French Assault Rages In Bizerte Port Siege
Tunisian officials report a massive French attack at Bizerte by land sea and air. Tunisian troops fought in the port while paratroops tanks and naval launches pressed toward the city center as the U N Security Council met. Bourguiba ordered seizure of the French Sahara oil pipeline at Skhira and called for volunteers from "brother nations" to aid in the fight.
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Habib Bourguiba
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Skhira
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Paris
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U S Experts To Research Cedar Rapids Water Taste
A U S health department team from the Taft water research lab Cincinnati Ohio will study ways to remove objectionable taste and odor from Cedar Rapids water. Mayor Meaghan said the group will work with city water works staff under Dr Graham Walton who sees no magic fix but hopes for improvements.
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Robert A. Taft Water Research Laboratory
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Jim Meaghan
Cedar River
Graham Walton
Crops Damaged By Hail in Northwest Iowa
Hail wind and heavy rain struck northwest Iowa Thursday night with corn and soybean losses reaching 100 percent in a narrow strip north of Spencer and about 75 percent near Ocheyedan. Emmetsburg saw hail with unclear damage while Curlew reported 3.10 inches of rain.
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Associated Press
Northwes Lowa
Spencer
Ruthven
Harris
Ocheyedan
Curlew
Emetsburg
Boost Ordered in Pool of Men Available for Draft
Selective service officials say the pool of men available for drafting has been increased to 100 000 though the army will not raise the number actually drafted. States enlarge pools to report for examination while August draft quota remains 8000. The move aims to steady pool levels despite Berlin crisis and fluctuating quotas.
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Selective Service
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Boone Democrats Will Not Join Coad Ouster Probe
E C Browne Boone County Democratic Central Committee chairman says the party will not join calls to oust U S Representative Merwin Coad. He praises Coad as an outstanding congressman while noting he does not condone alleged antics. Republican leaders criticize the stance saying it misrepresents rank and file Democrats.
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Boone County
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U.S
Merwin Coad
Boone
Coad
Browne
Boone County Republican Central Committee
H. Richard Smith
Republican Committee
Gus Grissom Survives Capsule Sinking After Suborbital Flight
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom survived a 5280 mile per hour suborbital hop and swam 70 feet to reach safety after his capsule sank in 16800 feet of the Atlantic. Project Mercury officials said the loss of the $2 million craft will not delay the program and 48 hours of medical rest follow at Grand Bahama base hospital.
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Virgil I
Gus” Grissom
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Grissom
Robert Gilruth
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National Space Agency
Grand Bahama Island
Gilruth
Space Ride Second U.S. manned space shot details
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P report outlines key facts of Friday's second U S manned spaceflight. Astronaut Gus Grissom 35 flew Liberty Bell 7 in a Mercury capsule on a Redstone booster reaching 118 miles high 303 miles downrange. Flight lasted 16 minutes with 5 minutes weightlessness. Recovery from carrier Randolph by helicopter, Grissom hospitalized in Grand Bahama island for exams then to Cape Canaveral in about 48 hours. Hatch explosive bolts caused the door to blow during water entry. Grissom praised the view and Kennedy spoke by phone expressing pleasure at the mission.
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Fla
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Gus” Grissom
Air Force
Mercury
Army Redstone
Carrier Randolph
Astronaut— Hospital
Grand Bahama Island
Grissom
America
Randolph
Redstone
Kennedy
Alan Shepard
Shepard
West Virginia flood toll rises to nineteen
A flood disaster in West Virginia left 19 dead as mud covered valleys and survivors returned to ruined homes. Rescue teams, exhausted and muddy, searched ravines and waited for word on missing people after nearly six inches of rain triggered the flash flood. Mayor John Shanklin called it the worst disaster the town had faced as authorities assessed the damage and awaited a clearer tally.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Shanklin
Iraq Rejects Kuwait Admission and Calls for Kuwait Return
Baghdad radio quoted Iraq declaring it will not recognize the Arab League resolution admitting Kuwait as a member. The message stated Iraq would continue efforts to restore Kuwait to the Iraqi motherland.
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Iraq
Arab League
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League
Bagdad Radio
Bourguiba Cancels Trip to Bad Ischl Over Bizerte Crisis
Tunisian President Bourguiba called off a planned visit to the Austrian health resort Bad Ischl citing the Bizerte crisis as the reason for the cancellation.
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Austria
Bourguiba
Bad Ischl
Bizerte
Kennedy to Spend Weekend at Cape Cod Summer Home
The White House announced that President Kennedy will spend the upcoming weekend at his summer home on Cape Cod. The plan highlights a scheduled escape from Washington, with no disruptions to official duties expected.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cape Cod
White House
Grissom Wife Reflects on Space Flight and Capsule Loss
Betty Grissom said she was glad her husband Gus Grissom's space flight was successful though she was sad the capsule was lost. She spoke on her lawn after his landing aboard the carrier Randolph, praising the mission and noting their sons Scott and Mark shared in the moment.
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Betty Moore Grissom
Gus
Mrs. Grissom
Randolph
Scott
Mark
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