Telstar first transatlantic telephone call by Britons
Andover Maine reports the first transatlantic telephone call via Telstar signaling success after the first video from the satellite. British and American officials praised the transmission as a milestone with plans for future exchanges and potential European participation. Churchill tussles with bronchial infection amid recovery news from London hospital. Eisenhower to meet GOP leaders at Gettysburg.
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Andover
Maine
UPI
Telstar
France
British General Post Office
Eugene J. McNeely
American Telephone and Telegraph
New York
Jacques Marrett
Post and Telecommunications
Paris
McNeely
Post Office Department
London
Britain
Eugene O'Neil
At&t
U. S
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Brittany
Planne
Kennedy Wins House Vote To Continue Yugoslavia Poland Aid
The House approved a 4.6 billion foreign aid program and gave Kennedy power to continue aiding Poland and Yugoslavia. The vote was 250 to 164 with no cuts, though actual funds await a separate appropriation. India aid remained untouched despite Senate cuts.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
House
Yugoslavia
Poland
Senate
Congress
India
Ben Bella Welcomed as Hero in Oran
Algerian nationalist leader Mohammed Ben Bella arrived in Oran to a delirious crowd and called for peace with Europeans. Guerilla units and ALN guards lined streets as Ben Bella solidified power, while rival Ben Youssef Ben Kheeda factions lingered unresolved in post‑colonial Algeria.
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Algiers
UPI
Mohammed Ben Bella
Oran
Ment
Ben Youssef Ben Kheeda
Algeria
Ben Bella
Aormor Ae Secret Army
Ben Khedda
National Liberation Army
ALN
Delegates To State Legion Parley Today
Delegates of the George Hackett Post 127 led by Lloyd Smith depart today for the 44th Annual Department Convention of the Indiana American Legion. Delegates include Vern Riggins E D Fulton D B Puckett James Herfert Paul Montgomery. The Little General engine carries three people and weighs 50 pounds. It has participated in every state and national American Legion and 40 and 8 convention since 1958 and won prizes. It will parade at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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George Hackett
Lloyd Smith
Indiana American Legion
Vern Riggins
E. D. Fulton
D. B. Puckett
James Herfert
Paul Montgomery
George Hocket
Little General
Cmdr. Smith
American Legion
Chesterfield Girl Enters Beauty Queen Competition
Carolyn Sue LeVon a 19 year old from Chesterfield enters the Belle of the Ball pageant at Lake James joining 49 other contestants from 20 states. The event starts at 9 p.m. with a grand march at 10 p.m. The winner receives a weekend in Las Vegas Nevada.
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Belle OF
Carolyn Sue LeVon
Wasbinder Dr
Chesterfield
Lake James
Fort Wayne
Carolyn
North 40 Park
Herald
John LeVon
Vasbinder Dr
Ball State Teachers College
St. Johns Hospital
Sharon Jo Sutherland
Las Vegas
Nev
Severe storms flood Indiana with heavy rain
Sunshine State Due United Press International reports across Indiana as a storm system brings tor nado and severe thunderstorm alerts. Marion and Indianapolis endure two inches of rain in three hours with flooding and power outages. localities like Danville Hartford City Mancie Winchester also recorded over one inch of rainfall.
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United Press International
Sun
Indiana
Marion
Danville
Hartford City
Mancie
Winchester
Indianapolis
Identify Victim In Pennsylvania As Indiana Man
The badly decomposed body of a young man was identified tentatively as James Homer Smith, 23, of Franklin Indiana. A Portland High School ring and clothing tied the victim to Indiana. Smith was an ex Marine known to pick up hitchhikers. A missing 1962 white convertible linked to the case may be driven by the killer.
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Washington, Pa
Ernest C. Moore
Smith
Arvin Industries
Columbus
Ind
Plan for Downtown Improvements in Anderson Unveiled
Four local business concerns lead a project to revamp Meridian Street sections in Anderson. New sidewalks and revised on street parking aim to cut parking time and traffic tie ups while preserving spaces. Police Chief Heiden explains shorter 18 foot spaces with 8 foot gaps and meter posts reduced by half to cut clutter.
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Anderson
Meridian St
9Th
10Th Sts
10Th St
John Heiden
Heiden
Heider
Meridian Street
10Th Street
Meridian
Vergara Marries Reyes After Prolonged Courtship in Lima
Oscar Olive Vergara finally wed 35 year old Josefina Rastely Reyes in Lima after a four year hesitancy and eight year courtship He said he had lost enough time in making up his mind and the couple tied the knot on Tuesday in a simple ceremony.
