Belgians Promise Congo Forces Withdrawal Soon
The Associated Press reports Belgium will begin withdrawing about 1,500 troops from the Congo in the near future. The U N command numbers 9,500 troops, with roughly 12,000 Belgian soldiers still on duty. Patrice Lumumba urged rapid Belgian exit, warning of world war if troops stay and claiming U S support to block Katanga secession.
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Gaston Eyskens
U. N
U. N. Security Council
Test Firing of Unmanned Capsule Fails
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla UP an attempt to fire an unmanned Project Mercury space capsule ended in a failure when an Atlas booster apparently exploded. The capsule and booster sank in the Atlantic off Cape Canaveral about 4 to 12 miles away. Contact was lost 65 seconds after liftoff and officials said the test was terminated by a likely explosion or disintegration.
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Atlantic
Atlas
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Robert Gilruth
Project Mercury
Heat Wave Grips Indiana County Amid 90 Degree Day
Indiana County residents faced a record hot day with temperatures above 90 degrees and no breeze. Shoppers sought air conditioned stores along Philadelphia Street while a towering cumulus cloud hinted at possible showers later. Humidity remained high and forecasters predicted a fair night with hot conditions continuing tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
UMW President Kennedy Receives Labor Award
Thomas Kennedy, new United Mine Workers president, awarded the first labor award by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Kennedy, 72, from Hazelton, will receive the honor at the Labor Day Mass on September 5 at St Pauls Cathedral for devotion to labor and community.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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Hazelton
St. Paul's Cathedral
Man Bites Dog in Italian Police Dog Incident
Porto d Accoldt Italy AP reports Mario Falleroni 26 bit a police dog after the animal nipped his ankles. He picked up the dog and bit its nose in a surprising act of frustration.
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Porto D'Ascolt
Italy
Mario Falleroni
Space agency outlines multibillion lunar mission plan
Washington AP reports NASA released detailed plans for a space exploration program costing 12 to 15 billion dollars. Key projects include the Galhe-Apollo crewed lunar orbit mission after a Mercury earth orbit, and the Aeros satellite designed to match Earth's rotation.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lodge Joins VP In Fight For Election
CHICAGO AP Henry Cabot Lodge a blueblooded diplomat from Basta took his place beside Richard M Nixon today in the fight to keep Republicans at the nation's helm Lodge pledged to expend every ounce of energy to help the Republicans to victory Nixon the Republican presidential nominee had picked Lodge as his running mate after a conference with party leaders Lodge the chief U S spokesman at the United Nations arranged to go with Nixon to a meeting of the Republican National Committee to lay out campaign plans and then to sit in on a news conference He planned to resign his U N post next month though White House press secretary James Hagerty saw no need for such action Lodge was presented to the final session of the Republican National Convention as a man who has been tested and proved in the fires of today world In accepting the vice presidential nomination he said the life and death struggle between the Communists and the free world gives this year's election its compelling overwhelming importance to us and the free world No one is so well fitted as Nixon to represent this country in the turmoil of world politics In the platform adopted by the convention he said the Republicans have the program the country needs Lodge 58 placed in nomination by Rep Walter Judd of Minnesota the convention keynoter who was favored by many Midwesterners for Nixon s running mate Judd emphasized Lodge s role as U S ambassador to the U N in answering Soviet attacks and said Lodge has done as much as any one except President Eisenhower in winning the confidence of other peoples of the world
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Eisenhower
One Voter Is Born Too Late
Boston AP reports the eighth grandchild of U N Ambassador Lodge arrived in Boston Hospital moments before his grandfather won the Republican vice presidential nomination in Chicago. The baby weighed eight pounds and is the couple’s third child. His mother joked she kept birth until after the convention.
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Nixon to detail campaign dates and strategy in Chicago
Richard M. Nixon plans meetings with the Republican National Committee and a news conference today as he outlines the campaign schedule. He intends to name key campaign figures and publish the first tour stops. Support for reelecting Thruston B. Marton as national chairman is expected at the committee session.
Mother Hid Six Children Indoors Eleven Years
Tecumseh Ontario police said a mother admitted concealing three of her six children indoors for 11 years to hide a large family from landlords and friends. The three hidden children, two girls and a boy, are described as retarded in growth and in poor health, while the other three lead normal lives outside the home.
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Carrol
Donna Veronica
Detroit
Windsor
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Gordon
Forest Richards
Richards
Children's Aid Society
Seven Dead as Truck Crashes Car in Odessa
A 40 ton truck struck and crushed an auto in Odessa Texas killing two women and seven children. A baby was critically injured. The victims include Patty Lee Roberts 46 and Bess Letterman 44, Roberts son Marice Lynn 8 and six Letterman children. The driver drew from a stop sign into the truck’s path, sending the car into a ditch.
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Bess Letterman
Paulin
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Nixon Accepts Republican Nomination at GOP Convention
Vice President Richard M. Nixon accepted the Republican presidential nomination amid roaring GOP convention applause calling the moment the greatest in his life. He pledged to build a better America and to tell the people what they need to hear, while uniting the party and boosting workers. He named Henry Cabot Lodge as running mate and laid plans to address the GOP National Committee to strengthen campaign strategy.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Polio Shows Increase In US Districts
Public Health Service reports 69 new polio paralyptic cases in the past week across all states, with Puerto Rico adding 31 cases as the year’s total nears 342. Rhode Island shows some drops while Carolina counties, Los Angeles area, and Southern California register continued high activity. Deaths total 11 in Puerto Rico’s epidemic. states excluding Puerto Rico tally 732 cases with 324 paralytic.
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