Neutralist Army Seizes Power in Laos
A neutralist military revolutionary committee overthrew Laos’ pro Western government in Vientiane. The rebels ordered calm and forbade attacks on adversary units while radio broadcasts hinted at foreign expulsion. The status of Premier Somsanith remains unclear as Laos’ airfield shut to flights.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Laos
Vientiane
Revolutionary Committee
U. S
United States
Tiao Somsanith
Thailand
Somsanith
Pathet Lao
United Nations
GOP Senators Push President's Civil Rights Plan
Senate Republicans urged advancing Eisenhower's program by riders and introduced a bill to carry out two civil rights proposals, but Democrats blocked the move accusing Republicans of politicking. The vote to table the bill was 54 to 28 as Nixon attended a White House breakfast with Eisenhower.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
White House
Congress
Joseph S. Clark
Dirksen
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
GOP
Styles Bridges
New Hamp
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Lumumba Vows Katanga Invasion Aiming to Free Congo
Premier Patrice Lumumba pledges Congo army and allied African forces will invade Katanga to free it from Belgian control. He says the government will act, even at the risk of premier soldiers dying, as emergency measures and Belgian diplomatic expulsions follow. Lumumba asserts Congo must govern itself, rejecting UN domination while preparing to restore order.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Katanga
Belgium
Baron Jean van den Bosch
Leopoldville
Lumumba
Force Publique
Victor Landula
U.N
United Nations
UN Security Council Orders Belgian Forces to Withdraw from Katanga
The Security Council urged Belgium to pull its troops from Katanga immediately and transfer authority to U.N. forces to avert a possible world war. Dag Hammarskjold was authorized to arrange the transfer and report back, with France and Italy abstaining.
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United Nations N.Y
Security Council
U.N
Katanga
Ceylon
Tunisia
Dag Hammarskjold
France
Italy
Hammarskjold
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Belgium
Coshocton Escapee Still At Large After Jail Break
Gordon Spunky Firman 21 fled Coshocton jail July 26 and allegedly boasted they won't take me alive. A three county posse with bloodhounds hunted a wooded area north of Coshocton for two days but found no trace of Firman who may be armed with a shotgun.
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Coshocton, Ohio
Gordon
Flemming
Balloon Satellite Echo Launch Postponed at Cape Canaveral
Space scientists postponed the Echo project launch from Cape Canaveral due to Thor Delta booster technical problems. The 100 foot sphere was to begin a long range study of satellite use for global communications including radio telephone and television systems.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Ohio bids opened for 92 road projects across state
The Ohio State Highway Department opened bids for a 92 project session the 14th of the year. Notable items include Athens County bridges on Ohio 356 with Eagle Construction Co. of McArthur as apparent low bidder at 129 751. Other bids list F H Brewer Co for U S 33 widening near Nelsonville at 212 576 and Union Quarries Co for Ohio 49 widening near Wiltshire at 128 856.
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Columbus
Nelsonville
Ohio
Murray City
F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
van Wert
Wiltshire
Union Quarries Co
Scott
Chillicothe Logger Killed By Bulldozer
Frank E. Good, 47, a Chillicothe logging operator, was killed near Waverly when a limb or tree struck him, knocking him from a rear moving bulldozer and the blade passed over him. Deputy Sheriff Raymond Scowden reported the accident occurred on a wooded farm about six miles east of Waverly.
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Waverly, Ohio
Frank E. Good
Chillicothe
Raymond Scowden
Good
Waverly
Alaskans vote on moving state capital to Cook Inlet region
Alaska residents weigh a plan to relocate the capital from Juneau to the Cook Inlet railbelt. Gov. Egan would appoint a five member committee to select a site by 1965 if approved. Backers tout growth and better access. opponents cite Juneau limits and geography.
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Juneau
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Anchorage
William A. Egan
Egan
Ernest, Gruening
E. L. Bartlett
Mike Stepovich
John Butrovich
Anchorage- Fairbanks
Cambridge Crash Fatal To Three In Ohio Head On
A head on collision near Fairview 20 miles east of Cambridge Ohio killed three people from Steubenville, driver Thomas Elwood Shute 26 Brenda Zahransky 18 and Chester Jelski 32. Truck driver Herman R Beach of Martinsville Ind escaped with minor injuries.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Steubenville
Fairview
Here
Highway Patrol
Thomas Elwood Shute
Oregon Ave
Brenda Zahransky
Lincoln Ave
Chester Jelski
U.S. 40
Herman R. Beach
Martinsville
Ind
Temperly Trucking Co
Death notices Leslie Linton of Green Two farm dies at 79
Leslie G. Linton 79 a Green Two area farmer died in Lancaster Fairfield Hospital at 2 45 p m after major surgery He lived on the family Logan Rt 3 farm and was a member of Fellowship EUB Church and the Gore Odd Fellows He is survived by two brothers and a sister and seven nieces and nephews Funeral 2 p m Thursday Heinlein Funeral Home with burial at Smith Chapel Cemetery Friends may call after 7 p m today and 2 4 p m tomorrow
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Leslie G. Linton
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Mr. Linton
Lancaster Hospital
Hocking Valley Hospital
Gilruth and
Almeda Fetters Linton
Logan Rt. 3
Fellowship Eub
Odd Fellows Lodge
Gore
Charles Linton
Pearl Linton
Blanche Borland
Melrose
Mass
Heinlein Funeral Home
E. F. Bradford
Smith Chapel
British women drivers classed safer than men
London AP report says a British insurance survey finds women are safer drivers than men and the company will cut liability premiums for women by at least ten percent.
