Lumumba Moves Troops to Kasai amid Tribal Turmoil
Premier Patrice Lumumba dispatches Congolese soldiers by air to Kasai province as a government airlift operates between Leopoldville and Luluabourg amid ongoing tribal warfare. The invasion follows requests for U N aid and reports of clashes between Lulua and Baluba tribes, with casualties among international forces.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai Province
Air Congo
Belgium
Sabena Line
Luluabourg
Joseph Mobutu
U. N
Kasai
Randolph Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
Gallipolis 23 year old Ferrell Eugene Randolph was sentenced to life in the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus for the murder of his 18 year old wife Virginia Belle Randolph. The case ended with a unanimous judge panel after a surprise guilty plea and insanity defense.
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Dick Thomas
Gallipolis
Ferrell
Eugene Randolph
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Virginia Belle Randolph
Donald R. Warehime
Gallia County
Robert F. Carson
Holzer Hospital
Earl R. Parker
Pike County
C. W. Smith
Vinton County
Albert M. Betz
Randolph
Autopsy Ordered After Three Smotherings At GSI
Gallia County coroner Dr. Donald Warehime orders an autopsy on Paul Cross a Cincinnati resident and former GSI patient who died August 12. The body is exhumed for the Columbus hospital exam as a state investigation into possible staff negligence proceeds.
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Gallipolis
Donald R. Warehime
Gallia County
Paul Cross
Cincinnati
Gallipolis State Institute
Cross
University Hospital
Columbus
State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Henry Luidens
GSI
Luidens
J. W. McGough
President Eisenhower mocks Kennedy as party split widens
Eisenhower said Kennedy can win with a united Democratic majority in Congress. He noted the Democratic bloc controls two to one and argued the party, not Republicans, is hindering progress on social reform. The president defended his own leadership and urged action on his medical care plan.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
Senate Debates Foreign Aid Bill as End-Of-Week Adjournment Hints Rise
The Senate moved to limit debate on the foreign aid appropriation, the last major bill awaiting action, amid talks of possible adjournment by Saturday. Senate and House aims to reconcile minimum wage differences in a conference committee as negotiations continue.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Leisenhower
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
House
House Rules Committee
House Conference
Ohio State Biophysicist Seeks New Isotope Use
Dr William Graydon Myers, a biophysicist at Ohio State University, reports the creation of a fourth medical radioactive isotope Iodine-125. He says it will supplement and often replace Iodine-131 in diagnosing diseases.
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Columbus
William Graydon Myers
Ohio State University
India Hits Reds Over Chinese Planes Trespass
New Delhi defense minister V. K. Krishna Menon says Red Chinese aircraft have trespassed on Indian soil 17 times in the last four months, signaling rising border tensions between India and China.
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New Delhi
India
Defense
V. K. Krishna Menon
Powers Parents Fly Home From Moscow Stop
Fran cis Gary Powers' parents arrived in Copenhagen after a two hour stopover on the way to New York. They carried cautious hope they may soon see their son who is serving a 10 year espionage sentence in the Soviet Union. Powers' wife Barbara remained in Moscow to press Premier Khrushchev for leniency.
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Copenhagen
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
New York
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Ida
Barbara
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Yalta
Black Sea
Ohio Five Day Forecast Temperature and Rain Outlook
Ohio weather to run near normal with highs around 80 to 83 and lows near 59 to 61. Rain chances slight, totaling about half an inch, with showers mainly Friday through Sunday.
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Ohio
Historians Highlight Southeastern Ohio In Special Edition
The Messenger presents a special Sunday edition to welcome newcomers to Athens. It extols the region as the cradle of the Buckeye State with diverse industries, nineteen social fraternities, twelve sororities, and inclusive churches. The Athens area is praised for outdoor recreation and a thriving university setting, inviting readers to read The Athens Story.
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Ohio
Buckeye
Ohio University
Athens
Midwest
the Messenger
Castro Vows Defiant Friendship With Soviet Union and China
Castro declares a firm pledge of friendship with the Soviet Union and Red China in Havana. He rebuffs the Organization of American States call to halt its leftward political shift.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Red China
Organization of American States
Brandt Named West German Socialist Leader in Election Bid
In Bonn the West Germany Socialist party tapped Willy Brandt Mayor of West Berlin to head the challenge against Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in next year’s general election.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Socialist Party
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Echo I satellite links to England experimental station
Bell Laboratory engineers bounced a voice message and music off the Echo I satellite across the Atlantic to Jodrell Bank experimental station in England.
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Holmdel
N. J
Bell Laboratory
Atlantic
Jodrell Bank
England
Ikeda Pledges Japan Will Honor Security Treaty Obligations
Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda pledged that Japan will faithfully discharge its obligations under the ten year security treaty recently concluded with the United States.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
United States
Latin American ministers press Cuba to renounce Soviet ties
In San Jose Costa Rica the Latin American foreign ministers urged Cuba to disavow Soviet and Chinese ties and reaffirm the inter American system. Fidel Castro rejected the invitation saying we are friends of those who are our friends and we will triumph with or without the OAS. Colombian Foreign Minister Turbay Ayala echoed concerns that Soviet intervention threatens hemispheric security and unity.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Cuba
Soviet Union
China
Fidel Castro
Havana
People’s Republic of China
OAS
Castro
Organization of American States
Julio Turbay-Ayala
Turbay-Ayala
Americas
Paul Roa
United States
Latin America
Kennedy Defeated on Aged Medical Care Plan in Senate
The Senate rejected a Kennedy backed proposal to add broad medical care benefits to Social Security and raise payroll taxes by 51 to 44. A separate plan for federal state subsidies to help the aged with medical bills was approved in a limited form as both presidential candidates faced defeat on health reform.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Eisenhower
House
Youthful Desperado Still at Large Spunky Firman
Salem area pursued Gordon Firman known as Spunky after his capture partner Robert Johnson, 22, was arrested following a 12:40 a.m. chase. Johnson claimed a getaway car stolen in Amsterdam and the pair had earlier fled Coshocton jail on July 26. Firman reportedly forced a deputy release and they allegedly robbed City Auto Co. Uhrichsville and Kitty Kat Cafe.
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Ohio
Gordon (Spunky) Firman
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Ohio Highway Patrol
Firman
Coshocton
City Auto Co
Steubenville
Amsterdam
Robert Kirchgessner
Kirchgessner
Pennsylvania
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Frank Hartley
Nelsonville
Joe Daily
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Powers
Department OF Streets
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Satellite Music
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U.S
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NATO
Europe
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Spunky
Uhrichsville
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