Kennedy Swims Amid Beverly Hills Beach Crowd
President Kennedy enjoying a nonpolitical trip dedicates San Luis Dam in California. He spends time in Southern California with Peter Lawford and stars, mingling with about 1,000 beachgoers, while Secret Service and life guards manage the crowd. Mass attendance precedes a $100 collection, and lavish meals mark the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund G. Brown
San Luis Dam
California
Lawford
Europe
Lawfords
Doris Day
Janet Leigh
Sue Lyon
Santa Monica
Secret Service
Life Guard
Delia Bradley
Church of the Good Shepherd
Larry McHugh
Beverly Hills
McHugh
Fingerprints Discovered In Plymouth Cash Heist
Boston authorities report new fingerprints on road signs used to reroute traffic during the Plymouth mail truck robbery that yielded 1.55 million dollars. Prints also found on a car tied to the planned Route 3 theft and sent to FBI HQ for comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Plymouth
William F. White
New England
FBI
Washington
Route 3
Cape Cod
Federal Reserve Bank
White
West Berlin crackdown ordered after rioting and wall protests
Mayor Willy Brandt ordered West Berlin police to quell rioters with vigor after weekend clashes at the wall. Thousands protested the East German border shooting of a refugee, attacking Soviets and Americans as police and soldiers faced stone throwing and tear gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Albert Watson
U.S
Watson
Checkpoint Charlie
Bernauerstrasse
Boy Sought In Gastonia School Fire
Police hunted a male youth believed to set a fire at South Gastonia School causing about 10000 dollars in damage. He fled officers after being picked up, had arm cuts from breaking windows. he was to enter 8th grade next week. The school planned to reopen on August 29.
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Gastonia
N.C
South Gastonia
Odes
Coe
New Radiation Belt May Endanger Early Space Flights
A new radiation belt formed by a July high altitude nuclear test may imperil astronauts and delay Project Mercury. Dr James Warwick and critic Dr James Van Allen note it intensifies the Van Allen belt at 600 miles and higher and could disrupt radio signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
United States
James Warwick
University of Colorado
Victor Cohn
Minneapolis Sunday One
Warwick
James A. l van Allen
Earth
Colorado
Pacific
Minneapolis Tribune
van Allen
Southampton
N.Y
Old Testament to shed jargon in new English Bible
A panel of biblical scholars led by Prof. Godfrey Driver will remove archaic terms and nonsense passages from the Old Testament in the New English Bible translation. Changes include replacing virgin with marriageable young woman and removing Jehovah for God, with poetry redone in verse and overall modern idiom to improve clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Godfrey R. Driver
Britain
Driver
Oxford University
Isaiah
God
Satan
Prof. Driver
Red Guerrillas Survive Massive Viet Nam Offensive In Swamps
South Viet Nam reports hard core Viet Cong guerrillas in Ca Mau peninsula survived a four day government offensive aided by U S forces. Government tallies show 124 Viet Cong dead to 60 for Americans as fighters retreated into mangrove swamps with their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
China
North Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
Ca Mau Peninsula
High Command
Paul D. Harkins
U.S
Viet Nam
Thailand
Harkins
Ca Mau
Atomic Ship Savannah Starts Maiden Voyage Anew Era
The 22 000 ton Savannah, the world’s first atomic powered merchant vessel, departs Yorktown to Savannah on a 24 day maiden voyage signaling a new era in sea transport. Government officials and Georgia leaders travel as passengers as the ship demonstrates nuclear propulsion awaiting regular service in about 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Associated Press
Savannah
Yorktown
Soviet Union
Atomic Energy Commission
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
G. Elliot Hagan
Malcom MacLean
Atlantic
Earth
Moon
U.S. Maritime Administration
Department of Commerce
States Marine Lines
Europe
Russia
Japan
AEC
United States
Virginia
Norfolk
Seattle
Smallpox Infections Feared Over Contact With Canadian Boy
Health officials in the United States and Canada raced against time to locate and vaccinate anyone who may have met 14 year old James William Orr, a Canadian smallpox patient who flew into New York Aug 11 with more than 80 people. New York City set up 12 vaccination centers in Manhattan and the Bronx and urged all potential contacts to come forward as vaccinations continued. The case marked the first confirmed U S smallpox case since 1947 and underscored the risk to travelers and airport workers who handled the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Meisels
NEW York
James William Orr
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Idlewild
Grand Central Terminal
Toronto
U.S
Public Health Service
United States
New York City
City Health Department
Manhattan
Bronx
U.S. Public Health Service
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Bill Beebe
Los Angeles Times
Sanford
Welsh
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Matthew E. Welsh
Indiana
Manteo
Berlin
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