Families Mourn Three Drownings In Ohio River Mishap
Monica Staats 34 and her sons Michael 4 and Ralph Jr 6 drowned when their motorboat capsized near Holzer airport on the Ohio shore. Ralph Staats 41 survived, found in shallow water by Gallipolis fire chief. Bodies recovered after 36 hours by coast guard and local volunteers near the Staats home. funeral arrangements underway at L. G. Mohr funeral home.
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Monica Ellen Staats
Ohio River
West Virginia
Salt Creek
Staats
L. G. Mohr
Hijacked Cuban airliner shot down in midflight
Enemies of Fidel Castro attempted to hijack a Cuban Air Lines twin engine jet with 53 aboard from Havana to Isle of Pines. A gun battle killed three including the captain Luis Alvarez Regato and a guard Silvino Sanchez Almaguer. Co-pilot Alberto Bayo crash landed in a sugar cane field. six wounded.
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Fidel Castro
Aerovias Q
Rancho Boyeros
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Tagscoff
United States
Luis Alvarez Regato
Silvino Sanchez Almaguer
Alberto Bayo
Plane Crash Ends Holiday Over Norway Coast
A chartered British airliner carrying 34 British schoolboys to a holiday in Norway crashed and burned on a coastal mountainside near Stavanger during a fierce storm. Two schoolmasters, two pilots, and a stewardess also died. a helicopter found the wreckage at dawn about 15 miles from Stavanger in the Ryflyke Fjord region.
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Stavenger
Norway
Two Die In Instant Coffee Plant Blast
A wing of the Nestle Co instant coffee plant in Granite City exploded on Wednesday, killing two men and injuring six. One injury serious. The blast damaged a 2 1 2 story brick building. cause undetermined.
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Granite City
Nestle, Co., Inc
Kennedy Sees Diplomatic Push on Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy said the United States will use every diplomatic means to seek a peaceful Berlin settlement with the Soviet Union. He favored a coordinated Western summit if needed and urged groundwork before any Khrushchev talks while declining to judge recent Paris talks by Dean Rusk.
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Kennedy
United States
Berlin
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Russia
Moscow
Paris
Dean Rusk
Nikita
East Germans Demand Travel Ban to West Berlin
East German Communist groups push for a total ban on travel to West Berlin amid efforts by new factory committees to curb the exodus. Despite permits and police measures, about 2000 refugees daily slip through, with 80,000 East Germans commuting to West Berlin every day. ADN reports the committees aim to “combat the trading in humanity.”
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Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Grotewohl
Mans
West Berlin
Red
ADN
Doctor Says Miller Is Capable in Sanity Hearing
A sanity hearing for Donald J. Miller, 21, of Athens Route 3, opened in Athens County Common Pleas Court after Lima State Hospital psychiatrists testified Miller is capable of understanding his act and aiding in his defense. Miller is charged with second degree murder in the shotgun death of his uncle Eddie Bovo. his plea remains not guilty.
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Donald J. Miller
Athens
Athens County
Miller
Eddie Bovo
James Shumaker
Lima Hospital
Bohdan Nedilsky
Lima
Nedilsky
Two Deaths End 20-Year Record
Line crews of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. had not been involved in fatal accidents for 20 years. A utility truck with four men was rear ended by a Greyhound Bus near Ashtabula. Two linemen were killed and two injured, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.
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Ashtabula
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Greyhound
Ohio Highway Patrol
Khrushchev Warns Of Super Bomb At Titov Gala
Premier Khrushchev threatened a bomb far more powerful than a hydrogen weapon during an impromptu speech at a gala for cosmonaut Gherman Titov. He said scientists could build a bomb equal to 100 million tons of TNT and would be given the green light if peace prospects fail. He also joked about American spacemen and expressed aim to sign a peace treaty with East Germany granting control over Western access to Berlin.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
East Germany
Berlin
Eichmann trial ends summation in Jerusalem
Israeli Attorney General Gideon Hausner closed closing arguments in the Eichmann case urging a just verdict and stating Eichmann acted willingly and maliciously. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty as Israel’s procedure requires a conviction first. Defense attorney Robert Servatius will begin his summation Monday and is expected to finish in one day. The court will recess for summer and return with a verdict in October.
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Gideon Hausner
Adolf Eichmann
Hausner
Eichmann
Israel
L Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Frenchman hijacks PanAm jet with firearm to Havana
Pan American DC8 and 82 aboard were diverted to Havana after French artist Albert Cadon seized control, firing a pistol and threatening crew. Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro ordered the plane released to Miami. no one aboard was harmed. Flight 501 had departed Houston earlier, with American jets attempting interception before Havana.
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Havana
Julio Turban Ayala
Rita Layne
Kay Rigby
Corwin Dodge
Miami
FBI
Cadon
Washington
Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala
Pan American Flight 501
Houston
Tex
Panama City
Panama
Mexico City
Guatemala City
San Jose
Costa Rica
Pact Covers Emergencies
President Kennedy disclosed an agreement with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to operate the presidency if he becomes incapacitated. He noted the arrangement mirrors Eisenhower and Nixon’s line of succession plan to have Nixon act if Eisenhower could not continue, with the President deciding when to resume duties.
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Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
MacArthur to Receive Honor et Veritas Award
Atlantic City reports General Douglas MacArthur will be awarded one of the highest honors of the Catholic War Veterans of the United States the Honor et Veritas award for service and leadership.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Catholic War Veterans of the
United States
Kennedy orders patrols on planes to curb hijacks
President Kennedy announced guards would be posted on several aircraft and pilots’ cabins locked to deter hijackings. He urged patience before blaming Cuba and warned against premature protests while pursuing a test ban with Russia. He aims to boost education funding to grow American scientists and notes Soviet orbital success.
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Kennedy
Arthur H. Dean
Geneva
Russia
Guevara Repeats Cuba Line at Latin America Talks
Guevara, spokesman for communism, addressed a hemisphere conference in Punta del Este. He argued the United States ignores Latin American realities and predicted a socialist revolution soon, fueled by mass spending and reform.
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William L. Ryan
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Latin America
Western Hemisphere
Guevara
United States
Gram
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