Violence in Algiers stalled by secret army action
In Algiers a day of arson and indiscriminate shooting paused as the European Secret Army Organization halted terrorism temporarily. Jean Georges Sarradet urged peace with Muslim nationalists while Algerian leaders showed little willingness to negotiate.
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Algiers
Secret Army
Jean Georges Sarradet
Sarradet
France
Rocher Noir
Rebel
Front of National Liberation
FLN
National Algerian Movement
Party of the
Algeria
Communist Party
Algiera
Christian Fouchet
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Oran
Algiers University
Spelling Bee Winners Share 1962 Title
The 1962 National Spelling Bee co champions are Michael Day and Nettie Crawford. They tied after a tough final round, spelling words like unguiculate and monocotyledon. Each won a bronze trophy and $1,000, with a victory banquet and a New York City weekend ahead. Nettie’s father runs a 600 acre ranch and Mike’s father works for the Social Security Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael Day
Hardin
Ill
Nettie Crawford
Roswell
N.M
Nettie
Mike
New York City
Social Security Administration
Regional Church Office Proposed in Dayton for Southwest Ohio
Denominational leaders from 10 Southwestern Ohio counties plan a July 10 meeting in Dayton to approve a regional church research and planning office. The office would serve the region including Cincinnati Springfield Dayton and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Ohio
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Springfield
Columbus
East Germans hijack river boat to flee into West Berlin
Thirteen East German youths hijacked the 500 ton Friedrich Wolf excursion boat on the Spree with a baby, rushing toward West Berlin amid heavy gunfire. Police fired over 200 bullets as the vessel escaped to Western shore. no one was hurt. The group included eight men, five women, and the infant, all under thirty, who had plotted the escape for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Friedrich Wolf
River Spree
Berlin
East
West Berlin
Vopos
Landwehr Canal
Fired Estes Prober Charges Suppression
Robert E. Manuel former Republican counsel to a House probe charged the Estes inquiry is distorted and the truth suppressed. He alleged pressure by officials linking to Sam Rayburn and Lyndon B. Johnson and claimed closed session testimony implicated high officials. Manuel testified after being discharged amid a party-line wrangle as Democrats decried a breach of ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert E. Manuel
House
Billie Sol Estes
Manuel
Agriculture Department
Estes
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Earl Mazo
The
New York Tribune
Rep
L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
Five Million Missing From Estes Accounts
Auditors work to trace five million dollars that vanished from bank accounts tied to Billie Sol Estes over 14 months. Some creditors suspect funds were sent to Switzerland as Estes, a Pecos promoter, faces fraud and theft indictments and congressional probes while his grain storage cotton operations and liquid fertilizer business are under receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Dallas News
Switzerland
Harry McCormick
Estes
Pecos
Ohio Revenue Take Hits All-Time High
Ohio State Auditor James A. Rhodes announced revenue for the current fiscal year reached 1.613 billion dollars, an all time high. He noted receipts differ from the prior record of 1.610 billion dollars in the 1959 60 year and predicted the year ending June 30 would surpass 1.7 billion with three weeks remaining and weekly receipts around 33 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Laurelville School Considers Expansion and Upgrades
Laurelville school board studied a proposed six room addition and new cafeteria to reduce overcrowding. An architectural firm was hired to prepare studies and drawings while plans also included television equipment, a 60 passenger bus, new typewriters, sewing machines, and cafeteria renovations.
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Laurelville School
Laurelville
van Buren, Blackburn & Associates
Columbus
Fred Fetheroll
Midwest Airborn
W&h Chevrolet
Business Education Department
Baker Typewriter Sales of
Lancaster
Criteria for a Good Newspaper Code Outlined
Richmond AP report details a new proposed code by a committee of veteran editors to evaluate newspapers on integrity accuracy responsibility and leadership. The document titled Criteria of a Good Newspaper reflects input from nearly 50 editors and publishers and leaders of journalism schools.
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Richmond, Va
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
John H. Colburn
Richmond Times-Dispatch
J. Edward Murray
Arizona Republic of Phoenix
Managing Editors Association
Colburn
Stock Market Edges Higher After Tax Cut Pledge
The AP index at noon rose 1.00 to 222.90 with industrials up 1.50 rails and utilities gaining modestly. Growth stocks moved up a few points while most gains were fractional in quiet trading. Profaci, a Mafia figure, died of cancer in Bay Shore.
