St Peters Basilica Bombing Shocks Vatican City
A time bomb exploded Saturday night inside St. Peter's Basilica causing minor marble damage and no injuries. Vatican officials blamed a disturbed individual as fragments of a timing device were recovered near the throne area once closed to the public.
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Cleveland Mayor Named to Kennedy Cabinet Post
President Kennedy taps Anthony J. Celebrezze Cleveland mayor for head of Health Education and Welfare. Celebrezze accepts after brief talks while on shore leave, joining a Catholic-dominated cabinet with Senator Kennedy as Attorney General. He brings long experience with health and welfare issues.
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Ribicoff Wins Easy Nomination at Connecticut Dem Convention
Abraham A. Ribicoff secured a decisive Democratic nomination for U.S. senator at the Connecticut convention with 776 votes to Kowalski’s 164. Kowalski failed to qualify for a statewide primary after losing a key rule vote, while Gov. John M. Dempsey won renomination by acclamation for a full term. Rep. Horace Seely Brown Jr. is the Republican Senate candidate. John Alsop challenges Dempsey in the governor race.
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Handyman accused in fatal Catskills hotel fire
Robert Gilbert Ryan 38 of the Bronx is jailed on a first degree murder charge for starting a fire at Hawkins High View House in Liberty New York. He allegedly ignited napkins at the stairway to trap guests. Three people Charles Fox 60 Henry Len 75 died and David Slavin 75 later at Maimonides Hospital.
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Columbia
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Tenn
Torrential Midwest Rain Floods Cities and Rapid City
Torrential rains broke a record 8 inches in Iowa City and hit the Black Hills and Illinois Indiana border regions. Rapid City South Dakota evacuated 1500 residents as Rapid Creek flooded streets. Marshalltown and Cedar Rapids reported multi inch totals with widespread damage and emergency costs running into hundreds of thousands.
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U S Youth Sentenced In East Berlin
Robert Mann a 19 year old Sepulveda California student was sentenced to 21 months in prison after a secret trial in Communist East Berlin for allegedly aiding a refugee escape to the West. His father Charles Mann witnessed the sentencing and a brief post trial visit. Sources say Mann was charged with supplying false identity papers to East Berliner Ewe Sturberg.
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Wyoming County Shooting Leaves Woman Wounded
In Muzzle Creek area near Johnny Cake Mountain a 45 year old woman Virginia Cecil was shot in the head while sitting in a parked car with Mack Salyers. Nora Salyers 50 faced felonious wounding charge and $1000 bond. Mack Salyers uninjured.
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Churchill Instantly Follows Cabinet Shakeup From Hospital Bed
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill, 87, in Middlesex Hospital after a broken thigh, studying news of Britain's cabinet reshuffle from his private room. Lady Churchill says he is knitting and improving, and that his views on the changes are confidential.
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Both Camps Of GOP After Cuts In Taxes
Two Republican senators with opposing views urged tax cuts to lift the economy. Sen. Clifford Case said a cut should be made now, while Sen. Barry Goldwater pressed for a larger depreciation allowance to modernize plants. Goldwater also backed a tariff regulation approach to the European Common Market.
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Bastille Day Parade Sets France Aflame With Color
Paris marks the 173rd Bastille anniversary with a grand parade as President de Gaulle watches armored units roll down the Champs Elysees amid rain. Government spokesmen call the display a new look of France’s military might after the Algerian war and a nation celebrating peace.
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Nuclear Fired Above Nevada Test Site Details
CAMP MERCURY Nev AP reports a low yield atmospheric nuclear device was detonated Saturday above the Atomic Energy Commission test site. It follows a similar blast a week earlier, with an underground shot fired Friday in the ongoing series and more tests planned including troop maneuvers beyond blast reach.
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Virginia road toll rises with eight killed in crashes
Four killed in Campbell County collision near Lynchburg include former Pan American Union treasurer Lowell Curtiss and three relatives. Four others die in separate crashes across Buena Vista Draper Vienna and Powhatan as Virginia reaches 436 traffic fatalities this year.
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Court Rewrites Declared by Rep Smith on Prayer Ruling
Washington AP Rep Howard W Smith D Va denounces Supreme Court prayer decision as example of court substituting its philosophy for constitutional provisions. Smith, Rules Committee chair, says court seeks to impose personal beliefs by strained construction and questions logic behind banning school prayer in public schools.
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Dr Adams Reinstated to Administer Dangerous Drugs
In London the Home Office restored Dr John Bodkin Adams authority to administer dangerous drugs in medical practice. The action follows his 1957 acquittal of murdering a woman patient whose will granted him a legacy, after which he was fined and forbidden to prescribe lethal narcotics.
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Miss West Virginia Crown Won By Diane Hunter
Diane Joyce Hunter a WVU student from Arlington Va was chosen Miss West Virginia at Charleston after entering as Miss Morgantown. Cokie Sutherland Miss Mercer County earned Miss Congeniality from fellow contestants. Finalists included Cynthia Neal East Rainelle Miss Greenbrier County. Hunter to compete for Miss America in Atlantic City NJ.
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Wounded, 4 Missing In Horce Battle
Nearly 500 Communist guerrillas ambushed a government convoy 40 miles north of Saigon killing Captain Don J. York and 23 Vietnamese soldiers. The 280-man convoy suffered 20 wounded and four missing as Viet Cong fire wiped out most of the lead vehicles. Air strikes followed as troops pursued the attackers.
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Global War Report Dominates Saigon Skirmish Losses
About 500 Communist guerrillas attacked a government convoy 40 miles north of Saigon, killing a U S Army captain and 23 Vietnamese in a brief battle. The American casualty hailed from Asheville North Carolina.
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