Soviet pressure climbs as Hammarskjold faces Congo costs
United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold contends with mounting Soviet harassment aimed at forcing his resignation. The Congo bill, estimated at 150 to 200 million dollars, faces opposition as Czechoslovakia and the Soviet bloc refuse to fund UN operations. The U.S. decries the Czech charge as an attack on the UN structure. The Congo advisory committee weighs convening parliament to clarify leadership amid the crisis.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Congo
Soviet Bloc
Czechoslovakia
$3 Million Loss Pared To $60,000
Los Angeles AP report says retired stockbroker Raoul Fernandez revised burglary loss from 3 million in jewelry stocks and deeds to a range between 50 000 and 70 000. He notes he had disposed of 2 million in stock years ago and blamed excitement for miscount.
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Los Angeles
Raoul Fernandez
West Hollywood
Fernandez
Debaters Boost Kennedy Edge in AP Voter Survey
A national AP spot poll of 156 voters across nine bureaus after Friday’s fourth Nixon Kennedy debate finds Kennedy slightly ahead among those influenced by the debates. Of 40 influenced, 21 favor Kennedy, 7 favor Nixon, 12 undecided or unsure. Kennedy and Nixon each attract 34 declared votes, 22 undecided.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Perm
Kennedy
Nixon
Jer
Charlotte
N. C
Charleston
Indianapolis
Albuquerque
Oklahoma City
Salt Lake City
Albany
NIV
Finch Jury In 4th Day Finch Jury In 4th Day
Los Angeles AP reports an 12 jurors including 11 women and 1 man begin the fourth day of deliberations in the second trial of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff for the murder of his estranged wife Barbara Jean on July 18 1959. Finch 42 and Carole 23. The first trial hung after a week. the second panel followed 17 weeks of testimony.
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Los Angeles
Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole ‘Tregoff
Carole
Chuckle Thirty: Nice age for a woman after forty
A light joke notes that turning thirty might seem young for a man but marks a fine age for a woman once she passes forty, framing humor around age expectations and societal attitudes in a cheeky manner.
Quemoy Shelled Again in New Red Sea Attack
The Chinese Communists fired 33 shells at the Quemoy Islands Friday night marking the first round of shelling in four days, according to the Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry report from Taipei Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Defense Ministry
New Trial Asked In Cincy Bomb Case
Edward Schwartz, 56, convicted of making a false bomb report, asked U.S. District Court for a new trial claiming Judge Druffel failed to properly instruct the jury on circumstantial evidence. He was sentenced to one year in prison and a $1000 fine for calling in a bomb threat to an airline last Labor Day.
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Cincinnati
Edward Schwartz
U.S. District Court
Schwartz
John Druffel
Carpenter
Eisenhower Begins Golf Weekend in California
President Eisenhower arrived in Palm Springs for a golf weekend after a San Diego welcome. He played at Eldorado Country Club and planned a cross country speaking tour before a Tuesday return to Washington. He will meet Mexico's Adolfo Lopez Mateos with Secretary of State Herter, then speak at Rice University and Houston before flying home.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Eisenhower
San Diego
Eldorado Country Club
Ciudad Acuna
Texas
Mexico
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Christian A. Herter
Houston
Tex
Rice University
Washington
George E. Allen
la Quinita
Allen
Eldorado Club
Chula Vista
Inter-American Congress of Municipalities
White House
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
San Francisco
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Ten Dead in Mississippi River Boat Collision
At least ten killed and about 25 injured after a predawn crash on the Mississippi River near Buras involving the Italian freighter Lorenzo Marcello and the American passenger ship Alcoa Corsair. The Corsair, with about 50 passengers, was beached to prevent sinking. the ferry remained damaged with one hold flooded. Authorities cited possible fog and so far list five dead and six missing per Plaquemines Parish Sheriff. The Corsair was bound for San Juan Puerto Rico and had left New Orleans Friday.
