Bus Crash Kills Woman and Injures Dozens Near Centreville
A Trailways express bus left a rain slick highway near Centreville Virginia, crashed into a tree, killing Mrs. Margie Biscoe, 52, of Washington, D.C., and injuring about score others. Passengers included Nancy Wilkins of Gaffney and Mamie Meredith of High Point as ambulances rushed to Fairfax County Hospital. The bus traveled from Jacksonville to Washington with a stop in Charlotte, and the driver Wade Turner described braking before the vehicle veered off.
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Centreville
Trailways
Margie Biscoe
Washington, D.C
Nancy Wilkins
Gaffney
S.C
Mamie Meredith
High Point
N.C
Fairfax
Danville
Washington
Charlotte
Jacksonville
Manassas
Wade Turner
Buck
Mary Ann
Paul Jr
New York City
Deceptive Package Hearings Sparking Consumer Upheaval
Washington AP reports Senate Antitrust subcommittee hearings on deceptive packaging and labeling stirred a vigorous consumer response. Senator Hart notes hundreds of consumer submissions, with Produce Packaging Association forming a trade practices committee to draft a packaging standards code. Also discussed was a calorie labeling proposal from Neiman Marcus’s Stanley Marcus.
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Senate Antitrust
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Hart
Produce Packaging Association Inc
Newark
Del
Stanley Marcus
Texas Neiman-Marcus
Two Ex-Premiers Arrested in Seoul Coup Fallout
South Korea's ousted prime ministers John M. Chang and Lt. Gen. Chang Do-young were arrested along with several former government and military officials, according to competent sources. The ruling military junta provided no comment.
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Seoul
South Korea
John M. Chang
Chang Do-young
Caroline Kennedy Rescued From Pool By Expecting Matron
Caroline Kennedy 3, daughter of the president, slipped from an inflated ring and was rescued by Mrs. William Saltonstall who jumped in fully clothed at a Bethesda Maryland birthday party. The White House confirmed the incident and said Caroline showed no ill effects.
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Washington
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline
William Saltonstall
Maryland
Newton I. Seers Jr
Ivan Steers
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Pamela Turnure
Steers
Newton I. Steers Jr
Nina Auchincloss
Hugh D. Auchincloss
John F. Kennedy
River Road
Bethesda
Gas price war hits Carolinas with 12 cent drop in Charlotte area
Gasoline in the Charlotte area runs 12 cents below usual, with spreads reaching Spartanburg and likely spreading through North and South Carolina. Regular now 19.9 cents and high test 22.9, while usual prices are 31.9 and 34.9. Esso officials say prices are cut to protect dealers as Sunoco also markets below others.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
South Carolina
Spartanburg
S.C
Esso Standard Oil Co
H. R. Dowd
Esso
Carolinas
Sun Oil Co
Carolina
Sunoco
Sun
Kuwait Seeks UN Guarantee Before Troop Withdrawal
Kuwait demands a UN Security Council guarantee of independence before asking Britain to pull its forces from Kuwait. Kuwait’s Abdel Aziz Hussein says admission to the UN and Iraq's withdrawal are essential, while Britain reports troops moved in. He notes broad Arab League support minus Iraq and expects Soviet acceptance.
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A. J. Goldberg
United Nations
N.Y
Kuwait
U.N. Security Council
Desert
Sheikdom
Abdel Aziz Hussein
Council
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
Sheik Abdullah as-Salam as-Sabah
Hussien
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
Arab League
League
Kuwait-Iraq
UAW Opens American Motors Talks
Walter P Reuther announced the United Auto Workers will seek a labor agreement with American Motors Corp AMC seen as part of the Big Four alongside General Motors Ford and Chrysler Reuther urged AMC to lead the pattern negotiations stressing job security and wage protection for workers in the industry.
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Detroit
Walter P Reuther
American Motors Corp
American Motors
Reuther
AMC
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Ulbricht vows settlement of West Berlin conflict
East German leader Walter Ulbricht told the People's Chamber a peace treaty with the Soviet Union will start a new West Berlin settlement ending the strongpoint role of the city in the cold war. He flagged control over land sea and air routes and closing Marienfelde reception center.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbright
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
German Democratic Republic
Ulbricht
Marienfelde
People’s Chamber
East Germany
People's Chamber
Communist Party Politbureau
Friedrich Ebert
East Berlin
Ebert
Pentagon to Direct Civil Defense Program Fallout shelters to be led by Defense Department
President Kennedy moves civil defense control to the Defense Department after White House talks with Secretary McNamara and OCDM chief Ellis. A revised 1962 budget near 300 million dollars would fund a nationwide shelter program with Pentagon as lead agency.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Pentagon
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
White House
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
OCDM
Frank B. Ellis
Andrew Hatcher
Kennedy
McNamara
Ellis
David E. Bell
Theodore C. Sorensen
McGeorge Bundy
Congress
Defense Department
Moslems Return To Work After Algeria Riots
Algiers returned to normal after a 24 hour general strike and riots that left 80 Moslems dead and about 300 wounded. French forces reported six dead and 20 wounded while troops stayed alert in trouble spots. Demonstrations spread to Tunisia and Morocco as Ferhat Abbas urged unity.
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Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Tunisia
Morocco
Ferhat Abbas
Casablanca
France
Paroled Unionist Johnny Martin Heads Home
Johnny Martin, 53, one of seven textile union men whose sentences were reduced by Gov. Terry Sanford, has been paroled. He will likely leave Davie County Prison Camp Friday, go to Central Prison Camp, and return to his Henderson home Friday afternoon. Martin’s release follows Sanford’s reduction of three years per man, making four eligible now and three more next month.
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Raleigh
Textile Union
Terry Sanford
Paroles Board
Johnny Martin
Prisons Department
Martin
Davie County
Central Prison
Henderson
Kennedy Sues Mississippi Counties Over Negro Voter Discrimination
Atty Gen Kennedy files two Civil Rights Act suits in Clarke and Forrest counties accusing discrimination against eligible Negro voters. First voting rights actions in Mississippi, with hearings set for August 7 in the Southern District, likely in Jackson.
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Washington
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Mississippi
Clarke and Forrest
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Justice Department
Clarke
Forrest Counties
Clarke County
Meridian
Forrest County
Hattiesburg
U. S
District Court
Sidney C. Mize
Jackson
Eichmann Contends Hitler Master Minds Death Plan
Adolf Eichmann argued that Hitler conceived the extermination plan for Europe's Jews, with documents alleging Eichmann as head of the operation. The testimony linked Hitler, Himmler, Kaltenbrunner and others to the system transporting Jews to death camps as Eichmann sat in court.
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Eichmann
Hitler
Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Europe
Ler
Heinrich Mueller
Fuehrer
Morgan
Gestapo
Housing Segregation Under Fire in Washington Talks
Under secretary Chester Bowles urged Washington real estate leaders to curb housing discrimination against African diplomats. Angier Biddle Duke called the issue urgent as more African ambassadors seek residences, focusing on lower level embassy staff housing and voluntary compliance rather than legal enforcement.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
State Department
Kennedy
America
Angier Biddle Duke
United States
Soviet Union
District of Columbia
Washington Real Estate Board
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UAW
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Robert Servatius
Nuernberg
Konrad Morgan
Servatius
Gideon Hausner
Duke
D.C
Real Estate Board
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