Kennedy presses disarmament drive amid Soviet tests
President Kennedy seeks congressional passage of a bill creating a U S disarmament agency as the Soviet Union resumes nuclear weapon tests. White House and State Department officials discuss Berlin and nuclear issues with Geneva talks leader Arthur Dean returning for further guidance. Belgrade conference leaders Nasser Tito Sukarno react with mixed urgency urging Western and Soviet restraint.
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Kennedy
U. S
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
White House
Berlin
Arthur H. Dean
Geneva
Britain
Dean
Sukarno
Tito
Nasser
East Germany
United Nations
Tip of hijack alert found false for Pan Am Flight 81
A Miami arrival found no incident after a tip warned of a hijack on Pan American Flight 81 from Idlewild. Two federal agents were aboard and 119 passengers were searched after the plane landed without incident. The caller, an unidentified Spanish speaking woman, allegedly contacted the Miami office.
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Miami
Fla
New York
Pan American World Airways
McCormick Elected Speaker Pro Tem During Rayburn Rest
Representative John W. McCormick of Massachusetts was elected speaker pro tem of the House as Sam Rayburn departed for an extended vacation to rest. The move places McCormick in a key temporary leadership role while Rayburn is away.
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Washington
John W. McCormick
Massachusetts
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Japan Drills Protest Over Soviet Nuclear Test Fallout
Tokyo announced a protest to Moscow after the Soviet Union resumed nuclear testing. The government warned the tests would shower Japan with fallout described as ashes of death.
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Tokyo
Moscow
Washington
Soviet Union
Mont Blanc Tunnel Nears Completion In France
The Mont Blanc tunnel under Europe's highest peak is more than three quarters finished, the French government reports.
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Chamonix
France
Mont Blanc
Europe
Skies Clear Of Fallout As Soviets Ready Bomb
Fallout estimates show most debris settled on earth or decayed by 1958 while strontium remains a health hazard. Atomic experts say human absorption is not yet evident and nuclear tests pause while a ban is pursued.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Integration at Atlanta public high schools proceeds
In Atlanta on the third day of school integration four public high schools opened with mixed attendance. Two Negro students at Murphy High and two at Grady High arrived with white pupils for the first time, while five other Negro students joined two more high schools after whites entered. Superintendent John Letson pledged equal treatment and rapid progress toward full equality.
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Atlanta
Murphy High
Grady High
John Letson
Lausche Bill Seeks End to Farm Exports to Reds
Senator Frank Lausche proposes a bill to ban export of any federally subsidized farm commodity to Communist nations. He notes no licenses have been issued by the Commerce Department but argues the risk remains and wrong. Similar measures are under consideration in the House.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Senate
Commerce Department
Lausche
House
Crew Walks Away From Jet Crash At Lockbourne AFB
Three crew members escaped injury when their six engine B47 Stratojet crashed during takeoff at Lockbourne Air Force Base. The $1.869 million aircraft smashed into a field after likely hitting a power line, briefly cutting power on base and nearby Ashville and South Bloomfield.
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Lockbourne Air Force Base
Ashville
South Bloomfield
376Th
Lockbourne
Strategic Air Command
Five Day Forecast Signals Cooler Wednesday
Temperatures to run 4-7 degrees below normal with normal highs around 50 and lows near 45. Expect warm humid conditions early then a turn cooler by midweek. Scattered thundershowers through Tuesday bring about one inch or more of precipitation, mainly after noon and at night.
No Paper Labor Day notice from The Messenger
The Messenger will not publish Monday in observance of Labor Day. Office will resume on Tuesday with regular deadlines and staff schedules returning to normal.
Quake Notes Spark Nuclear Test Speculation
Seismograph readings Thursday stirred talk that the Soviet Union resumed nuclear tests. Most scientists said the instruments picked up an earthquake near Peru recorded about 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Soviet Union
Peru
UN Boost Gives U S Leverage After Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet decision to resume nuclear tests shocks the United Nations and boosts American standing with Asian African neutrals. Kennedy signals cautious diplomacy, while U S Britain push to convene a General Assembly session on a ban treaty under international control. Belgrade talks receive praise for Kennedy's measured approach.
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N. Y
Soviet Union
United States
Kennedy
Soviet Bloc
Britain
U. N. General Assembly
Belgrade
United Nations Breaks Ties With Katanga Government
The United Nations announces its severance of relations with the Katanga government in Elisabethville. UN Representative Conor Cruise O Brien says the government cannot be trusted while a minister faces serious charges. The UN asks Tshombe to fire interior minister Godefroid Munongo amid allegations of plotting murders and crimes against Baluba. Munongo denies the charges and gains Tshombe's backing. Resistance to UN operations has risen as the drive to reintegrate Katanga continues.
