De Gaulle Attacked as Assassination Plot Probed
Paris AP reports police hunted a band from the Secret Army Organization after bullets missed President Charles de Gaulle by inches in an ambush near Paris. It was the second planned assault this month, with one earlier failure. De Gaulle remained calm, wounded none, at Colombey les Deux Eglises as investigators traced a dark-haired man of about 30 who rented an ambush truck days earlier. The attack wounded a passerby and shattered car windows, while incendiary grenades were found nearby.
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West Berlin tense as US MP escorts Soviet cars
A report from Berlin says U S military police escorted three Soviet armored cars through West Berlin amid a Soviet threat to escort every American car into East Berlin or along the highway. West Berlin and East Berlin remained tense as both sides tested each other with unopposed American vehicle movements into East Berlin.
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Senate Advances Drug Measure With Kennedy Push
The Senate moved toward prompt passage of a drug bill aimed at stronger safeguards against dangerous or ineffective medicines. President Kennedy listed it among five key measures and a limited debate timeline was agreed, with Kefauver’s antitrust provisions shaping the legislation after thalidomide concerns.
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Two U S Atomic Subs Meet Under Arctic Ice Duel
President Kennedy announced a Secret operation as the Skate and Seadragon surfaced at the North Pole after a July 31 to Aug 2 rendezvous under polar ice. Navy officials call the test a major tactical demonstration proving antisubmarine warfare feasible in the Arctic Ocean.
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Doomed Yank Reunited With Family After Indonesian Amnesty
Allan Lawrence Pope an American flier released from an Indonesian prison under a general amnesty was secretly brought to the United States for a six week reunion with his wife Yvonne and their two sons in Akron Ohio Pope who had faced a death sentence in Indonesia for alleged rebel support and raids spoke of a good health and a positive outcome while his wife declined to comment further on his status.
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Chuckle Caption About Astronaut Cleverly Notes Chimps
A humorous caption defines an astronaut as someone who steps in when the chimps are down, a light line from Gen. Fea. Corp. reflects playful space age wordplay and corporate wit.
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Fire destroys garage and apartment in Caribou
A Wednesday blaze at a combined garage and three room apartment in Caribou caused an estimated loss of up to 600 dollars. Firefighters contained the fire with no injuries reported and authorities investigated the cause.
Five questioned in Plymouth mail truck robbery case
Boston Post Office inspectors have questioned at least five persons as possible suspects in the $1,551,000 Plymouth mail truck holdup on August 14, with no live leads. Over 300 people have been questioned, and investigators consider a possible link to a March bank robbery in Lynn. No money bags or pouches tied to the crime have been found.
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Soblen Case Opens Third Habeas Corpus Hearing In London
In London AP dispatch attorneys for Dr. Robert Soblen urge the high court to compel Home Secretary Brooke to produce U S Britain exchanges on the fugitive spy. Soblen seeks writ to halt deportation to face a life sentence for wartime Soviet espionage. He appeared in court healthier and had claimed leukemia.
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Henry Brooke
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Soviet Union
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Maine Senator Asks Why Navy Submarine Decision Delayed
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine demanded an explanation from Defense Secretary McNamara for a late release of the Navy plan to build a nuclear submarine at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. Muskie reportedly announced it first. Smith says she learned of it at 12:03 p.m. and received official word at 2:35 p.m. She calls the delay politics with national defense.
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Margaret Chase Smith
R-Maine
Defense
Robert McNamara
Navy
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Maine
Optical decision filter showcased for unmanned devices
Los Angeles AP reports a portable optical decision filter demo at the Western Electronics Show. Developed by Sam S. Viglione of Douglas Astropower Electronics Lab, the device identifies shapes, signals and patterns to guide vacuum cleaners and lunar rovers, with potential uses from door security to submarine detection and weapon-warhead sensing. It fits a suitcase, may shrink to nine inches, and uses 400 retina-like cells and 400 brain-like logic units to recognize 200,000 3D shapes.
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Astropower Electronics Laboratory
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