Steep Ship Roll Destroys Crewman Near Norfolk
A severe roll of the destroyer Daly 200 miles off Cape Henry, Virginia, left one crewman dead and five missing. Ten men swept overboard. five rescued. Daly and two other ships on sea trials en route to Norfolk Naval Shipyard to be mothballed. Two injured rescued by Alabama. Coast Guard cutter to transfer them to Little Creek and Portsmouth Naval Hospital. identities withheld until next of kin notified. No cause or weather details given.
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Norfolk, Va
Atlantic
Virginia
Daly
Cape Henry
Hope
Newport
R. 1
Young
Cotton
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Alabama
Coast B Guard
Little Creek Amphibious Base
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Navy
De Gaulle reshapes cabinet amid Algerian policy shift
Paris AP Charles de Gaulle promoted loyalists and ousted Soustelle from Sahara and overseas posts over Algeria stance. Cornut Gentille also dismissed while Guilhaumat moved to atomic research duties. Terrenoire Foyer and other Gaullist picks named new ministers as cabinet shifts bypass assembly.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Jacques Soustelle
Algeria
Soustelle
de Gaulle
Sahara
Overseas Possessions
Algiers
Cornut-Gentille
Pierre Guillaumat
DeGaulle Seen as France’s Destiny Man in Toledo Speech
French consul Jean-Paul Desparmet at the University of Toledo called President Charles DeGaulle France’s man of destiny. He praised DeGaulle as daring and farsighted who restored national pride, improved foreign relations, and curbed inflation while condemning the Algerian uprising and quoting Moslem rebels.
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Toledo, Ohio
Charles DeGaulle
France
Detroit
University of Toledo
Jean - Paul Desparmet
DeGaulle
Desparmet
France reshuffles top ministries with Maurice-Bokanowski lead
Michel Maurice-Bokanowski, long a Gaullist and secretary of state at the Interior Ministry, is moved to head the Communications Ministry. Information Minister Roy Frey is promoted to a minister delegate, with duties not yet announced but expected to include relations with the French Community, while Robert Lecourt may become minister of state for relations with Parliament, the Sahara, and overseas territories.
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French West Africa
Louis Terrenoire
Gaullist
Union For the New Republic
Jean Foyer
UNR
National Assembly
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Michel Maurice-Bokanowski
Interior Ministry
Roy Frey
Robert Lecourt
Lecourt
Sahara
Soustelle
Cabinet newcomers include Pierre Messmer
Pierre Messmer joins the cabinet as a career civil servant and former high official, marking a new era of public service.
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Pierre Messmer
Trek Ends U S Next Trek Ends U S
Dr Barbara Moore completes a 1000 mile walk along Britain ending at Land's End England after 21 days. She plans a coast to coast solo trek across the United States aiming to prove women can be as tough as men. She expects to depart for the U S once a visa is obtained and will fund the trip herself.
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Land’s End
England
Barbara Moore
Britain
United States
John O’groats
Scotland
Castro Eyes Trade Talks With Mikoyan At Soviet Expo
Fidel Castro moves toward a new trading era with Moscow as Anastas Mikoyan arrives for a Soviet scientific and cultural exhibit opening. Cuban leaders signal readiness to discuss terms while Washington views the visit as a possible leverage in deteriorating U S Cuba relations. Mikoyan meets President Cortiços and Cyril Castro with a hopeful officials for trade and possible diplomatic re engagement.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Castro
Cuba
Mikoyan
Washington
Moscow
Fulgencio Batista
Havana International
Osvaldo Corticos
Army Eyes On Tommy Sands as Draft Nears
Los Angeles AP reports singer Tommy Sands, 22, visited Selective Service to sign papers for a Houston draft order. An associate said it would likely be late summer before he is called for service.
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Los Angeles
Tommy Sands
Armed Forces
Selective Service
Houston
Tex
Sands
Bus Driver Finds Five Children Safe After Snow Drift Ordeal
In Dalhart Texas sheriff and rescue teams found bus driver Sam Warden and five children safe at a ranch home after days stranded by 10 foot snow drifts. The group included Phyllis Lacomp Jimmy Blacker Linda Sammy and Susie Singleton. They were fed and unharmed awaiting return home.
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Dalhart
Tex
R. C. Johnson
Sam Warden
Weekend Weather Prospects For Miami Valley
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy mild weather with occasional rain tonight and Friday. Rain ends Saturday with partly cloudy skies Sunday and weekend highs around 30 degrees. Middletown official high yesterday reached 49 and the low this morning was 35 degrees.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Swabees Find Wife Full of Surprises
Long Beach California AP report on sailors Carlyle Stanley and Marvin Fitcher who discovered their wives shared the name Peggy Lucille. Their shipboard coincidence led to annulment for Fitcher last December and divorce for Stanley on Thursday after filing in Superior Court.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bennet
Carlyle Stanley
Marvin Fitcher
Peggy Lucille
Fitcher
FBI Probes Robbery Two Men Caught in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio an FBI investigation targets a Sedalia bank robbery in Madison County. A 70-year-old ex inmate David J Brandan and 23-year-old William J iKerns were captured near South Charleston after the hold up. They were charged with bank robbery and bound over to the federal grand jury after waiving a hearing.
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Columbus, Ohio
FBI
Sedalia
Madison County
David J. Brandan
Bellefontaine
William J. iKerns
Rushsylvania
Logan County
South Charleston
Clark County
Highway Patrol
Kerns
Brandan
Ohio Penitentiary
London Prison Farm
Branhan
Army Money All Tied Up
Army chief Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer told a Senate preparedness subcommittee that most of the extra funds approved for Army modernization are tied up by the Budget Bureau or used to aid allies. He cited a 386.2 million appropriation with 175 million in reserve, and noted Eisenhower’s budget funds about 1.5 billion for ongoing modernization. Senate hearings with Johnson will resume next week.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Lemnitzer
Army
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Space Committee
Eisenhower
Senate Committee
U.S
Maxwell Taylor
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
United States
Lemunitzer
Strategic Air Command
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
White coeds join Greensboro lunch counter protest
In Greensboro North Carolina three white coeds joined Negro students at Woolworth and later S H Kress counters to protest a policy of serving Negroes only when seated. The incident remained orderly with two youths escorted by plainclothes officers.
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Greensboro
N.C
Greensboro A & T College
F. W. Woolworth Co
Woman's College
S. H. Kress & Co
Woolworth
Chuckle on Adults and Children Acting Like Adults
A wry remark contrasts grown ups behaving as children with children acting as adults, noting adults seem silly when childish and children appear delinquent when mature. The brief quip highlights behavioral double standards in a humorous tone.
Gunfire Strikes Near Havana Fine Arts Palace Event
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan and Cuban President Dorticos were to open a Soviet trade exposition when gunfire erupted from a balcony across the street. The incident occurred as the officials entered the venue, injuring no one reported.
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Havana
Fine Arts Palace
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Osvaldo Corticos
Mikoyan
Dorticos
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D-Cole
Kenneth Dorn
Dorn
Birmingham
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Joe F. Kane
Women's College
Genie Seaman
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