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Lima
Peru
Oscar Olive Vergara
Josefina Rastely Reyes
Oliva Vergara
Josefine
Monoxide Fumes Fatal To Couple In Missouri Home
In Jefferson City, former Governor James T. Blair and his wife were found dead in their 10 room ranch home, carbon monoxide fumes from a car left running in an attached garage were blamed. The engine cooled and doors remained locked when a maid found the scene.
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Jefferson City
UPI
James _ T. Blair
Blair
Blairs
Indiana Road Contracts Hit Record Mid-Year Total
Indiana Highways for Survival reports State Highway Commission awarded contracts totaling 487 million for the first half of year, a mid year high by about 1 million and nearly 17 million above last year. The breakdown includes 150 miles of new or improved roads, 53 bridges, maintenance work, and traffic control upgrades. Chairman David Cohen says progress leaves Indiana 1.5 to 2 years behind demand.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Highway Commission
Indiana Highways For Survival, Inc
David Cohen
Drainage Bids May Be Sought In August For City Sewer Project
Anderson officials announced after a meeting with Henry B Steeg and Associates that bids for the 6 435 000 city sewer program may be sought next month. The plan, required by the Indiana Stream Pollution Board, includes enlarging the disposal plant and new drainage facilities. The Board of Works will study the program before bids are issued, with work covering sewer additions along Stanley Ditch Meadow Brook Parkway Boland Ditch Morton Street Arrow Avenue and a White River siphon under Delaware Street.
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Anderson
Henry B Steeg and
Stanley Ditch
Meadowbrook Parkway
Boland Ditch
Morton St
Arrow Ave
29Th St
White River
Delaware St
Million in Stocks Missing from Wall Street Vault
New York AP report says negotiable certificates worth about 1 million dollars vanished from the Bache and Co vaults at 40 Wall Street. Arrests include Isidore Gorlitsky in New York and Alan Louis Fisher in Denver as authorities pursue others in the alleged removal and sale of certificates for IBM Polaroid Xerox DuPont GM and AT&T.
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New York
Bache and Co
Wall St
Bache
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Denver
Colo
DuPont
International Business Machines
Polaroid
Xerox
General Motors
American Telephone and Telegraph
Alan Louis Fisher
Crime rate in Anderson shows declines in major offenses
Anderson police report lower 1960 61 crime rates across homicide forcible rape robbery burglary larceny and auto theft with 1961 figures compared to 1960. A six month 1982 tally lists murder one forcible rape two robbery seven and aggravated assault six.
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Anderson
Robert Morris
Anderson Police Records Department
Crim
Ords
Morris
Babe Ruth Tourneys in Full Swing at Anderson and Tipton
In District 12 action at Anderson Craw ford Field the Anderson Nationals face the New Castle Nationals at 7 p.m. Tonight. Saturday the New Castle Americans meet the Anderson Olympics at 6 p.m. and the Anderson Americans play the winner at 8 30 p.m. Sunday’s championship is set for the early evening. In Tipton District 1 play Flintweed hosts at 5 p.m. with Alexandria to meet the winner of Frankton-Lapel after.
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Anderson Crawford Field
New Castle
Federal Grand Jury Convicts Five In Dope Ring Case
A federal grand jury in Indianapolis convicted five defendants Ernest Davis Lonnie Brey Juanita Pierce Mattie Moore and Alazur Burrell of conspiring to sell narcotics linked to a Chicago Indianapolis ring operating since March 1961. The weekly dope business neared $10 000 and heroin bought at 600 in Chicago sold for 90 after dilution. Sentences set for July 23 alongside two co defendants who pled guilty earlier.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Indianapo
Ernest Davis
Lonnie Brey
Juanita Pierce
Mattie Moore
Alazur Burrell
Daddy Warbucks
Caleb Holder
Lamar Caldwell
James D. Seals
Edward R. Cass
New Arrivals Born at St. Johns Hospital
At St Johns Hospital several births reported to area families. Lindel and unknown spouse announce a boy. George Todd and others welcome a boy. Johnny Fitzwater and two others have a boy and a girl. James Jenkins welcomed a girl. Sam Southerland reports a girl. James Etchison says a boy. Neal Dea and Walter Brown announce boys.
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St. John’s Hospital
Lindel Pierce
Lexandria
George Todd
Johnny Fitzwater
Andover
James Jenkins
Mulvane Ave
Sam Southerland
Girthington
James Etchison
W. Mth
Bey
Neal Dea
Covington
Walter Brown
Heritage la
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Morocco
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