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New York
Kennedy
Associated Press
Who's It Be in Bay State Teddy or Eddie Kennedy Race
Massachusetts Democrats pursue a decisive choice between Edward M. Kennedy and Edward J. McCormack Jr. for the U S Senate. Delegates report tallies and pressure tactics as Kennedy asserts a clear majority while McCormack claims 916 votes.
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Bay State
Teddie
Eddie
Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Teddy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack Jr
John McCormack
U.S
Ohio Weather Forecast From Columbus AP Summary
Official Weather Bureau outlook for Ohio shows little change today with highs near 80s and lows in 50s to 60s. Winds shift from east to south as high pressure moves east of the Great Lakes. Thunderstorms may develop Saturday especially in the southwest, with showers possible through Monday and temperatures in the 80s Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Great Lakes
Hospital Bond Issue Discussed by County Officials
Hocking County commissioners, Logan Trade Club hospital committee, and Hocking Valley Hospital trustees met Thursday to discuss a proposed bond issue for a new county hospital. Attendees included commissioners Otto Shaw, Walter North, Tom Van Duren, Auditor Carl Engle, trade club members Don Russell, Art Gasser, Don Braun, Burr Nixson, and hospital trustees Ford Hack, B. G. Greenman, Russell Young, Dr. J. W. Doering, and Lavon Goodlive, the hospital manager.
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Hocking County
Logan Trade Club
Hocking Valley Hospital
Otto Shaw
Walter North
Tom van Duren
Carl Engle
Trade Club
Don Russell
Art Gasser
Don Braun
Burr Nixon
Ford Hack
B. G. Greenman
Russell Young
J. W. Doering
Lavon Goodlve
Plant blamed in worker death prompts claim in Ohio
Ruby Smith Donathan of Tampa seeks death benefits from Ohio claiming Herbert L. Smith Jr. died of acute lymphatic leukemia after exposure to radioactive gases at the Pike County Goodyear Atomic plant. The suit names the state Industrial Commission, the Ohio Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, and Goodyear Atomic Corp. A jury trial began.
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Waverly, Ohio
Tampa, Fla
Ohio
Pike County
Ruby Smith Donathan
State Industrial Commission
Commission
Ohio Bureau of Workmen's Compensation
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Here
Herbert L. Smith Jr
Solon seeks ban on foreign aid to communist states
U S Representative William Harsha of Ohio says he will offer an amendment to the foreign aid bill that would prohibit aid or surplus commodity contributions to any country with a Communist government. The Senate had already passed an amendment permitting some surplus shipments to Soviet satellites.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
U. S
William Harsha
Congress
Senate
Dakota
Kennedy
William E. Miller
John M. Bailey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Miller
Poland
Yugoslavia
Kerr-Mills
de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
France
Spain
Venezuela
Mexico
Public Health Service
Kennedy Pushes five point tax plan for recovery
President Kennedy outlined a five point tax package aimed at spurring prosperity with broad income tax cuts starting January. He urged quick congressional action, defended tax reform to reduce personal and corporate taxes, and highlighted anticipated business relief measures. He also discussed political plans and foreign aid, with several policy items and election year considerations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Michigan
Kentucky
Oregon
Utah
Twelfth Question Hurdles Rhodes In Ohio Governor Race
Auditor James A. Rhodes Republican gubernatorial candidate faces a 12th campaign question from Gov Michael V DiSalle asking if he favors lowering payments to widows and children of workers killed on the job. Rhodes indicated the issue will likely be discussed in the campaign.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Michael V. DiSalle
Rhodes
Senate Approves 4.7 Billion Foreign Aid Spending Ceiling
The Senate set a 4.7 billion dollar ceiling on next year’s foreign aid, about Kennedy’s request, while signaling possible cuts in the actual appropriations. The measure limits aid spending for fiscal year starting July 1 and leaves funding decisions to later bills.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Poland
Yugoslavia
White House
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Jectivity
Bay Shore
N.Y
Joseph Profaci
Underworld
Secret Society of Crime
McCormack
Ted
Robert F. Kennedy
George Lodge
Laurence Curtis
George
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
GOP
John F. Kennedy
Hocking Valley
Solon
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
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