Thousands die as Italian dam bursts in Alpine disaster
Hundreds killed when the Vaiont Dam failure unleashed a flood along the Piave River. Longarone and nearby towns were devastated. officials estimate thousands dead, with 10 000 soldiers and aid workers deployed as helicopters surveyed the scene and rescued survivors. Noted that a landslide caused an overflow, with later reports questioning the dam wall collapse.
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Belluno
Italy
Dino Menardi
Desoto
Piave River
U.S
Harvey C. Mayse
Wenatchee
Wash
Mayse
Longarone
St. Martino
Viaspesse
Carlo Prestamburgo
Cadissago
Rivalta
Pirago
Castellazo
Piave
Benvenuta de Mas
U.S. Army
SETAF
Harrison A. Gerhardt
Red Cross
Trieste
St Belluno
Pauling Wins Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Linus Pauling receives the 1963 Nobel Peace Prize for his anti nuclear tests advocacy marking his second Nobel award after chemistry. The prize will be presented December 10 in Oslo. the Red Cross Committee and League of Red Cross Societies are cited as the peace laureates.
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Oslo
Norway
Linus Carl Pauling
California Institute of Technology
Nobel Committee
Pauling
Ne Red Cross
League of Red Ro
Marie Curie
Sanford calls legislature to meet for redistricting session
Gov Terry Sanford formally calls a two to three day special session of the General Assembly to begin Monday at noon in Raleigh. A joint assembly address is set for 12 30 pm and a public hearing at 2 pm in the legislative building auditorium.
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Raleigh
N. C
Terry Sanford
General Assembly
Senate
Sanford
Legislative
Clarence Stone
House
Clifton Blue
Council of State
Scott Gives Up Grange Leadership
Robert W. Scott of Haw River will resign as master of the North Carolina State Grange. He announced at a Grange Executive Committee meeting that he would not seek re election to head the organization to keep the Grange non political. Scott, 34, said delegates at the 35th annual convention must have time to choose a successor and noted his name had been linked with political activity.
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Greensboro
N.C
Robert W
Bob” Scott
Haw River
Soda
State Grange
Scott
Grange
Farmers’ Organization
W. Kerr Scott
Grange Executive Committee
Statesville
North Carolina
Macmillan to Step Down as Conservative Leader
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced at the Conservative conference in Blackpool that he cannot lead the party at the next general elections. He underwent prostate surgery in London and said he would need a long convalescence, predicting the party will choose a new leader after his departure. Elections must be held by October 1964.
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Blackpool
England
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Lord Went
London
Ime
Kennedy Approves Wheat Sales to Soviet Union and Allies
President Kennedy authorized private sales of millions of bushels of U S wheat to the Soviet Union and other Communist bloc nations with terms set by private buyers. The announcement, noting sales could reach 350 to 400 million dollars, said shipments would use available U S ships and remain at world prices.
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Europe
Cuba
United States
Strom Thurmond
Vermont
George Aiken
National Security Council
Congress
Lars
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Canada
Australia
U.S
Fed
Senators To Decide On Judge For North Carolina
Senators Sam Ervin Jr and B Everett Jordan edge toward a recommendation for a new U S district judge in North Carolina Middle District to replace Judge L Richardson Preyer who resigned and will seek the governor's race They have not discussed candidates but expect fast agreement and have received hundreds of letters proposing nominees from Durham and elsewhere
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Washington
Sam Ervin Jr
B. Everett Jordan
North Carolina
L. Richardson Preyer
Greensboro
Ervin
Jordan
Justice Department
Judge Preyer
Kennedy
Neaa
Sen
William H. Murdoch
Durham
U.S
Middle District
Botulism Toll Rises Across Tennessee and Midwest
Doctor reports 10 people treated in Tennessee with botulism Type E linked to smoked whitefish. Three new deaths in the state bring total fatalities to at least four. cases also reported in Knoxville and Kalamazoo. Tennessee troopers rush anti toxin from Knoxville to Vanderbilt Hospital amid shortages.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Vanderbilt Hospital
George J. Breault
Nashville
Vanderbilt
Breault
Kalamazoo
Mich
Gromyko Signals Soviet Wheat Purchases and Nuclear Pact Steps
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said the USSR would buy American wheat as part of broader cooperation and urged practical steps to advance the limited nuclear test ban treaty. He spoke amid détente moves and a formal for the pact coming into force at noon.
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Washington
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Kennedy
Cuba
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
Bang Sores
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