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London
Herter Warns Soviets Against Fresh Threats
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told a Washington news conference the United States will act with speed force and unity to confront any new Soviet threat or crisis during the election period Our allies and free nations can be assured action will be taken The United States cannot indefinitely suspend nuclear tests while Geneva talks drag on and the administration weighs Congress authorization to show Soviets certain equipment for underground tests to perfect inspection gear.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
United States
Herter
Free World
U. S
Soviet Union
Geneva
Congress
Weather Outlook for Ohio Shows Scattered Thunderstorms
Official Weather Bureau summary notes scattered thundershowers near the Ohio River and in northern counties. Rain totals varied with Cleveland at 4 inches and Akron at a few hundredths. Overnight lows around 61 rising into the 80s, with 85 at 11 a.m. Highs reached 90 yesterday, upper 80s Monday. 60s in Youngstown this morning. Columbus 64, Toledo 62. A weak NW low will bring more showers tonight and Wednesday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Ohio River
Cleveland
Akron
Youngstown
Columbus
Toledo
Powers pleads guilty to substance of Soviet charges
Moscow AP a Tass report says Francis Gary Powers admitted the substance of espionage charges in the U2 incident. Tass cites 4000 word indictment, drawn by the state security committee and approved by Prosecutor General Roman Rudenko, detailing Powers’ access to USSR defense targets and stating the penalty could range from seven years to death. Powers’ trial is set for August 17. Moscow has barred American lawyers and diplomats from interviewing Powers, though his parents have been granted visas to attend.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Tass
Powers
Urals
State Security Committee
Roman Rudenko
Ussr
U.S.S.R
Pound
Incirlik
Two Burglaries In County Investigated
Sheriff deputy Nick Sanborn investigated two tavern burglaries in Hocking County Sunday night. Johnny’s Tavern at South Bloomingville and the Mistletoe Inn on Rt. 327 south of Adelphi were entered. Intruders took coins from a bowling machine and jukebox plus food items. The Mistletoe raid yielded eight rolls of pennies and an electric razor.
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Sheriff's
Nick Sanborn
Hocking County
Johnny
Judge Sentenced To Jail In Drunken Driving Conviction
Guernsey County Common Pleas Judge Craig S Carnes was found guilty of drunken driving and fined 100 dollars plus costs. He received a three day jail term imposed by Muskingum County Judge William Geyer after a July 24 arrest on U S 40 east of Zanesville. Start date pending possible appeal.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Craig S. Carnes
Guernsey County
Muskingum
William Geyer
Carnes
U.S. 40
Red Pilot Joins ROKs After Defection
Chung Nak-Hyun age 24 the pilot who defected from North Korea in a MIGI5 jet last week was commissioned a first lieutenant in the South Korean Air Force today.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Nak-Hyun
North Korea
C&O Chief Expects B&O Merger Offer Acceptance
Walter J. Tuohy, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, predicts Baltimore and Ohio stockholders will accept his merger offer. He cites strong interest abroad and in Switzerland among bankers who hold about 20 percent of B&O stock. Tuohy warns against a three-way deal with New York Central, saying it would hurt dividends and credit ratings.
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Baltimore (Ap
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Walter J. Tuohy
London
Tuohy
Switzrland
B&o
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
B&O’s
C&o
C&l
New York City
Powers parents to travel to Moscow over pilot trial
The father of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers says experts report his son in solitary confinement for 10 to 15 days. The couple head for Moscow where Powers faces espionage trial on August 17. Soviet deputy premier Smirnov calls brainwashing rumors rubbish.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Oliver Powers
Pound
Moscow
Soviet Union
Capt. Powers
L. N. Smirnov
London
Smirnov
Soviet Supreme Court
Powers
Milledgeville
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Cuba Forms National Institute of Mining Amid Nationalizations
Havana reports Cuba creates a National Institute of Mining within INRA to plan mineral development as Fidel Castro expands expropriations of American holdings. Major interests include Moa Bay Mining Co. and the Nicarro Nickel plant, with U.S. owners seeking profit under export rules. Officials say negotiations are under way.
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Havana
National Institute of Mining
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Mining Institute
National Institute of Agrarian Reform
INRA
Moa Bay Mining Co
Nicaro Nickel
US calls on Cuba to end anti American mail campaign
The United States demanded that the Cuban government halt using its free mailing privilege to distribute anti American propaganda within the United States. The issue highlights tensions over Cuba's influence operations and US countermeasures.
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Washington
United States
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Fairbanks
Lee L. McKinley
Palmer
Ralph J. Rivers
David N. Boyer
Kenai
William C. Haugaard
Sitka
R. L. Rettig
Jack Ryan
Leslie Linton
Sverlovsk
Red Pilot
Roks
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