Soviets Deploy Fourth Ship to Watch U.S. Nuclear Tests
The Soviet Union sent a fourth scientific vessel to spy on U.S. nuclear tests in the Pacific as Washington prepared a second high altitude shot near Johnston Island. FAA warned the test could blackout high frequency radio across the Pacific for 32 hours or more.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Pacific
United States
Johnston Island
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Pacific Test Area
Defense Department
Christmas Island
Grand jury seeks Estes replies in Marshall case
Franklin Texas AP grand jury probing the 1961 shooting of Henry H. Marshall seeks Billie Sol Estes to answer questions. A grand jury subpoena was served to Estes in Pecos, his hometown, as jurors reopen the Marshall case. Marshall, 52, died June 3 1961 with a rifle nearby. an inquest ruled suicide amid Estes fraud and theft indictments and cotton allotment disputes.
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Franklin
Tex
Henry H. Marshall
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
A. B. Nail
Pecos
Estes
Nail
John Dennison
Robertson County
Grand Jury
Marshall
Here
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Kestes
Agriculture Department
John M. Barron
Will Wilson
Tenacious North Dakota farmer fights for seized land
Fay Heasley of Eldridge battles the federal government over 4000 acres confiscated for unpaid income taxes. Since 1950 IRS probes and 1954 tax evasion conviction led to prison, fines, and repeated court losses. The land was sold for 225000. Heasley and family continue legal fights across decades despite renewed penalties.
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Heasley
Fay Heasley
North Dakota
Eldridge
Fanfani Loses Ground in Italian Municipal Vote
Rome AP reports Italy’s ruling Christian Democratic party lost ground in municipal elections seen as a test of Premier Amintore Fanfani’s turn to the left. Final results from 34 largest cities show the four allied parties at 49.3 percent of votes among about 2.47 million tallies.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
East Berliners Dig Tunnel for Escape
A West Berlin newspaper reported a sizable group of East Berliners escaped to West Berlin through a tunnel last weekend. Nachtdepesche said it avoided details to not aid East German police, while West Berlin officials would not confirm the report. Police said unknown West Berliners blasted a hole near Potsdamer Platz Monday night as part of the escape narrative.
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West Berlin
Nachtdepesche
Potsdamer Platz
Temperature Drops to 31 in Duluth This Morning
The Associated Press reports northern Minnesota posted the nation’s lowest readings as the thermometer fell to 31 in Duluth around 5 am. By 8 am, Duluth rose to 54 while International Falls reached 37 and Eau Claire 39. Other overnight lows were in the 40s across Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Minnesota
Duluth
International Falls
Eau Claire
Wis
Flood threat eases as Red Lake River recedes Crookston
Crookston Minnesota eased flood fears as the Red Lake River crested at 21.9 feet Monday night and began a slow drop. Local officials monitored river levels and prepared relief efforts while residents resumed normal activities.
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Crookston, Minn
Crookston
Red Lake
Hearings to Resume in Public Employee Representation
State labor conciliator Richard E. Wanek will resume hearings on petitions for representation elections among public employees after Minnesota Supreme Court clarified his jurisdiction. The court amended rulings to allow teacher elections and to permit elections when government agencies refuse to recognize a designated representative. Wanek plans to seek legislative changes in 1963 to grant power to specify representation units.
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ST. Paul
Richard E. Wanek
Minnesota Supreme Court
High Court
Richfield
Wanek
Filings Open Wednesday for County State Offices
Filings open Wednesday at 9 a.m. for all county offices to be filled in the fall general election. Secretary of State Joseph L. Donovan and the state’s 87 auditors will receive filings through July 17. In Mower County, several officials including county commissioners and the sheriff seek re election. Legislative races unfold with district re apportionment under 1959 act affecting the Fifth District. Primary battles loom in the rural district and governor and other statewide offices attract attention.
