Icebergs Disrupt Radar Link From Thule to NORAD
Icebergs in Davis Strait cut a submarine cable carrying radar warning data from Thule Greenland to NORAD at Colorado Springs. The outage affects the 13 minute warning for a potential intercontinental attack while engineers seek a deeper channel.
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Davis Strait
Thule
Greenland
North American Air Defense Command
North America
Colorado Springs
Colo
Cape Dyer
Baffin Island
Arctic Circle
Canada
Government Forces Clean Up After Rising Communist Attacks
Government forces launch major cleanup drives north of Saigon after a wave of Communist terror. Two national assembly members were killed in ambush and kidnapping in the central highlands, a district chief also died, and nine of sixteen bus passengers were killed when the vehicle hit a mine near Binh Duong.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Binh Duong
Sanford Backs JFK Berlin Talk In Firm Endorsement
Gov. Sanford endorses President Kennedy’s Berlin crisis address and the broader U S stance. He urges firm action, while senators Jordan and Jonas praise the speech as clear and decisive and avoid war through a strong, unambiguous position.
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Sanford
Berlin
Associated Press
Kennedy
B. Everett Jordan
D-N. C
Congress
Charles Raper Jonas
Rn.c
Kremlin
Government opens latest cleanup drive in province
The government launched the newest cleanup operation in the province as part of ongoing efforts to clear areas of debris and improve environmental conditions. Local officials oversee tasks and monitor progress aboard regional teams coordinating the effort.
Funeral Held For Hirohito's Eldest Daughter
A Shinto funeral for Mrs Morihiro Higashikuni eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako was held in Tokyo. The 35 year old former Princess Teru died after a long illness. The emperor and empress attended. Cremation will follow and ashes placed in the Higashikuni family tomb. She is survived by her husband and five children.
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Tokyo
Morihiro Higashikuni
Emperor Hirohito
Nagako
Higashikuni
Teru
Officials Hunting Way To Get Plane From Havana
U.S. officials seek methods to recover the hijacked four engine airliner from Cuba without freeing it. Castro signals no plan to return the plane, worth 3.5 million dollars, as diplomatic and legal options are weighed.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
U.S
State Department
Montreal
United States
Kennedy
Eastern Air Lines
Ex-Mayor Fielding Fry Dies in Greensboro
Greensboro ex mayor Fielding L. Fry, 69, founder of Guilford National Bank, died at Wesley Long Hospital after a nine day stay. He led Greensboro during 1947 49 and helped form Guilford National to stabilize banking. Survived by wife Fan ny Williams Fry daughter Martha Devane sister Walker Schenck and brother Howell Fry. Funeral Thursday at St Andrews Episcopal Church burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Guilford National
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Kernersville
Odell Hardware Co
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Virginia
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
Children's Home Society of
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Fanny Williams Fry
Martha F. Devane
Walker F. Schenck
Fayetteville
Howell Lewis Fry
Sao Paulo
Brazil
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Phillip A. Lewis
John Chilton Mott
Holy Trinity Episcopalian Church
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Warehouses Ready For Baccy Sales In Tifton
The tobac co center in Tifton Georgia opens with eight warehouses stocked for day one sales and enough tobacco for two opening days. Operators expect full sales Thursday and Friday and capacity sales through next week as four companies run two warehouses each. Twenty eight Georgia Florida markets will be inspected by 200 government inspectors meeting Tobacco Division officials.
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Georgia- Florida
Tobacco Division
The
Agricultural Inspection Service
W E Wrather
Washington, DC
Tobacco Divison
L. B. Satterfield
Raleigh N.C
Marquette Receives McCarthy Papers From Widow
The public and private papers of the late Sen Joseph R McCarthy were donated to Marquette University by his widow Jean McCarthy The first installment of 30 boxes arrived Tuesday The university plans to sort catalog and make the collection available to scholars through its Memorial Library as part of a history research program
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Milwaukee, Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Marquette University
Jean McCarthy
Edward J. O'Donnell
Marquette
Weather Mix Ranges From Relief to Storm Threats
Skies were mostly fair across much of the nation with relief from heat in the East, while Southeast gaps remained hot and humid. A thunderstorm belt spanned eastern South Dakota to southwest Nebraska with 81 mph winds at Huron and 41 mph at Pierre. Tucson, Arizona reported a storm, and temperatures ranged from 50s in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to 70s across the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast.
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Huron
S. D
Pierre
Tucson
Ariz
Great Lakes
New England
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Edgar Guest Poet Born in Birmingham England
The famed poet Edgar Guest was born in Birmingham England and emigrated to the United States at age ten establishing a long literary career in America.
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Edgar Guest
Birmingham
England
United States
Troops Guard Polls in Salisbury Referendum Clash
In Salisbury Southern Rhodesia troops and police guard polling places for a referendum on a new constitution amid clashes. About 4,000 of 82,486 registered are Negro. police aimed to deter interference. Nkomo urged a work stoppage as tear gas drove back 1,000 Africans. three killed and nine wounded so far.
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Southern Rhodesia
Sir Edgar Whitehead
Joshua Nkomo
National Democratic Party
Bulawayo
Nkomo
First Commercial Power Mowers Born in 1919 Era
The first U.S. commercial power mowers appeared in 1919 weighing about 200 pounds and priced at $300, marking a shift in lawn maintenance technology.
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