West Coast brush fires burn across California hills
Five brush and timber fires scorched California, burning hospitals and a ranch, evacuating 800 patients at a sanitarium, and threatening Nike missile sites. Fires charred 30,000 acres, destroyed Gene Autry Melody Ranch, and prompted mass evacuations as crews of over 1,000 firefighters fought the blazes statewide.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Angeles County
Keith Klinger
Bel Air-Brentwood
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Mountains
Olive View Sanitarium
Sylmar
Veterans Administration
Gene Autry
Melody Ranch
Autry
Studio City
Hasley Canyon
U.S. Highway 99
Castiac
Placerita Canyon
Farmers' group calls national strike for higher prices
The National Farmers Organization launches a holding action to withhold hogs cattle sheep and grain until long range contracts and higher prices are won. President Oren Lee Staley says the battle aims to gain 25 to 30 percent market influence across 15 states. Milk policy to be decided later.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Midwest Farm Group
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea. Mo
America
NFC
Staley
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Senate clears Kennedy tax bill with investment credit
The Senate voted 52 to 30 to keep a $1 billion investment credit aiding modernization of U.S. industry as part of the tax revision bill. The measure, already approved by the House, would allow companies to deduct up to 7 percent of spending on new equipment, with utilities at 3 percent. The debate shifted to expense account deductions and a possible self employed pension fund proposal, shaping final passage timing.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
House
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Paul H. Douglas
D-Nl
Finance Committee
Gibney Proposes Shared Cost For Public Recreation Programs
Bennington officials discuss joint town village sponsorship of recreation amid complaints at Stark Street playground. Gibney notes financial strain and proposes possible recreation director. selectmen consider YMCA input and future meeting.
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Gibney
Bennington
James B. Gibney
Stark Street
Selectmen
Richard van Santvoord
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Rotary Deer Park
Wvut
Soviet propose November cut off for all nuclear tests
Geneva AP report notes Vasily Kuznetsov urged a three power test ban with a cut off date early in November. He did not detail the plan and signaled a formal raise later. Western delegates gave no immediate comment and saw little chance of quick commitments from U S and Britain.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
United States
Britain
U.S
Lone Male Nurse Among 103 Freshman Nursing Students
Philadelphia AP reports Leslie Sampson 19, the only male student in the new Male School of Nursing at Philadelphia General Hospital, among 103 female classmates at a tea party for freshmen. He says he will get used to the situation as he begins a three year program alongside the women.
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Philadelphia
Leslie Sampson
Philadelphia General Hospital
Sampson
Spencerport
N.Y
Warminster
Alma Downgraded to Storm As It Narrows East of Nantucket
The first hurricane of the season, Alma, was downgraded to a tropical storm about 90 miles east of Nantucket. Maximum winds near 60 mph with gales spreading 200 miles east and 100 miles west. Warnings remained from Portsmouth to eastern Long Island as Alma slows its northeast drift.
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Weather Bureau
Nantucket
Outer Cape Cod
Alma
Portsmouth
Long Island
Military Chiefs Back Ben Bella in Algeria Power Struggle
In Algiers four guerrilla commands and the regular army chief of staff align with Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella. They defer to the Political Bureau on whether to use force against rebels in Algiers and the Kabylie Mountains, avoiding an immediate clash. Boumedienne pledges 45000 troops to the Bureau, urging security measures nationwide and in the capital.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Kabylie
Col
Houari Boumedienne
Setif
Wilayas
Si Slimane
Motorist Fined For Driving Too Slow On Route 95
Seabrook New Hampshire AP report notes John Hanesalo 48 of East Weymouth Mass. was fined $10 for driving too slow on Route 95 after a state trooper clocked him at 40 mph for six miles in the passing lane. The judge was Justice Richard L Hallaway. He had previously been fined for speeding.
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John Hanesalo
Hanesalo
East Weymouth
Mass
Richard L. Hallaway
New Hampshire
Hallaway
1957 Storm Claims 500 In Cameron Area
A Cameron Louisiana storm torn through the gulf coast injuring nearly 30 and killing several, with one child among the dead. The Weather Bureau logged eight inches of rain in six hours as 80 mph winds toppled utility poles and caused widespread darkness and communication outages. The Coast Guard sent a cutter for a distressed vessel and Red Cross aid arrived for refugees housed in Cameron Court House.
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Cameron
Weather Bureau
Cameron Parish
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
The
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Lake Charles
Cameron Court House
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Window on Main Street Cats Stir Downtown Window Show
A mother cat Pushkin and her four kittens captivate pedestrians in The Studio window at 334 West Main Street. The kittens Marco Polo Black Bart and Sissie perform daily antics as Mrs. Tarnay delays new owners, and the window remains a lively, chaotic scene.
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Pushkin
Tim Tarnay
West Main St
Marco
Polo
Jet Black
Black Bart
Janet
Felicia Ann Hoffman
Yonkers
N.Y
Hagerman
West Europe Union Sways as Macmillan Seeks Unity
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan released part of a private letter to Konrad Adenauer showing Britain's keen interest in European political unity. Adenauer noted doubts about Britain's role in a political union while Gaulle reportedly preferred Britain outside the Common Market.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
Macmillan
Adenauer
Gaulle
Economic Union
West Germany
France
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
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Mt. Oyama
Miyakojima
Tokyo
New York
UPI
James E. Perkins
National Tuberculosis Association
New
J.F.K
Memorial Park
Veterans’ Memorial
van Santvoord
Paul A. Kelley
Alma Langlois
Selectman
Clayton Daigneault
Willow Road
East Road
Leon R. Eldred
State Highway District
Arctic
Boston
N.H
Long Island, N.Y
New England
Randolph
Foxboro
Providence
Hurricane League
Sissie
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