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Joseph L. Donovan
Mower County
Robert Shaw
Austin
Ralph Turner
Grand Meadow
Wallace Sieh
Graham Uzlik
Purl Enger
Register of Deeds
al Reinartz
Don Sandeen
Bill Sucha
Dora Tollefson
George Stahl
Warren Plunkett
Mower
Dodge
P. J. Holand
State Senate
Emil Schaffer
City of
Dodge County
City of Austin
Ken McMillan
Schaffer
Ed Millenacker
Adams
Richard Cotter
Harvey Sabre
Road machine overturns killing county road worker Metcalf
Melvin Metcalf 61, of Harlan, died when a 10 ton road rolling machine overturned on a county road surfacing project near Fort Dodge Iowa. The machine slipped off the edge of the road. Western Engineering Co of Harlan was the contractor. Metcalf was unmarried.
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Vin Metcalf
Harlan
Western Engineering Co. of
Metcalf
Beck May Be Going to Prison on Count
Beck, former Teamsters Union president, may go to prison for falsifying union tax returns. His attorney conceded after the U S Supreme Court refused to review Beck's conviction on two counts of filing false returns for 1950 and 1952. He faces up to five years in federal prison and a $20,000 fine.
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Heasley
U.S. Supreme Court
Beck
Seattle, Wash
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Charles $. Burdell
U. S. Supreme Court
Boy Killed in Crash Near Charles City
Dennis Crooks 16 of Chickasaw was killed in a two car collision on a bridge over the Little Cedar River in Chickasaw County. His father Charles Crooks and the other driver Charles Henry Radloff of Clear Lake were injured Radloff was in critical condition at a Charles City hospital. Crooks was being treated for cuts and bruises.
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Charles City
Iowa
Dennis Crooks
Chickasaw
Little Cedar River
Chickasaw County
Charles Crooks
Charles Henry Radloff
Clear Lake
Radloff
Crooks
Guerrilla attack wounds U.S. helicopter pilot in Viet Nam mission
In Saigon, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot was slightly wounded Sunday during a mission supporting a Vietnamese operation against Communist guerrillas. Officials did not identify the pilot, who was attached to the 8th Transportation Company.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
8Th Transportation Company
Primary clash in South Carolina Senate race escalates
In Columbia South Carolina Democratic voters faced a showdown between incumbent U S Senator Olin D Johnson and challenger Governor Ernest F Hollings as the state heads to primaries.
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Columbia, S. C
South Carolina
U. S
Olin D. Johnson
Ernest F. Hollings
Trio of Convicts Escape Alcatraz by Improvised Driftwood Raft
Three bank robbers fled Alcatraz during the night after cutting a cell wall with a sharpened spoon and breaching a skylight. John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Ferris Morris, all named by the prison, are being sought by San Francisco police, the FBI, and the Coast Guard.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
Dolllison
John W. Anglin
Clarence Anglin
Montgomery
Ala
Ferris A. Morris
New Orleans
Alcatraz
Collison
FBI
Coast Guard
Angel Island
Presidents Lieutenants Seek Compromise on Health Plan
In Washington Kennedy administration aides push for a compromise version of the health care plan. Ribicoff signals two conditions to win committee approval and enactment this year while tying the measure to Social Security financing for the aged.
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Washington
Kennedy
House Ways and Means Committee
White House
Secretary of Welfare
Abraham Ribicol
Congress
Ribicon
Ribicoff
Fire kills navy family in trailer blaze near Portsmouth base
In Portsmouth New Hampshire a trailer owned by an enlisted man assigned to the Navy submarine Skipjack burned, killing three people including Jimmy H Rolland 23 a communications specialist aboard the Skipjack at the Portsmouth Naval Base his wife Sandra 20 and Sally A Almer 22 of Hampton NH.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Jimmy H. Rolland
Portsmouth Naval Base
Sandra
Sally A. Almer
Hampton
Ring Thought to be Luther Wedding Ring Stolen
A priceless silver German ring believed by its owners to be Martin Luther's wedding ring was stolen from St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Mankato Minnesota. Police investigated the daytime theft from the church sanctuary and sought witnesses to identify the thief.
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Mankato
Minn
Martin Luther
3. Mark's Lutheran Church
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