Kennedy Pledges Tougher Drug Controls Urges Thalidomide Checks
President Kennedy promises stricter drug regulation to avert more tragedies and asks every woman to purge thalidomide from medicines. He commends FDA and Dr Frances Kelsey for halting distribution while pressing Congress for stronger safeguards and possible enforcement without new legislation.
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Washington
Kennedy
Europe
Congress
Food and Drug Administration
Frances Kelsey
Cushion Child For Hospital Stay
Urban Illinois guidance advises parents to prepare children for hospitalization by visiting the hospital or learning details from the doctor. Answer questions truthfully yet simply, use humor cautiously, and provide a picture book and familiar comforts like toys and a teddy bear to ease the experience.
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Millicent Martin
University of Illinois
Benningtonian Named to Post In National FOE
Earl Tripp of Bennington Aerie F O Eagles in Pittsburgh attending the Grand Aerie Convention is named to the ritual committee by Grand Worthy President Paul Hoffman. Over 10,000 Eagles and friends attend the 64th International convention. Major donations supported the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Boys Town Home on the Range and CARE. Notable speakers include Cardinal Spellman Jim Bishop Mayor Bartle Gov. Lawrence. entertainers Jerry Lewis Jimmy Durante and sports figures Ford Frick Buddy Baer Jack Dempsey.
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Earl Tripp
Bennington
Damon Runyon
Asia
Eagle Oldsters
Eagle Village
Bradenton
Fla
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Jim Bishop
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Jerry Lewis
Jimmy Durante
Ford Frick
Buddy Baer
Jack Dempsey
Edward Krause
Notre Dame
Eagles
Cardinal Spellman
Denver Mint Produces Record Coin Output in Fiscal Year
The Denver Mint stamped out 2,546,634,142 coins in the year ending June 30, a record total surpassing the 1960 61 fiscal year by about 430 million. Pennies nickels dimes quarters and half dollars were minted. silver dollars were not produced.
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Denver
U.S
Union Carbide officials visit Bennington plant for tour
William M. Haile executive vice president leads Union Carbide executives A C Bryan J F Warnell and D N Wait along with H F Doolittle to tour the Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. Eveready battery plant on Gage Street with plant manager H C Matz. They toured the Eveready flashlight plant in St Albans yesterday and noted the company markets Eveready flash lights batteries Prestone anti freeze insect repellent Eveready garden products and Prestone car care products including Spray De-Icer silicone polish and cooling system chemicals.
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William M. Haile
Union Crbide Corp
Union Carbide Consumer Products Co
Gage Street
Eveready
Haile
A. C. Bryan
J.F. Warnell
D. N. Wait
H. F. Doolittle
H. C. Matz
St. Albans
A.C. Bryan
Union Carbide Corp
Bennington
Bachrach
Maintenance Crews Blamed for Wreck Near Steelton
An official of the Pennsylvania Railroad faulted maintenance crews for failing to install enough rail anchors while rehabilitating tracks near Steelton Pennsylvania. Vice President James P. Newell said the lack of anchors allowed rails to misalign. More than 100 injured as nine-car baseball special derailed into the Susquehanna River while carrying fans to a Phillies Pirates game.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steelton
James P. Newell
Newell
Susquehanna River
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Tracheotomy Saves Sister Swept Into Sea
A Catholic nun, Sister Leone Greenfield of Keene New Hampshire, was rescued after being swept into the sea at Swampscott Massachusetts. Firefighter Joseph P. Ryan Jr and Dr Ellen F Dignan performed an emergency tracheotomy on a ledge beside the sea to restore breathing. Sister Justine also was treated for shock at Lynn Hospital.
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Walter J. Champion Jr
August Named Sandwich Month Highlights In Stores
August is sandwich month with meat specials across the country. Supermarkets feature luncheon meats ground beef and regional price attractions like boneless chuck roasts in New York and turkeys and baking hens in various regions. Fruits and vegetables including tomatoes lettuce cucumbers okra and watermelons appear at low prices.
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New York
Boston
Scouts Earn Star Award First Time Since 1949
Duquoin Illinois AP Bryan Schobert and his uncle David Al labastro both aged 13 became the first Boy Scouts to receive their troop's Star award since 1949 marking a rare shared achievement in the family and troop history.
Million Bushel Shortage Found in Surplus Grain
AP reports shortages totaling about one million bushels of government owned grain, mostly corn and soybeans, stored in Midwest warehouses. The value is around $1.1 million across 11 cases, with courts sought to appoint receivers and restraining orders against warehousers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Blissfield
Mich
Basil & Sons, Inc
Monroe
Basil Haddix & Sons Inc
Durland
M & S Elevator
Woodbury
Woodbury Grain Co
Kenton
Ohio
Kenton Grain & Machinery Co., Inc
Forest, Ohio
Forest Grain & Supply Co
Edison, Ohio
Morrow Supply Co., Inc
Traffic Safety Head Nabbed for Speeding
Dr. Amos E. Neyhart executive secretary of the Governor's Traffic Safety Council was arrested for speeding near Lewis Run McKean County. He was fined 15 dollars and given a warning. license not suspended as a first offender.
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Harrisburg
State Traffic Safety Bureau
Amos E. Neyhart
Governor's Traffic Safety Council
Bureau
Neyhart
Lewis Run
McKean County
Neuhart
Dick Sikes Wins Amateur Public Links Again
Dick Sikes of Springdale Arkansas repeats as champion of the National Amateur Public Links Golf Tournament, becoming only the second golfer ever to win the event in consecutive years.
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Tonawanda, N.Y
UPI
Dick Sikes
Springdale
Ark
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