Bomb raid claim targets Cuba refineries by four bombers
Alexander Rorke Jr a former NBC photographer testified at an anti Communist seminar that four men flew a small plane over Havana oil refineries Thursday night dropping five homemade bombs including napalm while claiming tanks remained intact. He said the raid originated from a land mass off Eurasia. White House and State Department had no corroboration NBC said Rorke acted as freelancer and had no NBC confirmation. Rorke named his boat Violym III seized in the Bahamas.
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Washington
Alexander Rorke Jr
Cuba
Havana
Rorke
White House
Pierre Salinger
State Department
National Broadcasting Co
Fidel Castro
NBC
New York
Georgetown University
St. John’s University
Alexander
Bahamas
Two Die In Colby Crash Involving Newlyweds
A 17 year old bride Linda Marie Powers and 70 year old Frances Priske were killed in a two car crash nine miles east of Colby on U S 24. James Powers 5 a service member at Fort Carson Colorado and his bride were in one car while Victor Priske 69 and his wife were in the other. Priske was listed critical and Powers in good condition at Colby hospital.
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Colby, Kan
Colby
U. S
James Powers
Ft. Carson
Colo
Linda Marie
Powers
Lincoln Park
Mich
Victor Priske
Frances
Mahnomen, Minn
Colby Hospital
Priske
Clean Up Fix Up To Start Monday
City officials and merchants join the chamber and women’s committee to urge a citywide Clean Up Fix Up Paint Up Week starting Monday. Mayor Althaber proclaims safety and appearance drive with trucks hauling trash and outlined daily actions from safety day to landscaping.
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Betty
Fourteen Bodies Recovered In Compass No 2 Mine Tragedy
At Clinchfield Coal Co Compass No 2 mine near Clarksburg West Virginia fourteen of twenty two trapped men were recovered after an explosion thought methane gas and coal dust caused a shaft blast. Rescue teams advanced to 1500 feet of the work area as wives police and officials watched from the shaft head.
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Clarksburg
W.va
Clinchfield Coal Co
Hare
Ative
Leonard Timms
Dola
Here
Fairmont
Stephen Canonico
Clinchfield
Cantonico
Canonica
U.S. Backing for Neutral Laos Reported at Kremlin
Khrushchev and Harriman discuss Laos in three and a half hour session in Moscow. A personal Kennedy letter was delivered urging enforcement of the Geneva neutrality accord. The talks included Kohler and Gromyko with secrecy maintained by the U.S. embassy.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Stary
W. Averell Harriman
Laos
United States
Kremlin
Vienna
Harriman
Khrushcchev
Kennedy
U.S
Foy Kohler
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kohler
Gromyko
Ben Franklin Saves Light
The article recounts how Ben Franklin proposed advancing clocks by one hour to save daylight. It notes Daylight Saving Time becomes effective at 2 a.m. Sunday in many states and DC, causing 113.3 million Americans to lose an hour now and regain it in the fall.
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Associated Press
Ben Franklin
France
Ben
States
District of Columbia
Cars Collide Near Erie No Injuries Reported
On highway K146 about 2.5 miles north of Erie at 4 30 p m Wednesday two cars driven by Vincent G Tlougan 53 Melrose Park Illinois and Pearl M Rockhold 70 Erie R 3 collided Tlougan s 1961 Mercedes struck Rockhold s 1963 Ford which entered from a county road then overturned and settled back on its wheels Sheriff George Neely said damage to each car was about 150 with no injuries.
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ERIE
Vincent G. Tlougan
Melrose Park
Ill
Pearl M. Rockhold
Erie R
Here
George Neely
Tlougan
Rockhold
Ford
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows 1963 April to 1962 Comparison
Topeka reports a daily death tally across 24 hours ending 9 am Friday noting 2 fatalities for April and 29 for 1963, with a comparable 151 deaths in the 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bike Safety Roadeo Promises Family Fun Tomorrow
A bicycle safety program and roadeo will be held tomorrow with inspection, marking, and games on a closed route north of the Senior Trade School between Ever-green and Central. Memorial auditorium hosts safety talks at 9 a.m. by Matlock and a Disney film featuring Jiminy Cricket.
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Roadeo
Toicycles
Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Chanute
Memorial Auditorium
Police
Fire
Matlock
Walt Disney
Lee Richwine Named Trucker of the Year
Lee Richwine, 52, of 516 N Western, was named Trucker of the Year. He has spent 26 years driving trucks and lives with his wife.
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Lee Richwine
N. Western
Richwine
Local Trucker Richwine wins state safety award
Rich Richwine, a Stark native living in Chanute, has been named Trucker of the Year by the Kansas Motor Carriers. In 26 years behind the wheel for Smith Brothers of Stark he logged 2,180,000 miles hauling livestock. The award, announced by a state representative in Chanute, will be presented at a Wichita convention next September. Richwine and his wife have three sons Billy Gary and Larry.
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Kansas
Rich Assa Wine
Smith Brothers
Stark
Chanute
Richwine
Wichita
Billy
Erie
Gary
Air Force
Larry
Grand Officers Installed by Kansas Eastern Star
Mrs Myra Wille of Wamego and Douglas Crotty Sr of Garden City were installed on Thursday night as grand matron and grand patron at the final session of the 87th annual Kansas Eastern Star meeting held in Topeka AP reports.
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Topeka
Myra Wille
Wamego
Douglas Crotty
Garden City
Grand Chapter of
Kansas
Order of the Eastern Star
Bloodstained Cloth Found in Pond in Bowlin Slaying
Police dragged a pond and found a bloodstained pillow case and a cloth fragment. The search followed the discovery of Earl Bowlin's body at his farm on April 13 and the torso of a woman in a field nearby. Grappling hooks found no further clues and pumping equipment was ordered to drain the water.
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Wichita
Earl Bowlin
Awoman
Bowlin
Marine Ousted Helped Dispose of Body in Cuban Slaying
William A. Szill, a 31 year old former first lieutenant, says he was forced from the Marine Corps after aiding a superior officer in disposing of a slain Cuban described as a known spy. He signed a statement admitting potential fines and imprisonment and says inquiries were blocked by high authorities. Szill lives in Norristown with his wife and three children as he seeks support.
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A. Szill
U.S. Marine Corps
Philadelphia Bulletin
Arthur J. Jackson
Szill
The
Bulletin
Washington
Marine Corps
San Jose
Calif
Defense Department
Jackson
Szili
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Herman T. Schneebels
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Hugh Scott
Norristown
Montgomery County
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Veterans Administration
Kennedy
Secret Service
Genevieve
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Navy
Marines
Korea
States
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Youth Held After Bank Robbery In Topeka
In Topeka AP report a 20 year old youth Loucene Hilton Morris Jr. faced a federal bank robbery charge after Kaw Valley Citizens State Bank was robbed of 7000 or 7500 dollars. He was arrested at Municipal Airport with a Salina flight ticket and two revolvers. He was held on a 15000 dollar bond.
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Topeka
U. S
George S. Allen
Kaw Valley
Russell Percival
Percival
Morris
Dogs in backyard pen die amid poisoning fears
Gus Carlburg of 715 W Beech reported to police that two dogs, a German police and a bird dog, died in a backyard pen and he believes they were poisoned. Both dogs had remained in the pen and had not been allowed outside.
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Gus Carlburg
W. Beech
Carlburg
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary note oddly contemplates daylight wasted if blinds in Ben Franklin’s Paris room had not been drawn two centuries ago urging thought on privacy and influence.
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Ben Franklin
Paris
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