Holy Loch Protest Crowd Arrests Reach Ninety Four
More than 1,000 anti nuclear demonstrators gathered at Holy Loch Scotland to block supplies to the U S Polaris depot ship Proteus. Police broke up the sit down, 94 were arrested and 60 charged with breach of peace.
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Holy Loch
Scotland
U.S
Exmouth
Ardnacham
London
Aberdeen
United States
Soviet Union
British Railways
Glasgow
Proteus
Deadlock in Laos Over Foreign Minister Pick
In Vientiane three princes failed to form a coalition as Quinim Pholsena was proposed for foreign minister. Quinim, linked to Kong Le, has a history of anti American statements and shifts in government roles from information to foreign minister. Neutralists complain he is too leftist in Souvanna Phouma's lineup.
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Vientiane
Laos
Quinim Pholsena
Quinim
Kong le
Tiao Somsanith
Souvanna Phouma
Tiao
Souvanna
Phoumi Nosavan
Plaine Des Jarres
Havana Storm Rips Havana With Winds Floods and Fires
A hurricane like storm battered Havana for over four hours causing four destroyed houses and a serious lightning injury. Twelve landslides blocked streets as floods forced evacuations in twenty six areas. Tunnels and harbor under Almendares were flooded and power outages hit hospitals and plants.
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Key West
Fla
Havana
Almendares River
Havana Harbor
Berlin gunplay escalates as 14 refugees flee East Germany
East German guards fired about 200 bullets at a river escape, wounding no one and prompting a strong U S protest. Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II charged the guards with criminal, provocative acts and warned such shootings threaten stability along the Berlin wall. The incident followed a river escape led by Joerg Lindner with a hijacked boat, amid Soviet warnings to halt anti-Communist provocations.
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Berlin
United States
Joerg Lindner
Spree
U. S
Soviet Union
Britain
France
West Berlin
Nuclear Test Area Extended
Honolulu AP reports a temporary extension of the Johnston Island test area for a high altitude megaton blast to be conducted at night. The Joint Task Force 8 says the visible explosion will occur hundreds of kilometers up and may be seen from Hawaii, with weather permitting.
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Johnston Island
Joint Task Force 8
Hawaii
Monkey Found In Vernon Dog House After Texas Rain
Vernon Texas AP report says a man named Buford Walsh recorded a rainfall of 3.9 inches in under an hour. During the downpour, he discovered a half-drowned monkey in his dog house with no idea of its origin.
McCloskey Honored At $100 A Plate Dinner
President Kennedy and about 1200 Democrats toasted Matthew H. McCloskey, inventor of the $100-a-plate fundraiser dinner, as he is named ambassador to Ireland. The Mayflower Hotel party included Truman and other leaders, with dinner prices raised to $250 per head.
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Washington
Kennedy
Matthew H. McCloskey
Matt McCloskey
McCloskey
Philadelphia
Ireland
Harry S. Truman
Mayflower Hotel
Algiers Hit By Wave Of Hazardous Device Attacks
Reports from Algiers describe a series of fires and explosions caused by hazardous devices linked to European extremist groups. The attacks damaged schools, public buildings, the U S information center, and the central administration building of the Algerian Gas and Electricity Co, with casualties among Moslem communities and clashes in Oran.
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Algiers
Algeria
U.S
Guyotville
Algerian Gas & Electricity Co
US Information Center
State Department
United States
Dean Martin quits over Marilyn Monroe firing
HOLLYWOOD AP Dean Martin resigns from the film Some Things Got to Give after Marilyn Monroe is fired for breach of contract. He says he will star with Monroe and nothing else, signaling support for Monroe while studio aims to recast. Monroe had missed multiple days, keeping the project 32 days behind schedule and $2 million over budget.
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Martin
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Monroe
Dean
Marilyn
Today's Chuckle Housework
A lighthearted quip noting that housework is the unseen labor of a woman, emphasized as notable only when left undone.
Glance Inside City Whistles Steam Jobs and Cars
Patty Mummert reports and photographs on page 23 about Armco Steel and Gardner Division steam whistle schedules, framed by sentiment. Felix Frankfurter is the oldest Supreme Court justice at 79, his unlikely path and ambush dodges noted. Ted Pollard covers Middletown river patrol and hotrod drivers on page 1.
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Armco Steel Corp
Gardner
Diamond National Corp
Felix Frankfurter
Ted Pollard
Middletown
River Patrol
Berlin Crisis Reignites as Cold War Tensions Rise
Washington reports signs that the Cold War lull is ending and Berlin may see renewed pressure from Khrushchev. Moscow faces internal and external strains as Soviet notes accuse the West of provocations in Berlin and call for new measures, while U.S.-Soviet talks drift without a deadline.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Berlin
U.S
Khrushchev
Moscow
West Berlin
East Berlin
Dean Rusk
Andrei Grontyko
Anatoly Dobrynin
Laos
Three Toledo Officers Wounded in Gun Battle
Toledo Ohio three policemen were shot and wounded during a fierce gun battle as they investigated a disturbance near downtown. Officer Donald Brown was reported in serious condition from shotgun wounds. Wounded officers included Frank Hayes and William Boyle. The shooter Oliver Nickerson was wounded as he fled his home at 1912 North 14th Street. Teargas and reinforcements followed the standoff. Brown and Hayes were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital while Nickerson went to Mercy Hospital.
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Toledo
Ohio
Donald Brown
Frank Hayes
Brown
William Boyle
Walter Boyle
Oliver Nickerson
N. 14Th St
Nickerson
Hayes
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Three American Students Impress Katanga Officials
Three U S students on a fact finding tour in Katanga report welcome treatment by the Katangese government and United Nations. Sam Garrison and Joe Freeman of Virginia University and Don Cardwell of Boston College Law School were received by Acting President Evariste Kimbira and ministers. They attended a meeting where Katanga women sent a message to President Kennedy urging intervention. The trio has government transport and free access to Katanga town and province.
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Elisabethville, Katanga
Katanga
United Nat
Sam Garrison
Joe Freeman
Virginia University
Don Cardwell
Boston College Law School
Evariste Kimbira
U.S
Kennedy
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