Eight Dead In Merrill Penney Store Blast Mystery
A destructive explosion at the J C Penney Co department store in Merrill Wisconsin killed eight people and injured eleven. Investigators from the Stave Industrial Commission examined the scene while Mayor Ralph Voigt called the incident terrible. Officials ruled out a gas leak from Merrill City Gas Utility as the cause.
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Merrill, Wis
J. C. Penney Co
Ralph Voigt
Slore
A&P @upermarket
Merrill City Gas Utility
Penney
Reds Demand Release Of U S Fliers After RB47 Downing
The United States formally demanded release of two American airmen captured after an RB47 was shot down on July 1. Washington filed a sharp protest with the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow, accusing the Soviet Union of illegal and reckless action.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Moscow
Macmillan Calls Khrushchev for East West Accord
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan sent a secret personal message to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev seeking a concerted East West effort to ease world tension. He also delivered a British government note denying Soviet charges of British US air space conspiracies.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Britain
United States
United States urges joint probe after Soviet RB47 shootdown
State Department spokesman Lincoln White announced a U N backed inquiry into the RB47 incident over international waters. Washington says Moscow spurned a U S Soviet joint investigation and instead sent the case to the Security Council. The U S demands access for its embassy to two surviving airmen McKone and Olmstead while confirming Capt Palm's body will be returned. Three other crewmen remain missing.
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State Department
Lincoln White
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
U. N. Security Council
William A. Palm
U. S
Belgian troops withdraw as UN peacekeepers take lead
In Leopoldville Belgian soldiers began retreating from the capital while United Nations forces assume responsibility for maintaining peace. In Philadelphia the U S Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Delaware's desegregation plan and ordered full integration of public schools to start in fall 1961.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Leopoldville
U.N
Philadelphia
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Delaware
Joseph Kasavabu
Stanleyville
Leopold
Soviet demands pull 20 U.S. troops from Congo landing
Moscow demanded Washington withdraw a detachment of 20 armed men it said landed at Leopoldville in the Congo. The note came amid rising Cold War tension as the Soviet Union accused the United States of military and political interference in Congo affairs.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Sounds Like A Hopeless Case In Dueling Marriage Claims
In Los Angeles divorce action between R Gordon Balls and Edna Balls the spouses dispute marriage details and accuse each other of cruelty and adultery. Ball, 51, a makeup head at Warner Bros Studios, says cruelty and seeks divorce while Edna cross-claims cruelty and adultery. They differ over where and when they wed with conflicting Baja California and Las Vegas dates given.
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Los Angeles
R. Gordon Balls
Ball
Warner Bros. Studios
Edna
Bau
Baja
Boy Believed Dead After Los Angeles Disappearance
Bruce Kremen aged 7 remained missing six days after vanishing in Los Angeles National Forest near Buckhorn Flats. More than 300 searchers scoured the area but failed to locate him, and authorities feared he may have fallen into a bluff.
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Los Angeles
Bruce Kremen
Los Angeles National Forest
Here
Buckhorn Flats
King Visits Queen on Three Day London State Visit
Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit arrived from Geneva to London for a three day state visit hosted by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The visit marks a diplomatic show of friendship with Britain and includes meetings with the royal couple and officials.
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London
Thailand
Bhumibol Aduliyad
Queen Sirikit
Geneva
Elizabeth I
Prince Philip
Weather Outlook for Miami Valley and Middletown
A high pressure system moves into the Miami Valley reducing showers by Wednesday. Partly cloudy warm and humid conditions with scattered showers today and tonight. Highs around 8 65 degrees lows and a noted Middletown high of 86 degrees yesterday afternoon and a 64 degree low this morning. Rainfall Monday morning totaled .10 inches.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Wife Finds Bodies of Spouse and Children
In Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cooley Jr. had a 13 year marriage producing two sons and a daughter. The mother survived in hospital after shock. The children aged 11, 9, and 5 were found dead from bullets to the head, likely asleep. Police say the husband, 40, an unemployed television engineer, died as well. A German war souvenir automatic pistol lay at his feet. Mrs. Cooley discovered the bodies on Monday morning returning from work.
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Baltimore, Md
John D. Cooley Jr
John
Franklin
Elizabeth
John Cooley
Cooley
Ikeda Forms Clear Western Alignment for Japan
Japan's new prime minister Hayato Ikeda declared a pro Western policy, rejecting neutrality and backing stronger ties with the United States and allied democracies. He criticized former premier Kishi's handling of the U S Japan security treaty and urged interparty talks with the Socialists while seeking normal relations with Red China and more cultural economic exchanges. His immediate challenge includes the Mike coal mines labor dispute in the south.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Kishi
U. S
Liberal-Democratic Party
Red China
Red Mainland
Four Tokyo demonstrators indicted over Hagerty airport riot
Japanese prosecutors indict four leaders of the mob that assaulted White House press secretary James C. Hagerty at Tokyo International Airport on June 19. Five others are indicted. eight remain under investigation for violence illegal confinement and obstructing police duties.
