Miss Mayer of Sandusky Crowned Miss America
Nelsonville hosts Miss Parade of the Hills Jerri Lynn Forbes notes Miss Mayer’s natural beauty and poised presence. Mrs. Cole says Mayer, with piano training and Waring tour experience, is reserved and friendly. Mayer and Ohio University sorority sister Pi Beta Phi tie. Corrigan calls her a wonderful contestant. Mayer vows a televised wink to Hocking Valley.
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Nelsonville
Jacquelyn Mayer
Sandusky
Miss Mayer
Jerri Lynn Forbes
Mayer
Charles Corrigan
Atlantic City
Hocking Valley
Messenger
George Lovell
Parade of the Hills
Plans Made To Rebuild Two Burned Negro Churches
In Albany Georgia civil rights leaders move to raise about 25000 to rebuild two Negro churches burned in southwest Georgia amid violence. Jackie Robinson to serve as honorary chair for Mount Olive Sasser and Mount Mary Baptist churches as FBI agent is assaulted by a white farmer Virgil Puckett jailed. Navy to base Polaris submarines at Guam.
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Albany
Georgia
FBI
Virgil Edmund Puckett
Sasser
Jackie Robinson
Mount Olive Baptist
Mount Mary Baptist Church
Drugs Smuggled to Soblen at Brixton Prison Hospital
A report states drugs reached Brixton Prison hospital enabling Dr. Robert Soblen to intensify his bid to avoid U.S. justice. Soblen remains unconscious with convulsions hinting at possible brain damage. Investigators say the drug was not stocked by the hospital. A woman who brought Soblen food is under investigation.
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London
Brixton Prison
Robert A. Soblen
U. S
The
Daily Mirror
Soblen
United States
New York
Sunday Pictorial
Six Polio Cases Reported in Pasadena After Vaccine Drive
Medical authorities in Pasadena report six paralytic polio cases over four weeks. A mass oral vaccine effort reached thousands in a 65 block area on Sunday, marking the first Pasadena cases since 1959.
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Pasadena
Calif
NFO Warns Farmers Could Withhold Livestock Over Meat Price Push
Corning Iowa warning cites NFO plan to keep feeder cattle off the market to boost prices as packers raise slaughter for scarce meat. President Oren Lee Staley says DoJ and Congress are asked to probe possible collusion and price fixing by retailers and a major packer amid announced retail increases of up to 15 cents a pound.
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Corning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
NFO
NFC
Staley
Department of Justice
Congressional
Tractor Test Opens Today
Twenty four young 4-H tractor operators from as many states begin two days of competition for the central and western U S title. Ohio entrant is Don Besecker, 17, Darke County, who won the Buckeye State championship at the Ohio State Fair.
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Columbus
U.S
Ohio
Don Besecker
Darke County
Clay Offers Cheap Means To Purify Radioactive Waste
Radiological chemist William J. Lacy told the American Chemical Society in Atlantic City that common clays can cheaply purify water contaminated by nuclear fallout and aid in disposing of radioactive waste. He cited six clay types tested at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for removing strontium 90 and cesium 137 from reactor liquid wastes.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Atomic Industry
American Chemical Society
William J. Lacy
Federal Office of Civil Defense
ACS
Lacy
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn., National Laboratory
Macmillan Opens Talk On Market Summit
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan opens the Commonwealth summit at Marlborough House with 16 member premiers focusing on Britain's bid to join the European Common Market. Demonstrations mark the opening of the 11th summit as Britain seeks forces shaping postwar ties.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Marlborough House
Macmillan
Commonwealth
Traffic toll falls to nine in Ohio weekend report
The Associated Press notes the end of summer brought nine traffic fatalities over a 54 hour period in Ohio. The toll, only this low twice since April, rose to at least 15 with five additional deaths and miscellaneous fatalities. Britain confirms continued arms ban to Cuba.
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Associated Press
Ohio
200000 View Air Show In Columbus
Cloudy skies and threat of rain trimmed some flights but 200000 spectators still packed Port Columbus for the citys sesquicentennial air show. Navy Blue Angels and top stunt pilots performed at very low altitudes after FAA rules limited the program to a 2500 foot ceiling.
