Five Teen-Age Girls Die in Baltimore Convertible Crash
In Baltimore an automobile with five teen-age girls collided with a Baltimore Transit Co bus during the morning rush. Four girls died at Franklin Square Hospital and a fifth died at Maryland General Hospital. Driver James Eades 24 said brakes failed and he ran a stop sign into the bus. Victims include Bessie Wheeler 14 Rosalyn Schroeder 15 and Doris Weems 12. Bus passenger and driver unhurt. Intersection Saratoga and Schroeder streets near downtown.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore Transit Co
Franklin Square Hospital
Maryland General Hospital
Bessie Wheeler
Rosalyn Schroeder
Doris Weems
Booker T. Washington Junior High School
James Eades
Vernon L. Baker
Elkridge
Saratoga and Schroeder
Baltimore
Navy Urges Nuclear Power for Major Warships
The Navy backs switching to nuclear propulsion for all vessels over 8,000 tons, including aircraft carriers and guided missile cruisers, marking a major shift from its earlier stance due to cost reductions. The proposal, in a secret letter from Admiral Anderson to Secretary McNamara, is under study with no comment until completion.
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Navy
Adm
George V. Anderson
Naval Operations
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
Defense Department
McNamara
North Carolina Weekend Highway Toll Tops Twenty Two
At least 22 people died in North Carolina highway accidents over the weekend the highest toll this year. The fatalities include 9 year old Dallas Whitfield Bishop at a service station near North Wilkesboro and 50 year old Dessie Johnson Pipes found on a road shoulder near Lenoir. Witnesses say a hit and run dragged the body about 200 feet. The deadly stretch also claimed several other lives across Fayetteville Henderson Guilford and Wake counties with Henderson reporting four Black victims in a head on crash. An Edwards Military Institute cadet from Norfolk was killed and 31 cadets injured when a bus wrecked en route to the Azalea Festival in Wilmington.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Dessie Johnson Pipes
Clark's Chapel
Lenoir
Highway Patrol
C. M. Jones
Henry L. Hicks
Jacksonville
Georgia Davis
Shelby
Fayetteville
Henderson
Guilford
Wake
Bernetta Jones
Earlyrene Harris
Robert Edward Chavis
Rivers C. Foster
Kittrell
Lennie Jackson
Wilson McPhatter
Greensboro
Herman L. Tew
William Hubert Doss
Ruth Inez Crumby
Harry Lee Nixon
Raleigh
Dorothy Baker Pearce
Rt. 4
Zebulon
Edwards Military Institute
Robert Jerry Johnson
Norfolk
Burgaw
Wilmington
Blough Attacks Government Interference in Industry
Roger Blough, chairman of U S Steel, urged the government to stay out of business decisions at an Iowa Medical Society event. He cited government intervention a year earlier over a price hike, warned such actions harm the economy, and recalled industry profits and production setbacks in 1962.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roger Blough
U. S. Steel Corp
Blough
Iowa Medical Society
Kennedy
U. S. Steel
Rusk warns SEATO on Laos amid Pathet Lao advances
Paris AP reports Secretary of State Dean Rusk accused pro Communist forces in Laos of obstructive tactics as fighting erupts between neutralist and Pathet Lao troops. He urged SEATO vigilance while noting tensions rise in the Plaine des Jarres where Kong Le led neutralist withdrawals.
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Patrick McNulty
Paris
U.S
Dean Rusk
Laos
Pathet Lao
Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Plaine Des Jarres
Kong le
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Lord Home
Couve de Murville
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Viet Nam
Neutralist Army Under Attack in Plaine des Jarres
Neutralist commander Gen Kong Le said his forces faced heavy fighting by pro Communist units in the Plaine des Jarres after losing Xieng Khouang. Premier Souvanna Phouma reported the Xieng Khouang garrison abandoned the town and retreated toward the Plaine des Jarres. Casualties were not disclosed.
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Vientiane
Laos
Kong le
Plaine Des Jares
Xieng Khouang
Souvanna Phouma
Plaine Des Jarres
Here
Pearson Expected to Win Fine Weather Promises Record Vote
In Canada the nation faced a likely record turnout as Lester B. Pearson, 65, the Liberal leader, prepared to contest the general election. Campaigns stretched across 20 000 miles amid talks of a possible Liberal victory and a governed majority, with Diefenbaker seeking Conservative support to form a government. The issue of Canada’s nuclear weapons stance and Bomarc missiles dominated debate as Pearson urged honoring commitments while Diefenbaker warned of Canada becoming a power without independence.
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Toronto
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Ottawa
John G. Diefen
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Diefen House of Commons
Diefenbaker
Pearson
Gues
United States
U.S
U.S. State Department
Fortress Concept Assailed by McNamara Defense Spin
Secretary of Defense McNamara warned that returning to a fortress America would lead to slow death by own action. He urged continued military aid to share burdens and maintain free world power, defending the administration's 4.5 billion foreign aid budget before the House committee.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Fortress America
McNamara
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Dean Rusk
Electronics Worker Kills Five In Mount Vernon Shootings
In New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, New York, Charles Hansen, 32, killed his wife Delores, 26, their four year old son Arthur, and three Canosa relatives as they slept. He surrendered two pistols to a priest at Trinity Church after driving from the Bronx where he had lived. He stated he killed somebody and claimed marital issues led to the spree ending with his arrest at the church.
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New Rochelle, N. Y
Charles Hansen
Mount Vernon
Delores
Arthur
Robert
Frank
Robert Hahn
Frank Canosa
Canosa
Hahn
Hansen
Trinity Episcopal Church
New Rochelle
George M. Davis
Mr. Davis
Westchester County
Atty Leonard Rubenfeld
Hansens
Rubenfeld
Raleigh
N.C
New York City
Smog and Cigarettes Tested by Dr. Charles Pomerat
Alton Blakeslee reports from La Jolla that smog irritants and cigarette smoke cause rapid cell growth and chromosome breaks in test tube lung cells. Dr. Pomerat cites potential tests for smog remedies and notes cigarette smoke effects in brief exposure to cigarettes and cigars.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Charles M. Pomerat
Pasadena
Foundation For Medical Research
American Cancer Society
Science Writers
Pomerat
Police Dogs Crush Racial Violence in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama police used dogs to quell demonstrations led by Rev A D King brother of Martin Luther King Jr At least 29 Negroes were arrested during a prayer march violence followed a knife attack on a police dog six officers and dogs helped break the crowd After more arrests police called a mass meeting at a church and a prayer continued with leaders urging desegregation efforts and condemning the riot all amid ongoing protests last week and weekend measures.
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Birmingham
Ala
A. D. King
Martin Luther King Jr
al Hibbler
King
Albert Boutwell
Connor
George Wall
John T. Porter
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