Tragic Fire Deaths Highlight One-Exit Apartments
A young Monterey Park couple died early Wednesday trying to escape flames in their second floor apartment. Shirley Ann Pinney and William L. Pinney Jr. Perished three feet from the doorway as neighbors awoke to a blaze that destroyed their unit and the only exit. The Sun urges safer building standards and multiple exits to prevent future tragedies.
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Shirley Ann Pinney
Monterey Park
William L. Pinney, Jr
Las Vegas
Almanac Today October 2 1962 Historical Reflections
The almanac notes Tuesday October 2 1962 as day 275 of the year with Mars the morning star and Venus Jupiter Saturn visible. It lists historical events including the 1780 execution of Major John Andre in Tappan New York the 1889 Pan American Conference in Washington the 1919 Wilson stroke and the 1969 Times Square bombing.
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John Andre
Benedict Arnold
Tappan
Woodrow Wilson
White House
New York
Times Square
Public musings on politics sports crime and weather
A逗 box of opinion snippets ranges from campaign expenditures and homework metaphors to baseball quirks police dogs and satellites. The writer juggles politics sports and culture while noting unembarrassed UN noise and shrine preservation fueling patriotism and souvenirs.
Kennedy Combines Lazarus Metaphor With Congress Review
Washington reports President Kennedy likened the 87th Congress to Lazarus as it neared final action on key bills for his program. Trade Expansion Act tax revision farm supply management and social welfare measures faced setbacks amid a mixed record.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Youth Conservation Corps
Urban Service Corps
Lazarus
Senate
House
Ways and and Means
Kennedy Co models spark 1960s car satire in Buchwald piece
Art Buchwald surveys a spoof lineup of Kennedy era auto models including the Teddy Candidate and Nixon Last Chance. He notes satire on mass appeal and design flaws with international trials in Berlin and Cuba while mocking integration debates and foreign competition.
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Teddy
Mark I
Kennedy Co
Kennedy
McCormack Reaper
Massachusetts
Berlin
Cuba
Norway Seamen Union Ties to Cuba Aid Question
Victor Riesel reports on Norwegian Seamen's Union influence in the U. S. and its exemption from U.S. labor law, its Brooklyn headquarters and ships that carry Cuban and Chinese supplies. He notes U.S. opposition, potential boycotts, and upcoming congressional hearings involving Rusk Curran Freeman and McNamara.
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Lange
Norway
U. S
State Department
Brooklyn
America
American Merchant Marine Institute
New York
Orient
Singapore
China
Cuba
U. SS
State Dept
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Foreign Office
Curran
Washington
Paul Hall
Drai
Houston
Tito
Moscow
Alexandria
U.S
United Arab Republic
Japan
German Federal Republic
Dean Rusk
Orville Freeman
Defense
Robert McNamara
Interlands Pressure on Free Choice for Norwegians Yugoslavs
A wartime line warns that Norwegians and Yugoslav neutrals face a forced choice between Communist rubles and freedom, implying outside pressure will compel governments and citizens to decide soon.
Who Starts Most Marital Spats Says Dr Brothers
New York experts conclude wives start nine of eleven domestic quarrels with breakfast as the trigger. Psychologists note men defend and seek to save face, while wives initiate conflicts and typically have the upper hand, yet men deliver the final word.
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New York
Frankfurter’s legacy and Goldberg’s potential court impact
The piece contrasts Felix Frankfurter’s liberal image with a later conservative label as Supreme Court backgrounds shift. It notes Justice Holmes influence on judiciary restraint and predicts Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg may join a liberal wing, while AFL CIO concerns over his labor ties are cited. A Moscow note highlights a Russian immigrant son reaching a top national post through organized labor service.
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United States Supreme Court
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Holmes
NRA
Congress
Arthur J
Goldberg
United Steelworkers
Black
Douglas
Labor Department
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Moscow
Wall Street
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