Rider Sentenced In Donalsonville Freedom Rider Case
Ajlen Cason Jr 19 pleaded guilty to public drunkenness in Donalsonville Georgia and drew 12 months in a public works camp Sheriff Dan White said he was put off the Southwind train by a conductor Cason listed Orlando Florida as his address and Nashville Tennessee as his college He said he was part of the Freedom Riders who visited Montgomery Alabama May 20 and were arrested in Jackson Mississippi
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Donalsonville
Montgomery
Ala
Jackson
Miss
Ajlen Cason, Jr
Walter J. Geer
Dan White
Cason
Bethune Dr
Orlando
Fla
Tennessee A. and I. College
Nashville
Tenn
White
Freedom Riders
Parachutes Save Two Moody AFB Officers in Jet Crash
Two Moody Air Force Base officers, 1st Lt. Manceill C. Ellison of Oxford Alabama and 2nd Lt. Richard E. Thornton, bailed out when their T-37 trainer developed trouble Friday. The jet crashed about 20 miles west of Valdosta between Pavo and Barney.
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Valdosta, Ga
Moody Air Force Base
Manceill C. Ellison
Oxford
Ala
Richard E. Thornton
Valdosta
Pavo
Barney
Rush to Leave Service Station Sparks Large Fire in Atlanta
A pickup truck pulling away before removing the gasoline hose ignited fuel at a downtown Atlanta service station. The blaze destroyed two cars nearby but injured drivers Wilson Miles and Martin Bisler, who escaped unhurt. Firefighters used foam to prevent the fire from reaching a 30,000 gallon gasoline tank.
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Atlanta
Wilson Miles
Martin Bisler
Mrs. Lusk Hurt In Traffic Collision At Busy Memphis Corner
Mrs. Edgar R. Lusk, who had earlier urged traffic control at a Memphis intersection, was struck by a car Friday. She sustained a concussion possible skull fracture and multiple cuts and bruises.
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Memphis
Not Quite Normal Wedding in Denver Hospital
Leo Jones a 19 year old seaman and Carol Ann Bylsma 19, student, married in Presbyterian Hospital Denver after a gas shortage delayed the ceremony. The ring was found on a television set and the bride’s mother Anna Elsma is recovering from an operation. Leo heads to a Navy school in Key West then Newfoundland where his wife will join him next November.
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Denver
Colo
Leo Jones
Seaman
Carol Ann Bylsma
Presbyterian Hospital
Anna Elsma
Leo
Key West
Fla
Newfoundland
Goldberg Orders Labor Dept to Drop Surplus Term
Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg directs the Labor Department to replace the phrase Area of substantial labor surplus with Area of substantial unemployment in all future publications. He states no one is surplus and ties the change to fuller use of resources.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Labor Department
Goldberg
Tulsa Hotel Sign Warns About Laundry Return Times
A Tulsa hotel registration desk sign reads Laundry received by 9 a.m. returned some day signaling unclear laundry return timing and prompting confusion among guests.
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Tulsa
Okla
U S Government Reaches Deal to Limit Cuban Molasses Flow
Washington AP The Agriculture Department signed a one year contract with Publicker Chemical Corp to suspend Cuban molasses imports. In return the department will sell Publicker 14 million bushels of corn from surplus stocks for use in producing industrial alcohol and liquor. Publicker employs 700 at its New Orleans plant and said it would shut down without raw materials.
