Explosion at AEC Medina base alarms San Antonio crowd
A chemical blast at the Atomic Energy Commission Medina base near San Antonio caused a crater 60 yards wide and 25 feet deep. About 600 workers handle nuclear components while officials said no radiation threat existed though uranium particles may have scattered. Cars crowded the area as residents fled and windows shattered miles away.
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AEC
Medina
Zte
Mason
Silas Mason Co., Inc
Aid Bill Cut Again in Senate Vote
The Senate, by 51-41, trimmed foreign aid for defense pact allies from 400 million to 380 million, widening total cuts to 480 million. The Foreign Relations Committee had shaved off 327.25 million earlier, leaving the current year’s ceiling at 3.722 billion, 807.25 million below Kennedy’s request as leaders push for Friday passage amid a long floor battle.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Harrisburg Gov Scranton Named Newsmaker of the Year
AP reports Gov. Scranton will be remembered as the Capitol Press Club's first Newsmaker of the Year for his impact on state politics and media.
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Harrisburg
Gov
Scranton
Capitol Press Club
Tougher Measures Sought by Africans at United Nations
At the United Nations 22 Asian and African nations pressed for even tougher Security Council actions against South Africa’s apartheid regime. The General Assembly backed embargoes 84 to 6 with 17 abstentions to pressure independence for South West Africa, though Western powers, led by the United States, blocked expulsion. Britain and other allies signaled continued arms support, while pledges to halt arms to South Africa by year’s end were noted.
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South Africa
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Council
United States
South West Africa
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League of Nations
League
Britain
France
Portugal
Spain
Venezuela
Middle East
Defendants Heard in Fatal Arlington Car Charge
A federal district court jury heard four Arlington defendants testify they did not see their car run over Pvt. Edward J. Betcher 19 of Brooklyn after a June street fight near Ft. Belvoir. Sheila Mae Turner 21 testified she backed up the car but did not know Betcher’s body was behind the wheels.
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Sheila Mae Turner
Betcher
Government troops suffer worst setback in Mekong Delta battle
In Saigon sources report the government forces endured their heaviest loss since Ngo Dinh Diem was toppled. About 55 soldiers were killed and the same number wounded in a clash with Viet Cong guerrillas in the Mekong Delta on Wednesday.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh
Mekong River
Oil firms vow stay as Argentina to renegotiate deals
United States oil companies say they will not abandon Argentina despite a government plan to annul contracts with about ten foreign firms. Texas Petroleum and Esso executives express willingness to remain, as Buenos Aires seeks to outline new terms and keep oil flowing amid political pressure and potential U.S. aid consequences.
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Argentina
United States
Arturo Hila
Texas Petroleum Co
U.S
Tilia
John B. Diefenbach
New York
Texas Petroleum
Diefenbach
Ol Agency
Hugh Wynne
Es- 50
Standard of New Jersey
Arturo Frondizi
Illia
Mother Tells of Affair in Thompson Murder Trial
In Minneapolis AP report, a mother of three Testifies to an illicit relationship with T Eugene Thompson who allegedly proposed marriage in 1562. She says they traveled to hotels and motels in Minnesota and Chicago while prosecutors allege Thompson plotted his wife Carol s murder for love and life insurance.
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T. Eugene Thompson
Jackie Okoneski Olesen
Thompson
William Randall
Carol
St. Paul
Olesen
Randall
Little Falls
Bemidji
Brainerd
Minn
Chicago
Ronald Olesen
Nitroglycerin found in Detroit home older bottles
In Detroit police removed 28 ounces of nitroglycerin from the Leroy Baatz residence after a 35 year past storage misjudgment. Mrs. Cecelia Baatz contacted police when misidentified bottles prompted safety concerns. The substance was burned in a controlled process to avert explosion.
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Leroy Baatz
Cecelia Baatz
Earl C. Leedle
John Bozigar
Lancaster and Lock Haven Chambers win Keystone Awards
In Harrisburg executives of the Lancaster and Lock Haven Chambers of Commerce were selected to receive the state chamber’s Keystone Awards for outstanding contributions to regional business and economic development.
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Harrisburg
Lancaster
Lock Haven
Navy adopts hooded life jacket for submariners
The Navy design adds a head enclosing hood with a transparent window to breath during ascent from depths of 200 to 300 feet. It alters the prior method of escaping from disabled subs, reducing risk of air embolism or drowning during ascent. Lt. Cmdr. Harris E. Steinke led the project at New London sub base.
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Navy
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Cape Cod
Office of Naval Research
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Harris E. Steinke
Baath Party Cracks Down After Iraq Revolt
Baath Socialist party leaders from Iraq Syria Lebanon and Kuwait rushed to Baghdad to consolidate power after foiling a revolt led by Ali Salah El Saadi. Air strikes hit the presidential palace and Camp Al Rashid while a street demonstration condemned Bakr and Ammash. Saadi had been deported to Spain the night before as part of the purge.
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Ba'ath Socialist
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Kuwait
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Saleh Mahdi Ammash
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Bakr
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Saadi
Spain
Ba’ath
Abdul Kerim Kassem
Kennedy to tour four states as he pitches moon program
President Kennedy plans a five day tour through Maryland Delaware New York and Florida to woo labor groups promote the moon project and reach voters. He will deliver seven speeches including a AFL CIO address in New York and a Florida chamber event in Tampa. A Cape Canaveral visit may highlight moon efforts with a look at the Polaris test ship and a missile launch site.
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Voung
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Fla
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Cape
Canaveral
Observation Island
Andrew Jackson
Tampa
Miami
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Inter-American Press Association
Miami Beach
Bowdon Railway seeks sale of 12 mile right of way
Bowdon Georgia amid 27,000 debt seeks permission from the Interstate Commerce Commission to liquidate the 12 mile right of way and 12 miles of track plus a small diesel locomotive. The line, once busline, has not run since July 30 and connects Bowdon Junction with Central of Georgia. Bowdon hosts a rubber plant clothing plants and nearby farms.
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Bowdon
Bowdon Railway Co
W. C. Roop
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bowdon Junction
Central of Georgia Railway
Atlanta
Alabama
Roop
Halt Seen To U S Mission In Wake Of Yale Professor Arrest
Washington AP The planned departure of a U S cultural delegation to the Soviet Union was halted by the arrest of Yale professor Frederick C Barghoorn on spy charges The delegation of 11 was to begin talks in Moscow on a new cultural exchange pact President Kennedy was expected to decide today on whether to delay or cancel the mission The Soviet move prompted U S protest in Moscow as diplomat Foy D Kohler pressed for Barghoorn s release and warned of possible harm to U S Soviet relations
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Yale
U.S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Barghoorn
Foy D. Kohler
Valerian A. Zorin
William R. Tyler
Anatoly F. F. Dobrynin
Sergei Varentsov
Penkovsky- Wynne
Supreme Soviet
Varentsov
Oleg Penosky
Penkovsky
Greville Wynne
State Police Step Up Drive Against Car Misuse
Harrisburg AP Pennsylvania state police are stepping up their war on the misuse of state owned cars. Major George Pinkerton, chief of the bureau of traffic, said Troopers have been ordered to double their efforts in locating offenders.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George Pinkerton
Bureau of Traffic
Stones on Japanese rails stop freight train in time
In Numazu City on Japan's Tokkaido line officials found 35 melon sized stones and two steel drums placed on the rails. A freight motorman spotted them and halted the train with a passenger service eight minutes away on nearby tracks. No injuries reported.
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Japan
Tokkaido
Numazu City
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