Swedes arrest air force colonel for spying
Sweden charged a Royal Swedish Air Force colonel with spying for the Soviet Union. Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson demanded Moscow recall the military attache and the Soviet Embassy first secretary in connection with the case. Meanwhile at sea, the Bathyscaphe Trieste delays dives to locate the Thresher wreck due to minor technical problems with no significant findings reported yet.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Royal Swedish Air Force
Soviet Union
Torsten Nilsson
Moscow
Vitaly Jikolsky
Georgy Baranovsky
Fort Snelling
Thresher
Landslides in Korea Kill At Least 116 People
Four landslides along Korea’s southern coast killed at least 116 people, with 94 deaths reported on Koje Island in a village landslide. Another 22 died in three smaller slides in Pusan and Kimhai County, authorities said.
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Pusan
South Korea
Korea
Koje Island
Kimhai
Democrats Set 1964 Convention in Atlantic City
The Democratic National Convention will be held next year in Atlantic City New Jersey. Gov Richard J Hughes of New Jersey announced the plan noting it is the first East Coast convention since 1948 when Harry S Truman was nominated in Philadelphia.
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Washington
Atlantic City
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
East
Harry Truman
Philadelphia
Canadian Parliament Defeats Censure Motion on Pearson
The Liberal government survives a no confidence vote after an abstention and absentee pressure. The motion, backed by 113 members to 73, failed with 10 Social Credit votes and 66 absentees, while 13 New Democrats abstained.
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Lester B. Pearson
Walter Gordon
Liberal Party
Social Credit
New Democrats
ILO to Seek UN Exclusion of South Africa Over Racial Policy
Geneva AP report says the International Labor Organization plans to urge the UN Security Council and General Assembly to expel South Africa for its strict racial segregation. US NA director-general David A. Morse proposed the move on Monday and ILO governing body approval next month seems likely.
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International Labor Organization
Security Council
General Assembly
South Africa
United Nations
David A. Morse
United States
ILO
Kenya to gain independence by 1964 says sources
London reports Britain will grant Kenya independence by 1964. A constitutional conference is to be held this year to arrange the transfer of power. Kenya’s justice minister Tom Mboya, who concluded talks with British officials, expressed elation as he returned home late Monday.
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Britain
Kenya
Tom Mboya
Mboya
Red China accuses East Germany over 39,000 word denouncement
Red China charged East Germany with trying to widen rifts in the Communist movement by blocking publication of Pekings 39 000 word denunciation of Soviet Premier Khrushchev. East Germanys ADN on June 21 said the Red Chinese Embassy in East Berlin violated rules by distributing the statement.
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Red China
East Germany
Peking
Khrush
ADN
East Berlin
Rights Program Faces Tough Senate Fight
Washington AP reports that Kennedy civil rights legislation lacks sponsors after a week. Only 46 Democrats and 9 Republicans signed as sponsors, five votes shy of a Senate majority and well short of a two-thirds threshold to end a filibuster. Backers warn a 22 Republican and 45 Democratic coalition will be needed if all senators vote.
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Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Republi
Senate
Army Studies Renewed Use Of 2 Airports
Air fields at Moultrie and Bainbridge in Georgia were named among bases recommended for a pilot training program run by civilians under contract. The Army plans to add bases and expand the program, with an inspection team’s findings classified. If selected, Georgia personnel would equal current Air Force contract levels.
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Moultrie
Bainbridge
Army
Air Force
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Kennedy Defends NATO Unity in Europe Speech
President Kennedy in St Pauls church Frankfurt rejects De Gaulle’s Europe without US ties and urges allied unity. He vows to risk cities to defend Europe, cites NATO obligations with 40 allies and calls for a new world power partnership.
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House to Extend Impacted Areas School Aid
The House Education Committee plans final approval of a one-year extension of federal aid to impacted school districts. An antidiscrimination rider would bar funds to districts failing to file a desegregation plan by June 30, with operation by next year. The program channels about $350 million to 4,000 districts, drawing southern opposition over desegregation. Bibb County Georgia faces losing $500,000 as it weighs keeping segregated schools.
