California flood victims turn a highway into an improvised airport
In Scotia California a makeshift airport greets travelers as a U S 101 flood route remains unusable. Paul Wray directs Piper Cub flights with a white flag while Pacific Lumber Co plans recovery. The mill employs over a thousand workers as the town digs out and rebuilds amid damaged roads and rails.
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California
Scotia International Airport
U.S. 101
Paul Wray
Wray
Heart Pacific Lumber Co
Pacific Lumber Co
Pacific Lumber
San Francisco
Scotia International
Cold Wave Halts Mild Weather Across Miami Valley
An Arctic storm from the northwest chills the region after a brief warm spell. Middletown drops from near 60 to the 30s today with 5 to 12 degrees above zero expected tonight. Snow and freezing rain possible, especially near Lake Erie, with clearing expected Sunday.
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Miami Valley
Lake Erie
United States
Midwest
Great Lakes
Southern Plains
Missouri
Tennessee Valley
Bliss Doing Well As GOP Neutral In Chair Fight
Ray Bliss, Ohio state chairman, is seen as the leading choice to head the GOP if Dean Burch is ousted. Bliss maintains a neutral public stance while allies press for his active candidacy, and Burch quietly meets with Bliss as Goldwater backers shift loyalties in Washington. Wayne Hood of Wisconsin endorses an active contest by Goldwater supporters.
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Washington
Dean Burch
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Ohio State
Burch
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
National Press Club
Phoenix
Dockers Prepare for Nationwide Strike After New York Rejection
In a pivotal vote 8 354 to 7 792 New York longshoremen rejected a four year contract sparking a possible nationwide strike by about 60 000 dock workers from Maine to Texas. Union leaders warn a strike could begin Sunday night amid tense waterfronts and government mediation efforts.
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Maine
Texas
Atlantic
Gulf
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen's Association
Gulf Coast
James J. Reynolds
Ralph A. Massey
ILA
West Gulf District
Galveston
Fire Marshal To Investigate Prison Blaze
The State Fire Marshal's office will begin an investigation into a fire at Mansfield Reformatory Friday causing $3,000 damage and sending three inmates to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Superintendent M. J. Koleski said the blaze started in a paint spray booth of the furniture shop.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Mansfield Reformatory
M. J. Koleski
Reformatory
A Real Test of Will Power in Ailment Discussions
A witty line suggests the hard test is to endure hearing about someone’s ailment without mentioning it. The remark plays on social restraint and self control in conversation.
New Sex Education Council Aims At Healthy View Of Sex
The Sex Information and Education Council of the United States launches to study sexuality in all its meanings. Director Dr Mary S Calderone leads a diverse board with clergy presidents psychiatrists and counselors. Initial activities include newsletters pamphlets and mapping existing sex education programs.
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New York
Sex Information and Education Council of the
United States
Mary S. Calderone
Council
Newsmen
The
Wardell Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Institute of Sex Research
Indiana University
Alfred C. Kinsey
Calderone
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Vietnamese generals return power to civilian government
In Saigon the Vietnamese armed forces relinquished governance to the civilian leadership under a five point communique. Phan Khac Suu becomes chief of state and a national assembly will be organized. Seven High National Council members will be released while other arrests remain unclear.
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Phan Khac Suu
High National Council
Nguyen Khanh
Suu
Tran van Huong
White House Detail Headed By Youngblood
Rufus W. Youngblood secret service agent who shielded President Kennedy is named chief of the White House detail Roy H. Kellerman who rode in the front seat is his deputy Kellerman replaces Floyd M. Boring who moves to Secret Service headquarters Behn shifts from White House detail to headquarters staff as inspector
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Washington
Rufus W. Youngblood
Secret Service
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
White House
Roy H. Kellerman
Kennedy
Youngblood
Gerald A. Behn
Kellerman
Floyd M.boring
Ice Fishermen Missing As Lake Erie Warming Reduces Cripples
PORT CLINTON Ohio AP Scores of off shore islanders who cater to ice fishermen for extra income fear a mild spell could end ice fishing on Lake Erie The last ice along the lakefront melted as temperatures climbed into the low 60s Weather forecasters expect ice to reform in five days cutting losses to 500 to 1000 dollars weekly Island residents and Coast Guard officials say the last major freeze was about two decades ago despite a record 66 degree high in 1937 They describe shanties bait rental food lodging and taxi services tied to weekend fishing with up to 350 fishermen visiting and 500 to 600 perch caught on good days.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Marblehead
Catawba
North
Middle
Bass and
Kelleys
U. S
Cleve
Cpo
Donald Alberts
Coast Guard
Alberts
Senate Delays Filibuster Debate to March Ninth
The Senate postpones until March 9 its biennial debate on filibuster rule changes. Civil rights leaders praise the move as a step toward easing the two thirds vote requirement to end debate. The two resolutions under consideration would ease current rules when the issue returns.
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Washington
Senate
Liz Taylor Wants To Be British
Actress Elizabeth Taylor says she intends to renounce American citizenship and become British. She told a newsman in London she prefers Britain and has already turned in her U S passport signing papers in Paris last October. Her husband Richard Burton accompanied her as they left a London club.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Richard Burton
New York
U.S
Paris
Bike Rider Franklin Bowling Killed In Dayton Crash
An 11-year-old Dayton boy, Franklin Bowling, died Friday after his bicycle ran under a tractor-trailer truck on the city street. The accident occurred in Dayton, with authorities investigating the cause and confirming the victim's identity.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton
Franklin Bowling
Treasury seeks change in gold reserve rules to ease foreign fears
Treasury announced Congress will be asked to alter domestic gold reserve requirements to reassure international markets. France converts 150 million in dollars to gold and reports Johnson may seek to remove the 5 billion backing for bank deposits while the 8.6 billion backing currency remains.
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Treasury
Congress
France
Johnson
U.S
Federal Reserve
United States
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