Diane the Storm Diminishes as It Crosses the Carolinas
Diane the storm, once 100 mph hurricane force, moves through the Carolinas into Virginia as winds weaken to 20 to 35 mph. Rainfall ranges from Greensboro to Richmond with four inch totals in northwest Virginia. Weather Service notes winds end soon while coastal warnings are lifted for small craft.
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Richmond
Diane
Carolinas
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
South Side
the Weather Bureau
Washington
E.s.t
Raleigh
N.C
Ereeear
Gordonsville
74 Year Old LA Jeweler Flows Down Mississippi River
L A Man a 74 year old retired Los Angeles jeweler and two teenage youths completed a 2200 mile boat trip down the Mississippi River planning to spend three to four days in New Orleans. Skipper Matthew W. Bakula led the AIS crew Alan Byrd 16 from Dyersville Iowa and Tom Hughson 15 from Milwaukee. They left Bemidji Minnesota July 13 and reached New Orleans on a Wednesday. Bakula praised the river and Southern hospitality and said a local offered them an aluminum cruiser for a future trip. He may attempt the voyage again next year.
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New Orleans
Pia
Los Angeles
Mississippi River
Matthew W. Bakula
AIS
Alan Byrd
Dyersville
Iowa
Tom Hughson
Milwaukee
Bemidji
Minn
Bakula
U S Jets Set 2 Records in Flight From England
U S jets refueled in air to fly from England to Austin Texas in 48 minutes setting two world records for speed and non stop distance. Twelve F84F planes began the trek. two landed at Barksdale and Bergstrom Air Force Base after a routine training mission led by Col Richard W Ellis.
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Austin
Tex
England
Barksdale Air Force Base
Hreveport
Strategic Air Command
English Midlands
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Richard W. Ellis
Thunderstreaks
In-Flight Refuels Enable Record Jet Flight
Immune Bergstrom AFB spokesmen said the flight was made possible by several in-flight refuelings with tankers from Bergstrom Barksdale and Westover Air Force Bases. Some refuelings occurred over the Atlantic. The longest previous nonstop jet flight was Tokyo to Australia, 4,840 miles, taking 12 hours 2 minutes in May 1954.
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Bergstrom Afb
Bergstrom
Barksdale
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Atlantic
Tolkyo
Australia
Officials No Game for Italian Bandits
Two armed masked bandits stopped a car on a Calabrian highway and ordered the driver Antonio Capan an Italian Chamber of Deputies member and agriculture undersecretary and his wife to exit the vehicle. The assailants fled without harming them.
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Calabria
Italy
Antonio Capan
Chamber of Deputies
Agriculture
Cloudburst Kills 4 Floods 1818 Others
A heavy rainstorm swept Sapporo and 10 towns in Hokkaido causing four deaths and six missing. Police reported 26 bridges washed away two minor landslides and damage to railway beds as 1,818 others were flooded.
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Sapporo
Japan
Hokkaido
Polio Stricken Mother Plans Reunion With Daughters
IOWA CITY A reunion of a polio stricken mother confined to an iron lung for five years and her two polio daughter s was planned. Mrs John Young and her daughters Gay and Barbara, both polio victims, had not seen each other since last August. Barbara wheelchair bound. Gay reportedly recovered. The family said Mrs Young would join her husband in Cedar Rapids after a hospital stay to regain strength.
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Iowa City
UPI
John Young
Gay
Barbara
Cedars ‘Rapids
University Hospitals
Hine
Reading
Reading Eagle- Times
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Becker
Buenos Aires Church Split Follows Peron Violence
Street clashes in Buenos Aires worsen amid church power struggle and Peronist policy disputes. Albrieu refused to detail pacification plans as rival parties condemn renewed violence during Argentina’s holiday period. Authorities claim a truce remains fragile while tensions flare between factions in the capital.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
UPI
Albrieu
Gav
Peron
Jose de San Mare
Briingcal
Briingcal Campaign Against the Church Vista Party
Tuessin
Clashes Prompt Police Patrols in Buenos Aires
Following the third straight clash between antigovernment demonstrators and Peron followers, Buenos Aires saw reinforced police patrols. Justice Minister Oscar Albrieu accused seven priests of inciting disobedience from pulpits and said their names would be handed to church authorities. he warned that toleration has its limit.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Justice
Oscar Albrieu
Peron
Albrisu
Nehru Says Goa March Fatal to 22
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament the Goa march death toll may reach 22 with 225 reported wounded and 7 cremated in Goa. He cited Bombay state figures as protests over Portuguese possessions in India intensify across Madras and other cities. The protests drew general strikes and outages, and an Economic Review article criticized the United States for eyeing Portuguese possessions.
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Goa
New Delhi
India
Ani
Bombay
Madras
Calcutta
Economic Review
Congress Party
United States
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