UNC Deaths Seen as Suspected Murder by Cyanide
Chapel Hill police indicate strong indications that two UNC students died from cyanide poisoning with circumstantial evidence likely to guide the case. Chemist William Best is assisting, a coroner’s jury ruled cyanide caused the deaths, and theories center on an odorless poison and possible possession in Cobb Dormitory.
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Chapel Hill
W. D. Blake
University of North Carolina
Blake
William Harrison Johnson Jr
James Michael Barham
Johnson
Cobb
William Best
State Bureau of Investigation
Barham
University
Medical School
Bill John
President Kennedy to Speak at UNC University Day
Chapel Hill prepares for President John F Kennedy visit with an expected crowd near 30000 at Kenan Stadium for the University Day program. He and Gov Terry Sanford to receive honorary degrees while classes are suspended for the event.
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Terry Sanford
Chapel Hill
William C. Friday
The
Consolidated University
Kenan Stadium
Kennedy
Genetic damage unlikely from Russian fallout
A Public Health Service radiological health physician said genetic damage from the current Russian nuclear explosions would be so small it may not be detectable even after generations. He noted radiation doses to reproductive cells are lower than long-term natural background radiation and cited wide global variation in background levels.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Radiological Health
India
Ralph E. Lapp
19th Child Arrives in Harrisburg Family Nears Milestone
Mary Grab a 44 year old Harrisburg housewife delivered her 19th child James Mario 10 pounds 13 ounces at Osteopathic Hospital both mother and baby doing fine and due home Saturday Bob Grab 45 an electrician for the Pennsylvania Railroad shares the family view that size happened and they are happy. The Grabs have 22 years of marriage with children aged 19 months to 21 years Edward Lee Robert William.
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Harrisburg
Mary Grab
James Mario
Osteopathic Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grab
Edward Lee
Robert William
Grabs
Biddle Flown Home for Treatment in Washington
Ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Biddle will be flown to Washington Thursday for care at Walter Reed Hospital due to bronchial pneumonia complications after a long tour of northern Spain. Embassy sources said he did not respond to initial treatment at home and was moved to the U S Air Force Hospital at Torrejon near Madrid before the transfer was arranged.
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Madrid
U.S
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Biddle
Spain
U.S. Air Force
Torrejon
Walter Reed
Islanders Flee Volcano On Remote Tristan da Cunha
About 260 residents of Tristan da Cunha fled erupting and earthquakes from their 40 square mile island. They spent a night on Nightingale Island awaiting a Dutch liner to Cape Town. Few have left before and most know the outside world only from media.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
South America
Nightingale Island
Tristan
260 Island
AFL-CIO Welcomes Defecting Teamsters Locals
The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted 24 to 2 to grant separate charters to local units defecting from Hoffa's Teamsters, avoiding a single rival union. Meany said about 100 locals have applied and he will act on petitions, signaling a bold step in the four year feud.
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New York
Aflcio Executive Council
Afl-Cio
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Aflcio
Meany
Commercial Manned Space Flights Could Be Reality By 1975 or 1980
Space flight expert H H Koelle predicts commercial manned space travel could be reality by 1975 to 1980 with rapid tech advances over two decades. Projections include lunar missions, space stations, and frequent earth orbit trips, aided by reusable rockets and economical propulsion. Koelle leads the Future Projects Office at Huntsville Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Earth
H. H. Koelle
George E. Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Koelle
American Rocket Society
Moon
Future Projects
Huntsville Center
Governor Says North Carolina Lacks Fair Share Of Federal Highway Funds
Governor Sanford argued NC has not received its fair share of federal highway funds citing road tax payments and demonstrated need. He urged faster construction and a highway link to the state port and military bases, plus fewer delays on Highway 70. He also touched on utility laws the State Fair and KD Kennedy’s visit, and discussed community colleges and the State Art Museum funding strategy.
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Raleigh
Sanford
North Carolina
Midwest
Kennedy
Utilities Commission
Art Museum
State Art Society
Edwards Military Institute
Flora Macdonald College
Floral Macdonald
Weather Bureau weighs bombs to disrupt hurricanes
Weather Bureau chief Dr. Francis J. Reichelderfer says using conventional or nuclear bombs on hurricanes is only in the dream phase. He notes policy, tests in the atmosphere and cost, with a one megaton bomb priced at about 1 million dollars and plans for large scale seeding with silver iodide in 1962 after small tests this year.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Francis J. Reichelderfer
Reichelderfer
National Press Club
Rayburn Develops Pneumonia. Condition Now Critical
Dallas AP reports House Speaker Sam Rayburn tested with left lobar pneumonia and pleural effusion during the night. Rayburn, admitted to Baylor Hospital 10 days ago for incurable cancer of the lymph system, is now described as critical though doctors say his spirits are good and he has not been told of the cancer.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Baylor Hospital
Federal Move Plan to curb collusive bidding announced
The Justice Department unveiled a plan to discourage collusive bidding on government contracts. Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy said reporting identical bids from up to 2000 local and state governments and federal agencies will flag rigged pricing. The system, effective Nov 1, follows an April 24 presidential order and aims to deter bid rigging and aid antitrust probes.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Gromyko Calls Berlin Talks Useful After London Meetings
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko described talks with Kennedy Macmillan Home and other Western leaders as very useful. He refused to confirm details or any end-year peace treaty plan while noting a possible postponement of a year-end deadline.
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Moscow
Andre A. Gromyko
Berlin
Kennedy
Harold Leons
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
London
Gromyko
U.S
Lord Home
Brighton
West Berlin
Home
Noone
Harold Macmillan
East Germany
United States
Dean Rusk
Hoffa Indicted Again Over Union Fund Misuse
James R. Hoffa president of the Teamsters Union is indicted in Orlando Florida for a second time on fraud charges involving more than 500000 in union funds. The indictment also names Detroit banking executive Robert E. McCarthy Jr. and alleges use of union money to develop a model city in Brevard County Florida. The earlier December indictment was dismissed due to grand jury issues.
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Washington (Ap
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Orlando
Fla
Justice Department
Federal Grand Jury
Robert E. McCarthy Jr
Detroit
Unon
Brevard County
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