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Columbus
Port Columbus
Navy
Blue Angels
FAA
Scientists To Float Telescope Above Earth From Norwalk
Norwalk Connecticut reports scientists will lift a telescope 80 000 feet above the earth early next year. Twin balloons will hoist the device next February or March when Mars is comparatively close to earth.
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Norwalk
Conn
Mars
Earth
Reunion Ends Quietly As Smiley Identified
In Indianapolis the four year old found alone at a bus terminal is identified as Jeannie Lee Odom also called Smiley. Lois Jean Littler 27 of Chicago faces child neglect charges with bond set at 2500 as she and Ruby St Clair 44 reveal details of the missing child episode and reunion at Marion County Guardian Home.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County Children’s Guardian
Smiley
McNamara urges 150000 Reserve call up for quick response
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee with General Lemnitzer to press quick congressional approval of a White House plan to authorize a limited call up of 150,000 Reservists. He stressed readiness, flexibility, and avoiding a full national emergency while addressing acute international tension and potential crises.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
White House
U.S
Reds Claim U S Involvement In U2 Flight Over Formosa
Red China says one of two U2 high altitude recon planes bought from the United States by the Nationalists was shot down over the mainland during a routine mission. The U S approved the purchase but said operation was Nationalist. Officials noted possible intelligence exchange between allies.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red China
United States
U.S
Washington
Peiping
Soviet Union
Sakhalin Island
Japan
Body of Mrs Catherine Orem Recovered After River Tragedy
In Parkersburg Ohio River tragedy, Catherine Orem 32 disappeared Sunday evening when she fell from a pleasure boat near the Parkersburg Belpre bridge. A Wood County deputy found her body at 10 25 a m downstream from the bridge. Mrs Orem wife of James Orem furniture dealer daughter of Mr and Mrs Percy Oakes of Reedsville Meigs County. She was a swimmer and life preserver tossed to her could not save her. Officials say she may have been struck by a boat. a passerby who saw the life preserver circled it to aid and possibly struck her. She leaves a year old son and a sister Mrs Nancy Tredway Belpre plus husband and parents.
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Parkersburg
Catherine Orem
Ohio River
Belpre
Wood County
W. Va
James Orem
Percy Oakes
Reedsville
Meigs County
Rail Representatives Meet With Secretary Wirtz
Chicago & North WesternRailroad and its striking telegraphers meet Acting Secretary of Labor Wirtz in Washington to seek a settlement after a 12 day walkout. Labor Department says quick settlement is not presumed though progress is reported. Ben Heineman and G. E. Leighty attend along with mediator Francis A. ONeill Jr.
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Washington
Chicago & North Western Railroad
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Labor Department
Ben Heine
Soviet Guards Allow U.S. Convoys to Move Through Berlin
Soviet guards permitted 391 American troops in 62 vehicles to travel from West Berlin to West Germany for training without incident. An Army spokesman confirmed the transit occurred today along the Communist controlled highway.
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Berlin
U.S
West Germany
West Berlin
Keating Questions Possible Cuba Berlin Diplomatic Link
U.S. Senator Kenneth B. Keating of New York voices concern over a reported possible diplomatic deal linking Cuba and Berlin. He says Khrushchev might tell Kennedy to “lay off on Berlin” while “we’ll lay off in Cuba” and cites Kennedy’s remarks tying the crises together.
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Washington
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
U.S
Cuba
Berlin
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Keating
United States
Algeria’s Boumedienne Leads Move Toward Pro-Government Assembly
Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and Col Houari Boumedienne shape Algeria’s political future as Boumedienne’s 5000-strong army detachment enters Algiers ending a seven week urban occupation by guerrilla groups. A basement fire in Lancaster damages multiple businesses and drives tenants from upper apartments. Poet Robert Frost returns from a Soviet visit to New York.
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Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Houari Boumedienne
Algeria
Boumedienne
Wilaya Zone No. 4
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