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I 'll need more than a single day to find the words to properly express my thanks to them ''. | find | {
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I 'll need more than a single day to find the words to properly express my thanks to them ''. | express | {
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An alert 10 - year-old safety patrol boy was congratulated by police today for his part in obtaining a reckless driving conviction against a youthful motorist. | congratulated | {
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An alert 10 - year-old safety patrol boy was congratulated by police today for his part in obtaining a reckless driving conviction against a youthful motorist. | obtaining | {
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Patrolman George Kimmell, of McClellan Station, said he would recommend a special safety citation for Ralph Sisk, 9230 Vernor east, a third grader at the Scripps School, for his assistance in the case. | said | {
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Patrolman George Kimmell, of McClellan Station, said he would recommend a special safety citation for Ralph Sisk, 9230 Vernor east, a third grader at the Scripps School, for his assistance in the case. | recommend | {
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Kimmell said he and Ralph were helping children across Belvidere at Kercheval Monday afternoon when a car heading north on Belvidere stopped belatedly inside the pedestrian crosswalk. | said | {
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Kimmell said he and Ralph were helping children across Belvidere at Kercheval Monday afternoon when a car heading north on Belvidere stopped belatedly inside the pedestrian crosswalk. | helping | {
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Kimmell said he and Ralph were helping children across Belvidere at Kercheval Monday afternoon when a car heading north on Belvidere stopped belatedly inside the pedestrian crosswalk. | heading | {
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Kimmell said he and Ralph were helping children across Belvidere at Kercheval Monday afternoon when a car heading north on Belvidere stopped belatedly inside the pedestrian crosswalk. | stopped | {
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Kimmell ordered the driver to back up, watched the children safely across and was approaching the car when it suddenly `` took off at high speed '', he said, narrowly missing him. | ordered | {
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Kimmell ordered the driver to back up, watched the children safely across and was approaching the car when it suddenly `` took off at high speed '', he said, narrowly missing him. | back up | {
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Kimmell ordered the driver to back up, watched the children safely across and was approaching the car when it suddenly `` took off at high speed '', he said, narrowly missing him. | watched | {
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Kimmell ordered the driver to back up, watched the children safely across and was approaching the car when it suddenly `` took off at high speed '', he said, narrowly missing him. | approaching | {
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Kimmell ordered the driver to back up, watched the children safely across and was approaching the car when it suddenly `` took off at high speed '', he said, narrowly missing him. | took off | {
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Kimmell ordered the driver to back up, watched the children safely across and was approaching the car when it suddenly `` took off at high speed '', he said, narrowly missing him. | said | {
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Kimmell ordered the driver to back up, watched the children safely across and was approaching the car when it suddenly `` took off at high speed '', he said, narrowly missing him. | missing | {
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Commandeering a passing car, Kimmell pursued the fleeing vehicle, but lost it in traffic. | Commandeering | {
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Commandeering a passing car, Kimmell pursued the fleeing vehicle, but lost it in traffic. | pursued | {
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Commandeering a passing car, Kimmell pursued the fleeing vehicle, but lost it in traffic. | fleeing | {
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Commandeering a passing car, Kimmell pursued the fleeing vehicle, but lost it in traffic. | lost | {
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Returning to the school crossing, the officer was informed by the Sisk boy that he recognized the driver, a neighbor, and had obtained the license number. | Returning | {
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Returning to the school crossing, the officer was informed by the Sisk boy that he recognized the driver, a neighbor, and had obtained the license number. | informed | {
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Returning to the school crossing, the officer was informed by the Sisk boy that he recognized the driver, a neighbor, and had obtained the license number. | recognized | {
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Returning to the school crossing, the officer was informed by the Sisk boy that he recognized the driver, a neighbor, and had obtained the license number. | obtained | {
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The motorist later was identified as Richard Sarkees, 17, of 2433 McClellan, currently on probation and under court order not to drive. | identified | {
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The motorist later was identified as Richard Sarkees, 17, of 2433 McClellan, currently on probation and under court order not to drive. | drive | {
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He was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday by Traffic Judge George T. Murphy, who continued his no-driving probation for another year and ordered him to spend 15 days in the Detroit House of Correction. | found | {
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He was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday by Traffic Judge George T. Murphy, who continued his no-driving probation for another year and ordered him to spend 15 days in the Detroit House of Correction. | continued | {
