Tornado Toll Rises Across South and Midwest
Tornadoes struck wide areas from Arkansas to Indiana and Kentucky on Monday and Monday night, killing at least 10 and injuring more than 50. Fatalities were reported in Mississippi Alabama Kentucky and Missouri with substantial property damage across the region.
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Swap With Russia Urged By Rockefeller
Governor Nelson Rockefeller says the United States could swap with the Soviet Union on Cuba trading Soviet restraint on saboteurs for American limits on anti Castro fighters. He urged President Kennedy to tell Premier Khrushchev that continued action would force drastic measures.
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Ohio
Washington
Goldwater Calls for Bombing Chinese Supply Routes
Senator Barry Goldwater argues that the United States should bomb rail and road facilities used by Communist China to curb military aid to Viet Nam. He warned of risk but said action is necessary, while speaking in Philadelphia at the American Warehousemen's Association convention.
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Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
United States
Viet Nam
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Newsmen
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American Warehousemen’s Association
China
Red River Valley
Soviet Union
First In 70 Years New Hampshire OKs Sweepstakes
Governor John W. King announced the signing of a sweepstakes bill to create a state operated, law compliant lottery. Legislative counsel said federal law would not be violated and tickets could be sold to nonresidents but not mailed.
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N. H
John W. King
New Hampshire
King
United State
Joseph Millimet
U. S. Department of Justice
Dominican claims Haiti offered bases to Castro during crisis
Dominican Foreign Minister Andres Freites told an OAS peace mission in Santo Domingo that President Duvalier of Haiti had offered military bases to Fidel Castro. The claim followed a tense stand over Haitian troop movements and embassy security, with an OAS fact finding team heading to Port au Prince and Santo Domingo to mediate.
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Francois Duvalier
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Andres Freites
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Freites
Duvalier
Juan Bosch
Negro Republic
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New York
CENTO Leaders Seek Defense Against New Aggression
At a CENTO foreign ministers meeting in Karachi Pakistan and Iran urged unity against possible non Communist aggression and threats from Communist powers. Pakistan's Zulfikar Ali Bhutto cited India's military buildup while Iran worried about trouble from the enlarged United Arab Republic with Iraq as a neighboring member.
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Iran
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
India
U.S
Dean Rusk
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Civil Defense Work Proceeds Amid Crisis Interest
Ohio civil defense director Alfred E Diamond says civilian protection continues despite dropping public interest after the Cuban crisis. He notes 5822 buildings surveyed for shelters with about 2500 licensed and 1000 stocked. overall plan aims to shelter four million people. Training programs expand with teachers and medical staff involved. Ohio State University will offer an instructor course to train trainers.
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Alfred E. Diamond
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State University Buildings Left Out Of Appropriations
In Columbus the Ohio House debates a near 1.3 billion two year operating bill that provides no funding for new state university classrooms or laboratories. The House plans a final vote on a Department of Industrial Development bill replacing DIED to issue revenue bonds for new industry. Democrats buffet the measures with amendments as final Senate hearings loom. The House, opening its 17th week, earlier defeated three bills in a row, including changes to beer permits and health board requirements.
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Rhodes Opens New Office In Cleveland
Gov. James A. Rhodes opened a Cleveland office in Terminal Tower with staffer Joseph LoPresti and touted a key industrial development bill. He noted Ohio has fewer jobs than 1957 and more relief recipients, while officials push auxiliary police backing and a nuclear attack succession bill.
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Cincinnati
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Ohio
Tractor overturns kills Chesterhill farmer on his property
Carlos Coulson, 56, of Stockport Route 1, was crushed when a farm tractor overturning while pulling a wagon rolled onto him. He was born in Penn Twp and belonged to Pennsville Church of Christ. Final rites Thursday at 2 p.m. at Fawcett Stone funeral home. burial Mt Hermon Cemetery.
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Carlos Coulson
Stockport
Coulson
Penn Twp
Isaac
Louisa Green Coulson
Pennsville Church of Christ
Ida Hanning Coulson
Raymond
Fawcett-Stone
Claude Davis
Mt. Hermon
Canton
Robert K. Domer
Stark County
Domer
Danny Thomas Wins 1962 Big Brother of the Year
Washington report states Danny Thomas received the 1962 Big Brother of the Year Award on Monday. This recognises his community service and leadership within the city.
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Danny Thomas
Olive battered Saipan devastates island homes and buildings
A radio report from Saipan said Typhoon Olive, at 110 mph, destroyed about 95 percent of homes and nearly half the island’s public buildings. No deaths were reported. one person was injured. Damages were estimated at 2 million dollars as power and water services failed. Saipan and Tinian faced widespread destruction with 45 percent of public buildings damaged or destroyed and most natives left homeless.
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Guam
Saipan
Olive
Mariana Islands
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Rota Island
Trust Territory
Jose Benitez
Pacific Trust Territory
Kennedy
Rota
Island
Bennett
Trust Territory Administration
Weather Warning Caps Lake Erie Gale Risk Today
The Weather Bureau issued a gale warning for Lake Erie with winds 32 to 45 knots from the north to northwest. Showers are expected as winds increase this morning and diminish slowly tonight. In Tokyo, Premier Pham Van Dong reports Viet Nam guerillas gaining strength despite U.S. pledges to defeat them.
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Weather Bureau
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Tokyo
Pham van Dong
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pilot Pretty Miller Heads Toward Brisbane Solo Flight
Oakland housewife Pretty Miller ages 36 begins the second leg of a 7100 mile solo flight from Oakland to Brisbane with Hawaii as the current stop en route to Australia.
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Calif
Pretty Miller
Hawaii
Brisbane
Australia
Republicans and Southern Democrats Lose House Power
The conservative coalition in the House shows weakness as Republicans hold firm while Southern Democrats increasingly align with Northern and Western Democrats. Four key votes since January reveal split patterns, with Republicans acting solidly and Southern Democrats shifting, suggesting limited chance for fiscal restraint without cross-party support.
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Congress
Charles A. Halleck
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