Meigs County Man Kills Wile Sell With Shotgun Awatts Vote To Grant Recognition
Meigs County man is reported to have killed and sold with a shotgun. The article notes Awtts voting on recognizing the new Damascus regime and Nasser’s stance on Syrian UN and Arab League admission. Nasser warned no recognition until a Syrian plebiscite shows the will of the people. The Syria regime promises elections within four months.
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Wile
Cairo
Nasser
Syria
Mamoun Kuzbari
Egypt
Damascus
Kuzbari
United Nations
Difficulties End in Murder Suicide in Meigs County
Pomeroy sees a tragic double tragedy as Elijah Wilson Roach 46 shoots his wife Margaret Bernice 33 with a Remington 12 gauge then takes his own life amid ongoing marital trouble. Mrs Roach visited Sheriff Hartenbach on Wednesday reporting threats to her life.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Elijah Wilson
Bill) Roach
Margaret Bernice
Mrs. Roach
Hartenbach
Roach
U Thant May Get UN Secretary General Job
U Thant of Burma emerged as the likely interim UN secretary general after reports the United States and Soviet Union agreed on his candidacy. Informal diplomats said the Burma official is acceptable to both powers, with key questions remaining on how he would be elected and what powers he would hold.
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U Thant
United Nations
N.y.—P
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
General Assembly
Arab Nationalists May Cause Government Woes
Damascus reports indicate about 70 percent of Syrians welcome breaking from Nasser's United Arab Republic due to economic and political repression. A vocal minority of Arab nationalists and Nasser loyalists remain, while Premier Kuzbari's cabinet may not satisfy all factions including some army elements. Damascus warns Nasser could send money and agents to stir dissent and Arab unity sentiments run deep in Syria.
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Damascus
Syria
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Cairo
Mamoun Kuzbari
Mr Sam Rayburn Facing Cancer Battle In Washington
Dallas by William F. Arbogast reports Speaker Sam Rayburn 79 battles cancer with spread to critical areas. Doctors warn no further surgery anticipated while President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy urge national prayer for the long serving House leader. Outlook ranges from months to weeks as Rayburn may return home if his condition allows.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Kennedy
Rayburn
Sam
Bonham
AMA to War On Quackery High Stakes Campaign
The American Medical Association and government officials pledge total war on medical quackery. The goal is to drive quacks from a billion dollar annual business. The pledge was made at the First National Congress on Medical Quackery, sponsored by the AMA and the FDA.
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The
AMA
Food and Drug Administration
Castro accuses U.S. of plot to isolate Cuba
Fidel Castro charged the United States with organizing a plot to pressure more Latin American nations to sever relations with Cuba. The accusation came Thursday as tensions over Cuba’s international stance remained high.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Viet Nam Delta Battle Report Kills 46 Communists
Saigon reports civilian guardsmen and militiamen bayoneted and shot 46 members of a Communist battalion southwest of Saigon in the Mekong Delta. The battle near Kien Hoa Province left three guardsmen dead and marks a spike in Viet Cong losses over ten days.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
Kien Hoa
Benny Offers $39 Bank Account For Every Baby Born
In Waukegan Illinois comedian Jack Benny joked about opening a 39 dollar bank account for each child born on a Thursday. The stunt drew 13 births and Benny mused the idea cost him money before retiring. He was in town to tape a TV show at a junior high school named in his honor.
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Benny
Waukegan
Illinois
A.d
Red China Buys Record World Grain for 1961 Delivery
Informant sources say Communist China bought 5.89 million metric tons of grain for 1961 delivery to ease the food situation. Peiping plans further 1962 purchases financed by selling gold on the London market. Canada and Australia are main suppliers, with some wheat flour from France and rice from Burma. Estimated value around $310 million, $340 million with transport.
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Washington
China
Peiping
London
Canada
Australia
France
Burma
29 Die as Hamburg Train Crashes Into Repair Train
Hamburg officials report 29 killed and at least 45 injured when a three car passenger train strikes a halted repair train carrying steel beams near Berliner Tor station. A track supervisor reportedly gave the passenger train a clear signal by mistake.
