Two ASCS Officials Admit Taking Estes Money
Washington AP reports Louis Dumas and Arthur Stone, top ASCS officials from McIntosh County Oklahoma, confessed to receiving 1640.80 from a Billie Sol Estes agent last summer. They lied under oath, will amend tax returns, and sought to resign, but were suspended by Agriculture Secretary Freeman. The Senate subcommittee probes Estes influence in farm aid and cotton allotment transfers. Biggerstaff testified he paid for tips on Estes deals.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Billie Sol Estes
Louis N. Dumas
Arthur Daniel Stone
McIntosh County
Okla
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Orville L. Freeman
Dumas
Stone
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Agriculture Department
Justice Department
Congressional
Texas
Estes Enterprises
Parnell E. Biggerstaff
Biggerstaff
U S Not Pledged In Nuclear War Strategy
Secretary McNamara told reporters the United States has not pledged to spare Russian cities from destruction in a nuclear conflict. He outlined a strategy to confine nuclear weapons to military targets as much as possible, clarifying U S posture amid questions about commitment.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
McNamara
Ann Arbor
Mich
Two Above Ground Nuclear Shots Planned At Camp Nevada
Military scientists set two atmospheric tests at Camp Mercury Nevada aiming at low yield devices near the ground. Troop movements were unconfirmed amid reports as tanks rolled toward Las Vegas. tests halted by 1958 pact and secrecy surrounded the proceedings.
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Camp Mercury
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Pentagon
Las Vegas
United States
Nevada Test Site
Woman Injured In House Blaze Biddeford Fire gut two-family dwelling on Mt Pleasant
A two family house on Mt Pleasant street Biddeford caught fire at 2 08 am injuring Mrs Jerome Deschambeault who suffered first and second degree burns to both legs and an arm. Fire chief Arthur King said the blaze began in the lower front portion and the home suffered total loss of contents while the Stone family on the second floor also faced about 2000 in losses. Firefighters fought three hours and 25 minutes, with four engines, and the car in front of the building was destroyed. The building owned by Dennis Warner remains, and the cause is under investigation.
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Mt. Pleasant Street
Biddeford
Jerome Deschambeault
Webber Hospital
Elgie Stone
Stone
Deschambeaults
Thur H. King
King
Dennis Warner
Cornish Avenue
Deschambeault
Doctor Strike Stalemate Deepens in Saskatchewan
A week into the doctors strike against Saskatchewan's compulsory medical care plan the stay of emergency service continues. A court hearing set for Tuesday seeks to suspend the Medicare Insurance Commission while legality is tested. Premier Woodrow Lloyd and doctors push for negotiations but remain far apart on core issues. The government may call a special session on doctors’ right to practice outside Medicare.
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Regina
Woodrow Lloyd
H. D. Dalgleish
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Nude hitchhiker prompts Memphis police check
In Memphis Tennessee police dispatched several cars to check on a reported nude blonde hitchhiker in the rain. Assistant Police Chief Lee Quianby confirmed the girl got a ride in a truck and there were no further details.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lee Quianby
Kennedy Rejoins Family At Hyannis Port This Summer
President Kennedy relaxes at a secluded Squaw Island summer White House on Cape Cod with Nantucket Sound boating and family reunions planned for his weekend visit. Jacqueline Kennedy and the children stay on the island. Ted Kennedy, his wife Joan, and their kids are nearby. Other Kennedys populate the area as the elder Joseph Kennedy recovers from a December stroke in New York. The family has long used Hyannis Port as a summer gathering spot before President Kennedy returns to Washington Monday.
