Eight years to American spy case in Russia
Fulbright scholar Marvin Makinen of the University of Pennsylvania pled guilty to spying in Russia and received an eight year prison term. Tried by a Kiev military court, Makinen, 23, was accused of photographing a military objective while traveling as a tourist. He was arrested July 27 in Ukraine and reportedly recruited by two American agents in West Berlin.
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Tiff Seen as Heightening Red Threat
Berlin talks between Soviet and U S commandants over a Communist complaint heightened Berlin’s air corridor tensions. Major General Albert Watson II rejected Col Andrei Solovyev claims that U S officials support West Berlin, while warning against East German police misconduct at the borders. West Berlin authorities named 38 alleged Communist agents using commercial planes.
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Father Files Habeas Corpus Over Children Held
Ernest Gienapp sues in Linn district court claiming his children Anna 12 and Russell 14 are being held against their will in Buchanan county near the Bible Presbyterian church or Cone Center Christian school. He alleges undue influence intimidation and bodily force by Raymond Gienapp Walter Gienapp David Denning James Burns Kathy Gienapp and Mary Belz to keep the children. The father, sole surviving parent, says the defendants said the hand of God has reached out and taken them.
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California Forest Fires Rage Across 700 Miles
About 5,000 firefighters battled forest and brush fires from San Diego to near Guerneville for a fourth day. More than 150,000 acres burned, 170 fires, millions in damages, 5 deaths, and extensive property losses including a high school gym and a saw mill. Firefighters faced shifting winds as 60% of the Chico blaze near San Quentin was controlled.
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Neutrals Urge JFK And K To Negotiate
Belgrade leaders of the non aligned nations issue a peace plea to Khrushchev and Kennedy urging talks before a nuclear war. The Belgrade Declaration calls for end of colonialism disarmament banning atmospheric tests UN reform and abolition of segregation. Delegates plan to carry messages to Moscow and Washington with Nehru slated to visit Moscow.
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De Gaulle urges force if needed to hold Berlin stance
President de Gaulle told a Paris news conference the Western Allies must maintain all positions and communications in Free Berlin, even by force if necessary, in response to Soviet threats. He warned against war, criticized Soviet internal problems, and urged restraint while promising France will contribute to world peace solutions. He did not specify a big power conference.
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GM rejects arbitration bid by union in GM talks
GM rejected the United Auto Workers bid to send deadlocked negotiations to a three member arbitration panel. UAW would use AMC Corp. settlement and GM salaried benefits as a guide. The union threatened a strike at 10 a.m. Wednesday if basic provisions are not met. The National Labor Relations Board declined quick action, citing due process and unresolved legal questions.
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U.S. Likely to Resume Atomic Weapons Testing Soon
A congressional source says the United States will likely resume testing atomic weapons. The Atomic Energy Commission reports Russia detonated a third nuclear device in its current series, in the low to intermediate range, with atmospheric testing in the same general area as prior blasts.
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Newest Goulart Barrier Cleared for Brazil Presidency
The presidential press office announced the latest obstacle to Joao Goulart becoming president has been cleared and he will fly to Brasilia. A press secretary said a man with mental illness started a false report claiming air force rebels planned to shoot down Goulart’s plane. The man was not identified.
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Tunisian Officials Claim French Kill 4 Wound 40
Tunisian authorities charged French troops killed four Tunisian workers and wounded about 40 others in the besieged port of Bizerte. Gov Hedi Mokad said the fire came as workers tried to remove barbed wire barriers around his palace and that French cordons with tanks then sealed off the city.
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Montgomery in Visit to China
British Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery arrived in Canton on Tuesday to visit Communist China as a guest of Mao Tse tung, reported by New China News Agency.
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Mrs. McCarthy Weds Official From Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington AP Jean McCarthy widow of Senator Joseph McCarthy married Tuesday to G Joseph Minetti of the Civil Aeronautics Board Minetti 53 a Brooklyn lawyer and Democrat whose first wife passed away years ago Mrs McCarthy 36 has been living in Washington
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Prisoner Palmer Escapes Menard But Is Re-caught
James Gordon Palmer 22, a triple murderer serving 180 years, escaped Menard penitentiary aided by a sighting with Mrs. Warden Ross Randolph’s field glasses. He climbed the administration building and fence, swam toward the Mississippi but was pulled from the water within an hour. The escape triggered a riverfront manhunt as bloodhounds trailed to the water.
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Soviets Dismiss Western Plan On Nuclear Test Ban
Radio Moscow denounced the Western proposal for a ban on atmospheric nuclear tests as Moscow broadcasts report a cool reception to the plan. The AP dispatch notes officials in Moscow reacted skeptically to the initiative, signaling potential friction in Cold War disarmament talks.
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