Family of 10 Loses Welfare Over TV Show Windfall
Elna Sawicki of St. Paul plans to install a $4,000 pool won on ABCs Queen for a Day despite welfare officials saying public aid would be affected. Sawicki, a divorcee with ten children, would work if aid ends. The pool, lounge chairs, and gifts prompted concerns over insurance costs and eligibility while relatives offered to help with the fence. Nine children at home and one in Cambridge State Hospital comprise the family.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Elna Sawicki
Michael
Norma
Roxanne
Catherine
John
Cambridge State Hospital
Senate rejects Byrd amendment on foreign aid loans
In a Kennedy victory the Senate defeated Byrd s amendment 39 to 36, upholding borrowing authority for the foreign aid program. Ten Republicans broke ranks with their leader to back the president, supporting long term loan financing and signaling House battles ahead over the $8.8 billion five year program and $1.8 billion in direct military aid. Senate action aims for completion before the end of next week.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Tto
Treasury
Byrd
House
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Latin Crisis Spurs Aid Plan At Inter-American Talks
At Punta del Este Uruguay delegates pushed Kennedy’s 20 billion Alliance for Progress while a Argentine revolt scare raised alarms across Latin America. Argentina initially balked at a task force but backed a new compromise led by Mexico Chile and Colombia.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
Argentina
Kennedy
Latin America
Buenos Aires
Roberto Alemann
Argentine Troops Quell Small Midnight Revolt
Argentine authorities said a pocket midnight revolt against President Arturo Frondizi ended bloodlessly as 80 rebels surrendered at 6:15 a.m. after seizing a telephone exchange and a radio station. Frondizi remained at the presidential office, declaring the episode ended and the armed forces, with public support, ensured peace and constitutional order.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Minuaiuvuls
Dulatiuuescu
Iive
Frondizi
Adolfo Mugica
Navy
Adm
Gaston Clement
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Kennedy
Government House
Hector Corres
Air Force
Vincente Corres
Hector
Communiue
Drowning of Three Youths on Kentucky Boat at Indian Lake
A 10 passenger pontoon carrying two adults and 11 Kentucky youths capsized at Indian Lake Russell's Point Ohio. Three children Theresa Trauth 5 Mary Claire Trauth 7 and John Barry Brulport died despite rescue efforts including artificial respiration and heart surgery aboard a rescue craft. Dads of the children were aboard.
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Russells Point
Ohio
Kentucky
Indian Lake
Theresa Trauth
Mary Claire
Louis Trauth Jr
Southgate
John Barry Brulport
John R. Brulport
South Newport
Brulport
Trauth
Robert Brunson
Newport
Mary Trauth
Mary
Lake Park
Bob Harrman
Ben Storer
Indictments Loom Over Tobacco Sales To Minors In Topeka
Kansas enforces a 1933 law with fines up to 500 dollars and six months in jail for selling cigarettes to anyone under 21. County attorney Robert Brown pledges prosecution, noting many locals unaware of the statute. School officials acknowledge ignorance of the law amid smoking bans.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Brown
Brown
Two Fairborn Brothers Drown At Springfield Beach
In Clark County Ohio two young brothers missing since Thursday were found drowned Friday night in 15 feet of water near Enon Beach. David Eldridge age 9 and Claude Michael Eldridge age 11, who could not swim, were located by Dayton rescue teams with grappling hooks just as a long search neared its end. Their mother said she last saw them wading at the pond edge and had started to leave before reporting them missing.
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Springfield
Ohio
Fairborn Brothers
Clark County
Dayton
David Eldridge
Enon Beach
Claude Michael Eldridge
Claude Eldridge
Eisenhower Meets New York Republicans in Gettysburg
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower receives a delegation of top New York Republicans led by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The visit underscores party unity as they discuss policy and upcoming elections.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Nelson A. Ellen
Explosive Refugee Curbs Threaten Berlin Crisis
U S officials warn drastic refugee controls in East Germany could spark rapid tension in Berlin. Khrushchev threatens a separate peace with East Germany while West Berlin absorbs nearly 150000 refugees this year. Soviet troop redeployments and martial law past outbreaks loom, as NATO plots military and diplomatic moves.
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VV Epl Lice AE
Berlin
Khrushichev
East Germany
West Berlin
U S Drops Plans For Mongolia Ties
The State Department announced the United States will suspend further exploration of diplomatic relations with Outer Mongolia at this time. Outer Mongolia lies between Red China and the Soviet Union and has a population around one million. China opposed recognition and some Republicans supported the idea of a Ulan Bator embassy as a listening post inside Communist territory.
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Washington
United States
Outer Mongolia
State Department
Red China
Soviet Union
U.S
Ulan Bator
Nationalit China
Today's Chuckle When success turns a person's head
A light note on pride and failure as success inflates ego and shapes reaction. The quip suggests that achievement can blur judgment, turning confident strides toward missteps and setbacks. A concise moral about balance in ambition.
Last of the big tippers in capital tourist tale
Philip F. Kraus of Delaware Ohio sought a cab driver who gave him a sightseeing ride in Washington and kept his change. He later realized he had handed over a $100 bill instead of a $10 bill for his $9 fare, the train home to Ohio already paid.
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Washington
Philip F. Kraus
Delaware
Ohio
Capital
Kraus
Lion Giving Man Plenty Of Trouble
New York AP report details Richard Flynn facing two court dates over harboring a 160 pound lion named King Kade. Police found the animal in Flynn's Cadillac in a parking lot and again in a west 49th street garage. The lion was moved to the Central Park Zoo after the ASPCA arranged transport. Flynn is charged with harboring a wild animal and held on $500 bail with a hearing set for Aug. 16.
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New York
Richard Flynn
King Kade
Flynn
Lincoln Tunnel
New Jersey
West 49Th
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Central Park Zoo
Rights Demonstrators End Sit-In At Wisconsin Capitol
Civil rights demonstrators in Madison prepared to fold chairs and leave after 13 days and nights in the statehouse rotunda. The legislature rejected bills on housing discrimination and expanding the Governor's Human Rights Commission, ending hopes for action this session. NAACP Wisconsin President Lloyd Barbee said the sit-in raised awareness and public understanding of Wisconsin's housing discrimination problem, though he remained hopeful about future progress. The final 16 demonstrators will exit quietly today.
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Dean Rusk
U.S
Rusk
Berlin
Europe
Kennedy
NATO
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Commission On Human Rights
Lloyd Barbee
Presi
Barbee
Statehouse
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Colomia
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Larry Miller
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