Plane crash kills seven at Willow Grove picnic
A pilotless Navy FJ Fury crashed on a baseball field and burned into a day camp bathhouse during a rainstorm, killing seven people including four children. Pilot Butler bailed out safely. Investigators from Norfolk began the probe, with base commander Waldman signaling a full inquiry.
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Willow Grove
Abington Memorial Hospital
Jennie Klein
Sandra
Harvey Klein
Jeanne Arnold
Judy Arnold
Emanuel Milton Fine
Caroline Hershfield
Philadelphia
John W. Butler
Boiling Springs
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Navy
Khrushchev Seeks Unity With Spaak in Kiev Meeting
Premier Khrushchev conferred with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak in Kiev to ease East West tensions. Tass described it as a continuation of 1961 talks, signaling Khrushchev's stance amid the Sino Soviet split and his push for peaceful coexistence with the West.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kiev
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
NATO
Tass
Germany
West Berlin
West
Spaak
Racial unrest at Gwynn Oak Amusement Park ends in mass arrests
Police arrested over 100 white and Negro integrationists at the privately owned Gwynn Oak park near Baltimore, including 13 clergymen. Dozens faced hearings as crowds jeered, and K-9 units aided arrests amid hostile racial tension.
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Baltimore
Woodlawn
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyterian Church
Baltimore County
Robert Lally
Lally
James F. Price
Gwynn Oak
Price
Lost items sought including historic portraits
Classified notice requests the return of a missing driver’s license and other hard to replace items. The note mentions photos or pictures of Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton and Jackson as part of the lost items. The writer signs as Billford seeking recovery.
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Washington, Lincoln
Hamilton and
Jackson
Argentina Vote Signals Move Toward President Amid Peron Setback
Voters in Argentina backed presidential contenders but fell short of an outright win. Illia led with about 25 percent as counting continued, while Peronist calls to strike and a large blank ballot count highlighted political tension. Electors will meet July 31 to name a president, with potential presidential deadlock shifting to Congress.
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Arguro Ilia
Congress
Illia
Oscar Alende
Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Don Nadie
Nobody
National and Popular Front
Peron
Spain
Arturo Frondizi
Peronist
Labor Confederation
Rail Strike Looms Over Capitol Hill Amid Legislative Push
Washington AP reports President Kennedy may urge Congress to act as a looming rail strike threatens to halt transport. Unions plan a Thursday walkout, with talks failing and arbitration or government seizure debated as Congress faces a tight schedule after Independence Day.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Kennedy
Unseasonably Dry Weather Persists In Ohio
A large high pressure area keeps Ohio dry with cooler than normal temperatures. Yesterday's high reached 88 degrees and the low 68. The 3 am reading today was 42. Saturday brought .18 inches of rain.
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Ohio
Birdman of Thames River Fails to Fly Again on Parapet
Donald Partridge, 21, attempted to fly from Hammersmith Bridge wearing a cane frame wing setup. He leaped, flew briefly, but the wings collapsed and he landed in the river. He was rescued and later said the wings are ruined and he will try a 30-foot span with balloons next.
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Thames River
Hammersmith Bridge
Leonardo da Vinci
Partridge
Ohio Holiday Highway Toll Exceeds Forecast
The Associated Press reports that during the long July 4 weekend Ohio saw at least 29 highway deaths plus three drownings and five other accidents, totaling 37 fatalities. A Friday crash on U.S. 36 near Piqua killed a young couple and the tractor-trailer driver.
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Associated Press
U.S. 36
Piqua
Multicrash Toll Reported Across Ohio State
A southern Champaign County crash kills five from a West Virginia family returning from Chicago. A tractor-trailer collision near Mechanicsburg injures the truck occupants. A Geauga County crash north of Chardon leaves two teen couples dead after a car hits a bridge abutment. Other incidents include a Chardon toddler with weed killer, a Cincinnati man knocked into a moat by a zoo giraffe, a Cleveland teen’s accidental gunfire, and two Uniontown youths injured in a baseball game.
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Champaign County
West Virginia
Chicago
Ohio 4
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
Chardon
Geauga County
Cidents
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Zoo
Cleveland
Uniontown
Nation’s Holiday Traffic Toll Hits Record High
The four day Independence Day period ended with 538 traffic deaths, the highest toll for a four day Fourth of July holiday. The National Safety Council blamed avoidable factors such as excessive speed and failure to yield and noted 143 drownings and 41 boating deaths alongside road fatalities.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
Four Men Save Three Children From Lake. Roberta Dies
Four men in an outboard boat responded to cries for help on Lake Ene near Gem Beach. They rescued Richard Steck Julie Braun and Alice Czaplicki but Roberta Steck drowned after being swept into the channel. Coast Guard crews searched for nearly four hours before locating her body in twelve feet of water.
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Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins
Ene
Catawba Island
Walter Seifert
Ohio State University
Gem Beach
Richard Steck
Julie Braun
Alice Czaplicki
Dayton
Coast Guard
Roberta Steck
Richard
Seifert
Robert
Boy Found Dead in Abandoned Fridge in New Rochelle
A 7-year-old boy, Charles Eliott, who vanished Saturday while playing hide-and-seek, was discovered Sunday in an abandoned refrigerator inside a neighborhood garage in New Rochelle New York Police identified the child and confirmed he had been missing since early Saturday night.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Charles Eliott
Kennedy Wirtz map next move on railroad deadlock
President Kennedy and Labor Secretary Wirtz plan steps after unions rejected a government settlement in the rail labor dispute. Congress likely to be asked to bar a nationwide walkout with possible compulsory arbitration or government seizure. Union leaders vow strong opposition to any proposed legislation.
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Washington
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Wirtz
Hyannis Port
Mass
Lawmakers Quiet On Railroad Controversy As Talks Open
Democratic leaders in both houses offered no comment on the railroad dispute as negotiations begin. Senator Mansfield and Representative Albert declined to discuss details. The Wirtz plan envisions two days of talks to draft a temporary agreement addressing major issues, including job eliminations for 40 firemen, backed by a presidential emergency board and Supreme Court support if talks fail. Assistant Secretary Reynolds will draft the settlement terms.
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House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montane
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Wirtz
Supreme Court
James J. Reynolds
Six Die in Plane Crash Near Jackson Kentucky
A light plane crashed north of Jackson in southeastern Kentucky killing six people. Victims included pilot Paul R. Edinger of Statesville North Carolina his wife Joyce their children Paula and Victor and another couple Fred A. Wilson and Viola Wilson of Statesville. Edinger also lived at Palmyra Michigan.
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Jackson
North Carolina
Kentucky
Paul R. Edinger
Statesville
Joyce
Paula
Victor
Fred A. Wilson
Viola
Edinger
Palmyra
Mich
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By John Woodfield
Maryland
Gwynn Falls
Israel Goldman
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Billford
Ana
Argentina
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Jose Maria Guido
Fom Frondizi
Guido
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U. S. Court of Military Appeals
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Donald
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