Kovacs Colorful Character
Hollywood icon Ernie Kovacs, a prolific inventive comic and director, spent lavishly on cigars and lived in a $600,000 home after a high paying movie debut. He built TV classics, fought typecasting, and joked about his future as a lean captain in Our Man in Havana.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Ernie Kovacs
Harry Cohn
Columbia — Studios
Cavid
Kovacs
Colin
Columbia Pictures
Harry
Edie Ad ‘Ams
Abc-Tv
New York
Ernie
Chasen's
Romanoff's
Larue’s
Richard Quine
Quine
Columbia
Havane
Gizenga Arrest Lifted to Pressure Congo Crisis
Government officials debate arrest of Gizenga as deputy prime minister protected by constitutional immunity. Four aides detained by Lundula reach. Gizenga seeks UN protection while UN says no knowledge. Cabinet votes unanimously to pursue action, Stanleyville tensions rise as Gizenga reportedly attempts to flee.
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Gizenga
Leopoldville
Tundula
Lundula
Stanleyville
Lunduia
Van Zandt seeks US aid for Quehanna plant closure
Rep James E Van Zandt urges Defense Secretary to funnel defense contracts to Curtiss-Wright Quehanna operation in Clearfield County Pa. The plant will shut by June 30 due to high costs and few contracts, from 1200 workers to 158 by last December. The plastic division left with sale to another manufacturer.
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Washington
James E. van Zandt
R . Pa
Clearfield County
van Zandt
Defense
Robert S
Namara
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Quehanna
Curtiss-Wright
Plan Attacks On JFK Administration GOP Groundwork Laid
Oklahoma City data reports GOP leaders outlining 1962 campaign strategy criticizing Kennedy policies. Barry Goldwater to speak. Rep Miller accuses the president of misreporting crises and pursuing welfare plans that overreach while expanding federal power.
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Oklahoma City
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Kennedy
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
William £. Miller
New York
Miller
Laos
South Viet Nam
Russia
Berlin
Congo
NATO
Mickey Cohen Back In Jail In Income Tax Conviction
U S Court of Appeals upholds Mickey Cohen's income tax conviction forcing reincarceration temporarily. Cohen, 48, reported to the federal building after two deputy marshals escorted him to county jail. He had been free on a $100000 bond since his federal jury conviction, facing 14 years and a $20000 fine.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
U. S. Court of Appeals
Cohen
U. S. Supreme Court
Ramahirca Avalanche Devastates Andean Village in Peru
A massive ice, rock, and mud slide struck Ramahirca and Yanama in Ancash Province killing most residents and burying hundreds. Officials estimate 1,500 to several thousand dead, with fewer than 100 bodies recovered. Rescue efforts continue amid ongoing danger from unstable cliffs and a second avalanche threat.
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Ranrahirca
Peru
Aga-Planche
Ramahirca
Huylas Valley
Yanama
Ancash
Huascaran
Manuel Melgarejo
Goldwater Questions U N Role in U S Policy
Belmont Mass AP Sen Barry Goldwater asserts no reason for the United States to remain in the United Nations saying the world is not ready for it. He criticizes both extreme right and left wing groups and notes ADA members near the White House. The keynote address was at Belmont High School Auditorium.
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Belmont
Mass
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
United States
United Nations
John Birch Society
Goldwater
White House
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Coun
Washington
Belmont High School
Severe cold grips South hurting crops and lives
Severe cold knifes deep into the South hitting Texas and Florida citrus and vegetable growers hard. Officials cite millions in losses with Rio Grande Valley citrus at 19 million. nationwide death toll exceeds 150. Forecasts warn of a new storm from the Rockies toward the Great Lakes while another system threatens Nebraska and Kansas. Readings show subfreezing temps across Texas and Gulf states with continued damage to citrus groves.
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Texas
Florida
Deep South
Rio Grande Valley
Arizona
mid-Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Nebraska
Kansas
Central Plains
Great Lakes
Corpus Christi
Ellis
Houston
Rail merger plan urges three eastern systems
Pennsylvania and Central propose joining Pennsy with New York Central to form a large eastern transportation system. Norfolk & Western and Nickel Plate seek alignment with Wabash, C&O and B&O. analysts foresee significant savings and a three-system realignment. Saunders resigns Pennsy director post, Howard Butcher III named to board. Stock markets show mixed gains amid industry wide earnings lows.
