Laos Chieftains Set Conference in Zurich
In Zurich three Laotian princely leaders meet to form a national unity government. Participants include Western Premier Boun Oum neutralist Souvanna Phouma and Souphsenouvong with adviser Gen. Phoumni Nosavan. The three-day talks aim at reconciliation though methods remain disputed.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Laos
Three Princes
Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Souphsenouvong
Dolder Hotel
Phoumni Nosavan
Soun Oum
Tornadoes Flood Austin Galveston After Four Days of Rain
Severe weather struck Texas as tornadoes and floods hit Austin and Galveston. Five to nine inches of rain drove hundreds from homes, with gas lines broken in Galveston and power outages reported. Eagle Pass also saw about thirty people evacuate.
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Galveston
Austin
Texas
Eagle Pass
First Wet Sunday in 167 Years Shocks Philadelphia
Philadelphia marked its first legally wet Sunday in 167 years as hotels opened bars at 1 p.m. amid blue law repeal. The Sheraton hosted a gathering with business leaders and state legislators while commerce officials predicted a boost in convention business and jobs.
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Philly
Philadelphia
Sheraton
Chamber of Commerce
Bellevue-Stratford
Eda Weiler
Policeman Dies While Breaching Party Arrest Montclair
Montclair California officer Andrew W. Farthing, 27, was beaten and kicked during an early Sunday arrest at a youth party in his parents home. David James Cain, 18, charged with murder, while nine other youths aged 16 to 21 faced curfew and alcohol offenses. About 25 partygoers were present when four officers arrived shortly before 1 am.
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Montclair
Calif
Andrew W. Farthing
David James Cain
Cain
Noel Whitman
Swinging Bridge Falls Injuring Two Men in West Virginia
A swinging bridge over the Little Coal River collapsed Sunday as two men walked across it. Paul H. Groves of Charleston and his brother in law Harold Let Hughes of Altman Station Boone County were left on the river bank for over two hours before rescue. Groves had a broken left thigh while Hughes had minor injuries. A 150 man rescue party aided the effort.
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Madison
W.va
Little Coal River
Paul H. Groves
Charleston
Harold Let Hughes
Altman Station
Boone County
Groves
Hughes
Wisconsin riot erupts after Road America races
About 6 000 people swarmed Elkhart Lake village square as a riot broke out after the June sprints event. Police and emergency crews repelled the mob using high pressure hoses. Two deputies were injured and three youths arrested with others charged later.
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Elkhart Lake
Wis
Henry E. Hill
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Milwaukee
Road America
Train disaster near Vitry le Francois claims 32 dead
The Strasbourg to Paris Express derailed at 8 p.m. near Loisy sur Marne injuring 153 and killing 32. American soldiers aided by French rail workers worked through the night to free passengers from cars in a swampy right of way.
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Vitry-Le-Francois
France
U.S
Chantonnay
Logan County Boy Drowns In River
A 17 year old Millard Vannatter of Big Creek drowned while swimming with two youths in the Guyan River near his home in Logan County. The body had not been recovered by late evening as state police investigated the swift current.
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LOGAN
Logan County
Guyan River
Millard Vannatter
Big Creek
Vannatter
United States Finds Satellite Capsule in Pacific Ocean
The Air Force recovered the 300 pound Discoverer satellite capsule from the Pacific after parachute deployment. Divers retrieved samples of metals including gold bismuth iron titanium cadmium magnesium nickel and yttrium for study by Air Force scientists.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Pacific Ocean
Coast Guard
Hawaii
Father Of 6 Charged With Murder In Washington County
A 53 year old man, father of six, faces murder charges after the fatal shooting of Leonard Bywaters of Chester R D 2, West Virginia, during a quarrel at Hauffman home in McDonald Pennsylvania. Police say the dispute involved Bywaters seeking return of an investment in Arroyo Sand and Gravel Co. of New Cumberland, WV. An inquest is set for Wednesday.
