U.S. Probes Neutrality Involvement In Cuba Shelling
The State Department probes whether the Havana shelling violated the Neutrality Act. Officials consider possible prosecutions while the group led by Juan Manuel Salvat claims it acted to defend Cuba. The raid used a PT boat and a 31 foot cruiser, with over 60 shots fired at Miramar.
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Havana
U.S
United States
Justice Department
Miami
Juan Manuel Salvat
Miramar
Students Revolutionary Directorate
State Department
Salvat
Cuba
Soviet Union
Mariner 2 risks Venus pass. course corrections planned
A Mariner 2 spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas Agena B rocket heads toward Venus with an off course trajectory. Ground commanded midcourse burn eight days from launch could bring it closer to Venus, aiming for a Dec 14 close approach and first solar system data.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
Mariner
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner 2
Jack James
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Woomera
Australia
Solar System
Fire Claims Six Funk Children In Clovis Suburb Blaze
A Fresno area fire killed six Funk children after a house fire in Clovis. Neighbors aided, with one teen forcibly entering the home and pulling four children outside despite severe burns. Fire officials cite unknown cause and note all six died of suffocation. parents injured.
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Clovis
Calif
Ben
Betty Funk
Fresno
Middletown Sees Rain Lull With Scattered Showers Forecast
Weather summary notes several rainy days in Middletown with no more heavy rain expected until scattered showers develop later in the week. August temperatures are expected to hold near 89 high and 65 low through Friday. Tonight looks fair and cool with a low around 61. Tuesday should rise to about 88, while Sunday peaked at 80 and overnight low was 56. The town recorded 0.55 inches of rain from Saturday night into Sunday morning.
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Middletown
Chuckle Wife Teases Husband Over Government Spending
A witty quip quotes a wife telling her husband she wishes he had the government’s spunk for not letting debt stop spending. The joke reflects a light domestic tease about public finance.
Inmates Foiled In Prison Break At Ohio Penitentiary
Two inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary attempted an escape early today aided by a guard overpowered with scissors. George Miles 49 and Robert Ford 23 were spotted on steelwork near a new building and apprehended by guard Nelson Sager. Miles faces a 20 year to life term for robbery and Ford for first degree murder and burglary.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
George Miles
Clarence Hodges
Robert Jim Charles Ford
Miles
Hodges
Ford
Nelson Sager
Maxwell
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Montgomery County
Wall Woes Laid In Soviet Law
The United States blamed the Soviet Union for shootings and disorders along the Berlin wall in a day note and invited a four power conference to address the issue. Washington said Soviet authorities cannot escape censure for permiting brutalities against Soviet personnel in West Berlin.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
Foreign Office
West Berlin
U.S
Berlin notes condemn Soviet actions over wall killings
The note denounces what it calls wanton provocations in the East and urges the Soviet government to end Berlin tensions caused by the illegal wall and police cruelty. It cites the Aug 17 East German youth death and the Aug 23 back-shot killing, both by East German and Soviet sector police, respectively.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Soviet Atomic Test Recorded by Swedish Seismology Center
An atmospheric nuclear test from the Soviet Union over the Novaya Zemlya area was detected by Uppsala University’s Seismology Institute in Sweden. Scientists estimate the blast yield at about 14 megatons, equivalent to 14 million tons of TNT.
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Uppsala
Sweden
Novaya Zemlya
Seismolocie Institution
Uppsala University
East German guard escapes to West Berlin during shift change
An East German policeman fled across the Berlin Wall to West Berlin during the border guards changeover. Eyewitnesses said he was briefly alone on the wall when the escape occurred.
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Berlin
Red Wall
West Berlin
China A-Blast Expected Within Months, U S Warns
Washington officials of the United States Disarmament Agency say Communist China is likely to set off a nuclear explosion within months. They tie the estimate to the urgent new U.S. British plan for a treaty banning atmospheric, space, and underwater tests.
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United States
Washington
U S. Disarmament Agency
China
West and U S push partial ban on atmospheric nuclear tests
Britain and the United States proposed a treaty banning atmospheric and underwater nuclear tests with on site inspection of tremors while excluding underground tests. The Soviet Union rejected the partial ban, demanding inclusion of underground tests in any agreement.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
Buter
Soviet Union
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Arthur H.dean
Dean
Genneva
Kennedy Returns to Washington After New England Weekend
President Kennedy flies back to Washington from a weekend in New England. He stayed partly at the summer White House in Hyannis Port Massachusetts and partly in Newport Rhode Island.
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Washington
Kennedy
New England
White House
Hyannis Port
iMass
Newport
R.1
Nuclear test ban proposal sparks insistence on strict inspection terms
Conference sources report Kuznetsov rejected a second proposal seeking a comprehensive global test ban with mandatory international inspections. The plan would inspect sites of suspicious tremors that could indicate earthquakes or clandestine underground explosions.
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Kuznetsov
Algerian Chiefs Condemn Guerrilla Revolt Against Government
In Algiers the western Algeria military leadership denounces anti-Western guerrilla officers as they try to seize power. The 45,000 strong army in Oran backs civilian leaders led by Ahmed Ben Bella and appeals to Wilaya 4 troops to support the political bureau. An estimated 20,000 guerrillas aid the rebellion.
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Michael Goldsmith
Algiers
Algeria
Oran
Wilaya
Wilaya 4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Political Bureau
Wilaya 4 Command
Ben Bella Plans Return to Rally Wilaya Commanders
Strengthened by the army general staff declaration, Ben Bella aims to go to Algiers to persuade Wilaya No. leaders to accept his leadership. The staff said regular forces absorbed guerrillas in western Algeria and dissolved the Wilaya command.
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Army General Staff
Ben Bella
Algiers
General Staff
Algeria
Miracle survivor of Springfield gunshot at school
Donal Fliger Jr., 14, has a .22 bullet lodged in his brain after being accidentally shot by a friend. He endured 10 days of cooling, 16 days in hospital, and returned home, with doctors hopeful tissue will stabilize the bullet. A September exam will decide his fall activity levels and school return.
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Springfield
Ohio
Donal Fliger Jr
Don
Columbus Children’s Hospital
Jimmy Oppy
Jimmy
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