Nevada Shaken by Underground Hydrogen Blast
CAMP MERCURY Nevada A mighty underground blast the first announced H-bomb type device in the United States shattered the desert calm today. It was set off 650 feet underground at Yucca Flat during a peaceful energy test to aid harbors and canals. The flash was visible in daylight and a cone of rock dust shot up to 7000 feet, witnesses on distant mountain tops reported, followed by a huge mushroom cloud.
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Camp Mercury
Nev
United States
Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Desert Proving Ground
Pacific
Philippine Sea
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Far East
AEC
Saskatchewan doctors strike tests government resolve
Saskatchewan Deputy Premier J H Brockelbank signaled possible legislative session to amend the Health Act as doctors enter day six of a compulsory medical care strike. Premier Lloyd's secret eastern mission hints at mediation options amid medical council opposition and shrinking emergency services.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
J. H. Brockelbank
Breckelbank
Woodrow S. Lloyd
Canada
Lloyd
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Sam Landa
Canadian Medical Commission
Saskatoon
Citizens’ Safety Committee
Arab League Mediation Sought in Algeria Power Crisis
Algeria's Nationalist split between Premier Ben Khedda and Deputy Premier Ben Bella deepens as Ben Bella seeks Arab League mediation with Cairo talks featuring President Nasser. Clashes in Oran kill at least 60. both sides accuse the other as European minority forces loom in postindependence tensions.
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Algiers
Algeria
Arab League
Cairo
Oran
Tewfick el Medani
Youssef Ben Khedda
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Ben Khedda
Medani
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Abdel Khaled Hassouna
League
Morocco
Riots in Brazil Prompt Army to Quell Food Protests
In Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro tanks and troops restored order after mobs shouting for food looted over 100 stores. Mayor Adolfo Daci said 15 people were killed and more than 100 injured as unions pressed a general strike over price controls on staples amid inflation.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Duque de Caxias
Adolfo Daci
1St Army
Rio
Sao Joao Do Meriti
Nova Iguacu
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Rio Grande Do Sul
Leonel Brizola
Niteroi
Sen. Auro de Moura Andrade
Andrade
Ohio Dry Weather With Fog Haze Across State
Official Weather Bureau summary notes continued dry weather in Ohio under fair to partly cloudy skies. Light fog and haze were reported across most sections at dawn, with no significant precipitation expected. Weather outlook emphasizes stable conditions for the region.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Hocking Valley Weather Forecast Through Saturday
Partly cloudy skies with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Highs in the 80s and overnight lows in the 60s with little temperature change through Saturday. Northern areas near 60s in the morning, southern counties warmer with 70s.
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Hocking Valley
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Temperatures Near Normal
The forecast covers southern and central Ohio with average temperatures near normal in the west and slightly below normal in the east. Normal highs 85 to 88 and lows 62 to 66. Rainfall expected about half to three quarters of an inch in scattered thundershowers, mainly early next week.
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Ohio
Buddhist monk hanged for 1959 prime minister killing
In Colombo Ceylon Tal duwa Somarama a Buddhist monk was hanged today for the assassination of Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike in 1959.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Talduwa Somarama
Solomon Bandaranaike
Kennedy mulls immediate tax cut based on economic signals
President Kennedy says he will consider an early income tax cut if economy indicators justify it. He plans to proceed with planned reductions next year but will watch figures over the coming months and heed recommendations from business and labor groups. He also pushes tax credit for modernization and anti depressed measures and envisions closer Europe United action.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Europe
United States
North Atlantic
Democratic Party
Party of Business
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tax liens placed on Moriarty fortune and cache found
Federal authorities filed liens totaling 3.395 million dollars against bookmaker Joseph Moriarty in Hudson and Essex counties covering income taxes fraud penalties and interest over six years. Investigators seek to seize a 2.4 million cash cache and bonds tied to Moriarty and relatives as the case tensions with New Jersey and federal prosecutors intensify.