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Berliner Tor
Hamburg
Athens County forms committee to study economic revival plan
A two day session at Ohio University produced a citizen committee in Athens County to gather data and seek financing under the Area Redevelopment Act. The effort aims to spark local development across Athens Hocking Vinton and Fairfield Counties with federal guidance from ARA. Kenneth Ackerman serves as temporary chairman and will hold a midweek meeting at Ethel's Tearoom in Nelsonville to mobilize broader support.
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Area Redevelopment Administration
Ohio University
Committee of Citizens
Area Redevelopment Act
Hocking
Vinton
Fairfield
Walter H. Moeller
10Th
Ohio University College of Education
John C. Baker Center
Jackson
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
ARA
Athens County
Kenneth Ackerman
Ethel’s Tearoom
Nelsonville
Only One Ohio County Makes Use OF Program
Washington feature outlines that only Scioto County has submitted a comprehensive redevelopment plan among 20 eligible Ohio counties, marking the first step toward low interest loans grants and technical aid. Officials blame lean state funding and misconceptions that the program is a quick fix, with counties like Washington Hocking Vinton Athens Meigs and Gallia listed among eligible areas.
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Washington
Omo
Area Redevelopment Administration
Scioto County
Ohio
Hocking
Vinton
Athens
Meigs
Gallia
Khrushchev's Wife Says No Bomb Shelters Being Built
Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev told Western peace marchers there is no defense in a nuclear war and the Soviet Union is not building air raid shelters or getting ready. Nina Khrushchev made the statement alongside her husband.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Nina Khrushchev
Soviets Detonate Their Largest Nuclear Test Yet
Paris based French government detectors report the 18th Soviet nuclear blast in the Arctic near Novaya Zemlya. The explosion allegedly dwarfs prior tests, with strength many megatons, while the U S Atomic Energy Commission said earlier tests occurred in the same northern Siberian area.
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Soviet Union
Arctic
Novaya Zemlya
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Siperia
Searbeck Denies Blackmail Ties to Poland
Washington security officer testifies that Irvin C. Scarbeck admitted aiding his Polish paramour Ursula Discher to flee Poland for West Germany with Polish intelligence help. Scarbeck, a former U S diplomat in Warsaw, faced accusations of sharing secrets to shield himself and Discher from extortion.
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U. S
Irvin C. Searbeck
Poland
West Germany
Scarbeck
Warsaw
Urusula Discher
Kenneth W. Knauf
Frankfurt
Germany
Urszula Discher
U.S. District Court
Searbeck
U.S
Miss Discher
Kent Instructor Warns of Grades Pressure
Kent State University education professor Dwight Arnold told the Ohio District Health Conference that heavy focus on grades may cause social maladjustment and lead to chronic unemployment, linking academic pressure to social immaturity.
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KENT
Kent State University
Ohio District Health Conference
Dwight Arnold
Five Day Forecast Warm but dry with light showersMonday
Temperatures will run six to ten degrees above normal with a slow warming trend. Normal highs 69 and lows 45. Expect little rainfall totaling under one tenth of an inch. A slight cooldown around Monday with widely scattered showers possible.
Duty Then Joins In Flight
A Communist policeman at East Berlin spotted two youths cutting a fence to flee into the U S sector. He fired a warning shot then discarded his submachine gun and fled with the refugees through the same hole into West Berlin, according to West Berlin police.
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Berlin
East Berlin
U. S
West
West Berlin
Argentine Students Demand Break With Cuba
About 200 students demonstrated Thursday night at the Foreign Office in Buenos Aires asking for a diplomatic break with Cuba.
Germany Chides West Over Shooting Tension Rises
Berlin the East accused the West of provoking violence after Red police fired warning shots at a West Berlin officer and a civilian near the border. East Berlin police clashed with West Berliners as Mayor Brandt urged Western powers to authorize a larger 15 000 member police force amid mounting barricade tensions.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Will Brandt
Kennedy to Meet Gromyko on Berlin Stance Today
President Kennedy meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the White House to hear any new Moscow instructions and to press for clarification of the Soviet position on Berlin. Officials do not expect a dramatic breakthrough in the long running German dispute.
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Washington
Kennedy
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
U.S
White House
Gromyko
Moscow
Site chosen for new Ohio River bridge in Huntington
Huntington officials expect a decision on a site for a new Ohio River bridge within days. Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers said engineering work caused the delay but did not change the plan for a timely selection.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Burl Sawyers
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