Trapped youths die on Profile Mountain ledge
Two young climbers Alfred Whipple Jr and Sidney Crouch died after 26 hours on a granite ledge 475 feet up Profile Mountain in New Hampshire. Rescue efforts by Appalachian Mountain Club teams were halted by fierce cold rain and 50 mph winds. Whipple a Brown University sophomore from Gales Ferry Connecticut and Crouch a student at Export Bible Institute in Pennsylvania were aged 20 and 21 respectively. The bodies were left on the ledge as daylight faded and rescue teams descended.
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Franconia
N.H
Profile Mountain
White Mountains
Appalachian Mountain Club
Alfred Whipple Jr
Gales Ferry
Conn
Brown University
Sidney Crouch
Ledyard
Export
Taylor
David Sanderson
Portsmouth
Robert Collins
Brookline
Mass
Collins
Weather outlook: heat wave to persist through midweek
The region faces continued hot and humid conditions with only a few possible showers. Temperatures reach 95 today and 96 by Wednesday with lows around 74 to 69. Middletown’s official high yesterday was 97 at 2:30 pm, dropping to 76 by evening after 0.12 inches of rain.
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Middletown
New York Judge Rules Public Schools May Not Force Prayer
In Mineola New York Justice Bernard S Meyer ruled that schools cannot compel students to participate in prayers. The Herricks district must provide accommodations for any child whose family objects while the prayer is recited. The decision cites the Constitution and separation of church and state and refers to a 22 word prayer approved by the State Board of Regents for use in public schools.
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Mineola
N.Y
Supreme Court
Bernard S. Meyer
Herricks
Street gang leader booked in Manhattan girl shooting
A tearful Forsyth St. Boys leader John Cruz, 17, was charged with homicide after a gang clash on the lower East Side left 15 year old Theresa Gee dead, four others wounded and three stabbed. Police say violence arose from Sportsmen and Forsyth St. Boys rivalry. Cruz says he did not know he shot a girl.
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New York
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Sportsmen
Forsyth St. Boys
John Cruz
Theresa Gee
Frank
Brother
Carmen Marquez
Puerto Rico
Oil Blaze Still Burns in Oklahoma City Warehouse Fire
Firemen kept control of a blaze at the Cato Oil and Grease Co. after tanks and railroad cars exploded as flames spread through three warehouses. Seven firefighters were treated for burns and released. Nightwatchman Homer Rogers said the fire began shortly after 10 p.m. in one warehouse.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Cato Oil & Grease Co
Homer Rogers
Eisenhower Seeks Allied Unity On Europe Trip
President Eisenhower outlined goals for his European tour including pledging Western unity against aggression and affirming peace with honor and justice. He emphasized readiness to negotiate with the Soviets and to avoid deals behind allies, meeting Adenauer, Macmillan, and de Gaulle before Khrushchev talks in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
America
West Germany
Britain
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Germany
Veto Stops Auto Tag Fee Increase in Ohio
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle vetoed a bill to raise the auto license tag fee from 10 to 12.50 dollars, delaying the measure for at least two years. He argued it would not meet local needs and would shift funds, while also noting other increased license fees for trucks buses and motorcycles. He urged tax structure revision to balance state and local finance and said gasoline tax revenues and auto license income should grow with the present biennium.
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Columbus, Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Visionary Leader Sought for Chuckle Bowling Squad
A personnel manager tells an applicant that the ideal candidate is a man of vision drive determination and fire who never quits and can lift Chuckle's bowling team from last place, signaling bold expectations for team turnaround and leadership.
