Stricken Belgian Motor Vessel Anvers Abandoned Near Cameron
The master and crew abandoned the flaming Anvers after it was beached near Cameron Louisiana. Magnesium explosions prevented boarding and firefighting. Eleven crew members remained with the master, while 26 others were towed in including the master's wife. One Navy man suffered a possible ankle fracture. two injuries reported.
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Cameron, la
Anvers
Coast Guard
Henri Sanglier
Cameron
Young Grosvenor May Inherit 28 Million Inheritance Plan
London AP reports 7 year old Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor could become Britain's wealthiest as a future duke. His father Lt. Col. Robert Grosvenor seeks to beat inheritance taxes by transferring wealth to the son, with the estate valued at 112 to 168 million dollars and 192 million already paid.
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London
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor
Britain
Gerald
Duchy of Westminister
Duke of
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Canton Man Burn Death Probed
Canton coroner E B Mozes hoped to complete his investigation into the fatal burning of William Gordon aged 3 at Mercy Hospital. Police said he was burned on June 28 by hot grease from a deep fat fryer, with burns covering most of his body. Detectives gauge whether the grease was thrown or dumped on him while he slept.
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Canton, Ohio
E. B. Mozes
William Gordon
Gordon
Mercy Hospital
Record Ohio Turnpike traffic over Fourth weekend
About 182037 vehicles used the Ohio Turnpike during the Fourth of July weekend, a new record surpassing last year’s 165973 and the previous Fourth of July high by 16.04 percent.
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Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike
Bomb damages Cleveland beauty shop in Heights area
A six inch homemade bomb wrecked the interior of Shaker Lee Beauticians in Cleveland Heights. Part owner Mrs William J Adornetti says damage totals about 3000 dollars and notes two prior Adornetti related bomb incidents in two months including May dynamite on a Lyrrhurst porch. The Adornettis co own Shaker Mason and Concrete Co.
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Cleveland
Adornettis
Adornetti
Shaker Mason & Concrete Co
Earthquakes Hit Peru. Two Tremors Logged Today
An AP report notes two earthquakes recorded near Peru with tremors at 5 20 11 and 2 28 56 a m EDT. The events affected the region causing no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Apesham University
pSge
Peru
Bishop Waters urges racial justice to Catholic Daughters
Bishop Vincent S. Waters of North Carolina asked the Catholic Daughters of America to work for racial justice. He pressed for correcting local injustices in law and custom and for gradual changes in local patterns. He cited bi racial banquets and bi racial church services as progress and condemned segregation as immoral.
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Cleveland
Vincent S. Waters
North Carolina
Supreme Directorate of the
Catholic Daughters of America
Waters
Van Buren Pill Bottle Found in Henderson Chest
Mrs. Marvin Breedlove Jr. found a bottle of assorted pills labeled for Martin Van Buren in an antique chest. The red ink prescription lists small reds laxatives at night large reds nerves as needed brown digestive one or two at meals pink headache 14 to 1 and black liver one at night if needed signed by a Dr. Jones.
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Littleton
N.C
Marvin Breedlove Jr
Henderson
Martin van Buren
United States
Exhausted Governor Earl Long Plans Return To Baton Rouge
Governor Earl Long, worn from a brutal campaign weekend, plans a return to the state capital in Baton Rouge. After release from mental treatment last June, he pressed on with a 198 county tour despite heart trouble and 98 degree heat, pulling off a bruising barnstorming campaign.
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Winnfield
Earl K. Long
Baton Rouge
Long
Galveston
Tex
Covington
New Orleans
Baton
Wanted Man Rand Spotted After High Profile Slaying
George Albert Rand, sought in the shooting burning death of Melvin E. Payne, evaded Cleveland police for 15 minutes after leaving a bus in Cleveland. Rand, an ex convict and federal parolee, was identified as a passenger who left the bus five hours after the slaying. FBI agents joined the search as investigators say strong circumstantial evidence links Rand to the homicide.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Albert Rand
Cleveland
Rand
Melvin E. Payne
Herman Beck
Beck
FBI
Payne
East High School
Chuckle: wife learning to drive should not be blocked
A lighthearted quip suggests that when a wife wants to learn to drive, the audience should not stand in her way. The remark plays on the idea of giving space for learning and gradual confidence.
Traffic toll under holiday forecast across nation
Traffic deaths during the Independence Day weekend ran below early estimates, with drownings and other fatalities pushing total counts toward 500 for a 54 hour period from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Last Memorial Day traffic deaths were 310, and last Fourth of July two-day totals were 262.
Holiday weekend traffic deaths rise in AP survey
An Associated Press survey for a 54 hour period in June 2021 reports 240 traffic fatalities and 70 drownings. Traffic deaths averaged 92 per day in the first five months of the year, with 45 million cars on the highways during the weekend. Drownings exceeded Memorial Day totals and marked the highest two day Fourth of July toll since World War II, surpassing 101 and the prior peak of 121 in 1933.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Traffic patrols step up to curb highway deaths
State and local police increased patrols on streets and highways to reduce traffic violations and lower the accident toll. The report notes that all but six states and the District of Columbia had at least one traffic fatality, with Alaska and Delaware among those with no highway deaths.
