Bourguiba Warns France Over Bizerte Standoff
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba accused France of violating the U.N. Security Council cease fire by refusing to withdraw to prebattle positions and by holding Tunisian territory. He warned fighting could resume without a French pullback from Bizerte city. Dag Hammarskjold met Tunisian officials to seek a solution.
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France Today
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Tunisia
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Hammarskjold
France
New York
Britain Elevates Bank Rate as Austerity Moves Arrive
London AP reports Britain will raise the bank rate from 5 to 7 percent and lift purchase and excise taxes by 10 percent to curb inflation, safeguard gold and dollar reserves, and trim consumer spending by up to 200 million pounds yearly. Selwyn Lloyd announces short and long term plans including a five year investment program. The package aims to cut imports and bolster the trade balance.
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London
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
Lloyd
Loyd
International Monetary Fund
Bulldozer Missing Since May Says Contractor Sablin
Lansing Michigan AP report says contractor Bruce Sablin misplaced a $7,900 orange bulldozer, last seen around May 1. State police were notified and sought help in locating the distinctive earth mover.
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Bruce Sablin
Grady the silo jumping cow passes at 18 after fame
Grady the 1,200-pound Hereford, who became national news when she wedged through a silo feed door after a difficult birth in 1949, died near the silo on Bill Mach’s Oklahoma ranch. He said the 18-year-old cow simply died of old age after years of quiet calm.
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Yukon, Okla
Grady
Bill Mach
Mach
Washington
John Randolph
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Asia
Randolph
Mack
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Air Force
Army
Ken Topill
Toledo (Ohio
Living Cost At New High In June
Washington AP report shows the cost of living rose two tenths of a percent in June to a new high. Major factors include higher prices for used cars gasoline and household textiles. Labor statistics chief Ewan Clague notes non food items drove the rise while food costs also rose. Fruits and vegetables typically climb this season. He notes factory workers’ net spendable earnings increased reaching record levels last seen in June 1959.
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Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Non Food
Clague
Chuckle: chigger science sparks scratching thoughts
A light note shares the scientific name trombicula alfred dugess for the chigger and jokes about the itch it causes, offering a brief humorous aside for readers.
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Trombicula
Alfreddugess
Kennedy Eyes Defense Boost Amid Berlin Crisis
Congress seems ready to back President Kennedy in seeking a defense spending increase of about 3 billion dollars with plans for strengthening Marine and Army ground forces and training for reserves. Debate centers on whether to raise taxes now, with Humphrey urging tax hikes while others push delaying any tax action.
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Congress
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Khrushchev
Berlin
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Byrd Says No Imminent Tax Rise Recommendations
Chairman Harry F. Byrd of the Senate Finance Committee said he had not heard of any forthcoming tax rise recommendations. Senator Wallace F. Bennett, a committee member, warned it would be cynical for the President to seek tax increases tied to higher defense spending.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
Byrd
Senate
Jail break-in targets tools from ironworker crew
A weekend break-in at Charlotte County's new jail in Punta Gorda Florida saw a lock forced on a cell door and tools belonging to an ironworker crew along with jail supplies stolen. The incident occurred with the cell just steps from the sheriff's office.
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Punta Gorda
Fla
Charlotte County
Sheriff's Office
Cubans To Take 5 Planes Hijack Plot Reported
FBI warned New York authorities that supporters of Fidel Castro planned to hijack five commercial planes to Havana. Two gunmen per plane were to board Eastern National and Northeast flights, with ten armed men meeting pending locations in New York or Tampa. An East ern Airlines hijacking to Havana occured Monday with 33 passengers and five crew aboard.
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Tampa
Fla
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Parking plan provokes violent Philadelphia crowd at mayor
About 2,000 demonstrators jeered and threw rocks and eggs at Mayor Richardson Dilworth during a confrontation over his 40 dollar yearly parking plan. Councilman Gaetano Giordano was injured, and windows were shattered as police protected the mayor outside a Spruce Street meeting.
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Richardson Dilworth
Giordano
Dilworth
Edward Lain
Society Hill
WRCV
WCAU
Weather Update: Cloudy Skies With Showers Predicted
The forecast calls for cloudy tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers and thundershowers. Low tonight around 70, high tomorrow near 85. Yesterday's high reached 88 at 1 30 p m, and the overnight low was 70 at 5 30 a m. A trace of rain fell in the Middletown area in the last 24 hours.
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Middletown
Blytheville Air Force poll on Virgil Gris som name
The information officer at Blytheville Air Force Base ran an informal post flight poll asking who Virgil Gris som is. One response said he is a real nice guy who used to be my milk man.
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Blytheville, Ark
Blytheville Air Force Base
Virgil Grissom
Castro approves flight to bring home hijacked Electra passengers
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro authorized a special flight to return the 33 passengers and five crew from an Eastern Air Lines Electra hijacked to Havana. A DC7B and crew stood by in Miami for clearance as Swiss diplomats faced closed offices delaying exit, while the plane remains detained amid U.S. planes seizure tensions. Luis Rodriguez, world welterweight contender en route to a Dallas fight, was aboard.
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U.S
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New Orleans
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United States
Florida
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Jose Marti
Luis Rodriguez
Curtis Cokes
Federal Aviation Agency
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North American Air Defense Command
CORAD
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Colo
Homestead
Yuri Gagarin Leads Havana Parade Amid 26th of July Celebration
Soviet space man Yuri Gagarin was to headline an hours long parade through Havana for Fidel Castro s eighth anniversary as 70 000 athletes and dancers gathered. He arrived amid rain and cheers with Castro and Osvaldo Corticos, then rode through waterlogged streets in an open car for a gala reception at the presidential palace.
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Yuri Gagarin
Fidel Castro
Gagarin
Castro
Jose Marti
Spaceman
Osvaldo Corticos
Presidential Palace
Hijacked airliner lands in Havana during Gagarin visit
Capt W G Hayes in an F102 intercepted the Cuban bound Electra and waggled wings to turn back at the three mile limit. The flight landed in Havana at 11 25 am as Yuri Gagarin arrived for the anniversary. Passengers and crew were held until ceremonies finished. The Electra was the second US airliner hijacked into Cuba. Earlier a National Airlines Convair pilot was forced to Cuba on May 1 after a Cuban passenger produced a weapon.
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