Cash Groceries Delivered To Dispossessed Family
Rural Fire Department Auxiliary delivered cash groceries and clothing to the Bernard Mayer family after their White Chapel Road home burned early Thursday. Bernard Mayer and Beatrice Mayer welcomed Norman Turgeon and gifts at the B and S Trailer Park where they reside with seven of their nine children. Donations from Bennington residents and Sprague Electric Co. employees filled the trailer, and plans to assist in buying or building a new home are already underway.
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Mayers
Norman Turgeon
Bernard Mayer
Turgeon
East Road
Daniel
Christopher
Nicholas
Suzanne
Jennifer
Michael
Mayer
Rural Fire Department
White Chapel Road
Norman A. Turgeon
Bernard
Beatrice Mayer
Bennington
Ormal Pierce
Pierce
Sprague Electric Co
County Street
William Mattison
Chapel Road
Saturn rocket soars on third test flight at Cape Canaveral
The Saturn rocket, in a fully fueled eight engine test, completed its third straight launch attempt at Cape Canaveral. U S space program records another advance toward a manned moon mission as the 162 foot, 550 ton craft roared skyward.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hope Wanes For Sailors And Saturn Test Near Bermuda
Wreckage spotted near Bermuda may be lifeboat from the Greek freighter Captain George with 18 missing sailors after the crew fled a powder laden ship. Seven rescued from one lifeboat. conditions described as poor with a storm abating. Separately NASA reported Saturn rocket test data as positive with a planned single-engine failure test next spring.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U.S. Coast Guard
George
George Karemezis
Coast Guard
New York
Mendota
Indian Troops Clash With Chinese on Northeastern Border
Indian and Red Chinese troops fought sharp battles on India's northeast border as Defense Ministry reports India holding ground against a massive Chinese counterattack. Chinese broadcasts claim attacks around Towang and Walong with casualties and protests from Peking over military buildups.
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New Delhi
India
Defense Ministry
Tokyo
Wolang
Towang
Se la
Peking Radio
Walong
FBI Captures Prime Suspect In Westport Rape Slaying
The FBI arrested Harris Miller 31 and his common law wife Rosalie Miller 24 in SUPERTON Ga after a 13 state hunt for the slaying of Isabel Sillan of Westport Conn and the abduction and rape of her 14 year old daughter Gail. Gail escaped in Norwalk. Miller is 6 foot 3 and was found in the back of a pickup at his mother's Soperton Ga home. They were turned over to U.S. marshals to await Connecticut authorities.
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Superton
Westport
Isabel Sillan
Fairfield County
Conn
FBI
Miller
Mary Miller
Soperton
U.S. Marshals
Augusta
Connecticut
Pierre Sillan
New York
U S Cuba air surveillance flights continue amid crisis
At the United Nations the Cuban crisis deepened as Soviet delegate Zorin defended Castro's protest against U S reconnaissance flights and called them illegal, while U S delegate Dean vowed to maintain operations with necessary protections until weapons removal is verified and O A S backing is affirmed. Castro rejects verification efforts.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
U.S
United States
Cuba
Valerian A. Zorin
U. S
Zorin
U.N. General Assembly
Castro
Arthur Dean
Dean
Western Hemisphere
Organization of American States
State Department
Federal Marshals Accused Mississippi Riots Stir Controversy
A Mississippi county grand jury indicted two federal marshals for agitating violence during desegregation riots at the University of Mississippi. The report criticized Marshals Chief McShane for tear gas orders, while praising marshals for not firing into crowds and noting injuries from the riot. The indictments were sealed until arrests, with March 2, 1963, court session referenced. U.S. Attorney General Kennedy defended marshal bravery and restraint.
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University of Mississippi
Mississippi
Joe Ford
Lafayette County
O’barr
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
U.S
James P. McShane
James H. Meredith
McShane
Grand Jury
Postal Mishap Halts Sale of Misprinted Hammarskjold Stamps
Washington AP A court-ordered halt on the sale of misprinted Dag Hammarskjold stamps lasted hours before a bid to dissolve the restraining order. Postmaster General J Day had released 4 cent misprints to curb inflated values, with 320000 sold before the court action. Leonard Sherman of Irvington NJ seeks $500000 for an unbroken pane of 50 stamps.
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Washington
Dag Hammarsk
Post Office Department
J. Edward Day
Hammarskjold
Leonard Sherman
Irvington
N.J
U.N
Day
Fashion Designer Irene Gibbons Dies in Hotel Leap
Hollywood note: Irene Gibbons a renowned dress designer died after leaping from an 11th floor hotel window. She left instructions for her general manager Alden Olds to run the business and care for her husband Eliot Gibbons, a recovering screenwriter. Olds cites her ill health and severe strain.
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Hollywood
Irene
Irene Gibbons
Alden Olds
Eliot Gibbons
Olds
Cuba Crisis Spurs U S War Games
Fort Pierce Florida AP reports troops from the Old Ironsides 1st Armored Division staged the first Cuban crisis war games. 1500 soldiers ashore on Hutchinson Island tested loading unloading armored vehicles via a beach assault, with tanks and support vehicles moved along the coast from Cape Canaveral to Key West.
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Fort Pierce
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Key West
Havana
Port Everglades
Miami
Red China Attacks Soviet Policy Ahead of Stalin Meeting
Tokyo AP reports five days before the Soviet Communist Central Committee summit China publishes a 3500 word critique of Khrushchev. The Peiping People's Daily accuses United States imperialism of aggression, calls the USSR's missiles from Cuba appeasement, and warns retreat or peace-begging worsens imperialist danger.
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Tokyo
Communist Central Committee
Red China Today
Khrushchev
Peking People's Daily
China
United States
Cuba
Washington Will Escort Recon Planes If Needed Over Cuba
The United States said it will continue aerial reconnaissance over Cuba with escort protection for picture-taking planes if required. Castro threatens to shoot down U.S. flights as U.N. mediation nears a climax while Soviet bombers and missiles remain in Cuba.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
State and Defense Departments
Fidel Castro
Udall urges probe of inner spaces in conservation drive
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall urged U S newspapers to focus more on conservation and open spaces. He warned rapid industrial and population growth threaten natural spaces and urged editors to explore America’s inner spaces and problems. He noted the department’s impact on the public as taxpayers fund a billion dollars yearly to run it and collect three quarters of a billion in revenues, with 1400 correspondents in Washington and none covering Interior full time.
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Tary
Stewart Udall
U S
America
Udall
National Editorial Association
Department of Interior
U.S
Washington
Department of the Interior
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Justice Department
U.S. Atty
David M. Satz Jr
Newark
Satz
3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
U.S. Bureau of Engraving
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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