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Pennsylvania
Northeast
Felix §. Hales
Nickel Plate Road
East
Norfolk & Western
Nickel Plate
C&o
B&o
Central
Stuart T. Saunders
Interstate Commerce Commission
Justice Department
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
the Central
Pennsylvania-New York Central Transportation Co
Eastern Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western Railway
Wabash
Philadelphia
Pennsy
Pennsy Central
Pennsys
Central Common
New York Stock Exchange
New York Central
Capital Airlines
Lastpring
United Air Lines
Deepwat
Former Cop Seeks Reinstatement From Pittsburgh Board
Former Lt. Arthur Baker asks the Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission to reinstate him after he was fired following a gambling raid in New Kensington. He claims the dismissal was arbitrary and that a trial board member was prejudiced and that inadmissible evidence was used. A hearing date had not been set.
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Pittsburgh (Ap
Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission
Arthur Baker
Force
New Kensington
Police Trial Board
Joseph Barr
State Farm Show Ends 62 Session
Harrisburg AP report on the 46th State Farm Show closing with record livestock prices and attendance. Highlights include Edward Jr. and William Rishel sweeping 4-H baby beef, Rishel’s PSU win with a white Short horn, James Ironside’s 1085-pound Angus at 3.60 a pound, and former President Eisenhower winning a blue ribbon in farm show competition. Howard Johnson Restaurants bought the 4-H champion for 4336 dollars. Attendance reached 630000, with strong show displays and livestock auctions concluding the event.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylva
Edward Jr
William Rishel
York
Edward Rishel
Pennsylvania State University
James Ironside
Easton RD
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Howard Johnson Restaurants
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Oye
U.N
Patrice
JFK
Trol
The
National Committee
Ray C. Bliss
Republican Party
Manuel
Lima
Luis Urrelo
Nature
Development Ministry
Mexico
U.S
National Association of Charros
Mexico City
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Dallas
Harley
Aero
Robert H. Burck
Branifi
South
William D. Cox
Goldsboro
N.C
Russell Dean Black
Elton
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Indiana
Smith
Sadie Cunningham Black
Doris
Cameron
Florence Green
Kenneth Dean
Sara
Eugene Hagan
R. Owen Ketterer
Gelstown
Elton E.A.B
John Sasa Jr
Harold Loveless
Richland
Emma Susie Montgomery
Lee B
Anna Mary Lingenfelter Montgomery
Rayne Township
Indiana County
Miss Montgomery
Washington United Presbyterian Church
Home
Thomas S. Montgomery
A.D
Joseph
Gertrude) Adams
Robinson. Lytle’s
J. K. Boston
Washington Church
Elizabeth Ann Northey
William and
Mary Emma Bobt Northey
Indiana Memorial Hospital
England
Reynoldsville
Clymer
Lisley
Robinson + Lytle’s
R. W. Falls
D.D
Harry Raymond Eckels
Strawberry Street
McKeesport
Clarence H. Yates
Christopher
Laura Chase Eckels
Assembly of God Church of
McKees
Set
Raymond Leroy Eckels
U.S. Army
Okinawa
Clarence
Margaret) Yates
Blairsville
Howard
Nellie) Jones
Belle Vernon
J. Freeman Ferguson and San
Lewis Godfrey
Eleanor Dalrymple
Glen Campbell
Risca
Wales
Richard
Ruth Squires Chapman
Jennie Dalrymple
Pittsburgh
Ruth Dauler
Wilson
Mary Jane Widdowson
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Dilts
Plumville
B and S
Baptist Church
Iifa
Georgeville
Gordon
S. Wilson
Burnside
Robert H. Dilts
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
Moreion Center
R.D
North Mahoninz
Ree. Dilts
Magda Allshouse Dilts
Butler
Frances) Crawford
Smicksburg
R. D
Willian
Ella) Smith
Kittanning
Jay B. Dilts
Marion Center
Bonnie Dilts
Robert
Davis Smith
Lulu Mayo
Long Beach
Cal
Nannie Dilts
Juss Dilts
Smicksburg RD
Samuel
Dora) Irwin
Faye Pearson
Conneaut
Coa
John Dilts
Smicksburg R.D
Donald S. Bowser
David E. Pickett
Amicksburg
Joseph Carl Frantz
Ruth Kline Frantz
Cherry
Mary Dunmire
Bath
N.Y
H. A Sprankle
John P. Daniels
Janes Daniels
State Farm
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