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Washington
House Education Committee
Bibb County
Driver of Bus Saves Children In Flash Fire
Harold J Greer of Greenville South Carolina was credited with saving 33 children and their chaperones when a chartered bus burst into flames at a Toccoa Georgia service station. He stood in the doorway and pushed the occupants to safety despite burns to his arms and legs.
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Toccoa
Greer
Thomasville City Manager Heads to Virginia Post
Friday marks departure for Hershell F. Snuggs as Thomasville city manager. He will take a similar role in Colonial Heights Virginia next Monday, with his family remaining in Thomasville until August. Mayor Roy M. Lilly says interviews are underway for a new city manager.
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Thomesville
Snuggs
Colonial Heights
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Lake Worth
Fla
Roy M. Lilly
Watermelon Festival Parade Includes Thomasville Rose Queen
Regal appoints Thomasville Rose Queen Sheri Bender and 78 other entries in Monticello Florida parade at 2 pm Saturday. Thomasville float joins 21 club, commercial and city floats with Flowers Baking Co Forestry Dept and U S Army. Highlights include watermelon eating barbecue supper and Legion Home festival ball with Osco Hughes orchestra. The 1962 Watermelon Queen will crown her successor Friday at the football field with 63 Jefferson County beauties vying for the honor.
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Sheri Bender
Monticello
Fla
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Herman Huff
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Legion Home
Osco Hughes
Jefferson County
Seventh Day Adventist Seek Regular Services In Thomasville
The Thomasville group of 22 members meets in the Municipal Building Study Class Room after leaving a funeral parlor. Their first service is at 3 p.m. Saturday at the new site, with weekly meetings at 3 p.m. Saturdays and 7:30 p.m. on Sundays and Wednesdays. Elder E. W. Connell can be reached at 226-2769 for more information.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church of
Thomasville
E. W. Connell
Sheriff Callice Law to Attend Georgia Convention
Thomas County Sheriff Callice Law will attend the Georgia Sheriff's Convention at St. Simons Island. Treatment will hold their.
Albany Negro Area Closed by Police
Police faced racial demonstrations in Albany Georgia as rocks and bottles injured a sergeant and 11 demonstrators gathered at city hall after a mass meeting at a Negro church. Police charged five adults with parading without a permit and detained six juveniles, while a Harlem area curfew cleared streets and shutters went up after windows were shattered.
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Albany, Ga
L. C. Baggett
City Hall
Camilla
Harlem
Laurie Pritchett
New Tax Rules Limit Write Offs for Business Deductions
IRS issues final installment of two major sections guiding business tax deductions. Rules require a reasonable relationship between expense items and business activity and ban lavish or extravagant entertainment. Affects about 10 percent of taxpayers and aims for about 100 million dollars in extra revenue.
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Internal Revenue Service
Florida Probe Of Rackets Expands Across Southeast
A federal grand jury probes the numbers racket in central Florida and broader southeastern states. More than 150 witnesses have been subpoenaed. Reporter Jack Shiviey was to testify. Florida figures Rep Mack Cleveland and ex-state Rep Philip Bealle of Pensacola were next. Two DOJ attorneys lead the investigation.
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Orlando
Frs
Florida
Haa
Thomasville
Times - Enterprise
Jack Shiviey
Mack Cleveland
Philip Bealle
Pensacola
Weathered Rain Episode Sparing South Georgia Crops
Long rain spell mostly spared South Georgia tobacco and peach crops with little damage. north Georgia saw possible cotton injury and wheat harvest setbacks. County agents report sufficient rainfall yet warn of risks to cotton from insects and wet bolls, while corn and pastures benefited or remained sound.
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North Georgia
Richmond County
Willard Bazemore
Columbia County
W. R
Tye
Walter Culverhouse
Hall County
Georgia
North
Archie Langley
Crop Reporting Service
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