Biggest train robbery in British history shocks UK
A gang of 20 to 30 masked bandits halted the Glasgow London mail train near London at 3 am decoying a signal. They beat the engineer and escaped with loot possibly exceeding a million pounds including registered mail and a diamonds consignment. Postmaster General offered a 10000 pound reward.
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Cheddington
England
London
United States
Plymouth
Mass
Reginald Bevins
Hatton Market
Jack Mills
Mills
David Whitby
Buffalo flood toll tops 35 million as rains return
A second torrent in ten days drenched Buffalo and suburbs with up to 3.88 inches of rain. Officials estimated total damage at 35 million dollars, with 7 million to public facilities and 28 million to homes and businesses. Power, phones and buses failed as residents evacuated. mayor Kowal declared an emergency and Gov. Rockefeller ordered state aid.
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N.Y
East Side
Chester Kowal
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Cheektowaga
Buffalo Zoo
Clayton F
Freiheit
Zoo
Floods pound Southern California isolating Victorville
Thunder showers dumped up to three feet of water in the Mojave Desert, flooding Victorville and Apple Valley and washing out State Highway 18. Residents stacked sandbags as three men in a jeep were rescued by a rope line after the road failed.
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Los Angeles
California
Victorville
Apple Valley
Mojave Desert
Las Vegas
Nev
U.N. Debates Apartheid Arms Embargo Against South Africa
The United Nations faces a push for a worldwide arms embargo on South Africa over its apartheid policy. While the council urged action, indications suggest not all members will enforce an embargo. Liberia's Secretary of State J Rudolph Grimes warned African states may demand tougher measures in November unless Pretoria abandons racial policies.
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United Nations, N.Y
South Africa
U.N. Security Council
U.N
J. Rudolph Grimes
Liberia
Embargo Call Key Provision in UN South Africa Resolution
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution by 9-0 after a week of debate on apartheid with 32 African states pressing for action. Britain and France abstained. US officials said the embargo is not compulsory though the US will ship no arms after year end. South Africa’s Matthys Botha offered no comment while Eric Louw called the debate interference.
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Britain
France
South Africa
Roger Seydoux
Patrick Dan
Dean
Charles W. Yost
United States
Council
U.N
Truce Line Cooled Off Says 1st Cavalry Leader
Maj. Gen. Charles F. Leonard new commander of the 1st Cavalry Division said the Korean truce line has cooled off with no pattern to Communist activity. After ambushes on July 29 three Americans and a South Korean policeman were killed in a raid, the division increased patrols and killed four raiders in a separate engagement. No Communist patrols were seen on the U.S. sector’s calm Wednesday night.
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1St Calvary Division
Korea
Charles F. Leonard
Leonard
1St Cavalry Division
1St Cavalry
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Rail Union Chiefs Called To Capital
Washington AP 156 local officials of the locomotive firemen and enginemen union were summoned to Washington to join talks on the railroad dispute. Secretary of Labor Wirtz urged their presence to forge a binding agreement before a potential nationwide strike set for August 29.
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Washington
Locomotive Firemen’s Union
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Congress
J.L. Shattuck
Aflcio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Fair Trade Practices Measure In Effect
Wisconsin adopts a trade practices code to curb fly by night home improvement operators. The code imposes fines up to 5000 dollars and one year in jail for violators, with victims allowed to sue for damages.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Ray R. Ytel
Plymouth Girl Dies Of July 21 Crash Injury
Sharron Lee Donath a 19 year old Plymouth resident died in a Sheboygan hospital from injuries after a two car collision on Highway 23 near Sheboygan Falls on July 21. One other person was killed in the crash.
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Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Sharron Lee Donath
Plymouth
Highway 23
Sheboygan Falls
Kennedy Urges Senate Approval of Nuclear Test Ban
President Kennedy urged Senate approval of the partial test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. He asserted there were no secret agreements and that the pact advances security even if it does not guarantee world peace. The plan draws 56 nations into a ban on atmospheric outer space and underwater tests, with underground tests excluded.
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Kennedy
Senate
Russia
United States
U.S
Britain
Boston
Otis Air Force Base
Howard Bealey
State Department
Henry M. Jackson
Soviet Union
Howard Beale
Moscow
London
France
China
Jackson
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee On
Kennedy’s newborn son Patrick in serious condition
Baby Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, one day old, remains seriously ill with idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome in Boston. President Kennedy visits the child at Boston Children’s Medical Center as White House officials say the condition is stable but not improving, with four days expected for a final diagnosis. The Caesarean birth occurred at Otis Air Force Base Hospital near Cape Cod, and the child is in an isolette for breathing support.
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Kennedy
Jean Smith
Otis Afb
Squaw Island
Cape Summer White House
Boston
UPI
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Boston Children's Medical Center
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
White House
Boston Children's Hospital
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Jacqueline Kennedy
Hugh Auchincloss
Boston Children’s Medical Center
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Patrick
Kennedys
Cleveland
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
John Jr
Palm Beach
Fla
Georgetown Univer
Sity Hospital
Bouvier
Children’s Medical Center
Jan Isolette
Air Force Hospital
Air Force
Rebels Deny Haitian Invasion Is Crushed
Haitian government claims the exile led invasion has been crushed after hours of fighting in north Haiti. Cantave and two rebel columns reportedly moved toward Cap Haitien and Gonaives, while exile sources say reinforcements joined the advance. The State Department reports Americans at a Fort Liberte sisal plantation are evacuating to Cap Haitien for safety.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Dominican Republic
George J. Figaro
Duvalier
Leon Cantave
Adrien Raymond
Forei
Cantave
Santo Domingo
Cap Haitien
Gonaives
Fern D. Baguidy
Organization of American States
Washington
Fort Liberte
Richard S. Phillips
State Department
Aquinas High principal Rossiter stricken by cancer
Rev Richard Rossiter principal of Aquinas High School is gravely ill with an incurable liver cancer after a biopsy. The Times-Review notes he is not in pain and may be released after tests and treatment. He previously led Manston Madonna and Marshfield Columbus High Schools and has a brother Rev John Rossiter, principal at Eau Claire Regis High School.
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Richard Rossiter
Aquinas High School
St. Francis Hospital
la Crosse
The
Times-Review
Rossiter
John XXIII
Robert Hansen
Aquinas
Father Rossiter
la Crosse State College
Treacy
William Rossiter
Wisconsin Wool Crop Estimated at 1.5 Million Pounds
The State Agriculture Department estimates Wisconsin wool production this year at 1.5 million pounds from about 197000 sheep averaging 7.6 pounds per fleece. The figure is slightly higher than 1962 but 10 percent below the 1955-61 average.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Agriculture Department
Johnson and Coleman vie in Mississippi runoff for governor
In Mississippi, Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and former Gov. J. P. Coleman seek Democratic runoff support from Charles Sullivan backers after a tight first primary. Sullivan finished third as Johnson led Coleman by slight margins. the winner will face Rubel Phillips in the November general election.
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Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
J. P. Coleman
Coleman
Charles Sullivan
Johnson
UPI
Ross Barnett
Rubel Phillips
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