Hurricane Donna Rakes Florida Keys Killing and Stranding
Hurricane Donna battered the Florida Keys with up to 150 mph winds isolating survivors as aid routes were cut. Coast Guard crews evacuated 305 residents from Sanibel Island while South Florida shelters reported damage and power outages amid high seas and widespread disruption.
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Miami
Fla
Donna
Florida Keys
Key West
Florida
Keys
Coast Guard
Sanibel Island
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Sanibel Ferry
Skipper
Homestead
Miami Beach
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Leeward Islands
Giant Air Exercise Sky Shield Kept Secret This Morning
Six hour NORAD NORAD interception drill with US and Canada bombers fighters and jets conducted under strict secrecy. Commercial air travel halted as radar ships and missile crews simulated responses. NORAD pledged realistic operations with no early results released.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Laurence S. Kuter
North American Air Defense Command
Norad
Kuter
Colorado Springs
U. S
North American Air Defense
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Omaha
Air Force
Segregation Under Way In Houston
In Houston Kashmere Gardens Elementary enrolls three Black first graders James E. Smith Jr Dwight A Harrison and Tyronne Raymond Day as the district begins grade by grade integration under a court order. Officials study ten more applications as police monitor the first day with no disturbances reported.
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Houston
Tex
Kashmere Gardens
James E. Smith Jr
Dwight A. Harrison
Tyronne Raymond Day
S. R. Woods
Dist
Ben C. Connally
Chuckle on the rage horse ride
A humorous note defines a rage horse as an animal able to take several thousand people for a ride at once, attributed to the Copt. Gen. Fea. Corp.
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Fea. Corp
Nixon Returns from Hospital Aids Nixon Kennedy Race North to California
Vice President Richard Nixon leaves Walter Reed Hospital after an 11 day layoff with plans for a 9000 mile tour across 14 states beginning in California. Senator John F Kennedy intensifies campaign swings in the state as he addresses crowds and faces scrutiny over Catholic faith.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixo
California
Nixon
Walter Reed Hospital
Eisenhower
Baltimore
Friendship
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Norman Vincent Peale
Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Assault on Wife
Robert P. Morrissette of Old Orchard Beach pleads guilty to assault with intent to kill his wife Gloria Morrissette after confessing to firing three shots from a German Luger in her living room. Bail set at 10000, hospitalized wife in good condition with a bullet wound to the arm.
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Robert P. Morrissette
Old Orchard Street
Old Orchard Beach
York County Sun Court
Vesey M. Mewer
Gloria Morrissette
Hillcrest Avenue
Morrissette
Old Orchard
John Marshall
Donald Lake
Mewer
Old Orcharch
Leslie Wyman
York County
Alfred
Webber Hospital
Wyman
George Dutille
Saco
Marshe
Lake
Old Orchardsstreet
Necklace Theft Ends in Police Recovery of Value
London woman Doreen Campbell 24, in rent arrears, picked up a pearl necklace from a shop floor and sold it for 30 pounds. She later saw it priced at 175 pounds. distressed, she confessed to police. Detectives recovered the necklace, valuing it at 1,200 pounds.
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London
Doreen Campbell
Doreen
UN Chief Defends Congo Actions Amid Seizures
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold defended the seizure of Congo airports and Leopoldville radio by UN forces as council members debated enforcement. The UN Security Council adjourned to reconvene as Lumumba opposes the troops, while a Soviet bid for immediate Congo-only talks failed. The secretary general said the emergency measures prevented a radio war and kept airports open for UN order maintenance.
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United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N. Security Council
Congo
Leopoldville
11-Nation Council
U. N
Patrice Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Dobrivoje Vidic
U.N
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Masai and Kamba Chiefs End Border Dispute Talks
In Nairobi Kenya chiefs of the Masai and Kamba tribes reach agreement to settle differences via a border committee after a week of fighting linked to cattle thefts. Two Masai were killed during the clashes.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Z Ae
Kasavubu aims new Congo government with Ileo premier
Kasavubu pledges to end Lumumba rule and curb Communists. He plans a new government with Senate president Joseph Ileo as premier. Abako leaflets call a general strike in Leopoldville by about 400,000. Parliament voids dismissals. Kasavubu insists Lumumba fired though Parliament and troops loomed. Guinea weighs Congo withdrawal from UN command amid shifting positions.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
Kasavubu
Senate
Joseph Ileo
Russell Radio
pro-Kasavubu Abako
Lumumba
U.N. Congo
Guinea
Tibou Tounkara
Sikou Toure
Carron Horn
U.N
Tounkara
Winiow
Kennedy Campaign Circulation Hints Separation of Church State
Kennedy campaign aides release a leaflet outlining Kennedy’s views on church and state in response to Protestant concerns. The twelve page document denies church control over the presidency and tackles topics from tax funds for parochial schools to Vatican diplomacy and the Knights of Columbus oath.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Democratic
Norman Vincent Peale
New York
Vatican
Knights of Columbus
New Plastic Foam Soles May Transform Shoe Comfort
Boston AP report notes M. J. Sanger of General Tire predicts plastic foam soles with high wear resistance could dominate, citing urethane foams rising to 1962 production near 500 million pounds. Robert Dukeshire of Goodyear discusses vinyl compounds for heel soles. both materials boast shoe-lifetime guarantees.
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Boston
M. J. Sanger
Central Research Laboratories
General Tire and Rubber Co
Sanger
Society of Elastics Engineers
Robert Dukeshire
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Kosaka to Confer in Washington Then Attend U.N. Assembly
Foreign Minister Zentaro Kosaka, a strong advocate of Japan remaining aligned with Western democracies, departs for Washington tonight to meet U.S. leaders before joining the United Nations General Assembly opening in New York on September 20.
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Tokyo
Zentaro Kosaka
Japan
Washington
United Nations
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
New York
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