Soviet Aid Offer Dominates Afro Asian Conference
At Cairo the Afro Asian People’s Conference pushed ahead as Soviet economic aid to Asia and Africa drew praise from delegates from 42 nations. The discourse touched on imperialism disarmament and racial discrimination while urging nationalization of Western businesses and canal leverage similar to Egypt’s Suez move.
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Cairo
Russia
Algera
Palestine
U.S
Egypt
Suez Canal
Apushavan A. Agafonovich
Indonesia
Africa
Asia
Bomb Tossed Into Theater Injures Four Teens
In Amarillo Texas a home made bomb exploded during a Disney movie in a crowded theater injuring four youths with minor burns and cuts. Police say a blast described as a blinding orange and red flash came from a booster near the screen and the bomber fled unseen.
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Amarillo
Tex
Lawrence Glover
Five duck hunters believed dead in Mississippi River
Five young hunters vanish after their boat capsizes in the Mississippi River near Louisiana Missouri. Searchers recover clothing and two shotguns but no bodies. Prosecutor Paul E Williams of Pike County says it is pretty well established they have drowned. Missing are Harold Niffen 17 George Niffen 16 James Saunders 14 of near Louisiana and John Clark 21 and his brother Ben 19.
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Louisiana
Paul E. Williams
Pike County
Harold Niffen
George
James Saunders
John Clark
Ben
FBI Hunted Gunmen Tledge Kidnaping in Washington Case
Police traced a kidnaping trail across states as two gunmen sought for murder and auto theft abducted a young couple and an Army private. The pair killed a restaurant owner and guitarist in Washington and released a third captive in South Carolina.
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Washington
South Carolina
George P. Kaldes
Kenneth Fisher
Bernard Mainer
FBI
Overton
Doris Mattingly
Army
Larry Lee Monteith
Monteith
Richmond
Asonia G. Allman
Boy Admits Shooting Of Mother In Brooklyn Case
A 17 year old boy walked into a Brooklyn police station and confessed to shooting his mother Gladys Jessup 35. He said a friend Howard Deniea aided in moving the body to a bathtub and cleaning the scene. Deniea was held on juvenile delinquency charges.
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New York
Brooklyn
John Jessup
Gladys Jessup
Jessup
Howard Deniea
Deniea
Akron Man Beaten to Death on Howard Street
Harrison B. Marting, 49, son of former Akron city council president E. L. Martooe Severone, was found beaten and dying on Howard Street and died at St. Thomas Hospital at 6:45 a.m. Two youths aged 16 and 17 were in custody for questioning with a third expected later.
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Akron
Ohio
Harrison B. Marting
Howard Street
St. Thomas Hospital
Marting
E. L. Martooe Severone
Bank official pleads guilty to $104000 embezzlement
Albert J. Schwenker, 61, assistant treasurer and secretary of Peoples Trust Co of Bergen County, admitted embezzling about $104000 over 20 years while at First National Bank of Oradell. He pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Theodore Kiscaras in Rutherford and was released on $5000 bail.
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Hackensack
Albert J. Schwenker
People’s Trust Co
Bergen County
Harold E. Green
Cherry Hill Reformed Church
River Edge
Schwenker
U.S
Theodore Kiscaras
Rutherford
Kiscaras
First National Bank of
Dr. Green
Walter J. Mundt
Mundt
Integration For Dallas Delayed After Court Ruling
Dallas school officials welcomed a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling allowing more time to plan integration. Board president Dr Edwin L Rippy said the circuit decision lets Dallas dictate timing and methods while noting surveys and observations from other communities support careful action. He declined to disclose specific plan details.
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Dallas
U.S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
William H. Atwell
Edwin L. Rippy
Circuit Court
Rippy
Attacks On Women Acknowledged By Cleveland Man
James Watson, 31, of Cleveland, admitted tying beating and robbing three housewives in recent weeks. He was bound over to the Cuyahoga County grand jury. Watson is on parole from Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary where he served 11 years of a 33 year sentence for murdering a German civilian while in the Army.
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Cleveland
James Watson
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Watson
Lewisburg
U.S. Army
Hatta Attacks Anti-Dutch Campaign Criticism Grows
Former Vice President Mohammed Hatta says Indonesia’s anti-Dutch drive harms the country more than the Dutch. He accuses officials of mismanagement delaying West Irian issues and causing economic hardship amid a stalled U.N. vote and rising domestic disorder.
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Mohammed Hatta
Indonesia
Rabies Shots Ordered for Most Florida Southern Girls
In Lakeland Florida police report 82 students at Florida Southern College were exposed to a rabid puppy from the sorority house and 31 are told to receive precautionary rabies shots. One pint of blood donated by Lynda Kell was removed from a local blood bank after she revealed contact with the dog. Joyce Lowell of Dover New Jersey remains uncontacted and the dog’s death confirms rabies.
