Riot Shatters Canadian Prison After Massive Fire
In Montreal at St. Vincent De Paul Penitentiary a riot by about 1100 prisoners broke out as fires destroyed most of the old facility. Six prisoners were reported killed with 25 guards injured while troops and police restored order amid gunfire and water shortages. Inmates were moved to Leclerc Institute as authorities halted the breakout attempt.
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Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul
Canada
Amon
Quebec
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rny
Leclerc Institute
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Prisners
Fire kills 5 year old in Lynchburg home blaze
Alonzo Barbour aged 5 died in a Lynchburg Virginia fire before 730 PM. He lived with Maggie Dean his aunt His body showed burns and officials said suffocation likely caused death The fire’s cause is unknown though family recalls the boy often playing with matches and suggests the blaze may have started that way
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Lynchburg, Va
Alonzo Barbour
Maggie Dean
A. C. Howerton
Lynchburg
Florida Man Killed In Huntington Wreck
James Harold Cook aged 26 from Miami died when his car skidded 160 feet and struck a utility pole on U S Route 60 in Huntington. He was visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd H Cook.
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Huntington (Ap
James Harold Cook
Miami
Fla
Cook
Huntington
Floyd H. Cook
Hussein faults Nasser for 1958 Faisal murder in Iraq revolt
London AP reports King Hussein in his auto biography accuses President Nasser of masterminding the 1958 Iraqi rebellion that toppled Faisal and shattered the Jordan Iraq union. Hussein argues Nasser envied Jordan Iraq ties and sought Arab leadership dominance in the region.
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London
Jordan
Hussein
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Faisal
Nasser
Iraq
Egypt
Middle East
U.A.R
Syria
Mny
Arab Union
Malayan Troops Begin U.N. Duty in Congo
A Malayan contingent of 786 troops sailed from Kuala Lumpur aboard the U.S. troop ship Blatchford to serve with United Nations forces in the Congo. The move marks Malaya contributing manpower to the UN peacekeeping mission amid regional tensions.
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U.N
Kuala Lumpur Malaya
Blatchford
Congo
U S Explodes 20th Device In Pacific
The United States detonated another medium sized nuclear device in its Pacific testing area Sunday. The AEC and DoD said the 11 am EST blast near Christmas Island involved an intermediate range device dropped from a plane. It is the 20th detonation in Operation Dominic.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
Christmas Island
Washington Gals Go On Hubby Stabbing Spree Two Dead
AP report says two men were killed by their wives in chest stab wounds. Walter Leysath 58 of L Street Northwest died after being stabbed by Evelyn Leysath 36 at about 4 AM. she faces homicide charges. James Munson 47 of P Street Northwest was also stabbed by his wife Mae Munson 43.
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Washington
B. H. Lemecks
Walter Leysath
L St. N. W
Evelyn
James Munson
Lemecks
Munson
Mae
Father of two confesses to slaying actress in New Jersey
Leroy A. Harrison, 41, of Hamilton Township and formerly of Trenton, admitted to murdering Phyllis Ann Jones, 24, of West Norriton, Pa. He described meeting her on Long Beach Island, driving to a gravel pit where she was smothered, and re enacting the crime for investigators. He is jailed without bail facing homicide charges.
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Princeton
N.J
Trenton
Leroy A. Harrison
Hamilton Township
Phyllis Ann Jones
West Norriton
Whiting
Harrison
Mercer County
Miss, Jones
Miss Jones
Ocean County
Long Beach Island
Lacey Township
Bayville
William E. O'Conner
Toms River
Harrison Press
Alvah F. Harrison
Philadelphia
William Huber
Jacob Harris
Central Jersey
Barnegat Light
TWA Airmen Set Walkout For Tuesday
Flight engineers plan a strike against Trans World Airlines effective 2 p.m. Tuesday. President Kennedy warned the action could harm national welfare and officials will meet Monday to seek a halt. The dispute centers on whether a third crew member on jet airliners should be an engineer or a pilot.
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Washington
Flight Engineers
Trans World Airlines
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Flight Engineers Union
TWA Council of Air Line Pilots Association
Goldberg
Flight Engineers International Association
Trans World
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
TWA
R.A. Brown
L S. Dietrich
Russ Derickson
David Crombie
Nine Homes Razed by Fire in Williamson
AP reports a Sunday blaze in Williamson destroyed nine row houses on Reservation Hill and damaged four more. No injuries were reported and damage estimates were unavailable. Fire Chief Snavely traced the fire to rags in the rear of a home, noting rapid spread across the row.
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Williamson (Ap
Williamson
Asst
Robert Snavely
Snavely
Adenauer Calls World to Rally Against Communism
Berlin and West Berlin leaders denounce East German shootings on the ninth anniversary of the 1953 uprising. Adenauer urged global anger toward the Soviet backed regime and urged release of revolt victims while Brandt condemned wall violence and pressed for self determination and talks.
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Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
World Sunday
East Germany
Adenauer
Soviet Union
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Red Wall
Wall
U.S
East Berlin
Berlin Wall
Man Refused Date Kills Woman and Self in Salinas
In Salinas California a 54 year old man William Mateo Sahagan shot and killed Gloria Ferrer 34 and fatally wounded Victoria Ferrer 17 and Theresa Ferrer 16 before killing himself after being refused a date. Anastacie Ferrer father and Albert 14 son were present during the attack.
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Salinas
Calif
Sheriff's
William Mateo Sahagan
Gloria Ferrer
Victoria Ferrer
Sahagon
Theresa
Ferrer House
Victoria
Sahagan
Mrs. Ferrer
Anastacie Ferrer
Albert
Sahagen
Sicilian peasant jailed for widow slaying after claiming witchcraft
In Palermo a 55 year old peasant, Salvatore Valenti, is jailed on suspicion of killing Caterina de Paola, 79, outside her Santa Flavia home with a sickle. He had earlier served seven years for attempted murder after saying she bewitched him. He described a history of superstition and claimed the woman ruined him.
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Palermo
Sicily
Slvatore Valenti
Caterina de Paola
Valenti
Santa Flavia
de Paola
Alcatraz Escape Convicts Feared To Have Drowned
The FBI and Coast Guard probe a floating bag found in San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate containing names and addresses of contacts. Prison officials say the bag supports the drowning theory for Frank Morris John Anglin and Clarence Anglin after their Alcatraz escape, with ongoing searches nationwide.
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San Francisco
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Alcatraz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
James Bennet
Washington
Frank L. Morris
John Anglin
Clarence
Fred T. Wilkinson
Federal Prisons
FBI
Prison Island
Golden Gate
Deep South
Rusk colors Southeast Asia and Berlin talks in interview
Secretary of State Dean Rusk expressed disappointment that stability in Southeast Asia has not yet been restored despite years of effort but said the process must continue. He discussed Berlin negotiations with the Soviet Union and Dobrynin, noting no satisfactory basis for a settlement yet. He urged continued Western unity and outlined a 10 day tour to explore Western ferment while reaffirming solid alliance commitments.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia
Free World
Rusk
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Laos
Japan Professor to Aid Nimbus Rocket Launch
Professor Yoshiichi Yamamoto of Tohoku University will travel to the United States to assist in preparations for the Nimbus meteorological observation rocket launch next fall. He was invited by the U.S. Weather Bureau to participate in the project.
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Sendai
Japan
Yoshiichi Yamamoto
Tohoku University
United States
Yamamoto
U.S. Meteorological Bureau
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