Three On Missing Plane Rescued In Mid-Pacific
A United States Air Force C124 crashed northeast of Johnston Island in the Mid Pacific. Three of nine crew members were rescued by a Navy helicopter after being spotted clinging to a life raft. The Boxer carrier rushed to the scene to aid the search and save operation.
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Honolulu
Wake Island
Johnston Island
Mid-Pacific
Boxer
Mae West
Travis Afb
Calif
Goldfine To Continue With His Gift Giving
Bernard Goldfine returns to Boston for a weekend while vowing to continue his gift giving as lawmakers press for records on uncashed checks worth $776000. He refuses to discuss tax treatment or potential gifts to Sherman Adams and other White House aides as a House subcommittee questions his dealings with federal regulators.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Wachington
House
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Goldfine
Subcommittee
Sherman Adams
White House
Capitol Hill
National
Wet Weekend Due In Mountain State
Weather Bureau forecasts a hot holiday weekend in West Virginia with showers or thunderstorms likely Saturday and Sunday. Rain totals expected from a quarter to one inch across the state.
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Mountain State
Huntington
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Whales Confesses Hoax Letter About A Bomb
British farm worker William Stanley Whales of Ipswich admitted he wrote and mailed a hoax letter to Soviet Ambassador Malik claiming an American atom bomb would be dropped off Britain. The letter prompted an international reaction and was dismissed by the U S State Department as propaganda.
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London
William Stanley Whales
Ipswich
U.S
Whales
Jacob Malik
Royal Air Force
Whaley
RAF
Malik
U.S. Air Force
Assn
America
United States
Russia
U.S. State Department
Washington
Foreign Office
Britain
Holiday Traffic Deaths Mounting To Record High
The Associated Press reports a rising holiday traffic toll to a potential record for a three day July 4 period. Toll totals include 118 drownings 54 miscellaneous and 22 other deaths with several fatal crashes across Virginia Florida Kentucky and North Carolina. The NSC warned the trend could set a new high if not checked.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Virginia
Orlando
Fla
Weldon
N. C
Mt. Vernon
Associated Press
Blackstone
Athens Lad Wins Bluefield Derby in Rain soaked event
Fourteen year old Athens boy Chunky Charlie Hight won the Civitan Jaycee Soap Box Derby on Bland Street Hill before 2,000 spectators. He defeated Bill Byrd in the final heat along with other prizes, after a rain delay halted the races and a daring recovery by Darel Massaroni.
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Charlie Hight
Athens
Indianapolis
Bluefield
Civitan - Jaycee
Bland Street
Athens High School
Bill Byrd
E. N. Cole
Darel Massaroni
J. C. Hight
Civitan-Jaycee
Charlie
Akron
Rebels Hold Americans in Cuba Standoff Delicate Talks Continue
U S Ambassador Earl E T Smith reported delicate negotiations to free 43 Americans and two Canadians held by eastern Cuban rebels. Consul Wollam made initial releases and flew back to Guantanamo to renew efforts as Wiecha remains with rebels seeking 30 sailors freed. The raid on a Monday project led by Raul Castro is cited as context for the negotiations.
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Havana
U.S
Earl E. T. Smith
Cuba
Park F. Wollam
Guantanamo Naval Base
Smith
Wollam
American Club
U. S
Robert Wiecha
Saginaw
Mich
Sugar Company
Santiago
Moaday
Dickering
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
United States
Red Cross Receives Letters From Captives in Berlin
American Red Cross officials said they received six letters from American soldiers held prisoner by East German authorities. The letters were handed to an ARC official by the East German Red Cross in East Berlin, the first such correspondence since nine prisoners were captured after a helicopter incident.
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Berlin
Red Cross
East Berlin
East Germany
Spider Monkey Escapes Shackles on Harry Street
Dewey Bryant of 831 Harry Street reports his seven year old ten pound spider monkey named Joe escaped from a chain in the front yard and headed toward the Virginia hills. Police were warned Joe bites and residents were asked to contact Bryant or authorities if they sight the animal.
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Bluefield
Joe
Dewey Bryant
Harry Street
Bryant
Virginia Hills
Midwest Floods Miss Des Moines City
The Raccoon River crest passed Des Moines downtown with minor damage though a four lane Fleur Drive section was ripped out. In Nishnabotna cases in southwest Iowa 19 deaths are confirmed, with three missing and a body recovered of John Parsons of Extra. search ongoing for remaining missing.
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Des Moines
Towa
Fleur Drive
Iowa
Nishnabotna
Audubon County
John Parsons
Extra
French Call For Nuclear Information
Secretary of State Dulles arrives in Paris for talks with Premier de Gaulle on nuclear weapons and Western defense. He and Gen. Norstad discuss Soviet moves and NATO issues while Algeria and the Middle East are likely to shape the agenda. Dulles plans a Saturday morning meeting with De Gaulle and a late-night return to Washington.
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Paris
Dulles
Charles de Gaulle
France
Norstad
de Gaulle
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
Kremlin
United States
Britain
Algeria
North
Africa
NATO
Middle East
Lebanon
Cop Confesses To Old Murder
Jefferson Ga AP confession by Charles Paul Rothschild a former Cairo patrolman details how he planned a robbery that killed Jefferson merchant Charles Drake on June 19 1956 He fingered A D Allen of Winder Ga as the trigger man and implicated James Fulton Foster of Greer S C who has twice faced a death sentence Rothschild now serves a burglary conspiracy term in Columbia S C saying his conscience and Bible readings spurred the confession.
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Jefferson, Ga
Illinois
South Carolina
Charles Paul
Rocky) Rothschild
Cairo
Charles Drake
Jefferson
Rothschild
Columbia
S.C
A. D. Allen
Winder
Allen
Atlanta
James Fulton Foster
Greer, S. C
Puerto Rico Prefers Commonwealth Status, Governor Says
In San Juan Governor Munoz tells El Mundo readers that Puerto Rico is satisfied with commonwealth status in association with the United States and that statehood is not a current consideration after Alaska's victory.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Alaska
el Mundo
Munoz
United States
Police Trap Youngs Son on McGuire Farm
Police cornered Lester Young, 17, on the McGuire Farm near Bluefield after a gun-weary pursuit tied to Henry Young, 53, the farmer wanted for shooting his wife. Lester, armed with a shotgun, surrendered in a brushy area as officers closed in. The pursuit also involved another son and a car evasion. authorities seek Henry in the East River Mountain region. Mrs. Young remained hospitalized in stable condition after surgery.
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Lester Young
McGuire Farm
Henry Young
Fields
Henry Layton Young
Bluefield
Lester
McGuire
Beaver High School
East River Mountain
Clarence
Frank Farmer
Ott Meadows
Wyoming Street
Lewis
St. Luke's Hospital
Young
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