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McDonald
Chester
Leonard
Bywaters
Chester R. D
W. Va
Hauffman
Washington County
E. A. Matthews
Arroyo Sand and Gravel Co
New Cumberland
Hauf
Downey Bride Dies After Honeymoon Crash in Utah
In Grantsville Utah a head on collision on U S Highway 40 near Tooele kills Sardra J Arpaia 21 of Hamden Conn new bride of Anthony P Downey 25 of Jacksonville Fla and seriously injures Downey who is hospitalized. A hitchhiking sailor Daniel A Sexton 19 stationed on the U S S Coral Sea Alameda Calif is badly hurt.
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Grantsville
Utah
Anthony P. Downey
Morton Downey
Young Downey
Utah State Highway Patrol
Downey
Sardra J. Arpaia
Hamden
Conn
Tooele Valley
Israeli Premier Attacked Over US Trip Election Stunt
Health Minister Israel Barzilai of Mapam criticized Premier David Ben-Gurion for his United States visit seen as an election maneuver. A general election is slated for August 15.
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Jerusalem
Israeli Sector
Israel Barzilai
Mapam
David Ben-Gurion
United States
Virginia Highway Crash Kills Six in Sunday Wreck
The year's deadliest Virginia crash claimed six lives when a teen passengers car attempted a passing maneuver on a hill and collided head on with another car carrying five people near Evergreen Appomattox. Five survivors were injured and hospitalized and toll rose to 333 for 1961.
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Virginia
Jane Southall
Cornelia
Farmville
Lawrence Hensley
Sheila
Patricia White
Pamplin
Appomattox
South Boston
Evergreen
Dewey Franklin Morrison
Four Nabbed Aboard Boat In Mexico
Four Americans were seized aboard a schooner in Ensenada Mexico after Mexican authorities raided a floating arsenal. Bernard Brous alias Robert Hill 51 and Dale Jensen 33 admitted sabotaging microwave towers on the Utah Nevada border. Also detained were Minnie Brous 40 and Robert Bortoli, a Reno gambling house dealer.
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Mexico
Ensenada, Mexico
Pacific
Utah-Nevada
Bernard Jerome Brous
Robert Hill
Dale Chris Jensen
Brous
Minnie
Robert Gerald Bortoli
Reno
Nev
U.S
Jensen
The
San Diego
Maritime Union Opens Door to Bargaining Over Strike
The National Maritime Union offers to negotiate with any combination of 74 companies amid a three coast strike involving 85,000 crewmen. NMU President Joseph Curran says unions would bargain on economic points once foreign flag issues are resolved.
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Maritime Union
New York
National Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
American Merchant Marine Institute
Tanker Labor Service Committee
Ralph E. Casey
The
Marine Institute
Currans
Curran
Casey
Chandler Death Shocks Hollywood Community
Hollywood reels from the death of 42 year old film star Jeff Chandler from a blood infection after spinal surgery in Culver City Hospital. Autopsy confirms pneumonia complicated by generalized infection as the cause. He is survived by wife Marjorie Hoshelle and two daughters Jamie and Dana.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Gary Cooper
Jeff Chandler
Culver City Hospital
Chandler
David Brotman
Temple Isaiah
Hillside Memorial Park
Joseph Mansfield
Jerry Wald
Peyton Place
Cooper
Marjorie Hoshelle
Jamie
Dana
Rickover Urges Radical Navy Reform and Academy Closures
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover declares the Navy poorly run and calls for drastic reform including eliminating about one third of officers and abolishing service academies if needed. He criticizes internal rotation, postgrad schools, and West Point-style thinking, urging Congress to act to modernize the fleet and nuclear program.
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Hyman G. Pickover
Navy
Rickover
House Appropriations Committee
Navy Postgraduate Schools
U. S. Naval Academy
Midshipmen
Annapolis
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Trist
Alexander the Great
Hannibal
Julius Caesar
Napoleon
George Washington
John Paul Jones
Ulysses S. Grant
David Farragut
West Point
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