Romney Hat In Ring for Mich. Race
Industrialist George Romney 54 announced he will seek the Republican nomination for Michigan governor. He will not be an active candidate until his duties as a constitutional convention delegate end, likely by March. Romney, with wife and son Mitt, held a news conference after a prayerful night at home. He plans a leave of absence as head of American Motors Corp but will keep stock. Some praise from Nixon and Eisenhower comments followed, but Romney said they do not affect his run.
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Attorney Donovan Key Player in Powers Abel Swap
James B. Donovan a New York attorney who defended Rudolf Abel aided negotiations for the Powers Abel prisoner exchange. He advised Mrs Abel on clemency appeals and accompanied East Berlin talks authorized by the U S government before a Kennedy commutation.
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Five Children Perish in Fire in North Dakota Farm Home
In Hatton North Dakota AP report five Peterson children died when a two story farm home burned early Saturday. The blaze gutted the residence as authorities investigated the cause and extent of the tragedy.
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Fire Kills Four Malayan Girls at Training College
Four Malayan girls died Saturday in a fire at a teachers training college in Wolverhampton England. Firefighters battled the blaze as authorities investigated the cause and circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
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Glenn Cavender Key Stone cop dies at 78
Hollywood AP reports Glenn Cavender a famed Key Stone cop from Mack Sennett silent films died at 78 from an apparent heart attack in Hollywood.
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President Kennedy waits for news of Powers Abel swap
President Kennedy left a White House party to await word from Berlin as Francis Powers arrived at freedom in a prisoner exchange. White House aides confirmed the swap, with news dispatched five minutes after the Glienicker Bridge meeting and press briefings following in the early morning.
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Powers celebrate U-2 pilot husband’s release
Barbara Powers, long separated from her U-2 pilot husband after 21 months in Russia, cried with joy upon news of his release. The Milledgeville couple awaited reunion as a government representative eyed a Washington trip, while in Norton Virginia Francis Powers’ parents voiced relief and surprise at his return.
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Luther College President Resigns Over Ill Health
Dr. J W Yivisaker resigns as Luther College president effective Sept 1 due to Parkinsons disease. He has led the college since 1948 after earlier pastorates in Minneapolis and Northwood. Regents will select a successor by March 5 and have approved an over one million dollar insurance settlement for the gymnasium fire loss.
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Powers Abel Swap on Glienicke Bridge in Berlin
American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was freed in a dramatic swap with Rudolf Abel, the Soviet spy, on Glienicke Bridge between East and West Berlin. Frederic Pryor, a U.S. student, also released. Powers headed to Washington while Abel was sent to East Berlin.
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Powers Freed in Berlin Cold War Swap at Checkpoint Charlie
Francis Powers was released from prison in a prisoner exchange with the Soviet Union. Pryor, an American researcher, left East Berlin after being exchanged at Checkpoint Charlie. The covert handoff occurred near Glienicker Bridge with flights to Berlin and Wiesbaden following the reunion.
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Barbara Hutton and Gottfried von Cramm Divorce Revealed
In Vienna AP report Baron Gottfried von Cramm says he and Barbara Hutton have been divorced for over a year. The former tennis champion was Huttons sixth husband. They wed in Paris in 1955 and had separated for several years.
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Exchange of Powers and Abel signals thaw in Cold War
The Powers Abel prisoner exchange prompts cautious notes in Washington on U S Soviet relations. Kennedy seeks to keep channels open while Khrushchev shows interest in reducing tensions amid renewed Soviet Chinese strains. Analysts debate whether the swap alters broader policy or serves limited aims.
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