Governors Brag About Crabs In Maryland Derby
Crisfield hosts the Governor’s Cup within the 15th Ward Crab Derby drawing entries from several states. Louisiana jokes about speedy crabs, Alabama cites superior crabs, and Virginia guards its Creeper III while fearing a boiling pot at the border. Oregon promises a vigorous entry as the event promotes Chesapeake Bay seafood.
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Crisfield
Chesapeake Bay
Louisiana
Davis
Alabama
William C. Younger
Virginia
North Carolina
Delaware
Oregon
New Jersey
Maryland
Mark
Hatfield
Progress Presses NATO on Cuba Shipment Curtailments
U S officials report limited but generally positive replies from NATO allies to curb Communist bloc shipments to Cuba. Washington raised the Cuban question at NATO meetings in Paris and plans further discussion as more Russian cargoes reach Cuba. NATO members monitor shipments and have moved to limit transshipment and strategic goods flow.
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Washington
U.S
NATO
Cuba
Ihe
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Paris
Kennedy
Fidel Castros
Portugal
Goa
India
U. S
West Shaky After Quake Rattles Five States
LOGAN Utah AP uneasy mood lingered after Thursday earthquake jolts hit Northern Utah and tremors crossed Wyoming Montana Nevada Idaho and Colorado No injuries reported several aftershocks followed initial shake six brick homes in Richmond ruined a sugar plant north of Logan and four buildings at Utah State University were damaged several structures sustained cracks
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Logan
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Nevada
Idaho
Colorado
Richmond
Utah State University
Mama ghost and baby ghost share a spotted pun
A light humor piece recalls a mama ghost telling the baby ghost to wait before spooking. The joke centers on a homophone pun about spook and spooken, delivering a brief playful moment.
Rail Strike Shuts Chicago Area Trains and Commuter Traffic
Management and AFL CIO telegraphers moved to new bargaining talks as a strike by fewer than 1,000 telegraphers paralysed the Chicago & North Western Railway. All trains stopped across 10,600 miles in nine Midwestern states, with 35,000 area commuters seeking alternatives amid bus and freeway jams.
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Chicago
Chicago & North Western Railway
AFL
CIO
Lcomotives
Midwestern
Sleeping Sickness Outbreak Hits Florida West Coast
Pinellas County reports 108 suspected encephalitis cases with eight deaths as Gulf Coast resorts face cancellations ahead of Labor Day. Health officials say the mosquito-borne sleeping sickness is limited to humans, with sprays targeting the area. Dr. Card resigns as county disease chief amid talk of pressure over data releases.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
Florida West Coast
Pinellas County
Gulf Coast
South Carolina
G. S. T. Peeples
West Coast
Florida
Harry C. Card
Card
Health Department
W. C. Ballard
Dr. Card
Silver Springs
Orangeburg
S.C
Richard Martin
Tampa-St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Striking Railroad Losses Hit Chicago Transit Warmer City Scene
The railroad faced an estimated revenue loss of 600000 dollars per day of the strike and payroll losses of 3370000 dollars weekly. North Western station, its headquarters, was dim and many shops closed while limited ticket service remained. Thousands gathered at Arlington Park causing shifts to other lines and CTA trains and helicopter flights were added during rush hour from O'Hare to Megis Field.
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Suzanne
Queens
Walter Tjunin
Tjunin
North Western
Arlington Park
Chicago Transit Authority
O'Hare International Airport
Megis Field
Lake Michigan
Ulbricht Leaves Moscow for East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht, East German communist party and government leader, departs Moscow for East Berlin as tensions and diplomacy swirl around the Cold War era.
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Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
East Berlin
Six Cuban Rebels Sentenced to Firing Squad in Matanzas
Key West AP reports that a radio announcement states six Cuban counterrevolutionaries captured in Matanzas Province were sentenced to a firing squad for killing four militiamen.
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Key West
Fla
Havana Radio
Matanzas
Trinidad and Tobago Becomes Independent Nation
Independence dawned as Trinidad and Tobago raised its new flag at Red House in Port of Spain before 35,000 people. A British Royal Marines band played taps as the Union Jack fell, and the islands’ national anthem rang out with the first act of sovereignty.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad-Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Americas
West Indies
Red House
Royal Marine
Algerian Civil War Tensions Rise as Rebels Call Civilians to Block Roads
Rebels in Algiers urge unarmed civilians to form barricades to stop motorized units advancing from western Algeria. Wilayas 3 and 4 vow to resist Ben Bella forces, while French sources see no imminent major conflict. Armies and militias amount to tens of thousands across regions.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilaya No. 4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Houari Boumedienne
Ben Bella
Morocco
France
Wilayas
Boumedienne
Firefighters Gain Control of Two Mountain Fires
Firefighters mopped up two mountain brush fires north of Los Angeles after containment of one and control of the other aided by moist ocean winds Thursday night. Crews worked to extinguish remaining hotspots as winds eased.
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Los Angeles
Fireworks trial ends with bang in San Francisco suburb
In South San Francisco Dewey Jones, 25, on trial for illegal possession of fire crackers, had one firecracker lit in court. Judge William Christensen ruled it should be fired. the fuse was lit and nothing happened. The judge fined Jones 50 dollars and the case moved toward dismissal.
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San Francisco
Calif
Dewey Jones
Gerald Regan
Tom Thorner
William Christensen
Regan
Kennedy Signs Satellite Bill to Frame Global Network
President Kennedy signed the communications satellite bill in Washington, shaping a privately owned firm to handle the U.S. role in a worldwide network for messages and pictures. He stated safeguards prevent dominance by any single entity and promised broad public, industry, and government participation.
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Washington
Kennedy
Kennedy outlines global satellite system benefits
Kennedy describes a satellite network offering vastly increased capacity to exchange information worldwide by telephone telegraph radio and television. He says the ultimate result will be to encourage world trade travel education entertainment and broad discourse essential to healthy international relations and understanding.
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Kennedy
Court voids Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti marriage
A Mexican court voided the proxy marriage of film star Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti. The attorney said no decree yet, but the Juarez court adviser indicated the marriage was declared nonexistent. This action could shield the couple from a potential bigamy trial in Italy.
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Milan
Italy
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Juarez
Mexico
Antonio Lopez Machuca
Miss Loren
Francisco Arango Munoz
Mario Luzzati
Ponti
Weekend Forecast With Scattered Showers Highlight
Cooler weekend brings a chance of scattered showers Saturday afternoon. Tonight remains partly cloudy and warm with a low near 69. A warming trend starts Tuesday, pushing highs to the upper 80s. Yesterday’s official high reached 9 errors reported. overnight low was 67. Middletown recorded 0.55 inch of rain by 8 a.m.
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Middletown
Three Children Die in Elyria House Fire
In Elyria Ohio a fire destroyed a one story bungalow killing Freddie age 6 Darrell age 5 and Norbert Allgood age 4. Their mother Chalene Allgood 27 suffered a severe arm injury breaking a window to escape. Firefighters arrived to flames shooting from the home and could not revive the children en route to hospital.
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Freddie
Darrell
Norbert Allgood
Chalene Allgood
Robert Curtis
Willard and Goldberg Toast New Government Posts
Washington. Arthur Goldberg leaves the Kennedy cabinet to join the Supreme Court as associate justice Felix Frankfurter’s successor. W. Willard Wirtz is elevated from undersecretary to secretary of labor, succeeding Goldberg. The pair return from Chicago amid talks of a railroad strike and share playful banter about shoes and puns.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Kennedy
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Wirtz
Chicago
Chicago & North Western Railroad
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