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Jersey City
N.J
Joseph (Newsboy) Moriarty
Chris L. Gross
Internal Revenue Service
Newark
Hudson
Essex
Gross
Moriarity
Trenton
Moriarty
Satz
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Frank Munzy
Profit Taking Trims Market
New York stocks fell late in the day after five sessions of gains. The AP average of 60 shares slipped to 214.50 as industrials rails and utilities declined. Growth stocks led the retreat with profit taking on the rebound from 1962 lows cited by brokers. Normal preweekend caution added selling pressure ahead of an upcoming market closure.
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New York
Associated Press
Churchill Returns to Brandy Cigar Routine
London report says Sir Winston Churchill resumed his brandy soda and cigar routine after recuperating from a fractured thigh. He endured a tiring day but continued his wartime leadership commitments as of Thursday.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Hide-A-Way Hills Plans 30-Unit Motel
Don Donelson, president of Hide-A-Way Hills Co, announced a planned all-electric 30-unit motel to serve lodge guests and short stays. The development already has 268 platted lots, with more than 1,000 planned over 3 to 4 years, plus a nine-hole golf course, swimming pool, archery range, and a large member event schedule.
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Hide-A-Way Hills
Don Donelson
Hide
Donelson
Marion Two
Fairfield County
Commonwealth Phone Merger OK'd By PUCO
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the merger of Commonwealth Telephone Co of Ohio with General Telephone Co of Ohio. Commonwealth becomes part of GT&E, assets acquired in 1960, with operations and staff retaining roles in Athens district and surrounding counties.
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Commonwealth Telephone Co
Ohio
Athens
General Telephone Co
Public Utilities Commission of
Clare E. Williams
Marion
Commonwealth Telephone
General Telephone & Electronics Corp
New York
Commonwealth
Gt&e
Commonwealth Company
Fairfield
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Logan
McArthur
Bremen
Athens District
General
A. C. Purpura
Portsmouth
James B. Kimball
Kenley Krinn
General Telephone
Williams
General Telephone of
Troy-Tipp Telephone, Inc
Troy
General System
Faulkner Dies at 64 in Oxford Mississippi
Nobel laureate William Faulkner died of a heart attack in Oxford at age 64 after a recent stay at the University of Virginia. Relatives present at his death admitted him to the hospital. his funeral was planned for Saturday.
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Oxford
Miss
William Faulkner
Mississippi
Yoknapatawpha
University of Virginia
Faulkner
Estelle
Dorothy Oldham
Paul D. Summers Jr
Charlottesville
Morton Proposes General Revenue Funded Medicare Alternative
Sen. Thruston Morton proposes a Medicare substitute financed from general Treasury revenues. The plan would pay private health insurance premiums for Americans over 65 with annual costs around 1.2 billion dollars and a sliding premium grant. States would run contracts with insurers offering short term or long term coverage and handle admin costs.
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Washington
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Kennedy
Morton
Treasury
Senate
Sen
Clinton P. Anderson
Mrs Mary Grubb Drowning Victim at Lake Logan
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Grubb 48 of South Logan drowned at Lake Logan while fishing with husband Wendell. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Body found 1 a m by Larry Blosser and Leland Williams near old Murphy Rd. scene west of No 3 parking lot. Swimmers banned since. Funeral Monday at St Matthew Lutheran Church.
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Lake Logan
Mary Elizabeth Grubb
South Logan
Wendell
Owen F. Yaw
Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Grubb
Mariana
Walhending Ave
Larry Blosser
Leland Williams
State Highway Patrol
Old Murphy Rd
No. 3
Hartman
Foy Blosser
Westgate
Sohio
Rts
Logan
Sheriff's Department
Marvin Nungester
Hocking County Game Protector
Nungester
William D
Ida Miller Mosure
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Venus Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Ewing Grange
Frank
Ralph Masure
Logan Rt. 3
Willard O. Drefke
Leonard Funeral Home
SevenYearOld Hangs Self While Swinging From Bed
A seven-year-old boy, Johnny Hash of Reedsville, hanged himself with a belt while swinging from his bunk. Found by his mother, he was resuscitated by four men but died en route to Parkersburg Hospital.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Reedsville
Johnny Hash
Dick Hash
Parkersburg
W. Va
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U.S Chamber of Commerce
Afl-Cio
U.S
PUCO
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Anderson
Mary Grubb
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