Hurricane Carla Edges Closer to Louisiana Coasts
Residents evacuate low lying areas as Hurricane Carla strengthens to 125 mph and moves NW toward the Gulf. The Weather Bureau warns winds to Gale force and extends the watch from Brownsville to Apalachicola.
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Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Apalachicola
Fla
Texas
New Orleans (A
Carla
New Orleans Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Brownsville
Tex
Morgan City
Cameron Parish
Cameron
Grand Isle
Gulf
Frank Bradberry
Lake Pontchartrain
Red Cross
Weather Bureau
Louisiana Coast
Oregon Player Testifies of Offer to Fix Michigan Game
University of Oregon defensive back Michael Bruce told Senate investigators that two gamblers offered him $5,000 in 1960 to fix a game against Michigan. One gambler, Frank Rosenthal, invoked the Fifth Amendment. Bruce identified a second man, David Budin, later arrested under a false name. Michigan won 21 to 0.
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University of Oregon
Senate
University of Michigan
Michael Bruce
el Cagon
Calif
Oregon
Frank Norman Rosenthal
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Rosenthal
Bruce
David Budin
Budin
Ann Arbor
Mich
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
University of Florida
Leonard R. Mellon
Khrushchev signals talks with Kennedy on peace treaty
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged businesslike talks with President Kennedy on world issues and urged signing a German peace treaty. He warned the Western powers against delaying talks and said the treaty could be signed by East Germany and other willing states if needed. Nehru backed efforts toward peace during his Kremlin visit after Belgrade’s nonaligned conference.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Nehru
Germany
Unon
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.S.S.R
United States
Powers May Receive Reprieve From Soviet Prison
Soviet Premier Khrushchev says Francis Gary Powers may be released before completing his 10 year sentence but global tensions prevent freeing the U2 pilot now. Powers, shot down near Sverdlovsk on May 1 1960, was convicted as a spy and his case helped derail the Paris summit.
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New York
Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
C. L. Sulzberger
The
New York Times
Paris
Eisenhowers
Fallout Cloud From Soviet Tests Expected Over Northern U S
Government expert Dr. Lester Machta of the Weather Bureau says radioactive debris from the first of four Soviet tests will cross northern United States by weekend and may reach across the country as the cloud circles the globe. He notes yields estimated below 50 000 tons TNT and that fallout exposure will be similar to past Nevada tests while tracing a eastward path from Asia across Alaska Canada and into western U S then toward Europe.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Lester Machta
U.S. Weather Bureau
Machta
Atlantic
Europe
East German Crashes Through Brandenburg Gate Escape
A young East German driver sped a station wagon through communist barriers and the Brandenburg Gate into West Berlin. The escape occurred at Unter den Linden near the Soviet memorial, with guards firing to prevent further breaches. Elsewhere near Helmstedt, five others attempting to flee East Germany were involved in a fatal crash.
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Brandenburg
West Berlin
Unter den Linden
Helmstedt
East Germany
Senators denounce Berlin TV filming with soldiers and arms
Washington senators voiced shock and condemnation over Jack Paar show filming in war threatened Berlin using U S soldiers as backdrop. Leaders Mansfield Humphrey and Hickenlooper denounced the scene as intolerable and dangerous propaganda ripe for Khrushchev exploitation.
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U.S
Berlin
Jack Paar
East
West Berlin
Paar
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Khrushchev
Sen
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Arthur Sylvester
Wagner defeats Tamany Hall in New York mayoral primary
Mayor Robert F Wagner wins a party reform victory over the old line Democrats led by Carmine DeSapio in a record Democratic primary. Wagner's insurgent slate takes key district posts and advances to the November general against Louis Lefkowitz with 451,458 to 291,672 votes.
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NEW York
Robert F. Wagner
Tammany Hall
Carmine G. DeSapio
Wagner
Arthur Levitt
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Tammany
Manhattan
DeSapio
Greenwich Village
James S. Lanigan
Western powers issue stern warning over Berlin air routes
The United States Britain and France delivered identical notes to Moscow warning against any interference with Allied flights through the Berlin air corridors. They affirmed rights derive from the defeat of Nazi Germany and joint authority over Germany and East Berlin. The notices threaten Soviet responsibility for any disruption and foreshadow efforts to limit air access to West Berlin.
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United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West
Germany
Wessil
Kremlin
Moscow
West Berlin
Berlin
U.S.S.R
East Germany
East Berlin
German Reich
U.S
White House
Tunisia leader leans toward partial Bizerte accord in crisis
President Habib Bourguiba signaled willingness to let France retain the Bizerte base while danger of world war persists, with talks to follow on a modus vivendi and eventual full evacuation after tensions ease. He also opened to negotiating Sahara claims with Paris.
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Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
France
Bizerte
Bourguiba
Charles de Gaulle
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sahara
Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Reynolds McIntosh Divorce
The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the McIntosh County divorce of tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds from his third wife Muriel Marston. The ruling grants a new trial on 92 grounds to invalidate the divorce. alimony awarded previously was $12,500 yearly for 24 years. Reynolds has since remarried, with a fourth wife, Dr. Annemarie Schmitt of Germany.
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McIntosh County
Richard J. Reynolds
Muriel Marston
Canada
Georgia Supreme Court
Reynolds
Annemarie Schmitt
Germany
China Sea
Supreme Court
Boy 5 Drifts Out To Sea In Toy Boat At Norfolk
In Norfolk Virginia five year old Steven Bowen rode a toy plastic boat off Willoughby Bay while his father Thomas Bowen and sister Christine watched from shore. The boat drifted about 70 yards from shore as wind caught the sail and pulled Steven farther out. The father attempted to reach him by swimming and in a rowboat but failed before the tale continued on page two.
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Steven Bowen
Thomas A. Bowen
Steven
Christine
Willoughby Bay
Bowen
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