Berlin under fire as wall shooting rattles city
Berlin police report about 100 shots fired from the East at four wall sites during the night. A 20-year-old East German soldier reached West Berlin unharmed. West Berlin authorities also halted a man trying to swim the Landwehr Canal, fearfully watched by police. Moscow media criticizes Western response to Khrushchev and a Soviet East German peace treaty.
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West Berlin
Wall
East German People’s Army
Landwehr Canal
Berlin
Moscow
Khrushchev
Pravda
Algerian Elections Postponed Amid Military Revolt
Algeria’s ruling political bureau delayed the September 2 national election as a military revolt spreads. Mohammed Khider urged resistance to a possible dictatorship while Guerrilla Wilaya No. 4 officers occupy Algiers, pitting civilian leaders against a colonel led junta. Ahmed Ben Bella stood by as the decision left no new date.
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Algiers
Algeria
Mohammed Khider
Wilaya
Khider
Ahmed Ben Bella
Si Hassan
Asylum Granted to Polish Fisherman Arrives in England
The Home Office has granted political asylum to Pawel Patrzalek a Polish fisherman who crossed the North Sea alone in a 30 foot fishing boat to England earlier this month his journey showcased peril and determination in pursuit of safety.
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London
Home Office
Pawel Patrzalek
North Sea
England
Chuckle Matrimony Plays Tie Result Every Time
A playful sports quip notes that Chuckle Matrimony is the only game that always ends in a tie. The line suggests a humorous take on the nature of the matchup without referencing real teams or events.
Hootch Suspect Allegedly Steals From Driver In Detour
Esau Lampford told Wayne County deputies he picked up a hitchhiker near Detroit and was served three drinks of moonshine. He awoke to find his auto wheels and tires, billfold, $4, $82 paycheck, wrist watch and shoes missing.
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Detroit
Mich
Esau Lampford
Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies
Taylor Township
Rest home inferno after runaway gas truck crash in Electra
A heated gas truck rammed Hillcrest Haven rest home in Electra Texas alight killing three elderly residents. About 35 patients were rescued with one injury. Driver Dan Craighead jumped free and survived as flames swept the one story building causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Identified dead are Mary Lee Sorrells 87 Maud Barker 83 Myrtle Hunt unknown age.
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Electra
Tex
Hillcrest Haven Rest Home
Wichita Falls
North
Texas
Dan Craighead
Ham Vance
Jay R. Thomas
Craighead
Mary Lee Sorrells
Maud Barker
Dallas
Myrtle Hunt
Mariner 2 Venus launch planned for Sunday
American scientists prepare to launch the Mariner 2 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral early Sunday aboard an Atlas Agena B rocket. The 447 pound payload aims for an 182 million mile Venus journey as part of NASA’s multi-launch plan through year end.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mercury
Walter M. Schirra
Telstar
Mrs Romney greets GOP crowd in heels then stockings
Detroit reports Mrs George Romney wife of the gubernatorial candidate left the reception line in stylish attire greeting visitors in heels before late arrivals were met in stocking feet at the state Republican convention.
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Detroit
Mich
George Romney
Romney
Rainmaker Berry claims Little Rock deluge outcome
Homer Berry asserts he produced the Friday downpour in Little Rock and aims to collect $500 from KLRA at a press conference. He also seeks $600 from McCrory farmers if he delivers an inch of rain by Monday, while meteorologists doubt his influence and note a cool front caused the rainfall.
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Little Rock, Ark
Homer Berry
Little Rock
Arkansas
Berry
KLRA
Air Force
McCrory
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Byrd decries tax cuts without spending curbs at Virginia orchard event
Senator Harry F. Byrd argues Kennedy tax cut proposals must be paired with reductions in non essential federal spending. Byrd cites high annual federal expenditures, noting over 100 billion dollars spent last year. Fellow speaker Charles B Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation voices similar concerns.
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Berryville
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Charles B. Shuman
Sullivan, Ill
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Shuman
Defector Says Plane Hijack Set for Cuba
Pan American World Airways reported a Cuban athlete among seven defectors booked on a Kingston to Miami flight was warned the jet would be hijacked and taken to Cuba. One defector allegedly called Kingston to say the hijack was planned and the defectors would be sent back to Cuba.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Kingston
Jamaica
Cuba
Montego Bay
Strongman Resigns from Sri Lanka Cabinet
Colombo reports the strongman in the cabinet of Ceylon's woman prime minister resigned today after withdrawing a controversial budget proposal.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Castro attacks US blamed after Havana suburb raid
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro charged the United States with a cowardly attack after shelling hit Miramar a Havana suburb. He said raiders fired from about five eighths of a mile offshore using 20 millimeter guns, damaging the Hotel Habana La Fonda and Chaplin Theater and prompting mobilization at the university stadium.
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Fide 1 Castro
United States
University Stadium
Castro
Miramar
Blanquita
Florida
Cuba
U S Observing Arms Shipments To Cuba
U S officials monitor new Soviet arms deliveries to Cuba noting defense focus for Fidel Castro. Eight cargo vessels docked with military equipment, many technicians travel with shipments, but no combat troops or nuclear weapons observed.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cuban
Moscow
Indonesia
Iraq
Soviet arms aid to Cuba boosts defenses but not offensive capacity
U.S. authorities concluded that most Soviet aid will bolster Castro’s coastal and air defenses while his limited offensive capability remains largely unchanged. No immediate dollar value estimate for the Russian assistance was available, though new deliveries to Cuba were noted.
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U.S
Castro
Cuba
Baptist Executive Slams Kennedys Swim Attire
Colorado Baptist official Dr Willis J Ray objects to published photos of President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy in swimwear saying decorum and dignity are overboard. He cites Mrs Kennedy in a Italy beach swimsuit and the President in Santa Monica trunks and asks Morse and the Senate to act.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado Southern Baptist
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Kennedy
Daily Press
Willis J. Ray
Ray
Colorado Baptist ‘General Convention
Conea Dei Marini
Italy
Santa Monica
Calif
Great
U.S
Dr. Ray
Solon in Calm View on Russian Space Feat
Washington House Space Committee chairman Rep. George Miller says Russia’s twin cosmonauts in orbit shows limited flight specifics and that the United States will outrun them once Titan III is ready. Titan III contract worth $500 million passed, to be used by NASA with launch set for 1964–65.
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Washington
House Space Committee
Russia
U.S
George P. Miller
D-Calif
Miller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space firm strikers back as hearings loom
At Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama eighty six percent of the pre strike workforce is back with hopes of full operation by Monday A hearing on the dispute is scheduled Monday before Kennedy era Missile Sites Labor Commission Eighty two percent of the electricians who began the strike are at work Friday down from Thursday head counts show Union official James Haygood says orders to end the walkout were issued and cross picket lines remain a point of contention More than 1200 members of other building trades refused to cross the lines against non union workers at Barco Electrical Construction Co Some workers return after a federal order against picketing Friday marks first substantial electrician turnout
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Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Marshall Space Flight Center
Kennedy
Missile Sites Labor Commission
Baroco’ Electrical Constructions Co
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