Waits Near Cuba After Devastating Haiti
Hurricane Flora battered Haiti for hours with 140 mph winds before entering the Windward Passage and threatening Cuba’s Oriente Province. Forecasters warned of possible reintensification over open water as the storm edged toward Guantanamo Bay and the Bahamas, with no U.S. mainland threat for at least two days.
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Miami
Flora
Haiti
Cuba
Orianta
Oriente
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Weather Bureau
Guantanamo Bay
Florida
Florida Peninsula
Tropic
U.S
British
Bahamas
U.S. Navy
Fidel Castro
City issues four building permits and reports theft and crash
The city clerk issued permits for Flanagan Lumber Co. to build a four bedroom house at 2010 Murphree Rd SE for 24500, Johnny Ferrell at 1525 Prichett Ave SW for 5900, and Nebrig Plumbing to install gas at Johnston St and 2nd Ave SE for 1090. Herman Stover reported a portable seven transistor Admiral radio stolen from his home. A collision occurred on 6th Ave between a 1959 Mercury driven by Joyce Ellen Fowler and a 1963 Oldsmobile driven by Edgar Teske. the Mercury struck the Oldsmobile at a red light. The Promenaires Square Dance Club meets at the American Legion Home on Bank St at 8 pm, and the Teen Time Club meets Saturday at 7:30 pm at the same location.
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Flanagan Lumber Co
Murphree Rd
Johnny Ferrell
Prichett Ave
Nebrig Plumbing -and Heating Co
Johnston St
2Nd Ave
Herman Stover
Edgewood St
Admiral
6Th Ave
Joyce Ellen Fowler
U. S
Edgar A. Teske
Cissna Park
Ill
Should I Transfer Churches When Beliefs Differ
The writer says you won't find a group with all your beliefs and urges unity in essentials with charity in non essentials. If differences hinder love or service consider leaving, but prioritize peace, the Bible as authority, and glorifying Christ as motives.
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B. F
Christ
Paul
Jesus Christ
Industry Faults in Mercury Space Craft Reliability
Project Mercury operations director Walter C. Williams blames industry for faulty workmanship that caused thousands of component removals during launch prep and contamination of parts. He cites electrical failures in Gordon Cooper’s capsule and warns for tougher preflight testing under all flight conditions.
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Houston
Mooney
Mercury
Waler C. Williams
Williams
Gordon Cooper
Markets At PNECi lolitas Markets At PNECi lolitas
New York trading mixed with gains in stocks amid profit taking. Chicago shows wheat mostly higher on export demand. corn, soybeans and oats rising, hogs steady with a top near 16.40. cattle steady to higher with a top around 25.50.
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New York
Chicago
Magnavox TV Sale Ad At Robinson’s
Television deal promotes Magnavox sets at Robinson’s with no money down. Advert says best value for buyers seeking home entertainment.
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Magnavox
Robinson's
Reds Might Want Better Church Favor
The Czech government released Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague and four other Czech bishops from confinement, signaling a possible thaw with the Roman Catholic Church. Two bishops remain under arrest as Mindszenty’s case also looms in the background.
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Vienna
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Beran
Red
Vatican
Moravia
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Mindszenty
Look For The Golden Arches
Mc Donalds Hamburgers on 6th Ave SE Decatur Ala ady.
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McDonald's
6Th Ave. S.E
Decatur, Ala
Ady
Andalusia Beauty Pick As State's Cotton Maid
Katy Sue Meredith 20, a hazel eyed Covington County senior at Alabama College, was crowned 1964 Alabama Maid of Cotton at the State Fair. She will represent Alabama in Memphis in December. First alternate Sandra Starr Smith of Montgomery and Miss Congeniality Camel ia Hamilton of Sumter County also named.
