Honolulu Airliner Crash Kills 27 People
A Canadian Pacific Britannia turboprop crash near Honolulu killed 27 aboard including two infants. The aircraft, en route from Vancouver to Sydney and Auckland via Honolulu, dumped fuel for an emergency landing after an engine failure and skidded on approach, destroying the fuselage. Survivors were treated at Hickam Air Force Base Hospital.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Vancouver
B.C
Ternational
Pacific
D. J. Tierney
FFA
Hickham Air Force Base Hospital
FAA
Tierney
Space Agency plans Venus mission after initial setback
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA The United States pushes a second Mariner 2 mission to Venus after the first Atlas Agena B launch failed above the Atlantic Ocean. The mishap destroyed an $8 million rocket and $4 million payload, with a 139 day journey planned to reach Venus within 10 000 miles. NASA moves quickly to launch pad for a second Atlas Agena B and the Mariner 2 payload to seize the 19 month favorable window.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
Venus
United States
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Middleport Lineman Fatally Electrocuted On Route 684
Darrell Moodispaugh 32 of Middleport was killed by electrocution while two fellow linemen worked on a disconnection near Harrisonville on Route 684. Betty Gilkey alerted authorities at 10 15 am. Moodispaugh dropped from a pole and died despite aid from the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office and Pomeroy Emergency Squad.
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Pomeroy
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Harrisonville
Darrell Moodispaugh
Sycamore St
Middleport
Betty Gilkey
Meigs County
Henry Ewing
Moodispaugh
Bobby Gibson
Rutland
Protesters Seek Court Action Over Albany Injunction
In Albany Georgia integrationists seek court action to overturn a federal judge injunction barring mass demonstrations and desegregation activities. Dr Martin Luther King Jr accuses some Southern judges and political leaders of a conspiracy to maintain segregation. Honolulu weather delays explosion of a second high altitude nuclear warhead over Johnston Island scheduled for tonight.
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Albany
Martin Luther King Jr
Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Greenup Dam Project Dedicated in Ashland Ky
The 54 million Greenup locks and dam on the Ohio River was dedicated in a ceremony with dignitaries including Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges. The project aims to create a 12 foot river channel from Cairo Illinois to Pittsburgh and features two locks with a main 1200 foot chamber. The upper pool extends about 62 miles upstream to Gallipolis, replacing five obsolete structures.
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Ohio River
Secretary of Commerce
Luther Hodges
Cairo
Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
Hodges
Gallipolis
Algerian Left Breaks With FLN Leadership
Ahmed Ben Bella’s leftist faction split from Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda and formed a seven member political bureau to lead the National Liberation Front. They accuse Ben Khedda of a police state and call for democracy and liberty. Ben Bella appeared at a news conference. Ben Khedda’s government offered no immediate comment.
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Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Youssef Ben Khedda
National Liberation Front
FLN
Coun- Boe AR Et Ted Ee
Ben Khedda
Ben Bella
Algiers
National Council of the Algerian Revolution
CNRA
Tripoli
Libya
Missile Silo Explosion Triggers Fire In Arizona
An explosion in a Titan missile silo near Rillito Arizona damaged a switch box on the third level some 50 feet underground. A fire followed but was quickly put out injuring 20 men officials said damage was about 2000 dollars.
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Rillito
Ariz
Titan
Arizona
Ohio University Lands 493000 Viet Nam Teaching Contract
Ohio University announced a 493000 contract with the U S State Department for a Viet Nam teaching project. The plan runs 1962 63 with six American educators, led by Dr John Gee, beginning Sept 1 and involving the University of Hue and the University of Saigon to strengthen curricula and train secondary teachers.
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Ohio University
U. S. State Department
John Gee
President Hopes to Pass Aid Bill
President Kennedy seeks a compromise federal aid for higher education from a Senate House conference committee. Senator Hubert Humphrey predicts success, while the administration plans a salvage operation to counter Republican claims of a Democratic Congress. A new bipartisan international trade bill also reaches public hearings to bolster the record before November elections.
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Jack Bell
Kennedy
Senate House
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate Finance Committee
House
John Glenn Skis in Hyannis Port Vacation Incident
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr tried water skiing on Lewis Bay with President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy observing. Glenn and Mrs Kennedy piloted a tandem boat. both took spills while Glenn, famed for three orbits, performed better in space.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
John H. Glenn, Jr
Lewis Bay
Glenn
Outer Space
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Lancaster Tourists Killed in Canada Collision
Three members of a Lancaster family were killed in a truck car crash east of Chatham Ontario Saturday night. Rex Springer 60 Martha Jane 43 and Mary Lou Springer 28 died. Emil Springer 29 was seriously injured.
