Dynamite Blamed for Continental Jet Crash Near Unionville
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled the May 22 Continental Airlines crash near Unionville Missouri, killing 45, was caused by a dynamite device in a towel bin of the right rear lavatory. The agency said evidence supports a dynamite plot but did not name a suspect and noted FBI is investigating. It cited reports that victim Thomas G. Doty of Kansas City bought dynamite and bought life insurance of about 300000 for his wife.
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Continental Airlines
Unionville
CAB
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Thomas G. Doty
Kansas City
Senate Panel to Probe Thalidomide Handling
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey urged a Government Operations subcommittee to examine how information on thalidomide slipped into the United States, risking widespread birth defects. He cited Dr. Frances Kelsey of the FDA who halted its use and said luck prevented greater harm. The hearings aim to improve cross agency drug information exchanges with foreign counterparts.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D.minn
U.S
Humphrey
Frances Kelsey
Food and Drug Administration
Kelsey
Construction resumes on nuclear submarines at Groton plant
General Dynamics Electric Boat Division restarted production on 11 nuclear submarines after a 13 day strike by 8700 workers over seniority and layoff rights. The stoppage halted work in Groton Massachusetts and prompted Navy and Congressional concern before a Washington negotiated settlement.
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Groton
Mass
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Navy
Congress
Cincinnati Sycamore Downs Athens In Legion Baseball
Cincinnati Sycamore Post defeated Athens K T Crossen Post 21 by 5 to 2 in a double elimination Ohio American Legion Tournament. Athens led early with two runs but Cincinnati answered with a second inning run and three more in the fifth followed by one in the sixth. Coach Ed Bannon’s team ended with a 21 8 record while Cincinnati improved to 2 1 in the event and with a 32 6 season overall. Washington report notes Pope John XXIII named Monsignor Ralph Thompson of Dubuque Iowa rector of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington.
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Athens
K. T. Crossen
Ohio American Legion
Cincinnati Sycamore Post
Cincinnati
Ed Bannon
Washington
John XXIII
Ralph Thompson
Dubuque
Iowa
Pontifical College Josephinum
Worthington
Algerian Foe Is Released After 24 Hours Detention
Deputy Premier Mohammed Boudiaf, freed by guerrilla troops after 24 hours, returns to Algiers to join quarreling leaders in peace talks. Meanwhile unemployment claims in Columbus fall from 16 244 to 13 874 for the weeks ending July 21 and 28. Jacqueline and Caroline Kennedy plan a two week Italy visit starting Tuesday.
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Mohammed Boudiaf
Ahmed Ben Bella
Boudiaf
Wilaya
M’sila
Algeria
Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Berlin Crisis Rise After Soviet Threat to Shoot Down Helicopter
East German leader Walter Ulbricht left for the Soviet Union amid Berlin crisis reports. A Soviet threat to shoot down a U S helicopter surfaced Tuesday, drawing protests from Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II in Berlin while Washington downplayed the risk. Khrushchev reportedly vacations in Crimea.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Soviet Union
U.S
ADN
Moscow
Khrushchev
Crimea
Albert Watson II
DiSalle Seeks 27th Answer From Rhodes
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle pressed his 27th question to Republican challenger James A. Rhodes in Columbus asking whether Rhodes favors fair employment practice legislation or aligns with his associates. The incumbent continues to request a campaign response during a period of quiet opposition activity.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
James A. Rhodes
GOP
DiSalle
Republican candidate attacks filibuster over satellite system
DAYTON John Marshall Briley, Republican nominee for U S Senator, denounced the Senate filibuster against private ownership of a satellite system at a news conference in Dayton. He blamed extreme liberals for a spectacle offensive to most Americans. COLUMBUS State Auditor James A Rhodes releases a report stating Ohio taxpayers paid 13 803 per minute each working day to operate state government during the year ended June.
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Dayton
John Marshall Briley
U.S
Senate
Toledo
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
U S Considers Test Ban Bid Amid Nuclear Debate
Washington officials weigh a partial test ban to halt atmospheric and underwater detonations detected at long range. President Kennedy chairs a White House policy conference as Geneva talks continue and U S and Soviet sides seek a path after resumed Soviet tests.
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Washington
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
Kennedy
White House
UN SETTLEMENT TALKS OPEN ON WEST NEW GUINEA DISPUTE
Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio flies home to sell Sukarno on a Dutch West New Guinea settlement. A tentative accord would allow symbolic Indonesian flag raising on Aug 17 and set full control only by May next year. Formal talks under U Thant to proceed mid August.
