Miss N C Casualties Heavy Crowned Miss America
A chartered DC eight airliner carrying about 80 American Army personnel and families crashed into the River Shannon near Shannon Airport Ireland in thick fog. Spokesmen say casualties are heavy and rescue work is hampered as hospitals are alerted and fire crews sweep the area.
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River Shannon
U.S. Air Force
Germany
United States
Atlantic
President Air Lines
Limerick
Fire breaks into Soviet Embassy in Washington
Soviet embassy officials protested to Secretary of State Rusk after a break-in and a fire on the third floor. The embassy said the fire was quickly controlled and blamed unknown intruders, while U S authorities launched an inquiry amid questions about entry and police notification.
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Dean Rusk
Rusk
Mikhail Smirnovsky
Smirnovsky
Fire Department
U. S
State Department
16Th Street
Mikhail Menshikov
Russia
Gas Well Explodes Beside Pecos Killing Two
A wild gas well explosion near Cayanvasa south of Pecos Texas killed at least two men and burned 73 others. Firefighters from Mona hans Pecos and Fort Stockton battled the blaze while Red Adair was en route to assist.
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Tex
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Cayanosa
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Herbert Whitfield
Pat York
Red Adair
Houston
Thurmond pushes probe of Pentagon censorship in military speeches
Senate Armed Services could vote next week to urge a formal inquiry into Pentagon censorship of officers speeches amid protest mail. McNamara defended policy restricting public utterances while avoiding political entanglement, as Thurmond demands 1500 speeches be reviewed and named censor individuals.
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Strom Thurmond
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Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Thurmond
John Stennis
D-Miss
Secretary of Defense
Robert S.mcnamara
Armed Services Group
McNamara
Soviet Union
United States
Berlin
Committee
Carla Advances Inland As Gulf Coast Evacuates
Hurricane Carla nears the Texas and Louisiana coasts with 135 mph winds. More than 200000 people evacuated from Galveston to Grand Isle as Red Cross calls it the largest modern-day evacuation. Warnings extend from Port Aransas to Grand Isle and inland hotels fill with evacuees.
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Carla
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Tex
Grand Isle
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Washington
Cameron
Weather Bureau
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Brownsville
Pensacola
Fla
Audrey
Red Cross
Beaumont
Dancing Star Maria Fletcher Wins Miss North Carolina
Asheville teenager Maria Beale Fletcher, 19, crowned Miss North Carolina after winning Friday's bathing suit competition. A former Radio City Rockette and Miss Asheville, she plans dramatic study at Pasadena Playhouse and hopes for a stage career while pursuing marriage and continued education.
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Calif
Maria
Asheville
Roclettes
North Carolina
Atlantic City
South Carolina
New Jersey
Jong
N.J
Maria Beale Fletcher
Nancy Anne Fleming
Montague, Mich
Radio City Rockettes
New York
Maria Beale Fletcher Crowned Miss America 1962
Maria Beale Fletcher of North Carolina won the 1962 Miss America title at Atlantic City after a pageant featuring 55 contestants. The Asheville native, 19, earned the crown ahead of finalists from Arkansas Utah Texas Minnesota and others.
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Arkansas
Frances Jane Anderson
Pine Bluff
Utah
Carolyn Deann Lasater
Salt Lake City
Texas
Linda Jacklyn Loftis
Fort Worth
Minnesota
Nancee Ann Parkinson
West St. Paul
North Carolina
Asheville
A. C. Reynolds High School
Ann Farrington Herring
Winston - Salem
Woman's Club
Cattlemen's Association
Maria
Maris Hits 56th Home Run Seals Lead in Record Pace
Roger Maris launched his 56th homer in the Yankees 143rd game, moving six games ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 pace. The blast came off Jim Gant of the Indians in the seventh, his eighth against Cleveland and first versus Grant, while Mantle reached 52. The pair gave New York a two man club record with 108 homers.
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Roger Maris
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Maris
Jim Gant
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland
Grant
Ruth
Mickey Mantle
Mantle
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Nuclear Test Ban Talks End In Indefinite Recess
The Geneva Big Three conference on a nuclear test ban adjourned indefinitely after Khrushchev rejected Kennedy and Macmillan’s appeal. The recess, effective until after the U.N. General Assembly debate, shifts the issue to the U.N. agenda with possible future resumption if Russia negotiates.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Michael Wright
U.N. General Assembly
Tsarapkin
Radio Moscow
Macmillan
Central Asia
East Berlin Family Flees to West Under Watchful Police
A family of four and eight relatives escaped from a second floor East Berlin apartment via rope to West Berlin on Sunday, watched by East German police who did not fire. They loaded belongings onto the rope while a 60 strong crowd observed, then fled into West Berlin at Bernauerstrasse.
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