Mathematics Becomes Regents Diploma Requirement In 1961
New York Regents voted to add a year of mathematics to the diploma standards. The total study units rise from 16 to 18 and new Regents honor and scientific diplomas are authorized. Commissioner James E Allen urged strengthening minimum requirements and recognizing graduates who earn honors or complete science-specific criteria.
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UPI
New York State
Regents
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Japan Drought Worsens Threatens Tokyo Citywide Crisis
Tokyo faces its worst drought in 52 years with school programs suspended and disease fears rising. Reservoirs sit at record lows after weeks without rain and forecasters warn the dry spell may continue through July.
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Tokyo
UPI
Camden Courier-Post Teamsters Strike Settled
Camden New Jersey union drivers return to work after a 12 18 day strike at the Camden Courier-Post. Settlement reached after negotiating session yesterday and ratified by Teamsters Local 628.
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Radio-Television
Camden
N. J
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Teamsters
Off Duty Cop Kills Youth in Brooklyn Store Fight
In Red Hook Brooklyn an off duty patrolman William Hoard shot and killed 19 year old Michael Sims during a store chase after three youths attacked another youth. The incident followed a gang fight amid flying debris injuring a grocer. Ramos, a 16 year old legitimate witness, was treated for facial cuts. The assailants fled in a car while weather today remains generally fair with rising temperatures.
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New York
Brooklyn
William Hoard
Red Hook
Nancy Scamborino
Hoard
Michael Sims
Emanuel Ramos
Golden Aces
Ramos
Sims
Manual Training High School
Ien
Anita to Lose Her Appendix
London reports that star Anita Pigberg will undergo appendectomy. Warwick Studios said she enters hospital Monday to treat appendicitis suffered after returning from a Spain film location following completion of The Man Inside.
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London
UPI
Buxom
Ani
Pkberg
Warwick Studios
Miss Tkberg
Spain
Kidnapping Crisis in Cuba as 12 Foreigners Held
UPI reports mining company officials negotiating for release of ten American and two Canadian engineers kidnapped by Castro rebels at the Moa Bay project in Oriente Province. Ambassador Earl Smith vows U.S. action, while rebels claim to seek retaliation for U.S. aid to Cuba. One rebel and two civilians reported killed as firefight erupts near Moa village.
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Cuba
UPI
Oriente
Earl Smith
U.S
Moa Bay Mining Co
United States
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Moa
Castro
Juan Fangio
Smith
Moa Bay Project
Freeport Sulpher Co
New Orleans
Moa Mining Co
Knife Fight Ends in Fatal Stabbing Arrest Made
Police say Levant Street knife fight over a woman led to a fatal stabbing in a Madison Street apartment. Franklin Nathaniel Williams, 26, of Renwick Place, appeared in Police Court on murder charges and was ordered held for a grand jury after waiving examination. The investigation began around 12:20 a.m. with two patrol officers spotting suspects nearby. A second incident report notes two traffic deaths and 14 injuries in highway crashes, including a North Syracuse girl in critical condition and Mark Stinnett, second victim in a separate collision.
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Lower East Side
Cleveland
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Madison St
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Paul Ser
Dorsey
Bernard Busch Jr
Serbun
Busch
E. Washington Street
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Syracuse
North Syracuse
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mark Stinnett
Thomas
Stinnett
Slocume Heights
Frank M. Witsey
Slocum Heights
Man Arrested for Car Theft Says He Needed Ride to San Quentin
Wilmington California police arrested 33 year old William P. Loudermilk after he stole a car. He offered the excuse that he took the vehicle to pick up a buddy who was being released from San Quentin.
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Wilmington
Calif
UPI
William P. Loudermilk
San Quentin
Heavy Night of Fighting in Tripoli Continues
Reports from Tripoli say government and rebel forces battled for over 22 hours in overnight fighting. Casualties include eight killed and twenty wounded, with bystanders hit by stray bullets. In Syracuse, a car collision near Mattydale injured several teens, and a boy died from chest and internal injuries after being struck by a car at Sage Avenue.
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Syracuse University
Earl Hennessy
Sage Ré
Stinnett
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Eastern Ambulence
Harry Gilmoré
Mattydale
Bonnie Doss
Willshirl Dr
Syracuse
St. Joseph’s Hospital
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Tripoli
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Thompson
Camilo Chalett
RD i
Marietta
Momn
Atte Ay Opel
Clair Fuller
Preble
Irene Wilcox
North New
Ley
Asoot Sy
Karami
Richard Hits
Maan Karami
Nen Brand
RD 1
Ammonia fumes force evacuation in Buffalo area
About 500 residents were moved from an east side Buffalo district after a hose on an ammonia tank car ruptured during a minor railroad mishap at the American Agriculture Chemical Co. plant. Twenty three people became ill and three required hospital care, with no serious injuries reported. A moving boxcar brushed the tank car on a siding, jarring a hose connection. plant supervisor William Clerke wearing a gas mask shut it off as firefighters used fogging to disperse fumes.
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Buffalo
East Side
American Agriculture Chemical Co
William Clerke
Today’s Chuckle Farmer Seeks Widow for Thresher Meet
Rural joke notes a farmer who owns a tractor wishing to meet a widow who owns a thresher. The odd request ends with a request for a photograph of the thresher as part of a playful, lighthearted item in the paper.
Fenced-in for 7 Years She’s Free in Connecticut Divorce
In Norwalk, Connecticut, Concetta Palumbo was granted a divorce from Anthony Daniele by Superior Court Judge John Shapiro. The court ordered a lump sum alimony of 1500 dollars. Palumbo testified she was kept inside by a six-foot wire fence built by Daniele and his father-in-law since the 1950 marriage. She fled last year after finding an unlocked gate. The couple was married in Italy.
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Conn
UPI
Norwalk
Superior Court
John Shapiro
Concetta Palumbo
Daniele
Anthony
Italy
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