Three Killed In Cleveland Storm
A severe storm in Cleveland killed a caretaker by electric shock and two factory workers when a 50 000 gallon water tower toppled through a west side plant. A third worker was missing and feared dead. One man survived after 54 hours trapped in rubble. Ten others injured. Weather officials cited funnel clouds and 100 mph gusts from Lake Erie.
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Cleveland
West Side
Lake Erie
U.S. Weather Bureau
Harold N. Burke
Weather Bureau
Linberg Peeples
DuPont Avenue
Lake Shore
Leonard Smith
Lakewood
William Hamrick
John Truskowski
Congress Likely Delays Farm Program Postponed Decisions
Congress appears set to pass a stopgap to delay major decisions on a permanent farm program until after the 1964 elections. Kennedy aides say there is support for a wheat marketing certificate plan with production controls, but lawmakers are split. Even if approved, it would face a 1963 referendum requiring two thirds of farmers to accept it for 1964.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House Attempts Vote on Poll Tax Amendment
The House leadership plans a Monday vote on a constitutional amendment banning poll taxes for federal elections. If approved by two thirds, the measure would go to the Senate and then to states for ratification by 38 of 50 states, amid five states currently taxing registered voters.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House Rules Committee
Senate
Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Congress
Athens Sports Index and Local Listings Snapshot
A fragmented news index section highlights entries for Athens area communities including Netenmaville Pt. Pleasant Logan and Middleport. The brief shows sports and television notes with sparse, unreadable fragments and generic listings.
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Athens
Eeeseeeteeneeeneen
Ak Chauncey
Logan
Netenmaville
Siesciceees
Pleasant
Middleport
Major Attack Is Launched In South Viet Nam
Government troops with fighter planes U S helicopters and river boats began a second major offensive in South Viet Nam. The operation aims at the Mekong Delta Ba Xuyen area where about 1600 Communist guerrillas are believed active in recent weeks. ABBEYLEIX IRELAND Princess Margaret marks her 32nd birthday spending a private vacation with Lord Snowdon Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Mekong River
Ba Xuyen
Abbeyleix
Ireland
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Viscountess de Vesci
National Debt Tops 300 Billion After Aug 15 Total
The U S treasury reports the national debt has risen to 300 133 027 610 51 as of August 15 1946 bringing the per capita burden to about 1600 dollars per person. The debt is capped temporarily at 308 billion with planned steps down to 305 billion next April 5 and 300 billion on June 25 before reaching 283 billion as the permanent ceiling on July 1.
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Washington
Treasury
Cincinnati Sailor Dies In Accident at Lakehurst Crossroads
An 18 year old sailor Kenneth Craycraft from Cincinnati stationed at Lakehurst Naval Air Station and a 13 year old local boy William King of Lakehurst were killed Monday night when their car collided with a tractor trailer at a crossroads. Mrs Helen Rector was fatally injured in Newark from a stair fall Monday in her apartment building.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Cincinnati
Kenneth Craycraft
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
William King
Newark
Helen Rector
Radiation Belt May Force NASA Flight Schedule Change
A U S study on a man made radiation belt suggests it may not affect the astronaut program. The belt lies above current flight paths and stems from a high altitude nuclear test over the Pacific on July 9. Orbital altitudes cited show the belt resides well above most American and Soviet missions.
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Washington
United States
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Pacific
Brazilian DC8 crashes into Guanabara Bay killing 12
A Panair do Brasil DC8 with 102 aboard skidded on takeoff at Galeao Airport Rio de Janeiro. The jet plowed through a seawall and sank in 15 feet of water. At least 12 died and 21 hospitalized. 11 passengers were reported missing.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Guanabara Bay
Brazil
Panair Do Brasil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Lisbon
Portugal
Fernada Fortunata
Galeao
Governor’s Island
Rio
Renato Cesar
Cadet Found After 18 Hour Nelsonville Survival Search
Charles Heckman 21 a Manhattan University ROTC cadet at Lockbourne Air Force Base Survival School disappeared during a training problem Sunday. An 18 hour ground search involving ROTC staff 29 cadets Nelsonville police Athens and Hocking County officers the State Highway Patrol Buchtel village marshal and York Two volunteers plus Civil Air Patrol recovered him late Monday afternoon. The CAP plane aided by Athens unit and Ohio University Airport observers faced dense foliage hampering views. Sgt Dan Stephenson a survival instructor found the cadet.
