Flora Continues Battering Of Cuba
Hurricane Flora stalled over Cuba battered the island for 22 hours with 106 mph winds and threatened the Florida coast and the Bahamas. At least 23 killed in Haiti, with higher toll feared as communications resume. 70 miles southeast of Camaguey the storm drifted, while Cuba, Jamaica, and Nassau prep for continued heavy rains and high seas.
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Miami, Fla
Flora
Cuba
Florida
Bahamas
Haiti
Camaguey
Santiago
Punta Lucrecia
Fidel Castro
Jamaica
Acklins Island
Andros Island
Andros
Miami
Nassau
Violence on Montreal waterfront as Cunard liner departs
Shippers brace for more trouble after striking longshoremen attacked a Cunard liner executive and a departing passenger while a second liner Homeric prepared to sail. The 3800 strong strike threatens Canada’s wheat deal with the Soviet Union and union officials mull mediation.
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Montreal
Quebec City
Cunard
Carmania
Quebec
Canada
Soviet Union
International Longshoremen’s Association
Teddy Gleason
International
New York
Gleason
Atlantic
Robbed 6 Banks, FBI Says of Obrist Jr.
Bond set at 45000 for 34 year old George Edwin Obrist Jr. charged with six bank and loan company robberies. Obrist waived preliminaries, pleaded likely to US District Court. Arrested in Bellbrook Green County after Chillicothe Savings Co branch drive in robbery netted about 14000. Loot recovered except 467 along with gun dynamite and disguises found at his home.
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Dayton, Ohio
George Edwin Obrist Jr
FBI
Obrist
U.S. District Court
Montgomery County
U.S
Robert Snell
Portsmouth
Bellbrook
Green County
Chillicothe
Chillicothe Savings Co
Cbrist
Honduras calm after coup as army chief takes power
In Tegucigalpa Col Osvaldo Lopez Arellano proclaimed himself provisional president after a bloody coup. Martial law remains but some restrictions ease as aid from the United States is suspended and security forces tighten control amid reports of 21 dead.
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Honduras
Col. Os
Valdo Lopez Arellano
United States
U.S. Raises Latin Revolt Warning Flag
The United States warned against further Latin American military coups after toppling governments in the Dominican Republic and Honduras. Washington suspended diplomatic ties and withdrew U S aid missions, making resumption unlikely. Dean Rusk said the coups were grave and unacceptable.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Seven Pupils Hit By Car In Ohio, One Killed
Seven schoolgirls were struck by a car that veered onto a sidewalk at West 99th Street and Madison Avenue in Cleveland. Anita Kramer, 5, died at St John’s Hospital about seven hours after the crash. Stanley Boryk, 4, helped pull victims free as firefighters and bystanders assisted.
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Ally
West 99Th Street
Madison Avenue
Stanley Boryk
Cleveland
Anita Kramer
St.John’s Hospital
Charles H. Lake
Chuckle Says Repetition Worth More Than Convincing
A humorous line notes that making a man repeat himself proves more convincing than direct argument. The quip highlights a playful take on truth and persuasion.
Chicago School Leader Resigns Under Fire
Benjamin W. Willis resigns as Chicago school superintendent amid civil rights pressure and a court setback over transfers for 24 top-ranked Negro students. He cites contempt risks and integrity of the office, leaving a tenure begun in 1953 under criticism from civil rights groups and public officials.
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Chicago
Benjamin W. Willis
Willis
Illinois Appellate Court
Peace Corps
Chicago Post
Buffalo
N.Y
Richard J. Daley
Clair Rodhlewig
T. Chicago
Roddewig
Kennedy to Campaign in Texas and Florida This Fall
President Kennedy plans visits to four states including Texas and Florida as part of a fall tour. Governor Connally acknowledged Goldwater strength in Texas but said Kennedy maintained a sizable lead, noting the 1960 margin and current polls.