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Lakeland
Fla
Joyce Lowell
Dover
N.J
Florida Southern College Sorority
Miss Lowell
Florida
Lynda Kell
New York City
Polk County
Clark Stays On Job As Ohio Air Adjutant General
After a 30 minute conference with Governor O'Neill Brig Gen Edsel O Clark announced he will remain as Ohio's assistant adjutant general for air. Clark had resigned his Air National Guard post effective January 1 and will continue in the state role.
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Columbus
Ohio
William O'Neill
Edsel O. Clark
Clark
Air National Guard
O'Neill
Explosion at Pocahontas mine claims 11 lives in border coalfields
Rescue teams recovered 11 bodies after a gas explosion trapped 25 miners 500 feet underground at Mine No 31 Pocahontas Fuel Co near the Virginia West Virginia line. Fourteen workers were rescued uninjured as officials said all originally trapped men were accounted for.
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Amonate
Virginia-West Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Monate Iy
Virginia
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Border Coalfields
Judge Denies He Ever Took Bribe
In a televised address Judge Raulston Schoolfield rejected bribe allegations as a plot. He claimed Senator Curtis’s committee misused power while defending his role in cases involving Teamsters Union members and campaign expenditures.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Criminal Court
Raulston Schoolfield
Nashville
Schoolfield
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
Asst
Harold Brown
Brown
Sam Jones
Sen
Curtis
R-Neb
Teamsters
Spence Galloway
Husband Is Hunted In Slaying In Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas a young mother Margie Bell Kirby was shot dead in front of her home as onlookers watched. Her husband Carroll Lane Kirby is being sought by police as the crime is investigated. The husband and witnesses Jefferies and Gale Jeffries provided details of the fatal shooting and the fleeing suspect.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Margie Bell Kirby
David
Carroll Lane Kirby
Jefferies
Gale
Kirby House
Santa
Chuckle Quote Prompts Laugh Over Dream of Millionaire Love
A joke line quotes a blonde saying she wants a man to love and understand her, cheekily asking if that’s too much to expect from a millionaire. The quip plays on dreamy romance and social stereotypes for light humor.
Emotional stress in pregnancy may affect unborn infants
American Science meeting reports tests on rats show unborn offspring can be emotionally scarred by maternal stress. Pregnant rats exposed to anxiety or shocks produced offspring with abnormal emotions, possibly via hormonal changes in the mother. Thompson of Wesleyan presented these findings and noted potential child care implications.
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Indianapolis
Asn
Advancement of Science
William R. Thompson
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Thompson
U S Aids Plan for Science Education Expansion
The administration will propose a matching grant program to states to boost high school science and math teaching with over 100 million dollars for salaries equipment and state education department needs. It also envisions scholarships fellowships and federal support for graduate schools and testing and counseling, plus 50 million dollars yearly to the National Science Foundation to expand teacher training and textbooks.
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Washington
Congress
Ftation
Russia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
E States
National Science Foundation
Office of Education
Coal Mine Layoffs Amid Explosion Traps 22 Miners
A gas explosion at Pocahontas Fuel Co Mine No. 31 in Amonate Virginia trapped 22 miners with 14 rescued. Company orders planned a layoff of 534 of 775 workers, as coal orders dropped and production runs about seven tons daily.
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Amonate
Pocahontas
Plot To Kill Nasser Told By Princess
In Cairo a former Egyptian princess recounted that a go-between offered to unseat President Nasser and restore the monarchy. Nasr Shah said she laughed it off as a joke in Moritz Switzerland last August. Nasr Shah and her husband have been under house arrest since Nasser spoke of the alleged plot.
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Cairo
Nasser
Middle East
Nasr Shah
Moritz
Switzerland
Mohammed Abdul Moneim
Farouk
Port Said
Nasl Shah
Abbas Helmy
Beck Jury Foreman Accused Of Bias In Beck Trial
An affidavit alleges jury foreman made a biased remark about Dave Beck during the grand larceny case. Charles Hickling, a Bellevue hydroplane designer, denies the claim. Beck was convicted December 14 and seeks a new trial.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Robert Paulson
Edmonds
Charles Hickling
Bellevue
Charles
Burdell
Paulson
Hickling
Everett
Senate
Teamster
Teamter Union
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Washington, D.C
Larry Monteith
Henry Clay Overton
Wayne Carpenter
Hatta
James Wilde
Netherlands
West Irian
West New Guinea
West Irian Action Committee
U.N
Sukarno
Bishop
William Fullarton
Fullarton
Southwest Virginia
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