Eisenhower laid to rest in Abilene amid military honors
The body of Dwight D. Eisenhower was buried in a vault beside his late son in Abilene Kansas after a three day state funeral. A 21 gun salute rifle volleys taps and West Point music accompanied the final rites as dignitaries including Vice President Nixon attended the solemn procession and burial. Thousands of Americans lined streets to bid farewell to the former president who led Allied forces in World War II and later the nation in eight years of peace.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight David Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
West Point
Eisenhower Center
Nazi Germany
Nixon
Eisenhower Library
Wst Point
Texas
Great Plains
Ike Eisenhower
Washington, D.C
Midwest
FTC urged to act on gas station giveaway games
After six weeks of hearings critics press the Federal Trade Commission to ban or regulate gas station giveaway games as deceptive and costly to consumers. A staff report labels the games fraudulent with higher prices passed to shoppers. Humble Oil disputes the commission's regulatory authority.
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William Barton Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Humble Oil Co
Atlantic Richfield
Barroteran Mine Disaster Deepens With More Trapped
Rescue teams faced 100 degree heat toxic gas and cave ins as they dig deeper into the Barroteran soft coal mine. Officials estimate 151 to 155 miners buried two days earlier, with 128 to 132 still underground 450 feet down. Seven US Bureau of Mines experts head to advise.
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Barroteran
Mexico
Juan Heitz
Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A
Heitz
Gomez Sada
Weekend Regional Weather Outlook
The forecast shows tonight mostly cloudy and colder with lows in the 30s. Thursday will be partly cloudy and colder with lows in the 40s and low 50s.
Determined Red Raid Fails Under GI Guns
In a two hour clash 100 U S infantry beat back a North Vietnamese assault 25 miles northeast of Saigon. 49 enemy soldiers were found dead with 0 American casualties. Helicopters and bombers supported the defense and other skirmishes near Saigon and along the Cambodian frontier resulted in light losses.
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Saigon
U.S
Toy Smith
Houston
Tex
25Th Division
Rhodes Enters Hospital For Sinus Infection
COLUMBUS Ohio AP Gov James A Rhodes went to University Hospital on Tuesday for treatment of a sinus inflammation.
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Rhodes
Hopital
Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
University Hospital
Hotel Workers Strike at Major Cincinnati Hotels
About 60 maintenance workers walked out at midnight with 500 more nonunion staff set to honor picket lines. The strike targets the Netherland Hilton Terrace Hilton Sheraton Gibson Metropole hotels as unions push for 90 cent hourly raises within two years.
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Netherland -Hilton
Terrace-Hilton
Sheraton-Gibson
Metropole
Cincinnati Hotels Association
Hotel and Restaurant
Middletown Triplets Turn One Amid Jobs Woes
Lloyd and Mrs. Shearer of Middletown celebrate the first birthday of Matthew Mark and John, the first triplets to survive since 1946 at Middletown Hospital. Father is unemployed and the family faces bills, a new home, and a fledgling carpet and furniture cleaning business while the babies thrive on jars of food and milk. Buck, the elder brother, joins the playful chaos as the family hopes their new venture M & 8 Enterprises finds stability.
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Lloyd Shearer
Middletown Hospital
Buck
Brown Ave
Franklin
Shearer
Kaiser Engineers
Shearers
Matthew
Mark
John
Mrs. Shearer
M & 8 Enterprises
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