Angry Iowa suitor kills 2 children in Council Bluffs
A 22-year-old Leon Tice Jr opened fire at the Jackson home wounding two adults and killing 2-year-old Randy Burtness and Judy Jackson before turning the gun on himself. Police said he sought the young mother, despondent after a rejection, and would face charges.
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Council Bluffs
Leon Tice, Jr
Randy
JoAnn Burtness
Mrs. Burtness
Judy Jackson
Tire
Tice
Jackson
Burtness
Omaha
Judy
William
Hughes Urges Restraint as Iowa Moves to Liquor Era
Gov. Harold Hughes urged restraint temperance and common sense as Iowa shifts to legalized liquor by the drink on July 4. He said licenses will be issued after careful processing by local officials while stressing local option limits and a strong enforcement division led by Lawrence Scalise.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold Hughes
County Boards of Supervisors
State Liquor Control Commission
Hughes
Lawrence Scalise
Liquor Control Commission
Iowa
Space heroine Valentina Tereshkova honored by Khrushchev on Lenin tomb
In Moscow Valentina Tereshkova and space partner Valery Bykovsky were greeted by Premier Khrushchev atop Lenin’s tomb amid cheers. Khrushchev praised their victory for communism as the crowd celebrated with widespread flowers and media, with reports of an engagement between Tereshkova and Bykovsky.
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Associated Press
Khrushchevy
Khrushchev
Valentina Tereshkova
Valery Bykovsky
Moscow
Space
Lenin
Red Square
Valentina
Vnukova
Andrian Nikolayev
Bykovsky
Outer Space
Kennedy backs civil rights plan with possible demonstrations
President Kennedy won pledges of support from black and white leaders for his civil rights program and possible massive demonstrations if needed. Martin Luther King warned against violence and urged nonviolent action, while Roy Wilkins expressed caution yet openness to a Washington march after a filibuster. Kennedy also met 244 lawyers to form a committee improving white black communications.
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Washington
Kennedy
South
Cork Factory Fire Destroys 7000 Tons of Cork
Flames swept a Lisbon cork factory destroying more than 7000 tons of cork much of it bound for Russia.
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Lisbon
Russia
Israeli to Start Training in U S Hawk Missile Use
A report from Washington indicates Israeli technicians will begin training in the United States next month on using the army's Hawk air defense missile system. The program aims to enhance interoperability and operational readiness amid regional tensions.
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U.S
Washington
U. S
Army
Pillow Fight Tragedy Claims 6-Year-Old Brother
In Minneapolis a pillow fight among three brothers ended when the oldest, Joseph Johnson, 6, struck his neck on a bedpost and died. The father attempted artificial respiration but the child suffered a fractured windpipe.
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Minneapolis
Joseph Johnson
Powell Rewrites Rights Message Claim at Banquet
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell says he rewrote half of President Kennedy s civil rights message the night before delivery. Speaking at a Long Beach banquet for 150 attendees, Powell called the speech the greatest civil rights statement since emancipation.
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Powell
Allies Reject Reds Wall Decree Tightens East West Divide
In Berlin, Allied commands condemn East Germany’s 109 yard wide forbidden zone along the wall as illegal, threatening to curb contact with West Berlin. A West Berlin spokesman calls the decree shabby, while a 545 yard wide zone enforces closures at border zones.
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Kennedy
The
Wall
U.S
Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
ADN
Tribesmen Attack Police Patrol Wounding Inspector
In Nairobi Kenya tribals armed with bows and arrows attacked a police patrol Friday night injuring an inspector and prompting a security response amid ongoing tensions.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Macmillan Plans To Stay On As Prime Minister
London AP Harold Macmillan announced at a Conservative rally in Bromley that he intends to remain prime minister despite calls for resignation over the Profumo scandal. He described the crisis as deeply wounding and faced jeers from demonstrators as he defended his 40 year career and convictions. Security was tightened and hecklers were removed as supporters cheered and a teen girl was carried away after attempting to approach him.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Profumo
John Profumo
Macmillan
Bromley
Mac
G O P Chooses San Francisco for 1964 National Convention
The Republican National Committee voted to hold the 1964 GOP convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco the week of July 13. Illinois Republicans pressed Chicago as the rival, but the site committee cited better facilities and public funding in San Francisco.
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Denver
UPI
Republican National Committee
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Illinois
Chicago
Jean Tool
Colorado
Citizens’ Committee
Last of Ransom Vessels To Sail
A ship carrying the final shipment of ransom for Bay of Pigs captives sails from Philadelphia on Sunday amid U S government plans to finalize exchanges with Cuba.
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Washington
Philadelphia
British Bloc To Picket Kennedy In Britain
Britain's Committee for Nuclear Disarmament said it will picket President Kennedy at Gatwick airport and at Birch Grove during his visit. They plan legal demonstrations with placards, while Ashdown forest hosts a peace conference. security measures are being prepared for large crowds and a helicopter transfer considered by authorities.
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Chelwood Gate
England
Britain
Committee For Nuclear Disarmament
Kennedy
Gatwick Airport
Birch Grove
Macmillan
London
Gatwick
NATO
Ashdown Forest
Pope Paul VI vows to continue Vatican II and seek world peace
In his first world address Pope Paul VI pledges to carry on the Vatican Ecumenical Council and pursue inter national peace. He vows to advance church unity, continue John XXIII’s canon law revision, and support social justice policies as the space age prompts a global call for brotherhood and cooperation.
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Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
John XXIII
John
Paul
Sistine Chapel
College of Cardinals
Giovanni Battista Montini
Milan
Pope Paul
Pope John
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