Symington adjourns hearing amid Humphrey clash
In Washington Sen Stu Symington angrily accused former secretary George M Humphrey of insulting the Senate and adjourned a stockpiling committee hearing on nickel contracts. Humphrey, facing questions on record destruction, argued back as Bush and Beall distanced themselves from the chairman's tactics.
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George M. Humphrey
Eisenhower Administration
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
United States
M. A. Hanna Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Humvey
Senate Inance Committee
Laos Reds Release Five Yank Captives
Five Americans and a Filipino held captive for over a year by re-Communist forces were released and flown to Vientiane. Among those freed were Maj Lawrence Bailey Laurel Jr assisting at the U.S. Embassy, John McMorrow of Brooklyn, John Shore Jr of Galloway, Sgt Orville Ballenger of Columbus, NBC cameraman Grant Wolfkill of Shelton, and Lorenzo Frigillana of the Philippines. Wolfkill proceeded to Bangkok then New York for medical checkup. others were sent to Clark Air Base for evaluation.
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Pathet Lao
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Lawrence Bailey
Laurel
Jrd
U.S
John McMorrow
Brooklyn
N.Y
John Shore Jr
Galloway, Tenn
Sgt
Orville Ballenger
Columbus
Ohio
NBC
Grant Wolfkill
Shelton
Wash
Lorenzo Frigillana
Philippines
Wolfkill
Bangkok
United States
Jim Robinson
New York
Frigillana
U.S. Air Force Clark Base
Manila
Shore
McMorrow
McNamara Stands Put On Space Race
Secretary of Defense McNamara says no changes needed to US space or military plans after Soviet double orbit. NASA Administrator Webb agrees current program is fast paced, noting crash efforts cost money and would intrude on military space work. Some Air Force officers push for broader militarized space capabilities, but McNamara keeps military space needs unclear and unresolved.
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Robert S. McNamara
United States
Soviet Union
McNamara
U.S
Air Force
Police deny Stooke questioned in Plymouth mail holdup
Rhode Island state police deny reports they question a ex convict who knows robbers in the Plymouth mail truck theft. Lt. O Connell says no one is being questioned now. Providence police say 12 men questioned yesterday were released.
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Plymouth
Peter O'Connell
Providence
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Bobby Wilcoxson
Gas leak at Camp Ellis leaves family rescued
Three Massachusetts vacationers overcome by refrigerator gas at Camp Ellis cottage were revived and reported much improved by Webber hospital authorities. Pauline Boisclair 45 of Lowell and her children Charles Jr 12 and Bernice four were rushed to hospital after being revived with artificial respiration and oxygen. Authorities suspect a defective gas refrigerator caused the incident. Paul Gauthier a Lowell rescue squad member and Boisclair’s brother in law helped remove them and he used a door breaching entry to access the kitchen. The boy regained consciousness while the mother and daughter required oxygen. Fire department crews aided in resuscitation efforts.
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Camp Ellis
Webber Hospital
Pauline G. Boisclair
Lowell
Mass
Charles Boisclair, Jr
Bernice Boisclair
Camp Ells Avenue
Paul Gauthier
Sweden Grants Abortion To Finkbine After Board Review
Sherri Finkbine, an Arizona housewife and television performer, is approved for an abortion in Sweden after the Royal Medical Board’s sympathetic review. Her husband Robert and doctors express relief as they await scheduling, following Arizona court blocks and her use of a thalidomide drug abroad. The couple arrived August 5 seeking treatment amid intense publicity.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Sherri Finkbine
Medical Board
Arizona
Robert
Finkbine
Royal Medical Board
Sherri
Kennebunkport Society Members Prepare Auction Items
Busy transferring stored items to Arundel Grange hall in Kennebunkport for the Kennebunkport Historical Society benefit auction. The scene shows John W. Hansen, Goose Rocks. Julian Howard, Goose Rocks, trucking committee chairman. Harold Welsh and Charles Brown, assistants, removing articles from Chatman's barn, Kennebunkport.
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Arundel Grange Hall
Kennebunkport
Kennedy Sees Decade Of Crisis At Oahe Dam Tour
President Kennedy warned of a decade of crisis amid a West Coast tour highlighting the Oahe dam and Missouri River power. He urged unity to avoid waste and stressed power for farms and cities while noting dam projects in South Dakota Colorado and California. The trip also ties to upcoming senatorial races in South Dakota and Colorado and the Nixon Brown contest.
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Missouri River
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Merced
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Richard M. Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
George McGovern
Food For Peace
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Joe Bottum
Senate
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Pierre
Arkansas
San Luis
California
San Joaquin
Next US Flight To Be Six Orbits
Blacksburg Virginia AP reports a top American space official says astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr will be limited to six orbits of the earth for Project Mercury. The mission is scheduled for recovery near Midway Island after six orbits, regardless of flight success.
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Blacksburg, Va
Walter M. Schirra, Jr
Midway Island
D. Brainerd Holmes
United States
U.S
Holmes
Schirra
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
John H. Glenn, Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Textile relief urged by Morse to Hodges in Kennedy plan
Rep. Brad Morse urges renewed vigor from Secretary of Commerce Hodges to push President Kennedy's relief program for woolen, synthetic textiles and silk divisions. Morse cites Feb 26 pledge and Aug 6 Hodges briefing, pressing action amid industry troubles and layoffs in New England. The call stresses immediate federal pursuit and broader coverage beyond cotton textiles.
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Brad Morse
R-Mass
Luther H. Hodges
Kennedy
Hodges
Morse
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