Rain May Damp First Game at Yankee Stadium
The 1961 World Series opens with the New York Yankees hosting the Cincinnati Reds in Yankee Stadium before a 70,000 crowd. Rain was forecast with postponement possible. Whitey Ford and Jim OToole named as starters for a noon game, Ford 25-4 and OToole 19-9.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Yankees
Ralph Houk
Whitey Ford
Yankee
Reds
Fred Hutchinson
Jim O'Toole
Family tragedy in Fremont kills seven in crash
In Fremont Nebraska AP Roger Lewis, 11, recalls his loss after a Sunday crash that killed his mother Dora Talkington 29 and stepfather Dallas Talkington 46 and five siblings. The vehicle collided with a semi truck driven by Frederick Schwalm 38 of Omaha. Roger speaks of his grief and hopes for a future with his grandparents Bernard and Dora Dahnens.
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Blair
Freimont
Roger
Dallas S
Talkington
Bernard Dahnens
Talkingtons
Craig
Colo
Cil
Diane Kay Lewis
Mrs. Talkington
Frederick Schwalm
Omaha
Kennedy hears arms report on Berlin crisis
President Kennedy receives a briefing from military chiefs on the allied defense buildup and Berlin crisis. Secretary of State Rusk reports on diplomacy as Gromyko preparation for talks in Washington continues with Norstad present in sessions. Kennedy aims for possible broad East West talks if openings emerge.
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Kennedy
United States
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Robert S. McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lauris Norstad
Allied Forces
Europe
Gromyko
Rusk
Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Andrei A. Gromyko
Newport
R.L
White House
United Nations
Anti Bomb Peace March In Moscow At Red Square
American and European peace marchers entered Red Square near the Kremlin demanding disarmament and a nuclear ban. About 29 marchers from the United States Europe and western Russia walked into the square where police barriers were removed as the crowd stayed under 300. They were forbidden to speak and instead handed out handbills to curious Soviets.
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Kremlin
America
Europe
Russia
Red Square
Soviet Union
Falrope
Memphis Sets Desegregation Step as 13 Negro First Graders Enter
In Memphis four white schools admitted 13 Negro first graders under heavy guard and strict secrecy. The event marks the first breach in a century of segregation in the city’s public schools and was prompted by a federal court suit. The 13 children were selected from 42 applicants after IQ and readiness tests and home visits by social workers. The school board limited transfers and warned against new desegregation moves.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
William D. Galbreath
Infiltrator shot near TEL AVID frontier clash
An Arab infiltrator was fatally wounded in a clash with an Israeli army patrol near the Egyptian frontier. The other infiltrator was captured, according to a military spokesman.
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Tel Avid
Israel
Senator’s Kin Kills Self in Georgia. Wife Wounded
John A. Peterson, 55, a veteran Georgia Department of Agriculture employee and half-brother of Sen. Herman Talmadge, killed himself and wounded his wife Helen Peterson, 49, in Hapeville. She survived after surgery for two pistol wounds. he reportedly had been drinking and had prior alcoholism treatment.
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John A. Peterson
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Hapeville
Nan
Helen Peterson
Grady Hospital
J. S. Clay
Clay
Peterson
Syrians Align With Neutrals
Damascus reports Premier Mamoun Kuzbari inaugurates a neutral foreign policy aligning with nonalignment fellow states. He backs privatization, pledges four months to restore parliamentary rule, and notes continuation of Nasser’s agrarian reforms while examining nationalized firms. The regime closes the feared secret police and arrests key agents to curb subversive actions.
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Damascus
Syria
Mamoun Kuzbari
Kuzbari
Nasser
Syrian Arab Republic
Kusbari
Five Teens Die After Train Crashes Into Car
INDIANAPOLIS AP A group of five youths from Franklin Central High School died when their 1949 car was struck by a New York Central passenger train at a crossing near the school. The victims, all friends from southeastern Marion County, were reported to have been dismissed from classes at 2 40 p m and hit the tracks about nine minutes later. Engineer Verna C Zander recalled seeing them drive onto the crossing as the train, delayed by a late schedule, struck at high speed. The victims were Robert Altmeyer 17 and his friends Laural Elaine Pratt Nadine Louise Pratt Stephen Pratt and Linnie Taylor all 14 to 16 years old.
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Laural Elaine
Stephen Pratt
Nadine Louise
Linnie Taylor
Marion County
Pratt
Verna C. Zander
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
De Gaulle pushes plan for Algeria crisis
Paris AP reports President De Gaulle outlined a provisional Algerian government and a security force to govern until a referendum, pledging to act against rightist subversion. He warned he may assume special powers if the crisis worsens as tensions rise in Algiers and Oran amid anti Gaullist actions.
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France
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Oran
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Secret Army Organization
Weather forecast calls for cool night and warming trend
The forecast predicts a cool night with a low near 41 degrees. Temperatures rise slightly tomorrow and a sweltering 65 is expected Wednesday. Official high yesterday reached 59 at 2:30 pm while the overnight low was 4 at 7:30 am today.
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Miami Valley
Area Ford Plants Hit By Strike
CLEVELAND AP Employes at all Ford Motor Co plants in Ohio walked out in a strike before the 10 am deadline set by the United Auto Workers. The walkouts affected 13 plants with 26 545 workers, including Brook Park engine plants Lorain assembly Canton forging Fostoria spark plug Lima engine and Sandusky parts plants.
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Ford Motor Co
Ohio
Ford
Brook Park
Walton Hills
Lorain
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Cincinnati Area
Sharonville
Fairfax
Canton
Fostoria
Lima
Sandusky
Rayburn In Hospital For Checkup In Dallas
Speaker Sam Rayburn has entered Baylor Hospital in Dallas for tests and consultations to diagnose a back ailment slowing his recovery. A Dallas surgeon and friend will oversee the care, with the physician not disclosing his name. The tests are expected to take several days.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Baylor Hospital
Rayburn
Baylor
Ford UAW walkout hits 120000 workers nationwide
United Auto Workers strike Ford Motor Co after 10 a m deadline amid marathon bargaining. About 120000 Ford hourly workers walked off as talks stalled over noneconomic issues and production standards. Negotiators have pressed on since Monday in a Detroit hotel room seeking a new three year contract.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Carl Stellato
Ford Local 600
Boy Curious About Death Kills Self in Ohio Home
In Dayton area, 1 year old Jimmy Turner used a 12 gauge shotgun to kill himself after reportedly asking his father if he would go to heaven or hell. His sister found him as parents were at work and he had left school for lunch. The Greene County coroner noted he likely pulled the trigger with a coat hanger after lying on a bed.
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Dayton, Ohio
Jimmy Turner
Heaven
Hell
Jimmy
Kennar Turner
Judy
Fairborn
H. C. Schick
Greene County
First Baptist Church
Chuckle shows beat generation after spared rod era
A witty line reflects social change as jokes compare quiet parenting years with the rise of the beat culture. The remark suggests a shift in attitudes and humor surrounding discipline and creative rebellion.
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