Local Woman's Daughter Wins Nation's Top Lifesaving Medal
Miss Donna M. Waugh, a 23 year old Wall Street securities analyst from Pittsfield Massachusetts, received the U S Treasury Gold Lifesaving Medal in a Manhattan ceremony. She towed a wounded Navy frogman 350 feet to shore after a shark attack in the Virgin Islands on April 20, saving his life despite dangerous conditions.
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New York
U.S. Treasury Department
Manhattan Coast Guard
Richard M. Ross
Donna M. Waugh
Coast Guardsmen
Miss Waugh
Wall Street
George D. Covell
West View Circle
Pittsfield
Mass
Virgin Islands
Navy
Ens
John W. Gibson
Miami
Fla
Gibson
Fremman
St. Thomas
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
The
Coast Guard
Adm
Edwin J. Roland
New York City
Pittsfeld
U.S. Treasury
Waugh
Associated Press
West Germany relaxes troops issue after assurances
West Germany eased fears over U S troop strength after talks with Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Rusk met Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel and said he was highly satisfied with results. A keynote speech in Frankfurt on Sunday will address the Big Lift operation and Marshall Memorial dedication.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Erhard
Ludwig Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Washington
United States
2Nd Armored Division
Texas
Frankfurt
George C. Marshall
Vice President Johnson backs trade with Soviets
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson said trade with Russia is better than conflict. In a speech for Vermont Democrats he praised the Kennedy administration for peace efforts, cautioning against trigger happy action and noting Russia could seek world domination yet still benefit from trade. The remark followed remarks on avoiding atomic sabres and feeding people through commerce.
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Burlington, Vi
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Russia
Vermont
Johnson
Kennedy
Drought Closes Roads Into Mount Washington Community
Mount Washington with about 40 residents has barred outside access due to drought and fire risk. Sawhorses block three access roads from Egremont, Copake, and Salisbury while signs cite fire hazard. Open for residents, their visitors, and official cars. a daytime guard directs hikers away from the Mount Everett Reservation woods closed by Gov Peabody order.
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Mount Washington
Egremont
Copake
N. Y
Salisbury
Conn
Mount Everett
GOP Rights Bill Proposal Sparks Debate in Congress
Washington AP report says a Republican plan to advance civil rights legislation drew little Democratic interest. White House and Justice Department were not acknowledged, while Republicans seek a harmony measure credited to Kennedy. The plan mirrors administration goals on voting rights and desegregation, aiming to replace a harsher bill with bipartisan support before Tuesday’s committee vote.
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Washington
White House
Justice Department
Republican Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Clark MacGregor
R- Minn
Judiciary Committee
House
Foreclosure sale decree aimed at Hancock Raceway assets
Clerk of Courts Nelson A Foot Jr said a foreclosure sale decree will be issued early next week authorizing Massachusetts Sports Service Inc to sell Hancock Raceway Inc assets at Berkshire Downs Hancock. The catering firm holds a second mortgage on land and buildings, with no answer filed by defendants by the return date, suggesting a confession and pending sale barring injunction or bankruptcy delay.
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Nelson A. Foot Jr
Massachusetts Sports Service, Inc
Hancock Raceway, Inc
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Old Richmond Road
The
Racing Commission
Atty
Albert
Silverman
Massachusetts Sportservice
Massachusetts
Sportservice
Dario Bacchiocchi
B.A. Dario
Rhode Island
A. J. Campanelli
T. C. Cardi
Dario
Lincoln, RL
Downs
John A. Barry
Superior
Rickover Calls Public Schools Barely Touched by Reform
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover warned that U S reforms in public schooling have barely scratched the surface. He argued curricula are being toughened but only a tiny fraction of students are affected and urged longer days, longer years, reduced extracurriculars, and a focus on better teacher training and smaller schools.
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Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
SUI
Ritkover
Hurricane Ginny veers northeast along Carolina coast
Hurricane Ginny shifted to a northeast track late Friday, potentially skirting the Carolina coast while remaining a small but dangerous storm. Warnings were adjusted from Charleston to Cape Fear as radar and air reconnaissance placed Ginny east-southeast of Charleston with 100 mph winds. About 1,500 Charleston-area residents evacuated but many returned as threat lessened.
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Wilmington
N.C
Ginny
Weather Bureau
Carolina
Charleston
D.C
Georgetown
Cape Fear
South Carolina
Ocean
South Carolina Civil Defense
Fred C
Craft
Citizenship Moment Sparks Oath Ceremony in Milwaukee
Peter Neuenschwander, 31, a Swiss native, celebrated becoming a U.S. citizen with an oath in the Federal Building Milwaukee. A parking ticket was placed on his car for overtime parking during the ceremony.
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Milwauke
Wis
UPI
Peter Neuenschwander
Switzerland
U.S
Federal Building
Helena Forms as Eighth Tropical Storm in Atlantic
Helena becomes the season s eighth tropical storm forming Friday over Atlantic waters about 1500 miles southeast of Miami while Ginny remains a hurricane off the Carolinas. Gale warnings extend from St Lucia to Antigua and St Kitts as alerts go out.
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Miami. Fla
Helena
Atlantic Ocean
Miami
Ginny
Carolinas
St. Lucia
St. Kitts
Antigua
Seven Miners Rescued From Lengede Mine Flood
In Bristedt Germany rescue workers saved seven muddy miners from the Lengede iron mine on Friday night. They remained trapped 160 feet below on an arched gallery as floodwaters filled the 300-foot-deep mine. A planned rescue bomb was delayed by water level drop, and the seven were ultimately saved by a raft carried on a single cable across 100 yards of water. Authorities continued to hunt for 43 missing miners.
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Broistedt
Germany
Lengede
190000 Sought Quickly for Forest Fire Urgency in Massachusetts
Gov. Endicott Peabody filed a special message with the legislature calling for an emergency $190,000 appropriation to fight and prevent forest fires amid the state drought. He urged fast passage separate from the current budget, noting near exhaustion of natural resources funds and no end to the drought. Other New England officials expressed relief that no major fires had been reported as temperatures hit record levels and water shortages worsened across central northern Massachusetts, Vermont, and Connecticut.
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Boston
UPS
Endicott Peabody
Peabody
House
Ways and Means Committee
State Department of Natural Resources
New England
New Hampshire
John W. King
Massachusetts
Charles H.W. Foster
U.S
Birch Founder Attacks Again on Treason Charge
Robert Welch founder of the John Birch Society accused former President Eisenhower of treason and called John Foster Dulles a Communionist in a TV interview on WOR TV He offered no supporting evidence and spoke on Ladies of the Press a taped news panel program.
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NEW York
Robert Welch
John Birch Society
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Welch
Ladies of the Press
WOR. TV
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