Pirates Open Fire on Cuban and British Ships Near Cuba
Havana radio reports a pirate ship attacked two merchant vessels off Cuba's northern coast. The Cuban freighter San Pascual was hit 18 times, the British vessel Newlane about 13 times, with no casualty details given. The third British ship Apple Sultan reportedly escaped.
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Key West
Fla
Havana
Cuba
San Pascual
New Land
Trafalgar Steamship Co
Newlane
London
Trafalgar
Caribbean
Havana Radio
U S Planes Flown Over China Prompt Global Protests
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China warned against two U S planes intruding over Chengssu Islands in Chekiang and Yungh sing Island in Kwangtung for total of twelve minutes. Chinese sources condemn the incident as aggression while noting no official halt to reconnaissance flights.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
New China News Agency
China
Chengssu Islands
Chekiang Province
Yunghsing
Kwangtung Province
United States
East China
Soblen Dies In Hospital In London
Soviet wartime spy Robert A Soblen died at Hillingdon Hospital in London after an overdose and convulsions. He had been taken from Brixton Prison for deportation to the United States and died from exhaustion and brain damage, with wife Dr Dina Sobel at his bedside.
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London
Robert A. Soblen
U. S
Soviet Union
Soblen
Hillingdon
Brixton
United States
Cyril Barnes
Mechem Chairs GOP Platform Hearings in Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau backs state income tax as new revenue source while opposing changes to legislative representation. Senate Majority Leader C Stanley Mechem becomes chair as hearings begin for a GOP platform draft ahead of the state convention. Gov. DiSalle announces unemployment training funds and will speak at Miami University convocation on September 18.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Dean Simeral
Federation
General Assembly
Senate
C Stanley Mechem
Athens
Ray C. Bliss
Akron
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Bureau of Unemployment
Disalle
Oxford
Miami University
Gov
Michael V, DiSalle
Portland Man Dies In Cave-In
Roy Eugene Fitch a 30 year old Portland resident died from suffocation after a ditch collapsed while he laid drainage tile near the Shade River bridge Route 124 Meigs County Four men helped dig him out after a half hour rescue the coroner attributed death to suffocation Fitch survived by his wife Mildred two daughters Belinda and Cynthia and by his parents four brothers and a sister Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m in the Stiversville Church burial in Stiversville Cemetery
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Roy Eugene Fitch
Portland
Shade River Bridge
Route 124
Long Bottom
Meigs County
Fitch
Joe Miller Construction Co
Gallipolis
Otis McCormick
Patriot
Denver Weber
Reedsville
T. O. Weber
Chester
Junior Spain
Racine
Henry Ewing
Mildred
Belinda
Cynthia
Carl Fitch
Charles
Robert
Larry
Donald
Mildred Krider
Pomeroy
Stiversville Church
Stiversville Cemetery
Ewing Funeral Home
Kennedy Tours Rocket Facilities in Space Budget Visit
President Kennedy lands at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville on a four state tour to inspect space programs. Vice President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara join as Kennedy views Saturn and Titan rockets used in Gemini and Moon missions.
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Huntsville
Ala
Kennedy
Redstone Arsenal
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
James E. Webb
Congress
Army
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Saturn
Titan
U.S
Testing to Start After Space Flight in U S Wait
The United States plans atmospheric nuclear tests over the Pacific after Walter M. Schirra Jr six orbit flight. An AEC spokesman said tests may resume late this month or in October with no detonation before Sept 28. The safety zone around Johnston Island will reopen Sept 22.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Walter M.schirra Jr
AEC
Defense Department
Johnston Island
Thor
Violence Reported In NFO Holding Action
In Mason City Oren Lee Staley urged tighter holding action amid reports of violence against truckers. Governor Andersen noted gunfire on a livestock truck near Slayton Minnesota and four drivers shot at near Bowling Green Missouri while transporting livestock to St Louis.
