Rochester Tornado Wrecks Nine Homes
A Sunday tornado near Rochester Minnesota lifted three houses and damaged many more, injuring thirteen people with none killed. Red Cross estimates property losses at 300000 dollars as responders aided survivors in Edgewood Court and Pleasant Grove areas.
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Rochester
Minn
Rochester, Minn
Red Cross
Gerald Cunningham
Cunningham
Sheriff's Reserve
National Guardsmen
New Ulm
Mankato
Minnesota
Edgewood Court
Here
Pleasant Grove
Senators to Debate Trade Bill
The Senate opens debate on a trade expansion bill giving the president new authority to cut tariffs and win mutual concessions. If passed quickly, Congress could finish by Sept 29 as House action already cleared. Senate faces amendments and a crowded agenda including foreign aid and tax revisions.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Senate Finance Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Senate House
United States
Strike impasse studied as officials seek new move
Washington officials weighed options to end the 19 day Chicago and North Western Railway strike. C N W board chairman Ben Heineman refused further talks until the Order of Railroad Telegraphers AFL CIO accepts presidential emergency board recommendations. The strike has idled about 15,500 workers across nine states.
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Washington
Chicago & North Western Railway
C&nw
Ben. W. Heineman
Afl-Cio
Heineman
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
George Leighty
O'Neill
Leighty
Republicans Launch Tour in Minnesota
The Associated Press reports Minnesota Republicans begin a six day campaign swing in northeastern Minnesota as Democratic nominee Karl Rolvaag and Gov. Elmer L. Andersen clash over debates. Rolvaag proposes eight district debate sites in October starting Rochester then Mankato Bloomington St Paul Minneapolis St Cloud Moorhead and Duluth while Andersen favors matching arguments statewide.
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Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
Elmer L. Andersen
Rolvaag
Andersen
Twin Cities
Rochester
Mankato
Bloomington
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Cloud
Moorhead
Duluth
Castro marches 5000 to 6000 troops near Guantanamo base
Intelligence places 5 000 to 6 000 Cuban troops near the Guantanamo Bay defense zone. U S commanders say the force is to deter escapes rather than attack the fleet base as Soviet trucks and suspected bloc nationals appear nearby. Cuban infantry patrols flank the fence while Cuban artillery remains deeper in the hills and U S guards are told to avoid actions that could spark retaliation.
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Guantanamo
Soviet Union
Castro
U.S
Edward J. O'Donnell
Kennedy
Cuba
O'Donnell
Post Denies Prior Kennedy Marriage Rumor
Washington officials and Newsweek deny a long circulating rumor that President Kennedy was secretly married before his known marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy. The White House and Newsweek certify he was married only once, and Parade magazine published no proof of an earlier union.
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Post
Kennedy
Washington (Ap
Washington Today
Washington Post
Newsweek Magazine
The
White House
Jacqueline Kennedy
Associated Press
Edward H. White II
San Antonio
Tex
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Philadelphia
James A. Lovell Jr
Cleveland
Naval Air Station
Oceana, Va
John W. Young
San Francisco
Fighter Squadron 53
Miramar
Calif
Two Minnesota Men Drowned In Separate Incidents
Two Minnesota men died this weekend in separate water accidents. Walter Petroske, 50, Hibbing owner of Range Industrial Supply, drowned when his boat capsized on Marion Lake near Fort Frances Ontario while fishing with Chet Falk, also of Hibbing. Falk was rescued hanging onto the overturned boat as a plane arrived. In Houston Texas nine new astronauts, including two civilians, were announced to join the space program led by NASA with a goal of reaching the moon this decade.
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Minnesota
Cecil LaBresh
James Friederichs
Friederichs
Eugene Chapman
Chapman
Sharon
Eileen
Gertrude Harwick
Gary
Associated Press
Canada
Prescott
Wis
Walter Petroske
Range Industrial Supply Co
Hibbing
Marion Lake
Fort Frances
Ont
Petroske
Chet Falk
Ontario Lake
Falk
Senate Committees Review Cuban Arms Buildup
Two Senate committees convene to study proposals addressing Cuba's communist arms buildup. Secretary Rusk and McNamara are to testify as Mansfield seeks unity on authorizing Kennedy to call up 150000 reserves. Scott pushes revisions to strengthen the Mansfield measure and allow boycott and blockade. House action on the request is postponed to next Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Congress
United States
George A. Smathers
Florida
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
House
Iowa reapportionment dispute heads to three judge panel
Des Moines AP reports U S District Judge Roy Stephenson asked the 8th Circuit chief judge to appoint a three judge panel to hear Iowa reapportionment dispute. Washington AP notes federal government seeks ban on school race discrimination in Prince Georges County public schools. Sioux City AP says a man welding a pocket knife assaulted his former wife and a neighbor couple who aided her. Dawson GA AP reports another Negro church burned in the same area where three churches have been razed in recent weeks.
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DES Moines
U.S
Roy Stephenson
8Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Iowa
Washington
Prince Georges County
Sioux City, Iowa
Dawson, Ga
Town Bites Hand That Pays Taxes
Rock Port Missouri businessman George Opp 70 has closed his restaurant and 38 room hotel after funding all local taxes two years ago and giving nearly 1000 to send 4H club members to Washington. Opp laments jealousy and lack of local support despite national publicity and thousands of letters.
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Rock Port, Mo
George Opp
Opp
Rock Port
Washington
Viet Nam Denies Troop Movement Report
Tokyo AP reports North Viet Nam denied any troop movements from Laos to bolster guerrillas in South Viet Nam. A Hanoi news agency said troops in Laos were being withdrawn under the Geneva agreement.
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Tokyo
North Viet Nam
Laos
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Mostly fair weather with slight cool tonight
Mostly fair conditions continue through Tuesday with a small cooldown tonight. Temperatures dip to the upper 30s to mid 40s, then rise for a warmer Tuesday with highs around 70 to 76 degrees.
Kennedy McCormack primary pits two Kennedys in MA race
Massachusetts voters decide in a Tuesday primary if Edward Kennedy or Edward McCormack will win the U S Senate short term seat. George Lodge and Laurence Curtis vie for the GOP nomination as independents consider the dynasty issue and party affiliation dynamics. President Kennedy plans to vote in Boston.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack
John W. McCormack
U.S. Senate
George C. Lodge
Labor
Rep
Laurence Curtis
Congress
Greenfield
Pittsfield
Kennedy McCormack
West End
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Terry
Rebecca
Capitol Hill
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Houston
USN
Frank Borman
USAF
Upper Midwest
U.S. Fleet Base
Marine Watch
U. S
Newsweek
Parade
Blauvelt
Louis L. Blauvelt
Blauvelts
Holland
Durie
Kerr
Malcom
Isabel O. Cooper
Firmin Desloge
John F. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
Houston, Tex
Robert R. Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cullen Auditorium
University of Houston
Gilruth
Air Force
Neil A. Armstrong
Wapakoneta
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Edwards Air Force Base
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Dallas
General Electric Co
Indiana
Maj
Gary Ind
Aerospace Research Pilot School
Edwards Afb
James A. MecDivitt
Chicago
Thomas P. Stafford
Weatherford
Okla
Experimental Test Flight Division
Spacecraft Center
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Teddy Kennedy
MC Cormick
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