Rebel push in Laos shifts balance near Plaine des Jarres
Pro Communist rebels pressed two major garrisons in south central Laos, threatening Tha Thom and Paksane while units prepare to retreat into jungle guerrilla warfare. In the west, government forces seized Vang Vieng, clearing the path for a larger push toward the Plaine des Jarres as rebel Kong Le pulls back to defend key air and comms hubs.
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Laos
Carriag
Mai
Phong Kave
Tha Thom
Col
Kham Khang
Paksane
Vieriane
Plaine Des Jarres
Xieng Khouang
Col. Khan
Man Admits Setting Fire
Knox County report states Ewell Warren Cupp confessed to police that a lighted cigarette among gasoline soaked clothing started a fire that killed three children while two others were rescued. He faced psychiatric evaluation to determine charges, with admission given after polygraph testing. The incident occurred while babysitting at Mrs. Mary Boatman’s home. Two children Tammie aged 10 months and Steve Fleck age 2 died.
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Scroggs
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Steve Fleck
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Eisenhower Farewell Address Focuses On Balance
President Eisenhower in his farewell address centered on balance as the key measure of his eight years in office. The budget and future consequences loom large as historians will judge whether his choices preserved national welfare and guarded against Soviet competition.
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Associated Press News
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Adlai Expected To Be Approved By Committee
Washington AFI Adlai E Stevenson was expected to win Senate Foreign Relations Committee approval of his nomination as ambassador to the United Nations A Republican senator foresaw no effective opposition to Kennedy's pick Stevenson led a new group of cabinet and sub cabinet nominees to public hearings The Navy Secretary-designate John B Connally and six Pentagon appointees faced Armed Services Committee hearings Former Governor Luther Hodges Kennedy commerce secretary nominee appeared before the Interstate Commerce Committee
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Chattanooga man dies from burns after shack fire
Police said Stakes McCamy, 41, died Tuesday night from burns in the recent one room cardboard shack fire. A passerby rescued the man from the burning shack Saturday night in Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga
Stakes McCamy
Changes Sought In School Laws
Gov. Ernest Vandiver presents sweeping changes to Georgia public school segregation laws aiming to abolish existing racial separation rules and favor local options that could permit integration. The legislature considers a range from resistance to integration with no action planned yet, while Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes continue study at the University of Georgia amid quiet campus conditions.
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UPS
Ernest Vandiver
Georgia
Vandiver
University of Georgia
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Hamilton Holmes
Tide hits Tago as dozens reported missing in flood
Philippines News Service reported that scores of persons were missing and feared dead after a tidal wave struck the town of Tago in the south. Mayor Laureste earlier said 300 houses were destroyed and 3,000 people left homeless, but no official casualty confirmation exists.
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UPI
Philippine News Service
Tago
Damian Laureste
Carlos P. Garcia
Accused Replets Slated For Trial
In Chattanooga the trial begins for Freddie Williams 19 and James Woods 17 charged with raping a teenage white girl as she and a white boy were parked in a lovers lane on August 4. Four other indicted men were convicted and sentenced to death for the same rape.
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Chattanooga
Freddie Williams
James Woods
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Woods
Lindsay Crosby Babysits While Wife Is Working
Hollywood gossip reports Lindsay Crosby babysits at home while Barbara Frederick works on a film with Rock Hudson and Doris Day in Los Angeles. Barbara, Bing Crosby’s daughter-in-law, is the first Crosby wife to return to show business after living as a Las Vegas showgirl. Universal-International shows interest in Barbara for a film, while Lindsay jokes about budgets affecting travel with his brothers on tour.
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