Fire Damages Paint Shop From Suspected Electrical Short
A late Saturday fire at Idea Paint and Body Works is thought caused by an electrical short from a car left in a paint booth. Damages are still being estimated. A multi car collision occurred near San Jon, New Mexico, while Jane Hitch of Guymon, Oklahoma, was named Miss Oklahoma and will compete in Miss America in Atlantic City. Dalhart Police seek a well dressed man after a visitor’s clothing worth 109 dollars was stolen from his car.
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Jane Hitch
Guymon
Tulsa
Atlantic City
N. J
Dalhart
Jane Joyce Hitch
Cheryl Ann Semrad
Miss Hitch
H. £. Hitch Jr
Civil rights era debates and national events flash across pages
News items from Sunray to Centerville cover civil rights passage hopes in Washington, a Sunray Little League project, and Runway lighting funding. Reports note King’s rally turnout in Chicago, Viet Cong attacks leaving three missing, and severe weather across the Midwest. Also mentions Kennedy recovery, political convention dynamics, and regional road incidents.
Not All Surprised By Running Game
A crowd of 32 026 watched a 6 0 game as Jim Bunning pitched a perfect NL era ballgame No baserunner reached against him with only two batters reaching three balls. A key fielding play by Tony Taylor aided the perfection as Jesse Conger lined a potential hit to the right of second base.
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Barbara Bunning
Philadelphia
Jim Bunning
New York Mets
New York
Shea Stadium
Bunning
Mary
Mary Bunning
Mets
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox
Jesse Conger
Tony Tylor
Eleven-year-old Little League star dies after game catch
In South Bend Indiana eleven year old John J Metz Jr collapsed in the outfield after making a game winning fly ball catch. He had a long heart ailment and played against his doctor’s orders in a somber tragedy witnessed by his mother and stunned spectators.
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South Bend
Ind
John J. Metz Jr
Viet Cong Capture U.S. Men Near Tay Ninh
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a Soui Da Special Forces company ten miles northeast of Tay Ninh. a wounded American officer and two enlisted men disappeared. About 60 U. S. personnel were missing as fighting with 300 to 500 attackers left three Americans unaccounted for and several suspected killed or captured.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Tay Ninh
Soui da
St Augustine shows rival groups demonstrate in peaceful march
In St Augustine Florida white segregationists and Negro integrationists staged a dramatic twin march. About 275 whites with anti Civil Rights placards faced 120 Negroes and supporters as both sides paraded through downtown. Police kept the rival groups two blocks apart with orderly crowd control.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Flier Survives Ordeal in Cascade Rescue
A badly injured search pilot, Leslie L. Mercer, 63, was rescued after a crash in the Cascade foothills 30 miles south of Tacoma. Mercer crawled a half mile with a broken ankle and arm to reach a road as observers were killed. a five man Mountain Rescue Council team led by John Simac found him near Ladd Mountain. Mercer, a Sedro Woolley missionary with the Church of God, credited Providence.
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Tacoma
Wash
Providence
Cascade Foothills
Leslie L. Mercer
Sedro Woolley
Ladd
John Simac
Mountain Rescue Council
Mercer
Church of God
Kennedy's Condition Teeters Toward Satisfactory Recovery
Kennedy remains stable after Friday plane crash that killed pilot Edwin Zimny and aide Edward Moss. Army doctors at Cooley Dickinson Hospital report no paralysis and expect full recovery, with a rehabilitation period of six to eight months. Birch Bayh also injured but less seriously.
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Sen. Kennedy
Henry Murphey
Army
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington
Kennedy
Cooley-Dickinson Hospital
Cooley- Dickinson Hospital
Edwin T. Zimny
Andover
Mass
Edward Moss
New England Telephone Company
Sen
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Massachusetts
Bayh
Prayer Case Tangles Courtroom Amid Marriage Ties
Susan Abramovitz 17, central to the Madalyn Murray case, has wed Murray family member William 18. In Baltimore Sunday court proceedings, Murray, her son, and her mother Bonna Mays faced assault charges. Susan was placed in custody for contempt before release.
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Baltimore, Md
Susan Abramovitz
Madalyn Murray
Murray
Liam
Bonna, Mays
William
Joseph G. Finnerty
Finnerty
Susan
William Murray
Kerpelman
Baltimore
Murrays
Torrential Rains Strain Missouri and Nearby States
Wide area of the nation endures heavy rains on the first day of summer with Missouri towns like St Joseph Agency and Polo receiving up to 5.80 inches. Roads flooded homes threatened bridges buckled and a car carrying a soldier and family was swept from US 36 near St Joseph. The Quaker Oats plant in St Joseph flooded suspending operations and several people were rescued or aided by fire crews. Weather officials warn of further flooding along the Missouri Platte Grand and Crooked rivers tonight and Sunday.
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Midwest
Missouri
Wisconsin
East Panhandle
Texas
Associated Press
Nation
St. Joseph
Agency
Polo
Platte River
Clarence Dennison
Lexington
Waverly
Coloma
Edgerton
Brunswick
Odessa
Weather Bureau
Platte
Grand River
Crooked River
Wakenda Creek
Ship Burns At Wharf In Hoboken NJ
A smoky fire in the hold of an empty cargo ship tied up at Hoboken kept firemen on duty for over nine hours. Coast Guard said danger came from possible capsizing as water was pumped out. Fire confined to No 2 hold. a marine boat aided pumping and a diver used an acetylene torch to drain water.
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Hoboken
Coast Guard
No. 2
New York Marine
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Hank Taylor
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