Stork Delivers Son Amid Thunderstorm Blaze in Houston
In Houston a baby named Ralph Edward Basta arrived during a violent thunderstorm that set the Basta home on fire. Edward Basta, a chemist, rushed back to find his house ablaze while his wife was taken to a maternity ward by a neighbor who saw two fireballs roll down the roof. The car stalled in heavy rain several times. damage to the home was estimated at $17,000.
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Basta
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Ralph Edward
34 Youths Perish In Air Crash Near Stavanger
Thirty four British schoolboys aged 13 to 16 aboard a Cunard-Eagle Viking airliner died when the plane crashed into a Norwegian mountain near Stavanger amid a fierce coastal storm. Ten pilots, two schoolmasters, and a stewardess also perished.
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Stavanger
Norway
Ryflyke Fjord
Lanfranc School
Croydon
London
Viking
Cunard-Eagle Airlines
Sola
Philip Watts
Airplane Bandit Hands Out Shells and Detainees
Miami passengers recount the Pan Am hijacking to Havana from Mexico via a bold gunman who handed a pistol cartridge to each crew member as a souvenir. Hector Vioni and Ernest Ravinet describe the hijacker’s attack, the long Havana layover, and Castro’s airport encounter with Mexican officials before the plane departed for Panama.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Guevara Dominates Latin Parley Spotlight At Punta del Este
Ernesto Guevara, in fatigues, holds court for Latin American press during the Inter American Economic Conference in Punta del Este. He rebukes U S policy, predicts social revolution in Latin America, and claims U S indifference allows communism to gain ground.
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Uruguay
Latin America
Western Hemisphere
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Ernesto Guevara
Tittle
Caribbean
Inter American Economic Conference
Cuba
San Rafael
U.S
Kennedy says US max effort in space to catch USSR
President Kennedy stated the United States is putting maximum effort into space developments to overtake the Soviet Union, which he said is many months ahead. He affirmed no desire to start a Manhattan Project style program, urging continued funding and UN progress for peaceful space use, and emphasized education acts to boost young scientists.
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Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
United Nations
U.N
Cadon faces charges after jetliner hijack to Havana
U S officials prepared to press crimes against Albert Charles Cadon the French hijacker who forced a Pan American DC8 to Havana Cuba Cadon remains in Cuban custody as Hoobert FBI said charges would be on the high seas assault with a dangerous weapon and intent to commit a felony none of the 82 aboard were harmed during the Wednesday hijacking
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Miami
Fla
Albert Charles Cadon
Havana
Cadon
Pan American World Airways
Cava
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Cuba
United States
Plane hijacking prospect and passenger delays in Miami
Most passengers spent the night in Miami while journeys resumed today after an interrupted flight. Cadon, blamed by crew for hijacking to protest U S policy in Algeria, was later identified by the FBI as a French native who came to the United States in 1957 and briefly hospitalized for mental observation. His wife said Cadon admired Fidel Castro and left New York after a quarrel planning a bus trip to Mexico.
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Cadon
United States
Algeria
FBI
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Charlotte
Fidel Castro
New York City
Mexico
Brazil's Vice President Arrives in Moscow for Three Day Visit
Goulart arrives in Moscow for a three day official visit before continuing to Red China. He is greeted at the airport by Soviet Vice President I S Koditsa and officials from foreign affairs and foreign trade ministries.
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Moscow
Joao Goulart
Red China
Tass
Goulart
I. S. Koditsa
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Divorced Minister Plans to Remarry Next Week
Akron, Ohio AP report says Dr. James M. Lichtliter a 50 year old Episcopal rector who resigned his pulpit April 5 rather than accept Bishop Nelson M. Burroughs ruling. Lichtliter says he will marry the divorced woman next week, challenging the Ohio Diocese unwritten rule barring remarriage for divorced clergy.
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Akron, Ohio
James M. Lichtliter
St. Pauls Episcopal Church
Nelson M. Burroughs
Cleveland
Ohio
Divorcees seek church post in Battle Creek
Dr. Lichliter, divorced in Cleveland in 1958 who has custody of two children, seeks to marry Marilyn M. Yeager, 39, a prominent widow and mother of two. He plans to take over the pulpit at First Congregational Church in Battle Creek Michigan next week as St Paul parish in Akron, a 2900 member Ohio church, stands on Akron's West Side.
