Senate Democrats Give Kennedy Farm Victory
Senate Democrats passed the administration feed grains control bill 45 to 35 after fending off 17 Republican amendments. The measure allows wheat farmers to plan crops across corn and other feed grains and lets feed grain growers plant wheat on idled land. The House version stands, sending the bill to President Kennedy for expected signing, likely Monday. Chauncey-Dover baseball game in Newark postponed by weather. Ohio University Toledo doubleheader rescheduled for Saturday at Trautwein Field.
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Industry Up but Jobless Still Grow
Washington reports a paradox in the economy with employment at a record 68.9 million while unemployment rises to 5.7 percent. The Federal Reserve notes factory output at 122.4 percent of the 1957-59 average, signaling growth alongside higher joblessness.
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Federal Reserve Board
Cooper Family Awaits Reunion After Moon Flight
The Cooper family plans to fly to Hawaii to meet Gordon Cooper and then travel to Washington for a Rose Garden reception with President Kennedy. Mrs. Cooper and her daughters paced the home through the recovery and hailed Gordon as all right after the Faith 7 splashdown and the Kearsarge recovery.
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North Korea says it shoots down U N Army helicopter
North Korea announced ground forces fired on and forced down a U S Army helicopter just north of the Korean DMZ. Captains Ben W Stutts and Charleston V Voltz were reported missing. UN Command sought the pilots and aircraft return while noting the incident as a potential armistice breach.
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Photos May Show Grave of Submarine Thresher
Photographs believed to show debris from the ill fated submarine Thresher were being analyzed as the Navy plans to reconstruct its April 10 disaster by sinking another submarine Toro to 200 miles at sea with sonar gear following the Thresher. The images were taken 8000 feet below the surface and are not yet confirmed as from Thresher.
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Birmingham quiet as federal signals ease civil rights tension
In Birmingham the federal stance on racial unrest shows signs of easing as Atty. Gen. Kennedy's civil rights adviser leaves Washington. Sheriff Bailey warns of weekend tension with a 24 hour guard, 200 state patrols and conservation officers policing a 24 block area after rioting last week. Englewood leaders call off a school sit in at two white elementary schools following a precedent setting New Jersey ruling on segregation.
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Costa Rica Breaks Off With Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO Dominican Republic Haiti was isolated from a fourth Caribbean neighbor today as Costa Rica broke diplomatic relations charging that Dictator Francois Duvalier s stay in power amounts to a coup d etat. Venezuela broke with Haiti Tuesday on similar grounds. Duvalier severed relations with the Dominican Republic April 28 in a dispute over political asylum that nearly triggered a war between the two adjoining countries. Haiti also has no diplomatic relations with Cuba.
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Pupils Tie Top Scores in District State Scholarship Test
Two Southeastern Ohio students led the final District-State Scholarship Test with 140 of 150. Susan E. Phillips of Gallipolis topped American History and Brad Wertman of New Lexington led World History. The field included 26,176 contestants from 868 high schools across 21 subjects. Wittenberg University received a $7,840 NSF equipment grant.
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Gallipolis
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New Lexington
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Logan
Linda Benedict
Corning
Diane Remita
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper Completes 34 Hour Space Flight
After a 34 hour orbital mission, astronaut Gordon Cooper finished a perilous reentry aboard Faith 7 and was described as normal and uninjured. He and mission team officials touted the flight’s success and prepared for postflight evaluation and a Honolulu parade.
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Kearsage
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Midway Island
Space Agency
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Honolulu
Solons Kill Driver Test For Oldsters
Ohio House Highway Committee killed two bills to require annual driver tests for seniors. One bill would apply to those 65 and older, the other to drivers 70 and up. Committee chair Rep. Lytle G. Zumer noted motor vehicle registrars may order exams when law enforcement requests. Golden Age clubs opposed the measures.
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Ohio House Highway Committee
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Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Golden Age Clubs
Point Man Escapes Jail in Mason County
Harry Erlewine Jr., 19, of Point Pleasant, remains at large after escaping Mason County jail at 5 10 p m Thursday. He allegedly hid behind a door when two trusties came to feed him, shoved them into a cell, and locked the door before slipping through the courtroom and fleeing on foot, leaving the keys behind. other prisoners were in the bullpen.
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Harry Erlewine, Jr
Mason County
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Sugar Price Increases Forecast Across Economy
Sugar leads a broader rise in prices as analysts expect higher costs this year. Americans face higher spending from food to autos as incomes grow and more households form. Refined sugar runs higher for the 12th time this year, with quotas loosening and Cuban production cutbacks lifting global demand.
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Agriculture Department
U. S
Boatbuilder Higgins Fatally Shot at Home in New Orleans
Higgins Industries chairman Frank O Higgins 49 died of a gunshot wound at his residence in New Orleans police say he shot himself apparently by accident while joking with his mother Angelo Colson Higgins 72 The report notes Kennedy miscarriage at Washington and Fidel Castros return to Moscow after a 10 day Soviet tour
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