Kennedy Orders Border Patrol On Planes As Hijacking Tops Senate Action
President Kennedy orders Border Patrolmen to ride some US airliners to deter hijackings while the Senate approves a death penalty for hijackers. The move comes as Congress debates mandatory imprisonment and potential life terms with jury option for death. Cuba and anti Castro figures figure in the note of automatic return of hijacked planes.
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Khrushchev Threatens Use Of Powerful Bomb
Premier Khrushchev warned of a super bomb five times more powerful than today’s hydrogen weapons while at a Kremlin reception for cosmonaut Titov. He said scientists could build a bomb equal to 100 million tons of TNT, but the bomb’s strategic value is limited. He insisted the West threatens and vowed counterblows, while affirming peace aims and plans for a Germany peace treaty. Ghanaian President Nkrumah travels to China for a weeklong visit, after stops in the Soviet bloc and Eastern Europe.
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Berlin
Weather Outlook for Kingsport and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm through Friday with widely scattered late afternoon or evening thundershowers. Highs in the upper 60s to 80s, lows in the mid 60s. Saturday mostly sunny at times, warm and humid with more thundershowers. cooler near night. See weather map panel for details.
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Anomalous Sunset Event Reported Worldwide
A garbled OCR note mentions a sunset today and a new moon tomorrow at 3:35 AM, referencing a Kew Mega annular solar event. It places the phenomenon over Raathere Atlantic Ocean near the Seoft range with references to Ant arctica and Kingsart Times, Bailey R. Frank.
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Hijack attempt on Havana bound airliner ends in deaths
In a daring hijacking bid aboard a Cuba Airlines DC3, gunfire killed the pilot and a soldier, with another hijacker killed and six wounded. The co pilot landed the craft at a sugar plantation near Guira de Melena. A passenger and a hijacker were among the dead, while a bomb exploded outside a Havana department store with no casualties.
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Former Aide Walter Bedell Smith Dies at 66
Walter Bedell Smith, 66, Ike era aide and World War I staff officer, dies of a heart attack en route to a hospital. He rose from private to four star general, led Allied surrender negotiations for Italy and Germany, later headed the CIA and served as ambassador to Moscow.
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UPI
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U.S
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John Foster Dulles
25,000 Army Draft Called For September
Washington UPI The Defense Department announced the Army will draft 25,000 men in September as part of Kennedy’s buildup. The September call exceeds August by 12,000 and brings total drafted since June 1950 to 2,640,350. The President predicted continued increases as the Army expands toward about one million.
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German Plants Face Shutdown in Mass East German Exodus
Berlin reports indicate 100000 skilled workers could flee to the West, threatening industrial plants and the economy. Western sources note an ongoing exodus with August totals rising toward a record, as refugees, including technicians and doctors, seek the West ahead of possible Berlin clampdown.
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Grand Jury Indicts Judge Sams and Seeks Legislative Probe
Sullivan County grand jury indicted Judge Brack Sams of Division I in Bristol and Blountville on a pistols for a man convicted of carrying arms last June. It proposed forming a legislative committee to investigate both divisions of General Sessions Court. Sams posted 253 dollars bond. trial set for November term.
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Tennessee
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Mystery of Crawford death deepens investigation
The case surrounding Morristown High School coach Guy B. Crawford grew as post mortem findings remained inconclusive. Pathologist Dr. George S. Mahon said poisoning or drowning could not yet be ruled out, with toxicology results expected within a week. Investigators, led by District Attorney General Howard S. Witt, also explored the party at Albert Lea’s Hawkins County cabin near Cherokee Lake, where Crawford’s car and body were found.
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Buck) Witt
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Sonny) Lea
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34 School Children Die In Plane Crash
Stavanger Norway report states a chartered twin engine Viking airliner carrying 34 English schoolboys, two teachers, and three crew members crashed near Lake Vostergann amid a storm. Officials confirm no survivors. wreckage found with evidence of fire. Flight departed London at 2:29 p.m. En route to Stavanger, radio contact lost five minutes from the field.
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Street Scenes in Kingsport Amid Echoes of High School Football
A vivid downtown Kingsport scene shows a smartly dressed young woman in her twenties walking to rock music, while five teenage football players die from injuries sustained during early practice. A six year old carries shoes that were becken in as he heads toward a downtown cinema.
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Hawkins County Officer Resigns After Drunken Conviction
B Wayne Allen, constable of Hawkins County 4th District based in Rogersville, resigned after pleading guilty to public drunkenness. Sheriff Dan Anderson issued the arrest warrant Tuesday night. Judge Carl Frazier set fines at 112 plus $21,720 costs. No successor named yet.
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Mistrial Declared In Dossett Suit in Johnson City
A $100000 damage suit filed by D P Shipley against East Tennessee State College President Dr Burgin E Dossett was declared a mistrial in Johnson City Law Court on a December 196, traffic accident injury case. One juror reported the jury was split eight to four on dismissal of the charges.
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