Any Excuse Might Prompt Haitian Clash
Dominican authorities report thousands of troops massing at the Haiti border amid plans for potential invasion. Air force patrols, navy linkups with U.S. ships, and tanks advancing in the border area are described, with President Bosch allegedly prepared to act on the slightest provocation. Local life remains calm as troops move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Negro Republic
U.S
Caribbean
Haiti
Juan Bosch
Bosch
Santo
Domingo
Birmingham Negroes Plan More Marches
Birmingham observers report leaders vow continued mass protests after Sunday march of more than 1 000 Negroes singing and praying in a park as police stood by with hoses and dogs. Police Commissioner Eugene Connor reversed tactics and allowed peaceful assembly. More than 1 400 arrests have occurred in four days of heightened racial activity. AOS peace mission discusses Haiti crisis as Dominican troops move to border amid unconfirmed invasion rumors.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Connor
Swenigge Bosch
Demiere Zulela Angel
OAS
Day
Wyatt Tee
Dominican Republic
Walker
Washington
OAS Council
Tap
Zuleta
Haiti
Caribbean
Hispaniola
Wimanl
Bosch
Francois Duvalier
Port Au Prince
U.S
Burke, Marshall
U.S. Justice Department
Dick, Gregory
Greenwood
Miss
New Pilgrim Baptist Church
City
New York Eliminates Automatic Death Penalty
Governor Rockefeller announced that New York will drop the mandatory death penalty for premeditated murder and kidnapping after July 1. A two stage system allows a sentencing jury to choose death or life, with hung juries leading to judge discretion. The reform ends the state’s lone automatic execution rule after decades of debate.
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New York
Rockefeller
LeMay Wins New Term As Air Force Chief of Staff
President Kennedy nominates Gen Curtis LeMay for another year as Air Force chief of staff and replaces Adm George W Anderson with Adm David L McDonald as chief of naval operations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Gen
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Adm
David L. McDonald
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
McDonald
U. S
Europe
Albert
Thomas
Dex
Mediterranean
House
Anderson
Lion
Daye
Philippine lobbyist barred from fee in war damage case
Senate conferees cut a lump sum of 73 million plus 1.6 billion in aid and directed the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to pay individual war damage claims in full while barring John A. O'Donnell or any claimant's representative from receiving fees. The compromise requires each claimant to certify no payment for such services.
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Washington
Senate
O'Donnell
Congress
House
U. S
John A. O'Donnell
Kennedy
U. S. Foreign Claims, Settlement Commission
Lang
73rd Victim U.S. Officer Executed By Viet Nam Guerrillas
An American army lieutenant was executed by Communist guerrillas 30 miles north of Saigon in broad daylight. Two Vietnamese soldiers with the jeep were also killed. The unit was blown from Route 13 between Gen Cat and Ben Duong by a guerrilla device, with three Americans forced from the vehicle before execution. The death toll for Americans in Viet Nam rises to 73.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Gen ‘Cat
Ben Duong
Natifre
Hichard
Specua
M. Nixon
Fifth Avenue Cooperative
Gay
Nelson A. Rockerillas
Alljfeller
Route 13
Nixon
Ca Mau
Jaigon
Nixon Buys In New York
A compact note reports Nixon making a purchase in New York, with brief phrases including names likely from local or political coverage and a cryptic, OCR-like trailing token. The readable content centers on a purchase action linked to New York and a few proper nouns, leaving the rest to OCR ambiguity.
U S Probing Steel Cartel
Senator Hugh Scott charges that steel producers in Japan and Europe secretly formed a cartel to divide the U S market. The Justice Department was advised and is examining potential U S law violations, as officials seek to ease civil rights tensions and desegregation efforts amid demonstrations in Greenwood and Birmingham.
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Pittsburgh
Hugh Scott
Japan
U. S
Justice Department
U.S
Scott
American Mining Congress Coal Co
Hitler Body Found Question Sparks Paris Debate
In Paris on May 6 AP reports a tense discussion about whether Hitler’s body, burned near the Fuhrer bunker after his death, was identified. Cornelius Ryan’s account cites rumors of Soviet activity and Western experts denying clear proof of burial details.
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Paris
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Hiller
Fuhhrer
Lin-Bunker
Cornelius Ryan
Eva Braun
Ryan
Hitler
Uplhad
Eva Brhun
Fyan
Airman Safe, Others Deceased In Yellowstone Crash
One airman was found alive and in good condition after a mid air collision near Yellowstone National Park last Friday. Two bodies were located about 10 miles southwest of Old Faithful, identified as Capt. Frank G. Zumba and Staff Sgt. Lawrence B. Harrison. Navigator Capt. Levin B. Matthews remained missing. Copilot Capt. Bruce A. Chapman and another crew member were later located near the wreckage. The incident occurred during a refueling exercise at 25,000 feet when the tanker collided with a C-135.
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Yellowstone National Park
Air Force
Frank G. Zumba
Elmhurst
Lawrence B. Harrison
SLI
Levin
B. Matthews
3Remerton
Wash
Bruce As
Chapman
Dalo
Sear
Lake
Wes
Weather outlook for Southern Blinds area through Tuesday
Forecasters call for generally fair conditions through Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Tuesday will feature low in the 80s after a mild night with cooler temps.
Ten Marchers Remain in Jail in Alabama Incident
Carver Neblett, 20, of Carbon ale, and four other Negroes with five white men stayed jailed in Fort Wayne Alabama today after a Freedom March from Chattanooga toward Jackson. They crossed the state line from Georgia and were arrested by Alabama Highway Patrol. The group retraced the steps of William Moore, a Baltimore postman killed April 24 near Attalla while campaigning for integration.
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Carver Neblett
Carbonale
Fort Wayne
Ala
Alabama Highway Patrol
Alabama
Georgia
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
William Moore
Baltimore
Attalla
South
Neblett
Brown
Hill
Cleveland Christophe
Ang
Atlanta
Srime
Christophe
Bob Zellner
Protest Withdrawal Planned At Georgia Negro College
Savannah State unrest centers on a mass meeting where about 100 students vote to withdraw amid calls for President Payne’s resignation. NAACP funds lodging for financially short students. Georgia university officials deny immediate diplomas for seniors who quit. Charged students remaining jailed as court reviews contract renewal, protest leaders cite integration aims.
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Savannah
National Association For the Ad Sale College For Negroes
Willie Lidden
National Field
NAACP
Harman W. Caldwell
University System of Georgia
Savannah State
University of Georgi
Caldwell
Georgia
W. K. Payne
Carl BE. Sanders
State Board of Regents
James Brown Jr
Bobby Hill
Athens
Laos Peace Prospects Dim Amid Laos Crisis
AP dispatch from Vientiane details rising fears as Pathet Lao asserts control in liberated zones and demands withdrawal of right wing forces led by Phoumi Nosavan. Souvanna Phouma blames the pro Communist Pathet Lao for Friday ICC helicopter attacks during fragile peace talks.
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Vientiane
Laos
Prince Souvanna Phou
Associated Press
Pathet Laoconma
Plaine Desi
Pathet Lao
Phoumi Nosavan
Nam Tha
Thailand
U.S
Phoum
Phoumi
Mec
International Control Commission
Canada
India
Poland
Souvanna
Prince Souphan' Ouvong
ICC
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N.Y
LeMay
Philippine
WWE
Lurk
Dacry OoLewe
Connor
Loma Ollicer
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Lee
Madera Helter
Mass
Georgia Negro College
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