Seventeen Die in Fires Across Halln and Space Event
Seventeen people killed in fires across Halln as astronauts including six Mercury members arrive at Patrick AFB for Grissom's welcome. The day features a brief NASA ceremony with a civil service medal and news of a Cape Canaveral launch incident along with a fatal building blaze.
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Mercury
Patrick Afb
Grissom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joseph A. Scully
Allanded
Atlantic
Miles
Texas House approves 2 per cent sales tax package
Texas House members end a four day tax debate by passing a 2 per cent sales tax package 71 to 58. The $328 million measure heads to the Senate as a revised compromise tied to 1962 63 needs with a $5 exemption on most retail purchases.
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Garth Jones Astin
Texas House
Senate
Texas
House
James Turman
House Hax Committee
Price Dani
George Hinson
Mineola
Daniel
Grissom Calls Space Flight Fascinating After Sea Dump
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom described his 118 mile high mission as fascinating and said the splashdown accident that sent his capsule into the sea was the biggest surprise of the day. He urged others to take the trip and spoke at a news conference after treatment on Grand Bahama Island.
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Alvin B. Webb JR
Canaveral
UPI
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
Britain
Grand Bahama Island
Cuban Airlift Trimmed by Havana Flight Limits
Cuban government on Saturday limited round trip flights between Havana and Miami to two per day. The move disrupts the State Department plan to move 20,000 Cuban refugees to the United States in three weeks. Pan American World Airways' second chartered plane was told to return to Miami without landing at Rancho Boyeros Airport as radio ordered it to halt in Havana.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
State Department
Pan American World Airways
Rancho Boyeros
Rayburn Key Player in Battle Over Federal School Aid
In the House the ruling forces push to revive a federal education aid bill after the rules committee shelved it. Speaker Sam Rayburn’s stance on paying teachers from a $25 billion grant and parochial school loans shapes the fight, with possible revised bills and rules committee maneuvers ahead.
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Associated Press
Ashington
House
Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Udtex
Rayburn
Bachelor: The br maid never brides at dances
The item describes a dance culture quip about a girl who is always a bridesmaid but never a bride. It reflects social humor from pages on the arts and society sections.
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Fine Arts
Plains Farm NE
Congressman's Tax Troubles Loom Over Dallas Home
U S Representative Bruce Alger of Texas is behind on federal income tax totaling 814.26 for 1960, with IRS liens authorized to seize his property and foreclosure posted on his Dallas eight room home overlooking White Rock Lake. His former wife, Lucille Alger, and attorney Clay Fowler disclosed the issue.
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Jess
Allas
U.S
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
Alger
Dallas
Texas
Dallas Times Herald
Lucille Alger
Clay Fowler
Washington
The
Times Herald
Internal Revenue Service
Hurricane Anna Near Honduras Coast
The 100 mph center of Hurricane Anna was located about 6 miles northeast of Cape Gracias Nicaragua near 15.5 N 82.5 W. Forecasters reported a small but intense storm moving west-northwest at 17 mph and not expected to change size or intensity for 24 hours. The center would remain near Honduras coast prompting precautions for gale winds and rough seas.
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MIAME
UPC
British Hon Pe
Mexico
Yucatan
Cape Gracias
Nicaragua
Weather Areau
Honduras
Weather Bureau
San Antonio Floods Prompt Evacuations and Drowning
Torrential rains of over three inches forced about 125 families from their homes in San Antonio causing one drowning near the Houston Street Bridge. A 16-year-old from Waco, Denny Dalrymple, swept away as rescuers searched, while his uncle B J Dalrymple was saved. Evacuations affected housing near Alazan J and Apache Creeks. Water flooded downtown areas and curbs were submerged.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Denny Dalrymple
Waco
Houston Street
San Pedro Creek
B. J. Dalrymple
Spurned heir accused in plot to maim and rob waitress
Henry Franklin Scheetz II, heir to a burgh family, was charged after attempting to hire two men to harm and rob a brunette waitress and marry him. Police say off duty officer Edward Paganucci duped him by posing as accomplice, with $500 promised for the job. Bail set at $25,000 for Aug 1 hearing.
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New York
Henry
Franklin Scheetz II
Burgh
Scheetz
Nassau
Edward Paganucci
Brunette
Sunnyside
Pellee
Pagnuci
Paganucci
Thomas Fitpatrick
West Berlin tensions rise as Berlin crisis grows
Telegraf reports in the Soviet zone tense scenes resemble 1953 unrest as West German and Allied leaders prepare for trouble. Kennedy aims for long range military buildup while refugees flee and East German factories weigh rallies to discuss the German question. More than 3.5 million have fled since 1945.
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United Promy, International
Erlin
West Berlin
Telegraf
East Berlin
Nikita S.khrushchev
Moscow
Berlin
London
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Congress
Bonn
Torgau
West Germany
Kurier
West
Ernst Lemmers
East Germany
Long Term Plan Seen by Kennedy and Spivak
President Kennedy plans a long-range military buildup to meet the Berlin crisis and future uncertainties. He will present proposals to Congress on Wednesday and his Tuesday night address will outline how America must bolster its defense. No immediate national emergency or large mobilization is planned, and Guard units will not be frozen.
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Alvin Spivak
Zannisport, Mass
Upd
Kennedy
Congress
Berlin
White House
America
Justice Department
Prayer for Patience and Faith in Daily Life
A devotional prayer asks for patience and faith to endure each day with guidance from a higher power. It emphasizes hope for a better tomorrow and spiritual understanding, closing in Jesus' name.
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Jesus
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