Navy Court Cites Skylark Skipper Over Thresher Reports
A Navy court cited Lt Cmdr Stanley W Hecker skipper of Skylark for failing to report Thresher’s last messages promptly The five member board found Hecker’s conduct may be subject to inquiry but not blamed for the Thresher loss The Thresher sank in 8400 feet east of Cape Cod during a test dive last Wednesday
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Portsmouth
N.H
Navy
Stanley W. Hecker
Skylark
Thresher
Thresher Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ato Skylark
Cape Cod
Adm
Lawson P. Ramage
Atlantic Fleet
Ing
Bernard L. Austin
Inquiry Board
Hecker
Watson
Subway Tunnel Evacuation After Brooklyn Train Fire
Hundreds evacuated from a Brooklyn tunnel after a fire in a work train caused dense smoke to fill two passenger trains. About 600 people were trapped, with 100 treated on scene and nearly 100 more hospitalized. Police blamed a work-train motor fire near Ridgewood Station as trains stalled and lights failed.
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Brooklyn
New York
Ridgewood
Samuel Marco
Harold Johnson
Exiles Mark Bay of Pigs Anniversary Amid Rift
Cuban exiles in Miami mark the Bay of Pigs anniversary as the Revolutionary Council faces a possible split over president Jose Miro Cardona. Reports say a resignation letter criticizing U.S. policy may be submitted, while State Department officials deny threats and seek caution before action. The meeting could shift council unity or lead to its dissolution.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Council
Jose Miro Cardona
Miro
U.S
Cuba
Miami News
Washington
Soviet Union
Castro
Robert Hurwitch
State Department
Hurwitch
John H. Crimmins
Exles
Steel price rises sweep major producers in industry
The seven largest U S steelmakers including Bethlehem National and Youngstown Sheet join price hikes after U S Steel posts raises. Industry-wide increases aim to offset rising costs while Kennedy cautions against a broader rise. Worthington says prices will align with end of 1958 levels as Armco also lifts prices on plates sheets and galvanized goods.
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Bethlehem
U.S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Inland Steel Co
Armco
Inland
Kennedy
Wheeling
Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel
Leslie B. Worthington
Worthington
Ashkenazy and wife defect to Britain amid Soviet limits
Vladimir Ashkenazy, 25, leading Soviet pianist, and his wife disappeared in England after leaving the USSR indefinitely to live in Britain. They say they did not seek asylum, though officials note possible defect. Mrs Ashkenazy, Icelandic-born, already resided in Britain. a second child is expected.
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Britain
London
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Soviet Union
England
U.S.S.R
Leningrad Ballet
Rudolf Nureyev
Paris
Ashkenazy
Vladimir
Azy
Dodie
Iceland
Home Office
Johann Tryggvason
Morganbladht
van Cliburn
John Ogden
Moscow Conservatory
Dodie Tryggvason
New York
Idlewild
Great Britain
Laos Neutralists Retreat From Last Outposts
Outnumbered neutralist troops abandon their jungle road posts leaving Plane des Jarres and one more garri son ringed by Pathet Lao forces. Kong Le withdraws about 100 troops and three tanks toward the Plaine as fighting escalates amid international calls for stability.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Dong Danh
Ban Kosi
Xieng Khouang
Plaine
Kong le
Phon Savan
Souvanna Phouma
Peiping
Phoumi Nosavan
Phoumi
Red China
Soviet Union
Britain
Radio
United States
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Congo
New Jersey Press Conference Goes Into Space
Five New Jersey newspapermen staged the first press conference via Relay 1 satellite connecting Nutley to Rio de Janeiro in a 25 minute event. An AP photo from Satelphoto circulated to Rio, with good but dark image quality, transmitted from New York to ITT networks through affiliate stations.
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Nutley
N.J
New Jersey
Outer Space
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Associated Press
Rio
International Telephone & Telegraph ‘Corp. Laboratories
It&t
It’s
Associated Press General
New York
American Cable & Radio Corp
Lower Manhattan
Thousands Attend Annual Meeting of Experimental Biology
Scientists from Maryland and other regions converge on Atlantic City for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meeting. About 13 600 attendees register as researchers present 3 380 reports on topics from pancreatic studies to alcohol metabolites and brain effects, with sessions across hotels and a focus on organ functions and instrument breath patterns.
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Maryland
Gilbert Duritz
Etraat Merlaeahne
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N.J
Afuyyer Lei Drewer
De-M. Greep
Harvard University
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
University of
Italian Red Disagrees With Soviets
Italian Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti said the party disagrees with Khrushchev's castigation of Soviet intellectuals for Western mindedness. He cited discomfort over the crackdown on Yevtushenko as evidence of diverging views on art.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Europe
Togliatti
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Yevtushenko
Italy
Soviet Writers’ Union
Packers and Lions Stars Suspended in Pro Football Betting Scandal
Paul Hornung of Green Bay and Alex Karras of Detroit were suspended indefinitely by the NFL. Five other Detroit players were fined $2,000 each and the Lions were fined $4,000 after an investigation into betting on the 1962 title game Giants vs Packers. The fined players were John Gordy, Gordy Lowe, Joe Schmidt, Wayne Walker, and Sarno Williams.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Paul Hornung
Green Bay Packers
Alex Karras
Detroit Lions
National Football League Today
Detroit
New York Giants
Green Bay
John Gordy
Gordy Lowe
Joe Schmidt
Wayne Walker
Sarno Williams
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