British to Quit Missiles and Shift Thor Targets
Washington reports that U S missiles will take over Communist targets from 60 British Thor rockets after bases in Britain close next year. The move, approved by the United States, aims to boost NATO defenses while Britain saves funds for conventional forces and Polaris submarines expand. President Kennedy said Britain notified the U S in advance and the change should not affect European defense.
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Convicted Slayer Crump Wins Life Plea in Clemency
Gov Otto Kerner commuted the electric chair sentence of Paul Crump a 32 year old Black man to life saying he must be accepted as rehabilitated. Controversy followed over whether Crump should be paroled after 20 years under the new Illinois code and the Parole Board.
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Morris Simons
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Chicago
Springfield
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Georgia Mayor Urges Action in Albany Racial Tensions
In Albany Georgia Mayor Asa D Kelley Jr rejects Kennedy call for talks with Negro leaders as federal court weighs ban on mass demonstrations. Governor Vandiver backs the Mayor while protests over segregation continue amid about 40 percent Negro population in the 58000 city.
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Albany
John F. Kennedy
Georgia
White House
Jsi
Asa D. Kelley Jr
Kelley
Ernest Vandiver
U S Balloon Floats Over Canadian Sky
A 380 foot U S balloon floated over Canada from Goose Bay Labrador carrying two monkeys and two hamsters on a spaceflight cosmic ray test. Changes to the capsule environment cooled with water and heating adjustments followed monkey and hamster deaths on a previous flight. The payload included three capsules with animals seeds and nerve cells and a film pack for the NRC of Canada. OFFICERS RELEASED Washington Navy frees 8343 reserve personnel from active duty tied to the Berlin crisis.
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Labrador
U. S
Canada
National Research Council of Canada
Ohio Schools Receive Record 114 Per Student Aid
Ohio is providing a record 114 dollars yearly toward each public school pupil, a ten year rise from 7.5 dollars. State aid to public schools grew from 106 million to 229 million while general funds for education rose to 244.5 million for the coming year, with the share of general funds in total tax revenues dipping to 41 percent. House Speaker Roger Cloud notes the figures exclude state university appropriations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Legislative Service Commission
General Assembly
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Dayton City Official Vanishes After Meeting
Dayton police fear foul play in the disappearance of City Commissioner David Pott inger 25 who left a commission meeting Wednesday night. His red station wagon was found on an east side street with signs of violence as investigators swarmed the scene for clues.
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Dayton
David Pottinger
Commission
Justice Keogh Is Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
Federal judge sentences State Supreme Court Justice J Vincent Keogh to two years for obstructing justice in a bankruptcy case. Co defendants Elliott Kahaner and Antonio Ducks Corallo also receive two-year terms.
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New York
Supreme Court
J. Vincent Keogh
Elliott Kahaner
U. S
Brooklyn
Antonio Tony Ducks Corallo
Soblen Denied Asylum. Ordered Back to U S
Britain refuses political asylum to Dr. Robert Soblen the fugitive spy and orders his transfer to the United States for a life sentence Soblen is to be flown to New York after an attempted self harm on a plane following a visit to Israel Soblen is a psychiatrist aged 61 and a convicted Soviet spy withdrawal of asylum was announced by Home Secretary Henry Brooke to the House of Commons.
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London
Robert Soblen
United States
Henry Brooke
House of Commons
Soblen
New York
Soviet Union
Brooke
Home Secretary
Israel
Governor Backs Old Age Plan Amid Campaign Swing
Governor Michael V. DiSalle defended aged and welfare spending at a breakfast during a five county swing. He cited pensioner ages and monthly support, urging critics to consider basic needs. He planned a Washington trip to press for Circle Freeway funding in Cincinnati.
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Paulding
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Ohio
Sidney
Washington
Kennedy
Cincinnati
Circle
Kennedy vows tighter controls to curb thalidomide risks
President Kennedy calls for stronger drug safeguards after thalidomide tragedies in Europe. He urges women to surrender any thalidomide in homes and asks Congress to heighten drug regulations while praising the FDA and Dr Frances Kelsey for halting distribution. He seeks authority to remove dangerous drugs promptly.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Frances Kelsey
Briley Attacks Lausche Over Amish Social Security Bill
Briley, Ohio GOP senatorial hopeful, criticized Sen. Lausche for pushing an amendment to exempt the Amish from Social Security taxes. The measure passed a floor vote but was later dropped in a conference committee, leaving Briley to call the effort a publicity stunt.
