World wide radio blackout hits Japan amid magnetic storm
A massive solar magnetic storm cut Japan off from overseas radio for over two hours leaving only a Danish owned undersea cable to Europe functioning. Indonesian leader Sukarno declares plan to stay president and prime minister for five years while denying dictatorship. In Seoul heavy rains leave 56 dead and 7,000 homeless as a relief committee is formed. Han river level recedes but guards remain along the river.
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Tokyo
Japan
Siberia
Europe
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Seoul
Korea
Han River
Oberlin merger forms United Church of Christ leaders name 1961 meeting
In Oberlin Ohio the Evangelical and Reformed Church and Congregational Christian Churches completed a five day General Synod merger to form the United Church of Christ. Delegates backed hospitality to sister communions, reelected co-presidents Rev Dr James F E Wagner and Rev Dr Fred Hoskins, set a Philadelphia July 3-7 1961 biennial, and approved a nonbinding policy for church statements. The merger unites about 2.5 million members in over 8,000 churches, a first national merger of historically distinct denominations.
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Oberlin
Ohio
United Church of Christ
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational Christian Churches
Berlin
James FE. Wagner
Philadelphia
Fred Hoskins
New York
United Church
Red Envoy Heads For Pittsburgh Visit
In Chicago the first deputy premier of the Soviet Union, Frol Kozlov, shifts plans to visit Pittsburgh after touring U S industry and the corn and commerce scene. He will tour United States Steel Homestead works, dine with industrial leaders, and view Shipport nuclear plant before flying to New York.
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Chicago
Soviet Union
Pittsburgh
Frol R. Kozslov
United States
S. A
International Harvester Tractor Plant
Frederic Weir
University of Pittsburgh
Homestead Works
United States Steel
Shippingport
New York
Kozlov
Hard Luck Olga Trapped Finger in Washer Drain Pipe
Olga Minter, 30, stuck her finger in a washer drain trying to dislodge a button. Aimed at freeing it, she tugged and kicked the machine as a 15 firemen, two policemen, an ambulance crew and a doctor converged for two hours. Her baby cried as water leaked and neighbors called emergency services.
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London
Olga Minter
Geneva Talks Hint at Possible Breakthrough in Berlin Crisis
Washington AP notes a glimmer of progress as Geneva talks may advance Berlin issue. Secretary of State Christian Herter signals questions in Soviet statements must be answered for possible progress when ministers resume Monday. He cites disputes over rights to Berlin after a temporary accord and any time limits, noting Western powers demand free Berlin and oppose ultimatums. Herter heads to Geneva for renewed talks after a three week recess, joking about his remarks.
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Washington
Geneva
Berlin
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Moscow
West Berlin
Britain
France
United States
Gas Tax Increase Eyed in Highway Funding Plans
Washington AP A possible gasoline tax hike is among compromise options to keep the national highway program funded. Mills noted no immediate solution, with proposals under study to raise gas tax by less than Eisenhower’s 14.2 cents, suspend pay as you go, and stretch the program. If enacted, funds would prevent a deficit in the highway trust and support next year’s state allocations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Special Highway Trust
Senate
Treasury
Steel talks resume as strike deadline looms
New York negotiators report no improvement in steel wage talks as a nationwide strike nears. R. Conrad Cooper of U S Street Corp and David J. McDonald of the steelworkers union led resumed discussions amid plans for further sessions and potential production actions before the Tuesday midnight deadline.
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New York
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
U. S. Street Corp
Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Fred
McDonald
Two gunmen sought in Old Orchard Beach tourist shooting
A Montreal tourist, Maurice Couture, 35, was shot at Old Orchard Beach picnic grounds by two gunmen who fled in a light blue panel truck. He remains alive after surgery to close a chest wound. doctors report partial paralysis easing. Couture and his wife Lise had stopped to change clothes when the assailants, seen studying a map, pulled a gun. Investigators say the suspects may be in the area with Maryland plates.
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Montreal
Old Orchard Beach
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Maurice Couture
Couture
Cascade Road
Maryland
Jare
Lise
Old Orchard Beach Country Club
Fire Threatens Homes Near Rose Bowl in Pasadena
A brush fire near the Rose Bowl blackened 100 hillside acres and threatened many fashionable homes before firemen controlled the blaze Thursday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Rose Bowl
Hunger strike at Reidsville prison winds down
Officials say hunger strikers at Reidsville State Prison dwindle to about 250 as 140 are moved to Buford maximum security rock quarry prison and the rest dispersed to smaller facilities to end the day old protest. Authorities report no disorder and say transfers used big buses and state troopers while warden Balkoem notes the situation remains unchanged.
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Reidsville
Reidsville State Prison
State Department of Corrections
Atlanta
Rock Quarry
Buford
Corrections
R. P. Balkoem
Governor Long to sue Time for slanderous articles
Louisiana Governor Earl K Long announced plans to file two million dollars in damages against Time Inc for alleged slanderous articles and pictures in Time and Life magazines. He expects attorney Joe Arthur Sims to file in 19th District Court in Baton Rouge. State leaders Rayburn and McLain criticized a Life Magazine photo appearing to show the governor near a bed, prompting the move.
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Winnfield
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Time, Inc
Time
Life
Joe Arthur Sims
19Th District Court
Baton Rouge
Margaret Dixon
Morning Advocate
B. Rayburn
Jesse, McLain
Life Magazine
Some Men Are As Smart As Women
Dorothy Roe humorously argues that women should adopt a code for dealing with male editors, noting editors are men beneath a tough exterior. She lists ten commandments urging women to avoid arguing, bolster the editor’s ego, and praise him, portraying sympathy and tact in newsroom relations.
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Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Sion
Three Flynn Children Attend Summer School at St Francis
The Flynn family from Goose Rocks Beach sends Virginia 15 Susan 13 and Simon Jr 12 to St Francis College High School for a six week summer session. Each child pursues different courses while their father Dr Simon A. Flynn drives them to classes at 8 am and returns them home at noon. The siblings study geometry algebra English Latin and plan to enter Ursuline Academy and Wilbraham Academy in fall.
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Flynn
St. Francis College High School
Virginia Flynn
Ursuline Academy
West Springfield
Mass
Susan Flynn
Simon Si
A. Flynn, Jr
Wilbraham Academy
Simon A. Flynn
Goose Rocks Beach
King’s Highway
Ede
Simon A. Flynn, Jr
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