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He was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday by Traffic Judge George T. Murphy, who continued his no-driving probation for another year and ordered him to spend 15 days in the Detroit House of Correction. | ordered | {
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He was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday by Traffic Judge George T. Murphy, who continued his no-driving probation for another year and ordered him to spend 15 days in the Detroit House of Correction. | spend | {
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The jail sentence is to begin the day after Sarkees graduates from Eastern High School in June. | begin | {
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The jail sentence is to begin the day after Sarkees graduates from Eastern High School in June. | graduates | {
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The long crisis in Laos appeared nearing a showdown today. | appeared | {
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The long crisis in Laos appeared nearing a showdown today. | nearing | {
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Britain announced that it is asking the Soviet Union to agree tomorrow to an immediate cease-fire. | announced | {
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Britain announced that it is asking the Soviet Union to agree tomorrow to an immediate cease-fire. | asking | {
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Britain announced that it is asking the Soviet Union to agree tomorrow to an immediate cease-fire. | agree | {
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In Vientiane, the royal Laotian government decided today to ask its `` friends and neighbors '' for help in fighting what it called a new rebel offensive threatening the southeast Asian kingdom. | decided | {
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In Vientiane, the royal Laotian government decided today to ask its `` friends and neighbors '' for help in fighting what it called a new rebel offensive threatening the southeast Asian kingdom. | ask | {
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In Vientiane, the royal Laotian government decided today to ask its `` friends and neighbors '' for help in fighting what it called a new rebel offensive threatening the southeast Asian kingdom. | fighting | {
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In Vientiane, the royal Laotian government decided today to ask its `` friends and neighbors '' for help in fighting what it called a new rebel offensive threatening the southeast Asian kingdom. | called | {
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In Vientiane, the royal Laotian government decided today to ask its `` friends and neighbors '' for help in fighting what it called a new rebel offensive threatening the southeast Asian kingdom. | threatening | {
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Britain 's plans to press Russia for a definite cease-fire timetable was announced in London by Foreign Secretary Lord Home. | press | {
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Britain 's plans to press Russia for a definite cease-fire timetable was announced in London by Foreign Secretary Lord Home. | announced | {
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He said Britain also proposed that the international truce commission should be reconvened, sent to New Delhi and from there to Laos to verify the cease-fire. | said | {
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He said Britain also proposed that the international truce commission should be reconvened, sent to New Delhi and from there to Laos to verify the cease-fire. | proposed | {
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He said Britain also proposed that the international truce commission should be reconvened, sent to New Delhi and from there to Laos to verify the cease-fire. | reconvened | {
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"reconvene%2:38:00::"
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He said Britain also proposed that the international truce commission should be reconvened, sent to New Delhi and from there to Laos to verify the cease-fire. | sent | {
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He said Britain also proposed that the international truce commission should be reconvened, sent to New Delhi and from there to Laos to verify the cease-fire. | verify | {
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A 14 - power conference on Laos should then meet on May 5, he said. | meet | {
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A 14 - power conference on Laos should then meet on May 5, he said. | said | {
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The Laos government plea for help was made by Foreign Minister Tiao Sopsaisana. | made | {
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He indicated that requests would be made for more U. S. arms and more U. S. military advisers. | indicated | {
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He declared the government is thinking of asking for foreign troops if the situation worsens. | thinking of | {
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He declared the government is thinking of asking for foreign troops if the situation worsens. | worsens | {
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A note making the request was handed to U. S. Ambassador Winthrop G. Brown. | handed | {
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The Laos government said four major Pathet Lao rebel attacks had been launched, heavily supported by troops from Communist North Viet Nam. | said | {
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The Laos government said four major Pathet Lao rebel attacks had been launched, heavily supported by troops from Communist North Viet Nam. | supported | {
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The minister, describing the attacks which led up to the appeal, said that 60000 Communist North Vietnamese were fighting royal army troops on one front - near Thakhek, in southern-central Laos. | describing | {
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The minister, describing the attacks which led up to the appeal, said that 60000 Communist North Vietnamese were fighting royal army troops on one front - near Thakhek, in southern-central Laos. | led up | {
