Redevelopment Plans Approved for Athens and Meigs Counties
Area Redevelopment Administration in Washington gave final approval to the Athens and Meigs County OEDPs. The plan enables financial and technical assistance for industrial development and retraining, paving the way for federal state cooperation and new employment opportunities.
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Athens
Meigs
Area Redevelopment Administration
Washington
Cong
Walter H. Moeller
Athens and Meigs Oedps
Athens and
Meigs Oedps
Moeller
Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development
Storage Tank Explodes In Houston Blaze
A Sinclair Refining Co tank on the Houston ship channel exploded just before midnight sending flames ten stories high. Four people suffered severe burns and a nearby woman had a heart attack as fumes drifted across the highway. The three-fourths full 85,000 gallon tank may have contained gasoline or diesel. About 150 firefighters from Houston and nearby towns battled the blaze.
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Houston
Tex
Sinclair Refining Co
Houston Ship Channel
C. M. Bullock
Liz Burton in quarrel ends Easter idyll in Rome
Elizabeth Taylor, 30, treated at Salvator Mundi Hospital after a reported violent quarrel with Richard Burton following an Easter seaside holiday. Hospital attendants said her condition was not serious and she returned home several hours later.
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Rome
Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra
Richard Burton
Salvator Mundi Hospital
Two US Missiles Fail After String of Successes
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida A pair of military missiles fail to stay on course ending a string of successes. Pershing had 13 straight successful test firings and Minuteman seven before the latest failures.
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Cape Canaveral, Fila
Minuteman
Pershing
Saturn Booster Test Is Completely Successful
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Saturn booster was launched successfully for a second time and intentionally destroyed after the test to release 95 tons of water vapor into the upper atmosphere The 1 3 million pounds of thrust sent it to 65 miles altitude A ground detonation broke the rocket apart releasing the water Observers saw a vast cloud form then vanish The test affirmed first stage performance and highlighted the rocket as a forerunner to lunar missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Bluebelle Findings Are Ready
The Coast Guard will publish findings on the Bluebelle yacht mystery in Miami detailing the Bahamas squall incident last November 12. The case centers on Julian A. Harvey who killed himself after learning Terry Jo Duperrault, 11, survived in a liferaft while Mary Dene Harvey, 34, perished.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Seventh District Coast Guard
Mary Dene Harvey
Julian A. Harvey
Terry
Jo Duperrault
Harvey
Bahamas
Terry Jo
Green Bay
Wis
Bluebelle
Two Gunmen Take 13500 From Church in Ohio Robbery
Two gunmen forced priests at St. Dominic's Catholic Church in Youngstown to open the safe and escaped with more than 13 500. Police say lookouts and a getaway driver may have aided the heist. The clerics were bound and threatened before the robbers obtained the combination.
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Youngstown
St. Dominic's Catholic Church
Francis Swartz
Thomas Donnelly
Students in Japan Protest U S Testing
In Tokyo 100 left wing students tried to storm the American Embassy to denounce the U S decision to resume nuclear tests. Police stopped them 50 yards from the gate after a brief clash leaving banners and belongings in the street. The protest was led by the Zengakuren Student Federation and followed by a march to Shimbashi station. Tourists at the United Nations set a daily record of 8273.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Zengakuren Student Federation
United States
Central Pacific
Shimbasi
SE Ohio Phone Rate Hike Hearings Enter Third Day
Testimony on a 465 822 dollar annual rate increase for Southeastern Ohio Commonwealth Telephone Co. customers continued into a third day before the Utilities Commission. Company executives argued rising wages and costs justify the hike, while opponents pressed for scrutiny of banded rate methods used to set charges.
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Southeastern Ohio
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Utilities Commission
Paul A. Betty
New York
Betty
General Telephone and Electronics Corp
Commonwealth
Rankin Gibson
Hamper
James Peterson
Bremen
Kennedy Plans Atmospheric Nuclear Test Series Start
The United States prepared to resume atmospheric nuclear tests after President Kennedy gave final approval. An AEC spokesman said the first explosion could occur within days once weather, weapons, and facilities are ready. International pleas for restraint accompanied U Thant and Nehru warnings, while Gromiko warned Moscow would respond with new tests if Washington proceeds. Joint Task Force 8 has been preparing since November.
