Army unit on 24 hour call with unserviceable tanks
Washington AP report says a strategic Army Corps unit on round the clock readiness in 1960 used tanks unfit for combat. GAO investigators found 72 tanks seven to eight years old with 70 days out of service on average over 235 days, despite about $300000 spent on repairs. The unit, 4th Medium Tank Battalion, 68th Armor, was at Ft. Bragg before moving to Europe.
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Washington
Strategic Army Corps
House
Defense Appropriations
Government Accounting Office
68Th Armor
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Europe
Segregationist Catholic Fight Brews In Louisiana
In New Orleans a militant segregationist, Mrs. B. J. Gaillot of Save Our Nation, pleads for an interview with Archbishop Rummel after receiving a blunt threat of excommunication. Rummel ordered end to segregated archdiocesan classes next fall while Gaillot and others protest via picketing and public letters. The chancery confirms letters went to some segregation supporters and to figures including E. Ross Buckley and Leander H. Perez Sr.
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New Orleans
B. J. Gaillot
Save Our Nation, Inc
Joseph Francis Rummel
Rummel
Chancery
John Patrick Cody
Citizens Council
E. Ross Buckley
Leander H. Perez Sr
Plaquemines Parish
Foundations Gone Milton Tornado Packed Wallop
A powerful Milton tornado killed 15 people ripping through a northwest Florida residential area. Gov. Farris Bryant toured the stricken town as federal aid discussions began. Preliminary damage was pegged at 1.5 million dollars. Funeral services and mass burials were planned, with some residents returning to salvage belongings.
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Milton, Fla
Milton
Farris Bryant
Florida
Bryant
Civilian Defense Organization
Highway Patrol
Many Areas Hit By Bad Weather
Severe weather affected the eastern half of the nation with snow freezing rain sleet and rain in the Northeast and Appalachians and the Great Lakes region. Light snow fell in North Carolina mountains while scattered Ohio and Mississippi River valley areas saw flurries. Florida received rain and cold air from Canada pushed temperatures into the 30s in the Southeast with Asheville and high elevations dipping below freezing.
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Appalachians
Great Lakes
North Carolina
Ohio
Mississippi River
Florida
Canada
Asheville
N. C
Transport Strike Ends In Boston
Boston residents saw street cars and buses back in service after a two day wildcat strike. Robert King, 48, operated the first street car at Arborway at 4 10 a.m. Three quarters of the 4000 Car Men's Union members voted to return to work for the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The MTA was state seized with Otis M Whitney placed in command. Governor Volpe ordered seizure for up to 45 days and Whitney led the system with 2nd Yankee Infantry. Union president Michael J Gormley pledged cooperation and said no reprisals during the transition period.
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Boston
Wildcat
Robert King
Arborway
Carmen
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
Massachusetts State Police
Otis M. Whitney
Whitney
National Guard
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Gen. Whitney
Michael J. Gormley
Baking powder keeps him, not just face powder
A humorous line notes that while face powder may attract a man, baking powder is what keeps him around, playing on kitchen product contrasts for comic effect.
Three Die in Cincinnati Violent Death Spree
Cincinnati records a rash of violent deaths with three men killed in two days. William Lee Bradfield Jr. 36 admitted shooting Ezell Favors 54 after a dispute over a poker game. Sam C. Hendrix 42 was arrested for the knife slaying of John Leslie Fox 59 following a quarrel about Hendrixs wife Edward Woods 4 left home with his father Robert F. Woods 49 after a Saturday shooting. John A. Cooper 41, charged with manslaughter in his stepson John C. Jacksons death 20, faced a court hearing. Cooper rearrested Saturday on a mutilation charge and held on a 5000 bond.
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Cincinnati
William Lee Bradfield Jr
Ezell Favors
Favors
Bradfield
Sam C. Hendrix
John Leslie Fox
Fox
Hendrix
Edward Woods
Robert F. Woods
Woods
John A. Cooper
John C. Jackson
North College Hill
Cooper
Sioux City Bridge Collapse Parts Over Flood Waters
Flooding continues to harass Sioux City Iowa as the north section of a $350,000 dual highway bridge over the Big Sioux River collapsed into flood waters Sunday. The bridge’s second section remained closed and further river rises were anticipated elsewhere in Iowa.
