Sinking of the Lady Elgin a Century Ago Shadows Lincoln Douglas Debates
A Chicago Press and Tribune account recalls the 1860 sinking of the Lady Elgin off Winnetka, 287 lives lost, as the nation awaited Lincoln-Douglas debates. The disaster prompted heroism by Edward W. Spencer and James C. Cramb, questions over Captain Malot, and changes to maritime law.
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Lincoln
Great Lakes
Winnetka, Il
Chicago Press and Tribune
Lady Elgin
Lake Michi
Gan
Winnetka
Douglas
Milwaukee
Chicago
Stephen A. Douglas
Edward W. Spencer
James C. Cramb
Reds Sailing To New York
U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson met with Premier Khrushchev in Moscow to discuss the detention of two U2 fliers held since July 1. Khrushchev travels by ship to New York for the U N General Assembly and may be joined by Eastern European leaders aboard the Baltika for talks en route.
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Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Thompson
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Washington
Freeman Olmstead
Elmira
N. Y
John McKone
Tonganoxie
Kan
Vyacheslav Molotov
Molotov
Europe
Assembly
Pravda
Communist Party
General Assembly
U.N
Congress
U. N
State Department
Lincoln White
United States
United Nations
England
Ordonzhikidze
Nikolai Bulganin
Kremlin
NATO
North Atlantic
Western Alliance
Heat Wave Brings 90s Across Miami Valley
The week long heat wave shows no signs of breaking as warm moist air pushes temperatures into the 90s. Official forecast calls for sunny hot conditions today and Friday with highs near 95, while tonight will be fair and warm with a low near 60. Middletown yesterday reached 92 degrees by 4:30 p.m. and a 59 degree low was recorded at 7 a.m.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Today's Chuckle Mountain Joke Returns Silly Digs
The cartoon caption notes a pun about turning a mole hill into a mountain by adding dirt as a light humor item on page 42. The quip plays on common saying to elicit a smile.
Lumumba accuses U.N. interference in Congo crisis
Premier Patrice Lumumba’s office charges the United Nations with meddling as Congo’s National Assembly voids efforts to dismiss each other. Lumumba vows to press policies despite criticism over Soviet aid and reports a looming U.N. showdown after radio and airfield blockades.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Patrice ‘Lumumba
United Nations
Congo
Lumumba
National Assembly
Joseph Kasavubu
Te Press Vna Svemiminque
Assembly
Kasavubu
U N Action Day Aims to Halt Congo Arm Flow
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urged the Security Council to stop outside aid to Congo factions. He suggested possible temporary disarmament of Congolese units to restore order, amid reports of Soviet, Belgian, and other arms pouring into Katanga. Washington intends strong pressure to curb Soviet technicians and military supplies.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Congo
Belgian Armee
Lid. Hammarskjold
11- Nation Council
Katanga
Belgium
Washington
Hammarskjold
Youths admit blasting two unoccupied buildings in dynamite experiment
Two Alliance youths James Orzo and Keith Reinhardt confessed to using dynamite stolen from Damon's Chemical Co to blow two empty structures near Alliance. Accomplices Gary Peck and James Niles await charges in Mahoning County jail. Damages were estimated at 3500 dollars for a Lexington Road cement block house and 1000 dollars for a storage shed behind an abandoned Courtney Road school.
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Alliance
Sebring
Paul J. Langley
James Orzo
Keith Reinhardt
Langley
Orzo
Reinhardt
Gary Peck
James Niles
Mahoning County
Damon's Chemical Co
Stark County
Peck i
Niles
Lexington Road
Frank J. Wilson
Warren
Wilson
Courtney Road
Homer Snyder
Council to weigh Hammarskjold report on Congo tensions
The council planned to meet Friday or Saturday to consider the new Hammarskjold report urging a united appeal to all nations to refrain from actions that might worsen the Congo situation. Tunisian Ambassador Mongi Slim, the only African member, was cited as crafting a resolution echoing core secretary general recommendations to ease the crisis.
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Hammarskjold
Mongi Slim
Congo
UN acts to avert Kasai Congo civil war crisis
The United Nations under Security Council mandate steps up pressure as Lumumba loyalists clash with Kasai secessionists aided by Soviet planes. Defector Albert Delvaux accuses arms deliveries to Stanleyville while Soviet airlift moves Lumumba’s forces to Luluabourg and Bakwanga amid bids by Kalonji to create a Mineral State in Kasai. Screaming Congolese senators bar Lumumba from speaking.
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U. N
Security Council
Kasai
Lumumba
Albert Delvaux
Kasavubu
Senate
Stanleyville
Congo
Luluabourg
Bakwanga
Albert Kalonji
Rudolph Leads U S To Relay Gold At Olympic Games
Wilma Rudolph anchored the United States 400 meter relay team to victory as the U S earned its third track gold of the Games. Rudolph also won the 100 and 200 meters, completing a personal gold sweep.
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Rome
Wilma Rudolph
United States
U.S
Miss Rudolph
Cobulenko wins fourth Soviet track gold in javelin
Viktor Cobulenko claimed the Soviet Union’s fourth Olympic track and field gold by a javelin throw of 277 feet 82 percent inches. World record holder Al Cantello of Norristown Pennsylvania finished eighth and did not reach the final.
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Rome
Yolanda Balas
Romania
Russia
Viktor Cobulenko
al Cantello
Norristown
Hurricane Donna Centered, Aims Toward Southeast Florida
The cross marks Hurricane Donna’s center as it approaches southeast Florida. Winds reach up to 150 mph while Donna tracks along Cuba’s north coast at about 10 mph, with an AP Wirephoto credit.
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Donna
Florida
Cuba
Storm Donna Bears Down On Cuba As Florida Watches
Hurricane Donna roared westward with Cuba possibly taking the full force. In the Bahamas seas and tides rose as the storm's 150 mile center winds struck Maya guana and Acklins, while Nassau set up Red Cross stations and ordered residents off the streets. Florida's Gold Coast from Key West to Cape Canaveral awaited official hurricane warnings as authorities kept watch.
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Fla
Donna
Cuba
South Florida
Dunn
Dade
Broward
Florida
Key West
Bahama Islands
Florida Strait
Bahamas
Mayaguana Island
Acklins Island
Crooked Sland
Nassau
Red Cross
Puerto Rico
Gold Coast
Cape Canaveral Missile Center
Weather Bureau
Neatly dressed gunman robs Canton bank for 50000
A 5 foot 5 inch robber in a blue straw hat and blue jacket calmly robbed the Canton National Bank on West Tuscarawas and Canton Avenue, forcing Cecil Stevenson and Edward Ison to fill a paper bag with cash. He escaped in a car found abandoned four blocks away, as police traced the rapid, planned heist.
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Canton, Ohio
West Tuscarawas and
Canton Avenue
Canton National Bank
Public Square
Stevenson
Edward Ison
Joseph Sommer
Ison
Canton
Frank Burnosky
Bedford Avenue
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Nikita
Black Sea
Francis Gary Powers
Randy Trout
Judy Morrow
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Republic
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Tpevione Beare
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MI Ara
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Jamaica
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Haiti
Ocominican Republic
Max Harrelson
Patrice Lumumba
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Hans Gradatzki
Theorth
Gordon Dunn
Cecil Stevenson
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Teen Valley
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