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Washington
U.S
Pacific
Kennedy
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U Thant
United Nations
India
Nehru
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
United States
Capitol Hill
Nevada
Arctic Proving Ground
Great Britain
Joint Task Force 8
Air Force
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Irresponsible Critics Attack Newspapers at ANPA Meeting
Edward L. Smith reports in New York that ANPA president Mark Ferree blamed aggressive critics for harming newspapers arguing they undermine an independent press. Ferree announced a new scientific advisory committee and said papers must adapt to space age technology while preserving the public right to know.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Mark Ferree
ANPA
Ferree
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
U S Steel Posts 55 Million First Quarter Earnings
U S Steel Corp reports 55.8 million first quarter profit as Roger M Blough notes no funds remain for plant upgrades after meeting dividend and debt obligations The executive cites no concrete steps to ease the cost price squeeze and mentions a 75 cent quarterly dividend as directors review future rates.
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U.S. Steel
Blough
Inland Steel Chief Flags Price-Cost Link
Inland Steel chairman Joseph L. Block warned that steel costs and prices must align over time and productivity gains may or may not support current price policies. He noted wage costs rose with benefits, while earnings for the quarter were $16,639,062 or 94 cents a share, down from 1960's peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inland Steel Co
Joseph L. Block
Dems To Try Civil Rights Bill Again
A bipartisan Senate group again pursues a civil rights bill amid election year and a looming Southern filibuster. Senator Mansfield rallies supporters as Dirksen signals a potential 10 day or longer debate before a possible cloture vote, a mechanism historically unreliable for civil rights bills.
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Dems
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Deep well in Wayne County marks record Ohio gas flow
Ohio Fuel Gas Co reports a new deep natural gas well near Wooster Wayne County gauged at 2.3 million cubic feet open flow with gas discovered from 5739 to 5743 feet. H A Titsch says the well is the largest open flow recorded in Ohio and could spark further deep drilling. John D Patton, 32, to be welcomed back after an April 13 walk away from a Columbus penitentiary work detail. arrested in Wheeling WV. Five day forecast: temperatures 3 to 8 degrees above normal with showers late Thursday or early.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Wayne County
Wooster
H. A. Titsch
Ohio Fuel
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
John D. Patton
Patton
Wheeling
W. Va
Ranger 4 Remains On Its Course
In Pasadena California at dawn Ranger 4 is set to land on the moon's far side at 8 50 am EST ninety three point one hours after launch from Cape Canaveral. A tiny radio beacon sends beeps as JPL scientists track the descent until contact ceases upon impact.
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Pasadena
Calif
U. S
Ranger 4
Cape Canaveral
Ranger
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Castro Denies Cruel Rumor Of Taking Children
Prime Minister Fidel Castro branded a circulating counterrevolutionary rumor as cruel and absurd. He spoke to a nationwide audience on television and radio denying reports that his regime plans to remove children from families and send them to the Soviet Union.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric reports earnings per share
The company reports year ended March 31 earnings of 3.13 dollars per common share on 2.8 million shares. The prior year shows 2.98 dollars per share on 2,651,360 shares.
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Columbus
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Car Explodes Killing Two In Algeria
In Algiers a booby trapped car exploded on a busy square killing two Muslims. Up to 15 injured. A European woman was beaten by a mob after the blast but police say she was a bystander with a fractured skull. Police reported four wounded including two officers. Military sources note at least 15 hospitalised. Terrorists killed at least 20 and wounded 12 in Algeria Tuesday.
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Algiers
Algeria
Kent State students claim world record for telephone marathon
A continuous phone call at Kent State University entered its 22nd day as students in two residence halls argued they had surpassed the 504 hour record for longest uninterrupted conversation.
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Kent
Kent State University
Jobless In Ohio Drop In March Unemployment
Ohio civilian labor force was 2 882 000 in March with about 242 000 people unemployed or 6 2 percent. This compares with 260 000 unemployed or 6 7 percent in February as total employment rose 0 7 percent to 3 640 000, with gains in agriculture.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
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