Katanga Attacks Kamina as Tshombe Reappears in Congo
Katanga forces press assault on Kamina air base and threaten Elisabethville as Tshombe emerges to direct counterblows. UN planes evacuate civilians and rush reinforcements while casualties mount, with Irish, Indian, Swedish, and Katangan forces sustaining heavy losses.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Katanga
Kamina
Elisabethville
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Tshombe
Galveston Reports Toll From Fierce Carla Storm
Wreckage and death toll rise as Carla devastates Texas and Louisiana coasts with 173 mph winds. Four states feel impact with 14 foot tides and floods reaching Oklahoma and Kansas. Red Cross says 40,200 homes and hundreds of farm and other buildings damaged in 14 counties.
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Galveston
Tex
Carla
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
RED Cross
Ralph Shannon
Dallas County
Fight On In Rail Mercer Fight On In Rail Mercer
New York Central argues it cannot survive competition if Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio merge. Arthur F. Baylis, NY Central VP, testifies at ICC hearing in favor of a three way merger among Central, C&O, and B&O to preserve eastern rail competition.
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Washington
New York Central Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Arthur FE. Baylis
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central
C&o
B&o
Pennsylvania
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Trend Cooler Than Normal
Temperatures will average four to eight degrees below normal for the five day period. It starts cool with a slow warming trend through the period. Normal highs around 78 and lows near 54. Little to no rainfall expected.
Soviets Fire Ten Nuclear Blasts in Two Weeks
Washington reports the Soviet Union conducted its tenth atmospheric nuclear test in two weeks and launched a new rocket over 7400 miles into the Central Pacific. Tass said the weapon landed within five eighths of a mile of its target.
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Union
Central Pacific
Tass
Arctic
Nixon silent to questions on running for governor
In San Francisco California Republican leaders pressed Richard M Nixon to run for governor. Twenty four Republicans spoke with him for two hours with no commitment. Three candidates have announced for the GOP nomination: Goodwin J Knight Harold Powers and Joseph C Shell. Democrat Edmund G Brown is expected to seek re election.
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San Francisco
California
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Goodwin J. Knight
Harold J. Powers
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
Capsule Catch By Air Force On First Try
Discoverer 30 space capsule, a gold coated ball, was recovered Thursday after parachuting earthward north of Hawaii. An Air Force C130 made the aerial catch, the first recovery for these turbo prop cargo planes and the fifth aerial snag in the Discoverer series. The capsule landed 52 miles from the center of the planned impact area called the Ball Park, 475 miles northwest of Honolulu, caught on first pass at 12 000 feet. It carried human cells to test exposure to outer space radiation.
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Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
Air Force
Ball Park
Eisenhower Accepts Defiance College Honorary Chair
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has accepted the honorary national chairmanship of Defiance College Advancement Fund. The college seeks 970000 dollars for new campus buildings in its first national capital drive. President Kevin McCann announced the appointment.
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Defiance
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Defiance College Advancement Fund
Kevin McCann
National Capital Fund
McCann
Eisenhower
War scare prompts exodus Leave New York for atom safety
About 50 families from Smithtown Long Island plan to relocate to Chico California seeking safer living in case of nuclear war. Alvin Bauman says the group chose Chico as a habitable area after wartime fears and searches, with about 30 people initially moving, including Ohbawa Foundation affiliates.
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Smithtown
Long Island
Chico
Calif
Alvin Bauman
Bauman
United States
California
Oregon
Montana
Chico Real Estate
Exodus
Oh Sawa Foundation
Orient
West
George Ohsawa
Typhoon Nancy Strikes Southern Japan With Flooding
Typhoon Nancy brought twenty foot waves and heavy rains to Kyushu and Okinawa, causing widespread flooding and crop damage. Police reported one death, one missing, and 11 injured on Kyushu while two merchant ships were in distress and another missing with 28 aboard. The storm moved from the Ryukyu Islands toward Kyushu and was expected to swing northeast toward Shikoku and Honshu.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nancy
Kyushu
U.S
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Turkey Executes Menderes Aide and Nine Officials
A special tribunal in Yassi ada condemned deposed Premier Adnan Menderes ex-President Celal Bayar and eight other officials for gross violation of Turkey s constitution, sentencing all to death.
