Ceylon Aid Halted With Seizure
In Ceylon a dispute over oil and aid ended with the government seizing stations from Burmah-Shell Esso and Caltex after a February aid cutoff. CPC, created to import Russian oil, captured about half the retail market while private firms retained bunkering and aviation fuel. The move prompted U S objections and a national debate on compensation and foreign exchange.
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Henry
Bradsher
Colombo
Ceylon
Washington
United States
Burmah-Shell
Britain
Esso
Caltex
India
Soviet Union
T. B. Nangaratna
Ceylon Petroleum Corp
CPC
London
Brazil
Sen. Bourke Hickenopper
Iowa
U.S
Frances Willis
Sirima Bandarandike
Miss Willis
Anid Bees
Toggether
Hangaratna
Burmah Shell
Newscasters Speak Well Seem Sad
NBC Huntley Brinkley evening news debuts in half hour with Kennedy interview dominating first program. Cronkite's CBS show airs earlier in some markets with Goldwater interview and treaty analysis. NBC sticks to straight reportage, while Cronkite adds context as both rivals compete in a cautious, disciplined news landscape.
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New York
NBC
Welter Cronkite
CBS
Cronkit
Hantley
Brinkley
Clon
Cronkite
Huntley
ABC
Louis- Fredinand
Germany
Don Juan
Archduke Otto
Austria
Hungary
Simeon
Bulgaria
Mrs Nhu Plans U S Visit in October
Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu, wife of South Viet Nam's leader, says she will visit the United States in mid October but does not plan to attend the U N General Assembly. She stopped briefly in Bangkok en route to Belgrade for an international parliamentary conference.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Ngo Dinh Nhu
South Viet Nam
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Ngo Dinh Diem
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Explosion at Legion Meet Injures Four
A small cannon exploded during the American Legion convention parade in Miami Beach injuring four people. Witness Lester Cordell of Tulsa lit the fuse by lighter, causing the blast that also damaged a plate glass window. Injured are Cordell, Philip Harness, Oscar Wilder, and Paul Fearer. The 45th annual convention opens with plans for speeches, policy addresses, and elections. Dan F. Foley is expected to be the next national commander, opposing Joe L. Matthews.
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Miami Beach
Fla
American Legion Convention
Lester Cordell
Tulsa
Okla
Philip Harness
Elkins
W.va
Oscar Wilder
Miami
Paul Fearer
Dean Rusk
Legion
Dan F. Foley
Wabasha, Minn
James I. Powers
Foley
Joe L. Matthews
Fort Worth
Tex
Five Quintuplets Born in Venezuela to One Room Home
Ponder over support for their quints as gifts arrive for the Cuervo de Prieto family. The five infants born two months premature in Maracaibo are in acceptable condition and fed by eye dropper. Parents, with previous marriages, live in a one bedroom home with ten children. Father earns about $10.40 daily as a Creole Petroleum foreman.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
Robinson Suarez Herrera
University Hospital
Juan Jose
Fernando
Robinson
Otto
Mario
Ines Marie Cuervo de Prieto
Efren
Creole Petroleum Corp
Cuervo de Prieto
Evidence Admissibility Debate in Bass Gambling Case
In St Louis AP report, West Memphis gambler Stratton Bass appeals a 1982 conviction. Attorney argues pre statute evidence on the business operation should be excluded. U.S. Attorney contends collectors and interstate financing show Bass’s control. court takes case under advisement.
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ST. Louis
West Memphis
Ark
U.S. Ath Circuit Court of Appeals
Andrew Stratton Bass
U.S. District Court
Jonesboro
Bass
Wills Davis
Memphis, Tenn
Stratton
Davis
U.S
Robert Smith
Little Rock
Smith
Arkansas
Harvest of Cotton Slowed by Rain in Arkansas
The Agriculture Department reported a slower cotton harvest in Arkansas last week due to rain. Farmers reentered fields later in the week, with early cotton hand-picked at $2 to $3.50 per 100 pounds. Some planned defoliation and machine harvesting in two weeks. Gins kept up. spot trading light in central markets. Output forecast at 1,360,000 bales, down 40,000 from August 1. Hot dry weather worsened crop condition in central and north Arkansas and in northeast delta counties. Last year yielded 1,450,000 bales.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Agriculture Department
Delta
Negroes Demand Desegregation and Jobs in High Point
In High Point North Carolina about 1 000 Negroes have been arrested amid three weeks of demonstrations demanding desegregation of public facilities and better employment. Rev B Elton Cox of the Congress of Racial Equality spoke at a mass meeting pledging continued action until goals are met.
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High Point
N.C
National League of Municipalities
B. Elton Cox
Congress of Racial Equality
Palive
First Queen Quits to Be Evangelist in Shreveport
Edith Mae Pennington former Miss Arkansas 1921 left beauty contracts to become an evangelist. The Pine Bluff native, once a Lakeside Grammar School teacher, now pastors Full Gospel Temple in Shreveport and preaches nationwide wearing a long white gown. She recalled moving from movieland to kingdomland and noted the Miss America pageant's rising popularity at Atlantic City.
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Shreveport, la
Pine Bluff
Shreveport
Arkansas
Edith Mae Pennington
Edith Mae Patterson
United States
the &T. Louis Globe Democrat
Pennington
Lakeside Grammar School
Atlantic City
Aimee Semple McPherson
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AP Television
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U. S
Associated Press
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Beauty With Brains
Shreve
Bort
Norfolk Aid
White River
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Wests
Meee
Dallas
Asea
Stevens Twill
Stevens
West‘s
Denier
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