Eight convicts surrender after Tennessee prison riot
In Nashville eight inmates yielded to authorities after an eight hour uprising that held three guards, three clerks and seventeen prisoners hostage. A demolition of the threat with tear gas and a Patton tank halted the standoff near the penitentiary entrance. The ringleaders were moved to maximum security cells while corrections chief Keith Hampton cited numerous grievances.
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Nashville
Keith Hampton
Parole Board
East
Tennessee
Hampton
Court Halls Newburgh Job Plan
Supreme Court Justice John P. Donohoe granted a temporary injunction blocking Newburgh's relief tighter plan. The ruling pauses work requirements and birth-control restrictions. city officials plan to appeal while awaiting a follow order to end the plan.
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NEM Surge.ncy
Sumeme Court
John P. Bonohoe
Newburgh
Donohoe
Cold, Springs
Orange County
Goshen
Joseph Mitchell
New York
New York State
Lepislauree
Day Inn Court
Court of Equity
Unig
Mitchell
Weather and Dance Club Notifications
Mostly sunny and very warm with higher humidity today and Saturday. Tonight remains fair and mild. Dance Sokol Club event listings include Star Dust Quartet on August 19 and Shy Tones on August 6.
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Sokol Club
Star Dust Quartet
Cuban ship Bahia de Nipe defector crew seeks asylum at Norfolk
Eleven crewmen including the captain of the Cuban freighter Bahia de Nipe, bound for the Soviet Union, were brought ashore at Norfolk after the ship anchored off Cape Henry and requested asylum. The State Department said the defectors may stay in the United States while the remaining 23 crew members remain under Coast Guard surveillance.
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Norfolk, Va
Soviet Union
Cape Henry
United States
State Department
Washington
Bahia de Nipe
Fidel Castro
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Naval Station
Paroled Dad Delays Surgery for Daughter in Bethlehem
Gloria Moyer, seven, awaited heart operation in Philadelphia as her father John L. Moyer, jailed for a $500 theft fine and unemployment, was paroled to reach her. Judge Ralph C. Body granted a new parole for the child’s sake. Moyer arrived during the operation but Gloria was unconscious. The girl’s condition remained satisfactory but the prognosis is guarded.
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Philadelphia
Gloria Moyer
John L. Moyer
Bethlehem
Reading
Gloria
Andrew L. Herster Jr
Northampton County
Moyer
Ralph C. Body
Injures Self With .22 Rifle in Indiana Field Accident
Kent Norman Trout, 24, of Kent, listed in fair condition at Indiana Hospital, suffered a bullet wound to the leg from a .22 rifle. State Police report he was accidentally injured last evening while checking the gun in a field. He reportedly carried the rifle while working to shoot groundhogs. bullet entered about four inches above the knee and surgery was planned today to remove it.
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Kent
Norman Trout
Indiana
Trout
Driver Held After Crash In Saltsburg
A Saltsburg motorist Homer Shirley was arrested for driving under the influence after a chain reaction crash on Indiana Ave at midnight. His car struck parked vehicles owned by James Edine and R V Silverling, pushing the Silverling car into a third parked car owned by Joe Cavicini. Damages were about 300 dollars to Shirley and Silverling vehicles. Edine and Cavicini cars suffered negligible damage.
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Saltsburg
Saltsburg R.D 1
Virgil Harris
Homer Shirley
Harris
Shirley
James Edine
Indiana Ave
R. V. Silverling
Reynoldsville
Silverling
Tougher E German Trip Bans
East Germany tightened border barriers in East Berlin as refugees fled to West Berlin. Red guards fired on a truck carrying three escapees, but the men reached safety. West German Chancellor Adenauer pledged increased NATO readiness and cooperation to start East West talks, while Britain considered a token troop increase. Western notes to Moscow aim for high level talks to counter Khrushchev’s Berlin demands.