Ways and Means rejects highway tax compromise
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 16-9 against a compromise to solve highway financing. The panel reaffirmed a 22 month tax increase of 1 cent per gallon in the federal gasoline tax. The same day the House Banking Committee approved a new billion dollar housing bill without hearings or changes. Eisenhower denied Milton Eisenhower brought a new Berlin crisis plan from the Soviet Union and said Khrushchev floated withdrawing Allied troops in exchange for a free corridor to West Germany.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Banking Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
West Germany
Wreckage Found of US Neptune Bomber in Canada
Near Campbell River on Vancouver Island the wreckage of a United States Neptune bomber and the skeletons of its 11 crewmen were recovered. The crash is believed to have occurred in 1951. In Pittsburgh, Big Ted Kluszewski was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Harry Simpson and infielder Robert Sagers in a two for one deal.
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Campbell River
B.C
Vancouver Island
Pittsburgh
Ted Kluszewski
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago White Sox
Pirates
Harry Simpson
Robert Sagers
White Sox
Motherwell Nabbed at Airport in Putney Disappearance Case
Larry Lord Motherwell, 43, arrested at Atlanta airport after a nationwide FBI search tied to the August disappearance of Pear Ida Putney, a 72 year old Washington widow. The case opened a national inquiry into her vanishing, drawing headlines and police scrutiny across states.
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Larry Lord Motherwell
Washington, D.C
FBI
Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
Motherwell
Pear Ida Putney
FBI Pursuit Ties Motherwell to Missing Woman and Child
FBI Director Hoover links Motherwell using alias Craig DuBar Foster to the disappearance of Mrs. Putney who traveled cross country with him in 1958. Skeleton remains of Mrs. Putney found in California while Motherwell’s 14 month old daughter’s body was found in Maryland. grand jury previously refused to indict for murder. Motherwell arrested in Nevada in January 1959 but denied involvement and claimed no contact since August 1958. His wife Josephine, 30, resides in Washington.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Motherwell
Craig DuBar Foster
Cleveland
Ohio
Atlanta
Frederick
Josephine
Washington
Jets Move From France to Germany Amid Status Tensions
AP reports U S Super Sabre jets departed Etain France bound for Germany as part of a larger move of 200 aircraft from French bases to Britain and West Germany after President de Gaulle refused to permit U S atomic weapon stockpiles on French soil. Chaumont air base and other U S facilities will also be cleared.
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Etain
France
Hoa
Germany
Be Ng
Britain
West Germany
Beause
Charles de Gaullas
U.S
Chaumont
Gramps Takes Baby to Visit Customers on Long Island
West Hempstead, N Y AP police questioned a 62 year old grandfather who walked daily with his 18 month old granddaughter visiting the same stores and people. He was booked as a bookie for exchanging money and papers with commuters at a Long Island rail road station. No charges against the baby.
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West Hempstead
N.Y
Bobby-Soxer
Long Island
Frank Ferrara
Dr Thomas Dooley A Mission Driven Doctor
New York AP report profiles Dr Thomas Dooley 32 founder of Medico and builder of a Laos border hospital who treats many patients daily while pursuing more facilities. Amid Lao conflict he faced enemy fire and a malignant lump, prompting a return to the United States for diagnosis and care. He remains devoted to his mission despite personal risk and illness.
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New York
Thomas Dooley
Laos
U.S
Dooley
Viet Nam
Navy
Medico
Medical Inter ‘National Cooperation
Musong Sing
China-Laos
United States
U. S
St. Louis
Nehru pledges defense of Bhutan and Sikkim
Indian Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that India will defend the protectorates of Bhutan and Sikkim against any invasion. He warned that infringing their border would breach India’s commitment to protect the two states and said India would resist intrusion. The Dalai Lama urged UN action if Tibet’s oppression is raised internationally.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
China
Bhutan
Sikkim
Tibet
Peiping
Jigme Dorji
Dalai Lama
Hindustan Times
United Nations
Mussoorie
U.N
DiSalle Seeks End to Death Penalty at ABA Talk
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle told about 1,000 American Bar Association members that capital punishment is cold blooded killing and should be relegated to the Dark Ages. He argued lethal justice is unfair, not a crime deterrent, juries delay convictions, and the risk of executing innocents is terrible.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
American Jar Assn
ABA
DiSalle
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