Lions on the loose in Omaha bar and arena chaos
Two circus lions escaped near downtown Omaha after a truck crash. Carmen roared atop a patrol car hood, injuring a pedestrian lightly and prompting police, dogs, and crowd control outside a bar and near the City Auditorium where 5,000 fans had just left wrestling. Trainer Guy Goseing captured Carmen with a net and chair, then coaxed her companion Diane into a cage.
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Carmen
Omaha
Mollner
Big Cat
Sgt
Eugene Scarpino
City Auditorium
Guy Goseing
Chaser Gossing
Ace Bar
Diane
Gossing
Strike Study Begins Under Taft Hartley Act Board
A three man board of inquiry appointed by President Kennedy begins investigating a West Coast maritime strike that has caused cod shortages in Hawaii. The panel has until Wednesday to report, after which an injunction request may be made to end the strike within an 80 day cooling off period. The 5,000 strikers could face return to work if ordered.
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Washington
A_ threeman board of
Kennedy
Hawaii
Pacific Maritime Association
Thew
Robert F Kennedy
Morris Weisberger
The
Sailors Union of the Pacific
San Francisco
William F Quinn
White House
France approves peace pact with Algerian rebels in referendum
In metropolitan France voters backed Charles de Gaulle’s four year old Algeria policy by 26,985,275 ballots while Algeria saw violence from the Secret Army Organisation. Turnout was high with 9 percent of valid ballots for the peace pact and the referendum linked to De Gaulle's cease fire and potential independence later this year.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Secret Army
Algeria
France
de Gaulle
Corsica
Evian
Radical Right's Prospects Dim
U S lawmakers from both parties push back against the radical right as a factor in the fall congressional races. Senator Javits cited Walker's Senate testimony to attack radical right influence in the Democratic party while Walker seeks Texas governor as a longshot contender.
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Jack Bell Washington
Javits
New York
Vision
Republican Party
Tion
Ren
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
Walker
Texas
Chuckle World Shortest Ghost Story
The last man on earth sat in his room. There was a knock at the door.
Cuban Refugees Arrive in Progreso Mexico by Small Boat
Four Cuban teen refugees reach Progreso in the Yucatan after five days at sea. The group includes a woman and her 11 month old daughter. They left Coloma in Pinar del Rio Province their departure was on the night of April due to dire conditions. Mexican authorities withheld names pending status decision.
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Merida
Mexico
Cuba
Yucatan
Progreso
Coloma
Pinar del Rio
Mother's body found in Lake Erie near Catawba Park
The body of 42 year old Marg aret Kiraly of Allen Park Michigan, mother of three, was identified Sunday. Beach strollers found her body washed ashore at a dock near Catawba State Park after she had been missing since September.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Margaret Kiraly
Allen Park
Mich
Lake Erie
Catawba State Park
Americans killed in Vietnam ambush near An Chau
In Saigon a guerrilla ambush killed two American military advisers and wounded or captured two others during a training mission with Vietnamese troops near An Chau, about 3460 miles north of Saigon. U.S. military authorities confirmed the deaths and ongoing searches.
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U. S
Saigon
An Chau
South China Sea
U.S
Adenauer Successor Debate Returns to Bonn Scene
In Bonn the question of who will succeed Chancellor Konrad Adenauer persists as Adenauer rests in Italy for six weeks. Ludwig Erhard and Franz Josef Strauss figure prominently, with others like Heinrich Krone, Heinrich von Brentano, Gerhard Schroeder and Joseph-Hermann Durhues also discussed as potential leaders amid a slowing German economy and party shifts.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Italy
Ludwig Erhard
Franz Joseph Strauss
Gerhard Schroeder
Brentano
Foreign Ministry
Interior Ministry
Schroeder
Hans Krol
Moscow
Joseph-Hermann Durhues
Christian Democrat Party
Ruhr
Ohio Week Weather Outlook with Mild Cooling
The Weather Bureau forecasts generally pleasant conditions in Ohio this week with afternoon temps around 60 and cooler nights. Minor temperature shifts are expected, with moderate rainfall possible Wednesday or Thursday and again next Saturday. Official Middletown high yesterday reached 68 at 4:15 p.m. and the low this morning was 40 at 7:30 a.m. Last night rainfall measured 0.17 inch.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
Middletown
Four Denominations Eye United Protestant Church Merger
Washington AP reports representatives from The Methodist Church, The Protestant Episcopal Church, United Presbyterian Church, and United Church of Christ met to discuss a possible merger forming a united and evangelically grounded church. The two day session will organize negotiations and may invite other groups, with Dr Eugene Carson Blake endorsing unity as a world dividing issue.
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Washington
United Protestantism
America
Methodist Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Histore
San Francisco
Episcopal Cathedral
Eugene
Carson Blake
Philadelphia
Overdue Library Book Found After 45 Years
Louisville AP reports a book overdue by 45 years surfaced during a Sunday book drive. Head librarian Clarence Graham said there is no way to identify the borrower. If charged daily fines, the amount would reach $704.75, though officials would not charge more than the book’s value.
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Louisville
Clarence Graham
Graham Sand
Five swept into Brazos River near Stepen Park
Five people, two women and three children from Houston, were swept away while wading at Stepen Austin State Park on the Brazos River. One woman, identified as Mrs. Robert H. Mahone, 22, was recovered. others remain missing. Two other children in each family were saved and returned to Houston. Sheriff T A Maddox described depths from eight inches to 30 feet and said two men failed to rescue the group.
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Sealy
Texap
Brazos River
Stepen
Austin
Austin County
T A. Maddox
Robert H. Mahone
Houston
Maddox
Pete Mahone
Patti Mahone
Alton Rodgers
Nancy Rodgers
Cuban exile negotiators seek Castro mercy on Bay of Pigs prisoners
Cuban exile negotiators fly to Havana to press Fidel Castro to reduce the 62 million dollar ransom for 1,180 Bay of Pigs prisoners. The Families Committee reports 26 million raised in four months as talks begin amid renewed private bargaining and a prior pledge to trade for tractors.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Ran
Enrique Linca
New York
International Rescue Committee
Leo Cherne
Skindivers Freed by Cuba After Treasure Hunt
Seven American divers rescued after their 46 foot Pisces sank off Ravaena Cuba while en route to Jamaica in search of sunken treasure. They were treated well by Cuban authorities and are seeking a plane to Miami. Lead diver Gordon Patton, 62, said the group, including Bernie Nistad and others from Ocean City, Brooklyn, and Washington DC, stayed at a luxury hotel during the talks.
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Cans
Cuba
Miami
Fidel Castro
Gordon S Pattob
Ocean City
Ravaena
Jamaica
Bernie Nistad
Brooklyn
N.Y
Patton
Nistad
Fred Dickson Jr
Mike Freeman
Washington, D.C
John Sterry
Brewster NY
John E. Johnson
Joe Campbell
Washington, DC
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Guy Gossing
Leff
Erhard Strauss
Christian Democrats
Erhard
West Germany
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Hi:chard
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Munich
U.S Defense Department
Heinrich Krone
Catholic Center Party
Heinrich von Brentano
Free Democrats
United Presbyterian Church
United Church of Christ
Congregational Christian and
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Dr Crane
Nason
Astro
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Bay of Pigs
Cuban Families Committee
Castro
Jose Santiago
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Families Committee
International Rescue Group
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