Taylor Ends Long Military Career For Asia Position
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor retires from active duty to become U S ambassador to Communist besieged South Vietnam. The ceremony at the Pentagon honors him with an Oak Leaf Cluster in place of a fourth Distinguished Service Medal as McNamara notes his nearly two years as Joint Chiefs of Staff chair.
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Apr
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Taylor
Normandy
Korea
Berlin
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Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
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John F. Kennedy
Viet Nam
Towl
Honolulu
Princess Margaret Dances In Bold Dress At Georgian Ball
Princess Margaret wore a smoky blue wig and pale blue gown with gold embroidery at a Georgian ball hosted by London’s Lord Mayor Clement Harman. Lord Snowdon appeared in a velvety jacket with lace cuffs, knee breeches, and a bow-adorned wig, while guests echoed 18th century styles. The event drew no new fashion, but highlighted period dress.
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London
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Snowdon
Lord Brondon
Clement Harman
Viet Cong ambush kills 29 troops in central Vietnam
Viet Cong Guerrillas attacked a nine truck army convoy on Route 19 in Kontum Province, killing 29 government troops as they seized a machine gun and 30 weapons. In a nearby mopping up operation, government forces said 59 Viet Cong were killed and supplies captured. A separate blast in Saigon injured two, and a helicopter incident raised U.S. casualties with 19 dead and three wounded or missing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Qui Nlion
Pleiku
Defense Ministry
Kontum
U.S
Mekong River Delta
Rete
Saigoni
Eisenhower denies Ike to nominate Scranton
John Eisenhower rejected a National Broadcasting Co report that his father Dwight D. Eisenhower would nominate Gov. William Scranton for president at the Republican convention. He spoke from Gettysburg, Pa., where he and his wife were celebrating their 48th wedding anniversary, with Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower present. Scranton, asked in Eugene, Ore., said he did not know of the plan.
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Ike
Bill New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John
Nationalroadcasting Co
William W. Scranton
John Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Eugene
Ore
Bank Gunmen Strike Twice In 21 Hours In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police faced a second bank holdup within 21 hours as a lone gunman robbed Commercial Bank & Trust Co. on Highth Street and Penn Avenue of about $8,000. The previous day two gunmen took $4,049 from Mellon National Bank & Trust Co. Stanton Heights office.
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Pittsburgh
Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Highth Street
Penn Avenue
Stanton Heights
Mellon National Bank & Trust Co
Penn State honors graduate joins Washington firm as consultant
Jeffry Baldwin, who earned an MBA from Harvard, has joined Touche Ross Bailey and Smart in Washington as a management consultant. He is the son of Mr and Mrs M C Baldwin of Stewart Road and a 1960 PSU graduate who earned college honors in 1957 and 1960. His prior work includes General Electric assignments before Harvard business school. He is married to Marlene McIntyre and the couple resides in Washington with their son Shawn.
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Jeffry Baldwin
Harvard University
Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart
Washington
M. C. Baldwin
Stewart Road
Pennsylvania State University
Phi Eta Sigma
Pi Tau Sigma
Sylvania
Penn State Engineer
American Nuclear Society
General Electric Company
Evendale
Ohio
Schenectady
N. C
San Jose
Calif
St. Petersburg
Fla
Harvard Business School
Marlene McIntyre
Corry
Shawn
Public Prosecutor Probes Athens Papers Over Topless Bathing Photos
The public prosecutor accused three Athens newspapers of public decency violations for publishing pictures of women in topless bathing suits. No trial date was set. The papers named were Messini, Apogevmatini, and Athinaiiki. Other papers avoided full front exposures of girls in abbreviated swim suits.
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Aatabnd
Reece Tao
Athens
Today
Messimxrini
Apogeymatini
Athinaiki
Dems Demand List Of State Aides Helping Scranton
Democratic State Chairman Otis Morse urged Gov. Scranton to release a complete list of state employees from cabinet to clerical levels aiding in his Scranton for president campaign. He warned taxpayers pay for their salaries while they campaign and named Attorney General Walter Alessandroni Commerce Secretary John K. Tabor and Commonwealth Secretary George S. Bloom as active in the drive.
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Harhisburg
Otis B. Morse
Scranton
Morse
Nok
Commonwealth
Walter Alessandroni
Commerce
John K. Tabor
George S. Bloom
Alessandroni
Chester
Teall
Death of Lewis Daitch Founder of Daitch Shopwell
Lewis Daitch founder of the Daitch Shopwell supermarket chain died yesterday in a fall from the seventh floor in Long Beach New York. Rescue efforts were unable to save him. Corry was noted as a place of buy in.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Lewis Daitch
Daitch- Shopwell
Little Girl Starts Drive To Help Poor In Appalachia
A Brooklyn girl begins a campaign to aid poverty in the Appalachia region. She mailed $1 to Sen. Jacob Javits with a note asking him to forward it to the poor there. Javits returned the dollar, saying gifts should come from the child and advised giving to a Brooklyn charity for another child in need.
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Washin ON
Brooklyn
Appalachia
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Edna — Zie
Javits
Senators Praise Public Spirit Amid Appalachia Aid Call
Javits praised compassion for the poor in Appalachia and New York, noting bipartisan support in Washington for helping the needy. Congress had not yet acted on President Johnsons Appalachia program, while a separate Pittsburgh case reports Bennie Johnson, 24, held for grand jury on murder in the stabbing death of his wife Betty, 30.
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Washington
Appalachia
New York
Javits
Congress
Johnson
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Bennie Johnson
Betty
Judge Draws Sentence For Tax Evasion
Oklahoma Supreme Court justice Corn, 89, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined 11250 after pleading to evading federal income taxes for 1957 to 1959. The case involved undeclared income claimed as gambling winnings and a $150000 bribe connection. doctors will report by July 29 on his fitness for confinement.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
APJ
Oklahoma Supreme Court
U.S. Com
U.S. District Attorney
Corn
High Court
Supreme Court
Roy W. Harper
Harper
Andrew Potter
U.S
Potter
Idenease
Typhoon Winnie Death Toll Rises in Philippines
Manila reports 89 dead from Typhoon Winnie as outlying provinces tally fatalities. Nearly 500000 people left homeless and half of Manila's 2 million residents without power or water for three days. Power outages cripple pumps. electric company expects full power restoration soon. Manila damage pegged at $10 million and rising.
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MaNila
Robbers Shoot Man During Trade School Robbery
Walter Papkowski 23 of Kingston was killed after entering a trade school during an attempted robbery. Gunmen ransacked the office as students arrived and ordered them to the floor before fleeing down a corridor. Papkowski died at Scranton State General Hospital from a 45 caliber pistol shot.
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Scranton
I.a
Walter Papkowski
Kingston
Integrated Machine School
Popkowski
Scranton State General Hospital
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