Drill Moves Slowly Underground to Rescue Trapped Miners
In Hazelton Pennsylvania expert miners work to reach trapped workers alive as a shaft is sunk. The piece recalls Floyd Collins trapped 38 years earlier by a 50 pound stone in Kentucky and explains mining methods using timber shoring and shields. It notes Sand Cave Kentucky where H T Carmichael planned an eight foot square shaft about 65 feet deep to reach Collins after a cave in blocked access.
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Rutland
Hazelton
Kentucky
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
H. T. Carmichael
Kentucky Rock Asphalt Co
Bowling Green
Collins
Miners Trapped 400 Feet Below Press On Toward Rescue
Hazleton AP reports rescue workers drill toward three miners trapped 400 feet underground since last Tuesday. David Fellin 58 spoke to his wife via surface hole saying he is cold but all right. Louis Bova 42 remains separated by debris and unheard since Monday.
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Hazleton
David Fellin
Bova
Pattersonville
Anna Fellin
Fellin
Steve Horan
Henry Throne
Hora
Louis Bova
Pettersonville
Khrushchev Reunites With Tito In Belgrade Welcome
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrived in Belgrade and embraced Yugoslav President Tito in a warm hug as wives watched. Tito praised Khrushchev for backing a nuclear test ban and calming global tensions while Khrushchev pledged to continue talks begun in Moscow. The visit signals growing reconciliation between Soviet style communism and Tito’s Yugoslavia amid China’s renewed criticism.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Tito
United States
Britain
Moscow
Red China
West
Tanjug
Finland
Mexico
United Arab
Inside the Sea Proposal for Northeast Kingdom Reservoir
Aiken proposes a reservoir in the Northeast Kingdom to stimulate the region’s economy. The plan aims to curb unemployment amid broad economic cures that have failed.
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Sea
Aiken
Kingdom
Marquis Childs
Butts Wins Libel Suit Against Saturday Evening Post
A federal jury in Atlanta awarded Wally Butts 3.06 million dollars in punitive damages plus 60 thousand in general damages in his libel suit against the Saturday Evening Post over a March 23 football fix story by Frank Graham Jr. The Post faces a 10 million claim.
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Atlanta
Wally Butts
Saturday Evening Post
Post
University of Georgia
Frank Graham Jr
the Post Publishing Co
Tear gas used to break up Plaquemine protest march
Louisiana troopers with tear gas dispersed about 400 demonstrators in Plaquemine as 17 were arrested and jailed in Donaldsonville. CORE leaders James Farmer and Gordon Carey condemned the actions, while a local doctor and several others faced inciting riot charges.
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Louisiana
Plaquemine
Donaldsonville
James Farmer
Congress of Racial
Equality
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Dennis Longy
Gordon Carey
Core National
Plymouth Rock Baptist Church
Farmer
Bertrand Tyson
Ronnie Moore
Core State
J.W. Davis
Girl in Vermont Seeks High School Transit Dilemma
Shirleen Greene 14, a Barstow Elementary School graduate, lacks a local high school. Nearby Rutland schools refuse new students, Otter Valley High is too far for public transport, and Mt. St Joseph's Academy is rejected by her Protestant family. The state board is sympathetic but powerless.
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Vermont
Rutland
Chittenden
Otter Valley High
Brandon
Shirleen
Otter High
Mt. St. Joseph’s Academy
Barstow Elementary School
Teller Calls Test Ban Pact A Step Away From Safety
Dr. Edward Teller told senators the limited nuclear test ban treaty is not a step for peace but a step away from safety. He warned the accord would hinder knowledge vital to missile defense and cited Russia's 1961 moratorium break as evidence of surprises in the nuclear field.
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Washington
Edward Teller
University of California
Teller
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services and Atomic Energy Committees
Gen
Thomas §. Power
Strategic Air Command
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Armed Services Committee
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
China
Russia
Two B47 Bombers Collide High Above Iowa Killing Two
Two Air Force B47 jet bombers on a Schilling AFB training mission collided at 27000 feet near Irwin Iowa. Lt Col William W. Thomas and Capt Peter J. Macchei were killed. Capt Leonard A Theis is missing. Three others were hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Irwin
Iowa
Air Force
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Kan
William W. Thomas
Syracuse
N.Y
Peter J. Macchei
Belleville
N.J
Strategic Air Command At
Governors Agree Unanimity Rule to Limit Civil Rights Debate
Dixie governors vote eleven to none to require unanimous approval for any resolution at the conference. Gov. Wallace backs the rule to veto unwanted measures while organizers plan further talks after a White Sulphur Springs meeting with demonstrators outside the Greenbrier.
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Dixie Governors’ Conference
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Greenbrier Hotel
Barnett
Planning Group Outlines Bennington Comprehensive Plan
The Bennington Regional Planning Commission and consultant John C. Burdis discussed the municipal planning program at an informational meeting in Bennington. Voters may approve about 8500 dollars for local costs with two thirds funded by a federal grant to prepare a long range plan guiding growth through zoning and public action.
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Bennington Regional Planning Commission
John C. Burdis
Albany
N.Y
Bennington County
Commission
Bennington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Burdis
Robert L. Hagerman
Comprehensive
U S Personal Income Reaches Record July Level
In July personal income rose to an annual rate of 464.3 billion driven by gains in construction trade and service sectors. The increase was 1.7 billion from June and 21 billion above July last year. Dividends eased slightly and factory payrolls were flat. Seasonal employment hours and wages for factory workers remained steady.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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Southern Vermont Art Center
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Butts
High School
Chittenden Lass
Shirleen Greene
State Board of Education
A. John Holden
Shirleen Greeno
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Hicles
Free World
Power
John Stennis
D-Miss
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Omaha
Leonard A. Theis
San Fernando
Calif
Thomas
Richard M. Smiley
Arlington
Allan M. Ramsey Jr
Bainbridge, Ga
Smiley
Richard M. Snowden
Clarkston
Wash
Donald Russell
South Carolina
Orvald. Faubus
Arkansas
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Resolutions Committee
Elbert N. Carvel
Delaware
Carl Sanders
Georgia
John B. Connally
Texas
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Barron
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