Brilliant unidentified object sighted over Illinois and Wisconsin
Reports from police and pilots across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin describe a bright hovering object near 430 a.m. observed for up to 20 minutes. Observers noted a cone shape and changing brightness. weather and atmospheric effects, plus a Wallops Island rocket dust cloud, likely contributed to the sightings.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
O'Hare International
C.D.T
Wallops Island
Weather Bureau
Lake Michi
Bail Set for 13 Cosa Nostra Figures in New York
Thirteen Cosa Nostra members released on 1.3 million bail must decide what to tell a Queens grand jury. They head to a Monday session probing syndicate power and hierarchy changes as prosecutors review bond sources and collateral.
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NEW York
Cosa Nostra
Queens County
Public Service Insurance Co
Status symbol on sale by Swedish sports car maker
An advertiser in the Times of London marketed a Swedish built sports car as a status symbol with the line owner is changing status. The cheeky pitch underscores a light note on social trend and ownership.
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Times of London
Mob Attacks Portuguese Embassy in Kinshasa
A mob of about 200 Africans sack and burn the Portuguese embassy in Kinshasa. Three Portuguese officials including Charg dAffaires Antonio Ressano Garcia are injured and hospitalized. police restore order as rioters flee. Lisbon condemns the attack as brutal amid cooling Congo relations.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Angola
Bangala
Antonio Ressano Garicia
Carlos Milheirao
Maria Helena Silve
Lisbon
Portugal
U. S
Leopoldville
Father faces jail over keeping children home from risky route
Earl Stacy of Breathitt county Kentucky refuses to send seven school age children on a hazardous five mile round trip to the bus stop. He says the path includes a narrow footbridge over Quicksand Creek and is often under water. A warrant is issued for his arrest under state school laws. Stacy teaches his children at home with a Vista Volunteer program. He loses benefits for the seven school age children if he continues to refuse.
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Jackson
Earl Stacy
Stacy
Turner
Hollows
Vista
Kentucky
Stacys
Marie Turner
Breathitt County
Marvin Meadows
Kentucky Department of Economic Security
Diefenbaker Calls Pearson Security Case A Political Hatchet Job
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker accuses Lester Pearson of similarly putting personal judgment above national security in a earlier security case. Supreme Court Judge Wishart Spence voiced the findings in the 1960 hearing report. Norman, with communist ties in the 1930s, died by suicide in 1957 while ambassador to Egypt.
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Munsinger
Lester Pearson
Diefenbaker
Supreme Court
Wishart Spence
Boston
Pearson
Herbert Norman
Norman
Foreign Affairs Department
Egypt
U.S
Senate
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
These Engineers Not Impeded by Red Tape
In Dawson Springs Kentucky a beaver colony diverted the Tradewater river creating a dam and lake that backed into a creek and dried the riverbed. Farmers report crop losses and plan to seek reimbursement from the soil conservation office while a work stoppage at the dam continues.
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Dawson Springs
Uncle Sam
Kentucky
Soil Conservation Office
Beaver Dam
U S Awards Patrol Boats to South Vietnamese Customs
SAIGON AP Fourteen American made patrol boats were presented to the South Vietnamese customs service Saturday by the U S agency for International Development.
Fight Ends In Shooting At Cedar Rapids All Night Restaurant
Edward A. Lee, 33, of Cedar Rapids, was critically wounded early Saturday by a gunman at Jimmie's Barbecue, owned by James H. Ware, 45, of Sixth Street SE. Ware was charged with assault with intent to commit murder and due for arraignment. Lee remained in University Hospital, Iowa City, after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Detectives questioned three witnesses as they investigated the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward A. Lee
James H. Ware
Jimmie
Sixth Street
Ware
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Powers
Bertram Township
Lee
University Hospitals
Iowa City
James Shannon
Marine Head Warns of Major Red Push in Vietnam
U S marine commander Lt Gen Lewis Walt warns of a coming large scale North Vietnamese offensive across the demilitarized zone as monsoon rains threaten air superiority. He cites intent to seize Quang Tri and sacrifices as needed, with operations like Hastings and Prairie affecting forces.
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UPI
U. S
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Marine Head
Saigon
UPS
Vietnam
Lewis Walt
Third Marine Amphibious Force
Leon Daniel
da Nang
Hanoi
Walt
Quang Tri
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Hastings
Drowned man identified after river boating accident
Edward Cutchlow, 99, of 1124 Fifteenth Street SE, Cedar Rapids, drowned after a 12 foot aluminum boat upset on the Iowa River near the Coralville dam. Fellow fisherman Charles Alnutt, 1112 Tenth Street SE, reached shore. body recovered around 10:45 a.m. by Johnson County sheriff and others.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa River
Here
Johnson County
Edward Cutchlow
Fifteenth Street
Donohue Mortuary
Dutch‘low
Charles Alnutt
Tenth Street
Coralville
Alnutt
Cutchlow
Johnson Sheriffs Office
Coast Guard Auxiliary
U S Stands Firm on Its Peace Recipe
U S officials reject Hanoi’s claim that peace proposals are a cover for escalation. Ambassador Goldberg defends the plan as not a considered reply and the U S seeks private follow up with Gromyko at a dinner. Rusk presses for progress amid Soviet and Chinese reactions.
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United Nations
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Arthur Goldberg
Rusk
Gromyko
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Vietnam
Goldberg
U.N
Izvestiali
Hippo Grabs Youth Then Drops Him At Coventry Zoo
In Coventry England AP Harry a hippo with a toothache seized 17 year old Richard McCormack during pen cleaning and dived into a pool. He was found semi conscious with internal injuries and survived after Harry released him following a command to open jaws. Zoo staff restrained the animal as McCormack crawled to safety. A zoo official noted hippos temperamental when in pain.
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Coventry
England
Harry
Richard McCormack
McCormack
Voce
Zoo
Kennedy brother in law among five dead in Idaho crash
Five people die when a private plane crashes near Riggins Idaho on a hunting trip. Victims include George Skakel brother of Ethel Kennedy and pilot Lewis Warner. Cause blamed on pilot inexperience with back country strip. Kennedy absent from campaign due to tragedy.
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Riggins
Idaho
UPI
Robert Kennedy
Here
George Skakel
Greenswich
Conn
Ethel Kennedy
New York
Manchester
N.H
Kennedy
Washington
Idaho Aeronautic
Chet Moulton
Shepp Guest Ranch
Salmon River
Donald Adams
Mountain Home Air Base
Lewis Warner
St- Louis
Dean Markum
McLean
Earl Ranft
New Jersey
Skakel
Great Lakes Carbon Co
Moulton
Stanley
Charles Herndon
Oklahoma City
Nab 17 Negro Youths in Omaha
Police arrested 17 youths in Omaha after a bottle and rock throwing disturbance. About 200 youths gathered and jeered as officers dispersed the crowd. three store windows were reported broken. No injuries were reported.
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Omaha
Cleric Dies at Papal Audience in Vatican
An Italian monsignor Giovanni Dossi aged 63 from Varese died of a heart attack during a group audience with Pope Paul. He collapsed in the crowd as pilgrims were greeted by the Pontiff.
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Vatican City
Paul
Msgr
Giovanni Dossi
Varese
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