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Publicker Chemical Corp
Publicker
Acricultuire Department
Joss
Cuba
Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Publicker Docks
New Orleans
China Policy Under Study on UN Membership Question
The State Department says U S policy on United Nations membership for Communist China is under study with various possibilities under consideration. Diplomatic sources say U S strategy assumes Beijing would not win a UN seat while Nationalist China remains. Secretary Rusk discussed the issue with Japan’s Foreign Minister Zentaro Kosaka.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
United Nations
China
Department
Lincoln White
U.N
Dean Rusk
Japan
Zentaro Kosaka
Rusk
Neutralist Prince Backs Cambodian Plan On Laos Truce Teams
Prince Souvanna Phouma informally endorses Cambodia's majority rule plan for three nation truce teams in Laos. A Cambodian spokesman says he will support the proposal when presented at the Geneva Laos conference. The plan allows inspection of neutrality violations by a majority vote of two of three members, with potential Soviet veto concerns.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Laos
Geneva
International Control Commission
India
Canada
Poland
Polsh
Prince Souphanouvong
Sihanouk
Souphanouvong
Boun Oum
Valdosta Man Drowns in Farm Pond
Valdosta man Jerry J. McRee, 60, drowned Saturday after falling from a boat while fishing on a farm pond in Lakeland. An autopsy planned to determine if death was from a heart attack or drowning.
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Lakeland, Ga
Valdosta
Jerry J. McRee
Trapped Miners Appear Doomed Near Cumberland Mountains Mine
Rescue efforts continued at a coal mine on Fork Mountain East Tennessee after a collapse trapped miners. Five escaped. one amputated arm, another fractured pelvis, two uninjured, and two missing with no hope of survival per a federal mine inspector.
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Fork Mountain
Cumberland Mountains
East
Tennessee
Kennedy flies to country estate for quiet weekend
President Kennedy flies by helicopter to his Middleburg Virginia estate with Mrs. Kennedy and Lemoyne Billings for rest and recuperation. He conferred with Arthur Goldberg on the maritime strike and visited the White House briefly after a mild virus infection. He walks with less crutch use and doctors report good health with a touch of strep throat.
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Washington
Kennedy
Middleburr
U. S. Firm Not Belligerent In Berlin Crisis
Moscow says Khrushchev promises tempestuous growth of all Soviet economy with drafts of a new program and party rules to be published soon. He claimed the plan would evoke admiration from friends as the crisis in Berlin deepens.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Alma Mata
Kazakhstan
Soviet Union
West Seeks Agreement on Berlin Threat and Defense Posture
The United States aims for a firm but not belligerent stance over Berlin as NATO allies seek consensus on responding to Khrushchev’s challenge. Secretary McNamara says no near term plans to strengthen Europe forces, while noting possible quiet reinforcement and a NATO visit.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Berlin
McNamara
Europe
London
Atlantic Alliance
West Germany
Iron Curtain
NATO
National Security Council
Democratic Senate
Defense
White House
X15 Rocket Plane Sets New Speed Record
At Edwards Air Force Base Maj. Bob White piloted the X15 to 3690 mph at about 100000 feet, fastest winged flight. The flight lasted 11 minutes despite cabin pressure loss and a ballooning suit, heating the skin to 750 F and marking the craft’s record.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Bob White
White
California Desert
Russia
Yuri Gagarin
Alan Shepard
United States
Joe Walker
Tractors for Freedom Abandoned in Cuba Prisoner Swap
The Tractors for Freedom Committee ends talks with Cuba over a prisoner exchange. Castro demanded 28 million cash or tractors and proposed a prisoner delegation. Kennedy said the U S would not participate. The group folds and plans to return unopened letters.
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Detroit
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Private Citizens’ Group
Walter P. Reuther
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milton S. Eisenhower
PO Box Freedom
One Cent Gas Tax Sought for Georgia Cities
Georgia Municipal Association asks state to allocate one cent of the 614 cent per gallon gas tax to cities. Elmer George proposes using a quarter of rebates for traffic control and funding a state academy to train officers from across Georgia, pending board approval and member polling.
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Atlanta
Georgia Municipal Association
Georgia
Elmer George
GMA
Kennedy Orders Study of Maritime Strike Action
President Kennedy ordered a government wide survey over the weekend on the maritime strike now in its ninth day. Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg announced he would lead the study to assess national health and safety risks and to consider a court injunction under the Taft Hartley Act if needed.
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Secretary of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
White House
Goldberg
Labor
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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