Thirteen Die In Worst Industrial Plane Crash
A two engine Lockheed Lodestar crashed on a farm near Ravenna Ohio killing thirteen aboard. The plane carried executives from Frontier Oil and Allied Oil on a private trip to Ashland Kentucky for a sales meeting. Witnesses reported a spin and a fire with explosions tearing the field.
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Ashland
Youngstown
Ohio
Ravenna
Here
Ashland Oil & Refining Co
Cleveland
Buffalo
Shreveport
Continental Oil Co
Marion
Lake Milton
Glenn Lickie
James Whittaker
Frontier
Land Joseph A. Collins
Ashland Oil Co
Allied Oil of
Jay P. Alexander
Allied Oil
Robert Wulff
Wayne T. Wiggins
W. H. Parr
Allied
Ashtabula
John W. Drennan
Blaine Berkstresser
Ronald Roberts
James Goff
Ohio City
Richard McKenzie
East Germans Cross Barriers to Safety in West Berlin
Two East German men driving an eight ton truck breached two barbed wire fences and swam a canal to reach McNair Barracks in West Berlin. Border guards fired but no injuries were reported. A second East German border policeman also crossed in civilian clothes.
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U. S
Berlin Wall
East Germans Escape Barrier by Truck and Canal
East German police fired on two escapees who used an eight ton truck to breach two barbed wire fences, then climbed a third and swam the Teltow canal into West Berlin. Neither was injured as they fled past Communist guards.
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East Berlin
West Berlin
Teltow Canal
Latins Get Data On Cuba
The Kennedy administration called a meeting of Latin American ambassadors to brief them on Soviet arms shipments to Cuba. Kennedy said Cuba received short range missiles torpedo boats and communications gear with about 3500 Soviet technicians in the country. Senate leaders pressed for details while Rusk and McNamara briefed lawmakers in a closed session.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
United States
Fidel Castro
Hemisphere
Congress
White House
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Marshall S. Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
First Chill Of Autumn On Way
A surge of north air sent temperatures to record lows for the date across the central U S as autumn arrives. Cities from St Cloud to Chicago reported cooling with readings from 28 to 50 degrees while rain spread east of the Mississippi and into the southern plains.
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Associated Press
St. Cloud
Minn
Madison
Wis
Omaha
Neb
Concordia
Kan
Burlington
Iowa
Chicago
Mercury
Drummond
Mont
International Falls
Denver
Milwaukee
Reno
Nev
Portland
Ore
Pennsylvania
Texas
Mississippi River
Plains States
Jackson
Tenn
Kansas City
Fire damages Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh
A fire destroyed the Hayes Barton Baptist Church auditorium and main education building in Raleigh early today. Three firefighters George Coats Lelon Frazier and Reginald Poole received minor injuries but were treated and discharged. The blaze started before dawn after a descent by a church member Lester O Nea l who saw smoke. The sanctuary roof and wall collapsed as crews fought the flames. Damage to the church education building and smoke and water damage to the rest were extensive. Insurers cover much of the loss. the church has about 1600 members and sits at a busy Raleigh intersection.
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Raleigh
Hayes Barton Baptist Church
George Coats
Lelon Frazier
Reginald Poole
Rex Hospital
Lester O'Neal
Hayes Barton
Hayes Bar
Sharp Quake Rocks Salt Lake City
A strong earthquake struck Salt Lake City this morning causing ceiling collapses in at least one house and cracks in buildings downtown. No injuries were reported though several people suffered heart attacks during the tremor.
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Salt Lake City
Salt ‘Lake City
Utah
Logan
Richmond
Lewistown
Salt Lake Valley
The
Capitol
South High School
California Institute of Technology
Great Salt Lake
Amendment To Tax Bill Is Killed In Senate Vote
The Senate rejected a proposal to let self employed people fund tax deductible pensions up to 2500 annually. House passage and differing ceilings were noted, with Mansfield pledging a separate bill later. A second amendment easing financial status proof for medical assistance was adopted by voice vote.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Kennedy
Everett M.dirksen
Illinois
House
Senate Finance Committee
Dirksen
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kerr
MAA
Kerr- Mills
Ben Bella Seizes Algiers After Brief Civil War
Ahmed Ben Bella's Political Bureau regained control of Algiers after a clash with guerrilla Wilaya No. 4 forces. The deal demilitarized the capital, halted the regular army invasion, and left Ben Bella's provisional government to police with Saadi's Ben Bella loyalists in the Casbah. More than 150 were killed or wounded in the fighting as army units held a wide perimeter around the city.
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Michael Goldsmith
Algiers
Ahmed Ben Bella
Wilaya
Ben Bella
Wilaya 4
France
Wilayan
Wilaya Command
Yacef Saadi
Saadi
Casbah
Oran
Soblen Deportation Expected to proceed to the United States
Britain rejected Robert A. Soblen final clemency plea and ordered his deportation to the United States as soon as practicable. Soblen, a 61 year old psychiatrist and wartime Soviet spy fugitive, fled to Tel Aviv, then Britain after bail was forfeited.
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London
Britain
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
Soviet Union
Tel Aviv
Israel
New York
Czechoslovakia
Home
Henry Brooke
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Clayton G. Maxwell
Newton A. Bricka
James A. Mahan Jr
John W. Kincheloe Jr
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D-Mich
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