Four Survive Plane Crash In Snow-Swept Mountains
A single engine plane crashed in a canyon in the Colorado Rockies. Three men and a woman survived the wreck. Pilot A W Blue and co pilot Pursley were rescued while Ellis Lynn Shutts walked 20 miles to summon help. The injured wife Bonnie Shutts remained at the crash site in critical condition.
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EAGLE
Colo
Rockies
A. W. Blue
St. Joseph
T. L. Pursley
Nevada
Jeep
Ellis Lynn Shutts
Tom Currier
Bonnie Shutts
Blue
Pursley
Glenwood Springs
Shutts
San Francisco
Herter to urge Latin help against Communist threats
Secretary of State Christian Herter prepared a hard line against Cuba at the OAS ministers meeting in San Jose Costa Rica urging condemnation of Soviet and Chinese influence in the hemisphere. A US memorandum accused Cuba of training spies and insurgents to spread revolution while criticizing Cuba's clampdown on religious freedom. Cuban leaders denied the charges and warned of possible sanctions against the United States. Argentina proposed a new conference within 90 days to draft a treaty to prevent and eradicate communism in the region.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Christian Herter
United States
Herter
U.S
Foreign Ministers’ Conference of the Organization of American States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Carlos Lechuga
Raul Roa
Argentina
Ods
Hemisphere
United Nations Security Council
Council
OAS
Fire Ravages Biscuit Firm in Ottawa
A spectacular fire Monday night destroyed the west central Ottawa area warehouse of biscuit maker McCormicks Limited. Flames leaped up to 100 feet and menaced a nearby office building and a six unit apartment block before fire crews brought it under control after a two hour battle. A company official estimates damage at 100000 dollars. Cause was not determined.
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Ottawa
Biscuit - Manufacturing
McCormicks Limited
Senate Rejects Medical Plan for Elderly Pence?
The Senate rejected the Republican medical care plan for the elderly in a 67 to 28 vote. The setback clears the way for a later test on the Democratic proposal backed by Senator John Kennedy.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
John Kennedy
Record Rain Drenchs Medicine Hat with 1.32 Inches
A 24 hour rainfall total of 1.32 inches drenched Medicine Hat the heaviest of the year. Rain began around 7 pm Monday and continued into the night and today with scattered showers forecast. Cool today with a slight warm up Wednesday. roads are passable but muddy and slippery in places.
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National
American
Medicine Hat
Rainstorm Sweeps Prairie Regions With Heavy Totals
Swift Current reports 1.14 inches while Cold Lake logs 1.20 inches as a deep storm advances from the Dakotas across Saskatchewan and southern Alberta. Edmonton notes 0.07 inches by 5 am and Lethbridge 0.45 inch. Rainfall Monday and today surpasses July totals.
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Cold Lake
Edmonton
Calgary
Leth
Bridge
Dakotas
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lumumba Tshombe Move Toward Clash
In Leopoldville Lumumba and Katanga's Tshombe edge toward confrontation as Lumumba airlifts troops into Kasai to quell inter-tribal violence while Tshombe proclaims a move toward a federal Congo and demands Lumumba’s ouster. A UN appeal follows and observers note no immediate threat to Lumumba's premiership.
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Lumumba
Tshombe
Clash
Leopoldville
the Congo
Reuters
Patrice Lumumba
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Congo
Kasai
Luluabourg
Paul Katanga
Gvernment
Uncertain Groups Flood Congo City
Leopoldville witnesses a surge of Communist and anti imperialist figures entering the Congo capital. Soviet and other party reporters migrate, while Czech embassy staff arrive to aid Congo with French speaking teachers for schools next month. Andre Blouin, once expelled by Belgian authorities, leads Lumumba entourage as protocol chief and scriptwriter.
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Literary Gazette
The
Congo
Nikita Khrushchev
Lumumba
Andre Blouin
Volcanic Ash Blots Sun Over Alaska Peninsula
Clouds of volcanic ash blanketed about 50 square miles after a Katmai area eruption. Mt Trident, part of a cluster of active volcanoes in the valley of ten thousand smokes, erupted last week.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Katmai National
Tmonuinent
Brundage Re elected Olympic Committee President
Avery Brundage of the United States was reelected today as president of the International Olympic Committee for another four year term.
