Patchen Beats Rayko in Akron Derby for Second Place
Gary Patchen of Fort Lauderdale narrowly missed defeating Dick Dawson to win the All-American Soap Box Derby title at Derby Downs Akron Ohio. Indiana Pa contender Gene Rayko was eliminated in his first heat drawing grassroots excitement from local fans. Dawson drove the winning gravity powered racer ahead of Patchen and Edward R Wotring Jr in a race watched by about 65000 spectators.
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Champ
Gene Rayko
Indiana
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Gary Patchen
Akron
Gary
Robert Patchen
G. B. Hanna
Church St
Derby Downs
Dick Dawson
Wichita, Kans
Clymer
Lisley
Marlin
Indiana Hospital
Witchita
Seashans
Derby Downs Clymer Furniture Co
Downs
Indiana Evening Gazette
Patchen
Rayko
G. B. Hanin
Young Paiden
Florida
Kenny Fairman
Dawson
Edward R. Wotring, Jr
Flint- Lee
Weather Forecast Improves This Evening Locales
Weather clearing this evening and early tonight with fair, cooler conditions. Low temperatures in the lower 50s. Tuesday looks slightly warmer with a gradual rise in temperatures.
Cholera Vaccine Rush in Hong Kong Amid Southeast China outbreak
Hong Kong accelerates a cholera vaccine drive as fears spread from southeastern China. Officials report 32 confirmed cases and 20 suspects in the colony, with broader counts possible. Border health checks and travel restrictions rise as the epidemic's reach expands toward Formosa and the Philippines.
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Hong Kong
China
Formosa
Philippines
South China Morning Pass
Ching
Kwangtung
Red China
Boy Attacked by Shark Near Bolinas Beach
A shark attacked a boy Sunday off Bolinas near San Francisco causing deep leg and foot injuries. Surgeons operated for over five hours while medical teams airlifted anti cholera vaccine supplies from Britain and the United States to aid outbreak response. The boy remained seriously injured but not in critical condition as coastal areas closed beaches and pools amid the scare.
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Britain
United States
Bolinas
Calif
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
David Vogensen
Taiiq
Salmon Creek
Miles Marsh
Bution
Vogensen
San Francisco
Lamar Schools Open Aug 30 1961 62 Term
Students in the Laura Lamar Joint School District will begin the 1961 62 term Wednesday August 30. This is the first in a series on district school openings.
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Homer City
Laura Lamar
Three Perish In Meadville Fair AF Exhibit Blast
At Crawford County Fairgrounds Meadville Pennsylvania three Air Force crewmen died and a fourth injured when a fighter plane being assembled for exhibit contacted a high voltage line causing an explosion and fire. Police said five crew members were present. the fifth escaped injury. The victims were from the Air Force Orientation Group at Wright Patterson AFB Dayton Ohio. Names withheld pending family notification.
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Meadville, Pa
Air Force
Crawford County
Fairgrounds
Meadville
Meadville City
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayon
Ohio
West Bonds Stronger Says LBJ On Return
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson reports that free world bonds have grown stronger after his 36 hour visit to West Berlin. He spoke at Andrews Air Force Base on return from Europe and praised free German leadership and enduring ties with West Germany and West Berlin.
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Johnson
Berlin
Lyndon Johnson
Andrews Air Force Base
West Berlin
Wilhelm Grewe
Lucius Clay
West
LBJ
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Shannon
Ireland
House
Ian Rayburn
D-Tex
John W. McC
White House
Hyannis
Mass
United States
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Willy Brands
Clark Throws Rule Book At Senate
Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania halted Senate business for almost an hour by theatrically throwing the rule book. He blocked unanimous consent to skip reading the prior day's journal to demonstrate how rules can delay proceedings and paralyze the Senate.
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Washington
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Senate
Clark
Tunisia Appeals For US Allies To Back French Troop Exit
At a special United Nations session Tunisia urged the United States and Western allies to back a resolution demanding France withdraw all troops from Tunisia including the Bizerte base. The meeting, boycotted by France, debated pressures for immediate talks on French troop withdrawal and Tunisia’s sovereignty.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Tunisia
United States
France
U.N
Tunisian
Mongi Slim
U.N. General Assembly
Slim
Assembly
Bizerte
Soviet Union
Congo
Frederic H. Boland
Treland
Security Council
Africa
Asia
Yugoslavia
Cambodia
Iran
Nepal
Thailand
Tugo
Upper Valia
Yunisia
Berlin
Adlai B. Stevenson
Stevenson
General Assembly
Habib Bourguiba
Bizerté
Lucerne mine death leaves questions on cause
Henry J. Ruffner 36 of Lucerne was killed in a Rochester and Pitts Burgh Coal Co. operation wreck inside the Lucerne mine. Officials said details were unavailable as federal and state mine investigators began inquiries. He left a wife and three children. This was the first fatality at the Lucerne mine since 1954. Further details and obituary forthcoming tomorrow.
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Lucernemines
Henry J. Ruffner
Lucerne
Imines
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Ruffner
Hoam
Coal Company
Lucerne Mines
Indiana Evening Gazette
Three Salisburg Men Sentenced in West Lebanon Theft
Three Salisburg area men pleaded guilty and were sentenced by Judge Edwin M. Clark in Indiana County Court for a residence theft in West Lebanon. Sherwood Renwick, 20, received six months to four years in the Allegheny County Workhouse plus restitution of 1195. Ralph Kelly, 25, and Gwen Boyd Kelly, 21, both tied to burglary and larceny, received suspended terms with probation and restitution totaling 120 and 225 respectively. All were part of a series of thefts from William Crawford’s residence.
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Salisburg
Edwin M. Clark
Builty
Indiana
Sherwood Renswick
Ralph E. Kelly
Gwen Boyd Kelly
Salisburg R.D
William Crawford
West
Lebanon
Renwick
Allegheny County
Ralph Kelly
Owen Kelly
Crawford
Clark
Fire cuts Elderton phone lines in morning blaze
A fire in an unattended exchange of the Kittanning Telephone Company damaged cables and left about 700 Elderton subscribers without service. Emergency measures restored 100 lines, six of 1% rank lines work, and pay telephones were installed for emergencies. Officials expect full restoration by week’s end.
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Elderton
Kittanning Telephone Company
Rittanning Telephone Company
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Lamar
Meadville Fair
USAF
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