Hijackers grab $88,269 from armored truck in Jacksonville
Two unmasked white men in short sleeves and dark trousers hijacked an armored car near Jacksonville Kennel Club, fleeing with $88,269 of which $3,400 remained. They were aided by accomplices in a following car. Guard Edgar Strickland and driver C. D. Griswold were overwhelmed. Strickland freed himself and Griswold to alert authorities. The FBI joined the probe with no leads reported.
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Jacksonville
Fla
FBI
Guy Marvin Inc
Jacksonville Kennel Club
C. D. Griswold
Edgar Strickland
Griswold
Strickland
Time on Hands for Cold Birds at Nashville Tower
Nashville AP report describes four large clocks on a federal office building that drift as much as six hours due to cold weather and a flock of starlings. Building manager Arthur W. Mitchell says the birds perch on the hands and move them, then wait a few minutes before resuming.
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Nashville, Tenn
Federal Office
Arthur W. Mitchell
Mitchell
Frondizit Wins Reprieve Amid Argentina Crisis
President Frondizi won a reprieve from the army to continue ruling but military chiefs warned any settlement would be on their terms. Guards and machine guns ringed government buildings as Aramburu urged more time to craft a peace, while navy calls for Frondizi’s resignation intensified pressure.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
First Lady Kennedy Ends Asia Tour With Magical Two Weeks
Jacqueline Kennedy returns home from an Asian tour saying it was the most magical two weeks of her life. She recalls elephants and horses, maharajas, and tribal chieftains as she boards a Pakistan Airways jet for London after a Tehran stop. She will spend three days in London with Princess Lee Radziwill and dine with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
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Karachi
Pakistan
America
Jacqueline Kennedy
London
Kennedy
Tehran
Iran
Fatima
Shah
Ali Amini
Julius Holmes
Lee Radziwill
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II
UN Official Death Delays Rusk Disarmament Appeal
In Geneva the death of T. G. Narayanan, a U N representative, postpones a final disarmament appeal by Secretary of State Rusk. He will meet with Andrei Gromyko and aims to report progress to President Kennedy despite stalemates on Berlin and a nuclear test ban.
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Geneva
United Nations
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Fon
Washington
T. G. Narayanan
U.N
Narayanan
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Kennedy
Texas Reservist Faces Court Martial Over Protests
A Texas soldier from Seadrift, Ph Bernis Owen, 23, stands before a special court martial at Ft Polk for discredit and conduct offenses after opposing the crackdown on protest meetings by reservists and National Guardsmen. West banned the protests, which drew 3 to 300 attendees, and Owen denied the order. The action could bring six months hard labor and two thirds pay forfeiture. The Fort Polk post houses 21,000 troops including 15,000 Texas Guardsmen in the 49th Division.
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FT. Polk
Texas
Bernis Owen
Seadrift
Tex
University of Texas
Owen
Harley B. West
Ft Polk
Maj
James Vance
West
Congress
Texas National
Ex-Champ Benny Paret Comatose After Grievous Ring Beating
World welterweight titleholder Emile Griffith battered Benny Paret into a coma at Madison Square Garden. Doctors warned of brain damage with near death odds as Paret's wife Lucy, two children, and friends surrounded him at Roosevelt Hospital.
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New York
Benny
Kid) Paret
Emile Griffith
Manuel Alfaro
Howard Dunbar
Paret
Alfaro
Roosevelt Hospital
Madison Square Garden
Oran Faces French Troops as European Settlers Barricade
European settlers in Oran clash with French forces as secret army units block the center with buses and trucks. French tanks, air support, and searches target buildings while the high commissioner warns of consequences for continuing clashes. De Gaulle's government recalls the ambassador to Moscow amid ceasefire tensions.
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Oran
Algeria
Babel Oued
Algiers
Secret Army
National Liberation Front
France
Rocher Noir
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Dejean
Moscow
Soviet Union
Indonesia Breaks Off Negotiation On West New Guinea
President Sukarno withdrew Indonesia's representatives from talks with the Dutch over West New Guinea. Adam Malik and Sudjarno Tjondronegoro were recalled to Jakarta. A military spokesman said the door to talks is not yet closed and awaits Dutch reaction and further diplomatic steps.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
West New Guinea
Adam Malik
Washington
Weather forecast hints near normal temperatures this week
The Weather Bureau expects little temperature change with afternoon highs near 60 and overnight lows around 35. Rainfall should be light with scattered showers likely Thursday or Friday. The official Middletown high yesterday reached 94 at 3 pm, and overnight low was 35 at 7 am.
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Weather Bureau
Middletown
Stamps Stolen From Ohio Branch Post Office
Burglars stole about $1,000 in stamps and $200 in cash from the safe of the branch post office inside the Newberry department store at Great Lakes Mall in Mentor Ohio over the weekend. Police say the thieves failed to crack the safe in the store's credit office and the total inside the safe was not estimated.
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Painesville, Ohio
Newberry Department
Great Lakes
Ceniter
Mentor
Frank Hathy
French captures top underground leader Jouhaud in Oran
In Oran an eight to ten hour battle led to the capture of former Gen Edmond Jouhaud a top organizer of the Secret Army Organization Also seized were his aides and a woman all flown to Paris for detention Jouhaud who faces a death sentence is among the last major figures of the failed April revolt to be caught or surrenderd in Algeria
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Rosendo Fraga
Interior
Aramburu
Fraga
Ion Frondizi
Frondizi
Oran
Algeria
Secret
Edmond Jouhaud
Jouhaud
Paris
Sante
Raoul Salan
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Gerberd
Gamelin
Paul Gardey
Foreign Legion
Salan
Secret Army
Maurice Challe
Andre Zeller
St. Cyr Military Acadmy
France
West Point
Gen. de Gaulle
Todays Chuckle: Some Grow Under Responsibility
A light anecdote on how certain people mature through responsibility while others simply expand. The remark playfully contrasts character development with passive growth.
Magazines Cut to 10 Issues a Year at Curtis
Curtis Publishing trims The Saturday Evening Post to 45 issues annually as part of cost cuts. Ladies Home Journal and American Home switch from monthly to 10 issues per year, while editor Robert Fuoss resigns and Robert Lee Sherrod becomes managing editor. Five posts per year will publish in August and July. No price changes. subscribers receive all already paid for issues.
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Saturday Evening Post
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Gazette
Curtis Publishing Co
Robert E. MacNeal
Curtis
MacNeal
Robert E. Fuoss
Post!l
Ben Hibbs
Robert Lee Sherrod
Fucss MacNeal
Holiday
Jack
Jim
Post
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American iHome
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