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Chatham, Ont
Lancaster
Here
Rex Springer
Martha Jane
Mary Lou
Emil Springer
Medicare Settlement Expected in Saskatchewan Probe
Saskatchewan doctors and the Socialist government near agreement after four days of talks. Draft legislation to amend the medical care insurance program was central, as doctors had boycotted services when the compulsory prepaid plan began July 1. The Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons criticized government control.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
College
DiSalle says campaign being felt in Ohio race
Governor Michael V. DiSalle said his early re election push may impact Republican opponent State Auditor James A. Rhodes. He noted Rhodes reacted to county campaign activity and that both will attend fairs in Warren and Knox counties on upcoming dates.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
James A. Rhodes
DiSalle
Rhodes
Warren County
Knox County
Telstar Transmits Kennedy News Conference Across Atlantic
Telstar beams a live Kennedy news conference to European homes in the first cross Atlantic TV exchange. European viewers may also see a Chicago major league game Mount Rushmore Liberty statue Golden Gate Niagara Falls and Seattle World’s Fair. American viewers soon see Louvre Sistine Chapel Big Ben Rome opera and Laplanders reindeer. Programs run at least 15 minutes and air on ABC CBS and NBC. The US start around 3 p.m. EDT as Telstar orbits for the 123rd time.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Mount Rushmore Memorial
Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Niagara Falls
Seattle
Louvre
Paris
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Arctic Circle
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ABC
CBS
NBC
Telstar
Earth
Aerospace unions agree to delay industry strike
Two major unions United Aerospace Workers at Ryan Aircraft in San Diego and North American Aviation in Los Angeles consented to a 60 day postponement of a threatened aerospace strike. The International Association of Machinists also accepted the President's recommendation. The move allows 150000 workers at 53 plants to await mediation by a three man board appointed by the President while labor and management negotiate. UAW at Douglas Long Beach voted to ratify a company union deal reached last Monday.
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Los Angeles
Kennedy
United Aerospace
Ryan Aircraft
San Diego
North American Aviation
International Association of Machinists
IAM
General Dynamics-Convair
Lockheed
Threeman
UAW
Douglas Long Beach
Laos Treaty Signed to Secure Independence and Neutrality
Delegates from 14 nations signed a treaty in Geneva establishing Laos as independent and neutral. The accord includes two documents a declaration of neutrality and a protocol for withdrawal of foreign troops from Laos ending fourteen months of peace efforts in the Asian kingdom.
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Geneva
Laos
Journey resumes for six teens aboard Royal Dutch flight
Six teen passengers resume their journey to Amsterdam after a fire in the engine forced the Royal Dutch plane to return to Idlewild Airport Sunday night. Sir Cedric Hardwicke is hospitalized at Cedars of Lebanon for an upper respiratory ailment. A Paris Marseille express derailed near Dijon with hundreds injured and more than twenty killed, authorities report. President Arosemena of Ecuador arrives in Washington for a three day state visit greeted by President Kennedy.
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New York
Royal Dutch Airline
Amsterdam
Idlewild
Hardwicke
Hollywood
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Dijon
France
Marseilles
Washington
Carlos Julio Arosemena
Ecuador
Kennedy
Hocking Man Dies In Wreck
A one car crash on Route 56 near Laurelville killed 47 year old Anson Huffman of South Bloomingville. The driver William Karshner, 38, of Laurelville was critically injured and treated at University Hospital Columbus after transfer from Berger Hospital Circleville. He suffered a severe head wound with possible skull fracture and internal injuries. The wreck occurred Saturday night when the west bound car struck a bridge on the left side of the road five miles south of Laurelville.
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Hocking County
Anson Huffman
South Bloomingville
William Karshner
Laurelville
Karshner
University Hospital
Columbus
Berger Hospital
Circleville
State Highway Patrol
Ohio Legion elects new state commander after convention
The Ohio American Legion completed business, elected officers, and held a 90 minute parade to close its annual convention. Stuart G. Luginbuhl of Cincinnati, a World War II veteran and former first vice commander, was elected state commander without opposition.
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Columbus
Ohio American Legion
Stuart G. Luginbuhl
Cincinnati
American surgeon reports radiant balloon cancer technique debut
In Moscow the largest cancer gathering to date opened technical sessions as an American surgeon announced a new radiant balloon method to diagnose stomach cancer. The event brings together many cancer researchers and clinicians from around the world.
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Moscow
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