Sugar price surge provokes mixed reactions across nation
Sugar prices rise sharply stirring anger and concern from grocers, shoppers, and lawmakers. A Texas trader cites hoarding by industrial users, while New York merchants report no broad stockpiling. Other regions note price jumps and potential rationing as suppliers and consumers adjust amid rising costs.
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Nikita Wants To Preserve Cuba As Soviet Showplace
Chief expected to keep Castro on tight leash. Joan M Hightower reports from Washington that Fidel Castro’s visit to the Soviet Union has Cuba portrayed as a well integrated Soviet satellite, raising fears of aggressive Communist actions from Havana and potential regional crises.
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Pentagon turmoil as McNamara reshapes forces
Washington dispatch reports widespread Pentagon friction as Robert McNamara overhauls the military establishment. Critics fear reorganization may worsen senior officer rifts, while Kennedy signals continued anti Castro policy and warns against Cuban aggression. The debate centers on naval leadership, defense budgeting, and the risk of expanding crisis amid Cold War tensions.
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Fay Washington
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Robert S. McNamara
Hotels Targeted as Racial Demonstrations Spread
In Greensboro an estimated 1,350 Negro teens staged the 13th straight nighttime antisegregation demonstration. Fourteen were arrested, eight charged with trespass at King Cotton and O Henry hotels, first hotel targeting in the protests. In Raleigh about 275 Negroes demonstrated while police guided white youths away from marching crowds. several juveniles were taken into custody for carrying pipes and a knife.
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Barbiturates Cause Death Of Mrs Moore In London
AP report from London states Mrs Nethe rabeth Moore of Kannapolis died in a London hospital on May 13 apparently from barbiturate poisoning. The coroner notes evidence of more than one dose and delays the inquest until July 1 to allow Scotland Yard to complete inquiries. Mrs Moore had been staying at the Beatrey House hotel and investigators say much of her property vanished during the incident.
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Mert
Itt
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Kannapolis
Birmingham's New Mayor Seen as Moderate Leader
New mayor Albert Boutwell and nine council members were confirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court as the city government shifted from a three-commissioner system led by segregationist Eugene Connor. Reverend F. L. Shuttlesworth hailed the change as progress on race relations, while Chamber of Commerce officials warned racial strife has harmed Birmingham's economy and deterred prospective industry.
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Birmingham
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IAP
Efly
FP. K. Shuttlesworth
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Boutwell
Eugene Connor
Chamber of Commerce
Caldwell Marks
Wage Bill Moves in Two Chambers as State Faces Budget Talks
In Raleigh the House passed a minimum wage bill raising the floor from 95 cents to 85 cents, while the Senate approved a different plan reaching 90 cents in 1965 and $1 by 1965. A compromise likely aims for 90 cents. The House also advanced $82 million in next biennium appropriations, signaling possible adjournment by June. Senate action included defeating a coin theft felony bill and initiating a capital punishment study commission set to report to the 1988 General Assembly.
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Nly
General Assembly
Twelve Years Without Absence Comes From LA SALLE
Dennis Grimes attended Val i High School in La Salle Colorado for 12 years without a single absence. His mother Mrs C A Grimes notes he stayed healthy through summers and he completed 2 168 consecutive days of school with no misses, marking a remarkable attendance record at graduation.
BULLETINS CLIMBERS NEED AID AT NEPAL HOSPITAL
AP reports an emergency helicopter request for two Everest climbers Barry Bishop and William Unce ldomd to treat frost bite in Nepal. Distinct names and places show urgent life saving aid amid early 1960s disaster-style dispatches.
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Barry C. Bishop
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