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First Congregational Church
Battle Creek Mich
St. Paul
Ohio
Akron
West Side
Khrushchev Warns Of 100 Million Ton Bomb Threat
Premier Khrushchev warned at a Kremlin reception for cosmonaut Titov that the Soviet Union could build a bomb equal to 100 million tons of TNT and send it aloft, while insisting only lunatics think of war. He urged peace and said a Western treaty with East Germany could avert conflict, claiming no war would follow a treaty. He also mocked American space achievements and criticized Western threats amid broader talks with McCloy and Fanfani.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Amintore Fanfani
Kremlin
East Germany
Berlin
Gen Bedell Smith Dies At Age 65
Walter Bedell Smith, a pivotal WWII planner and Ike’s chief of staff, died at 65 from a heart attack. A decorated leader, he served 43 years in government, signing the 1943 Italian surrender and later directing CIA and undersecretary roles before moving to AMF leadership.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Smith
Indiana National Guard
North Africa
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike and
Beetle
Britain
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Bulldog
Eisenhower
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John Foster Dulles
Harry S. Truman
Moscow
Truman
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American Machine and Foundry Co
AMF Atomics, Inc
Kennedy says he made presidency pact with Johnson
President Kennedy disclosed a plan to transfer power to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson if he becomes incapacitated. He compared it to Eisenhower and Nixon and said White House press secretary Pierre Salinger would publish the terms later, though details with Johnson were not given.
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Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
White House
Pierre Salinger
Brother Held After Fatal Shooting in East Side Eatery
Robert V. Hill, 60, was shot fatally in his East Side restaurant Wednesday night. Police detained his brother Pruitt, 65, who told detectives the incident was an accident.
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Robert V. Hill
East Side
Pruitt
Peter Becker
Joseph Kilbane
Hijack attempt Ends Fatally On Cuban Airliner Flight
In Havana a Cuban airliner carrying 53 aboard was hijacked midflight by gunmen. The captain Luis Alvarez Regato, a military guard Silvino Sanchez Almaguer, and one hijacker were killed. co pilot Alberto Bayo crash landed the plane in a sugar cane field after a gunbattle. Several hijackers escaped amid a heavy militia sweep.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Luis Avarez Regato
Silvino Sanchez Almaguer
Alberto Bayo
Hijack flight incident near Havana prompts Castro plea
The Pan American jet with 48 passengers 3 crewmen and 2 guards was halted at Havana after a hijack. Bayo and crewman Ramon Ferrandis were aboard with four passengers wounded. Fidel Castro urged Washington to seal an agreement to curb rising hijacking cases between the two nations.
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Bayo
Ramon Ferrandis
Pan American World Airways
Havana
United States
Fidel Castro
U.S
Dag Hammarskjold calls for UN special session
United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold announced a special General Assembly session for August 21 to address the French Tunisian dispute. The move followed a majority endorsement from 99 UN members and Uruguay becoming the 50th signatory. He sent telegrams to delegations confirming the 10:30 a.m. start.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjould
U.N. General Assembly
Hammarskjold
U.N
Uruguay
Air Guard Adds Special Meetings
The Ohio Air National Guard's 121st Tactical Fighter Wing adds weekend drills at Columbus Mansfield and Springfield on Aug 26-27 and Sept 9-10 and 16-17. A two-week summer tour expands to four weekend drills with a 25 percent rise in flying hours and a stepped up recruiting program.
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Phelps Collins Field
Mich
Ohio Air National Guard
121St Tactical Fighter Wing
Columbus
Mansfield
Springfield
Why Doesn’t the Internal Revenue Dept Offer Money Back
A humorous ponderance questions if the Internal Revenue Service would refund taxpayers if their experience with taxes failed to satisfy. The cheeky line suggests frustration with government services and money return policies.
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Department of Internal Revenue
Patrolmen To Guard Airliners And Lock Cockpits
President Kennedy announced plans to assign border patrol officers to guard airplanes and to lock pilot cabins with keys kept inside. He urged caution in blaming Cuba for hijackings and called for prudent action by nations. He also noted efforts toward a nuclear test ban and discussed recent hijacking cases to urge decisive, careful responses.
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Washington
Kennedy
Showers Bring Warm Muggy Weather To Middletown
The Middletown area will see warm muggy conditions tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers. Friday may feature more thunder storms than showers. tonight's low near 69, tomorrow's high around 80. Yesterday's high reached 89 at 2 39 p m and overnight low was 67 at 5 15 a m.
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