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Buras
Mississipi River
Plaquemines Parish
Port Sulphur
Alcoa Corsair
Lorenzo Marcello
Houston
New Orleans
San Juan
P.R
I Shipping
Coast Guard
Burns
Four Black Defendants Sentenced to Electrocution
In Chattanooga Tennessee four Black men were sentenced to electrocution after a 12 white male jury convicted them of raping a 17 year old white girl. Robert Parks J C Kelley Wilson Williams and James Cunningham heard the verdict and await punishment date set by Judge Campbell Carden. Defense said to file motion for new trial within 30 days. The crime occurred Aug 4 in a parked car with a visiting California girl.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert Parks
J. C. Kelley
Wilson Williams
James Cunningham
Parks
Tennessee
Criminal Court
Campbell Carden
Adolphe Birch
Cunningham
Palms
Calif
Minister Gets Jail Furlough For Sabbath
In Atlanta AP a Negro minister Rev A D Williams King is granted a jail furlough to lead Sunday services at a Newnan church after a 10 day sentence from a sit in. Judge Webb ordered return to City Prison Farm Monday at 9 am Intercession from Rev Martin Luther King Sr prompted the action. Dr Martin Luther King Jr and 41 others face charges under Georgia 1960 antitrespass law. The group will not post bond.
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Atlanta, Ga
Newnan
James Webb
A. D. Williams King
Webb
Martin Luther King Sr
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Cambridge Doctor Huth Dies At Hospital On Duty
Dr. Paul O. Huth head of Cambridge Community Hospital died of a heart attack while on duty at the hospital. He previously owned the facility when it was known as St. Francis Hospital.
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Cambridge, Ohio
Paul O. Huth
Cambridge Community Hospital
Huth
St. Francis Hospital
Delinquent teen prints fake report cards to woo girlfriend
A Louisville high school sophomore, 15, ordered 500 copies of an altered report card to influence his girlfriend’s grades. The printer alerted the school, which alerted police. He was arrested on delinquency and disorderly conduct charges, then released after counseling.
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Louisville
Swain
Toledo Cuban Arrest Highlights Anti Castro Plot
Maj William Morgan of Toledo Ohio who renounced American citizenship to join Fidel Castro was arrested on suspicion of aiding anti Castro rebels in central Cuba. The army said Morgan and Maj Jesus Carreras are under investigation for aiding rebels on orders from foreign interests.
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Havana
William Morgan
Fidel Castro
Escambray Hills
Morgan
Toledo
Ohio
Dominican Republic
Jesus Carreras
la Prensa Libre
Carreras
Escambray Land
Las Villas
Cuba
Coass
Oriente
Castro
Siierra Maestra
Fulgencio Batista
Escambray-Las Villas
Tigers of
Espesura
Miami
United States
Leslie @radley
Minneapolis
Minn
Nicaragua
Chester LaCayo
Christian A. Herter
National Bank
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Soviet Union
Red China
Mobutu plans U S appeal to shore up Congo regime
In Leopoldville Col Joseph Mobutu severed ties with the U.N. Congo Command and said he would travel to the United States to seek support for his faltering rule. He blamed U.N. chief Rajeshwar Dayal and accused the U.N. operation of backing Patrice Lumumba. Mobutu spoke from Binza as support among his troops waned and vowed to do all in his power to prevent collapse of his technocratic government.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
United Nations Congo Command
United States
United Nations Congo
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
Mobutu
Binza
Patrice Lumumba
U.N. Guard
Leopoldville
Lumumba
Air Force fires Atlas missile off Africa coast
The Air Force launched an Atlas intercontinental missile from Cape Canaveral that flew about 7,000 miles to a target area in Atlantic waters near South Africa. The 85 foot rocket reportedly delivered its tactical nose cone to a point roughly 200 miles off the West Coast of South Africa and about 1,200 miles southeast of St Helena Island.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
South Africa
St. Helena Island
Puerto Rico bishops urge Puerto Ricans not to vote for Munoz Marin
In San Juan a pastoral letter by three Roman Catholic bishops urges parishioners to oppose Gov Luiz Munoz Marin. The action sparks protest from Munoz Marin and criticism from the San Juan Star. Kennedy calls the move improper. A new Christian Action party could gain from votes swayed by the letter.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S. Commonwealth
Luiz Munoz Marin
Popular Democratic Party
Munoz Marin
San Juan Star
University of
Catheral
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
New York
Perto Rico
Democratic Party
Island
Republican Party
United States
Christian Action Party
Anti-Catholic Mail May Bring Hearing
Senate investigator Roy A. Sheaff testifies that evidence suggests Texas oilman H L Hunt may have funded anonymous anti-Catholic letters in the election campaign. Keating and Green urge interviews with Hunt. a large public hearing on religious bigotry in the campaign may be held before election day.
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Washington
Senate
Kennethh Keating
Roy ‘A. Sheaff
Texas
Gil
Ih. L. Hunt
Yome
Sheaff
New York
Senate Subcommittee On Privileges and Elections
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