Seven Vermont youths die in snowy one car crash
In Winooski Vermont seven recent graduates from a single class perished when their 1954 sedan skidded 500 feet on a rain slick hill and hit a maple. The victims Ed ward Foley James Dalgle Roy Rogers Maurice Soutiere Barle DeCarteau Norman Paquette and William Landino were aged 18 to 19. Monsignor Towne delivered the news at two churches where joint services were planned for the mourners.
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Burlington
South Hern
Edward Foley
Richard Dalle
James
Otlock
Winooski
St. Francis Xavier Church
Barle DeCarteau
Ronald Rogers
Maurice P. Soutlere
St. Stephen
Disagreement Delays Powers Mercy Appeal
MOSCOW AP A dispute between Barbara Powers and her inlaws delayed a mercy petition for U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Lawyers said the family could file two separate pleas with Brezhnev as the trial and clemency process unfold, while Powers awaits potential leniency amid a three year sentence plus seven years of deprivation of liberty. Catholic protests in Ceylon marked by bells across nearly 1000 churches opposed state takeovers of religious school funding.
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Moscow
Barbara Powers
Leonid Brezhnev
Francis Gary Powers
Filer
Brezhnev
Powers
Mikhail Grimov
Colomo
Ceylon
Nikita Khrushchev
Frank Rodgers
Roanoke
Bond Winner Thinks Corryites Are Nice People
In Corry on a stormy Saturday night the Sidewalk Bazar Cave drawing offered 150 in say ings bonds. Anat Haskell failed to appear, then her father Merle Haskell was deemed the winner after his daughter spoke for him. The crowd urged handing over the bonds to him, and he collected them at Citizens National Bank, praising the town as kind.
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Bond
Very Wary Harry Now Backs Jack By Associated Pri
A public political reconciliation occurred in Independence Missouri on Saturday between former President Harry Truman and John F Kennedy. Truman had previously questioned Kennedy's maturity and experience ahead of the Democratic convention.
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Harry
Jack
Associated Pri
Harry. Truman
Kennedy
Independence
Truman
Cite Driver In Local Smashup Near Here
State Police said Jean Anderson, 35, of Corry will be cited for reckless driving after a two car crash about a mile north of here yesterday morning. She was delivering Sunday newspapers when her 1960 station wagon collided with a sedan driven by Charles A. Puckly, 19, of Corry. The wreck occurred on a curve as Anderson crossed the road to deliver a paper. No injuries were reported.
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the Wear Barracks
Jean Anderson
Corry
Here
Charles A. Puckly
Shark Attacks Swimmer Off New Jersey Coast
A large shark leapt near shore and badly bit John Brodeur, 24, while he stood knee deep in the Atlantic at Sea Girt. He underwent a four hour operation for severe leg injuries and received eight pints of blood as doctors warned amputation could be necessary if circulation fails. Brodeur, visiting with fiancée Jean Filoramo at the Stockton Hotel area, was saved by a hotel guest who applied a tourniquet before transport to Pitkin Memorial Hospital.
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N.J
Atlantic Ocean
John Brodeur
Pitkin Memorial Hospital
Neptune
Brovieur
Charles Samaha
Brodeur
Jean Filoramo
Stockton
Break
Joseph Piloramo
Ald
Norman Porter
New York
Spring Lake
Jersey City
Worcester
Mass
Filoraimo
Torsey City
Lake Tahoe Fire Threatens Resort Area and Highways
A large Sierra wildfire across the Donner Pass region threatens Lake Tahoe resorts as a 7000 acre blaze at Donner Lake closes U S Highway 40 to non emergency traffic. A southern blaze near Forest Hill expands to 17000 acres prompting evacuations of Mountain hamlets and Bath Michigan Riff and Baker Ranch areas. Nevada and California crews race to protect North San Juan and other towns as tourists become stranded and fuel pumps fail requiring improvised pumping methods.
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Reno
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Donner Lake
U.S. Highway 40
Donner Pass
Sacramento
Calif
Forest Hill
Bath
Michigan Riff
Baker Ranch
Nevada County
North
San Juan
Forest Service
Scott Blasts Kennedys For Huge Outlay
U.S. Senator Hugh Scott accuses the Kennedy family of using wealth to fund African students’ transportation, claiming it outbid the State Department. Kennedy, in Des Moines, denies improper tactics and questions Scott’s charges as part of political attacks.