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The minister, describing the attacks which led up to the appeal, said that 60000 Communist North Vietnamese were fighting royal army troops on one front - near Thakhek, in southern-central Laos. | said | {
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The minister, describing the attacks which led up to the appeal, said that 60000 Communist North Vietnamese were fighting royal army troops on one front - near Thakhek, in southern-central Laos. | fighting | {
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There was no confirmation of such massive assaults from independent sources. | was | {
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Two Americans and seven Cubans were executed by firing squads today as Castro military tribunals began decreeing the death penalty for captured invasion forces and suspected collaborators. | executed | {
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Two Americans and seven Cubans were executed by firing squads today as Castro military tribunals began decreeing the death penalty for captured invasion forces and suspected collaborators. | began | {
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Two Americans and seven Cubans were executed by firing squads today as Castro military tribunals began decreeing the death penalty for captured invasion forces and suspected collaborators. | decreeing | {
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Two Americans and seven Cubans were executed by firing squads today as Castro military tribunals began decreeing the death penalty for captured invasion forces and suspected collaborators. | captured | {
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A Havana radio broadcast identified the Americans as Howard Anderson and August Jack McNair. | identified | {
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The executions took place at dawn only a few hours after Havana radio announced their conviction by a revolutionary tribunal at Pinar del Rio, where the executions took place. | took place | {
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The executions took place at dawn only a few hours after Havana radio announced their conviction by a revolutionary tribunal at Pinar del Rio, where the executions took place. | announced | {
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The executions took place at dawn only a few hours after Havana radio announced their conviction by a revolutionary tribunal at Pinar del Rio, where the executions took place. | took place | {
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The broadcast said Anderson, a Seattle ex-marine and Havana businessman, and McNair, of Miami, were condemned on charges of smuggling arms to Cuban rebels. | said | {
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The broadcast said Anderson, a Seattle ex-marine and Havana businessman, and McNair, of Miami, were condemned on charges of smuggling arms to Cuban rebels. | condemned | {
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The broadcast said Anderson, a Seattle ex-marine and Havana businessman, and McNair, of Miami, were condemned on charges of smuggling arms to Cuban rebels. | smuggling | {
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Anderson operated three Havana automobile service stations and was commander of the Havana American Legion post before it disbanded since the start of Fidel Castro 's regime. | operated | {
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Anderson operated three Havana automobile service stations and was commander of the Havana American Legion post before it disbanded since the start of Fidel Castro 's regime. | was | {
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Anderson operated three Havana automobile service stations and was commander of the Havana American Legion post before it disbanded since the start of Fidel Castro 's regime. | disbanded | {
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Anderson 's wife and four children live in Miami. | live | {
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McNair, 25, was seized March 20 with four Cubans and accused of trying to land a boatload of rifles in Pinar del Rio, about 35 miles from Havana. | seized | {
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McNair, 25, was seized March 20 with four Cubans and accused of trying to land a boatload of rifles in Pinar del Rio, about 35 miles from Havana. | accused | {
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McNair, 25, was seized March 20 with four Cubans and accused of trying to land a boatload of rifles in Pinar del Rio, about 35 miles from Havana. | trying | {
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McNair, 25, was seized March 20 with four Cubans and accused of trying to land a boatload of rifles in Pinar del Rio, about 35 miles from Havana. | land | {
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At least 20 other Americans were reported to have been arrested in a mass political roundup. | reported | {
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At least 20 other Americans were reported to have been arrested in a mass political roundup. | arrested | {
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Among them were a number of newsmen, including Henry Raymont, of United Press International, and Robert Berrellez, of Associated Press. | were | {
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Among them were a number of newsmen, including Henry Raymont, of United Press International, and Robert Berrellez, of Associated Press. | including | {
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So many Cubans were reported being swept into the Castro dragnet that the massive Sports Palace auditorium and at least one hotel were converted into makeshift jails. | reported | {
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So many Cubans were reported being swept into the Castro dragnet that the massive Sports Palace auditorium and at least one hotel were converted into makeshift jails. | swept | {
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So many Cubans were reported being swept into the Castro dragnet that the massive Sports Palace auditorium and at least one hotel were converted into makeshift jails. | converted | {
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More than 1000 were said to have been arrested - 100 of them Roman Catholic priests. | said | {
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