President Kennedy reveals Soviet release of two U.S. fliers
President Kennedy announced that the Soviet Union freed two U.S. reconnaissance airmen held since July after their RB-47 was shot down over Arctic waters. He said the U.S. would extend the ban on espionage flights over Soviet territory and pressed for more time to shape America’s position on a test ban as relations begin a new phase.
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Never Gave Up Hope as U S Fliers Prepare for Washington
Two American fliers Freeman Olmstead and John McKone, freed from Soviet custody, are due in Washington Friday after a Goose Bay stop. President Kennedy will greet them at Andrews Air Force Base, and their wives await news.
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Kennedy
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Andrews
Topeka
Kan
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El Salvador Revolt Shakes Central America Again
El Salvador remains unstable after a self-proclaimed anti Communist military junta seized power. Loyalists hold Zapote Fort while the new leadership negotiates with armed holdouts amid looting, martial law, and soaring tensions.
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San Salvador
Alonso Castillo Navarette
Anibal Portillo
Junta
Armando Mena Molina
Julio Ribera
Port
Grand jury probes New Year knife slaying in Anoka
Mower County grand jury continues testimony on the New Year knife slaying of Gerald Wilber in a Racine dance hall. The panel met for a second day amid subpoenas and brief interruptions as witnesses including Virgil Allen and Sheriff Reinartz appeared. Indictments rumored via a brown manila envelope noted, though contents were not confirmed.
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Gerald Wilber
Racine
Virgil Allen
al Reinartz
Reinartz
Martin Cawley
Rochester
Cawley
Wallace Sieh
Allen
23 Aboard Missing U S Plane Off Argentia Coast
A U S military C118 transport with 23 aboard is believed down in the Atlantic off Argentia Newfoundland after an apparent explosion seen by a U S Navy plane. Rescue attempts failed as planes and ships could not locate the missing flight from Port Lyautey Morocco to Norfolk Virginia via the Azores and Argentia.
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Norfolk
Two U S Fliers Freed From Moscow Return Home
Capt Freeman Olmstead of Elmira New York and Capt John McKone of Topeka Kansas, crew of the RB47 shot down last May, arrived at the U S Embassy in Moscow and were released for travel to a Dutch liner. Ambassador Thompson confirmed their departure details while noting their recovery from injuries.
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N.Y
John R. McKone
Topeka
Kan
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Moscow
U.S
Amassador Llewellyn Thompson
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FDIC Reopens Sheldon Bank as $1 Million Uninsured Gap Exists
The FDIC reopened the 56 year old Sheldon National Bank after assistant cashier Bur nise Geiger admitted a $2 million embezzlement. About 75 of roughly 2,200 depositors crowded in for payouts totaling $2.5 million leaving just over a million dollars uninsured. The first depositor received $8,177.94, and deposits are paid by checks from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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Alaska
Hugh Wade
Juneau
Father Llorenzo
Yukon River
U S Plane Tracks Captive Ship Toward Africa
A U S Navy patrol plane shadowed the captive liner Santa Maria racing toward West Africa as U S destroyers moved to intercept. President Kennedy said boarding was not ordered, while rebel leader Henrique Galvao claimed Angola as the destination and vowed to discharge passengers unharmed aboard the 20,906 ton ship with 600 passengers including 38 Americans.
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West Africa
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Henrique Galvao
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Africa
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Washington
U.S. Navy
United States
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Charles Rainey
Austin Trucker Injured in Fatal Collision in Stewartville
Stewartville Minnesota A Stewartville man died when his car and a semi trailer truck collided head on on Highway 63 two blocks south of Stewartville The truck driver Melvin W Bates 1009 8th Ave NE Austin Bates Armstrong Truck Lines suffered a broken leg and is hospitalized at St Olaf Hospital The deceased is Charles Pippert 36 Police report the 1961 traffic toll rises to 47 the crash occurred on a straight stretch two blocks south of the Stewartville limit
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Armstrong Truck Lines
St. Olaf Hospital
Charles Pippert
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Bates
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