Kennedy Returns to Irish Ancestral Home for Tea Visit
President Kennedy revisited the Dunganstown homestead of his Irish forebears and shared tea and cakes in a barnyard with widow Mary Ann Ryan and cousins. Thousands gathered as he toured New Ross and Wexford, receiving gifts and the town’s holiday welcome.
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Dungantown
Ireland
Kennedy
Mary Ann Ryan
Jack
Matthew McCloskey
Wexford
Irish Sea
Wexford Park
Dublin
New Ross
A.R. Minihan
John XXIII
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Peace
Dunganstown
John Kennedy
Ambassador McCloskey
Sean
John
Shawn
O'Connell Street
Dueblin
Lord Nelson
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Sean Lemass
Italy
Rome
Pope Pi VI
United States
Mary Ryan
Josephine Ryan
Wirtz says new standards to curb federal project discrimination
Secretary Wirtz told a House judiciary subcommittee that the government will issue tougher standards to ensure contractors comply with nondiscrimination on federal construction projects before contracts are awarded. He spoke alongside Kennedy civil rights push as GOP leaders demand compromise and possible amendments amid Senate resistance and a southern filibuster.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
House Judiciary
Kennedy
GOP
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Bucan
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Ariz
National Labor Relations Board
John V. Lindsay
R-N.y
House
Lindsay
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Senate
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Soviet Ships Enter Thresher Search Zone Near Cape Cod
Four ships, including three Russians, traversed the Thresher search area despite a Navy warning. The bathyscaph Trieste prepared for its third dive, as contacts and debris readings continued about 220 miles off Cape Cod. Trieste reported a possible contact near 8,400 feet depth while two unnamed foreign vessels neared the marker buoy.
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Fort Snelling AT
Trieste
U.S
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Donald L. Keach
Somerville
Mass
San Diego
Calif
Kenneth V. MacKenzie
Navy
Frank A. Andrews
George W. Martin
MacKenzie
Rubber Company Eyes State Site Near Pryor
UPI sources say United States Rubber Co. is considering a plant at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works near Pryor. Senator Howard Edmondson has discussed the move with U S Rubber officials in New York and prospects for locating a plant in Oklahoma are bright. The OOW site is owned by the state and operated by a state trust.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
United States Rubber Co
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Pryor
Howard Edmondson
U. S
New York
Oklahoma
OOW
Reservists to Leave Saturday for Summer Training Fort Polk
More than 3100 members of the 95th Division Training will move to Fort Polk Louisiana for a two week summer encampment. About 150 men from southwest Oklahoma join the 378th Regiment based in Lawton. Lawton reserve units Batteries B and C of the 4th Howitzer Battalion will undergo seven weeks more prep before Polk departure on August 18.
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Elmer D. Ridley
Sfce
Lee E. Freeman
378Th Regiment
BCT
U.S. Army Reserve
Fort Polk
Oklahoma
378Th
Lawton
79Th Artillery
Polk
National Guard
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Southwest Oklahoma
Ralph Wolverton
Robert F. Williams
Jeptha Dalston
Bill Johnson
Dalston
Roger Salmon
Arthur Kruger
Doyle Weber
Altus
Habeas Corpus Hearing Set for Elk City Robbery Suspects
A district court hearing was scheduled for 2 p.m. today on a habeas corpus petition for S. E. Powell and Jackie Ray Hargrove. They were surrendered by their Tulsa bondsman after forfeiture of $10,000 bonds tied to an armed robbery case against private club operator Tom Ward. The men, held without bond on the armed robbery charge, faced extradition toward Wyoming.
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Hargrove and
Powell
Tom Ward
J. Howard Edmondson
Wyoming
George Wever
County Receives 1.5 Million From Excise Tax Allocations
Excise tax collections totaling more than 1.5 million are returned to Comanche county for roads, schools, and municipalities. The Oklahoma Tax Commission repoted allocations to county schools 772,064.49 dollars, roads 597,567.89, and cities 172,271.07 for the first 11 months of the fiscal year. May yield brought the 11 month total to 1,531, with road system receiving most of the funds and detailed breakdowns by tax source.
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Comanche County
Lillian Ward
Oklahoma Tax Commission
State Tax Commission
Neutralists Beat Back Pathet Lao Near Plaine des Jarres
Lao government says neutralist troops repelled a Pathet Lao infantry attack Wednesday night against forward positions north of the Plaine des Jarres airfield near Vientiane. Premier Souvanna Phouma's office released the report.
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Vientiane
Laos
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Hijackers Rob Home City Grocery for $500
Two young men robbed Mac's 7 to 12 Grocery at 602 Lee shortly before midnight taking about $500 from cash registers. They forced owner Charles McKelvey and employee Jesse Daubenspeck into a walk in cooler, later fleeing as a customer arrived. descriptions and exact bill mix released.
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Southside
Mac
Lee
Charles McKelvey
Jessie Daubenspeck
McKelvey
Daubenspeck
McKel
Castro To Speak To Nation In TV Radio Address
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro will address the nation tonight on radio and television, announced by a Havana broadcast. The message is expected to outline current policy and national priorities.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Havana
AF Captain Killed On Strafing Raid Near Saigon
A US Air Force captain died when his T28 fighter crashed during a strafing run 70 miles west of Saigon in South Viet Nam. A Vietnamese observer pilot also perished. The American’s identity was withheld pending next of kin notification. he was the 43rd American combat death in South Viet Nam since 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
X15 Flight Elevates Maj. Rushworth Toward Astronaut Wings
Air Force Maj. Bob Rushworth becomes America's second winged astronaut by reaching about 52.6 miles in the X15 at Edwards Air Force Base California. NASA estimates place his altitude near 275000 feet with a speed around 3600 mph. Only three pilots have exceeded 50 miles in flight with Joe Walker the other high achiever.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Bob Rushworth
America
Bob White
White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Rushworth
Joe Walker
Walker
County City Agree On Hospital Road Construction
City and county will share material and labor costs for a new road extending Arlington from 31st to 35th to serve the McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Center. Construction starts Monday with Earl Christmas and James Ash supervising. project funded by the McMahon Foundation and Hill Buron Act funds.
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McMahon-Tomlinson
Arlington
Earl Christmas
Lawton Street
James Ash
District 3
T. R. Stephens
Ash
Robert Ebisch
R. F. Myers
Clarence Soper
Charles G. Ozman
Hospital Board of Control
Ned Shepler
McMahon Foundation
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Patrick Kennedy
Albatross Company
Barrow
Ryan
Kennedys
Barry
Crescent Quay
Eunice Shriver
Jean Smith
George Meany
By Phil Ford
Habeas Corpus
Pathet Lao
Castro
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