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Washingson
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
John F. Kennedy
State Department
Scott
Kennedy
Des Moines
Tawa
College News Conference
Truth Squad
Uni
Senate
Kenney Family Foundation
Kennedy Foundation
Lightning Kills Pair as Orphans Three in Bay City
In Bay City Michigan a violent Sunday electrical storm struck. Marjorie Shook 22 was killed while visiting neighbors and trying to shield her three children. Her husband Robert 27 died while rushing to her side. Neighbors recalled her plea to hurry home to the kids as the storm intensified.
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Bay City
Mich
Ayman
Marjorie Shook
Robert
Shook
Linwood
Tivo
Tor
Mrr
Eugene Chaffee
David Stone
Tis Lawn
Medical Aid and Wage Fights Stall in House Rules
Washington AP reports a deadlock in the House Rules Committee over a medical aid and wage bill. Democratic leaders consider adjourning the session if progress stalls, while Republicans and some Democrats clash over an anti segregation provision. Powell cites Kennedy on trial and Rayburn hints Nixon could sway a Republican vote to move the bill to a compromise.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Republic
Senate
Rules Committee
James W Trimble
D-Ark
B. Cara Reeer
R-Town
Adam Clayton Powell
D+ NY
Trimble
Reece
Powell
John Z. Kennedy
Massachusetts
House
Sam Rayburn
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Committee
Rayburn
Nixon
Democrats Seek Move of Fourth Ward Polling Place
Twenty two petitioners asked the county election board to relocate the Fourth Ward polling site from Waterhouse garage to an alternate location. They argue keeping it at Waterhouse's business implies partisan politics since he is a State Senate candidate. Erie County Commissioner Louis Raymek presented the petition to fellow commissioners Carl Proctor and Pred Lambertot, both Republicans.
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County Election Board
Waterhouse
UN Backs Day On Congo Policy and Space Dogs Return
UN officials debate Congo policy while Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka land safely after a 434,700 mile orbit. Pravda reports a 42 ton ship with mice fires and plants landed undamaged in a collective farm meadow, parachutes possibly used. Scientists hail the test as a step toward manned spaceflight as cameras document the dogs joyful reception.
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Soviet Union
Pravda
D.V. Mayiynov
Hammarskjold Neutral Policy Upheld In Long Council Debate
The Security Council endorsed Hammarskjold's neutrality policy in Congo after 12 hours of debate. Delegates from all regions backed his stance against Lumumba and Soviet criticism. The U.N. secretary general warned that granting Lumumba control of Katanga could end the U.N. mission. Lumumba Prideful demand and Gizenga's countered push for control were noted.
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Hammarskjold
Long ‘Council
United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
U.N
Patrice Lumumba
Soviet Union
Moscow
Vasily Kuznetsov
New York
Council
Lumumba
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
OAS Ministers Censure Cuba in Latin America Debate
Western Hemisphere foreign ministers at the OAS meeting confront Cuba as a potential threat amid accusations of Communist influence. Fidel Castro vows to reject charges and attack the United States, while a walkout from the conference by the Dominican delegation follows a resolution condemning Trujillo.
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Aan Jose
Costa Rica
Cuba
Americas
Fidel Castro
United States
Organization of American States
OAS
Latin America
Rafael L. Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Soviet Union
Castro
Triujillo
Kids And Matches Alert Firemen For Two Runs
Firemen answered two calls yesterday. At 9 p.m. a small trash pile blaze at the Raymond Morris handle plant on Shady Avenue was contained with 400 gallons of water. no damage reported. At 1:50 p.m. a chair in a garage at 349 South Center Street was set on fire by children playing with matches. no damages estimated.
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Raymond Morris
Shady Avenue
Walter McCray
South Center Street
Keaton
Sears Cited For Pressure On Supplier Under Trade Act
Washington AP reports the FTC charged Sears, Roebuck & Co. of Chicago with soliciting discriminatory prices from Universal Rundle Corp. of New Castle, Pennsylvania, violating the Robinson-Patman Act by pushing 5 to 45 percent below rivals’ prices for bath fixtures. Universal Rundle, in which Sears owns 63 percent of the stock, allegedly sold Homart branded items to Sears at cut rates. A separate complaint accuses Universal Rundle of violating the Clayton Act by granting the same discounts to Sears. The company has 30 days to answer.
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Washington
Commission
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Universal-Rundle Corp
New Castle
FIC
Sears
Universal Rundle
Homart
Universal-Rundie
Iron lungs rush to Japan polio outbreak
President Eisenhower ordered the U S Air Force to speed delivery of iron lungs to Hokkaido in northern Japan where a polio outbreak has struck hundreds. An Air Force C130 will depart Travis Air Force Base with initial respirators and plans to fly more chest respirators as available to aid the response. The outbreak has left about six hundred people affected with reports of deaths and serious illness.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S.air Force
Hokkaido Island
Japan
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hokkaido
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