Sam Rayburn dies after colorful life as House Speaker
Bonham Texas AP reports Sam Rayburn once known as Mister Democrat died at 79 from cancer at Risser Hospital. White House notified first, John McCormack poised to succeed as speaker, LBJ and Kennedy visited, Truman praised him. Funeral planned at First Baptist Bonham. Rayburn asked to die with gavel in hand and boots on, cherished friends, boxing, bourbon, and simple meals. Surviving siblings noted. one marriage dissolved in 1927 to Metze Jones. Baptized at 74 into Tioga Primitive Baptist Church.
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Bonham, Tex
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
White House
Washington
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Yellow Brick
Bonham
First Baptist Church
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Truman
McCormack
W. A. Thomas
Dallas
S. E. Bartley
Richard Rayburn
Metze Jones
Valley View
Tex
Marve Jones
Texas
Jeff Nelly
Amarillo
Tioga, Tex
Primitive Baptist Church
De Gaulle Pressured Over Algerian Hunger Strikers
Paris reports mounting international pressure as three Algerian nationalist leaders Mohammed Ben Bella Hussein Ajit Ahmed and Mohammed Khider endure hunger strike in France and seek release. Moroccan ministers urged De Gaulle for freedom while U N calls France to address grievances and end the strike.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Hassan II
de Gaulle
Mohammed Ben Bella
Algeria
Ben Bella
Hussein Ajit Ahmed
Mohammed Khider
Chateau de Turquant
Loire Valley
Garches Hospital
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Couve de Murville
New York
U.N. General Assembly
Ironton teachers target of vandalism by students
Police anticipate charges after a formal probe into acts of harassment and vandalism against two Ironton High School teachers. About 19 students may be involved in incidents after a football pep rally, including car caravans, thrown objects, fire crackers, a dead cat, a fire bomb, and threats.
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Ironton
Ohio
Gene Markel
Watch Lost After Bathroom Flush Flush
Maureen M. Gray reported that a $2,000 diamond-studded wrist watch disappeared when she reached for the bathroom flush lever. She said the watch slipped into the toilet bowl after she brushing the lever, and she notified the police Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
Maureen M. Gray
Science no good in this smoking cure
Sacramento case where substitute Ernest Bury, 30, let eighth graders puff a cigarette to demonstrate tobacco evils. About half of 30 students tried it, one girl grew queasy, principal notified, and superintendent Fred Kiesel fired Bury. Bury defended his method saying he acted as a scientist.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ernest Bury
Bury
Jonas Salk School
Fred J. Kiesel
Kiesel
Ransom Paid For Return Of Pooch
In LA Puente California Tony Hewitt 8, recovered his 10 month old toy poodle Peaches after a $25 ransom paid to a teenage kid. The dog was abducted while Tony walked to a candy store. police offered no clues. Hewitt values Peaches at 350 dollars and says he will award 50 dollars for the dognappers' arrest. The boy who returned the dog was not harmed.
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LA Puente
Calif
Tony Hewitt
Tony
Pasadena Independent Today
Chuck Hewitt
Hewitt
Macapagal Clinches Philippines Presidency in Tight Race
Manila AP reports Diosdado Macapagal has clinched the Philippine presidency, defeating President Carlos P. Garcia as returns show about 3.19 million to 2.53 million. Macapagal vows to wipe out graft and maintain strong US ties, with running mate Manuel Pelaez leading the vice presidency race.
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Manila
Diosdao Macapagal
Philippines
Carlos P. Garcia
Macapagal
Garcia
Emmanuel Pelaez
Sergio Osmena Jr
Osmena
Gil J. Puyat
United States
Today's Chuckle There are 200000 useless words
A light humorous note references a surge of idle language in college yells and campus chatter, hinting at playful excess in student banter. It frames the scene as a humorous aside about verbal clutter and college culture.