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Washington
Arkansas
Kennedy
Texas
Florida
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
John Connally
White House
Connally
Lyndon B Johnson
Goldwater
Lone Star
Kennedy Poll Push in Texas Aims for 240000 Margin
Texas Governor notes a Kennedy lead of 8 percent per a single poll with a 3 million vote base, predicting a 240000 Kennedy majority. Texas holds 25 electoral votes, the sixth largest, and Kennedy plans a political Texas swing November 21–22 after two Florida appearances labeled non political. Kennedy lost Florida to Nixon by 46776 in 1960.
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Texas
Kennedy
Goldwater
Connally
Florida
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. halts aid after Latin American coups
The State Department says the Honduran coup against President Ramon Villeda Morales and the Dominican Republic ouster of Juan Bosch prompt alarm that military leaders may target more governments. Dean Rusk states that stable constitutional government is essential to the Alliance for Progress and orders stopping military and economic aid with personnel reassignment.
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Ramon Villeda Morales
Juan Bosch
Lopez
Costra Rica
Honduras
Dominican Republic
State Department
Rusk
Alliance For Progress
United States
Titanic Survivor Della Riggs Dies at 104 in Illinois
Flora Illinois AP reports 104 year old Della Riggs died Friday in Clay County Hospital where she had been a patient since April 1955. An attorney said a grand niece confirmed the Riggs family were among the 705 Titanic survivors from the April 14 15 1912 disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Clay County Hospital
Della Riggs
Atlantic Ocean
Monk self immolation shocks Saigon market
In Saigon a Buddhist monk set himself ablaze at the central market, dying minutes later as troops sealed the area. The act, by Thich Quang Huong, follows a wave of Buddhist protests against Diem's government amid U S war reporting disruptions and clashes with foreign correspondents.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
McNamara
Central Market
Thich Quang Huong
French Foreign Minister to Meet Kennedy Aide in Washington
French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville arrives in Washington and will meet with President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk to discuss De Gaulle policy and possible reengagement with the Geneva disarmament conference. He plans to return to Paris Wednesday.
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Washington
Maurice Couve de Murville
Kennedy
de Gaulle
Couve de Murville
France
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Paris
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Charlies de Gaulle
Five Die In Missouri House Fire Kill Five
Five people died when a frame house burned in Springfield Missouri at 715 West Sixth Street. Two others escaped including Carola Ryan who survived with burns. Victims include Betty Ryan 37 and children Freddie Billie and Vickie Ryan. landlady Florence Wilson 61 escaped unharmed. Police dismissed explosion reports and said the cause is undetermined.
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Springfield
Ofhers
Betty Ryan
Freddie Ryan
Billie Ryan
Vickie Ryan
Carola Ryan
Florence Wilson
West Sixth St
Infant Killed In Car Crash On U S 52
An automobile crash in a construction zone on U S 52 near the Scioto County line killed 22 month old Mark Anthony Walls and critically injured two other occupants. Donna Jane Walls, 7, and driver James Calvin Nelson, 27, were hospitalized in Huntington West Virginia. Mrs Walls and another child suffered non fatal injuries in Lawrence set near the incident.
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Ironton Ohio
U. S. 52
Mark Anthony Walls
Hillis Walls
Norwood
Mark
Donna Jane
James Calvin Nelson
Cincinnati
Huntington
W.va
Highway Patrol
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Petit Grave
Port Au Prince
Jacmel
Cotes DE Fer
Asaco
Eleutnera 1
Sahama Islands
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Trois- Rivieres
Tegucigalpa
Costa Rica
Villeda Morales
Modesto Rodas Alvarado
Rodas Alvarado
U. S
Dean Rusk
Benjamin Willis
Flora, Ill
Robert Stewart
Harrison County
Ohio
Ned Rhoades
Greenville
New Knoxville
John Sharkey
National Broadcasting Co
Grant Wolfkill
NBC
Sharkey
David Halberstam
New York Times
Wolfkill
Missouri
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