Bullets Halt Hijacking To Cuba Of Airline Jet
A Continental Airlines Boeing 707 carrying 67 aboard was hijacked after leaving Los Angeles and forced to land in El Paso for refueling. Gunfire damaged tires and halted departure. five hours later authorities surrounded the aircraft to prevent takeoff while negotiations continued.
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Continental
Cuba
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Los Angeles
Houston
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Denver
Adelia Wysong
San Antonio
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Ariz
Air Guard Increases Readiness Across Ohio Wings
Ohio Air National Guard 121st Tactical Fighter Wing units including Mansfield Springfield and Columbus are poised for active duty. Brig. Gen. Clark cites a Washington telegram ordering freeze of personnel, hiring full time air technicians, halting new recruits without prior service, and recruiting former servicemen to fill vacancies.
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Springfield
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National Guard Bureau
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East German Refugee Measures Protested Amid West Berlin Seizure
Berlin officials report East Germans with West Berlin jobs face new restrictions as the Soviet commandant receives a protest from American British and French leaders. Thousands are blocked from the city and Red police issue travel cards denying access. Estimates of East German workers in West Berlin range from 52 000 to 80 000.
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Soviet Union
West Berlin
Andrei I. Solovyev
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East Germany
East
Easier To Get Reservists Than Call Unit
Cincinnati Ohio Col. Raymond E. Clouse director of the state Selective Service says recalling reservists individually would disrupt schools families and industries less than activating full units. He notes that critical workers could be deferred more easily when reservists are recalled one by one through the Selective Service System.
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FBI
Secret Service
Howard Berg
Continental
Cincinnati
Ohio
Selective Service
Raymond E. Clouse
Clouse
Kaiser Aluminum declares 22 1/2 cent quarterly dividend
Oakland based Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. board announces a quarterly dividend of 22 1/2 cents per share on common stock. The payment is scheduled for August 31, 1961, to holders of record as of August 14, 1961.
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Oakland
Calif
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
DiSalle Seeks JFK Aid on Bombings Apollo Center
Ohio Gov Michael V DiSalle met with President Kennedy and Attorney General Kennedy in Washington. DiSalle said the federal government would aid Ohio in halting a three year wave of unsolved bombings and that Ohio would be considered for a development center for the Apollo moonshot program.
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Washington
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Kennedys
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
DiSalle
Kennedy
di Salle
Train Derailment Damages Siding Near Lancaster
Workmen labored to repair damage after 17 box cars derailed on a siding near Lancaster Ohio. Investigation focused on cause and extent of track damage and repairs underway to restore service.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Congo Premier Adoula forms unity cabinet with Katanga vow
Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula secured near unanimous confidence for a unity government. He vowed to suppress Katanga secession and denounced Tshombe and Belgian interests as a great wrong. Deputy premiers include Gizenga ally Gizenga’s aide, with Christophe Gbenye as interior minister, while Gizenga’s full role remains unsettled.
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Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Katanga
Adoula
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Union Miniere
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Joseph Kasavubu
Gizenga
Christophe Gbenye
Gbenye
Logan Falls Two To Receive Federal Urban Rural Planning Aid
Federal funds totaling 80 000 have been approved for Logan and Falls Two for an urban rural planning program. Logan will contribute 5000 and Falls Two 1200 as matching amounts for a master plan to guide orderly growth, regulate housing and highways, map land use, and project zoning over two years. Carroll Hill and Co. of Columbus will conduct the survey at the city council’s direction.
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Falls Two
Congress
Ohio
Logan Planning Commission
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Columbus
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Planning Commission
Ohioans Die As Swiss Bus Plunges Into Lake Lucerne
Three Ohioans drown when a tourist bus veers off a rain slick road near Hergiswil and sinks into Lake Lucerne. Surviving passengers, including Julia T. Tschantz of St Marys, were rescued from the wreck, while Miss Anna Mary Speck of Lorain and Mr and Mrs Paul Thon of Fairview Park are missing and presumed dead.
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Columbus
Ohio
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Tschantz
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St. Marys
Anna Mary Speck
Lorain
Miss Speck
Paul Thon
Fairview Park
Cleveland
Chinese Laundry Cash Theft Suspect Missing Next Door
Chinese self service laundry owner Lee Nong reported a theft of about $8 from his cash register while he briefly stepped away. He left to wash clothes next door at a self service laundry, and asked police where he had gone.
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New Haven
Conn
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Nong
Western NATO forces outnumber Reds in Europe says McNamara
In Washington officials assess Western divisions, air power, and nuclear strength as stronger than Soviet capacity for a central European war. McNamara told the House Armed Services Committee the Soviet Union could not "run over NATO" and noted doubts about East German commitment in a Berlin conflict. He also criticized press coverage of military issues.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
House
Armed Services Committee
Robert S. McNamara
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Berlin
Pentagon
McNamara
Italians See Berlin Talks as Propaganda and Progress
Khrushchev and Italian Premier Fanfani signaled opportune talks on Berlin while labeling much of the Kremlin tone as propagandist. Khrushchev affirmed readiness to sign a peace treaty with East Germany and offered guarantees for West Berlin, saying the two Berlin regimes need not block negotiation.
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Khrushchev
Amintore Fanfani
Berlin
Kremlin
Fanfani
Preston Grover
East Germany
West Berlin
Rusk Plans NATO Talks on West Berlin Threats in Paris
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will urge Allied foreign ministers in Paris to agree on steps to counter any threats from the Soviet Union and East Germany to West Berlin. He will be accompanied by adviser John M. Steeves and is expected to address Laos and South Vietnam questions during the discussions.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Paris
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Rusk
John M. Steeves
Laos
South Viet Nam
Tunis Offers Conciliation On Bizerte Evacuation
Tunis President Habib Bourguiba proposed halting condemnation of France at the United Nations in exchange for talks on a reasonable evacuation timetable from Bizerte during the two week crisis.
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Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
France
United Nations
Bizerte
Bourguiba
Humphrey Warns Congress On School Aid Vote
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey says Congress must vote on school construction grants to continue aid to federally impacted areas, signaling pressure for legislative action on education funding amid federal assistance concerns.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
Unemployed Down In July Reports Decline in Jobless
US unemployment fell by about 440000 in July as the labor force saw a seasonal drop. The idle rate edged up to 6.9 percent, with around 4 million idle workers in June 1999 providing context for the monthly change.
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