Grissom's second space flight scrubbed by weather
Cape Canaveral reports the Mercury Redstone launch scrubbed for the second time due to cloud cover and unfavourable conditions. Grissom sits in Liberty Bell 7 as NASA reschedules the attempt for 6 a.m. Friday. prior holds and weather delays echo past aborts and require careful postflight checks before another try.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
This Space Center
Project Mercury
Grissom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hangar S
Carolina driver dies in Letart separate crash
One North Carolina resident Herry Dean Jr. 46 of Monroe was killed when his car left Route 33 near Sand Hill Road Letart and hit a concrete culvert. Four companions were injured two critically with Colie Dean 34, Mary Louise Dean 26, Syville Williams 60 and Lois Dean Watson 44.
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Point Pleasant
North Carolina
Route
Sand Hill Rd
Letart
Herry Dean, Jr
Monroe
N. C
Charlotte
Oliver Eschenaur
Mason County
Dean
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Colie Dean
Mary Louise Dean
Syville Williams
Hamilton
Lois Dean Watson
N.C
Mason
F. E. Eddy
West Virginia
Burns Vanadium worker dies from burns at Graham Station
Luther Z. Harris Jr. 30 of 2215 Jefferson Ave. died in University Hospital Columbus from burns suffered when molten slag covered 90 percent of his body at the Vanadium Corp. of America plant in Graham Station. He was a furnace tapper and member of Heights EUB Church. Surviving wife Lois Ann Wood Harris, two daughters, a son, a sister Bonnie Ward, and maternal grandparents. Crow funeral home handling arrangements.
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Point Pleasant
Luther Z. Harris, Jr
Jefferson Ave
University Hospital
Columbus
Vanadium Corp. of America
Graham Station
Harris
Mason County
Luther
Mae Baker Harris
Eileen Cottrill Harris
The
Heights Eub Church
Lois Ann Wood Harris
Barbara
Lori
Zackie Harris
Bonnie Ward
New Haven
George Baker
Letart
Crow Funeral Home
Postman’s Honor Saved After 42-Year Delay
Clifford Carter of Perrysburg received a postcard mailed June 10, 1919 from Bowling Green to his Perrysburg cousin Wayne Wolfe who later moved to Toledo. The undelivered card was finally returned, revealing a 42 year lapse in the Bowling Green Perrysburg 13 mile route. The Post Office Department offered no explanation for the delay.
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Perrysburg
Ohio
Bowling Green
Clifford Carter
Carter
Wayne Wolfe
Toledo
Balloon crashes near Bemidji after cosmic ray launch
A large plastic balloon used for cosmic ray experiments fell two hours after liftoff Tuesday night near Bemidji when lightning likely triggered its control system.
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Bemidji
Mina
Earth
Argentina Plane Crash Kills 60 Near Azul
An Argentine Airlines DC6 crashed in flames near Azul with 60 passengers and crew feared dead. Officials suspected Americans may be among the dead. The nonstop Buenos Aires to Comodoro Rivadavia flight attempted an emergency landing before bursting into flames on touchdown.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Azul
Patagonian
Comodoro Rivadiva
U. S
Three Die In Plane Crash At Chesapeake
A twin engine Cessna 310 went down in heavy rain one mile east of Chesapeake airport. Initial reports said three people were killed with the pilot thrown clear and later hospitalized in Huntington West Virginia. Airport sources said the plane may have come in too fast.
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Chesapeake
Governor vetoes civil service bill on OSU health staff
Governor Michael V. DiSalle vetoed a bill that would have removed nurses technicians and therapists at Ohio State University from civil service coverage. It was his 14th veto of the session and he warned more may come before lawmakers reconvene July 31.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio State University
DiSalle
Student Explorers Die in Cavern Near Orleans Indiana
Two Indiana University graduate students Ralph S. Moreland Jr. and Tom Arnold both 25 were found drowned inside a limestone cave eight miles west of Orleans Indiana after a cloudburst flooded a two foot high side passage. Debris marks showed water reached the ceiling of the passage as rescue teams pulled the bodies from about two thirds of a mile inside the cave.
