California Fires Ravage Mountains and Ranches
Fire swept through Southern California burning brush and timber across 30 000 acres. In Sylmar Olive View Sanitarium infirmary destroyed and 800 patients evacuated. Melody Ranch Gene Autry’s studio site damaged while two Nike missile sites near the flames faced threats. Over 1000 firefighters battled erratic winds and destroyed oil tanks.
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Los Angeles County
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Weather drift brings warmer days then cooling end of week
The forecast calls for a brief rise in temperatures with highs near 9 and lows around 64. Rainfall totals about three quarters of an inch in showers late in the week. Tonight’s low around 63. Thursday expected to reach into the 90s. Yesterday's official Middle town high reached 86 at 4 30 p.m. and the overnight low was 56 at 6 30 a.m.
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Middletown
West Rejects Unpoliced Nuclear Test Ban in Geneva
In Geneva the Soviet Union urged a cutoff for all nuclear tests by early January but Western officials and Western-backed proposals rejected an unpoliced moratorium. U.S. ambassador Charles Stelle and British minister Joseph Godber dismissed the idea and pressed for a controlled halt to atmospheric, underwater and space tests while maintaining underground testing with safeguards.
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U.S
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Cally
Kuznetsov
United States
Britain
Alma Nips Coastline. Dies Out
Hurricane Alma weakened as it moved northeast off Nantucket Massachusetts after brushing the Virginia to Rhode Island coast. Winds reached 53 mph on land with gusts to 75 mph near the eye and tides 1 to 2 feet above normal along eastern Long Island and southern New England.
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Boston
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Virginia
Nags Head
N.C
Fires Roar Through Canyon Areas Near Los Angeles
A fire in Hassley Canyon west of Route 99 northwest of Los Angeles near Castiac burned about 7,200 acres. A second blaze in Placerita Canyon spread into the Sylmar area destroying roughly 8,300 acres of brush.
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Castiac
Placerita Canyon
Sylmar
Macmillan backs British bid for European union
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan released part of a private letter to Konrad Adenauer to show Britain’s interest in European political unity after Adenauer questioned Britain’s role. Adenauer’s TV remarks echoed a growing coolness, while de Gaulle’s private stance remained wary though public support for Britain’s entry persisted.
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Clergymen, church members jailed after Albany protest
In Albany Georgia 75 Protestants Catholics and Jews from 10 states were jailed after refusing to move from City Hall sidewalk during an anti segregation vigil. Police Chief Pritchett ordered arrests for disorderly conduct creating a disturbance and refusing to obey officers.
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Albany, Ga
Georgia
City Hall
Laurie Pritchett
Leesburg
Newton
Murphy Defends Estes Case Fairness in Agriculture Dept
Undersecretary of Agriculture Charles S Murphy testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that his decisions in the Billie Sol Estes matter were based on fairness and adherence to citizens entitlement. He said Estes gained nothing from the Department and denied favoritism while addressing accusations of political influence in cotton allotments under department control. He implied the suspension of Estes allotments involved high department ranks amid broader inquiry.
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Aged grandma in Manhattan attacked in vestibule
Jane Baer a 97 year old great grandmother living near Columbia University was assaulted in her Upper West Side building. An unknown man clubbed her and dragged her to cellar stairs stealing $7 before fleeing. She survived and told her son of the brutal beating.
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Balmy mugger sought after as Baer dies from injuries
The search continued for the mugger described as a light skinned Negro with a thin mustache aged 20 to 25. Mrs. Baer endured seven days with multiple rib fractures a broken collarbone nose and head bruises before dying on Tuesday.
Thor Agena rocket launches satellite from Vandenberg
A Thor Agena rocket carrying a satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday. The Air Force declined to provide additional details about the mission.
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Speeding Santa Fe Freight Kills Three Workers at Zarah
A Santa Fe freight train struck a crew of 12 track workers in Zarah Kansas on Tuesday. Three men were killed and two were injured in the collision.
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Youngster Fires Gun in Closet Accident in El Dorado
Garland Harvard, 4, found an old Model 12 shotgun in a closet and loaded it. He backed away from a divan and fired, injuring his shoulder with a minor chest cut and leaving the divan damaged.
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Garland
Harvard
Ben Bella Strength On Rise in Algeria Power Struggle
Four guerrilla commanders and the regular army general staff lined up behind Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella as he seeks control of the new nation. The Political Bureau will decide whether force is used, avoiding an immediate clash. Col. Houari Roumedienne backed the Bureau with 45,000 troops at a Setif news conference, joined by four guerrilla wilaya leaders.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Kapuie
Louisiana town hit by twister kills at least two
A late night tornado struck Cameron Louisiana killing at least two with fears of higher deaths. Debris searches faced heavy rain as deputies scoured wreckage. About 50 injured and flooding in Cameron and nearby Lake Charles. Civil Defense and Red Cross aided evacuees in the courthouse shelter.
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Cameron
Louisiana
Reds Seal Gate After Bomb Blast
Hong Kong reports a bomb blast at the Shumchun border station on the Chinese side prompting Red China to close the border and Britain to seal its side. The incident marks a series of blasts blamed on anti Communist terrorists in Kwantung. Several people are believed injured as observers note an organized resistance movement.
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Red China
Shumchun
Macao
Kwangtung
China
Six Physicians Sent from Chennault Base After Cameron Incident
Chennault Air Force Base sent six physicians to Cameron along with numerous ambulances. Eighteen of the more severely injured were transported by ambulance to Lake Charles as doctors described many patients in severe shock. Gulf winds battered offshore Cameron with a disabled boat reporting 15-foot swells seeking Coast Guard aid.
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Cameron
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Storm Hits Trailer Parks Near Cameron Causes Injuries
Billy Stephens reported his mother missing after a storm struck two adjoining trailer parks three miles east of Cameron. The same storm damaged homes toppled utility poles and trees and left his father slightly injured as it moved toward the town.
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Billy Stephens
Cameron
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