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Yassiada
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Celal Bayar
Menderes
Union May Renor JFK Plea To End Auto Strikes
Walter Reuther declined to estimate when GM production would resume as Kennedy urged a quick end to strikes. Local settlements remain scarce at GM plants with 66 of 129 still without local agreements and 22,000 workers affected in eight settlements. Both GM and the UAW cite the need for local talks before a new national contract, while non economic national demands persist.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Kennedy
Reuther
UAW
Cincinnati Hosts German Students for 21 Weeks Training
Twenty one West German business and engineering students arrived at the University of Cincinnati this week to begin 21 weeks of study before starting on-the-job training with American firms.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
President Kennedy's Cape Cod Jet Special on Space Available
The Kennedy White House plans the 12th weekly space available flight from Washington to Hyannis Port with 36 seats on a $5 million Air Force jet. VIP hitchhikers ride free, reservations go through Evelyn Lincoln or Kenneth O'Donnell, and the flight offers a quick, comfortable ride with light meals and lounge seating.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Air Force
Hyannis Port
Mass
Evelyn Lincoln
Kenneth O'Donnell
Chester V. Clifton
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Defensive Use Of Jets Considered By Berlin Sky Incidents
The State Department reported two Soviet fighter buzzes near Berlin air corridors as Western ministers discussed Berlin policy. Moscow circled a Pan American Berlin Hamburg flight outside Berlin then tailed another plane in the south corridor near 80 miles from Berlin. Western officials studied deploying fighters near corridor terminals for instant action if needed.
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Washington
U.S
Berlin
State Department
West Germany
Pan American
Freer Hand Asked For In Berlin
Military chiefs press for broader U S authority in Europe to respond quickly to Soviet harassment of Berlin movement. Gen L L Lemnitzer and JCS discussions with President Kennedy cited while Gen Lucius Clay may gain authority to approve swift counter actions.
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Berlin
U.S
Europe
Pentagon
Lauris Norstad
U. S
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kennedy
Lucius Clay
Rockefeller hints at 1964 presidential bid
Gov Nelson A Rockefeller refuses to commit to a full term if re-elected next year. In Rochester he laughed off the question and remains a favorite to win re-election after his 1958 victory, having previously said it was his intention to serve a full term.
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Albany
N. Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rochester
Rockefeller
Episcopal bishops split over desegregation trial
In Jackson Mississippi Episcopal bishops praised and censured toward 15 priests facing breach of peace charges tied to a desegregation attempt.
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Jackson, Miss
Episcopal Bishops
Episcopal
Springfield university center and dorm funded by federal loan
Wittenberg marks a $2.1 million construction project for a university center and a men's dormitory funded by a $1.55 million federal loan. The project will proceed with the aid of the loan as part of the spring government assistance.
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Springfield
Wittenberg
Secret U S Nuclear Tests to Be Held Without News Coverage
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger announced that new U S nuclear tests will be conducted in complete secrecy with no news coverage. Some shots may not be announced at all as the policy marks a departure from Eisenhower and Truman era openness under President Kennedy.
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Washington
America
White House
Pierre Salinger
Eisenhower
Truman
Nevada
Pacific
Kennedy
Pentagon
Atomic Energy Commission
Nun Explains Cancer Work at Catholic Institute Meeting
Sister Margaret Ann McDowell of St Mary of the Springs College branch lab in Columbus reports that substances from the deadly golden saph germs cured cancer in mice. She spoke Thursday at the Catholic Institute's 22nd annual research conference in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
Margaret Ann McDowell
O.P
St. Mary of the Springs College
Institutum Divi Thomae
Catholic Institute
Hurricane Esther Maintains West-Northwest Course
Hurricane Esther with winds up to 130 mph held a west-northwest path in the Atlantic today. Forecasters expect a possible turn toward the Northwest within a day or two, though the exact track remains uncertain.
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Miami
Fla
Esther
Atlantic
Truman Warns Legion Resolution Could Lead to War
Former President Harry S. Truman told the American Legion convention in Denver that a resolution calling for liberation of peoples behind the Iron Curtain would trigger war if adopted as U.S. policy.
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Denver
Colo
Harry S. Truman
American Legion Convention
U. S
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