Barge Crashes at Los Angeles Harbor Berth
A 328 foot Foss 200 barge loaded with two million board feet of lumber struck small boats in Los Angeles harbor on Saturday. Nine boats sunk, two damaged, five adrift. Finger Pier damaged. no deaths or injuries reported. Tug Justine Foss towed barge. Captain Ed Saling blamed a wrong turn or misjudgment. Gasoline leaks created hazard amid tangled debris.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
Coast Guard
Foss
Crescent
City
Calif
Justine Foss
Ed Saling
Seattle
Africans Riot in Harare Townships After Accident
Police opened fire on rioters in Harare outside Salisbury, killing six Africans and injuring dozens. Rioters burned and looted buildings, beer halls, and cars as white reservists aided police. An African cyclist died in the triggering traffic accident amid crowds chanting Congo and Kwacha.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Harare
Harara
Hahfields
Congo
Freedom
Southern
Rhodesia
Des Moines Register backs Nixon for president
The Des Moines Register endorsed Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon for president in its Saturday night editorial.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines Register
Richard M. Nixon
Youth Asphyxiated in Cincinnati Room Fire Hazard
Cincinnati police say 19 year old Charles Jefers was found asphyxiated in his room on Saturday. The coroner's office reported a space heater was turned on in the room. The incident underscores danger from portable heaters.
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Cincinnati
Charles Jefers
U S Rushes Ace To Laos In Southeast Asia talks
The State Department sent its top Far East expert J. Graham Parsons to Laos Cambodia Thailand and South Vietnam for two weeks of consultations with U S ambassadors. He is joined by defense official John N Irwin Jr The move follows a halt in major military aid to Laos and a new leadership shake up in Cambodia with Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigning as head of government.
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State Department
Far East
Laos
J. Graham Parsons
U.S
Cambodia
Thailand
South Viet Nam
John N. Irwin
Parsons
Irwin
United States
Norodom Sihanouk
Viet Nam
U. S
Souvanna ‘Phouma
Pathet Lao
Souvannavong
U S Sub Buzzed by Cuban Air Force Off Florida Keys
The U S submarine Balayo and an unarmed Navy plane were buzzed for 37 minutes by a Cuban Sea Fury fighter 28 miles off Key West. State Department protested and demanded immediate steps to prevent repeats. This marked the first such incident involving a Cuban air force plane and a U S warship.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
State Department
William Blair
Balayo
Blair
Florida Keys
Boy Slayer May Be Tried As Juvenile
In Ashland Alabama a 14 year old boy Raymond Eugene Brown faces three counts of first degree murder for knife slayings of his aunt grandmother and great grandmother. Circuit Solicitor Frank Head says he will recommend handling the case in juvenile court though the state courts may take it if declined. If convicted the youth could face death under Alabama law.
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Ashland
Ala
Circuit
Frank Head
Raymond Eugene Brown
Gandmother
Paul G. Levie
Head
Alabama
Nixon Still 7-5 in Election Odds
Las Vegas bookmakers kept Nixon at seven to five odds over Kennedy after Friday night’s TV radio debate. Nixon remained the favorite as voters weighed the performances and potential impact on the November election.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Richard M. Nixon
John’ S F. Kennedy
Nixon
A Glance Inside Its Never Too Late To Vote
A Middletown man, 93, registered to vote for the first time this fall. The feature notes a pioneering spirit tied to his late-life civic act and points readers to page 25 for details. The item sits among broader retrospective pages.
Dayton Man Is Killed In Ohio Crash
A Dayton motorist, George Washington Wright, 22, was fatally injured near London Ohio when his car slowed on U.S. 42 to turn onto Davis Road and was rear ended by Richard Webb, 33, of Lexington Kentucky. Wright died after arriving at Springfield City Hospital.