Vietnam Aid Moves Forward Under Taylor Recommendations
Washington reports indicate Kennedy will implement parts of General Maxwell Taylor's plan to reinforce South Vietnam against growing Communist pressure. Actions already underway include Air Force reconnaissance, transport of supplies from the Philippines to Saigon airfields, and training for the Vietnamese air force. Some officers may assist with new methods to maximize air power, including WWII era bombers. Pentagon briefings convey tempered optimism about stabilizing the region.
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Washington
Kennedy
Maxwell D. Taylor
Viet Nam
Taylor
Ing
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Philippines
Saigon
Three new US satellites reach orbit in productive space day
Three satellites circle Earth seeking navigation and spy data. Transit 4B at 190 pounds, nuclear powered, and a 24 pound Dumbbell unit extend 100 feet in a two week stabilization test. Also the Discoverer 35 launches from Vandenberg aiming to recover a capsule for future data retrieval tests.
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United States
U.S
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Earth
Midas
Samog
Space launches and missile tests mark US progress
The United States reports 59 successful satellites and 13 orbited by the Soviet Union. Pershing artillery missiles achieve 22 successes in 26 tests on a short-range hop from Cape Canaveral. Nike Zeus system has a double triumph at White Sands New Mexico with radar tracking and launch-ground tests.
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Sovee Union
Cape Canaveral
Wire Sands
Zeus
Armed GIs Again On Autobahn
American combat soldiers moved about 150 men from the 6th Infantry Division's 3rd Battle Group from West Berlin onto the 110 mile Soviet controlled autobahn to train near Hanover for two days. The move, pre notified to the Russians, underscored Allied rights to use the highway linking West Berlin with West Germany. A similar prior troop movement occurred without incident.
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West Berlin
West Germany
Weather forecast and past temperature report
The forecast calls for showers tonight with cold winds and snow flurries Friday morning. It will be cloudy and windy, with a low near 31 tonight and a high around 39 Friday. Yesterday's official high was 58 at 3 30 p.m. and overnight low 4 at 2 a.m. Rainfall measured .75 inch in the past 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today.
Bus Truck Collision Injures 15 Children
In Ashland Ohio a tractor trailer struck a school bus two miles south of town on U S 42 dragging the bus onto the berm and hitting a highway patrol car. Fifteen or more children suffered cuts and bruises with one child losing a tooth. Bus driver John Saegers and patrolman B J Whitmer were admitted to Samaritan Hospital. Rain fell at the time and the bus carried 30 to 35 Taft Elementary students.
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Ashland
Ohio
Here
U.S. 42
State Highway Patrol
Mansfield
Samaritan Hospital
John Saegers
B. J. Whitmer
Ashland Post
Taft
UN reports 13 Italian airmen killed in Congo mutiny
The United Nations announced insurgent Congolese troops killed 13 Italian U.N. airmen in Kindu after their arrest. Bodies reportedly dismembered and dumped in the Lualaba River. The UN warned of forceful action, with Malayan troops reinforced and a central government response awaited. Diplomats implicate Gizenga in the mutiny as Gen. Lambula returns to Kindu.
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Leopold Ville
Congo
United Nations Today
U.N
Kivu
Kindu
Lualaba
U. N
George Ivan Smith
Smith
Antoine Gizenga
U Thant
New York
Victor Lambula
Leopoldville
Gizenga
Italian airmen seized and reportedly shot in Congo
In Kindu the 13 Italian airmen, flown in two C119 transports, were attacked by Congolese troops in the U N mess. They were taken to the town prison and eyewitnesses report they were shot. The Congolese commander claimed ignorance and blamed soldiers beyond his control.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Kindu
U.N. Malayan
U. N
U.N
Kennedy Opens Western Trip After Rayburn Death
President Kennedy, grieving House Speaker Sam Rayburn, departs on a four day Western swing. The journey blends politics with a major foreign policy speech at the University of Washington and includes tributes and naval displays as a potential Rayburn funeral option.
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Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
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