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NFO Holding
Corning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
NFC
Mason City
Staley
Elmer L. Andersen
Slayton
Minn
Andersen
NFO
Bowling Green
St. Louis
Man swims to freedom past East German gunfire
A 21 year old man escaped to West Berlin by swimming 300 yards from the Marschall Bridge at 8 30 am near the Reichstag. Four shots were fired by East German police but all missed as he swam across the Spree River to safety.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Reichstag
Marschall
Spree
Ohio State gets grant for liver disease early detection study
The Ohio State University will use a $12 248 grant from the U S Public Health Service to support a project led by Dr. Bertram D Dinman associate professor of preventive medicine.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
U. S. Public Health Service
Bertram D. Dinman
Japan US agree on postwar aid repayment plan
The United States and Japan signed a document establishing Japan's obligation to repay 490 million dollars of postwar aid. The initial payment of 21,959,125 dollars is due next March and will kick off the repayment schedule.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
U.S
Cloud Reports Costs Rise at Juvenile Institutions
Columbus report shows operating costs for three juvenile correctional facilities climbing from 1.9 million to 5.3 million over the past decade while inmate counts stayed steady. Figures from the Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction indicate an average daily inmate population of 1236 in 1953, 1345 in 1958, and 1167 last year. An unauthorized strike at the Westinghouse appliance plant has halted production, a union leader says.
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Columbus —P
Roger Cloud
R-Logan
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Columbus
Big Westinghouse
Soviet warning links Cuban risk to world war threat
The Soviet government warned the United States that an attack on Cuba could trigger a world nuclear war. It urged restraint, denied plans to mobilize 150000 reservists, and pledged readiness to aid any peace loving state if war occurs. It also called for settlement of the Berlin question and liquidation of the occupation regime in Berlin.
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Moscow
United States
Cuba
Foreign Office
Defense Ministry
Soviet Union
Berlin
44 Die in Jet Crash Near Spokane Washington
A KC135 tanker with 44 aboard including 39 Air Force personnel and four crew crashed into Mt Kit Carson near Spokane. Night search halted after recovering 33 bodies. Weather hushed visibility near zero as Col Floyd Cressman observed the wreckage and noted a last moment pull up attempt.
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Spokane
Wash
Strategic Air Command
Mt. Kit Carson
Here
Air Force
28Th
Ellsworth Air Force Base
S. D
Ellsworth
Fairchild Air Force Base
Floyd R. Cressman
Fairchild
Meigs Man Is Paroled
Ohio parole board announced the release of Earl McGrath a 47 year old Meigs County man who pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the death of his 92 year old father in law Eliza Milton. McGrath was imprisoned October 1 1960 after a July 28 1960 beatin g death at the Milton home. He had been drinking prior to the quarrel.
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Columbus
Meigs County
Ohio
Earl McGrath
Rutland
Eliza Milton
McGrath
Pardon and Parole Commission
Milton
Stauffer Named President at Wittenberg University
Springfield report says Dr John N Stauffer 47 longtime faculty member and former university dean is elected president marking first faculty member to hold the post in about six decades. A separate item notes a time bomb explosion on a beach near the China border.
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Stauffer
Wittenburo
Springfield
Wittenberg University
John N. Stauffer
Space Flight Delayed to September 28
Space authorities delay Walter Schirra Jr. six orbit mission to September 28 to allow extra preparation time. Officials cite readiness of major systems while noting the Rose Knot tracking ship not yet ready. Atlas booster and spacecraft are in excellent condition and on pad for compatibility checks.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Globe
Project Mercury
Pacific
Rose Knot
Atlas
Schirra
Portsmouth School Reopens After Board Threat
Washington Elementary School in Portsmouth reopens on Monday after prior threats to close. The district's boundary changes sparked controversy by moving 25 to 50 white students to the formerly all-Negro Washington Elementary.
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Portsmouth
O— Washington
Portsmouth School Board
Washington
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