes. A 2.6 billion appropriations bill and an 810 dollar teacher pay raise then passed the House in brief late night action. Gov. Price Daniel signaled a special session to revisit taxes, spending and education funding.
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House
James Turman
Price Daniel
Senate
Hubert Hudson
Brownsville
Padre Island
Hudson
Beating of jailed Freedom Rider investigated in Mississippi
Federal and state authorities probe a reported beating of Rev. C. T. Vivian amid renewed violence at Jackson bus facilities. CORE had planned a New Orleans to Jackson Freedom Rider march back to challenge segregation. Jail moves and fines tied to breach of peace charges remain in question as officials review the case.
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Freedom Rider
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Congress On Racial Equality
CORE
Hinds County
J. R Gilroy
Gilroy
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
FBI
Penal Farm
W. Wade Bromwell
Asst US
Atty
Burje Marshall
Vivian
Core Field
Richard Haley
Sir Penn Farm
Max Thomas
Freedom
Fire Killings in Jersey City Tenement Tragedy
A 22 year old woman and six of her nine children died in a three story frame tenement fire in Jersey City. Fourteen people including a fireman were treated for injuries or smoke inhalation at Jersey City Medical Center. A pregnant woman and her year old child were injured after leaping from a second floor window. Victims named include Vivian Latmore and her children Carney Kessie Alfonso Marie Vivian and Dorothy Ann.
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Jersey City
Jersey City Medical Center
Vivian Latmore
Carney
Kessie
Alfonso
Marie
Vivian
Dorothy Ann
Weather overview for Texas regions with scattered thunderstorms
Partly cloudy and warm conditions across Texas with minor temperature changes. Northwest and east areas expect scattered thunderstorms today and tonight with highs in the 60s to 90s, including North Central and Northeast Texas where no major changes are noted.
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Snyder
Texas
Memorial Day Observance In Snyder At Cemetery
Snyder pays tribute to war dead with 5 p m memorial service at the Snyder Cemetery veterans plot. The event is arranged by Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion with Rev. Jack Dean as principal speaker as most local firms observe a holiday. The Chamber of Commerce notes New Years Day Independence Day Thanksgiving and Christmas as other 1961 holidays.
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Snyder
Veterans Plot
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Skies Clear Across Texas After Tornado Alert
Texas skies were generally clear or partly cloudy Tuesday with scattered clouds in South Texas and no rain reported. Temperatures ranged from mid 70s in Midland to 62 in Lufkin as a tornado alert ended without any damage and warnings had warned of possible storms until 9 pm.
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Texas
Midland
Lufkin
Low Plains
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Kennedy Leaves for Europe Amid Birthday Celebrations
President Kennedy travels from Boston to Europe beginning with Paris for talks with Charles de Gaulle and Vienna to meet Khrushchev. He stresses not retreating, cites miscalculations in wars, and urges US leadership in freedom. Banquet in Boston raises funds to trim Democratic debt.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Boston
Europe
William Lioyd Garrison
New England
Commonwealth Armory
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