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London, Ohio
Dayton
Here
U.S. 42
Ohio Highway Patrol
George Washington Wright
van Oss
Springfield City Hospital
Wright
Davis Road
Richard Webb
Apache Trail
Lexington
Ben Gurion Spends 74th Birthday at Secret Retreat
Prime Minister David Ben Gurion marked his 74th birthday with a secret holiday retreat in Jerusalem. The move underscores stability as Israel faces regional tensions and domestic politics.
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Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem
Israel
David Ben- Gurion
Rumor of Royal Baby Sparks 21-Gun Calls in Tehran
In Tehran noisy reports of a 21 gun salute circulated as questions about the Shah and Queen Farah's expected newborn flooded newspaper offices. Officials clarified the sound came from a German industrial exhibition fireworks display. The royal baby is due in about two weeks.
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Tehran
Iran
Farah
Khrushchev mocks campaign talk and U N veto
Soviet Premier Khrushchev ridiculed Nixon and Kennedy campaign speeches as garbage that should be tossed after the election. He predicted a summit with the next U S president, despite preconditions, and criticized the U N vote on Red China while speaking at his Glen Cove estate. He also joked about Gogol and avoided Friday’s debate, preferring more dramatic moments.
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N.Y
Khrushchev
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
U. N
Red China
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
White House
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Kennedy
Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich
U.N. General Assembly
World Organization
China
Escapees From Morro Castle Meet Cuban Rebel Foes
Fifteen political prisoners escaped Morro Castle in Havana with help from five navy guards. Most are linked to Maj. Hubert Matos, Castro aides facing treason sentences. If allied with mountain insurgents, they could bolster anti Castro forces. Military rounds up suspected counterrevolutionaries in Pinar del Rio, including several women.
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Morro Castle
Cuba
Hubert Matos
Fidel Castro
Matos
Castro
Camaguey
Navy
Jesus Napoleon Becquer Gonzalez
Pinar del Rio
U N General Assembly votes to shelve Red China issue
The United Nations General Assembly, with 22 abstentions, voted 42 to 3 to uphold the Steering Committee and shelve the Red China membership question for the current session. India opposed, urged a two thirds vote but was overruled. Nigeria joined in favor of Red China. The session adjourned until Monday.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Red China
U.S
Peiping
Assembly
Congo
Leopoldville
United Nations
Ghana
Guinea
Nigeria
United States
James J. Wadsworth
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Khrushchev to Leave U S Thursday Night
Soviet Premier Khrushchev will depart the United States by jet Thursday night ending a 25 day stay. Aides notified the State Department that he would leave around 11 30 p.m. from Idlewild Airport and pass up a Cuban visit at this time.
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New York
Khrushchev
United States
U. S. State Department
Glen Cove
N.Y
State Department
Idlewild
Whites Free Rebellion In Katanga
White residents fled to the two Kabalo hotels as Baluba tribesmen pressed a rebellion against Premier Moise Tshombe. Rebels moved near Kabalo, occupied the airfield and a cotton mill, looted and burned the mill, then were pushed back by U N troops. White workers sought sanctuary in town under UN protection.
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Katanga
Kabalo
Baluba
Here
Moise Tshombe
Brussels
U. N
United Nations
Kabala
Two Bulgarians Sentenced to Death for Theft
The Communist Narodna Tribuna in Bulgaria reports two Bulgarians were sentenced to death by a district court for stealing socialist property.
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Vienna
Austria
Narodna Tribuna
Bulgaria
Upper Crust Crumbs Held by Their Dough
A lighthearted note frames the elite as a collection of crumbs kept intact by money. The playful line hints at social satire while keeping the tone casual and tongue in cheek.
Lei Chen Convicted in Sedition Case in Formosa
Lei Chen organizer of the first major opposition to Chiang Kaishek in Nationalist China was convicted of sedition by a five man military court in Formosa. He was sentenced to 10 years total imprisonment for inciting riots and harboring a Communist spy. Two associates were convicted, as was the suspected spy Liu Tzu ying who got 12 years and civil rights loss.
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Formosa
Lei Chen
Chiang Kaishek
China
Lei
China Democratic Party
Nial Lei
Chima
Liu Tzu-ying
Ma Chih-su
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