16 Escape Death In Air Crash
AMARILLO Texas AP A Continental Airlines turboprop Viscount caught fire and crashed three minutes after takeoff from Amarillo. Thirteen passengers and three crew members escaped before explosions. Pilot Lawrence Lauratis and first officer E C Gorman knew trouble quickly. Hostess Linda Howard calmed passengers as the plane landed in a harvested wheat field.
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Amarillo, Tex
Continental Airlines
Amarillo Air Terminal
Lawrence Lauratis
el Paso
Tex
E. C. Gorman
Lubbock
Ballots Cast By Postmen Begin Counting In Cincinnati
Officials at the Cincinnati post office start tallying 34000 ballots cast by postal employees in the recent organizational election. A spokesman expects results from Indiana Kentucky and Ohio offices by Sunday. Ten organizations compete to represent seven postal divisions.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Alexandria Broker Killed Wife Wounded In Bed Room Shooting
Police report Beatrice Cottman wounded and Clarence Cottman dead in their Alexandria home. Beatrice, 43, told officers a dawn wake up, as investigators noted powder burns on the broker's hands and a 45 caliber pistol found at the scene. The couple’s children, 6 and 4, were nearby.
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Clarence Cottman
Alexandria
Eastman Dillon, Union Securities & Co
Beatrice
Cottman
New York Stock Exchange
Peace Congress Opens In Moscow Shows Soviet Chinese Unity
The six day Congress for General Disarmament and Peace began in the Kremlin with a Kremlin light show of Soviet Chinese unity. Premier Khrushchev was to address delegates from 101 nations amid statements defending disarmament and denouncing American imperialism.
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Peace Congress
Moscow
Stanley Johnson
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Khrushenev
United States
Pravda
Communist Party
Congress
Communist China
Mao Tung
Red China
Khrushchev
Formosa
Tung
Taiwan
Nikolai Gribichev
French Tried And Failed To Win War In Indochina
AP reports American advisers study the French struggle in Indochina to gauge prospects in South Viet Nam. They warn that despite new weapons and better tactics the Viet Cong can be kept on the run only with Vietnamese support, not by force alone.
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Indochina
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo, Diem
Albert Fall
Texas
America
Diem
Foreign Aid And Health Top Agenda
Congress hones in on two Kennedy priorities with health care for the aged under Social Security and a $4.7 billion foreign aid authorization. The Senate has passed foreign aid in a different form, while the House debates the measure amid GOP-Democrat efforts to curb future appropriations if the budget lacks balance. Health care supporters seek Senate action and limited debate time, but House resistance remains due to Ways and Means and Rules Committee obstacles.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Democrats
Patent Ways and Means
Rules Committee
Ben Khedda and Ben Bella Seek Algerian Reconciliation
Premier Youssef Ben Khedda sent two ministers to Rabat to reconcile with Ahmed Ben Bella whose forces have seized Oran and control much of western Algeria. Ben Bella met with Gama Abdel Nasser in Cairo then headed to Rabat as Ben Khedda’s envoys pursued talks.
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Algiers
Youssef Ben Khedda
Ahmed Ben Bella
Oran
Algeria
Ben Khedda
Rabat
France
Ben Bella
U.A.R
Gama Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Mohammed Yazid
Rabah Bitat
Ben Bella Allies Seen Reaching Accord With Khedda
The report notes Yazid and Bitat may settle with Ben Bella. Yazid has long been a close ally of Ben Bella and Bitat shared 50 years in prison with the dissident leader. Public sentiment favors Ben Bella, making concessions likely from Ben Khedda.
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Yazid
Bitat
Ben Bella
Yazid Long
GOP Feud Flares as Republicans Bet on November Wins
Washington AP reports Republicans clash over strategy and groups as they anticipate post election power. Gov Wesley Powell attacks Nelson Rockefeller while factions defend the All Republican Conference and the National Republican Citizens Committee, with party leaders urging unity.
