Flora Hurricane Devastates Haiti and Cuba As Toll Climbs
Haiti reports 2,000 to 4,000 dead from Flora with 100,000 homeless as the storm pummels Cuba. Cuba evacuates tens of thousands. six Cuban deaths confirmed and seven more on Tobago. Weather warnings persist as crops suffer and aid efforts mobilize.
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Flora
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Philippeaux
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Soviet Union
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Guantanamo Bay
Tobago
Oriente
Camaguey
Santiago
Caamguey
Bahama Islands
Florida
Weather Bureau
Former Solon Sentenced in Maryland Conspiracy Case
Former congressmen Thomas F. Johnson and Frank W. Boykin faced prison and fines for conspiring to peddle influence. Johnson, 54, drew six months and a $5,000 fine while Boykin, 78, fined $5,000 on eight counts and placed on six months probation. Edlin received one year and $16,000 fine. Robinson six months. Johnson plans an appeal as his wife observed court exit.
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Thomas F. Johnson
Maryland
Frank W. Boykin
Alabama
Roszel C. Thomson
U.S. Dist. Court
Boykin
Edward Bennett Williams
Washington
J. Kenneth Edlin
Miami Savings and Loan
William L. Robinson
Miami
Edlin
Robinson
Johnson
FBI Probes Baker Finances Secretary Quits Senate Post
FBI investigation into Robert G. Baker’s business interests led to his abrupt resignation as secretary to Senate Democrats. Majority Leader Mike Mansfield announced the move after Baker faced questions about contracts tied to an automatic vending machine firm. The resignation follows a $300,000 civil suit alleging improper influence and comes as Valeo acts as acting secretary.
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Montana
Baker
Francis R. Valeo
Justice Department
Lyndon Johnson
South Carolina
Washington
Mansfield
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California Aerospac Industries
Hearings Open in Bluefield for Two Ex Cops
A Bluefield Police Civil Service Commission hearing for Ted Land aged 50 and Roby Brown aged 47, two patrolmen dismissed January 2, 1963, opens in Bluefield. They seek reinstatement with back pay and full pension rights amid the ongoing Bluefield Police Scandal.
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Federal
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Land
Brown
Kennedy Signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratification
President Kennedy formally ratified the limited nuclear test ban treaty in a White House ceremony, pledging the United States will observe it in better and in spirit. He noted U S ratification after an 80 19 Senate vote and said the pact marks a clear and honorable national commitment to mankind's survival.
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Kennedy
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W. Averell Harriman
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Soviet Union
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Cuba
United Nations General Assembly
Fidel Castro
Andrei A. Gromyko
Sinatra to relinquish Nevada gambling interests
Frank Sinatra announced he will divest from all Nevada gambling ventures worth about 3.5 million dollars. The move follows a license revocation effort by the Nevada Gaming Control Board over his Cal Neva Lodge ties and a push to surrender his Sands Hotel stake.
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Gaming Control Board
Chicago
Sam Gian
Ana
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Singer
Las
Inside weneee Abby 10 Movies Add Years
The item surveys ten films linked to Abby with added release years and brief notes on each title. It appears in a Princeton classified section with society, comics, sports, crosswords, stocks, editorials, TV, weather and other brief items.
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Abby
Princeton
Graham
Weather Goren
Botulism Ties To Whitefish Plant Suspended Operations
A Grand Haven smoked whitefish plant Dornbos & Bro suspended operations after a Michigan man and his wife died and a Knoxville executive and his daughter died from botulism. Five others ill in Tennessee. Kroger pulled smoked fish from 1,375 stores. Federal and state investigations continue.
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Tennessee
H.J. Dombos & Bro
Grand Haven
Kroger Co
Midwest
Dornbos
Lake Michigan
Harold Dornbos
Dornbos Company
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
David S. Cohen
Knoxville,Tenn
Amy Beth
Kalamazoo, Mich
Chester C. Mitchell
Blanche
Kalamazoo
Red Cross Offers Supplies and Relief Workers to Cuba
The American Red Cross offered to send supplies and disaster workers to Cuba for Hurricane Flora relief. The cable to the Cuban Red Cross in Havana also expressed sympathy for hurricane victims.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Cuba
Red Cross
Havana
State of Siege Bid Dropped As Brazil Frays
Police and guards killed six rioting workers at the Asiminas steel mill in Acestia Minas Gerais as President Joao Goulart withdrew his request to Congress for a 30 day state of siege. Congress prepared action in Brasilia when Goulart reversed course.
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Brazil
Joao Goulart
Congress
Asiminas
Aces+ita
Minas Gerais
Mmill
Goulart
Brasilia
Mine Rescue Teams Compete In Series
Sixteen mine rescue teams competed in the biennial National First-Aid and Mine Rescue Contest at the Charleston Civic Center. The event, titled World Series of Safety, runs in conjunction with a U S Bureau of Mines program. Teams are scored on solving muck from simulated mine disasters with the banquet announcing winners Wednesday.
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Charleston Civic Center
Bureau of Min
of Safety
U.S
Diem Claims Reds Losing Amid Buddhist Unrest in Saigon
In Saigon Diem declared Communist guerrillas losing the war while accusing Buddhist protesters of stirring unrest to avert defeat. He cited military gains in the Mekong delta as U.S. aid and tensions with Washington over religion mounted after a Buddhist self-immolation.
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South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
New National Assembly
Mekong River
Diem
United States
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Explorers Found Unhurt After Barranca de Cobre Venture
A 15 member American river expedition emerges unscathed from the Barranca de Cobre gorge in northwest Mexico After a weeklong absence 14 of them are located near a railroad town 20 miles from their sunken boats Two men had already returned before the discovery and the group plans a future return.
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Mexico
Barranca de Cobre
Robert Homme
Juarez
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