Carla Bears Down On Gulf Coast With 125 Mph Winds
The 800 mile coast from New Orleans to the Mexican border braces as Hurricane Carla nears. The storm, about 400 miles south of New Orleans, moves west northwest at nine mph and threatens Cameron Louisiana and the oil fields. Evacuations are underway across parishes and Gulf tidelands shut operations as crops and infrastructure face potential damage.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Carla
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Cameron
Audrey
Lake Charles
Mississippi
Gulf
Crowley
Louisiana Agriculture
Dave Pearce
Miss America Selected Tonight in Atlantic City
Miss America pageant night at Atlantic City features 55 contestants with 10 semi finalists to be chosen tonight and the eventual winner earning a 10000 scholarship plus yearlong appearances worth about 75000. Contenders include Susan Ann Henryson of Fresno and Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville with the latter winning the swimsuit prize.
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Atlantic City
N.J
East
West
North
California
North Carolina
Susan Ann Henryson
Fresno
Calif
Maria Beale Fletcher
Asheville
N.C
Nehru Khrushchev Talks End In Dubious Progress
In Moscow, Khrushchev and Nehru concluded two days of talks with little sign of progress toward East West peace. Nehru urged halting nuclear tests and a negotiated settlement, while Khrushchev pressed Germany’s settlement as the aim. An AP filed report notes Nehru’s mission yielded few concrete gains and hints at broader discord between the two leaders.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
India
Nehru
Khrushche
Khrushchev
United States
Chuckle World’s Best After-Dinner Speech Moment
The item highlights a witty quip from a banquet speech cited as the world’s best after-dinner line. The joke, attributed to Copt. Gen. Fea. Corp., plays on the waiter’s prompt for both checks, delivering a light moment at the event.
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Fea. Corp
De Gaulle Escapes Injury In Assassination Attempt
Paris AP reports President De Gaulle escaped injury when fire and explosives on a country road failed to harm his presidential limousine. De Gaulle dismissed the event as a bad taste joke, as police arrested a man with unclear links to the incident.
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Paris
de Gaulle
De Gaulle’s Car Incident Reported In France and Civil Rights Review
An incident involving Charles de Gaulle and a comment about a joke is described as minor by officials as he continued toward his country home. In Maine, the State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission reports few violations, noting cases of discrimination at a resort hotel and a Brunswick restaurant, with broader findings on laws, education forms, and civil rights trends.
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West Berlin
Hans B
Berlin
Hans
Brandenburg Gate
Washington
Maine
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Nero
Brunswick
Department of Education
Portsmouth
N.H
American Troops Due For Germany
The Pentagon may announce today a dispatch of about 40,000 U.S. troops to reinforce Army forces in Germany amid the Berlin crisis. The move would boost European forces by roughly 16 percent from about 250,000, with the first wave possibly ready to cross the Atlantic by October 1.
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Washington
Pentagon
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Europe
Atlantic
Lauris Norstad
7Th Army
George H. Decker
Army
Machta
Weather Bureau
United States
Biddeford police arrest 11 in gambling raid at Hellenic club
Biddeford Police Chief Edgar Sevigny led an early morning raid at 35 Main Street club. Eleven men aged 32 to 70 were charged with keeping a gambling place after officers found four discs playing cards a gambling rake a table cushion and $24 in cash. They were to appear before Judge Simon Spill in Biddeford Municipal Court.
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Biddeford
Edgar
Sevigny
Dense Demers
Barcom
Con Street
Robert Mefrom
Lawson
Wells
Taire Jager
Simon Spill
Nonat Street
Boston
Gregin
Biddeford Municipal Court
Ory Paras
Alfred Street
Mark Grenier
William Arcand
Tay- 26
Sullivan Street
Da‘or
Falizo
Louis Goudreau
Main Street
Charles Smalley
Washington Street
George Agouros
State Street
Paul Sylvester
Thacher Hotel
Hellenic Club
Maine Criticized For Road Practices
Washington AP GAO flags weaknesses in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont right of way acquisitions for federal aid highways while noting gradual improvements. Report questions documentation of values in formal reports and settlements and adequacy of audits by state road bureaus. GAO transmitted findings to Congress. lawmakers undecided on immediate action.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
House
Senate
U.S. Bureau of Roads
Road Bureau
Walter May
House Public Works Subcommittee
Weitzel
GAO
Civil Rights Group Split On Legislation For Voting
The Civil Rights Commission urged Congress to pass laws guaranteeing the right to vote for all qualified Americans. It backed six years of schooling for literacy tests and cited evidence of ballot discrimination in eight Southern states. The panel split 4 to 2 on broader federal voting protections, with the majority urging universal voting rights and anti discrimination, while dissenters warned against overreach.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Congress
Commission
John A. Hannah
Michigan State University
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Spottswood W. Robinson
Army Lists Gen Walker Birch Society Member
Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker is listed in an Army report as a John Birch Society member. He was reprimanded June 12 for accusing Democrats and the press of communism. The report, by Lt. Gen. Brown, notes Walker as sincere, religious, patriotic, but anti communist and obsessive.
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Washington
Edwin A. Walker
Army
John Birch Society
Walker
24Th Infantry
West Germany
Harry S. Truman
U.S
Frederic J. Brown
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Armed Service Committee
Brown
Robert Welch
Belmont
Mass
Society
Walsh
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Conn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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James Thomas Buckler
Joseph Buckler
Torring
Soviet Union
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Knotty Pine Recreation
I. Zaitlin & Sons, Inc
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DeGaulle
Brooks Brown Jr
Augusta
Albert Beliveau
Rumford
Jeanne P. Blaisdell
Readfield Depot
Joseph I. Craig
Hallowell
Benjamin J. Dorsky
Bangor
Kenneth C.M. Sills
Portland
Radia
Francis Louis Beardsley
Helen North
Beardsley
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Bay
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Joan
Michael
Carmel Mission School
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USS Weather Bureau
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