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Tokyo
White House
James C. Hagerty
Tokyo International
Hagerty
Recess Plan Worries U S Geneva Talks
U S officials viewed with reluctance proposals by the Soviet Union and Britain for a recess in the Geneva talks on an atomic test ban starting August 15. The length of the recess was not disclosed, with the three power talks continuing since November 1958 amid previous pauses.
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Washington
Underground Fire Traps Fifty Miners in German Mine
About 50 miners were trapped underground in an iron ore mine near Salzgitter Germany after a fire sparked by a faulty cable and an oil storage tank explosion. Four bodies were brought to the surface as rescue teams battled flames and fumes blocking escape routes.
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Salzgitter
Germany
Soviets warn U S not to touch Cuba in UN clash
In a Security Council debate Arkady Sobolev said the Soviet Union would defeat U S moves to overthrow Castro by economic war and offered Cuba Soviet economic aid. He opposed transferring the case to the OAS, accusing it of U S domination. Castro attacked anti Communist forces at a Havana church service. An American woman and two sons were assaulted by pro Castro youths amid stage clashes.
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Cuba
Arkady A. Sobolev
United States
Sobolev
U.N
Ecurity Council
Soviet Union
U.S
Fidel Castro
Castro
Organization of American States
Havana
Francisco Franco
Castro Defends Soviet Aid and Criticizes Monroe Doctrine
Castro defended seeking Soviet economic offers and indicated willingness to accept Soviet military aid. He framed U S actions as pirate-like under the Monroe Doctrine, calling it ancient and worm-eaten as he criticized its use to justify intervention.
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Castro
United States
OAS Examines U S Cuba Feud At UN Security Council
United Nations New York AP report says the Security Council planned to give the Organization of American States a clear field to address the Cuban U S dispute. After debate on Cuban charges of economic aggression against Prime Minister Castro's regime, the 11 member council was set for a morning session.
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U.N. Security Council
Organization of American States
Cuba
United States
U.S
Castro
11-Nation Council
Panama rejects tax on sugar quota rise amid dispute
Panama officials say the government rejected a nationalist push to cancel a sugar export quota increase to the United States. An official spokesman noted Panama negotiated the rise last year and tied it to no U S Cuban dispute.
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Panama
United States
Castro Envoy's Vote Shapes Cuba U.N. Debate
Soviet delegate Arkady Sobolev urged refer to the OAS on Cuba U.S. tensions at Havana talks while Raul Roa privately accepted the resolution in the U.N. Security Council. Argentina and Ecuador floated a procedural veto dodging tactic if a Soviet veto occurred. Khrushchev threat framed the risk of U.S. intervention.
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Arkady A. Sobolev
Castro
Havana
OAS
Sying
United Staes
United Nations
Caban
Raul Roa
Security Council
Roa
Soviet Union
Argentina
Ecuador
Singer Picks Wife in Dallas July Wedding
Hollywood AP reports singer Jimmy Boyd plans to marry Dallas Texas girl Yvonne Craig on July 30 in her home city. Both are 21 and engaged to wed.
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Hollywood (Ap
Jimmy Boyd
Dallas, Tex
Boyd
Yvonne Craig
Rockefeller Bids For Top GOP Ticket At Chicago Meet
At the Republican convention scene in Chicago Governor Nelson Rockefeller presses for a draft to lead the ticket citing a 666 delegate majority as a test. Nixon remains the favorite for president while Rockefeller remains firmly opposed to a vice presidency. Rockefeller calls for strong defense spending and a social security based health plan, differing with Eisenhower and Nixon on federal subsidies.
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Chicago
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Party ‘Resolutions Committee
Nixon
Eisenhower
Lumumba Threat Not Worrying U.N. as Congo Crisis Deepens
In Leopoldville the UN says Lumumba's warning to seek Soviet aid does not alarm them. U.N. Under Secretary Bunche and UN force commander plan further talks with Congo officials while Belgian troops remain. Congo mutiny, economic strains, and clashes with Moroccan UN troops escalate tensions in The Congo.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
U.N
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Chuckle Fun on Insurance Costs for Seniors
A light quip compares today’s Chuckle Fun to insurance, noting that older age raises costs. The joke playfully links age with rising prices, highlighting a humorous take on aging and expense.
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