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Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Big Sioux
Weather Outlook: Below Normal Temps with Weekend Snow
The Weather Bureau says temperatures will run about 10 degrees below normal this week with a slight warming by Wednesday. Cooler air returns later, and snow or rain is forecast for Friday and Saturday. Tonight's low near 28, tomorrow's high around 45 with some clearing. Official yesterday in Mardletown reached 41 at 3 pm, overnight low 33 at 7 am.
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Weather Bureau
Mardletown
Argentine Cabinet Nears Completion Amid Military Influence
President Jose Maria Guido moves toward a full cabinet in Buenos Aires as gaps remain in foreign affairs economy and the three military secretaries under Defense. A hostile Congress looms with the armed forces still wielding power, and the Intransigent Radical party protests military dominance in government.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Arturo Frondizi
Defense Ministry
Guido
Frondizi
Radical
Military Junta Attacked As Syria Revolt Sparks Unrest
In northern Syria a “free officers command” rebels against the United Arab Republic break with Egypt last September. Martial law is declared in northern and eastern areas as clashes kill soldiers in Homs. Junta calls for a referendum on unity with Egypt under strict conditions. Beira Beirut reports demonstrations in Aleppo Homs Tartous and Deir ez Sor amid curfew and border closures.
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Cairo
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Aleppo
Free Officers Command
U.A.R
Area Command
Egypt
Damascus Radio
Nasser
Beirut
Lebanon
Homs
Tartous
Deir Ez Sor
Damascus
Syrian junta faces pressure as revolt spreads across Syria
Rebels denounce the junta as an exploitive group accusing it of seizing power again. Cairo radio covers the Syrian revolt while Damascus broadcasts omit U A R reaction. Demonstrations erupt in Damascus and Beirut as the army bans gatherings amid calls for Arab unity and federation rather than reunion with the U A R.
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Egypt
U.A.R
Cairo
Aleppo
Damascus
Syria
USAR
Beirut
Lebanon
Longer steel contract could extend workers vacations nationwide
Pittsburgh reporting on a steel labor settlement that may set a trend across industries. The pact may allow veterans to take two months off each year at full pay within a few years, boosting leisure, travel, and recreation sectors while creating fill-in jobs. The agreement also improves pensions layoff benefits grievance procedures seniority and minimum weekly pay. negotiations with 11 major steel companies resume to translate terms into contracts.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Steel Industry
David J. McDonald
Soviets Refuse Nuclear Inspectors On Their Soil
Geneva AP dispatch reports Soviet delegate Valerian A. Zorin announcing that the Kremlin will not permit nuclear test inspectors on Soviet soil. He cites new military measures in response to the Berlin crisis and Western military buildup, reversing prior agreement for international control posts.
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Geneva
Sovie
Valerian A. Zorin
Kremlin
Hag
Soviet Union
Zorin
Berlin
Us.s.r
Burials Resume After San Francisco Cemetery Strike
The 27 day strike by cemetery workers against 10 Bay Area graveyards ends as the first of about 400 halted burials is to proceed. The union accepts a three year contract raising wages by 18 dollars monthly to a total of 105 per week.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Weekend crash toll climbs as youths die in multiple wrecks
A grim weekend reported 61 deaths across 16 crashes. Among the victims were eight killed in a single Drummondville Ontario train crossing collision and six youths aged 16 to 21 in a head on crash near Modesto California. Duke University coeds aged 21 to 22 died in a rain slick crash on U.S. 17 near Jacksonville Florida. Also killed were four people including a 5 year old and a 14 year old near Mount Vernon Ohio in a multi vehicle wreck.
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Modesto
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
Duke Univerity
U.S. 17
North Carolina
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Jane Lee Stephens
Livingston
N.J
Karen L. Widing
Rochester
N.Y
Ann Elizabeth Wright
Lisbeth Burlbaum
Broadalbin
Charlene Hartline
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mount Vernon Ohio
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