Eight-Year-Old Drowns At Lake Mead Victim of Local Tragedy
Lake Mead claims fifteenth life this year as eight year old Stephen McDowell drowns while playing near the Las Vegas Wash. Found Sunday morning by the Sheriff's Underwater Rescue Service in seven feet of water about twenty feet offshore. Stephen, son of Robert H McDowell and his wife, wandered from his car while family waited for assistance to free it. his mother cared for younger children. The family had traveled from Los Angeles to join the husband, a United Roofing Company employee, who had been in Las Vegas since January. Mrs McDowell was sedated after collapsing at Boulder City Hospital.
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Ben Bean
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Los Angeles
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Meredith Graduates from University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith became the first Black alumnus in Ole Miss history as he graduated in a ceremony under a shady oak grove. The 30-year-old student arrived amid violent rioting that drew 30,000 federal troops and left two dead and dozens injured. A governor's last-minute bid to withhold the diploma faced legal challenges and charges of inflammatory statements.
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UPI
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Ross Barnett
Baruch Keeps Silence On 93rd Birthday
New York UPI reports elder statesman Bernard Mannes Baruch turns 93 today and offers no comment on any topic. Baruch, longtime presidential advisor and financier, usually meets the press on his birthday but declines to speak this year.
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New York
UPI
Bernard Mannes Baruch
Actress Chosen for Christine Keeler Story Role
British actress Yvonne Buckingham, 25, long insured against failure to rise to fame, is picked to play Christine Keeler in The Christine Keeler Story. Buckingham, who resembles the scandal figure, says she will handle the role despite potential controversy and cites other performers who portrayed real misdeeds.
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API
Christine Keeler
The
Sunday Mirror
Yvonne Buckingham
John Profumo
Harold Macmillan
the Mirror
Baldwin Leads Paris Rally for Washington March Support
UPI reports James Baldwin with 250 Americans in Paris issued a coupon petition to back the Washington civil rights march on Aug 28. Actor Anthony Quinn joined the gathering at the American Church Annex as plans expanded beyond France.
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UPI
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NAACP to Meet With School Board Thursday
The Clark County School District Board of Trustees agenda includes a discussion request from Rev. Marion D. Bennett head of the Las Vegas NAACP. The meeting aims to address equal opportunity in teacher assignment and related participation.
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Clark County
Bitter Haitian fighting as Duvalier faces guerrilla backlash
Rebel forces seeking to topple Haitian dictator Francois Papa Doc Duvalier captured Mont Organise city but were driven out in heavy fighting. They now wage guerrilla warfare as authorities tighten terror measures.
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Scotland Yard Tightens Noose For Rail Loot
Police circle a 30 mile radius around Leatherslade Farm Buckinghamshire as they probe the Great Train Robbery loot. Detectives plan an exhaustive search of the farm while tracking food and vehicle evidence. Officials say the leaders may still be in the area and that earlier seizures total about 680 thousand dollars.
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UPI
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Buckinghamshire
Chiswick
Malcolm Fewtrell
Buckinghamshire County
Leatherslade Farm
Russian priest to face trial over anti-Soviet propaganda
Moscow reports say Father Gregori Krasnuk, a Russian Orthodox priest, will be tried by the Moscow Regional Court on anti-Soviet propaganda charges after allegedly deserting five wives and luring young girls into a virtual harem. Pravda notes his possession of anti-Soviet literature at arrest.
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Pravda
Soviet Union
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Coast Guard Tackles Yankee Power Failure Off Race Point
The 175 foot ship Yankee lost power three quarters of a mile off Race Point and drifted toward shore buffeted by winds. It could not drop anchor. The cause of the outage was not known immediately as two Coast Guard helicopters and five search and rescue vessels aided the operation.
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Race Point
Ferry Sinking Off Okinawa May Cost 129 Lives
Officials fear 129 people may have perished as a ferry capsized and sank in the South China Sea between Okinawa and Kume Island.
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Naha
UPL
South China Sea
Kume
Ferry sinks near Ryukyu Islands with many survivors
A Ryukyu Islands government spokesman said 13 bodies have been recovered from the ferry Mider Maru which sank in 150 feet of water. Of 271 aboard, 142 were rescued including four American Air Force personnel who clung to floating poles from the cargo.
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U.S. Air Force
Disneyland Spree Ends with Bath Hy
Three Henderson boys aged 11 to 13 ran away Friday on a 48 hour trip to Disneyland with $97 and seven dollars left on arrival. They detoured to drop off supplies at grandparents in Garden Grove California before being spotted en route by Clyde Moses and his wife who recovered the bags and halted the escape.
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Weather Brief Parily Cloudy With Highs 107
Patchy clouds and gentle winds mark today with a high near 107 and a low around 77. Yesterday reached 105 with a 77 low. noontime humidity at 9 percent. Sunrise is 6 02 and sunset 7 26.
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