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Ralph S. Moreland Jr
Knox, Ind
Tom Arnold
Peru
Ind
Armstrong
Indiana
Ohio River
Moreland
Karen
Arnold
Karen Moreland
Ralph Moreland
Indiana University
Orleans
Castro Plans New Policies For Cuba Rally
Castro and his cabinet met seven hours to finalize policies for July 26 celebrations. The prime minister may unveil a single all powerful proletarian party. AP analyst suggests Communists could be invited to lead the party.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Associated Press News
William L. Ryan
Ten Cuban prisoners return to Havana seeking funds
A ten prisoner negotiating team will return to Havana on Sunday to appeal for funds to buy their freedom. The group was sent to the United States last month to press for a deal trading American tractors for about 1,200 captives captured in the failed April 17 invasion.
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Tro
Havana Sun
Shawnee Hit by High Winds and Torrential Rain
Severe weather struck Shawnee with high winds hail and heavy rain Tuesday. One house suffered major damage and Claycraft Co. operations paused while a tree toppled onto a residence on New England Hill. Nearby towns saw only light rain as power flickered briefly.
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Shawnee
Claycraft Co
New Straitsville
Medic Says No Moon Trips For 10 Years
Brig. Gen. Donald F. Flickinger, head of Air Force aerospace medical projects, warned at a Franklin Institute briefing that the United States cannot land a man on the moon before 1971 due to gaps in knowledge about space phenomena. He said lunar exploration is at least ten years away unless national security demands acceleration.
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Philadelphia
Air Force Aerospace Medical Projects
United States
Donald F. Flickinger
Franklin Institute
U. S
Six Nations Move Toward Formal Political Unity
The six European Common Market nations report progress toward political unity as government chiefs agree to hold regular future meetings to grant a statutory character to their unity as quickly as possible.
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Six Nations
Bonn
Germany
Kennedy to decide on U S Berlin actions this week
President Kennedy announced final decisions on U S military measures to meet Soviet pressure in Berlin. He plans a national speech on Berlin next Tuesday night and a report to Congress after consultations with Britain, France and NATO allies.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S
Berlin
Congress
Britain
France
NATO
National Security Council
French base in Tunisia ringed by Tunisian troops
Tunisian forces encircle the French naval base at Bizerte with roadblocks as Paris orders paratroops to move in and directs open fire on unauthorized aircraft over Tunisia. The move aims to prevent France from reinforcing the base amid mounting tensions.
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Bizerte
Tunisia
France
Paris
Eichmann Says Israelis Try To Fry Him For Answers
Adolf Eichmann told the Jerusalem court the Israeli prosecution seeks to force him to reveal details of his 1957 interview with a Dutch journalist. Judge Moshe Landau rebuked him for the threat to withhold further questions.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Fry
Gestapo
Moshe Landau
Lightning Sets Tank of Oil On Fire in Findlay
A lightning strike ignited 60 000 gallons of crude oil at an Ohio Oil Co storage tank in Findlay early today. No explosion occurred and there were no injuries reported.
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Findlay
Ohio Oil Co
Socialites Die in New York Plane Crash Near LaGuardia
Mrs Angier Biddle Duke, descendant of Spanish nobility and wife of the State Department official, dies with two other prominent women and a pilot when a light plane in flames plunges into a flower garden near LaGuardia. The victims include Mrs Arthur Altschul and Mrs Stanley Metcalf. pilot Paul Dubuke, 29, a Marine Corps veteran. No ground injuries.
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New York
Angier Biddle Duke
State Department
CHC
Bonanza
LaGuardia Field
Arthur Altschul
Wall Street
Stanley Warren Metcalf
Auburn, N. Y
Paul Dubuke
Marine Corps
la Guardia Field
Pay And Construction Are Major Casualties As School Aid Fades
Kennedy's 6.1 billion education package collapses after House Rules Committee votes to table all bills. Major losses include 2.5 billion for public school construction and teachers' salaries while a 1.8 billion college aid bill and a 1.8 billion extension face uncertain futures. The program aids over 3000 districts serving military and federal personnel families.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S
House
House Rules Committee
Western notes show unity on Berlin crisis
Western allies including the United States Britain and France pressed Khrushchev over Berlin with a firm tone. Moscow radio accused the West of aiding sinister forces while East Germany denounced Western claims and warned of West Berlin’s territorial ties. Western Europe largely backed the Big Three’s warning to the Soviet Union on Berlin.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Moscow
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Moscow Radio
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Berlin
West
ADN
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Soviet Union
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