Americans Reach Everest Peak From Opposite Sides
Two American climbers reached the summit via the south route while companions succeeded on the west ridge. All four climbers converged at the south summit for a historic reunion. The traverse marked a first crossing of Everest by different routes and a day with four U. S. citizens atop the peak.
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Mt. Everest
Norman Dyhrenfurth
Santa Monica
Barry Bishop
Washington D.C
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Eugene
Ore
William Unsoeld
Corvallis
Thomas Hornbein
San Diego
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Unsoeld
Hornbein
Everest
Warming Trend Follows Record Cold into Iowa
The briefing notes a sharp thaw across Iowa after a record cold spell. Des Moines and other cities logged record May 23 lows, while spots such as Spencer Decorah and Cedar Rapids posted unusually cold readings before a warmup expected through Saturday. Southerly winds and sun signaled a gradual return to highs in the upper 60s and 70s.
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Waterloo
Dubuque
Burlington
Spencer
Davenport
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Lamont
Mason City
Hughes vows strong leadership in Iowa governorship
Governor Harold E. Hughes says he will not drift and will lead with clear philosophy. He expects to influence state agencies, vows decisive action, and signals a likely bid for a second term in 1964 despite a Republican legislature requiring compromise.
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Hughes
Sugar prices climb as industries bear rising costs
New York AP reports sugar prices are climbing with raw sugar at dockside in New York around 12 cents per pound and refined sugar at 16.80 per 100 pounds, up from January. Household prices rise as five pound bags hit 69 cents, while candy and soft drink costs struggle to move due to vending and marketing controls.
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U.S
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Khrushchev warns Caribbean crisis could worsen
Premier Khrushchev told a huge Moscow rally for Fidel Castro that the Caribbean situation could deteriorate beyond October if the U.S. acts impulsively. He pledged Soviet defense of Cuba if attacked and urged restraint while warning against perfidy by the United States. Castro thanked the Soviet people as the crowd packed 125,000 in the stadium.
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Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
United States
Russia
Cuba
U.S
Castro
Guantanamo Naval Base
Reinstated Negroes to Class Again
In Birmingham 1081 Negro pupils suspended for integration activities are reinstated immediately by federal court order after Chief Judge Elbert Tuttle overturned an earlier ruling. The board argued for a new hearing while the judge held the pupils were legally acting within constitutional rights.
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Birmingham
Theo Wright
Elbert Tuttle
Fifth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Reid Barnes
Tuttle
Atlanta
U.S
Clarence Allgood
Allgood
Board of Education
Reward Offered For Cedar Rapids Vehicle Vandalism
A $500 reward is offered by the Cedar Rapids Auto Dealers Association for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who destroyed 156 windshields on eight city dealer lots last weekend. Two dealers reported further damage. callers should contact the Cedar Rapids police department.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Beer drinking gunman traps Iowa official office scene
Raymond Bieghler, 22, of Des Moines, protested at the Iowa Agriculture Department offices in the statehouse for about an hour. He drank beer, aimed his .22 rifle at workers, and demanded police. Des Moines police chief E. J. McCarthy, posing as a detective, retrieved the weapon. L. B. Liddy, agriculture secretary, and aide Clair Boyd tried to calm him, finally securing the gun and the man’s surrender.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iown
Agriculture Department
Statehouse
Raymond Bieghler
Capitol
E. J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Agriculture
L. B. Liddy
Bieghler
Liddy
Clair Boyd
Boyd
Bandleader Eddy Howard Dies at 47
Palm Desert California reports the death of Eddy Howard a famed bandleader and recording artist of To Each His Own He died Wednesday night from a heart attack after years of ill health He was prominent in national polls as top singing bandleader.
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Palm Desert
Calif
Eddy Howard
Deadlock ends Navy Yeoman's spy trial
In New York UPI reports the spy trial of Nelson Drummond, a U S Navy yeoman accused of selling defense secrets to Russia, ended without a verdict as the jury failed to reach agreement. A new trial was ordered.
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New York
UPI
Nelson Drummond
U. S. Navy
Russia
Kennedy Intervenes in California Prom
President Kennedy invited to an $18-a-couple John Burroughs high school prom in Burbank, moving a $1,000-a-couple Democratic banquet to a hotel. The prom, planned for June 7, would be skipped if the president could not attend, with the class and staff anxious for his presence. The banquet was relocated after Kennedy’s staff intervened.
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Burbank
Calif
Kennedy
California
John Burroughs High School of
Tom Giuffrida
Elizabeth Hill
Joan Bodley
Jim Tucker
Starlite
Escoffier
Chuckle Psychiatrist Delivers Harsh Diagnosis
A comic strip line has a psychiatrist telling patient Mr. Smith he is not complex but inferior, delivering a sharp, ironic punch. The panel plays on a flip of therapeutic calm into blunt insult for comedic effect.
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