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U.N
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Tshombe
Godefroit Munongo
U. N
Baluba
Munongo
Andre Cremer
Katanga
Michel Tomberlaine
Cremer
Brazil Crises as Goulart Moves Toward Presidency
Vice President Joao Goulart nears Brazilian border for a dramatic return that could trigger civil conflict. In Montevideo he awaits a moment to press his claim while military leaders coordinate to subdue his supporters in Rio Grande do Sul amid reports of landings and limited clashes.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Joao Goulart
South America
Montevideo
Marshal Odylio Denys
Rio Grande Do Sul
Ohio Wesleyan Dean elected head of journalism schools group
Ann Arbor reports Verne FE Edwards Jr of Ohio Wesleyan University has been chosen president of the American Society of Journalism School Administrators, signaling leadership changes within the association.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Verne FE. Edwards Jr
Ohio Wesleyan University
American Society of Journalism
Third Worst Air Disaster In U S
A TWA Constellation exploded and crashed in a Hinsdale corn field near Chicago killing 76. FBI investigated a possible bomb. The flight from Boston via New York and Chicago to Los Angeles departed Midway at 2 a.m. EST. Witnesses reported an explosion and the wreck burned for hours.
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FBI
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Grand Canyon
Brandt calls for broad West German govt exclude Adenauer
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt said his Socialist party would form a national government representing all parties if they win the September general election in West Germany, but Adenauer would be excluded. He urged unity against Soviet pressure and cited Adenauer’s campaign blasts as concerns for his party.
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Germany
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Socialist Party
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Brandt
Soviet Union
Adenauer
Khrushchev
Berlin
Gano Named Logan City Auditor to Complete Term
Mrs Joseph Gano of 147 S Culver St was appointed Logan city auditor by Mayor Francis Myers to fill the unexpired two year four month term of Ruth Easterling who resigned due to ill health. The appointment received unanimous approval from a city council committee and service director Edwin Rutgers.
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Logan
Joseph Gano
Virginia Fitzgerald
S. Culver St
Logan City
Francis Myers
Marshals Ordered to New Orleans for School Opening
Sixty U S marshals have been ordered to New Orleans Louisiana on stand by duty for the opening of public schools next week the Justice Department said Thursday.
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Washington
U. S
New Orleans
Justice Department
Defense Gives Allies Advantage At Start In Berlin
Washington reports Kennedy warned West Berlin would be untenable under direct Soviet attack. U S Army in Berlin numbers about six thousand of thirteen thousand Allied troops, facing possible Soviet divisions and mass ground power. Defense prospects hinge on air corridors, rail lines, and potential escalation to general war.
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Washington
Kennedy
West Berlin
Soviet Union
U. S
West Germany
Bonn
Berlin
Allies Bar Dutch Belgian Flights Into Berlin Air Corred
Western Allies bar Dutch and Belgian airlines from Berlin air corridors for special Leipzig Trade Fair flights. Allied sources call it a necessary measure to show Moscow the routes are reserved for U S British and French forces in Berlin.
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BOM
Germany
Berlin
Leipzig
East Germany
Moscow
U. S
Ohio collects over ten million in July excise taxes
Ohio began its new fiscal year by collecting slightly over 10 million dollars in excise taxes for July, according to the state tax department.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Tax Department
Three Escapees Sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory
Three 17 year old escapees from Zaleski Youth Camp, Charles Kuykendoll Byron Proctor and Ronald Shepard of Hamilton Caledonia, were sentenced in Vinton County Juvenile Court. They received concurrent terms for assault robbery and auto theft with sentences from one to five years, one to twenty five years and one to twenty years.
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McArthur
Zaleski
Mansfield Reformatory
Vinton County
Common Pleas
C. W. Smith
Charles Edward Kuykendoll
Byron B. Proctor
Hamilton
Ronald Paul Shepard
Calendonia
William Brown
Brown
Fort Thomas
Turner
McClellan Recesses Hearings Target Wire Services
Senator McClellan recessed Senate rackets hearings and asserted that wire services operated for bookmakers must be shut down by federal law to end race information services used by bookmakers. The statement emphasizes federal action to curb bookmakers' access.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Senate
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