Reward Raised to 50000 in Cape Cod Mail Robbery
Postmaster General J Edward Day increased the reward to 50000 for solving the 15 million Cape Cod mail robbery. He testified to a House subcommittee that Congress will fund the amount for this case and cited misinterpreted police coverage and prior currency runs as factors in the bold theft. The Aug 14 robbery involved a post office truck seized on a highway near Hyannis and Buzzards Bay, with guards unharmed.
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Washington
J. Edward Day
Cape Cod
Day
House
Government Activities
Congress
Massachusetts
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Hyannis and Buzzard's Bay
Mass
Guerrilla Officers Seize Power in Algiers Clash
In Algeria a leftist guerrilla faction leading about 20 000 troops from Wilaya No 4 seized Algiers paralyzing the Political Bureau and forcing it to abandon powers jeopardizing the provisional government. Ben Bella fled to Oran as centralized rule stalls and the Sept 2 Constituent Assembly is postponed.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilaya Zone No. 4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Oran
Wilaya No. 5
Wilaya No. 4
National Council of the Algerian Revolution
CNRA
Off Course Mariner 2 Aims for Venus Despite Error
Mariner 2 launched from Cape Canaveral on an intended 109 day Venus mission but a trajectory error could miss Venus by up to 600000 miles. Ground control plans a 37.3 pound motor burn eight days after launch to correct course and potentially bring the craft within 100000 miles of Venus.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jack James
Mariner
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner 2
James
Earth
Spaceco
Woomera
Australia
Wakefield man confesses Lumberton slaying of Boston youth
The FBI reports Arthur R. King, 23, of Wakefield admitted killing Carl Schirmer Jr., 22, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, whose body was found Aug 8 in a Lumberton ditch. King said he hitchhiked in Florida, killed the operator, dumped the body and drove the car to Bracketville, Texas.
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Boston
FBI
Wakefield
Lumberton
N.C
Leo L. Laughlin
Arthur R. King
Wakerfield
Carl Schirmer Jr
Wellesiley
Mass
King
Florida
Bracketville
Texas
North Carolina
Young Schirmer
State taxes special intelligence unit proposed by Revenue
Revenue Commissioner W A Johnston urged the Advisory Budget Commission to fund a special intelligence unit to find tax evaders. The $51 676 annual cost for 1963 65 would include a supervisor four agents an attorney and two stenographers. The unit would focus on willful tax violations mainly income tax and aim to raise more money than it costs.
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Raleigh
Ap) — Revenue
W. A. Johnston
Advisory Budget Commission
Johnson
Revenue Department
Secial Intelligence Unit
Department
Easterly Wave Intensifies Near Jacksonville
The Weather Bureau reports an easterly wave in the tropical Atlantic has developed a weak circulation around a low pressure center about 100 miles east of Jacksonville Florida. Winds of 25 to 35 mph observed in the eastern semicircle with small craft warnings from Jacksonville to Wilmington North Carolina. rough seas and above normal tides along Georgia and Carolinas with showers and squalls. A northward slow drift and gradual strengthening are expected. a reconnaissance flight is planned this afternoon and another bulletin will follow.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Jacksonville
Wilmington
N. C
Georgia
Carolinas
Former UNC player Lou Brown given probation in game fixing case
Louis John Brown known as Lou Brown, a former University of North Carolina basketball player, received an 18 to 24 month probationary sentence suspended on five years of good behavior and court costs. Judge Henry A. McKinnon cited Brown’s cooperation and rehabilitation efforts.
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Durham
N.C
University of North Carolina
Durham Superior Court
Louis John
Lou) Brown
Henry A. McKinnon
Brown
Has Scientist Created Life In Test Tube
Utah State University plant pathologist Dr. George Cochran reports producing infectious viruses from inert chemicals outside living cells. He says this enables direct study of virus formation and could aid development of countermeasures while advancing understanding of the nature of life.
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Corvallis, Ore
Utah
George W. Cochran
Cochran
Utah State University
Tional Institutes of Health
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
American Phytopathological Society
Oregon
State University
American Institute of ‘Biological Sciences
Soviets Reject Partial Nuclear Test Ban Proposal
Britain and the United States proposed a partial ban on atmospheric, underwater, and outer space tests with on site inspection of suspicious tremors. The Soviet Union immediately rejected the plan, signaling they would study but likely oppose a ban excluding underground tests.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
U.S
Arthur H Dean
Dean
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UW Annua
Lou Brown
Grant Wolfkill
Shelton
Wash
Pathet Lao
Wolfkill
NBC
Laos
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