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United Nations
N.Y
Subandrio
Sukarno
West New Guinea
Washington
Lake Loc Valcipncia
Indonesia
The
Hague
Gavin Resigns as Ambassador to France
James M. Gavin announced his resignation as ambassador to France returning to private life. President Kennedy expressed warm personal wishes and thanks as officials cited personal and financial concerns over policy disputes, with a successor to be nominated and sent to Paris for confirmation.
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Washington
James M. Gavin
France
White House
Gavin
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Red Snoopers Track Nuclear Tests Near Johnstown Island
Four Russian instrument ships spying on U S nuclear tests in the Pacific steamed away after the July 9 high altitude hydrogen shot over Johnston Island. The data may aid antimissile work and reveal U S progress in weapon development while Washington hints at more high altitude tests after a Thor pad damage.
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Washington
U. S
Pacific
Johnston Island
Soviet Union
Snooper
United States
Thor
Faubus Wins Fifth Term In Arkansas Primary
Gov. Orval E. Faubus swept to a fifth term after a cautious primary campaign. He claimed Arkansas rejects extremism while courting segregationist votes and branding rivals. U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright won a fourth term over challenger Winston Chandler.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Faubus
U.S. Supreme Court
Dale Alford
Sid McMath
Alford
McMath
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Winston Chandler
Foreign Aid Bill Signed by President Kennedy
President Kennedy signed the 4.672 billion foreign aid authorization bill as a bipartisan delegation watched. The measure allows limited aid to Communist countries and includes a four year 2.4 billion Alliance for Progress program in Latin America with an overall aid level of 206.5 million below his request and potential further cuts in the appropriations bill.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Latin America
Plans Made For Malaysia Federation
Britain and Malaya agreed to form a Federation of Malaysia a nation of 10 million people spanning 1800 miles around the South China Sea The federation would include the Federation of Malaya Singapore Brunei Sarawak and North Borneo No completion date was set.
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London
Britain
Malaya
Malaysia
South China Sea
Federation of
Singapore
British Borneo
Brunei
Sarawak
North Borneo
Civilians on Federal Payroll Hit Ten Year High in June
A Senate House committee report shows civilian federal employment at 2,496,455 as of June, up 77,351 from June 1961, marking the highest level in ten years.
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Washington
Senate House
U S Airman Hayes Killed in Formosa Traffic Collision
U S Air Force reports Airman W C Jerry R Hayes 21 of Huntington died in a traffic collision in Formosa on Tuesday. A five day forecast for southern and central Ohio notes slightly warmer temperatures with highs in the mid to upper 80s and minimal rainfall over the weekend.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S. Air Force
W. C. Jerry R. Hayes
Huntington
Ohio
Two Aluminum Firms Hit by Nationwide Strike
About 16 000 workers walked out against the two largest U S aluminum producers, Aluminum Co of America and Reynolds Aluminum, over automation disputes. AFL CIO Aluminum Workers International Union began picketing 10 ACoA plants and 12 Reynolds plants around 12 30 a m as contracts expired at midnight. Negotiations continued at press time.
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ST. Louis
Afl-Cio Aluminum Workers International Union
Aluminum Co. of America
Reynolds Aluminum
Balloon Tests Aboard 380 Foot High Flight
U S launches a 380 foot balloon from Moffett Field with two monkeys and two hamsters to study cosmic ray effects on living beings. The 450 pound payload sails 54 hours from Goose Bay to Edmonton at 128000 feet. The mission, second of four, includes capsules with beetles seeds nerve cells and an emulsion pack for Canada. Dr Webb Haymaker notes July 14 flight was 90 percent successful but animals died on that trip.
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Moffett Field
Calif
United States
Ames Research Center
Goose Bay
Labrador
Edmonton
Alberta
National Research Council of Canada
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Center
NASA
Webb Haymaker
Plane Search Continues in Kentucky for Missing Family
The Civil Air Patrol leads a wide search now with aerial and ground crews and state police in Elliott County Kentucky for a missing plane carrying Dana Byers his wife and their 15-year-old daughter The craft vanished after a Hoboken flight near Huntington with less than two hours fuel left en route to attend the father’s funeral.
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Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Elliott County
Kentucky
Dana Byers
Atlanta
Middleport
Byers
Huntington
W. Va
Nine mile San Francisco peace walk marks Hiroshima anniversary
In San Francisco a nine mile peace walk commemorates the 17th anniversary of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima to honor victims and highlight antiwar aims. The route covers an area mirroring the four point seven square miles destroyed in the 1945 blast.
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U. S
United States
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