Portuguese Vessel Explodes Off Mozambique Killing Hundreds
A Portuguese transport ship Save carrying more than 550 troops and laborers exploded after running aground near Beira Mozambican coast. At least 237 people died with reports it could rise to 250 as fires and successive blasts wrecked the 2087 ton vessel. A Beira tug could not reach the burning ship.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South Asian Radio
Save
Mozambique
South African Press Association
Lourenco Marques
Portugal
Linde
Quelimane
Beira
Lorenco Marques
Soviet Reject British Move in Geneva Talks
The Soviet Union rejected a new British move in Geneva after eight weeks of talks, with negotiations stalled over Communist demands that the negotiation framework be altered and concessions sought from Western powers.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Prince Sihanouk Names Lao King as Peace Mediator
Phnom Penh reports Prince Norodom Sihanouk says the Laotian king can play a key mediator role in regional peace efforts. The remarks position Laos as central to stabilizing Southeast Asia amid ongoing tensions and negotiations.
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Laos
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Footprints Spur Hunt For Missing Teenager
In Moab Utah footprints and a clothing bundle on a desert mesa trigger a search for 15 year old Dennise Sullivan of Rockville Conn who was abducted a week earlier after her mother was killed. Investigators tie Abel Aragon of Price Utah a WWII hero to the case and to the death of Jeannette Sullivan and wounding of Charles Boothroyd.
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Moab
Utah
Dennise Sullivan
Rockville
Conn
the Tribune
Nathan Ince
Polar Mesa
Abel B. Aragon
Price
Disalle vetoes half of state appropriations
Gov. Michael DiSalle vetoes all second year appropriations for mental health and welfare programs, prompting House Speaker Roger Cloud to question legality. Meanwhile a one year appropriation acts releases funds to about 22 500 aged recipients whose checks were delayed, as fiscal plans extend to June 30 next year.
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Art Parks
Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Roger Cloud
Cess
Legis
Cloud
DiSalle
SEO Area Tour Opens Five County Redevelopment Drive
Southeast Ohio launches a five day area redevelopment tour led by Rep. Walter H. Moeller and federal and state specialists. The effort aims to lift seven counties in the 10th District designated as depressed but requires local action before Area Redevelopment Act funds can be released.
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Southeastern Ohio
Athens County
Walter H. Moeller
10Th Congressional District
Spectacular failure halts U S first rocket launch
Arguello Calif observers report the 98 foot projectile failed to lift from its pad. A flame surrounded the base, followed by black smoke, signaling ignition failure of the 360 000 pound thrust engine.
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Point Arguello
Calif
United States
Russia
Racial Leader Says Kennedy Makes Error on Laws
NAACP leader Wilkins condemned President Kennedy, saying more laws are needed now not just enforcement under current statutes. He spoke at a news conference on the eve of the NAACP’s 52nd annual observance.
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Wilkins
The
NAACP
Bow Says Ohioans Pay West Public Power Bills
Representative Frank Bow of Ohio states he is tired of funding the Far West electric bill. He urges defeating two public power expansion proposals in Washington Oregon and the Colorado River Basin. He cites Hanford atomic energy costs charging Ohio taxpayers 13 351 800 dollars in tax money.
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Washington
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Far West
Oregon
Colorado River
Hanford
Wash
Virginia Democrats Wage Political Battle
In Richmond Virginia the hard fought Democratic primary ends Tuesday as Sen. Harry F Byrds faction seeks wins in the governor lieutenant governor and attorney general races. About 400000 voters face a bitter family feud within the party to decide its three top offices.
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Richmond
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Train Bus Collision Toll Rises in Formosa
In Formosa Southern District a Sunday train bus collision raised deaths to unspecified numbers with twenty seven people still in critical condition. Authorities reported a major transportation accident disrupting travel and prompting an urgent investigation.
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Taipei
Formos
Formosa
Nigerian Will Address OU Audience
Nigerian ambassador to the United States Julius Momoh Udochi will keynote the World Affairs Conference at Ohio University on Monday August 1 speaking at 10 20 a m in Ewing Auditorium. The event includes a 2 p m panel with Coxsee and Dean Hamblin and features two Nigerian films Giant in the Sun and Salute to Independence at 8 p.m.
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Julius Momoh Udochi
United States
Ohio University
Gifford B. Coxesee
Ewing Auditorium
Udochi
State Department
Coxsee
Dean F. N. Hamblin
Ohio U. College of Education
Swiss Climber Rescued After Peak Slide Tragedy
Theodore York, 23, a Swiss climber from Bern, was saved from a 9600 foot ledge on Aiguille du Dru after a rock slide that killed his brother Marti, 20, on Thursday. The rescue operation completed Sunday with his ascent to safety.
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Chamonix
France
Theodore York
Aiguifle de Dru Peak
Thureday
Marti
York
Bern
Contract talks resume in Detroit between Ford and GM
United Auto Workers resumes negotiations with Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. after a recess last Friday, seeking a new labor contract and terms for the assembly lines and plants.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Airmen Seek Live Capsule Return Orbit Breakthrough
At Hickam Field Hawaii airmen tracked a space capsule on its first post launch orbit after Friday deployment from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Aircraft circling the impact area reported the momentous pass as the capsule completed its initial orbit.
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Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
Air Force Fliers
Vandenberg Air Force
Pak Chung-hi Purge Intensifies Power Struggle in Korea
Maj. Gen. Pak Chung-hi accused Lt. Gen. Chang Do-Young and 44 officers of plotting to assassinate him to seize control. Chang and five former junta members were arrested after a failed counter coup as Pak solidified control of the ruling council.
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Seoul
South Korea
Pak Chung-hi
Pak
Chang Do-Young
Chang
Song Yo-chan
GS 2
Esa Soes Soo
Supreme Council For Nadence
Junta
Britain Refuses U N Investigating Permit
Britain withdraws permission for a United Nations investigation amid political tensions. London officials announced the move as a response to ongoing disputes over jurisdiction and control.
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Britain
U. N
Ohio State Fair Put Under 16 Member Commission
Governor V. DiSalle signed four more acts into law including legislation transferring control of the Ohio State Fair to a 16 member commission.
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Ael V. DiSalle
Soviet Air Show Dazzles West with New Aircraft Debuts
Moscow fans 50,000 as Khrushchev and Gagarin watch a parade of advanced Soviet planes at Tushino Airfield. Western experts note a delta wing bomber and heavy supersonic bombers, plus jet fighters with boosted climb abilities, signaling continued Soviet aviation advancement.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Coemonaut
Yuri Gagarin
Tushino
United States
U.S
Melvin Neilsen
Arab Union Considered by Jordan and Gulf States
Jordan weighs a federation with Kuwait and possibly Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf sheikdoms. Each government keeps internal control while foreign and defense policies are run by a federal body funded by 40 million dollars in U S aid. Iraqi claims on Kuwait could be dropped if the plan succeeds.
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Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
U. S
Iraq
Hoffa predicts Teamsters to rejoin AFL-CIO in six months
James R. Hoffa states the Teamsters will rejoin the AFL-CIO within six months unless labor leaders prefer a weaker federation. The federation expelled the 1.7 million member union in 1957 after Senate testimony alleged corruption among leaders.
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Hoffa
Afl-Cio
New York
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Brotherhood
Senate
Axis Sally Leaves Prison in West Virginia
Mil dred Gillars Axis Sally of Nazi broadcasts walks out of federal prison near Alderson West Virginia after serving a 15 year sentence. A reporter asks for her reaction, but she remains quiet as she exits the facility.
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Alderson
W. Va
Mildred Gillars
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