Fourth of July traffic tolls set record nationwide
United Press International reports 556 to 570 predicted highway deaths over a 72 hour July 4 weekend. California led with 54 fatalities, followed by Ohio and New York each 37, Missouri 31, Texas 29, Michigan 27. Pennsylvania and North Carolina 19 apiece. Major crashes included a Loveland Colo. bridge collision killing seven, a Sallisaw Okla. train-car wreck killing six, and a Missouri incident near Farmington. Five injured at Michigan park. other fireworks and explosives incidents reported nationwide.
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Michigan
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
National Safety Council
Arizona
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Loveland
Colo
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American Legion
McLean
Michigan Park
Brigham Young University
Utah
US astronauts plan Laser light beam test in space flight
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell said they will test a ground to space light beam communications system during a four day mission early next year. The Laser experiment will occur during a pass over White Sands New Mexico with Gemini 7 attempting to answer from the capsule by aiming a handheld transmitter toward the ground. The plan includes rendezvous concepts but no space walk.
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Lovell
America
Edward White
Walter Schirra
Thomas Po Stafford
Barman
Disowned Son Apologizes for Wild Beer Party
Albert P. Scobie 18 apologized from Wayne County jail for a backyard party attended by about 60 youths that sparked a riot. Four police injured and 14 youths arrested. Scobie's father disowned him and stated he would not pay fines or bail.
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UPI
Albert P. Scobie
Wayne County
Scobie
Senhie
Michigan
Lindsay denies Rockefeller funds pledge for NY mayor bid
New York congressman John V. Lindsay rejects Newsweek claims that Gov. Nelson Rockefeller promised $590000 from the Rockefeller family for his mayoral campaign. Lindsay confirms a May 11 Albany trip but says the $590000 linkage lacks basis and questions legality of such a single large contribution.
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IPI
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Lindsay
Albany
Newsweek Magazine
Newsweek
Vatican cites regrettable effect from Luci Johnson baptism
A Vatican spokesman says Luci Johnsons Catholic baptism harms Christian unity efforts though the act is a personal matter. He notes the baptism should not have prompted a re baptism and contrasts with known cases where converts kept only the profession of faith.
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Secretariat For Promoting Christian Unity
Luci Johnson
Christian Unity Movement
Thomas Stransky
Milwaukee
Wis
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Episcopal
James A. Pike
San Francisco
Father Stransky
Secretariat
United States
Holy Office
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seaton
Stransky
John Henry Cardinal Newman
Hunger strike continues for Army objector at Fort Monmouth
Pvt. David Ovall, 23, of Los Angeles, fending off a discharge denial, remains on hunger strike at Fort Monmouth. He has lost 42 pounds since June 20, dropping from 156 to 114, and says he will not abandon his conscientious beliefs. His parents urge Supreme Court Justice Douglas to intervene.
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N. J
Jpi
David Ovall
Fort Monrmouth
Los Angeles
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Washington
Ovall
Supreme Court
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Los Angeles Adult School
Los Angeles City College
Solons Okay Disability Amendment
The Senate approved a constitutional amendment addressing presidential disability and succession gaps. It must still be ratified by 34 states. House approval came by voice vote. Gore warned of ambiguities, while Dirksen supported the measure and McCarthy urged caution.
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House
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
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Gore
Congress
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Radio sets collected by Birmingham street cleaners
Garbage workers in Birmingham pick up over 200 transistor radios weekly, per a Keep Britain Tidy group report.
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England
TPT
Keep Britain Tidy Group
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