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May 12, 1961

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GHANAIANS SEIZED IN ANGOLA REVOLT; Portugal Reports 71 Taken in West African Fighting -- Puts Dead at 1,000 71 Ghanaians Seized in Angola; Lisbon Says They Aided Rebels

By Benjamin Welles Special To the New York Times

Portuguese rept seizing 71 Ghanaians who crossed Congo border to join rebels; map; nearly 1,000 reptd killed by rebels since fighting started; attacks on Nambuangongo and Carmona airstrips repulsed; 45% of coffee crop reptd lost

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KENNEDY OFFERS PLAN TO COMBAT JUVENILE CRIMES; Urges a 5-Year Program to Curb Delinquency -- Cost Is 10 Million First Year CABINET GROUP SET UP Attorney General Will Head Agency -- A 'Total Attack' Proposed to Congress KENNEDY VOICES YOUTH CRIME PLEA

By Alvin Shuster Special To the New York Times

he notes 11-yr rise in youth crime, lr to Kennedy

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Eisenhower Group Will Scrutinize Kennedy Policies; Eisenhower and Former Aides To Scrutinize Kennedy Policies

By Felix Belair Jr. Special To the New York Time

Eisenhower is host to former Cabinet members and aides at conf, Gettysburg; illus; tells press that group plans continuing rev of Kennedy Adm policies

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U.S. and Japan at Odds on Use Of Army Base for '64 Olympics; U.S. IRKS JAPANESE ON OLYMPIC AREA

By Bernard Kalb Special To the New York Times

Japanese com at odds with US Army over use of Camp Drake for housing athletes; US offers partial use; Japanese press comment

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Johnson Assures Saigon Of Aid in Army Build-Up; Military and Other Backing Against Reds Pledged in Speech to South Vietnam Assembly -- He Sees Ngo Dinh Diem JOHNSON PLEDGES SAIGON U.S. HELP

By the Associated Press

in Saigon, S Vietnam

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Historical Context for May 12, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people^[†]