Prayers for Peace Mark Memorial Day Observances
The Associated Press reports Memorial Day ceremonies nationwide honor the dead with moments of prayer and tribute. President Kennedy urged a national hour of prayer at 11 am, while officials in New York City Cape flags at half mast and plans for ceremonies including a memorial to fallen servicemen at Pearl Harbor. Memorial Day continues, uniting diverse communities in remembrance and the search for lasting peace.
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Stocks Rally After Rough Week Amid Holiday Breather
The stock market paused for Memorial Day after a sharp rally that recouped most of last Monday's drop, with brokers cautious about sustaining gains. Traders debated if momentum would hold through Thursday as declines since mid-March linger. Investors watched indicators and volume while noting market sentiment turning tentatively positive.
Cincinnati Stock Exchange Opens on Holiday for First Time
The Cincinnati Stock Exchange, operating since 1888, opened on a holiday for the first time to handle orders received Tuesday. Trading surged with mutual funds and institutions driving volume near highs unseen since 1929. Steffens noted records in traded issues, while prices jumped on a broad market rally across Wall Street, lifting the Dow and AP averages amid massive volume.
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Edinburgh Castle liner fire damages ship in engine room
A 28 705 ton liner Edinburgh Castle suffered damage from a fire that began in the engine room and spread via the ventilation system. Firefighters contained the blaze after about 22 hours, with crews from Southampton, England, assisting AP reported.
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U S and West Germany Seek Berlin Access Pact
U S State Department officials seek a compromise formula with West Germany to resolve differences over proposals for talks with the Soviet Union on access routes to West Berlin. The Kennedy administration intends to press ahead with exploratory talks begun last September as Rusk meets Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin. Informants say discussions may stay general due to ongoing allied disagreements.
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Democrats Sigh After Recovery
Washington AP report notes Democrats relaxed as a brisk pre-holiday rally largely recovered stock losses. Kennedy administration officials denied an economic basis for the slide while Republicans charged a lack of business confidence. The Dow rose 27.0, nearly erasing Monday’s 34.95 drop. Humphrey urged further market and economy gains despite ongoing partisan commentary.
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Solons Told WPAEB Lab Is Garage
House subcommittee heard that a high tech space research facility at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Ohio operates in a converted garage and warehouse with no chemical sewers. Col L R Standifer testified the lab handles 15 million dollars in contracts yearly and supports 100 to 200 workers. He urged 781 thousand dollars to make the site livable and capable of defining contracts for future research on high temperature metals and ceramics for missiles.
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Eight pilgrims killed in Jordan bus train crash
A freight train collided with a bus carrying Turkish Muslim pilgrims 120 miles south of Amman at a crossing. Eight people died and 33 were injured as the bus returned from Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
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Suburban Gardener Declares Down Must Rise
Local columnist Chuckle Gardener quips that in suburban life what goes down sooner climbs back up, offering a lighthearted note on everyday reversals and optimism.
OAS Seeks Parley With Nationalists On Algeria Future
European settlers press for talks with Moslem nationalists over Algeria's fate before the July 1 self determination vote. The Secret Army Organization and General Union for French Workers of Algeria offer a “system of coexistence” and a halt to European emigration to France, while FLN leaders say such contacts are not recognized. Provisional Algerian executive backs Evian cease fire guarantees as the stance.
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Trapped Boy Mourned After Alberta Mine Shaft Collapse
Alia AP reports a 4 year old boy named Kenny Kowalchuk vanished while playing near an abandoned mine two miles from a central Alberta hamlet near Calgary. A hazardous descent was made by a mine official after a rope and cable lowered into the shaft but no sign of life was found. The child’s parents and local authorities waited as rescue teams worked around the old, unstable shaft.
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Lost Yanks Rescued Near Houei Sai by Helicopter
Two U S military advisers missing near Houei Sai since Sunday were rescued by helicopter five miles northeast of the embattled town. Virgil Murphy and Merle Loobey were flown to Houei Sai, examined at Tom Dooley Hospital, and returned to duty with royal Lao troops after signaling with a red smoke bomb. The men, with Lao troops at a forward outpost, had hid in the jungle after the area was overrun by pro Communist Pathet Lao.
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Boy Dies After Chase Falls Down 540‑Foot Mine Shaft
Kenneth Shockley Jr. 12 nearly 14-year-old boy died chasing a squirrel in Shamokin Pennsylvania. Miners John Varano and Joseph Garcia lowered into an old mine shaft about 450 feet deep to locate the body found atop an old mine buggy near the shaft’s offset. Rescue efforts began around 3:55 am with the body hoisted to the surface shortly before 7 am. The accident left rescuers and the boy’s father at the scene in shock.
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Italian seeks new foreign minister amid presidential move
Rome reports Sen Ati Piccione named foreign minister to replace Antonio Segni who became Italy’s fourth president on May 11. Premier Amintore Fanfani, a Christian Democrat, chose Pievoni, 72, founder of the party, after Democratic Socialist Giuseppe Saragat declined the post.
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Automobile Crash Near Bucyrus Claims Local Woman
An auto collision at the U S 30 Ohio 182 intersection three miles west of Bucyrus possibly killed Eva May Robinson, 47, of Bucyrus, Ohio. Rescue crews responded Tuesday to the crash site with authorities investigating the cause and circumstances surrounding the deadly incident.
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Weather outlook cooler with showers into evening
The forecast calls for another round of showers extending into the evening with cooler temperatures. In Middletown the high yesterday was near 82 at 2:15 PM and the overnight low around 69.
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Tougher Soviet Line Seen As Geneva Progress Ruined
Western diplomats say Moscow’s pivoter line endangers the Geneva disarmament accord. Valerian Zorin repudiated condemnation of war propaganda, signaling a tougher Soviet stance on Laos, South Vietnam, and West Germany and hinting at renewed nuclear testing within two weeks.
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