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District of Columbia
Alaska
Delaware
Wyoming Highways Safe Across State On Fourth of July
Cheyenne report notes no road fatalities Sunday amid higher speed limits. Officials credit caution and alert drivers as Wyoming roads stayed safe during the holiday weekend.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Regional Traffic and Drowning Deaths by State Totals
Texas led state totals with 22 deaths while Illinois and Virginia each had 216. Chicago New York and Texas reported a single traffic death each. New York and Texas had the most drownings at 19 and 18 respectively.
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North Dakota
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Wyoming
Texas
Illinois
Virginia
Chicago
New York
Rebels seize Trappist monastery monks in Algeria raid
In the Atlas Mountains five rebels in French paratrooper uniforms entered Thibarine Monastery near Medea and abducted Father Superior Jean Marie and two monks, later joined by 12 fighters. French forces trailed the group 12 hours behind, with no clear chance of recovery. The monks had previously refused protection and prayed for peace.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Thibarine Trappist
Jean- Marie
Medea
Atlas
Notre Dame de l'Atlas
Our Lady of the Atlas Mountains
Slow Start Holds Ohio Toll Down
Ohio's Fourth of July weekend toll rose late with 22 accidental deaths since Friday 6 p.m. Twelve perished in traffic accidents and drownings accounted for ten fatalities. A Bay Village woman died in a accidental gun discharge and a Cincinnati doctor perished in a small airplane crash. The total was lower than Memorial Day weekend.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Bay Village
Cincinnati
Faith Cure Did Not Work on Diabetic Woman in Detroit
Wanda Beach a 37 year old diabetic from Stanton Michigan visited Oral Roberts services in Detroit and after claiming cure discarded insulin. She fell ill Sunday and died in a Detroit hospital. An evangelist party member urged people to seek medical advice and not stop treatment.
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Detroit
Wanda Beach
Stanton
Mich
Oral Roberts
William McKee
McKee
Cops Probe Man Death in Avon Home
Lorain County authorities investigate the death of Carl Archie Barnett 43 found in an Avon bathroom with a .38 pistol nearby. The coroner said the bullet entered the back, not the front, prompting questions about foul play. Justin Barnett brother was questioned. Carl had moved from Ashland Kentucky six weeks earlier to work at a Ford plant and was divorced.
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Elyria
Ohio
Loraine County
Carl
Archie) Barnett
Barnett
Avon
Justin
Lorain County
Paul J. Kopsch
Sheriff's
Ashland
Ford
Man 105 Dies After 100th Birthday Marriage
John Wesley Beaird of Louisville died at 105 after a hospital stay. The 105th birthday groom, known for marrying at 100, worked for the city sanitation department and joked about his long chewing tobacco habit. He is survived by his wife, 74.
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Louisville
John Wesley Beaird
Beaird
Ihnsife
Girl Kills Negro Boy By Mistake
In Savannah Georgia a 17 year old girl Katie Ann Creel fired a companion’s pistol thinking the man on the street was a former boyfriend. Willie Ross was killed. Creel is jailed on an open charge and William Johnson is detained for investigation.
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Savannah
Katie Ann Creel
William Johnson
Johnson
Miss Cree
Ben
Willie Ross
Miss Creel
Reds Lose Dogfight Off Matsu
Tokyo dispatch reports a tense air clash between Chinese Communist and Nationalist planes near Matsu in the Formosa Strait. Observers warn the confrontation may signal a broader Far East crisis, with Nationalists predicting further flareups after a military conference decision by the Reds.
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Tokyo
Formosa Strait
Formosa Battle Marks Major Clash in Nine Months
Almost a year after Red shelling of Nationalist off shore islands began the Quemoy troubles, tensions rise as Peiping forces show ominous moves in the Far East. Sunday's aerial battle was the largest in the Formosa area in nine months.
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Quemoy
Peiping
Far East
Formosa
Weather Outlook for Miami Valley This Weekend
A high pressure ridge moving through Ohio should moderate temperatures in the Miami Valley. Partly cloudy today with a chance of scattered showers and a high near 85. Tonight and Tuesday will be cooler with a low around 65 and a high near 80. Middletown's Sunday high reached 87 and early morning low was 69. Weekend rainfall totaled 0.8 inches.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
Middletown
Sabre Jets Frustrate Soviet Mig Assault Over Formosa
Air Force briefing says four Nationalist pilots in U S made Sabre Jets faced 12 Soviet MIGs south of the Nationalist held Matsu islands. In 13 minutes four MIGs were shot down and a fifth was downed near Pakhuan White Dog Islands. All Sabres returned safely to the Formosa base.
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Air Force
Formosa
Matsu Islands
Pakhuan
White Dog — Islands
Matsus
Sabre
Red China air clash cited as new crisis tactic
The article argues Peiping may stage a new crisis to test Western resolve in the Far East and distract from domestic problems. It suggests the regime could warn the United States over territorial incidents while facing famine, drought, and unrest after Tibetan suppression and economic disruption.
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Formosa Strait
Peiping
Far East
United States
Europe
Berlin
Won't Sell Triplets Girls Not For Sale Offer Shocks Parents
In Southport North Carolina a farmhand Nathan B Miller reports an offer to buy newborn triplet girls for adoption with figures possibly up to fifty thousand dollars per child The couple must decide today whether to place the babies Glenda Brenda and Linda for adoption or accept offers of money and help The triplets weigh about 3 5 and 6 pounds respectively and are recovering in a hospital incubator The family plans to return home with other children aged 17 15 and 13 urging to keep the family intact.
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Southport
N.C
Nathan B. Miller
Glenda
Brenda
Linda
Peggy
Frances
Jimmy
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