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Washington
Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
All Republican Conference
National Republican Citizens Committee
William E. Miller
GOP National Committee
Miller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Chuckle Happiness Finds Busy Feeling of Joy
The notice reframes a common mood as happiness felt when life is full. It contrasts misery with busy days and suggests contentment arises from work and activity rather than rest. The piece offers a light reflection on attitude and daily rhythm.
Kennedy urges schools to boost student physical fitness
President Kennedy cites frightening statistics that one fourth of U S school children cannot pass a simple fitness test and urges fall plans to include vigorous daily exercise. Wilkinson reports pilot projects in five states and surveys show more schools with organized programs improving passing rates.
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Hyannisport, Mass
Kennedy
Cape Cod
America
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Wilkinson
Youth Fitness Council
Kennedy Warns On Screening Tests For School Children
President Kennedy cites pilot projects and surveys showing that as few as one quarter of about 4 million school children fail a basic physical performance screening. He describes the test as simple and as setting minimum acceptable levels.
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Kennedy
Kremlin Attacks Kennedy Plan as Holy Alliance Threat
The Kremlin denounces U S President Kennedy's call for U S European interdependence as a new holy alliance against communism and a prelude to war. Pravda editorial by Observer ridicules the proposal as a dangerous shift in policy.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Kennedy
Philadelphia
Pravda
Observer
Goulart Seeks End To Crisis In Brazil
President Joao Goulart urged Brazil's Chamber of Deputies to approve Francisco Brochado da Rocha as prime minister to end a 13 day political crisis. Riots and a general strike followed, with opposition from some deputies and a history of failed prior nominations.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Chamber of Deputies
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Rocha
Rio Grande Do Sul
Leonel Brizola
Goulart
Tancredo Neves
Congress
Francisco San Tiago Dantas
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Senate
Auro de Moura Andrade
Giant Thor missile test lights up Johnston Island
Honolulu AP reported a powerful nuclear device detonated high above Johnston Island 740 miles southwest of Hawaii. It marked a third successful test of a nuclear warhead carried by a giant Thor missile. London AP noted Moscow radio condemning the blast as a crime.
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Waikiki Beach
Honolulu
U.S
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Here
United States
Powerful Thor test blasts nuclear payload skyward
The Thor missile carried a megaton-plus nuclear device to about 206 miles altitude in a test. It took 15 minutes to reach firing height as Pacific communication disruptions and radio outages followed the explosion. Honolulu civil defense sirens wailed while officials hailed the successful launch.
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Thor
Hawaii viewers witness bright flash after blast success
A task force spokesman smiled and said certainly the blast was a success. The event ended a four day delay series, startling viewers in Hawaii. Officials believe the success will raise U.S. prestige in the missile program after two prior failures at Johnston Island.
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Task Force
Hawaii
Johnston Island
Saskatchewan Struggling to Maintain Medical Care Amid Doctor Strike
In Regina the AP correspondent notes the nine day doctors strike tests Saskatchewan's Medical Care Act. Volunteer physicians, abroad replacements, and bootlegging sustain essentials while debates over long term viability and patient deaths persist. Government vows to bring in more staff as 320 doctors are on or outside the act with 60 hospitals short of physicians. air ambulances and nurses aid emergencies as patients seek care.
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Neville Smith
Regina
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Suurgeons
Saskatchewan
Paaua
Austria Doctors Stage 24Hour Strike For Higher Fees
In Vienna 13,700 doctors walked out for a 24hour protest demanding higher payments from the government health insurance pool. They sought a 65 percent fee increase under a new contract, noting the old contract averaged about $400 monthly per practitioner.
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Vienna
Austria
Volunteer doctor staff shrink begins July initiative
After the start on July 1 the pool of 200 volunteer doctors offering free emergency services in 34 designated hospitals has fallen by about 30. Others are expected to join, but the future sustainability of the effort is a concern.
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