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West Berlin
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
West Germany
Adenauer
Willy Brandt
Berlin
London
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Germany
Moscow
Kremlin
Khrushchev
West
Washington
Charge 3 Drug Firms In Price Fix and Monopoly
New York AP reporting three major drug makersPfizer American Cyanamid Bristol-Myersplus three executives face three count federal indictments for price rigging and monopolistic practices. Accused firms allegedly controlled about 70 percent of antibiotics aureomycin terramycin and tetracycline sales with high prices and withheld information to secure tetracycline patents. Co conspirators include Eli Lilly Mathieson and Upjohn not defendants. Charges reflect long standing anticompetitive claims in the pharma sector.
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New York
U.S. Patent Office
Olint Mathieson Chemical Corp
EL R.i Squibb & Sons
Upjohn’ Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bristol-Myers
Indiana Borough White Township Civil Defense Reorganization
A reorganization meeting of the Indiana Borough and White Township Civil Defense units will be held at the Legion Home next to the Manos Theatre on August 22 at 7 30 p m Civil Defense Director Dominick Violl stated today All interested persons are invited to attend The front door of the Legion Home is requested to be used by attendees.
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Indiana Borough
White Township
Legion Home
Manos Theatre
Civil Defense
Dominick Violl
Brookville Lady Dies At 103 In Brookville Pa
Idella Hilliard, 103, died Thursday at the Brookville Ivalescent Home after a long life. A longtime resident, she came from a family with notable longevity, including her mother Catherine Goss and sister Nettie Pardonner, who both lived to 101. Moose dance Saturday night tones.
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Brookville
Idella Hilliard
Hilliard
Catherine Goss
Nettie Pardonner
Mother and Four Sons Die in New York Blaze
A mother Alicia Beekman and her four sons Alfred Michael William and Richard were killed in a fire in Vail Mills New York caused by an explosion of a heater lit to warm their single downstairs room. The father George Beekman Jr age 28 and two daughters Cathy Jo 15 months Eunice 3 were injured. Sheriff Pencheff said the father started coffee on the gas stove and lit the oil heater before waking the rest of the family.
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Vail Mills
N.y.ap
Rmother
George Beekman
Alicia
Alfred
Michael
William
Richard
Johnson to Visit Berlin to reassure West Germany
Washington The White House says Vice President Johnson will fly to Berlin as Kennedy’s representative to meet West German leaders Adenauer and Brandt. He will carry a message to Brandt and discuss reinforcing Western troops, aiming to reassure Berlin amid border tensions with East Germany.
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Washington
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Berlin
Kennedy
Johnson
Andrews Air Force Base
Lucius Clay
U.S
Germany
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Brandt
East Berlin
United States
London
State Department
West Germany
Indiana Derby Winner Faces Akron Challenge in Soap Box Final
Indiana winner Gene Rayko, a Squoap Box Derby champion from Indiana Pa, travels to Akron with 150 U S youths and entrants from six foreign countries for Sundays All American Derby races. Rayko drew lane one in the fourth race, facing Gary Patchen of Fort Lauderdale in lane two as the field narrows toward quarters. Rayko and Patchen share a hometown quirk, both connected to Indiana Pa, with Patchen visiting from Florida en route to Akron. The Fort Lauderdale rider won Fort Lauderdale’s Derby on July 4 and survived repairs after a truck impact, while Rayko claimed Indiana’s crown in his class after a twin heat tiebreaker with his brother Larry. The Akron race also features a Zanesville Ohio entrant, with the winner advancing to quarterfinals of the derby.
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Akron
Gene Rayko
Indiana
United States
Rayso
Gary Patchen
Fort Lauderdale
Rayko
Patchen
Louise Hanna
G. B. Hanna
Church St
Indiane
Incana
Young Patchen
Robert Patchen
Gary
Florida City
Gene
Larry
Ac Akron
Zanesville
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Court Halls
Lankenau
White Two
Indiana, Clymer
Homer City
Indiana County Development Corporation
J. W. Gatti
Henry Mitchell
T.W. Kredel
John H. Lapsley
Indiana County
Moose
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