U S officials say Soviets have under ten ICBMs
Secretary of Defense McElroy states the Soviet Union has fewer than 10 intercontinental missiles capable of hitting the United States, contrasting with earlier remarks. He cites U S leaders believing American weapons could match Soviet ICBM capability and stresses the need to retain retaliatory power in a large attack scenario.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Neil H. McElroy
McElroy
Russia
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Ny
Chet Holifield
Calif
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Remnants Of Debra Bring Rain Across Regions
Rain from the remnants of Hurricane Debra drenched south central sections and spread into Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri with eight inches in Stillwater Oklahoma in three hours. Showers extended from the Gulf coast into the central Ohio Valley and into the Rockies Sierras and Southern California mountains. Fair weather was expected in New England and much of the Pacific coast regions.
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Gulf Coast
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Stillwater
Okla
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
Mississppi Valley
Plains
Rockies
Sierras
California
Desert
New England
West Coast
Pacific Northwest
Dorothy Thomson Improves After Heart Attack
Columnist Dorothy Thomson aged 65, who suffered a heart attack last week, was reported improving at Gifford Memorial Hospital. Dr. Elizabeth Berry said she is doing as well as we could ask.
Castro Returns as Cuba’s Premier With Massive Rally
Fidel Castro resumes the Cuban premiership after a vast demonstration in Havana. A near million-strong crowd cheered as he declared Cuba sovereign and promised friendship with all nations that do not infringe on its will. The event featured machete symbolism, doves, balloons, and a cash and property seizure of Batista allies.
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Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cardenas
Castro
Batista
Moncada
Havana
United States
Cabh
Manuel Urrutia
Osvaldo Corticos
Urrutia
Campesinos
Grass fires spark massive Idaho blaze near Boise
Forest and range crews fought a 10,000 acre grass fire racing toward Boise in the Ditto Creek area near Mayfield. A separate 20,000 acre blaze was brought under control after approaching within three miles of the city. No injuries or buildings lost as crews from Santa Fe joined 75 BLM and Forest Service firefighters.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho
Boise National
Ditto Creek
Mayfield
Here
Bureau of Land Management
Santa Fe
N.M
BLM
Forest Service
Priest and Boy Sought In Grand Canyon Rescue
National Park rangers searched the Grand Canyon for a Catholic priest identified as Father Gavigan and two Savannah youths, Mason Owens and Walter J. Mahoney. Mahoney’s body was found with exposure listed as cause, after they hiked in Friday and calls for help were heard Saturday.
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Grand Canyon, Ariz
National Park Rangers
Grand Canyon
Walter J. Mahoney
Savannah
Mahoney
Father Gavigan
Mason Owens
South Rim
Clinton High School Rebuild Starts After Racist Bombing
A $662000 construction project has begun to rebuild Clinton High School after a dynamite attack last October tied to racial integration. Students are attending classes at nearby Oak Ridge as work proceeds.
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Clinton
Tenn. AP
Clinton High School
Oak Ridge
Lloyd Tests Gromyko Berlin Deal
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd pressed Andrei Gromyko on whether Moscow would alter terms for a Berlin settlement as East-West talks stretched into their ninth week. Washington and Paris resisted loosening Western terms while Britain sought a time-bound pledge with no unilateral Soviet moves against West Berlin.
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Selwyn Lloyd
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Berlin
Lloyd
Gromyko
Hee
United States
France
Christian A Herter
West Berlin
Harold Macmillan
U.S.S.R
Sets
Heinrich von Brentano
Staggered Hours Studied To Cut Subway Crashes
New York City will launch a $200 000 study to test staggered working hours to reduce subway crashes. The plan proposes shifting start and end times for half the workforce to different hours.
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New York
Long Nears Wind Up Vacation in Hot Springs
Gov Earl Long of Louisiana rested in Hot Springs Arkansas on the eve of a vacation wind up and planned to take thermal baths. He discussed an IRS income tax inquiry saying records will be destroyed. He also spoke of Arkansas divorce plans and curb his cussing during the Western swing.
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Ark
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Internal Revenue Service
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Les
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ouachita Mountainn
Monroe
Blanche
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Flash Fire Strikes Home Of Boxing Promoter Jackie Leonard
A late Sunday night blaze damaged the front bedroom of boxing promoter Jackie Leonard's Los Angeles home. Leonard, who said threats from underworld figures preceded recent assaults, helped extinguish the fire with water before firefighters and arson investigators arrived. He noted a prior incident two weeks earlier with a gasoline can found on his porch and gasoline splashed near the house.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Leonard
Underworld
Leonard
Jeanne
Bath Time Phone Riddle Echoes Personal Call
A playful caption notes a bath tub moment where the ringing phone seems clearly directed at the bather. The quip elevates a simple domestic scene into a humorous self reference. The line invites a chuckle at the idea of a destined call during daily routine.
Steel Industry And Union Talk Opens Peace Talks
NEW YORK AP The first joint peace talks between industry and union since the nationwide steel strike open under Federal mediation. Finnegan said no early settlement seems likely and that talks must continue. The strike idled 500000 union members and halted plants producing 9 percent of U.S. steel.
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New York
Fadaval Wmadiat
IC Uigwes
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Washington
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
R. Conrad Cooper
United States Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
Union demands seek 15-cent hourly rise plus fringe benefits
The union pushes for a 15-cent-an-hour annual raise in a new contract with fringe benefits. Industry leaders oppose, warning higher labor costs would push steel prices higher. An unmanned two-seater plane flew 6 miles Sunday, then crashed on a Quebec farm after takeoff near St Hyacinthe.
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A. B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
Montreal
St. Hyacinthe
Que
Nixon Tours Leningrad as 38 Newsmen Travel With Him
Vice President Richard M. Nixon began a five day swing through the Soviet Union with 88 newsmen aboard two planes. He met Soviet Premier Khrushchev for a six hour discussion on East West differences in Moscow and Leningrad. Nixon called the talks constructive and said there were differences but no clear resolution.
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Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Frol Kozlov
Nixon
Georgi Zhukov
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Moscow
Thhe
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Krushchev
Khrushchev
Nixon in Moscow Urges Peace at Conference Table
Nixon spoke to a largely young crowd including sailors about resolving world differences at the conference table and not on the battlefield. He emphasized peace in a visit near Moscow at Khrushchev’s dacha before returning to the U S Embassy residence.
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Leningrad
Nixons
Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S
Justice of Peace Handing Out Blue Law Convictions
Justice of the Peace Earl B. Dougherty drives through Bucks County issuing 159 conviction notices for Sunday blue law violations. Recipients include actress Peggy Cass, toll booth workers, a radio announcer, plant guards, and various merchants. He criticizes the laws as chaotic and says enforcing them strangles Pennsylvania’s economy.
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Justice of the
Earl B. Dougherty
Pennsylvania
Dougherty
Bucks County
Philadelphia
Peggy Cass
Dist
Atty
Paul Beckert
Beckert
Beckett
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