Crippled Plane Lands Amid Crowds and Confusion
At Idlewild Airport a Pan American jet with 113 aboard circled for four hours after losing part of its landing gear. Fire Commissioner Cavanagh faulted Port Authority for lack of cooperation. Tobin defended the rescue as bold. Thrill seekers and traffic hampered efforts as 4,000 spectators crowded the runway before firefighters reached the scene.
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NEW York
Idlewild
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Port of New York Authority
Pan American World Airways
London
Austin J. Tobin
Port Authority
Cavanagh
Lairport
Miami Couple Start On Bomb Shelter Honeymoon
Miami, Fla.—The first bomb-shelter honeymoon couple, Melvin Minkrson and Maria Rodriguez, began a two week stay 10 feet below their sunbaked city. The stunt, arranged by Bomb Shelters Inc, drew supporters and critics as vows were exchanged above ground. If the couple lasts, a second honeymoon in Jamaica is promised.
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Miami
Fla
Melvin Minkrson
Maria Rodriguez
Tampa
Jamaica
Mininsons
Cecil O. Barnard
Bomb Shelters, Inc
Greater Miami
Feud Triggers Navy Officers Crisis in Argentina
In Buenos Aires President Frondizi faces a naval dispute as six captains are arrested Sunday after demanding Rear Admiral Estevez’s resignation. Estevez and Frondizi met Sunday night. sources say Estevez’s resignation seemed effectively made. In Paris, designer Louis Feraud, a former POW, debuts a chic new house while Bardot’s dressmaker moves into high fashion. Damascus reports Turkish border authorities claim mine placements to curb smuggling along the Syria Turkey frontier.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Navy
Adolfo Estevez
Adm
Estevez
Frondizi
Paris
Brigitte Bardot
Louis Feraud
Brigitte
Feraud
Chuckle Note on Right Turns and Lane Carelessness
A lighthearted remark warns that turning right from a left lane suggests carelessness or recklessness, not the label the driver behind may have used. The quip plays on road etiquette and perception in a playful, general tone.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Sukarno Swears In 21 Deputy Ministers in Jakarta
President Sukarno in Jakarta swore in 21 of 23 deputy ministers as part of a reshuffle. The ceremony underscored ongoing government reorganization amid political tension and regional issues in Indonesia.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Plastic Bag Nearly Kills Saco Child
A two year old boy from Saco nearly suffocated when a plastic bag was pulled over his head. Firemen from Saco and Dr Eugene E Puffer of Old Orchard Beach aided the child who was unconscious about 20 minutes before revival. He was taken to Portland Osteopathic Hospital for treatment after regaining consciousness.
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Saco
Portland Osteopathic Hospital
Stevan Stoddard
Maple Drive
Eugene E. Puffer
Old Orchard Beach
Hudson
Benson Wild Animal Farm
Charles Pelkey
Joseph Arcaris
Pelkey
Andrew J. Polak
Charles Keene
Polak
Memorial Hospital
Nashua
Girl Admits To Setting Fatal Fire
Fifteen year-old Jane Shusko admits setting the fire that killed seven family members in Elmira New York. Police say she did not appear angered at any family member. Jane escaped with her mother while two sisters were rescued by a neighbor. Father Michael Shusko was at work. She signed a statement saying she lit a match on papers in a first floor closet and admitted lighting two fires the day before. She will face psychi atric tests in jail. Neighbors called her friendly and responsible.
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Elmira
N. Y
Jane Shusko
J. William Maroney
Jane
Lillian
Michael Shusko
Eugene Golden
Maloney
Tijuana matador Procuna gored by charging bull
Tijuana, Mexico. Matador Luis Procuna, 36, was gored Sunday during a bullfight and is under treatment at a private clinic. His condition was described as uncomfortable but not dangerous. Procuna, called King of the Gypsies, was attacked by an 850-pound bull.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Luis Procuna
Procuna
Steel Negotiations Resume At Request Of President
Stalled steel talks restarted at the White House with scant chance of averting a strike by Tuesday midnight. Union leader David J McDonald and industry negotiator R Conrad Cooper expressed doubt about reaching a settlement, even as Eisenhower urged renewed talks. The piece also notes prior talks broke off and a “complicated job” lies ahead in Pittsburgh reporting.