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Cornelius F. Hurley
Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
White House
Squaw Island
Nantucket Sound
Cape Cod
Jacqueline
Caroline
John F. Jr
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Joan
Ted Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hyannis Port
Joseph P. Kennedy
Patricia
Peter Lawford
New York
Stephen Smith
Eunice
R. Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Robert F. Kennedy
Ethel
Boston
London
Palm Beach
Fla
Washington
Mrs. Kennedy
US Nuclear Blast Delayed Again Off Johnston Island
The United States delays a third attempt to explode a one megaton high altitude nuclear blast over Johnston Island due to unfavorable weather. Clouds, winds, and rain squalls hindered photos and testing, with prior delays on June 4 and June 19 amid missile troubles in the series begun April 24.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Pacific
Joint Task Force 8
Mothers Join Recruits at Army Camp For Week
London AP. Three British army recruits will enter training next week with their mothers who will stay a week at the camp to see early days of training. The mothers, invited by Maj. Edward Smeeden, will be billeted with married army families at the engineers camp near Cove and will observe kitchens and routines.
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London
Edward Smeeden
Gas Engineers
Olywn Billett
Eric
Grace Collingworth
Barry
Joyce Bowler
Neil
Billett
Engineers
Cove
Nobel Prize Winner Bunche Calls Hotel Refusal an Insult
Dr Ralph J Bunche the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and UN undersecretary spoke at the NAACP convention in Atlanta condemning a hotel for refusing him a room as an affront to his race He said he accepts individual rejection but resents group slurs and the color labels he witnessed in the incident
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Atlanta, Ga
Ralph J. Bunche
Bunche
United Nations
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Of Travel Could Improve U S Soviet Ties
The United States lifted travel limits on about 2000 Soviet visitors to the United States, potentially easing U S Soviet relations. The move, approved by President Kennedy, hinges on how Soviet leader Khrushchev responds, with possible steps toward renewing direct Moscow New York air service.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Kennedy
State Department
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow
New York
Berlin Wall
Woman on crowd ed bus sparks seat offers
A witty quip from Today's Chuckle notes a woman on a crowded bus wishing for a kind man to give up his seat. Ten men immediately rise to the occasion, mirroring the humor of the era.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Jetliner With 94 Vanishes Over Bombay in Heavy Rain
An Italian DC8 with 94 aboard disappeared while approaching Bombay Santa Cruz Airport amid heavy storm. Alitalia doubts crash, search planes delayed by weather. Plane had left Sydney with stops in Darwin Singapore Bangkok Bombay Karachi Tehran Rome. Authorities fear mountainous terrain or Arabian Sea area near the airport may hold the wreck.
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India
Santa Cruz
Alitalia
Rome
Sydney
Australia
Arabian Sea
Darwin
Singapore
Bangkok
Karachi
Tehran
Aurangabad
Here
Greater Bombay
Sahara Area Occupied By Moroccan Troops
ALGIERS AP Moroccan troops seized areas of the Algerian Sahara amid a challenge to Premier Youssef Ben Khedda. Fears grew Tunisia might press claims to desert oil. Ben Bella criticizes the regime from Cairo while Mohammed Khider, a Ben Bella ally, resigns in Rabat.
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Algiers
Sahara
Youssef Ben Khedda
Tunisia
Morocco
Hassan II
Ben Khedda
Ahmed Ben Bella
Cairo
Rabat
Mohammed Khider
Ben Bella
Woman Charged In Gun Death At Carnival Trailer
A 31 year old Newark carnival worker was shot to death in his trailer on South Common. His female companion, Jane Branche, 31, formerly of Philadelphia, pleaded innocent in district court to murder. The case was continued to July 13. Police said the shooting followed a quarrel over her drinking in the trailer where she lived. Both are listed as Negro by police.
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Lowell
London Ox Roast Baffles City Law Over Smokeless Fire
London officials cannot roast an ox over a wood fire due to a smokeless zone rule. Lord Mayor Sir Frederick Hoare says a law stops the plan for the Festival of the City of London near St. Pauls Cathedral. Guild member Louis Lowenthal notes they will roast over coke instead, a compromise for the ox roast highlight.
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London
City of London
Louis Lowenthal
Greater London
Stock Exchange
Guild of Turning
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Newsboy) Moriarty
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