Military Junta Seizes Power in Peru After Coup
In Lima demonstrations against Peru's military takeover were crushed as the junta asserted control. Students were wounded as troops used submachine guns and tear gas while police dispersed crowds. The Confederation of Labor threatened a general strike, and the United States denounced the coup, suspended some aid, and kept limited diplomatic channels open with Ambassador Loeb remaining in Lima.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Prado
Confederation of Labor
United States
Alliance For Progress
U.S
James Loeb
Berryville fire party delights youngsters with engine rides
Linda Donaldson, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Donaldson, enjoyed her first ride on a John H Enders Fire Company engine during Berryville yard party night. Hundreds watched as two engines toured the town before a final auction.
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Linda Donaldson
George Donaldson
East Whitlock
Linda
John H. Enders Fire Company
Berryville
Reassignments to City Schools Being Prepared
Dr. Garland R. Quarles said public school students will be notified as soon as possible which schools they will attend this fall under the court ordered integration plan adopted by the board. Assignments depend on school capacity and geography with transfers allowed by minority status.
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Garland R. Quarles
Douglas
Quarles
Handley
Texas Rangers say Henry Marshall death ruled murder
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced its investigation concludes Henry Marshall was murdered near Franklin on June 3, 1961, not a suicide. Marshall, a federal Agriculture Department official, was shot five times while investigating Billie Sol Estes cotton allotments.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Department of Public Safety
Henry Marshall
Franklin
Marshall
Billie Sol Estes
Federal Agriculture Department
Estes
Will Wilson
South
Department of Public Safety
Director of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Texas Dist
John M. Barron
Bryan
Texas Ranger
Clint Peoples
Waco
Garrison
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Frankin
Justice of the Peace
Lee Farmer
J. A. Jachimczyk
Houston
Feather Trial Opens After Jury Excusals Over Death Penalty
Frederick Keith Feather, 31, a meatcutter, stands trial for the fatal shooting of his wife Betty Jo Feather amid claims of heat of passion from alleged taunting over infidelity. The 11 jurors seated after ten were excused for capital punishment objections, with opening statements outlining the night of January 28, 1962 and Feather’s surrender in Frederick.
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Frederick Keith Feather
Francis Funk
Betty Jo (Coxe) Feather
Edwin M. Neikirk
Feather
Elliott Marshall
City Hall
Dabney Watts
Commonwealth
Atorney
Eagle Drive
Forrest Hills
Nike Zeus intercepts ICBM in successful test
The Defense Department announced the first successful interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile by an Army Nike Zeus antimissile. Zeus fired from Kwajalein Island in the central Pacific intercepted an Atlas launched from California, about 4,500 miles away. An earlier test was not a complete success.
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Washington
Defense Department
Zeus
Kwajalein Island
Central Pacific
California
Democrats Polled on Immediate Tax Cut
President Kennedy aides poll Democratic lawmakers on support for an immediate tax cut to boost the economy. Senate leader Mansfield says results are mixed and Kennedy has not decided, fearing recession if rejected. Byrd opposes further unbalancing the budget while Mills questions timing and may push conditions such as including a withholding tax.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Congress
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate Finance Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Byrd
Navy ends giant West Virginia radio telescope project
Washington AP reports the world’s largest movable radio telescope at Sugar Grove West Virginia is declared obsolete before first use. The Pentagon cites rising costs and rapid tech advances, with $41.7 million spent of $126.2 million authorized. West Virginia keeps tourism plans, and the emblem remains.
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Washington
Pentagon
Congress
Sugar Grove
W. Va
West
Morale Has Returned Clay Sees Berlin Improvement
In a New York interview Gen. Lucius D. Clay states West Berlin shows morale returning to normal and the city recovering economically after the Berlin crisis. He says Khrushchev may push for moves to undermine Western unity, but warns war remains avoidable if the Soviets refrain from aggressive actions.
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West Berlin
Saul Pett
Associated Press
Kennedy
Berlin
Khrushchev
Lucius D. Clay
Western Europe
Clay
U.S
New York
Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Republic
Q. Khrushchev
Soviet Signals Readiness to Ban Nuclear Spread
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin told the 17 nation disarmament committee Moscow would join the United States Britain and France in a pledge to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. He urged all four powers to forbid providing atomic data to others and urged nonproliferation to deter others from seeking weapons amid West German concerns.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
China
West Germany
Atlantic
Valerian Zorin
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Zorin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Court bars union funds in defense of fraud charges
The U S Court of Appeals ruled unions may not use union paid attorneys or funds to defend officers charged with fraud. It ordered a district court review on whether Hoffa and other Teamsters officials must reimburse the union for legal services in certain fraud cases.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Charles Fahey
Henry W. Edgerton
Wilbur K. Miller
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Lee
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Waynesboro
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Sea Breeze Holiday Inn
Dr. Quarles
Herbert Solenberger
Texas Rangers
Texas
Ruth Braithwaite
Mr. Watts
Frederick
Watts
Maryland
Henry Whiting
Neikirk
Jim Fox
U.S. Navy
Fox
Bulletin
Navy Junks
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Pendleton County
Panhandle
West Virginia Centennial Commission
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Defense
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Navy
McNamara
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