Scuba unit stolen as girl drowns in Iowa incident
The Associated Press reports a scuba diving unit was stolen from a St Paul bathhouse through a skylight hindering rescue efforts. Orpha Bender, 15, of Kalona Iowa, drowned in Lake Phelan after going under Sunday afternoon during a summer camp, despite lifeguard attempts. Rodney Bode, 21, of Courtland also drowned Sunday in Washington Lake near Mankato, with two swimmers unable to help. Kevin Rohl, 8, of Elk River drowned at Lake Orono.
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Orpha Bender
Kalona
Iowa
Associated Press
St. Paul
Allen Gobert
Gobert
Lake Phelan
Rodney Bode
Courtland
Washington Lake
Mankato
Bode
Kevin Rohl
Lake Orono
Elk River
John Rohl
Anoka
Cabinet sworn in as Sato reshuffles to ease LDP rifts
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's 19 member Cabinet was sworn in before Emperor Hirohito at the imperial palace. He vowed no change in foreign policy and focus on economic development amid rising living costs. London notes the Colonial Office's closure and transfer of duties to the Dependent Territories Division. Manila warns residents near Taao volcano of potential earthquakes as eruptions persist. In Warsaw Poles face 15 to 50 percent cigarette price increases, tied to health concerns and a 40 percent rise in consumption since 1954.
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Associated Press Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Hirohito
Imperial Palace
Sato
Liberal-Democratic Party
London
British Colonial Office
Abaleke
Zanzibar
Colonial Office
Dependent Territories Division
Commonwealth Secretary
Europe
Missing excursion boat reported off Cornish coast
Fifty foot motor cruiser Darlwin with 25 aboard, including seven children, left Fowey for Falmouth Sunday and did not arrive. Coast Guard lifeboats and helicopters searched a gale swept area. The last sighting was leaving Fowey harbor, 40 miles from Falmouth. Fears engines failed and boat blown to sea. Plenty of food and drink aboard.
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Falmouth
England
Fowey
Coast Guard
Fowey Harbor
Japan Has Hand in Future of Asia
Washington AP report quotes retiring U.S. ambassador Ed Reischauer saying Japan will likely shape Asia more than China in the long run. He cites Japan's positive role as less understood than China's negative influence.
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Washington (Ap
Edwin O. Reischauer
U.S
Tokyo
Japan
Asia
China
U.S. News & World Report
Reischauer
Minnesota gubernatorial race outlined by Rolvaag and Keith
The Sugar Hills recall a year ago sparked clashes in the DFL as Gov Karl Rolvaag and Lt Gov A M Keith campaigned across Iron Range stops. Keith pled to name a business advisory panel to cut state costs and boost rural jobs while Rolvaag criticized the idea that state help can solve farming issues. A Short Stopka backer urged Short to quit over anti labor views amid union picket lines.
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Associated Press
Sugar Hills
Democratic- Farmer - Labor Party
Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
Eveleth
Virginia
DFL
A.M. Keith
Sugar Hills Resort
Grand Rapids
Karl
Rolvaag
Keith
Harold Jr
Jean
Harold LeVander
St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
Recommenda
Robert Short
Minneapolis
Admiral Merchants Motor Freight, Inc
Short
Leamington Hotel
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Stopka
Columbia Heights
Wisconsin counts 23 traffic deaths in weekend toll
Wisconsin reported 23 traffic deaths over the weekend boosted by several multiple fatality crashes. A four death accident at a railroad crossing east of Wisconsin Rapids involved a car struck by a Green Bay and Western freight train. All four victims were from Green Bay returning from stock car races in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids
Green Bay and Western
Green Bay
Wis
Soviet Economic Growth Declines Report Says
A congressional study concludes Soviet economic growth has fallen sharply and the gap with the United States GNP has not narrowed since 1958. The five volume symposium warns the USSR may not catch up industrially by 1970 though it continues to show broad economic advances.
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Washington
U.S
Senate House Economic Committee
Soviet Union
United States
Victim Dies After Parking Lot Crash
AP reports Kay Ann Mulvaney a 19 year old of St Paul died in a hospital after being crushed by two cars in a parking lot a week earlier. The incident occurred in St Paul and a hospital death followed injuries from the crash.
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ST. Paul
Kay Ann Mulvaney
Brainerd Drive-in Theater Held Up
A gunman robbed Gull Drive-in Theater north of Brainerd Saturday night taking $600. Teala Loney, 16, on duty at the box office, described the robber wearing a heavy nylon stocking over his head.
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Brainerd
Berkeley Youth Dies in Fall After LSD Trip
Vernon L. Cox, 20, a UC Berkeley student, allegedly jumped from a fourth story window four hours after taking LSD for the first time. Witnesses Kenneth D. Tavalin, Ronald E. Ayer, and Francis D. Turner described his erratic behavior and repeated threats to go on a trip to Europe as friends restrained him. No arrests were reported.
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Berkeley
Vernon L. Cox
University of California
Air Force
Kenneth D. Tavalin
Cox
Europe
Four Die as Severe Rains Flood Rawalpindi
Four persons perished and seven remained missing after a heavy downpour in Rawalpindi. Three inches of rain in two hours flooded lowlying areas and overwhelmed streets, with police reporting the casualties and ongoing search efforts.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Nigeria Military Chief Held by Rebels Amid Talks
Nigeria's military ruler Gen Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi remained in rebel hands as negotiations continued. Reports from London and officials in Lagos described limited fighting but rebels controlled Kano and areas near Lagos while a BOAC flight resumed to Kano to evacuate civilians and families.
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Myron K. Myers
London
Nigeria
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Ironsi
Commonwealth Relations Office
Ibadan
Kano
Lagos
Ikewa
Abeokuta
British Overseas Airways Corp
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