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Nelsonville
Charles Heckman
Manhattan University
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Dorr Run
Unites
Athens
Hocking
Space Twins Come Close In Orbit Rendezvous
Moscow reports Maj. Andrian Nikolayev and Lt. Col Pavel Popovich came within about three miles of each other after circling the Earth as space twins. They said the Vostok III and IV were placed in precise orbits and established two way radio contact at the start of their flight on August 19.
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Moscow
Earth
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Nikolayev
Red Protests Brushed Off In Berlin Clash
West Berlin youths stoned Soviet buses guarding the war memorial as Soviet and East German officials protested to U S commander Maj Gen Albert Watson II in Berlin. The Soviet deputy commandant Col C V Tarasov twice sought meetings but was told the general was unavailable. Watson later met West Berlin Mayor Billy Brandt amid growing demonstrations and concerns over police protection of the memorial.
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West
Berlin
Rasov
Stonings
West Berlin
Watson
Billy Brandt
UN Gives Katanga 10 Days To Accept Plan
UN Acting Secretary General U Thant gave Katanga President Moise Tshombe 7 to 10 days to accept a UN peace plan for Congo. The plan includes a federal constitution, shared royalties, currency unification, and integrating Katanga forces into the Congo army within 90 days. If rejected, UN members may halt copper and cobalt purchases and curb mercenaries.
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Katanga
U Thant
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Tshombe
Thant
Kaatanga
Belgium
Britain
Seven Die In Train Wreck Near Temple City
A Southern Pacific Sunset Limited bound for New Orleans struck a car at night in Temple City California. Seven people died including a family of four. The train dragged for nine blocks before stopping and the car was crushed beneath.
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Temple City
Calif
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Neerly Flat
Ike begins four day visit to Dublin amid cheers
Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived at a crowded Dublin airport for a four day sightseeing visit his first in the Irish capital. A throng greeted him with a tumultuous welcome as he toured the city. In Charleston a burglar who stole two Greek alphabet typewriters from St John’s Greek Orthodox church faces grim prospects.
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Dublin
Ireland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Charleston
St. John’s Greek Orthodox Church
Kennedy to Hold White House News Conference
The White House announced that President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Hoover in for annual physical at Columbia Presbyterian
Former President Herbert Hoover aged 88 is in the Harkness Pavilion of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for his yearly physical checkup.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Columbus Besieged by Grasshoppers and City Finds Remedies
Columbus battles a crickets invasion with foot stamping as entomologists suggest chemicals like chlordane dieldrin and diazinon. The insects spread citywide, likely driven from hay fields by dry weather. In Cleveland Ohio Atty Gen Mark McElroy enters mayoral race after County Democratic backing.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Ohio
Mark McElroy
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Party
Nelsonville Boy Hospitalized After Tractor Accident
Nine year old Chris Wolfe III of Nelsonville Route 2 was run over by a tractor driven by his grandfather two miles west on Route 33. He is in fair condition at Mount St Mary Hospital after emergency treatment and exploratory surgery revealed internal injuries.
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Nelsonville
Chris Wolfe
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Chriss Wolfe
Wolfe
Chris
Briley Proposes Series of Joint Campaign Appearances
Republican U. S. senate candidate John Marshall Briley challenges Democratic incumbent Frank Lausche to about five joint appearances between Senate adjournment and the November 6 election. Briley proposes a public exchange to boost voter reach in Columbus.
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Columbus
John Marshall Briley
U. S
Frank J. Lausche
Briley
Lausche
Senate
Churchill Released From Hospital After 54 Days
Sir Winston Churchill left Middlesex Hospital in London after a 54 day recovery from a broken hip. He waved a cigar to cheering crowds outside and later at Hyde Park Gate as ambulances ferried him home.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Monte Carlo
Winston
Hyde Park Gate
Kensington
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