Mine escape hole drill makes breakthrough near trapped miners
In Hazleton Pa an 12 inch escape drill nears the chamber 331 feet underground as Throne and Fellin hear the drill and optimism grows that a breakthrough could occur by noon. Bova’s fate remains uncertain with a four inch hole aiming toward him and a lifeline hole reaching Throne and Fellin last Sunday.
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Hazleton, Pa
Henry Throne
David Fellin
Louis Bova
Bova
Throne
Fellin
Navy
Richard Anderson
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bethesda
Anderson
H. Beecher Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Hazleton
Israel and Syria clash at UN over border shelling
In a Security Council session advanced by Israeli ambassador Michael Comay, Israel and Syria accused each other of aggression near the demilitarized zone north of the Sea of Galilee. Each side cited damage and troop build ups as evidence of ongoing hostilities.
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United Nations, N.Y
Israel
Syria
U.N. Security Council
Michael Comay
Sea of Galilee
Weather Forecast Signals Fair Conditions Through Weekend
A high pressure system will keep fair weather here through Saturday with little temperature change. Morning fog persists for a third day as temperatures sit in the low 60s, following a high of 81 yesterday and an expected warm weekend.
Hebert Named Deputy Consul General in Navy Department
Washington AP reports Stanley P. Hebert the highest ranking Negro officer in Wisconsin state government is appointed deputy consul general of the U S Navy Department.
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Navy Post
Washington
Stanley P. Hebert
Wisconsin
U.S. Navy Department
Rail Strike Arbitration Is Planned
The Senate Commerce Committee moves to avert a Thursday railroad work rules strike by considering binding arbitration. The debate centers on whether to use Kennedy era ICC rules for two years or an arbitration panel. Wirtz proposed panel would include management union and public reps to decide two key issues.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren Magnuuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Tragic Farm Accident Claims 4 Year Old in Smithville
Timothy Gerber the only child of Mr and Mrs Caleb Gerber of Smithville was crushed near Smithville when he fell from a tractor and was run over by a hay baler pulled by the tractor. The incident occurred Thursday in Wooster area.
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Wooster
Ohio
Smithville
Timothy Gerber
Caleb J. Gerber
Wagner Ends City Hall Sit-In After Clash
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner ordered the end of the continuous sit-in outside City Hall following a noisy melee that left three policemen injured. About a dozen protesters surged up the steps and attempted to chain themselves to a pillar at the entrance.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
City Hall
Wagner
Pickets clash with police near City Hall during protest
Demonstrators clashed with officers and marred the block around City Hall as pickets shouted for Mayor Wagner to stay home. Police cleared the steps, dispersed crowds with mounted units, and nine demonstrators were arrested amid claims of brutality.
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City Hall
Park Row
Fulbright Sees Treaty Ratified Amid Scientist Split
Senator Fulbright says the split among nuclear scientists over the limited nuclear test ban treaty may cost a few votes but should not endanger ratification. He notes a numerical favoring trend but acknowledges influential opposing views. His Foreign Relations Committee will hear Doyle Northrop of the Air Force Applications Center before Thursday testimony by Harold Stassen.
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Washington
W. Fulbright
Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Doyle Northrop
Air Force Applications Center
Brando and Fellow Actors Enter Civil Rights Fight in Alabama
Marlon Brando and actors Paul Newman Anthony Franciosa and Virgil Frye urged Gadsden officials to address black equality and racial tensions. They met at Union Baptist church amid heavy security and pledged to press Goodyear and Republic Steel for better race relations. The visit followed widespread demonstrations since June 10 and drew large cheering crowds with a message that civil rights progress is imminent.
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Gadsden, Alabama
Marlon Brando
Paul Newman
Tony Franciosa
Virgil Frye
Gadsden
Ala
Goodyear Company
Republic Steel
Alabama
Brando
Anthony Franciosa
South
House Ready To Pass Big Foreign Aid Bill
President Kennedy's 4.1 billion foreign aid authorization sails through the House amid GOP attempts to cut funds. Senate work paused by nuclear test ban hearings. passage hinges on the annual appropriation led by Rep. Otto Passman. Derwinski mocks a Cuban amendment bundle as ineffectual.
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Senate
Otto Passman
D-La
Charleston to Admit 11 Negroes in Integrated Schools
Charleston officials comply with U S District Judge J Robert Martin Jr ordering the admission of 11 Negro students to all white high and grammar schools on Sept 3. The district will integrate as 11 pupils join 3 108 white and 9 539 Negro pupils under the 1964 deadline.
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Charleston
U.S. Dist
J. Robert Martin Jr
Martin
Laurence O'H. Stoney
Auto industry set to install seat belts in all new cars
Major automakers GM Chrysler Ford American Motors announce that all new cars will have built in front seat belts starting January 1 1964. The move follows earlier 1962 trend enabling dealer belt installations with anchorages, with price adjustments to cover the added equipment.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
Studebaker
Nash - Kelvinator
U.S
Diem Faces Military Rule as Buddhist Crackdown Deepens
Vietnamese armed forces assume control of ministries under martial law while Diem’s grip remains intact. U S Ambassador Lodge visits Buddhist monks in asylum. resignations ripple through the government amid protests and street turmoil.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Trouiied
President Kennedys
Diem
Vu van Mau
India
da Nang
Settlement of Strike at Chicago Heights Ford Plant
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers Union jointly announced settlement ending a strike that idled more than 30,000 workers across five states. The House cut over $1 billion from the foreign aid bill, delivering a setback to the Kennedy administration and advancing final passage in that term.
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Chicagg (Ab
Chicago Heights
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
Washington
House
Kennedy
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