Skunk odor blinds Ohio driver after near crash
Mr and Mrs John Mayer of Willoughby Ohio faced a stinking scene on U S 6n when skunks spilled odor from the heater vents as their car neared a overturned vehicle. A state trooper arrived after Mayer said he ran over a herd of skunks, with one mother and many babies crossing the road. No injuries were reported.
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N.M
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Willoughby, Ohio
U.S
Tommy Canton
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Monkey Orbit Mission Unharmed By Atlas Explosion
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Atlas missile explosion that killed a squirrel monkey named Goliath will not delay the planned chimpanzee orbital flight next week. The 650 mile high 5000 mile downrange mission aims to learn effects of space travel on the animal.
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Fla
Goliath
Jobless Count Points To Expanded Benefits
President Kennedy orders a study of unemployment counts as a first step toward expanding unemployment insurance. Congress moved quickly on a temporary extension, while a permanent reforms bill sits in the House Ways and Means Committee. A Gordon-led panel will review estimation methods to improve public confidence in the statistics.
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Washington
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Chuckle: boys avoid trails as father left no tracks
A light joke notes that some boys won’t follow their fathers because the old man left no footprints to guide them, implying lack of guidance or legacy in a humorous way. The line plays on the idea of following footsteps as a metaphor for inheritance.
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Father
L.A. Fire-Damage Claims Average Near $50 000 Each
Insurance claims from the Bel-Air and Topanga Canyon fires range from 185 to 700000 dollars, averaging about 50000. Adjusters from across the West assist in processing losses, with 24 million expected for insured losses and 45 homes destroyed in the Met-Air area.
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Los Angeles
Bel-Air
Topanga Canyon
California
Four-point Soviet Berlin Plan Reported
U S officials awaited Moscow clarification on a widely published four-point Soviet Berlin proposal. While some officials welcomed Khrushchev moving toward negotiation, no official confirmation of a concrete plan or concessions was found. Discussions with Britain France and West Germany were slated for Monday to consider a new West Berlin status and access guaranteed by a Soviet Western accord.
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Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
Berlin
Khrushchev
State Department
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Thompson
West Berlin
Britain
France
West Germany
Russia
United States
East Germany
Soviet move hints toward East West talks before peace treaty
U S officials welcomed a Moscow report of Khrushchev readiness to negotiate with the West before a Soviet peace treaty with East Germany. The discussions followed a 90 minute Khrushchev Kroll meeting in Moscow and may aim to shape Kennedy Adenauer policy talks due Nov 9.
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Moscow
Kroll
Khrushchev
U.S
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Bridges Denied Cuba Trip in Labor Union Row
SAN FRANCISCO AP Harry Bridges president of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union was denied US State Department permission to attend a labor convention in Havana November 11 to 13. The department said the trip would not be in the best interests of the United States.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
State Department
Cuba
Bridges
Cuban Labor Federation
Havana
United States
Veterans Honored At Arlington
President Kennedy visits Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day to honor the dead and living. He speaks briefly after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as the nation mobilizes for possible war. The Arlington ceremony is timed for 11 a.m., echoing Armistice Day.
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Washington
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Kennedy Speech Follows Brief Cemetery Ceremony
The ceremony's schedule was brief with President Kennedy delivering remarks. A 2 gun salute was prepared as he entered the cemetery gates across the Potomac from the Capitol. Officials from the Army Veterans Administration and veterans groups waited nearby. Kennedy spoke as both President and veteran recalling World War I service as a PT boat captain.
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Army
Veterans Administration
Vetrans
Kennedy
Pacific
Stalingrad Renamed Volgograd as De Stalinization Spreads
The Associated Press reports Moscow has renamed Stalingrad to Volgograd in a drive to de Sovietist the city name. European Communist Palmiro Togliatti questions the move noting the battle’s identity for millions. Stalinsky in Siberia becomes Novokuznetsk and Stalino in Ukraine becomes Donetsk. Volgograd sits on the Volga with about 300000 residents.
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Volgograd
Volga
Tsaritsyn
Stalingrad
Volvograd
Joseph Stalin
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Moscow
Stalin
Stalinsky
Siberia
Novokuznetsk
Stalino
Donetsk
Volga River
Molotov Returns Home Under Cloud of Uncertainty
Former Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov departed Vienna for Moscow aboard a Vienna Moscow express with his wife Pauline after a Stalinist purge and Soviet party denunciation. Austrian authorities noted a power outage near the embassy as customs officials observed the transfer at Ho henau. The couple took a reserved compartment for the trip, leaving behind a city that had housed the elderly former top diplomat for over a year.
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Vienna
Austria
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Communist Party
Bassy
Molotov
Paulina
Czechoslovakia
Hohenau
Gas tank drops off as car runs dry in Greece
An out-of-town motorist ran out of gas in suburban Greece. A courteous policeman brought a gas can, but the car’s gas tank had dropped off a few miles back and gas spilled onto the street.
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Rochester
N. Y
Greece
U.S. Aid Sent to Help South Viet Nam
The Defense Department says a limited number of U.S. personnel will be sent to South Viet Nam under the regular military assistance program. The reply follows a New York Times dispatch from Saigon about a large Air Force supply and training program to bolster defenses against intensified Communist guerrilla operations. A Pentagon spokesman noted training of South Viet Nam air force personnel has continued for years.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
South Viet Nam
New York Times
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Pentagon
Clean Getaway In Robbery Kidnap San Francisco Bank Heist
Three gunmen robbed Bank of America in San Francisco and Webster Union branches of 62,693 dollars and kidnapped two officials and their families. The robbers, one disguised as a red-haired woman, forced manager Joseph Finocchio and assistant manager Henry Lupori from their homes to the bank before yielding the cash. The hostages were guarded through the night while the attackers prepared to flee with the money. Police reviewed rosters and sketches but failed to identify suspects.
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San Francisco
Amenemany Es Wererwste
Bank of America
Union and Webster
Larkspark
Joseph Finocchio
Golden Gate
Finocchio
Millbrae
Henry Lupori
Lupori
Susan Romweber
Carol Hickenbotam
Truman and Eisenhower bury hatchet at Liberty Memorial event
Former President Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower renew cordial ties during a two day rededication of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. Eisenhower spoke on day one. Truman was to speak on Veterans Day and toured the Truman Library with Ike noting shared memories and exhibits.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Ike
Eisenhower
Europe
Ignellan
Concielld Pivenhower
Nehru Accepts Stopover in Cairo on Nov 1
India's Prime Minister Nehru accepts an invitation from Egypt's President Nasser for a one day stopover in Cairo on November 1 during his return trip from an overseas visit. The plan places Nehru in Cairo briefly as part of his travel route.
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Egypt
India
Nehru
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
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