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Rome
Reuters
Avery Brundage
U.S
International Olympic Committee
Seven Firms Seek Gas Export Permits in Medicine Hat Hearing
Seven firms including Bailey Selburn Oil and Gas and The California Standard Company seek permits to export 121.0 billion cubic feet of gas over 25 years from the Medicine Hat field. The Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board opened hearings in Medicine Hat Court House with Calgary lawyers Millican Shannon Rowbotham and Cook leading representation. City of Medicine Hat did not object. The export would begin September 1, 1961 if approved.
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Medicine Hat
Oil and Gas Conservation Board
Medicine Hat Court House
Alberta
Bailey Selburn Oil and Gasimited
B-H Petroleums (Alberta) Limited
California Standard Company
Charter Oil and Gas Limited
Young Love Sparks Unusual Parcel Delivery Case
In Chehalis Washington deputies responded to a teen lovers dispute after a 14 year old girl admitted ordering seven dozen roses two loads of gravel two rotating chairs four tires groceries coal a go cart and lumber to her 16 year old boyfriend's home. The girl explained she acted to get even after an argument. No charges were filed. Names withheld due to age.
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Chehalis
Mike Moore
Strike Strikes Boston Subway Amid Sudden Transit Walkout
Tens of thousands of home bound commuters in greater Boston were stranded by a sudden strike of rapid transit system workers. The walkout began at 5 p m as downtown workers headed home causing terminals to fill with stranded riders and traffic jams on approaches to the city. The action followed the suspension of a worker for refusing overtime.
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Boston
Greater
Rapid Transit System
The
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Guest Dies From Poisoning At Ontario Wedding
A Hamilton woman and 28 wedding guests fell ill with a sashro intestinal infection after a wedding reception. Angela Mula died Monday as six patients remained hospitalized. An inquest will be held. the illness followed a meal for newlyweds Pasquale and Louisa Spina.
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Hamilton
Ont
Angela Mula
L. A. Clarke
Pasquale
Louisa Spina
Steelworkers extend strike across 11 Dominion Bridge plants
In Toronto the United Steelworkers extend a walkout to all 11 Dominion Bridge plants in Canada. About 4 000 workers may strike nationwide with 350 in Toronto and 1 300 in Montreal area already out. Edmonton and Calgary reports show layoffs and picketing as talks stall over national versus plant specific bargaining.
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Toronto
United Steelworkers of America
DSC
Dominion Bridge Company
Canada
Montreal
Calgary
Dominion Bridge
Edmonton
Regina
Winnipeg
Selkirk
Man
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Ottawa
Amherst
N.S
Conciliation Board
R. H. Tippett
Information Services
Hospital murders partially confirmed by coroner report
Gallia county officials say two teen inmates admitted strangling three patients at Gallipolis state hospital. Robert Flora 39, Paul Cross 42, and William Murphy 41 died Aug 12 and 18. one victim strangled with a sheet. Adolescents Brown 18 Turner 14 claim acts were done for kicks. ages cited with mental-capacity notes.
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Gallipolis, Ohio
Gallipolis State Hospital
George R. Roberts
Donald Rk. Warehime
Robert Flora
Robert Brown
John Turner
Paul Cross
William Murphy
Roberts
Cross
Flora
Wife Returns To S. Africa
The blonde estranged wife of David Pratt, the wealthy farmer charged with attempting to kill Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, arrived from Holland on a secrecy-shrouded flight. Pratt remains jailed in Pretoria awaiting trial. Friends say he has repeatedly sought reconciliation and asked her to attend his trial.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
David Pratt
Hendrik Verwoerd
Holland
Rand Daily Mail
Pratt
Pretoria
Quebec Crash Kills Three in Thetford Mines
The accident near Thetford Mines Quebec left three dead and a fourth person injured. Police report minimal details pending investigation.
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Quebec
Thetford Mines
Quis
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Leopold II
Brundage
Olympic
Little Cloud
Murphy
S. Africa
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