Flu Bug Bites Hard Across Texas Escalating Outbreak
Flu outbreaks sweep westward from Atlantic Seaboard into Texas Missouri and Michigan report cases. Austin sees 467 flu type cases in six days while Dallas schools face 20 percent absenteeism and hospitals limit visitors. Nocona closes public schools after 70 pupils and five teachers are absent. Kentucky reports three deaths and Edmondson County schools shut down.
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Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
Missouri
Michigan
Austin
Dallas
Nocona
St. Louis
Charles Anderson
Detroit
Kentucky
Edmonson County
Thieves take poodle then call owner about diet
In Miami a $290 French poodle named Martini was stolen. The thief later phoned the Quinones family, gave a pickup address, and asked what the dog liked to eat. Mrs Quinones said Martini is a fussy eater who eats only roast chicken, and the supplied address led to a vacant lot.
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Miami, Fla
Joseph Quinones
Martin
Mrs Quinones
Martini
Quinones
Two Troy Men Vanish In Separate Disappearances
Two local businessmen disappeared within 24 hours of each other in Troy Pennsylvania a town of 1509. Loren Leonard 38 manager of Troy Equipment Co left work Monday and was last seen heading home to Athens. Jerome Blaine 45 partner at Penny Leather Goods Co vanished Tuesday after saying he would go to Elmira New York. Police believe no connection between the cases.
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Troy, Pa
Pensylvania
Loren Leonard
Troy Equipment Co
Jerome Blaine
Leonard
Athens
Troy
Blaine
Penn-y Leather Goods Co
Elmira
N.Y
Students Jump for George Washington Birthday Trek
A group of 14 Johns Hopkins University students leaped 17 miles from Baltimore to Mt Vernon then to the Washington Monument in tribute to George Washington. They arrived singing Happy Birthday and sharing a cake carried on their jumping jaunt.
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Washington
Johns Hopkins University
George Washington
Baltimore
Mt. Vernon
Washington Monument
Monument
George
Libyan quake toll rises after Libyan city destroyed
Dawn reveals widespread ruin in AL MARJ Libyan city of 11 000 after Thursday night quake. Nearly 70 percent of structures collapsed and more than 250 dead and 500 injured as rescue teams from U S Air Force British Army Libyan Army and civilians worked through the night to aid victims and search rubble.
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AL Marj
Libya
Benghazi
U.S. Air Force
Wheelus Air Base
Tripoli
58Th U.S. Air Rescue Squadron
Wheelus
Air Force
Barry N. Shaklin
Hillside
N.J
58Th
NASA Tried To Lure AF Experts-Source
Washington AP report says NASA offered senior posts to Col. Charles Yeager and Maj. Robert White to direct astronaut training for Gemini Apollo programs. The two Edwards Air Force Base pioneers rejected the NASA bids and stayed with the Air Force.
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NASA
Tional Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Charles E
Chuck) Yeager
Aerospace Research Pilot School
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Robert M. White
Edwards
Yeager
Gemini
White
TV writer held in wife slaying in Tarzana
Leonard Heideman, 35, a television writer known for Bonanza and Checkmate, is jailed on suspicion of murdering his wife Dolores, 32, after neighbors reported blood in the home. Heideman told detectives he snapped during a nightmare and cannot recall the events, with two young sons present. The couple had eight years of marriage and a doctor says he was under psychiatric care.
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Tarzana
Calif
Leonard Heideman
Dolores
Heideman
Kenneth
Castro Denies Cuban Naval Attack on U.S. Shrimp Boat
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro rejected claims his forces attacked an American shrimp vessel and accused the United States of creating artificial tensions. He said the seas near Cuba are unsafe for navigation due to U.S. actions.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Dean Rusk
Senate Armed Services Committee
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
McNamara
U S
Russell
Malinovsky
Soviet Union
Castro
Rodion Malinovsky
Moscow
Fidel
Khrushchev
United Party of Socialist Revolution
Betancourt
Miami
Fla
Ala
Latin America
Washington Shrugs Off Red Blasts
Washington dismisses Soviet threats over Cuba as propaganda and bluster. McNamara testifies that U S planes will shoot down Cuban MIGs attacking ships, while lawmakers call for a policy to end Castroism. Castro rallies support, defends regime, and accuses Betancourt of traitor ally to colonialists.
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Washington
Cuba
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fidel Castro
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
McNamara
Russell
U.S
Family Of 10 Perishes In Mo. Fire Near Sikeston
SIKESTON Mo AP ten persons all members of one family burned to death in their home seven miles west of Sikeston firefighters found the one story frame dwelling in flames at 3 am the bodies in two beds Police said Saville was disabled and living on a government pension The cause of the fire was not determined with the only apparent heat source a coal stove
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Sikeston, Mo
Sikeston
Highway Patrol
The
Paul Saville
Paul David Jr
Glenda Sue
Hester
Everett
Alvis
Henderson
Michael
Zelda Mae
J. T. Kindred
Moorehouse
Kindred
Saville
U S Bars Red Troops Readied for Memorial Visit
Four busloads of Soviet military personnel were blocked at Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin as they headed to the Soviet War Memorial for Red Army Day. A U S spokesman said the delay followed a British request, with an agreement directing the column to use the Sandkrug Bridge checkpoint in the British Sector, the shortest route to the memorial near the Brandenburg Gate.
107 Year-Old Mrs Werner Keeps Active At Long Island Home
UNIONDALE N Y AP Mrs Josephine Werner marks her 107th birthday at the Holly Patterson Home for the Aged on Long Island. A Long Island native and widow, she has lived at the home since age 99 and maintains a brisk daily routine, rising for breakfast in bed but remaining active from morning to night despite impaired hearing.
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Uniondale
N.Y
Josephine Werner
Hope for Test Ban Dim in Geneva Talks
US disarmament chief William C. Foster heads to Geneva amid a broken three-nation talks round. The Soviet Union refused to raise on-site inspections beyond two or three, risking a protracted stalemate despite US concessions. The Kennedy administration backs seven inspections yearly with meaningful procedures, while Senate hurdles loom and eight-inspection support grows.
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William C. Foster
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Foster
U.S
Kennedy
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George Washington Celebrates 33rd Birthday in Concord
George Washington a Concord truck driver celebrated his 33rd birthday on Friday by eating a piece of cherry pie.
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Concord
N.C
George Washington
Today’s Chuckle on Saying Nothing
A wry quip notes that many can stay silent yet true wit lies in recognizing the moment to speak. The line reflects a dry, observant tone about conversation and judgment.
Geriatric resident enjoys bingo and news devotion
The resident is taken for drives by her niece and nephew two or three times a month and spends time playing rummy and crochet in the home’s recreation hall. Edith Barrett notes she stays current on news, discussing the Cuban situation and reading papers religiously without eyeglasses.
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Edith Barrett
Integration Won But Show Fair at Northwood Theater
In Baltimore the Northwood Theater reopened to Negroes after six days of mass demonstrations and mass arrests. Morgan State College students led by example bought tickets to In Search of the Castaways and entered without incident, following earlier protests that resulted in 74 arrests and 413 trespassing or disorderly conduct charges. The theater manager agreed to end segregation and 343 detainees were released as bail totaling 200000 was dropped, though charges remain.
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Baltimore
Northwood
Morgan State College
Baltimore City
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