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Middletown
Ohio
U. S
John Marshall Briley
Frank J. Lausche
Toledo
Lausche
Portsmouth Youth Killed In Accident
A farm tractor with a mower attachment fatally injured 56 year old Robert Spangenberg while he attempted to rescue his 15 year old grandson in Portsmouth. The accident occurred Wednesday when the tractor ran amok and entangled him in the mower.
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Portsmouth
Robert Spangenberg
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Mason County Man Killed in Truck Wreck
James McGue 58 of Apple Grove died when his pickup left Jerry's Run Road and wedged between two trees. State police from Mason and Putnam investigated near State Route 2. Coroner ruled head injuries. funeral arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home. survivors include widow Lorena Fisher McGue a daughter Wanda Grose and five grandchildren.
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Oscar James McGue
Apple Grove
Jerry’s Run
McGue
Mason
Putnam County
Oliver C. Eschenaur
Mason County
Princeton
Ind
Lorena Fisher McGue
Wanda Grose
Tacoma
Wash
Stevens Funeral Home
Aluminum workers end brief strike in two firms
Reynolds Aluminum Co and Aluminum Company of America reach two year contracts with the AFL-CIO Aluminum Workers International Union. The one day strike involved 16,000 workers at 22 plants, ending shortly after midnight.
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Afl-Cio
Aluminum Workers International Union
Reynolds Aluminum Co
Aluminum Company of America
Navy Seaplane Missing With 13 Aboard
A U S Navy seaplane with 13 crewmen disappeared early today while returning to Sangley Point Naval Station in the Philippines. Thirteen hours after its last radio report no trace had been found.
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Manila
Philippines
Sangley Point Naval Station
Safe ripped open in $2000 plus robbery at Tradewell Supermarket
A 500-pound safe was torn from its anchorage and broken open at the Tradewell Supermarket on U.S. 60 in Huntington. Police say more than $2000 was stolen Wednesday night from the East End store.
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Tradewell
U.S
Storms Hamper Search for Missing Nepali Airliner
Thick clouds and thunderstorms hindered an air search for a Nepali DC3 missing with 10 aboard including two U S officials. The plane, flying from Katmandu to New Delhi, last communicated near the India Nepal border and is presumed crashed in jungle or farmland near the Himalayas. The travelers include Sidney B Jacques and Oscar Curtis Holder both 51 from Washington D C serving as AID inspectors.
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U.S
Himalyas
Katmandu
India-Nepal
Sidney B. Jacques
Oscar Curtis Holder
Washington, D. C
Agency For International Development
Air Search Is Continued for Missing Family Plane
In Stanton Kentucky a new air search was planned for a green and white airplane missing since Sunday in eastern Kentucky. Aboard were Dana Byers 41 his wife and their 15 year old daughter all former Middleport residents. They were en route to Huntington West Virginia for the funeral of Byers father.
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Kentucky
Dana Byers
Atlanta
Huntington
W. Va
Byers
Middleport
Philippine War Damage Claim Bill Approved by House
The House passed a bill to pay 73 million dollars in war damage claims to the Philippines. The measure moves to the Senate where quick approval is expected after a 194 to 35 vote on a Wednesday.
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Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Washington
House
Philippines
Health Director Says Feds Take Recall of Thalidomide
Columbus Health Director Ralph E. Dwork stated that the federal government has assumed full responsibility for the recall of thalidomide, a drug linked to congenital malformations.
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Columbus
Ralph E. Dwork
New Bid For Nuclear Test Ban Talks
President Kennedy sends his disarmament negotiator to Geneva with a new bid for a nuclear test ban treaty. He states inspection is the core issue and urges Khrushchev to drop total opposition while a White House meeting reviews new scientific findings on detecting underground explosions.
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Kennedy
Geneva
Soviet Union
U. S
White House
United States
Khrushchev
Atlas Missile Fires Down Test at Vandenberg
At Vandenberg Air Force Base a new Atlas missile was launched on a 5000 mile Atlas flight to the Marshalls area for Nike Zeus interceptor tests. The lift and launch served as a dress rehearsal for a general operational test by Strategic Air Command crews.
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Marshall Islands
Strategic Air Command
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