Camera Spots Possible Body in Pennsylvania Mine Shaft
Hazleton pa television footage from a 308 foot shaft shows what appears to be a man’s body near the chamber where Henry Throne and David Fellin were rescued. Officials warn observers not to draw conclusions and will lower the camera for a closer look as rescuers continue work for missing Louis Bova.
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Hazleton
Henry Throne
David Fellin
H.B. Charmbury
Louis Bova
Charmbury
Dan Bova
Fellin
Throne
Bova
Hazleton State Hospital
Country
Five More Miners Rescued In Utah Toll At Eighteen
In Moab Utah five more trapped miners were rescued alive from the potash mine while ten others were found dead bringing the final toll to 18. Seven survived and two were rescued earlier. The survivors emerged from the east shaft in good condition after gas barriers and a patch air line aided their return to the surface. State and federal investigators planned a joint probe starting Monday.
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Moab
Utah
APG
June Crawford
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Grant Eslick
Crawford
Paul McKinney
Don
Missoula Smokejumpers Train Elite Fire Corps
A Missoula center trains 175 elite smokejumpers ready to deploy to fires nationwide, mainly in the Pacific Northwest. Since 1940 there have been 55 000 jumps without a fatality on descent. Annual intake runs about 60 from 1 000 applicants. typical recruit is a 24 year old college student.
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Missoula
Mont
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Mis
Soula
Viche
U.S. Forest Service
Washington
North Dakota
Senators Weigh Test Ban Treaty Debate at Senate Panel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee debated approving the limited nuclear test ban and sending it to the full Senate for ratification. Secretary Rusk urged no formal reservations, while Sen. Aiken indicated some urged waiting for the Preparedness subcommittee report.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Sen
George D. Aiken
Rvt
Senate Preparedness Subcommitee
Aiken
Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
Fulbright
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Rusk
Eisenhower
Committee
Soviet thaw shows West golf course interest
Western diplomats report signs of change in Soviet attitudes as officials inquire about creating a golf course. They note golf’s prior vilification in the USSR and the lack of courses, with Molotov once calling it a bourgeois pastime. An envoy says they advised engaging a qualified designer.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Recreation Organization
Labor Day weekend road toll projected by safety council
The National Safety Council estimates 430 to 520 Americans may die in traffic accidents over the long Labor Day weekend and 17,000 to 21,000 may be injured beyond the day of the crash. The three day holiday runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with last year’s deaths at 501.
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Chicago
The
National Safety Council
Cuba Defenses Hardened Amid New Invasion Fears
Fifty American students who defied a State Department Cuba travel ban returned from Madrid. At Idlewild Airport a stand in protested passport suspensions though officials said none would be marked invalid. Subpoenas loom for ten to appear before the House Un American Activities Committee on Sept. 12.
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New York
State Department
Cuba
Madrid
U.S
Idlewild
Lee Levi Laub
Columbia University
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Larry Phelps
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
United States
Richard Thorne
Berkeley
Calif
Don Rainman
University of California
Fidel Castro
Havana strengthens defenses amid exile raids threat
Fidel Castro's government raised Havana defenses to a state of alert with larger troop and militia deployments after intelligence warned of possible anti-Castro exile incursions on the North Coast. Exiles in Costa Rica and Nicaragua discussed actions, while Cuba blamed the United States for the raids.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
New York
Nicaragua
San Jose
Costa Rica
Manuel Artime
Managua
United States
Cuba
Mambises
Guatemala City
Morse proposes bill to preserve Northeast air routes
Rep. F Bradford Morse proposes legislation to let carriers like Northeast Airlines keep its New York to Florida route by granting unlimited certificates after six years of temporary service. The bill would bar CAB from evaluating need on specific routes and aim to protect continued local service and regional economies.
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Washington
F. Bradford Morse
R - Mass
Northeast Airlines
New York-Florida
Northeast
New York City
Civil Aeronautics Board
Morse
CAB
New England
Ocean Debris Spurs Search For 2 Planes
Miami AP reports more than 50 planes and ships joined a search for two strato tankers missing since possibly going into the Atlantic between Bermuda and Nassau. Debris with Air Force markings and life rafts were found 335 miles southwest of Bermuda and 750 miles east-northeast of Miami as rescue efforts continued.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Bermuda
Nassau
Air Rescue Service Center
Orlando
Coast Guard
New York
Owasco
Air Force
Waterbury State Hospital Chief Seeks More Funds
Dr. Rupert A. Chittick, superintendent of Waterbury State Hospital, says 1,200 patients could leave faster with more money and better staffing. He requested 3.112 million dollars for the year, but was granted 2.84 million, leaving a shortfall of 272 thousand.
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Waterbury
Waterbury State Hospital
Rupert A. Chittick
Chittick
Montpelier
Kennedy warns on Russian fishing fleet near Cape Cod
Sen. Edward Kennedy cites a fleet of nearly 300 Russian vessels fishing off Cape Cod and Coast Guard surveillance. He says current laws offer only mild remedies and plans to testify on Bartlett’s bill to impose harsher penalties, including seizure of ships, for illegal foreign fishing. He notes numerous ships observed and fears further intrusions.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Kennedy
Senate Commerce Committee
E. L. Bartlett
Alaska
U.S
Kenenedy
Bartlett
United States
Three Mile
Alaskan Islands
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Hazleton, Pa
John Vannuzzi
H. B. Charmbury
Ald
Hanna
Thomas Trueman
Toronto
Canada
Smokejumpers’ School
Montana Center
John Stennis
Dmiss
State
Sen. Kennedy
Janice Wylie
Emily Hoffert
East Side
Manhattan
Miss Wylie
Max Wylie
Miss Hoffert
Valley Stream
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