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Andalusia
Katy Sue Meredith
Alabama
Covington County
Meredith
Alabama College
Montevallo
Rebecca Bentley
Thorsby
Mem
Phis
Sandra Starr Smith
Montgomery
Miss Smith
Bell Haven College
Jackson
Camelia Hamilton
Sumter County
Kennedy Seeks Equal Opportunity at Greers Ferry Dedication
President Kennedy and Governor Faubus appeared at Greers Ferry Dam dedication as Faubus urged states and individual rights. In Little Rock he told an integrated audience that equal rights for all citizens is the grand objective of progress.
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Little Rock, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Kennedy
Arkansas
New South
Faubus
Greers Ferry Dam
Heber Springs
White River
Little Rock
U S Soviet pledge on nuclear satellites eyed next Thursday
Public pledge against launching nuclear armed satellites could be issued by the United States and Soviet Union as early as next Thursday during President Kennedy's meeting with Andrei Gromyko. The plan calls for parallel statements by both powers following in principle agreement reached by U S Britain and the USSR.
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Lewis Gulick
United Nations
U.S
Deak Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Lord Home
Gromyko
Kennedy
Rusk
Washington
United States
Russia
Polaris Fires A-3 Missile From Surface Ship Test
The Polaris A-3 missile was launched Thursday from the USS Observation Island about 15 miles off Cape Canaveral. A steam and gas ejector replaces compressed air in the deck launch tube, marking a second straight successful test of the new system and a fourth win in five shipboard launches for the A-3 with a planned range near 2,875 miles.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Observation Island
Navy
First Lady Kennedy Takes A Sea Outing Off Athens
Mrs. John F. Kennedy dressed in a black bathing suit joined sister Princess Lee Radziwill and Prince Radziwill on a 40 minute cruise aboard the Christina. The yacht owner Aristotle Onassis lent the vessel for the excursion near Vouliagment Bay.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
Athens
Greece
John F. Kennedy
Vouliagment Bay
Mrs. Kennedy
Christina
Aristotle Onassis
Honduras coup toppled Morales as Lopez Arellano seizes control
Col Osvaldo Lopez Arellano declared provisional president after overthrowing President Ramon Villeda Morales amid a bloody revolt in Tegucigalpa. Villeda Morales fled to Costa Rica with Modesto Rodas Alvarado, as the army and civilian guard faced clashes and casualties.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Osvaldo Lopez Arellano
Ramon Villeda Morales
Villeda Morales
Costa Rica
Modesto Rodas Alvarado
Rodas Alvarado
Valachi’s Prison Dilemma Tests U.S. System
Federal officials face a security challenge locating a secluded, safe location for Joseph Valachi the talkative mobster serving a life sentence. Potential sites include McNeil Island Leavenworth and the Springfield Medical Center while Valachi testifies before grand juries and meets with Canadian authorities.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Justice Department
Valachi
New York Leads Population Race but California Possible
Census Bureau lists New York as the most populous state as of July 1 but warns California could contend for the top spot due to possible error. Public Service Commission President Jack Owen accuses colleagues of denying cheaper rates to the public. The Weather Bureau drops Nimbus satellite plans. NASA has spent about 60 million on Nimbus. President Goulart seeks a 30 day state of siege in Brazil. Two presidential factfinders finish a Birmingham racial tensions mission. McNamara ends overseas duty pay for about 375,000 enlisted men.
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Lopez Arellano
Tegucigalpa
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Americas
Latin America
U.S
United States
Ecuador
Guatemala
Argentina
Peru
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Brazil
Washington
Census Bureau
New York
California
Montgomery
Public Service Commission
Jack Owen
Commission
U.S. Weather Bureau
NASA
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
Hawaii
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James H. Wallace, Jr
College St
10Th Ave
Steenson
Wallace
Dea
Promenaires Square
American Legion
Bank St
Pneci
Birmingham
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Bosphorus
Morales
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District of Columbia
McNeil Island Penitentiary
Puget Sound
Leavenworth
Kansas
Medical
Springfield
Army Signal Center
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Joe Valachi
Brasilia
Joao Goulart
Congress
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