Three Boys Rescued From Gas Filled Mine Adventure
In Castle Shannon near Pittsburgh, teens Bobby Abbott 15 Danny O'Kain 13 and Billy Burke 13 spent over 50 hours in an abandoned coal mine. A rescue team pulled them 2000 feet to safety Saturday aided by three bicycles and they are in satisfactory condition at St. Clair Memorial Hospital for exposure.
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Pittsburgh
Castle Shannon
Bobby Abbott
Danny O’kain
Billy Burke
St. Clair Memorial Hospital
Buried at Bank Mine Two Youths Found Safe
A July 1963 Crosse Tribune report details Burke and Abbott youths who entered a bank mine after parking bikes at the entrance. Rescue teams searched for nearly two days with no trace before the families remained hopeful. The boys recalled wandering passages, getting scared, and praying for help while hearing mine noises.
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Burke
Bobby Abbott
Billy Burke
Pope Paul to Send Two Envoys to Russia Jubilee
Pope Paul VI decided to dispatch two envoys to the Soviet Union for the golden jubilee of Patriarch Alexis of Moscow. The move marks a rare Vatican outreach to the Russian Orthodox Church and could influence Catholic relations with Orthodoxy and the Kremlin. It is the first such Vatican attendance since the 1054 schism.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Soviet Union
Alexis
Moscow
Vatican
Kremlin
Russia
Negro Unemployment and Civil Rights Debate Explored
An Associated Press interview with Dr. Walter W. Heller, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, examines how Black workers can gain job equality while pursuing civil rights and questions whether economic progress will accompany the rights quest.
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Associated Press
Walter W. Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Kennedy aide says full employment cuts Negro unemployment faster
President Kennedy's top economist Walter Heller told AP that the Negro drive for civil rights hinges on millions of new jobs. He cited a 2 to 1 drop in Negro unemployment as overall unemployment falls, arguing tax cuts could add 2 to 3 million jobs and $14.5 billion in annual output, advancing both economic rights and integration.
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Washington
Kennedy
Walter W. Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Birmingham
Lisbon
Portugal
Tito de Morais
Congress
Beloit Bi racial Commission Shake Leads to Resignation
Beloit Negro minister Rev U S Pride quit the 15 member Beloit Bi racial Commission after the omission of Rev Oliver Gibson from the group. Pride said a petition of 300 Negroes favored Gibson and warned of possible unrest over his exclusion. The governor City Manager Calland named the nominees. Gibson’s absence drew strong Negro community protest.
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Richard Calland
U. S. Pride
New Zion Baptist Church
Oliver Gibson
Gibson
Pride
Mr. Pride
Rev. Gibson
Commission
Calland
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