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Poovegraphers
Cooper
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Savage Seeks Pardon for 1958 Maine Murder Conviction
Everett E Savage Jr of Winthrop petitions for clemency or commutation in the 1958 Fairfield murder case of Patricia Wing. He argues the assault sentence is disproportionate and cites three factors to be presented at the August 20 hearing. his wife plans to testify.
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Augusta
Everett E. Savage, Jr
Winthrop
Maine
Savage
Patricia Wing
Oakland
Fairfield
Racing car crash injures spectators at Amarillo track
A car jumped a barrier at a local track in Amarillo Texas on Sunday injuring three spectators. The driver Charles Sample 29 of Amarillo was not hurt.
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Amarillo
Tex
Charles Sample
Tulsa Baptist Temple Gun Rampage Kills One
A gunman opened fire at Tulsa Baptist Temple injuring three and killing one. J R Swarb 34 surrendered after a struggle with a traffic officer. He aimed at ex wife’s husband Kenneth Starnes 33 but wounded Starnes and Bridges 49 and shot Earlene Starnes 31 in the leg. The Rev Clarke said the woman had right to divorce but not advised on remarriage.
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Tulsa
Okla
J. R. Swarb
Robert Mawhinney
Swarb
Kenneth Starnes
Viola M. Bridges
Starnes
Earlene Starnes
M.whinney
Clifford Clark
Clark
Boy Catches 10 Inch Trout With Bare Hands
Ronald Delorenzo, 13, at a family picnic in Biddeford, caught a 10 inch brown trout with his bare hands at Kennebunk pond after spotting it while swimming A bold fish tale from the Gagnon family at 23 Foss Street Biddeford. He plans to eat the catch.
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Ronald Delorenzo
Paul Gagnon
Foss Street
Biddeford
Kennebunk Pond
Accidents Two Maine Fatal Crashes Reported
Two men died on Maine highways in separate crashes. In Harpswell a truck flipped and rolled 80 feet into a thicket. Forrest D. Fides 34 of Bowdoinham likely died from a fractured skull about an hour before the wreck was seen. In Freeport Philip Baker about 20 was killed when his car crashed into a tree on Pownal road, died later in Brunswick from a fractured skull.
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Associated Press
Maine
Harpswell
Route 24
Forrest D. Fides
Bowdoinham
Philip Baker
Freeport
Pownal Road
Brunswick
Baker
FBI Joins Search for Old Orchard Beach Gunmen
FBI agents joined the hunt along the East Coast for two gunmen linked to a shooting and robbery of a Montreal tourist at Old Orchard Beach. Warrants charge Robert G. Brown Jr. and an unidentified youth with armed robbery and assault with intent to kill. Brown, a 41 year old ex convict from Lebanon New Hampshire, has multiple prior offenses and parole violations.
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FBI
Seaboard
Montreal
Old Orchard Beach
William Hancock
State Police
Scarborough
Robert G. Brown, Jr
Laconia
N. H
Hancock
Brown
Maurice Couture
Lise
Ernest Murphy
New Hampshire
Soviet official Kozlov tours U S as Khrushchev weighs how to respond
AP reports that Foreign News Analyst Kozlov spent two weeks in the United States on a mission for Premier Khrushchev. The first deputy premier says the trip confirms his belief in a future Soviet system while Khrushchev seeks a factual report to compare with Mikoyan’s earlier visit and interpretation. Kozlov, a bureaucrat, contrasts with Mikoyan’s old Bolshevik image and cynical outlook.
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Romanovich Kozlov
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Khrushchev
Khrushenev
A. I. Mikolyan
Mikoyan
Kozlov
Stalin
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